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Tonight marked the second annual Birthday Extravaganza for my great friend, RyneTate. Tons of people piled into the Underground to hear the musical styling of Monmouth's own celtic rock band, Raging Clue, (comprised of Kurt Carlson on vocals, Matt Danahar on guitar, Mark Mullaney on the babpipes, Raleigh Moon on bass, and Jared Piepenbrink on drums), guitar solos by Ross Plunkett, and the Roasting of RyneTate by Chris Maurer, all hosted by Arjun Ahluwhalia and the Clubhouse. I hope I spelled all those names right!!
There was free tea, free coffee, and free cake to be had! Tonight was definitely a great night to party, and I needed it after all the work that has kept me from the Clubhouse lately (sorry Rossle!). I've been feeling pretty detached from them, and it sucks, big time. Hopefully now that things have died down a bit, I can spend some more time over there. ^_^
I'm still working on my essays for Japan Study. For those of you who don't read my Xanga, I'm pretty much already accepted to study abroad at Waseda University for the entire 07-08 adacemic year. This is an amazing opportunity for me, as I can finish my International Business degree and really develop my language skills at the same time as living some place utterly amazing like Tokyo, Japan! Plus, the incoming resident director (as seen on the website) Don Capener, is my current academic advisor! How cool is that?
Overall, though, the past few weeks have been tough. Pretty much since I got back from Fall Break, which was amazing, I've been drowning in papers, exams, presentations, and lab work. I'm keeping busy, which is better than wasting time, but I feel like my social relationships have been suffering. I plan to remedy that in the upcoming weeks!!
Another good bit of news was when I heard that RyneTate's new camera finally got here! With an amazing director, a near-complete script (I hope =P), new camera, and 5 incredibly psyched actors (at least I am!), this movie is going to rock socks. I'm still so stoked about this project that I'm mentally jumping up and down every time I think about it!
For those of you in Lansing or Lincoln, be prepared for one hell of a story/movie experience this summer!! =D It will debut sometime in March. If you're in the Monmouth (Quad-Cities) area, and would like tickets to the Jerry Spri- I mean, "Listen - the Movie" show, contact me and I will start making a list of people to contact when the date is finalized. It will be amazing!!!
I think that's about it for now. The rest of tonight will mostly be spent working on essays for Japan Study, which is über important. My personal deadline is to have everything submitted by the time I leave for Thanksgiving Break. I can do it, no problem.
That's about it for now. I'm sort of in the mood to write, so I may do that for a while. We'll see what happens.
---I just took an hour break from updating and played with clay with my roomie. =P It was great!!
I'll leave you with a quote from RyneTate tonight. He commented on something that Nathan bought at a thrift store today... the motor to a music box. Ryne was listening to the tune walking across campus and said, "You know, it's amazing that something so beautifully melodic can come from something so mechanical." It's true. |
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