October 2, 2005
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The Daily News
D0000D!!!! HAPPY MONDAY!!!
1 So...August Wilson walks into a bar...
2 Well! I'd like to congratulate the Band for rocking the school at Friday's rally! Evan, you make a great maestro, honestly. You guys looked sharp, shounded sharp, and I'm pretty sure I was even caught bumping and dancing, but got my manners on rather swiftly thereafter.
3 I was afraid I might lose my hat.
4 I just thought you guys grooved, really. Keep it up, guys!!! I was smiling from ear to ear, and really just bouncing my head and enjoying all of it. To me, you guys MADE the rally! So just keep practicing and doing that good of work. You have some big fans out there who love the whole Band thing. I'm one of them! Thank you for all your hard work; it's clearly starting to pay off!!!
5 And thanks, Ms. Hooper, for just being the awesome you.
6 Is it just me, or is Johnny Cash's version of Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water something they ought to send to Iraq to torture the enemy? And the thing about it is, it's supposed to get people up to donate for Hurricane Relief.
7 People who donated started asking for change.
8 M'bad.
9 We are continuing the Hurricane Relief efforts in my room through this week, and for an indefinite period of time. Ms. Haggerty brought a huge jar of money over last week, so keep going.
10 I just got an e-mail from Trami, and she just said in Spanish, "Hola, hache!" That's "H" for all you greeeeeengos out there. But it reminded me of a question that Jose and Ray asked the other evening at Joe's: how do you spell "H"? Your first attempt at it will result in quite a pain. After that, who knows?
11 Moving on: Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the Who, is producing a movie about the band's late drummer, Keith Moon. That's been a project in the works for around 10 years, but recently, Mike Myers has joined in on the whole idea, and wishes to play the part of the irrepressible Moon, who's insane antics are the legend of rock.
12 And a bit of the stuff in life to which I refer frequently. There's a famous Who concert that took place years ago at San Francisco's Cow Palace in which Moon, a bit shaky, hit a crash cymbal, then a huge gong, and fell off his drum set, never to return for the remainder of the night. I'm proud to say I was there.
13 I recall Pete Townshend looking off, and then shaking HIS head, and reporting into the mic, "It must beeen somethin' he et!" This was followed by a pause, because the four-man band really had three instruments: a guitar, a bass, and drums. Bassist John Entwhistle and guitarist Townshend kept going for around three minutes, when Townshend just stopped, looked at the audience, and asked, "Can anyone drum?"
14 Some hippy-dude instantly leapt to the stage; Townshend whispered to him, and he whispered back before climbing up on the drums. Roger Daltrey then extended his hand, looked at the lucky fellow, and said, simply, "Scott!" It brought down the house, and they finished the evening, a little shaky, but with a fun story for people to tell years on down. That particular concert is now rock legend.
15 Back to today: So we have another collaboration. Gotta love it. It isn't the Who or anything remotely British, but it still rocks.
16 There are rumors of block schedules all week, but I honestly couldn't tellya what the heck is going on. If we have block schedules all week, then I'm going to hook up some LONG movie and sell popcorn and Milk Duds for Hurrcane Relief. I can't help thinking that Half-Baked somehow fits into a literature lesson. Any time I show a movie, the class will always ask what it is, and I'll usually say, "Half-Baked" matter-of-factly, just to see who the stoners are, and to mess with them. Teach THEM to come to my class high!
17 Hmmm. Popcorn and Milk Duds. That may backfire, and CREATE hurricanes in some circles. It also might make the stoners go into uncontrollable fits of idiot laughter.
18 I'm thinkin' dangling participles...always gets a laugh on the name alone, and is much more edumacational.
19 I'm getting a little long-winded here, and I really think it's just about that time to jump up there and take the hight road outta here.
20 So I'm goin' now.
21 Peaceout.
~h~
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