...that it's me. The band at my school is leaving tomorrow to perform at the Cherry Blossom Festival thing. We're going to be doing a lot of touring.
A list of all the places I can remember:
the United States Capital building
Mount Vernon
the Pentagon
the Smithsonian (all of them I think...)
the National Archives
It's supposed to be quite a trip. And the bus ride up there will include lots of caffeine and no sleep. And the touring will include lots of embarrasing myself in public.
It should be fun.
To summarize, I'll be gone for awhile.
I'm really rather excited.
(My computer keeps killing itself because I'm typing too fast.)
*happy dance* Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
That sounds awesome! I love DC. And long bus rides with friends. Hope you have a blast!
Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
That is a freakin' long bus ride, dude! We've had a few incidents at our school so we can no longer take bus trips out of state.
But the band thing sounds cool. What do you play?
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Am I the only one who felt the exuberance of the first post and had the following run trough their head?
genius- I play the trombone. Not only is it the coolest instrument. But it is the ugliest sounding one. Except the oboe.
Bok- I've never even heard of that, so I'd bet so.
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
quote: Am I the only one who felt the exuberance of the first post and had the following run trough their head?
W-A-S-H, I-N-G; T-O-N, baby, D. C.!
Actually, no. And now it's stuck in my head.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
My choir director plays a Bach Stradivarius (I think that's the model) trombone. It's a beautiful instrument and actually sounds pretty darn good.
When he plays it.
Have a great time.
I hope you get to see the information processing exhibit in the Smithsonian. It's a hoot and a half.
Sadly, they don't have the full wall of Eniac on display anymore, but it's still pretty darn cool looking at all that old hardware that's about as capable as your I-Pod.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Actually, at least for storage space and retrieval speed, ENIAC was considerably less capable than an Ipod. Not to mention reliability. I suppose it may have had a bit more computing capacity, though.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Actually, Bob, I don't even have an iPod. I still just have an old-fashioned CD walkman. And it's my baby, especially considering its survival rate. It's survived being dropped (a lot), being put in a freezer (not my idea), being put in a microwave (not my idea), and having chocolate milk spilt on it.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
quote:Originally posted by Avadaru:
quote: Am I the only one who felt the exuberance of the first post and had the following run trough their head?
W-A-S-H, I-N-G; T-O-N, baby, D. C.!
Actually, no. And now it's stuck in my head.
Ha ha! Nothing like spreading a little Magnetic Fields goodness
Steve, I didn't figure you had, but I know some folks around here are Magnetic Fields fans
-Bok
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
What kind of music do they play?
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
It's indie-rock/pop/country. With biting sarcasm. You can hear clips on Amazon or iTunes, I'm sure.
-Bok
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Yeah, I listened to a couple of samples. They seem good. But they aren't quite my sort of music.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
A book I read about the moon landings said that the computing power of the Apollo 11 capsule was less than a cell phone's, eep...
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