17.5*2= :)
Scott here- things are good… set a new personal record for the most consecutive laps today… a mile is 35 down and back or 70 lengths, and my previous record was like 10 laps… well I got to 10 today and I was still feeling good and decided to just keep going… 12 came around and yeah… still feeling good, I got to 15 and I was pretty tired, but seeing as how 17.5 would be the half mile mark I decided to just push it and keep going and I made it… so half a mile… that made me feel good enough to take a quick breather and just do the whole rest of the mile without stopping too… I guess my cardio is getting better, I can’t really tell too many dramatic changes in my body, but there has definitively been significant progress in terms of how long I can go and how fast… and in general, like I’ve mentioned before, it makes me feel good… so I mean that’s something…
I went in to the Rite Aid the other day to do some computer training stuff- and Sherri a technician said “whats up Scottie? You look’n little! What you been doin?”… (“Swimming!”)
so I mean she could tell, so I guess that counts for something…
Ok so my DCI season pass subscription runs out in 12 days… they JUST released the 2006 mp3s to stream for free for all subscribers…
Go to DCI and go to “season pass”
My username is nero14 and the password is determined… once you get in- go to 'dci audio archives' and then 2000s and then 2006- from there you can click the play icon next to any of the performances and it will open up a windows media player stream that actually sounds really good...
you’ve gotta listen to Phantom, they just totally rock my socks off (mainly- their ballad and final 3 minutes of the closer) (I mean… 14 contras… come on!)… other favorites:
Carolina Crown has a nice brass sound…and they have this part right after their ballad that is really schweet- a lot of quick brass hits and dissonance…
And of course- Bluecoats with their first ever cracking of the top 4… a personal favorite- but it, like say the cavaliers, is a show that’s better with the visuals and music together, and the mp3 alone I don’t think holds up quite as well as phantom’s musical program…
So its free for you to do that (well I mean I paid for it a long time ago, but its free for you because I’m giving you the password and stuff…) for 12 more days- so check that out…
Q:“how about you ask josh to prepare you a document about...once a month, with the cool new/old stuff he finds. that way, we'll have a point of reference for these things.”- jesse
11 comments:
someone has a uncool attitude problem.
seriously though, i think we all are second rate fans in some department. we all rely on another more informed source on most things. i mean, i dont get all my DCI information from my countless hours of research on each corps every year. i get it from you. that doesnt mean i dont appreciate DCI. maybe i dont as much as you, but i can easily accept that. i dont think that me/todd/___ are saying we appreciate music/movies more than you, just... in a different way. maybe it's that we appreciate completely different music/movies than you. maybe it's that we appreciate being more informed on newer things than you. maybe that's our version of cool.
and you say you're up for suggestions, but you tend to kind of ignore those (at least lately). i've always told you about cool things that i've found/thought. that's the whole point of my frustration lately. the fray song, wes anderson movies, swimming, chun's comment about what's important in a girl... the list goes on with things i've said/talked to you about and not gotten any real response. then sometime down the road you're like, "hey so & so told me this today and i think that's a great idea. why didn't any of my real friends tell me this before now?" i dont need credit for every fascinating thing that occurs in your life. it's just frustrating feeling like you dont listen and then hearing you say that about suggestions.
also, perhaps you should provide a link said DCI streams.
Welcome to the world of parents and children....
Mothers and Fathers have been around longer...and this may come as a suprise...actually know a few things about life. They make suggestions all the time and those are shrugged off as "that's old people and doesn't apply to me"
But you let a peer make a suggestion and WOW...that is a great idea!!
Wait until you have children...
Love you guys,
Dad
that's an interesting point. i havent even ventured into what that kind of frustration will be like. i can't wait.
One example..
Someone was told 2 years ago..."try swimming, it is good for you."
I don't want to mention any names in this blog...but that someone has just now "discovered" swimming was a good exercise...one his bud's told him all about it.
Let's keep this between you and me.
Dad
newsflash: i listened to the fray song, imogean heap song (that I’m listening to at this very moment), see the wes anderson movies, and several other suggestions recently directly because you told me to- it may not have been on your timetable, but you planted the suggestion- if and when you see "waiting" i really dont expect you to give me a paragraph worth of credit for telling you to see it or even mention my name... i just want you to see it sometime... if you want to... when i said "why didnt anyone tell me about this movie?"... i thought it was a pretty obvious joke to the fact that YOU told me to see the movie- i wasnt trying to give credit to anyone else- i mean aryan never even suggestion that i see it, he had already seen it and he doesnt like to re-watch movies (ever), so that was all me... josh, i basically sit and look at all the movies you've ranked/rented/suggested from netflix all the time and try to find new good movies to watch...
