SOMNAMBULANT RAMBLINGS

SOMNAMBULANT RAMBLINGS

:: 2005 20 September :: 10.38 am
:: Mood: ... okay, i guess
:: Music: BnL - the wrong man was convicted

fer teh fil!

Dear Christopher,

I would be happy to talk with you. The first thing I think you should do is come down to a Symphony rehearsal at DeVos Hall. See what your schedule is for next week. We can do sort of a job shadow thing. I would recommend next Thursday evening. That is our dress rehearsal for our next Classical concert. I could talk with management about you sitting up on stage with us. also our recording engineer will be there and you can meet him and talk with him. In the mean time my phone number is 446-XXXX. I would ask that you do not give that out to anyone since it is my cell phone. I look forward to talking with you.

Sincerely,

David Gross, Principal Timpanist
Grand Rapids Symphony

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:: 2005 19 September :: 10.48 am

this is dated january 18, 2005
Dear Mr. Gross,

i'm not really too sure where to start, because my request is obscure, and my story is equally bizarre. i guess my best bet is to just give a brief rundown.

my name is Christopher Best. i am a senior at Cedar Springs High School. when i took my SATs i got a 750 in math and expressed an interest in music. the Peabody Conservatory received these statistics and sent me a mailing advertising their Recording Arts and Sciences program. every single thing i read in the letter really seemed to nail my situation. that mailing is practically the sole cause of my interest in peabody. i have, since i received the letter, applied to the peabody and have scheduled an audition. an audition which is in a little over a month. i've been asking around about what i can expect, because i've never done this before, and have been disappointed. what can i say? Cedar is the farthest place in the world from culture, and my family is useless. i've always had a knack and a passion for music, but i lack an extremely formal education. i'm in school band, i've been to Blue Lake, and i dabble in my spare time - of course i'm always LISTENING to music - but that's really about it. i believe i have the capacity and potential to do great things in music, but i'm also extremely afraid i got in over my head. i expressed this fear to my M.S.W. , and he suggested talking to somebody from the Symphony. a phone call later i was provided with your email from the 'personnel manager,' i believe it was (he was exceedingly cordial). so, i'm just hoping to get to talk so somebody sometime, or at least get some feedback from a person who knows better what the heck is going on - because i'm a tad bit lost. for all the 'help' and 'career advisement' that i've been offered, they really left me hanging.

anything at all that you can offer me will be beneficial, even if it's consolation for being delusional. i was just looking for some straight talk from anyone who had the credentials to give it.

i have also sent an email identical to this one to your associate, Mr. Hall.

many preemptive thanks,

Christopher Best

... wow.

a lot has changed. my home. my girlfriend. my college. my lifestyle. everything.

in under a year, my life has undergone a total revamp.

and yet i'm still the same guy i've always been. nothing special. nothing fancy. wow.

just amazing. and i never would've guessed it.

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:: 2005 18 September :: 11.06 am

etc.

well. i picked up the transmission yesterday... it was filthy. so i took it back to karl's and bathed it in mineral spirits. it's still ugly... but it's a darn sight better than it was. now i'm going to flush it out with brakleen and try and get the exterior nice and pretty. i might even repaint the end cap thingy. that cool fluorescent green. mmm. anyway. oh, i also pulled both of the driveaxles. so, next phase is to get fluid, brakleen, new axles, maybe new seals for the donor tranny. hector's supposed to be showing up soon, so i'll ask him about the next phase of the operation. and i thought it was really interesting that karl had the bentley for a '79 rabbit. i was disappointed i didn't have access to it sooner. because i would have used it like crazy on the blue bunny. speaking of which, i finally found someone to take it.

bruce and i went to buses by the beach last night, and i talked to billy. next saturday we're gonna trailer the blue bunny over to billy's house. i give him the rabbit and 250, and he gives me a really nice 24 channel, 4 buss, Mackie board. SCORE!!!! not only do i get rid of my old crap. which i will miss dearly. but i also get newer cooler crap. always awesome.

yeah. that's all. i mean, i haven't done any homework... but at least i'm making some sort of progress. it's a very refreshing sensation.

but i still smell like grease and mineral spirits. it feels good.

LOVE! PEACE! SEXUAL INDISCRETION!

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:: 2005 16 September :: 10.15 am
:: Music: the verve pipe - ominous man

was ist das wetter heute?

es regnet. und k�hle.

i think one of my current favorite words (there's a running tally) is this:

m�l�e.

just because of the crazy accents.

i love these headphones. and recording at 1 Mbps.

sleep is better, though.

lederhosen auf der tische. i think i've said that one before. or is it dem tische? fuck.

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:: 2005 15 September :: 10.45 pm
:: Mood: sleepy
:: Music: DMB - so much to say

Wie geht's? gut?
some people 'round here seem to have taken an upturn. some a downturn. so i guess we'll call mine a.... funny turn.
"i once had a bad turn in a booth."

oh, james bond, you heartthrob. what'll i ever do with you? aside from contract syphillis...

i'm sick of being an ass. and i'm sick of being unjustifiably tired. not exhausted. just a little sloth. enough to make me useless. but for no good reason.

i dropped the car off today. tomorrow i meet hector to pick up the bentley. then i'm off to detroit on saturday to pick up the new transmission. then saturday-day i'll attempt the swap. permitting nothing is screwy. which, it very well may be. gah. i don't want to think about all the potential catastrophes.

i think tomorrow night i'm going to go to buses by the beach with teh MUB (Mutter und Bruce). hopefully i can talk to billy about the mixing board. assuming he hasn't sold it already. i got sick of calling. i felt like he was avoiding me. this way i'll have him cornered.

and i wanted to call jackie tonight... but i didn't get home until 10:30 or so. shit fuckers. i guess it'll happen tomorrow. i hate this. i shouldn't have to just squeeze her in. it's just plain wrong. i should have all the time in the world for her. well, i do have lots of free time. it's just between 10am and 1pm. and she's busy during those hours.

it has switched to Heart - Dog and Butterfly.

i love WMA shuffle...

too bad defragging the hard drive takes about 6 hours with all that shit on here. i actually had to take some off, just for enough free space to defrag properly. geh. i'm gonna do homework now.

Ich studieren die Kommunikationswissenschaft. Wunderbar.

auf wiedersehosen...

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:: 2005 15 September :: 12.21 pm
:: Music: WMA shuffle...

Sex...

i think it's funny... but there we are.

i still can't speak german. but two of my vocab words will be difficult to forget.

dick = fat.
schlank (with an 'ahh' sound) = slender.

so, you might have a dick dick. or there are those of us with schlank shlongs.

i just had to get that out of my system.

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:: 2005 13 September :: 4.33 pm
:: Mood: hungry hippo
:: Music: Heart - Even it up.

why i love hector...
"I have been preparing various parts of the site for the chat room. Preparations A-G have all been completed. The Chat room is Preparation H and I think it is to the point now where it feels good to use, on the whole."

the man is hilarious. and this isn't even his best work. but it makes par. which is good enough for me.

i think it's about time for dinner. i've had 2 pop tarts and a granola bar.

it's good to be home. but it's still missing something... i'm still missing someone...

love and stuff, guys.