Umm… Hi. I’m back

Hey guys, I know I haven’t posted since…. forever. Sorry! Life has been real busy. An update for y’all

In Music:

In the beginning of the year, I was involved with the Senior Provincial Honour band. We played an epic piece called “Russian Christmas Music” by Alfred Reed and other cool things. In other oboe news, I was also in the scholarship competition for youth orchestra (I finally got into senior orchestra!), and the Winnipeg Music Festival. I won a shiny-looking trophy called the Robinson, Little and Company Ltd. trophy. I also ended up playing in the Gala Concert.

In orchestra, we played a concert in December at Pantages Playhouse. Our senior orchestra went to Brandon last week for school tours (man, I love Forbidden flavours!!) and I’ll be heading out to linden Christian and St. Amant Centre with the concert orchestra for more school touring.

In piano news, I have been working tirelessly (haha) on ARCT performer’s… I was also in music fest for that, except I got pwned in both my classes. I was even last in one of them… Yay!!

Cadets:

I’m a newly-minted (well, not so newly) flight corporal. joy. notice how this isn’t actually joyful and therefore it is been typed in almost all lower case. w00t. I also applied for gliding again this year. Man, I’m going to be pissed if I don’t get on course again.

Manga/Anime:

As some of you might have seen on my other blog, manga reviews have kind of been put on a halt. Instead, I decided to tread into the mysterious world of scanlation. I’ve made my own group called Domo Scans, and we have released a work by the manga-ka of Karin called Sakura no Ichiban, a joint project called Peacemaker by Minagawa Ryoji, and a cheesy six page oneshot called Tokkei Winspector. I’ve also been working with Manga-Heaven on Crimson Grave and will be working on two of their new projects; Belial Strawberry and Necromancia. Oh, and I’m slowly but surely typesetting Shina Dark for Operation Boredom.

School:

I’m a little hesitant to talk about school. I’m not really getting along with the teachers in this second semester. My French teacher is threatening to phone my parents lest I forget to do yet another assignment, my English teacher has deemed me ‘way too unorganized’, My math teacher might be slightly peeved that I didn’t tell him I was doing the AP Calculus BC exam instead of AB and I double-booked wind ensemble and graphics design and neither of those teachers are happy.

I’m OK with the students. I’ve met some really nice people here; a girl in grade 12 is helping me learn the Calculus BC stuff (since I’m not in the course) and most of my classmates are really nice, but there’s some other people who would rather see me suffering a terrible death or something. I’m “getting along” with my stand partner in band, but I’m pretty sure she hates me.

If she is reading this: yes, I realized you hate me. I kind of figured that when you gave me the silent treatment after the first day of school. I’m not that dense.

But… yeah. I’m getting ok grades, I’m not asian-failing yet. I still get my hot meal and blanket (2% more until a pillow, lol). But I’m very much missing SJR…

Especially that 2 week long spring break!!! Curses!!

~ by damantaray on March 25, 2008.