The Pie

Jill and I made an apple pie yesterday. It was quite the experience, as we were all on our own, and neither of us had made a pie before, but it turned out quite good, if I do say so myself. We were even adventurous enough to give it a lattice top. Anyway, here are the pics:

Walk with Mr. Bear

It snowed on Sunday night, and so on Monday morning I decided to take Mr. Bear for a walk to look at all the gorgeous Indiana scenery. There is this beautiful "river" (actually more of a creek) down the road a little ways from my house, so he and I walked along it for a while. Here are some pictures that will make you wish that you lived in Indiana:

Band Tour

Band tour was super fun! I didn't get as many pictures as I should have, but here are the ones I got: Me and Christin at a rest stop.

Rebecca Ferris getting down from the top of the bus.

Me, Adam and Christin in the van.

A bunch of us girls riding in the van.

Me and Becky Witter stayed together and we got Slurpees two days in a row! Yay!

Dan, Randall and I went to a mall while everyone else went to The Parlor.

This is the music repair shop we stopped at for a while.

Amanda Barrie and I sat together on the bus one day. It was fun! I hardly ever see her anymore.

You know you grew up in the 90's if...

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!"comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up earlyon a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You begged for some GAK, and when you got that they came out with scented GAK, and when you got that they came out with funny scented GAK.....

You remember reading "Goosebumps."

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. (Mine had "My Little Ponies" on it!)

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slambooks.....

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger were meant to be together.

When playing Power Rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being Tommy.

You remember when Super Nintendo's became popular.

You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up!"

You remember Stick Stickly on Nickoloden.

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down.

"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back...."

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.

Writing M.A.S.H. notes.

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool.

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell."

You played and/or collected "Pogs."

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere. (I had a Little Mermaid one!)

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles.

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank"brand. (I loved the painting panda!)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies and talking Elmo were always soldout.

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said.

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

Light up sneakers were cool.

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon and Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever. (Michael Jordan! What little kid didn't pretend to be him?)

Wait Wait....let's not forget OLD NICK shows....Alex Mac (my favorite!), My Brother and Me, Rocko's Modern Life, the ORIGINAL Rugrats, DOUG (another favorite!)!! Cousin Skeeter, HeyArnold, Clarissa Explains it All, The OLD All That, Pete and Pete yeah the OLD nick days ruled.

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.

Indianapolis Christmas Tree

I was talking to Jill (my best friend/sister) tonight, and she and I decided that we're going to go to the lighting of the Christmas tree in Indy this year! I'm so excited! It's the world's largest "Christmas tree." (Actually it's just a monument decorated to look like an enormous Christmas tree.) I've wanted to go for a long time now, but my cousins are always boring and would rather stay at home playing on our ancient Nintendo 64 than go to something cool like this! (That was for you, Jeremy! LOL.) Anyway, I can't wait, especially because we're planning a shopping day in downtown Indy to go along with it. Woo hoo! Fun times.

I'm a Christmas tree!

Tonight my roommates turned me into a human Christmas tree. At first I wasn't too crazy about the idea.

But then I kind of started to be okay with it.

I was surfing the net tonight and took one of those personality quizzes to find out what period of art I am, and it turns out that I'm my favorite period of art! Impressionism! Lol.

You Are Impressionism

You think the world is quite beautiful, especially if you look at it in new and interesting ways. You tend to focus on color and movement in art. For you, seeing the big picture is much more important than recording every little detail. You can find inspiration anywhere... especially from nature.

What Art Movement Are You?

More Pics From Edwards

For some reason Blogger would only let me post those four pics on the last post. Here are some more:

This was in the slide room. Hundreds of slides! It was pretty cool.

Some more bells...

This was in their workshop.

This was in the warehouse.

I'm holding a bass trombone in this one. The thing was massive! It was almost as heavy as my euphonium! Fun times.

Edwards Factory

Today I went with Dan Howe and Jake Hammond to the Edwards Factory. (They make trombones and trumpets. It was SOOOO cool! Dan was getting a mouthpiece fitting. There are two guys who are in charge of testing the trombones and helping customers find the right trombone setup/mouthpiece for them. Their names are Christian and Ron. They spent probably fourty-five minutes handing him different mouthpieces and saying, "Okay, what do you like/dislike about that one?" Then they'd give him a different one to try. When they finally found the one he liked the best, they were still all, "I don't really think the tone is quite centered. Let me adjust something for you." Then they'd take it to the back room and grind down the shaft or tweak it somehow other then bring it back out and be like, "Okay, try it now." They finally got it how they wanted it, and then Dan was all, "Can I try some of your trombones?" All their trombones have interchangeable parts. You can change the shaft, the bell, the valve system, etc. So they custom designed a trombone for him much the same way as the mouthpiece. He'd play and they'd be all, "Hmm.. your low register seems fuzzy...try this bell." It was so cool! And the guy who was helping him out basically gave him a mini-lesson right there. He was all, "Make sure you play this rhythm this way," and, "Make sure you make it sound like a waltz," etc. It was so cool! I felt like I was in a masters class. Then we took a tour of the factory. We got to watch them making trombones. It was the coolest thing ever! Then the dude was all, "Jenn, you want to try some mouthpieces?" And I was kind of hesitant, but he was like, "You really need to try them!" So I did, and I found one I really liked, but it was tres expensive. Maybe someday when I'm rich I'll get it. = ) Anyway, it was probably the coolest music-related thing I've ever done. Here are some pics:

These are a bunch of valve systems they had hanging up in their workshop.

Take notice of the third name from the bottom: J. Alessi. He's quite possibly the leading trombonist alive right now. Awesome!

This was in the warehouse. I thought it was a cool picture. If you click on it to enlarge it, you can see all the different bells and things that are hanging up on the wall.

This was in their workshop. Ron, one of the main dudes, tests out each component of each trombone before they sell it. These are all the ones he's tested out.