So the Cardinals won the world series! Good for them; I'm happy for them. :) Once they just nearly backed into the Central Division championship spot, we kind of adopted them as our 'team' for the postseason (since, ya know, the Astros disappointed, lol, what else is new). It felt kind of funny to be rooting for the Cards at first (since they're like our BIGGEST rivals), but you know, they ARE a good team, and respectable, and I do like them quite a bit. It was just always hard to warm up to them because of what kind of a threat they presented to the Astros, but standing alone, they're all great players. Definitely. And obviously, lol- they just won the World Series!
Watching them all freak out once Wayneright threw that last strike was great- I was really happy for them... buuut at the same time, I kept sitting there thinking "Man... now why couldn't the Astros have done this last year..." Seriously, I love my hometeam, lol- if they had won the World Series last year, I wouldn't have been able to contain myself- tears would have just been POURING down my face. I hated that they went out and got bulldozed in four games last year. Those of you (probably nobody on MY friends list, lol- just speaking generally here) who never watch the Astros and only saw them for those four games, and want to judge them on that, you're missing out. Houston has a great franchise. To me, it's not so much about the game as it is the lovability of the players. It's the same reason I'm into anything- heck, it's the same reason I'm into John Mayer (well, that and I have a total crush on him, lol)! I watch from afar, and I think "Would I get along with these people? Do they represent something that I can agree with?" And really, they do. They're great guys, no questions asked there. When you're watching the game, and the camera pans over to the right, and Berkman is chattin' up whoever is the runner on first (Who's on first, haha), no matter what team we're playing, it just makes me smile- that guy knows and is friends with EVERYONE. Players like Biggio (and Bagwell too, even though he isn't playing anymore), who have been here for YEARS just helping the franchise to grow, taking a backseat now and then and making sacrifices for the betterment of the organization. MAN the Astros have so much heart. I mean, sure, it's nice to have big names like Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite continuously rejoining the roster, but man, if anyone thinks I'm watching the game for them, they're SORELY mistaken (my favorite pitcher of ours for the past three years has actually been Oswalt, hehe). It's all about the heart. The players. The fans (the Astros have a great fanbase- we've all seen the best and the worst of those guys, so we're no fair-weather fans for sure). Just everything. I grew up with this team, and I love em to death. They'll always be number one to me, even if they continue to finish far from it, heh.
Wow, I wasn't expecting to go all Astro-happy there, lol. Anyway.
So one of the highlights of watching the world series games for me was seeing the Volkswagon 'promise-a-guitar' commercial featuring Johnny. Hahah! <3 I squeak everytime it comes on. I love that he's in a commercial. More pimpage of Continuum and whatnot, haha. Just proves that people are gonna love him no matter WHAT he does with his music (well, as long as it stays music, heh, which it will). Good times. :) omg I heard he's planning a Winter Tour, ftw? Right now he's touring internationally... I'd die if he came back for a second round. Seriously, his concert was LIFE-CHANGING, man. I gotta get better seats for round two, lol. Ugh.
Back to commericals during the World Series- OMG THERE IS A FREAKING CAR THAT CAN PARALLEL PARK -ITSELF.- Like seriously, it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my entire life. There's the guy, just driving, and he slows down to parallel park, LETS GO OF THE WHEEL, and it does all of the turning for him and PARKS ITS FREAKING SELF. I was -floored,- lol. I guess it doesn't take much to amuse me, but MAN. That could like, change drivers ed for good! Freaking CRAZY. I thought they were doing good when they had cars that could navigate themselves... pretty soon, we're not even going to have to drive our cars at all. We'll just hop in, shut the door, program our cars to tell them where we're going, and then hang out w/ whoever else is in the car, or go to sleep, or whatever. Seriously, the way of the future. Oh, and also, said cars will be able to fly and run on water, lol. PIMP, I hope I live to see something that great, heh.
So the art gallery opening is this Tuesday, and I apparently do NOT have my walking class that night (it got cancelled... God was smiling down on me for that decision, I swear), so I can go!!! I'm slowly starting to make friends, so it ought to be fun. We're encouraged to dress up (it's Halloween night, doy). I would LOVE to make my Team Rocket costume and wear it (it's a really easy outfit, lol, and it's something that I could wear on days aside from Halloween if I wanted to), but I don't know if I'm gonna have time/money/material/whatever. I knew I was going to find myself backed against the wall for halloween, lol. I always do. I like the holiday okay, but I also freakin' hate it, because I just have NO costume making skills at all, I never know if I have any plans, and everyone just has way more fun than I do, lol (I usually end up sitting at home alone in the dark so that nobody will ring the doorbell >>). I don't want to go buy a costume. *whines* I want to make it. But I'm almost certain I don't have time. Whiiiinnneeee. I wish this holiday hadn't been so taboo growing up, or else I might not feel so weird about it. It doesn't help that my best friend worships the freaking holiday, lol. She's like "OMG HALLOWEEN!!!" and I'm just sitting here going "Let it be over... let it be over... @_@" Sorry Holly, but it's the truth. XD;;; It's just not special to me.
