Current Interests

Recently I have gotten really into the whole "zen" of Maximum Ride again. Great, great books. I'd say the first one is one of my favorite, favorite, FAVORITE books. They're so...just read 'em. I've been checking out their blog a lot more; you can see the link to it on my "Check out these Links!" section in the lower right corner of this page. So that's been going on. I also really like trumpet. I did really like. And I also really like guitar. This I also did really like before. Thing is, I can't decide whether or not to

• focus on trumpet
• focus on guitar
• play both

See, I had guitar lessons, but then me going to France for the summer kinda interfered. I still like playing guitar. I'm not that good. Well, I'm o k a y, but I think I'm better at trumpet. In a way I like trumpet better. I mean, if I choose guitar, it's like I'll be thrown into this world of high-competition, hard rock, goth people, I mean, it'd just be too much I think. I can't....there are like.. a LOT of other guitarists. I don't like all the "competition". Plus, do you guys know any really good female trumpet players? Like, famous ones? Sure, I'm sure there are some, but not a whole lot.

I love playing jazz. I have inspirations on trumpet. I like playing it a lot. I'm not too bad. I played the concert F major scale, arpeggio and thirds pretty much the fastest in the whole class in 7th grade. Not to brag, 'course. Trumpet's my thing. But then again, how can I let go of guitar? Playing rock and roll is really awesome. It's easier..to make a rock band, as opposed to a jazz band. It's a hard decision for me. But I think I'm leaning more towards trumpet. I need to practice, though. I haven't played in that thing for like 3 months. I named my trumpet Eugene. My long-term goal is to get on the Michigan Marching Band. Awesomeness.