Thursday, August 14, 2014
8/14
Today I was with my friends all day. It was a pretty good day. We all went to get lunch around noon then we went over to my friends house and we started writing music. The stuff we wrote was really good. My friend that was supposed to hang out with my cancelled on me last night but promised we would hang out next week. I am looking forward to sleeping tonight. It has been a pretty good week overall. Esther did more babysitting today. She is actually making quite a bit of money. She is liking babysitting. I am hopefully going to have a job soon. I really need a way to make money during the school year. I will take a part time job to work for a few hours after school most days. I will be getting my drivers licence in mid October and I will probably be using the Honda as my main car. I will take dad to the train station and then take it too school. I am really looking forward to driving. Driving with me permit I have really liked. I am looking forward to being able to have the freedom that driving gives me. Other then that I don't really have much to talk about it has been pretty boring around here.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
A Blog
I haven't done much this week. I have been sleeping in. Esther has been doing some babysitting this week. I have a friend coming over tomorrow. On Sunday I am going to see one of my favorite bands of all time. They are called Basement. I have loved them since mid 2012. This will be my first time seeing them. They broke up in December 2012 and just got back together earlier this year. My favorite songs by them are Earl Grey and Pine. Actually I can't choose a favorite song by them all there songs are really good. So far they have released 2 albums 2 EP's and a Demo. They just released there second EP this summer to go along with there tour. The other bands playing are Superheaven (I have listened to them a few times and there music is pretty good) Pity Sex (I like quite a few of there songs but I don't like all of them), the last band playing is called Ovlov (I have heard very little about this band but the one time I have listened to them they are pretty good). I am very excited for the concert. I also ordered some new school clothes the other day. I am really happy with what I ordered.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
8/9 and 8/10
8/9
Lately I have been very interested in classical music. In particular 20th century classical music. I have been reading a lot about the atonal movement. My favorite composers are Schoenberg, Berg and Messian. I think it is very interesting. All of these pieces have no tonal center and are instead written serially. They do not sound like a normal classical piece. In the early 1900's Schoenberg developed the 12 tone technique to write atonal music. You would take the twelve tones on the piano (C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G, Ab, A, Bb, and B) and arrange them in a random order. That order would have to be the order for the whole piece. You can't go back and play a note again until you have completed the order. You are however allowed to go back on note from the one you are currently on. You also can play the notes in any octave and play the pattern backwards. This type of classical music is not for everyone but I enjoy it very much. My favorite pieces are Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, Berg's Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Wind Instruments, and Messian's Turangalila Symphony.
8/10
Sandy got groomed the other day. She always looks really good after she gets a bath and gets her hair cut. The person who grooms her always does a good job. Sandy can't get really dirty really fast. She loves to play in the grass outside. I really enjoy having sandy around the house. Its nice having someone to play with all the time. She's a really big dog. She weighs a good 80 pounds. She could definitely scare away a burglar but she wouldn't hurt a fly. I am really glad Mom choose to get Sandy from the shelter. She is definitely part of our family.
Lately I have been very interested in classical music. In particular 20th century classical music. I have been reading a lot about the atonal movement. My favorite composers are Schoenberg, Berg and Messian. I think it is very interesting. All of these pieces have no tonal center and are instead written serially. They do not sound like a normal classical piece. In the early 1900's Schoenberg developed the 12 tone technique to write atonal music. You would take the twelve tones on the piano (C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G, Ab, A, Bb, and B) and arrange them in a random order. That order would have to be the order for the whole piece. You can't go back and play a note again until you have completed the order. You are however allowed to go back on note from the one you are currently on. You also can play the notes in any octave and play the pattern backwards. This type of classical music is not for everyone but I enjoy it very much. My favorite pieces are Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, Berg's Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Wind Instruments, and Messian's Turangalila Symphony.
