One time I had a track meet and a band concert in the same night.  My plan was to bring my trumpet case to the track field and then change and go into the concert with trumpet in hand.

Things went wayyy wrong though, because Coach had me run the 800 meter run.  I took first place in it and ran about 2 minutes.  But then had to get to the auditorium to play.  So I whipped out my trumpet and ran into the auditorium that was entirely packed with people because this concert was a combined concert of 8th graders, 5th graders, 9th graders and seniors to hear the differences.  

So basically the whole entire crowd was staring at me in my short daisy dukes as I walked with my trumpet.  I swear everyone was waiting for me, because my part for this one song was sooo important.  The song started off hitting a High C, which takes a lot of breath.

Afterward, I almost blacked out because of my loss of air.  It was really weird, but I was surprisingly not . . . Read More..

Many times my friends Jeff Sandzick and Tim would light off farts in the dark at our cabin at band camp. It was pretty funny and the farts would get pretty high too.

I remember the age of 5. That was my first day. That is to say, the day that I turned 5 was when I woke up and realized the world. I didn't know who, where, what or when I was, but I did know that I liked chocolate cake. Chocolate cake and funny hats was where it all began.

So Today Matt and I decided to grab some lunch while at chimes in Troy and we were initially thinking about going to Pot Belly for a sandwich. But then I mentioned how we still havent gone to Troy High School to randomly eat lunch with some weirdo high schoolers. Bear in mind we are both 24 years old. We figured we could pull it off cause we still look like we are in high school.

So we drive up and . . . Read More..

I remember that there was always this table full of latino gangsters in the cafeteria. For some reason, my friend Todd didn't get along with one of them. His name was Franko and we called him "Franko De Muerto" which is something like "Franko of death".

His name evolved. It became "Franko De Muerto Espierto" which totally doesn't make sense but it rhymed. I think it means Franko of Death Hope. Then it became "Franko De Muerto De Espierto Vash" or something. I think we thought that it meant "Franko of Death of Hope Cow".

Anyway, I remember that there was once a confrontation. I don't know if we threw food or what but they approached Todd and our preppy table and then followed Todd out into the commons area and surrounded him. Nothing happened though - maybe the bell rang - I can't remember clearly.