First Game

Okay so I was totally gonna update on my first day of class and all those other fun "firsts", but now the moment is kind of lost right, so here's a summary of my first week of classes: So far, it's pretty boring. I hate listening to "Here is the class syllabus and classroom policies..."

I have one lecture class with 250 people in it. One of my other classes has 65 people. This does not bother me, especially since the 65-person one is an econ class and it's rather boring, so I can just sit in the back and doodle. HOWEVER, the text book is WAY easier to understand than that piece of crap I "read" in AP Macro...

Anyway. So on Saturday, the Blugold Marching Band had its first performance, and the football team had its first game (we won, 21-7). And honestly... I like high school football games better.

I was told upon entering Carson Park that nobody goes to UWEC football games. Saturday's crowd was pretty good (although it cleaned out by halftime...), but... uh... yeah. JM's crowd is ridiculous, and they actually pay to watch!

It really made me miss JM. Like I don't miss much from home, but every now and then something dumb will pop up and I'll be like "... Oh. I miss that."

Anyway. Since most of you reading this are/were in band, I'll tell you about band. Which I feel like a total hypocrite talking about because by no means am I a "bandie" (I just hang out with lots of them... =/). But I'm standing on the field, making eye contact with this random chick in the crowds (focal point!), and I'm seeing this mess of blue and gold, and I'm like, "... This isn't right." Where is my black and/or red sea? Where is the massive, jam-packed crowd of people cheering? There is nobody clinging to the fence. There are no emo kids making out by the concession stand. There are no gangsta 12-year-olds picking a fight with each other. It's very... calm.

By the way, guard drill for pregame is really lame. And we don't do anything. Not that anybody ever really gives a crap about the colorguard anyway (which is fine by me...), but... geez. I miss that tick-tick thing we did at JM.... Whatever.

And aha... yeah. Nobody really cheers at the UWEC games. I think we had tailgating, because I think I saw some lawn chairs and a grill in the Carson parking lot, but it was nowhere near as cool as JM's (um, by the way, I hope Class of 2010 is keeping up with the excellence that was our TG!). Where is Kurt running around with a giant flag and our trash can drummers???

Ohhh, high school football was so much fun. I can't wait to come back for homecoming. :)

Mmmm, some stuff happened, points were scored, and then the BMB performed. It was fun. I love performing. I mean, I know I'm no good at guard stuff, and yet, here I am, least nervous out of a group of 24 girls. I guess I'm lucky; I very rarely get nervous for anything.

First song went well. That's the only song we have finished, so I guess it should have gone well. Second song, I know I did horrible on, but I get the feeling I'm not alone on that, since we never practice it. Third song... we have no work, so we just awkwardly marched on the field. Yay! The band looked cool though. They run! It's funny!

If you want the video go here, then click Sept. 5 video in the upper right hand corner. http://www.blugoldmarchingband.com/09camp.html. Oh, and I guess there are pictures of band camp too, but I don't think I'm in any of them. As for the video, if you're wondering where I am, once the band sets in, around 30-40 seconds, I'm just to the left of the 50-yard-line, girl in the middle. And around 1:40, I'm the single guard member a few steps left of the 50.

Ummm... I was gonna say a lot of stuff about what I miss from Rochester. Like I mentioned, high school football games... JM guard... actually CHEERING for my team, even if I didn't watch a single second of the game...

Oh yeah. One thing I REALLY miss. During the national anthem, when we scream out "ROCKETS!" I really miss that. I secretly wanna do it during the anthem when we play it at Eau Claire. But the version of Star Spangled Banner we play is really slow and pretty sounding, as opposed to a more "pep-band-y" feel that we had. And it would be really awkward and probably in poor taste.

... I better be impressed at JM Homecoming.

I also really miss the 2nd Street Caribou Coffee. I don't even know why. I hardly ever went there. Parking was terrible. But the inside is so cozy, and there's always plenty of people to watch from the window facing St. Mary's. I went to the 41st St Caribou way more than I went to 2nd St, but... I miss it more. Go figure.

And I miss Target. There is a Shopko within walking distance of campus, but... Shopko scares me. Or at least the one in Rochester does, so I'm always really nervous about going to the 'Ko in EC. I've only been there like twice, but... still... gives me the willies.

At any rate, I'll be back home in about a week, so I'm looking forward to seeing as many Rochesterites as I can nex weekend. And study hard and all that BS. I know it's tough. The educational part of high school blows. ;)

Until next time...