i just have no idea where you are getting the "i dont listen to you" thing, i always have, maybe in my own time or in my own way, but i've never ignored you or taken you for granted... sure chun's girl advice made perfect sense to me and i blogged about it in a very optimistic way, but dont you know that about 24 hours later i was basically right back where i was before that? its just the timing... or maybe he just said something that someone else has said before but put in a way that made more sense to me at the time… honestly- there were several times in undergrad where you (josh) tried to give me advice in that area, and i apprecited it, but when you were trying to give me tips on how to be better with girls it often involved you saying “try to be more like me” and I’m sorry, but that phrase in just about any piece of advice leaves a sour note- I hope I don’t have to explain why at this point… kind of goes along with the passing DOWN of advice instead of in an equal-type way… also jesse’s “get josh to make you a cool list every month” comment… goes a long the same lines…
i didnt start swimming because Chun told me to... i started swimming because many people (Dad, josh, ect.) planted that suggestion with me and got me thinking a lot about it- i always thought it was a GOOD IDEA but i was scared to go because of my body, and then one day Chun was there, and i was there, and the pool was there, and it all just happened, its not really chun's fault, he just happens to be the one here in memphis who happened to be going to the pool and he just gets credit for convincing me to do it that day- i actually swim by myself now and have for the last month... i'm totally aware of the fact that you've all told me lots of things over the years- i mean i post things like "i'm swimming now!", or "i saw these 2 wes anderson movies and they were good!" for the exact reason that dad told me to swim and josh, you told me to see those movies... i know you would be happy to see that i was doing those things... thats my way of giving credit, perhaps it wasn’t clear enough...
and of course i appreciate the suggestions- and you don’t seem to have any idea how often i follow them for some reason- maybe its because i don't put it in writing, or maybe because i dont follow them on your timeline... i don't really know... and thanks for the DCI props, i guess thats a given, i guess i'd really like to think that i've also contributed to you in the arenas of movies and music as well- i dont like the idea of being a one trick pony...
parents/kids: dad, its not that I haven't followed your advice, its that I’ve done it on my own time and in my own way- you know I always listen to you. You think its just chance that I became a runner, played tennis, joined the scouts, played the piano, or even joined marching band because I just woke up and decided that those things would be good ideas? Swimming is the same way… I think its almost funny that you would think that I did any of those things because of a friend or peer and not you...
timing: "...but you tend to kind of ignore those (at least lately)..." Its not called ignoring, its called pharmacy school- it ebbs and flows... just like i'm sure maybe your job does? i wouldnt expect you to drop your world and do anything i suggested at this stage in life
for my part, scott, i didn't mean to say that you NEED a "what's cool list" each month. I meant that the whole props thing would be settled because the ideas would be in writing...and it was a joke. the prospect's pretty silly.
Anyway, congrats on the swimming!
Sounds like it's doing wonders, in multiple aspects. ;)
See you soon?
i gotcha... and i heart you guys too...
Scott...You are the swimming man!!!
I know you listen--I was just getting in on the tail end of your conversation....
Your mother and I are going to hike to the top of Mt. LeConte and spend the night in the lodge...
Are you still going to Germantown?
Keep on Studying!!!!!!!
Dad
dont stop working!
yeah i think "josh writing a list for scott" is a terrible idea. i should write it.
get back to work!
and im glad we all got to share our feelings.
work work work!
yeah mom told me, that should be really fun... but not as fun as freezing your booties off in the shelter! good times...
i'm going to a closer place, "brownsville rd"... i guess about 200ish people, kinda reminds me of gma and gpa's church in size and whatnot, but its a great little place, and there are actually several people my age there, i think last sunday we had something like 8 or 9 pharmacy students there... but its real nice... it was hard for me to make the decision to switch, because germantown was great, no problems at all, its just the distance, choosing between a 30 minute round trip and an 1:05 round trip is what it came down to- when there's a test comming up, that stuff matters and can add up... and the thing at germantown is that i was in a group of older people, as in, i was the youngest person in there, people in there were going on 5,7,10 year marriages, young kids, and that kind of stuff, and it just wasnt really all that fitting for me... there just really wasnt a class for my age group, there were like 18 and 19 year olds, but the teachers talked to them like they were 13 or 14 and, well... that really didnt apply to me either... it was for the best that i found some people my age to plug in with- and i only have about 18 months here left (i found out that i'll have off April and May of 2008, so i'll officially be done in march... which is AMAZING) so i can come back to nashville at the end of march 2008... gotta go to the hospital time... (that always sounds funny because usually when you hear someone say "i've gotta go to the hospital" its because they are hurt... hehe)
wow---march 08 is just around the corner.....we are very proud of you.
todd is too.
Dad
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