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It gives them a reason to learn the trombone, I guess.

I like it when brass instruments stay relevant.

^^^i have very mixed feelings about this. although, one of our best trombone players started in ska.

good ska is good music, bad ska is bad music

pparently kids are still into ska? and have ska bands? i don't know if this is reassuring or worrying.

-- Jordan, Monday, December 10, 2007 2:36 PM (Monday, December 10, 2007 2:36 PM) Bookmark Link

that depends, is your retirement heavily tied to the porkpie hat industry?

AWESOME!!! I'm off the babysitting hook!

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YAY time for party!

getting references for grad school = ;_; x 1,000,000

i am going to get one from my boss, no biggy. but academic references are important. i am trying to get one from a prof. who i only had for one class, but it was psychology of religion, and my majors were psych and religion, and he gave me an A-. however, i sucked overall in psych so if he looks at my overall gpa for that major then i am screwed. meanwhile, only two of the religion profs i had are still teaching at w&m and i didn't do too impressively in either of their classes (one gave me a C+ and a B, other one gave me a C+ and a B-). i got good grades in other religion classes but none of those profs are there anymore, most are probably retired and i can't remember their names anyways because it was 7+ years ago. what was i doing in college?

i need two refs. for one school, so that's not too much of a problem, i can use my boss and hopefully the psych of religion prof. but the other school wants three references. for the third do i use a) a professor who won't remember me and who didn't give me very good grades or b) my boss from richmond

ugh

I don't know what I'm talking about, bbbbuut... Maybe it's ok to use the Richmond boss since you haven't been in school for so long?

i emailed one of the religion profs anyways, asking if i can send her my resume and update her on what i've been doing since graduation and we'll talk about a reference once she's had a chance to read it. if i feel like her reference will be no good i can just not use it.

now for a nap

maybe you should ask your mom

Argh, I really want to skip band practice tonight because I feel like shit but was told this Friday's show is too important. :(

Where is the next show?

Schubas. Label guy will be there.

Eep

I wouldn't think a prof being at the same school you graduated from is a requirement for using them as an academic reference? If that's the case I'm never ever going to be able to go to grad school because most of the profs I would ask for a reference have left MTU by now.

Oh man, I would hate to have to get refs for grad school. I've been out of school for 3 years and my last 2 semesters were trainwrecks. Right now though my boss likes me and I'm going to be enrolled in undergrad again, so I guess I have a second chance.

Nick, have you decided what you're going for? Did you say it and I missed it?

My finger hurts. I cut it on a stone crab claw last night and there is a flap of skin hanging off of it. So worth it, though nomnomnom.

Yeah, I have no idea what I would do either. I could do R1chard D4vis, and then maybe track down the one professor whose class I actually liked, participated in, and did okay in.

Where did you eat, Jesse?

What Dan said, unless Nick means that he can't track down the profs who have left or retired. (Although I would think the school might be able to help you with that.)

I ate at the restaurant where I work. Hunched over a stainless steel prep table in back. Have you had stone crab?? so YUM!

And so sharp!

There's a prof in the English department who was my advisor, my thesis advisor, and whom I took a couple of classes with, including freshman and senior seminar and an independent study. I've also kept in touch with her over the last few years, so she'd be the ideal candidate for a reference. After that, I imagine I would probably ask the chair of the English department, who's no longer there but who Google tells me is now at Cal State-Fullerton.

Both folks who'd be my first choices are now at UW-Milwaukee.

Well, I was stubborn enough that I don't have to come to rehearsal tonight after all. I hate shit like this, though. I don't like feeling like I have to defend how sick I am.

Both folks who'd be my first choices are now at UW-Milwaukee.

you say that like they're dead

Quite the contrary, actually! They escaped the sinking ship that is their department and are much happier now, I think.

met gbx 2nite

evan next time we do boner jams you need to play the saxophone ok? ok

i listened to the bj ep this morning. it is disorienting

Dear SUV drivers,
You know, you may be invincible in your four-wheel drive vehicles, but you do still have to brake like the rest of us.

Love,

Me

anyone know any hungry ESL teachers? send those people my way please

we are hiring for spring '08

I'm hungry. But I'm not an ESL teacher.

i couldn't get moms out of my place until 1 am last night

ha ha She's a party animal!

Last night, I grocery shopped 'til I dropped. I got home, had some lovely soy tacos a la Nick, then fell asleep in front of White Christmas. When I woke up, they were singing the theme song in a big production number. Then it was THE END.

Dear Qu|ll.com--

You will not lure me back to your company by offering me the following DVDs for free.

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Save BIG and get hot DVD releases for the holidays!

"Shrek the Third" DVD © 2007 DreamWorks Animation

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" DVD © 2007 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc

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Dear Administrative Assistant at Mega Law Firm,

You suck at your job. You are obviously stoned, and my name is not Jeffie. Who the hell is name JEFFIE?

Jeff?

Maybe he has a speech impediment?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/Long_S_in_US_Bill_of_Rights.JPG/250px-Long_S_in_US_Bill_of_Rights.JPG

Maybe he just has really big jowls.

You are obviously stoned, and my name is not Jeffie.

Guess what ... IT IS NOW, JEFFIE

Dear US District Courts

Why are most of your documents available *ONLY* in Word Perfect format? Eh?

you guys yesterday i was caught up in a case of mistaken identity, debt collection and on-the-phone legal drama that i only bring up to tell you this:
if you are listed anywhere in the phone book, even without your full name, this may happen to you.

also: i got a jury duty notice! it's for early january.

Are you happy about that? You seem excited.

My bossgal says: lawyers do not select juries, juries select themselves.

xp - not really, but at least it comes between semesters. i hope i don't have to actually be on a jury.

i am definitely not excited about being mistaken for a debtor with my same name (diff. middle initial) and harassed for months about it.

debtor
sorry that sounds way more extreme than it really is.