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I'm baaaaaaaack! ^_^ I have lots of updates to give you, and I think the best way to do it is write what I wrote last Saturday at band camp today, Sunday tomorrow, Monday Monday, etc... There'll be more band camp info and rants, but those'll be written when I feel like it. ~_^

I was back yesterday, but I didn't have time to update the blog, I was too busy catching up at AE to update before I had to go perform at the football game. I was very tired when I got home, and went right to sleep.

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I'm baaaaaaaack! ^_^ I have lots of updates to give you, and I think the best way to do it is write what I wrote last Saturday at band camp today, Sunday tomorrow, Monday Monday, etc... There'll be more band camp info and rants, but those'll be written when I feel like it. ~_^

I was back yesterday, but I didn't have time to update the blog, I was too busy catching up at AE to update before I had to go perform at the football game. I was very tired when I got home, and went right to sleep.

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Ready for Band Camp Update #1? Here it comes!

**Fanfare sequence**

Oooooo... Pretty.....

**Blinks**

Oh, right, the update.

This was written Satuday afternoon, during checkoff time, somewhere between 3:30 and 5:30.

"I've only been here a few hours, and I've already spent a lot of time on the field. Haven't learned any forms for the drills yet, we just worked on the basics, and the block drill. I hate the block drill, it's so... boring. I really hate traversing. It hurts my back, which is screwed up enough already.

Lunch was almost inedible. There was good applesauce, but I don't like tater tots or corn dogs. Apparently the corn dogs were bad anyway, so... And the fact that salad was edible doesn't count, it's at all the meals but breakfast.

Heather and Shannon ate with chopsticks. There's nothing quite like seeing a freind eat tater tots with chopsticks. Especially when they dip them in ketchup.

I miss AE already. There're going to be a ton of posts when I get back. It'll take forever to read them all but it'll be fun. ^__^ (Future self butting in: I was right about the number of posts, but VesVes' posts weren't all that fun to read.)

I like my cabin. 13 bunks + 7 people = plenty of storage space. (FSBI: 8 people, I wrote that wrong. I forgot to count myself.) I learned from lats year. (When I was in the same cabin.) I brought a lot of food.

The camp itself is actually pretty nice, when you aren't out on the feild sweating like a pig or being mercilessly attacked by bugs. Right now I'm sitting in the shade, writing, and it's really nice. (FSBI: The staff is cool, too. Especially Chip. He drove over to the school and stopped by for a little yesterday, before the football game. He couldn't stay, though. He said he'd be at the Edison [his old school] game.)

More later.

Awww, what the heck:

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**Pose**

Happy Dance! Yeah!"

I've written more about Saturday, but I'll update with that later.

Blogger

Ready for Band Camp Update #1? Here it comes!

**Fanfare sequence**

Oooooo... Pretty.....

**Blinks**

Oh, right, the update.

This was written Satuday afternoon, during checkoff time, somewhere between 3:30 and 5:30.

"I've only been here a few hours, and I've already spent a lot of time on the field. Haven't learned any forms for the drills yet, we just worked on the basics, and the block drill. I hate the block drill, it's so... boring. I really hate traversing. It hurts my back, which is screwed up enough already.

Lunch was almost inedible. There was good applesauce, but I don't like tater tots or corn dogs. Apparently the corn dogs were bad anyway, so... And the fact that salad was edible doesn't count, it's at all the meals but breakfast.

Heather and Shannon ate with chopsticks. There's nothing quite like seeing a freind eat tater tots with chopsticks. Especially when they dip them in ketchup.

I miss AE already. There're going to be a ton of posts when I get back. It'll take forever to read them all but it'll be fun. ^__^ (Future self butting in: I was right about the number of posts, but VesVes' posts weren't all that fun to read.)

I like my cabin. 13 bunks + 7 people = plenty of storage space. (FSBI: 8 people, I wrote that wrong. I forgot to count myself.) I learned from lats year. (When I was in the same cabin.) I brought a lot of food.

The camp itself is actually pretty nice, when you aren't out on the feild sweating like a pig or being mercilessly attacked by bugs. Right now I'm sitting in the shade, writing, and it's really nice. (FSBI: The staff is cool, too. Especially Chip. He drove over to the school and stopped by for a little yesterday, before the football game. He couldn't stay, though. He said he'd be at the Edison [his old school] game.)

More later.

Awww, what the heck:

l^.^l\^.^\l^.^l/^.^/l^.^l\^.^\l^.^l/^.^/l^.^l

**Pose**

Happy Dance! Yeah!"

I've written more about Saturday, but I'll update with that later.

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Ready for Band Camp Update #2? Here it comes!

**Fanfare sequence**

Oooooo...

I'll get used to that sometime. You really ought to see it!

This was written sometime between evening practice and the dance, between 9:30 and 10.

"Dinner was more edible than lunch. The peaches and carrots were normal.

Practice was... Interesting. I'm not sure if I'm going to be more annoyed or amused by the person next to me in all the drills. (FSBI: After a week, I can safely say that I'll be going through marching season much more annoyed than I was last year. At least I'm by Zach and Bob, and we can all yell at Joe. He doesn't care, so it's a great way to vent.)

We placed 4 forms today (FSBI: Out of the many we'll learn this year. The percussion feature has like, 20 forms.), which is harder than it sounds, you place, check your spot, move to the previous form, move, check your spot, repeat, repeat, place, check your spot, etc... If you aren't on a yard line or hash mark, it's hard to judge where you're going, especially in curves and big moves.

I'm about to go to the nightly dance (FSBI: And except for the occasional good song [Like Smile D.K.'s version of Butterfly. ^__^], they weren't all that good, but the DJ was in my cabin, so I know that we tried to pick music with a dancing beat, it's just that bandos don't make the greatest dance-goers.). Should be fun, even if I don't dance. (FSBI: Most of the others were better...) I'm sure the cabin will be up long after lights out. (FSBI: It was)

Fun. (FSBI: It was. Although at 1 AM, things get a lot funnier. We actually laighed at "A man walked into a bar and said 'ouch.'" o.O)"

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Ready for Band Camp Update #2? Here it comes!

**Fanfare sequence**

Oooooo...

I'll get used to that sometime. You really ought to see it!

This was written sometime between evening practice and the dance, between 9:30 and 10.

"Dinner was more edible than lunch. The peaches and carrots were normal.

Practice was... Interesting. I'm not sure if I'm going to be more annoyed or amused by the person next to me in all the drills. (FSBI: After a week, I can safely say that I'll be going through marching season much more annoyed than I was last year. At least I'm by Zach and Bob, and we can all yell at Joe. He doesn't care, so it's a great way to vent.)

We placed 4 forms today (FSBI: Out of the many we'll learn this year. The percussion feature has like, 20 forms.), which is harder than it sounds, you place, check your spot, move to the previous form, move, check your spot, repeat, repeat, place, check your spot, etc... If you aren't on a yard line or hash mark, it's hard to judge where you're going, especially in curves and big moves.

I'm about to go to the nightly dance (FSBI: And except for the occasional good song [Like Smile D.K.'s version of Butterfly. ^__^], they weren't all that good, but the DJ was in my cabin, so I know that we tried to pick music with a dancing beat, it's just that bandos don't make the greatest dance-goers.). Should be fun, even if I don't dance. (FSBI: Most of the others were better...) I'm sure the cabin will be up long after lights out. (FSBI: It was)

Fun. (FSBI: It was. Although at 1 AM, things get a lot funnier. We actually laighed at "A man walked into a bar and said 'ouch.'" o.O)"