CHRISTMAS, on the other hand. ftw, I'm already excited about it, lol. I had a disappointing Christmas last year (no decorations because my family procrastinates, AND like hardly any gifts (not to sound stingy, lol, but my family usually goes crazy buying us kids gifts) because we were saving money for our spring break cruise which totally ended up hardly being worth it anyway, lol), so I'm ready for this one to completely trump it. I'm down to my last one/two years at home here, and I don't want ANYTHING subpar, freaking gosh. ... Even though I'll prolly come home every Christmas after I leave anyway, heh. Marrying somebody someday eventually is going to get really complicated. XD I'm going to want to go visit my family every freaking holiday, and he's gonna be like "Let's go visit mine!" and I'm gonna be like "BITCH, WE'RE VISITING MINE, SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!" ... and that is why I have never had a boyfriend before, lol. I suck. ;P
So anyway, tomorrow is the Area Marching contest! Eeee, I'm so excited for North Shore. I don't know how everyone else is doing this year, but I know for a fact that they are doing better than ever, so I REALLY want them to go to state, lol. I know, I know, my hopes are probably way too high- I mean, with competitors like Pearland, Clear Lake/Brook/Creek, Brazoswood (I would say the Woodlands, but uh... their show was like wtf obscure this year, so they can just kindly take their weirdness and shove it, because this is MARCHING BAND, not pansy 'we have to show the judges we can play any kind of music and move around to it, even if it sucks as a field show')... It's gonna be hard to win. But I think that if they're just ON their game, they'll go. I definitely think they have the goods to get to go again (the top ten bands are picked after every band's first performance for a final 'battle of the bands' type thing). They just gotta go out there and show them who is boss.
I realized what I just said, hah. That means I don't have to go up to the stadium to watch anyone else before North Shore. Obviously, the top ten bands are going again, and I'm only interested in seeing the bands I listed up there as competitors (and North Shore, of course), which will no doubt be going in the top ten. SCORE, I have a free day til 4:45, lol. Maybe I can pester mom about this Rocket Costume thing... word!
In other news, I think I figured out what I'm going to try to do for the recital on the 17th. I haven't even looked at my 11th grade solo yet, but I pulled out a couple of other of my favorites... Cantabile et Presto, as I predicted, would be way too hard for me to try and get down in such a short time... However, I pulled out Movement 1 of Francis Poulenc's "Sonata" (something that Ms. Hoisager had me working on in my spare time between solo and ensemble contests)- freaking forgot how much I LOVE that song. Seriously, it so helps to play a solo that you've heard before and love to death. I'll be honest, not many things get me excited about my INSTRUMENT- sure, I love band and orchestra to death, and the chemistry of the sounds together as a whole is freaking awesome to me, but I've never much been interested in being a supahstar flute player because, let's face it- I don't have the time, I'm not as good as I should be for this level in order to make it big time, and I have a different talent, better than my flute playing, to carry me. However, that song... ooh, I love it so much, it just makes me excited to pick up my baby and play it. It's GORGEOUS- I can definitely put a lot of feeling into it. Once thing I've always hated about Solo and Ensemble contests is the fact that you work your freaking ASS off for them, to get a one and to go to state (if you're interested in going, anyway)... and then nobody EVER gets to hear your solo but like, three people- the region judge, the state judge, and your piano accompaniest. What kind of crap is that?! I've never played in a recital before, so I'm really excited about this. Really, it's about time that somebody learned the capacity of [me playing] my instrument standing alone (well, alone-with-a-piano, lol, because the solo wouldn't be the same w/out it). I've played in public before, and I've played in small rooms for judges before, but I've never combined music that I like w/ playing in public. Half the reason I was never able to make region is because they gave us etudes from that stupid flute book. Uh, NOT INTERESTED. I swear to goodness, had they said "Okay, THIS YEAR, for region, we want you all to practice your favorite solo and then go and there and play," bitch, I would have MADE region. It's all about the passion. I don't have passion for mere exercizes, no matter HOW hard they are- I want something that somebody put feeling into. A piece of music that serves a purpose on its own, outside of an etude practice book. I don't know, maybe that's just me, but whatever. My point is, I finally get to show everyone what I'm capable of, and I also get to show them what beautiful solos these things are, so I'm happy.
Okay, I better hop off. It's 2:40 AM, and I'm KINDA tired, but I wanted to try drawing a Neoshippy picture. Eee I luv teh Neoshiiip. ;-;
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
