migblog

saving it for later

i've wanted to talk about so many things, but as soon as i start something new just keeps on popping up and i can't help but wait for it again.

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hurricane katrina was devastating. if you look at it all with some perspective, you realize that this city was so culturally and historically rich that to be ignored as such was a major slap in the face.

ill-preparedness and ignorance didn't help out any bits, either, but the volunteerism response is amazing and it's kind of nice to see that side of america every once in a while. it's a wonder why it takes a category 4 hurricane to bring americans together.

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every year i've waxed poetic on silent walk, but this year, when i was able to go on it again, it really did hit that this was a bit of a special occasion. newman year, it all seemed so awe-inspiring (let alone weird), but now, shifting things after four years of band and school, everything goes back into that perspective. you're charged with these things because you're part of something so much bigger, and probably omething bigger than you might even imagine.

joining the band then and eventually planning the walk now made it that much more special, seeing the looks on the newmen's faces, tired, glazed over, yet holding on to whatever they could muster in terms of energy and attention, trying to really get enraptured and captivated by such an event.

you hear people gasp and feel their hearts skip a beat when they hear the bells toll, when they hear voices in harmony, and when they see at first just a darkened stadium with the scoreboard only to reveal the entire membership right there witnessing their formal induction.

you see the largest smiles on people's faces when you tell them congratulations, and you feel a great sense of pride and urgency when you pin someone into membership. it feels even better when they hug you right back and tell you thanks in your ear. and it feels the best when you have a great time with your little bear and hang out with good friends you know you'll keep for life.

little bear, you're awesome. you're a good kid.

and congratulations, class of 2005, and welcome. i love you all.

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today i had my first intense rehearsal with AiR! and it was glorious. singing never felt like so much fun.

watch out for us on september 12th -- i promise you , we'll rock your socks off. maybe even your sweatshirts if the weather permits, but i promise you, it'll be fun.

to new friends, new harmonies, and new antics for the coming semester.

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one of my best friends left for china this saturday, and i know he's on the other side of the world now, but it hasn't really hit that i won't be able to surprise him at ucla nor would i be able to just drunk dial the kid any night i wanted.

this is a strange, strange feeling.

it makes me want to think about all the other times i would see these best friends of mine. soon (and i'm betting sooner than later) one of us will be getting married and more of us moving, but the fact of the matter is, i think -- and i'm being entirely optimistic here -- that we're all going to grow up together, and no matter how far apart we are or how crazy things get, we all want that feeling of everyone being there, of their being part in something so momentous.

so the moral of the story is, tell your friends that they're essentially family anyway, and that they better show up to the next birthday party, whosever it may be.

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go bears. we're 1-0.

posted by Open Source Food @ 7:52 PM