"That way madness lies" - Shakespeare

Happy Earth Day.

They actually don't seem to do that thing over here in France. I didn't do nothing too special, but I did remember how almost exactly a year ago I got this green and blue stretchy wristband from the Leslie Science Center from doing this thing in my science class. So I dunno, it was sort of cool knowing already a year has passed since that. And yet slightly scary.

I caught up with my Youtube subscriptions today, and thought I did quite well in the artistic department. I practiced the first part of my concert band audition music, and actually felt quite confident. I have most of the rhythm down (mostly triplets, the first two notes of which are mostly slurred), but am playing it sort of slow-ish and there's a bunch of dynamics and it has to be short tongued. And come audition time, my palms are sweaty, I suddenly forget how to play simple scales, I can't see the notes clearly, it's hard to hold my trumpet and once I make a mistake the thing sort of dies. But it's dang fun.

I also got a good guitar practice in and read a ton. I'm reading Fade by Robert Cormier, and am sort of getting used to the guy's style. It's rather... abstract? Fantastical. Extremely confusing and yet wonderous. Imaginative and yet realistic. It's such a good book though. It's rather.. um... teenager-like or + though I guess....

My dad and I's playing of catch across the street has sort of sparked attention. French kids staring. It's probably a sure sign we're American, but I mean so what? Baseball is great stuff.

What was I gonna say... oh yeah... I mean, yeah I guess stuff is going by pretty fast. It's sort of just a blur, with me not really caring about stuff, and not having to really. So, good.

72 days left until myself.