8/10
Sandy got groomed the other day. She always looks really good after she gets a bath and gets her hair cut. The person who grooms her always does a good job. Sandy can't get really dirty really fast. She loves to play in the grass outside. I really enjoy having sandy around the house. Its nice having someone to play with all the time. She's a really big dog. She weighs a good 80 pounds. She could definitely scare away a burglar but she wouldn't hurt a fly. I am really glad Mom choose to get Sandy from the shelter. She is definitely part of our family.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
8/8 and 8/9
8/8
Im writing about what I did today a day later then usual so I don't really remember what I did. So I am just going to try to fill up the space. I have still been working on drums. I am going to be playing drums in my new band. Drums are a lot of fun. I don't have many plans for the next of the summer, now that my class is over. I am going to have to start working on my summer assignments soon. I have one for English and one for Math. Neither assignment is very hard but they will take some time. I want to spend more time with friends as well. I am actually kind of excited for school to start. My schedule should be pretty good this year. Also here is a picture with my earrings.
Im writing about what I did today a day later then usual so I don't really remember what I did. So I am just going to try to fill up the space. I have still been working on drums. I am going to be playing drums in my new band. Drums are a lot of fun. I don't have many plans for the next of the summer, now that my class is over. I am going to have to start working on my summer assignments soon. I have one for English and one for Math. Neither assignment is very hard but they will take some time. I want to spend more time with friends as well. I am actually kind of excited for school to start. My schedule should be pretty good this year. Also here is a picture with my earrings.
8/9
Today I woke up around 8:30 to a call from my friends. They wanted to hang out. So I got up and got dressed and then my friends pulled up and we hung out for a while. We headed to my friends house and they should me a song they were working on. I really like it so far. We still need to work on it though. I think we are going to be writing really good music. We are going to be taking our time however so don't expect music soon. I am going to be writing lyrics and some drum parts. Esther and Mom are going to see one direction on Monday. I think it is going to be packed with crazy young girls. I am going to 2 more concerts this summer. I am seeing the band Basement in the seventeenth. I am extremely excited to see them. I never thought I would get a chance to see them because they broke up back in 2012 and just back together now. They are one of my favorite bands of all time. In a perfect world I would want to be playing the type of music that they play but not many people want to play it. The rest of the bands playing are really good as well.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
8/6 and 8/7
8/6
Today I woke up around 10 or so. My friend Chase called me around 11 and wanted to hang out. He picked me up and we hung out till two forty five when I had to be home for my piano lesson. My piano lesson went well. I am still working on the same song. I still really like the song. The song is called Drei Klavierstücke Op 11 by schoenberg, Drei Klavierstücke means three pieces in Germany. I am still on the first piece but the pieces are very hard. I am also working my way through all the scales. I have gotten pretty far already. After my lesson I lounged around the house for a little while before my friends came over around five for band practice. Practice went pretty well. We are almost done writing a song. We have everything we need to record it but we want to practice it more before we record it. I am really happy with this band. There is another John in the band so for band purposes I am going to be going by Allan. I don't mind going by Allan. It is a cool name. With my family I am still going to go by John however. Other then that now much happened today.
8/7
Today I woke up around seven thirty (early I know). Esther was getting ready for camp and for some reason she woke me up this morning and I wasn't able to go back to sleep. So I just stayed in bed for a little while. I finally got out around 9 or so. I watched a tv show then once everyone left (dad went to work and Mom took Esther to camp) I tried to go back to sleep. At around eleven thirty I had to go to the doctors to get a shot. After my shot I went to the mall. I didn't get anything though. I then went to a tattoo and piercing shop and got my ears pierced. I really like how they turned out. I will post a picture eventually but I am feeling too lazy to upload one today. After I got my ears pierced mom and I went to pick up Esther from camp. On our way home Esther convinced Mom to stop at Starbucks. Esther and I both got some coffee. I always get the same thing at Starbucks. I get an iced Caramel Machiato. It is just Iced Coffee with some milk and caramel. After we went to Starbucks we headed home. Esther's math tutor came over and Esther had a tutoring session. Now it's about 4:30. I might be getting dinner with friends around 6 but other then that I don't have any plans.
