Macalaster

We had a mock trial tournament at Macalaster College this weekend, in St. Paul. And you know, we had a really solid showing pretty much throughout the whole weekend. But, as is so typical in mock trial, we got screwed by some stupid judges. We finished with a record of 3-5, when in reality, it should have been 4-4 or 5-3. So, you know, that was frustrating. But we had a pretty fun time. And I have fun playing Frankie Gustavo, the eccentric yet high class liquor store owner. Yeah, so I was 10 seconds away from owning a vintage 1960's King 3B trombone on eBay. Then some communist sniped it from me. My mom had a good point though. I shouldn't just get a 3B. If I'm going to play this for the rest of my jazz life, I need my Holy Grail of trombones. I need to find a King 3B Silversonic. So, the quest is on. I spent part of Saturday evening with my friend at his condo in Minneapolis. It was very odd for me. I don't know, I feel like my experiences and course of study here at Luther is taking me farther and farther away from my friends. Like, I spend my time reading history, practicing trombone, talking about band, going to classical recitals, etc, etc, etc. A lot of my other friends are out going to bars, hanging out with friends, having girlfriends, drinking beer, etc, etc, etc. Living the college life. It's sort of distressing, because I don't want to lose touch with these people, but at the same time, I feel being pulled apart from them all the time. I mean, it seems all I do when I go to my friend's place in the city is drink Japanese beer, and lounge around. I want to go see my friends to see my friends, not just drink Japanese beer. And I don't ever get to really talk to them. They just don't understand me as well anymore. So yeah, definitely not a fan of that. We'll see how it goes. So, a lot of the old guard at my Walgreens is like, leaving, or potentially leaving. It makes me very nervous, because our other employees are not experienced enough to pick up the slack right now. And we tend to hire not very competent technicians. I really hope things go well. It's sad though, these people leaving. I will miss working with them. And I fear for the continued standing of our pharmacy in the community. We need to stay upright and reliable. I heard an absolutely phenomenal saxophone recital tonight. I knew this kid a little bit, but I had no idea he was so good at sax. Tonight at this recital, Benjamin asked if I wanted to do junior recitals together. I felt very honored that he would want me to play in a recital with him. For those of you that don't know, music majors have to give at least one recital. A common way of doing this is two individuals each take half of a full recital. So, you basically play a half hour to 45 minutes of music, and so does your partner. And Benjamin is so good, and I look up to him as a musician so much, I was very honored, as I previously stated. But if I go to Nottingham, can't really do that. That would be a very unfortunate thing. There is no one at Luther I would rather share a stage with than that guy, I just have so much musical respect for him. Plus, he's one of my best friends here. It'd be nice to share a stage with Kathleen too, but for different reasons. Ha, right. Yeah, that's definitely going nowhere right now. I'm going home this coming weekend. I can't wait. Anyways, I need to go watch some Sideways or Episode III (I haven't decided yet), and go to bed. I hope everyoone is doing well.