Holding Back

This is going to be one of those posts that I look back at and mostly regret, I already know it.

So. The section leader lists came out today, and there was a name missing from it.

The trumpets get three section leaders, and while it was obvious who two of them were going to be, I sincerely believed it was going to be a coin flip for the third person.

So right now, I'm stuck between continuing to not comment on facebook or twitter about the section leader choices, artificially congratulating everyone, and openly saying that I think the absolute wrong choice was made. Luckily, this is not facebook or twitter, and I'm going to say exactly what I would if Dr. Vondran were to ask me how I felt about the choices.

While I respect you(Dr. Vondran) an immense amount, and I have faith that you know exactly what you're doing, I think you made the absolute wrong choice by picking Alec, and I'm going to do everything possible in my power for the next two weeks and next fall to prove that I was the better choice to work alongside Jared and Nick, and hopefully around this time next year, you look back and remember this conversation, as well as my attitude and work ethic though the fall 2012 semester.

Yeah, I did tell people that I was fairly confident that I would get the position, because if you don't have confidence if yourself then you sure as hell aren't going to get it, I also commented that I felt it really was a coin toss between him and I.

Alec on the other hand, decided to talk trash about me to my roommate for next year, who has been awkwardly distant the last few weeks, and possibly other people. That I'm a bad musician, unfocused, passive-aggressive, and that he's "100% sure that John wont get section leader". Additionally, he spoke poorly of one of the guys who was going to get the position without a doubt.

What were some of the negative things I said about Alec? He whines, a lot. I feel like anyone you ask would agree with that. What else did I say? Nothing in fact. Who did I say it to? Anyone who asked me my thoughts on who would get picked, not singling out people that are close to him.

I'd like to talk trash about Alec right now, as he saw fit to do about me, but I'm going to stay above that, it wont reflect the outlook that I have in life, nor speak well on behalf of my character. Instead, I'll end with a quote from one of the to-be section leaders, it's actually quite inspiring.

"I'm not going to march next year unless I get section leader."

-Alec Burke

That's the mentality of a true leader if I've ever seen one.

ASTEROIDS: THEY WILL KILL US ALL

That's actually the title of a paper I'm writing about impending doom around 2184, when a sizable asteroid is expected to cross paths with our lovely little blue planet. If I would actually start writing about it instead of finding ways to distract myself, it would be a pretty legit paper.

So as I found out, I could Actually be home for summer two Mondays from now. Yes, my summer break starts in April and I'm quite excited.

So!! I was in Atlanta last weekend with the Statesmen, which was so much fun. It was one of those eye opening moments that happen now and again that make me realize I want to do nothing but perform. While we were in Atlanta, it got around that there was an a cappella group among our larger group(minus two people), and we were asked to perform on that Friday, it was so much fun. Saturday night we rode back to Muncie all night, got back about 9:30 in the morning on Sunday, concert call time at 1:30. And while it was nice to be back in a familiar area and a schedule I know and can control, man I really just want to go perform more. Oh, and Katie surprised me and was able to come up to see my concert on Sunday, but she couldn't stay super long so we just got a quick dinner after, nothing too exciting.

I'm going down to IU this weekend. It's Little 500 this weekend, which was a fortunate coincidence, because this was like the only weekend in the last few months that I would have been able to manage going down there.

I took almost a week off in between workouts, with going to Atlanta and all, and damn did that set me back. Cardio was totally fine, but I haven't been able to really lift with my upper body since Monday. Like yesterday, I thought I should be alright, but I barely got in the position and started to hurt. And on the flip side, I've done lower body for four days now and am totally fine, no soreness at all despite raising my max weights, including maxing out the possible weight on one machine.

AND! In my personal finance class, where the professor had surgery and we've had a random sub for like a month and a half, the final project for the class got dropped, AAANNNNNDDDDD he said that he was going to put a massive curve on the final exam so that everyone would end on a high note because of how much the class got messed up. We seriously stopped learning any of what we were supposed to be learning. So that's pretty sweet. Pretty much, the rest of my semester is this paper I'm putting off, two astronomy worksheets, and my exams.

There's really not much else to mention, or at least a ton that I would mention on here.

Life is pretty good, I'd have to look for reasons to complain. I'm ready for the semester to be over, but not ready to be home, it's an interesting mix.