Today I woke up around 10 or so. My friend Chase called me around 11 and wanted to hang out. He picked me up and we hung out till two forty five when I had to be home for my piano lesson. My piano lesson went well. I am still working on the same song. I still really like the song. The song is called Drei Klavierstücke Op 11 by schoenberg, Drei Klavierstücke means three pieces in Germany. I am still on the first piece but the pieces are very hard. I am also working my way through all the scales. I have gotten pretty far already. After my lesson I lounged around the house for a little while before my friends came over around five for band practice. Practice went pretty well. We are almost done writing a song. We have everything we need to record it but we want to practice it more before we record it. I am really happy with this band. There is another John in the band so for band purposes I am going to be going by Allan. I don't mind going by Allan. It is a cool name. With my family I am still going to go by John however. Other then that now much happened today.
8/7
Today I woke up around seven thirty (early I know). Esther was getting ready for camp and for some reason she woke me up this morning and I wasn't able to go back to sleep. So I just stayed in bed for a little while. I finally got out around 9 or so. I watched a tv show then once everyone left (dad went to work and Mom took Esther to camp) I tried to go back to sleep. At around eleven thirty I had to go to the doctors to get a shot. After my shot I went to the mall. I didn't get anything though. I then went to a tattoo and piercing shop and got my ears pierced. I really like how they turned out. I will post a picture eventually but I am feeling too lazy to upload one today. After I got my ears pierced mom and I went to pick up Esther from camp. On our way home Esther convinced Mom to stop at Starbucks. Esther and I both got some coffee. I always get the same thing at Starbucks. I get an iced Caramel Machiato. It is just Iced Coffee with some milk and caramel. After we went to Starbucks we headed home. Esther's math tutor came over and Esther had a tutoring session. Now it's about 4:30. I might be getting dinner with friends around 6 but other then that I don't have any plans.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
final 2 blogs for the week
8/3
Today I went to the Nationals game with my family. It was an event for Dad's company. The game was pretty good. The Nationals won the game 4 to nothing. The Nationals scored a run off an error in the second inning and then scored another three runs in the eighth inning. The Philly's lost yesterday as well. They lost 11 to nothing yesterday though. The Nationals have been doing a lot better this year. Bryce Harper came back off the disabled list. He played the last few innings of the game. He only had one at bat and ended up striking but he shook up the pitcher and allowed the man on base to steal a few bases.
Another blog
This week Esther is going to science camp. She is not looking forward to it at all. She has been complaining about if for the past few weeks already. I am hoping its not as bad as she thinks it will be cause if she complains about it all week I think I will go crazy. I am going to get my ears pierced this week. My parents have agreed to it. I am looking forward to getting them pierced. I have wanted to for quite a while now. I have finally finished my side of the deal in order to get them pierced. I am going to be having band practice at my house this week. It is going to be our first full band practice. There is not much else going on this week. I am going to a concert in a few weeks. I am going to see one of my favorite bands of all time. The band is called Basement. There are a lot of other bands I like playing too. I am really looking forward to seeing Cloakroom. There new album is rumored to be very good. It hasn't been announced but everyone from the label and the friends of the band have said it is one of the best album's they have ever heard. So im assuming its going to be great.
Today I went to the Nationals game with my family. It was an event for Dad's company. The game was pretty good. The Nationals won the game 4 to nothing. The Nationals scored a run off an error in the second inning and then scored another three runs in the eighth inning. The Philly's lost yesterday as well. They lost 11 to nothing yesterday though. The Nationals have been doing a lot better this year. Bryce Harper came back off the disabled list. He played the last few innings of the game. He only had one at bat and ended up striking but he shook up the pitcher and allowed the man on base to steal a few bases.
