Behind the Inhaler Pt. 8

What a week. I didn't think I would make it today (Thursday). I saw 3oh!3, Down With Webster, Hellogoodbye, and...Neon Hitch(?) last night at the LC. 3oh!3 is up there with the most entertaining bands I've ever seen live (close competitors would be Jimmy Eat World, Mayday Parade, and Down With Webster). This is the second time I've seen 3oh!3 the first being in 2008, on the Alternative Press Tour with the Maine and Family Force Five (strangest lineup in the history of touring...aside maybe Bonaroo the year they had Kanye West and Brand New).

I had a lot of fun to say the least. One of the opening bands Down With Webster that I had never heard of turned out to be really entertaining live. Listen to their single Whoa Is Me here. It's an incredibly diverse group of seven musicians/singers.

I completely lost my voice and was almost caught by my parents most "orchestra concerts" don't last till 11:45...haha

Music has always been a huge part of my life. I began taking piano at the age of four and continued until I was eight. I've been playing the cello for six years (you might laugh but  it gives me an edge in applying for colleges) and I absolutely love the instrument...but I hate the class. For some reason I've always been more musically inclined. The totally racist reasoning for this is because I am Asian. The politically correct reasoning is because I have been touched by something special.

Music has always been my comfort zone. Whether it be Bach, Vitamin String Quartet, Jimmy Eat World, Mayday Parade, or Of Montreal music has always been there for me. Through my cello I can express emotions I could never dream of sharing verbally. And at concerts I become a very different Stephanie. I'm confident, I'm bubbly, and I honestly don't give a flying you know what about anything. Because for that night it's just the music and I. Every song is sang directly toward me, and I cling onto every word like it's the last.  And now I've even started to use music while riding in Freestyle Dressage and Freestyle reining.

Your taste in music changes over time, but your love for it is always there. Something I've learned over time. I used to think Avril was hardcore.

Music goes hand in hand with the 1st Amendment which gives us freedom of speech. Which coincidentally is the same amendment that they used to rule organized prayer in public schools to be unconstitutional (see how I tied that in there...haha) just like in the trial I'm researching Engel v. Vitale.  I'm ready for these research papers to be over with. Not that I don't enjoy researching, it's just getting old.

This weekend I have to work on my speech and debate script seeing as the first tournament is...next weekend. Not good. I also have the barns Halloween party. I've won the costume portion three years in a row. Should be fun, one year we ended up bobbing for apples with the horses...the horses won. Hopefully it's just as fun as last years Christmas party which turned into a thirty person snow massacre.

I hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween weekend!

Snow brawl, I'm in the black coat. Order from left to right is Cassey, myself, Miranda and Jonathan.

Horrible quality picture... but this is "Peep" the chick magnet. He hated me for about a week after this.


Horse "dancing" if you're interested. It's pairing technical dressage with music. Very difficult if not timed correctly. Dressage without music is difficult enough. When was the last time you trained your dog to trot in place? haha

Orchestra can play cool music too?   Vitamin String Quartet takes popular pop songs and re arranges them for orchestral instruments.