Out of the "groove"
I started reminiscing today about high school. I was going to the drive in last night with my grandma and we passed my school on the way there. She asked if I ever missed it which of course I do, but I never really thought about it because there's no going back really. Then today I really started thinking about it since I got a call from a community college saying it's almost time to sign up for the spring courses. I've always had in my mind that I was going to be one of two useless things in my life, either I was going to be a professional chef, or I was going to make music or teach it. And I started thinking that I don't own an instrument that I'm actually good on, since I started on trumpet and played that for 3 years until I realized I was better at French horn so I switched to that, and then I realized I was even better on tuba so I stayed with that for 4 years. And then I also thought to myself, that even if I got a job and started today, I probably wouldn't have enough money for even a used tuba by the time next fall rolls around when I'd be able to get into a college that's actually worth going to, and I know nobody in my family has the money necessary to buy me a tuba. And I can't exactly go and rent one around me because all of the places that rent out instruments only rent to schools, and I could rent from my high school but I'm pretty sure the band directors hate me since I got kicked out of school about two weeks before we were going to competition for wind ensemble and concert band while I had solos in both. So pretty sure they'd just tell me to go **** myself. So point is, I don't think I'll be able to go to college for what my number one choice is, so then I'd have to settle for the second one which would be culinary school, and that requires going to a totally different place than I am now. But anywho, I started reminiscing about marching band and stuff, thinking back on our shows and the tuba battles we had with the schools who pretty much always got first or second because they actually had the money to afford all of the best everything. And I feel sad, but here's a video. Not the best camera angle, but for that show (which was one of the only two good ones we did in the 4 years I was there and the only video of one of the two I could find that was the only one that had our full performance.)
I wrote this because idk. air vents.
I wrote this because idk. air vents.
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You mentioned that you have a job. Why not focus on that while saving up for school? And, there's always an option for buying a tuba, if renting is not a reachable choice for you. You can search online, they maaaay be out of your financial reach at this time, but if you can discipline yourself by setting some money aside, you could actually afford it.Posted September 29th, 2014 at 12:53 PM by Meganium