Another blog
This week Esther is going to science camp. She is not looking forward to it at all. She has been complaining about if for the past few weeks already. I am hoping its not as bad as she thinks it will be cause if she complains about it all week I think I will go crazy. I am going to get my ears pierced this week. My parents have agreed to it. I am looking forward to getting them pierced. I have wanted to for quite a while now. I have finally finished my side of the deal in order to get them pierced. I am going to be having band practice at my house this week. It is going to be our first full band practice. There is not much else going on this week. I am going to a concert in a few weeks. I am going to see one of my favorite bands of all time. The band is called Basement. There are a lot of other bands I like playing too. I am really looking forward to seeing Cloakroom. There new album is rumored to be very good. It hasn't been announced but everyone from the label and the friends of the band have said it is one of the best album's they have ever heard. So im assuming its going to be great.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
8/1 and 8/2
8/1
Today I woke up and the house was being cleaned so I just stayed in and worked on my course work. I finished it all by 11. All that I had to do were some final culminating stuff. It was all really easy. Then at around 1:00 we left to go to Robinson to see Esther's show. It was the same program I did when I was here age. I really enjoyed the program and have seen the show every year since I have been in it. This year was the 10th year of them doing the program so they had a few special parts. For the past 10 years they have always started with the same scene but this year they put it at the end. They also had a video commemorating the program. Overall the show was pretty good. Esther will be able to do it for one more year. I might be a counselor next. It pays pretty well. After the show my friend came to pick me up and we went and picked up our other friend and we had a writing session for our new band at my house. I really like what we came up with. After we were done. I fell asleep. It was a good day overall. I don't have many plans for the weekend.
8/2
Today I woke up around 10 and went downstairs to find that mom and dad had went out to a movie. I decided to mow the lawn for my dad because I needed some extra money. There is a concert in Philly that me and my friends are planning to go to and I need to pay for my ticket. The concert is going to be really good. It isn't till October but it is already sold out. Tickets went on sale today at 10 A.M, My friend bought three tickets so all three of us could go. After I mowed the lawn I went downstairs and practiced drums for a couple hours. I have started teaching myself drums. That is what I am going to play in my newest band. I REALLY like drums. It is by far my favorite instrument I have learned so far. I have been spending a lot of time learning and I have been getting better at a fairly rapid rate. I am going to continue to practice though. My friend who is playing guitar in the band used to play drums so he just sold me his old kit for really cheap. It is a nice kit though. It sounds really good. I will eventually upgrade when I have enough money but for now it is just fine for what we need.
Today I woke up and the house was being cleaned so I just stayed in and worked on my course work. I finished it all by 11. All that I had to do were some final culminating stuff. It was all really easy. Then at around 1:00 we left to go to Robinson to see Esther's show. It was the same program I did when I was here age. I really enjoyed the program and have seen the show every year since I have been in it. This year was the 10th year of them doing the program so they had a few special parts. For the past 10 years they have always started with the same scene but this year they put it at the end. They also had a video commemorating the program. Overall the show was pretty good. Esther will be able to do it for one more year. I might be a counselor next. It pays pretty well. After the show my friend came to pick me up and we went and picked up our other friend and we had a writing session for our new band at my house. I really like what we came up with. After we were done. I fell asleep. It was a good day overall. I don't have many plans for the weekend.
8/2
Today I woke up around 10 and went downstairs to find that mom and dad had went out to a movie. I decided to mow the lawn for my dad because I needed some extra money. There is a concert in Philly that me and my friends are planning to go to and I need to pay for my ticket. The concert is going to be really good. It isn't till October but it is already sold out. Tickets went on sale today at 10 A.M, My friend bought three tickets so all three of us could go. After I mowed the lawn I went downstairs and practiced drums for a couple hours. I have started teaching myself drums. That is what I am going to play in my newest band. I REALLY like drums. It is by far my favorite instrument I have learned so far. I have been spending a lot of time learning and I have been getting better at a fairly rapid rate. I am going to continue to practice though. My friend who is playing guitar in the band used to play drums so he just sold me his old kit for really cheap. It is a nice kit though. It sounds really good. I will eventually upgrade when I have enough money but for now it is just fine for what we need.
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