Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything.
It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful,
of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and
eternal form.
Me llamo Shaun Kahler. Miau.
You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because...
well, you're not wearing any pants.
2.13.05- The day before V-day... can't figure out what to do. Katie
and I hung out yesterday and went to go see "Hitch".. it was pretty fun.
I found out that she's not really interested in dating me right now, so
oh well. I guess that leaves me open for prom; I think we're back on our
original status where we'd go together if neither of us found a real date
before then. It's okay by me, though... I've still got time to find someone
for prom and everything. So what else is new.. I finished up my scholarship
essay for the Patterson scholarship... I'm really proud of it because I worked
for like two weeks to get it to the point I wanted it to be. It's about what
I want to do with my life and why... check it out here
Ah! I ended up getting first chair in the All-State Jazz band! I really didn't think I was going to be able
to since that one guy beat me last year and he is there this year. I also got my
tickets to Bonnaroo! Woo-hoo! Well, I'm off of here.. I'll talk to you later :-)
2.07.05- All-East was awesome. I had a great time this year, and I
was really happy to get to be with the people I did for my
last year. Going to TGI Fridays and hanging out the last night was
full of random hysterics, like most things that happen with band. Makes
me look forward to all the trips that are happening really soon :-D.
Anyway, I got to make amends with a friend I never got to talk to anymore,
got hit on by a waitress that had about 1,000 facial expressions and 2 pigtails,
watched Robin Williams on Broadway with a bunch of band kids, met a really
cool horn player, and put on an awesome concert, so it was worth the trip. That's
all that's new with me, so I'll see you all later. 1 week till the Jeep's here!
2.01.05- Well, random things happened, things got resolved... and now
Katie and I are officially going to prom together. Yay! It's going to be so much fun...
this year I might actually get to do something after prom instead of just going straight
home like I did last year... that was totally lame. Spppbbbt... not much else is going
on... I found out I'm going to be playing the same feature I played at All-East
in two other groups (KYJO and the school Jazz band), so you guys will get to hear just how rad-tacular
it was. Whenever I get the CD for All-East Jazz, I'll put it on here. All is well, for now
at least. All-East is this weekend, and I'm really excited about it! And only... 12 more days till
the Jeep gets here, hopefully 13 before I get to drive it :-D
1.30.05- Last night was awesome! The solo was so much fun, and the concert was great!
I haven't walked away from a concert that happy in a long time.. but it was incredible. Anyway,
I talked to Sara Wiberley about going to prom; she said she might go with me. *sigh*.. I was going to go with
Katie Woods for a while (by the way, vote
for her as player of the week here, but Ben said that he wanted to ask her out, and I didn't know
if we were going together for sure, so I told him to go for it. I don't know if I want to go with
Sara or not now.. I've been having a lot of second thoughts lately. She just didn't seem too thrilled about going with me.
She told me right out that she wanted to go "as friends" anyway, so she obviously didn't want to go with me.. she just wanted to go to prom.
I dunno... maybe I'm exaggerating.. but that's just kind of how it feels. This sucks.
Damn it, I feel like such a fucking moron.. Katie actually wanted to go with me, and I'm taking someone that's just using me
as a way to get to prom. *sigh* At least Katie and Ben will be happy going together... Katie seemed
like she wanted to go with Ben, too. Agh.. stupid drama in my head.. go away. Ugh.. I'm done ranting.. see ya.
1.28.05- Found out something awesome yesterday... My dad is going to get the Jeep
down here on February 13th, so I'll be driving in about 3 weeks or so! Finally, after waiting like..
6 months, it's gonna happen... I'm gonna be driving. So stuff is going to be a lot easier for me
from now on.. yay. And I won't get bored for a while :-D. I don't know how long it's going to
be before I can ride people around, but my dad said that it wouldn't be "too long"... so I'm
guessing maybe 1 or 2 weeks. We'll just see how it goes, I guess. But I'm really excited!
Here's a picture of it. Oh yeah! I'm going to be featured in
a song at All-East Jazz, and it's going to be awesome. It's called Manha de Carnivale, and
it's a bossa nova. I get to do a really cool sounding thing in it, during a cadenza... it sounds
kind of like a siren, haha. I also get to play a duet with Deanna (a trombone chick I'm friends with)
and the trombone section is featured on that song.. this concert's going to be really awesome.
Anyway, it's at 7:30 PM on Saturday at South-Doyle High School... you guys should
come see me :-). Well, I'm offa here... see you all later.
1.16.05- I had a great day yesterday.. I finally got to go out and do something. After sitting
around the house for about an hour, me and Greg decided to walk to the flea market
they were having at the Expo... then we got bored again.. so we stayed there for about an
hour or so.. saw Laurel Cooper there with Preston and Ashley, and hung out with them
for a while. So then I call up Mike because, well, once again, I was bored. Mike decides
to get his friends together, and then we all went out to eat at Quaker Steak and Lube...
then we went ice skating afterwards at the Ice Chalet. I met a bunch of college girls that
were involved in this thing they have at UT.. it's like Teens for Christ, but for UT students.
They wanted me to go next Thursday to see what it's all about.. so I think I might go, just to
get to do something on campus with college students. Hopefully it turns out okay, and I
don't become a total outcast (like I have in the past with youth groups... hence why I'm not
too involved, lol). It's great to finally start becoming social again.. I felt like I was going to end
up sinking into the little hole I usually do and just hanging out with all the band kids.. but I'm
starting to get to meet new people. Hmm... OH YEAH... Ms. Thomas decided to let me do
Company this year! I get to come in on Tuesday and sing with the group. Hopefully I don't
do too badly, considering I haven't sung in a while, and it feels a little different when I try.
I'm sure I'll fall right into the feel of things, though. Anyway, I'm going to play football with
a bunch of people now.. see you guys!
1.13.04- Man... I've been staring at the Bonnaroo site for the past hour... I'm so excited.
Bonnaroo is this 4-day music festival they have every year in Manchester, TN in the summer,
and the music is just... amazing. I've been looking at all the videos from last year and such..
and it has been decided. Going to Bonnaroo is MANDATORY at this point.. I absolutely MUST go.
I'm probably going to buy tickets when they first go on sale. Man... I wouldn't mind having a job
at this point... but I'm not sure if I'm going to have a job... or a Jeep... or what the deal is now.
I dunno.... I want something to happen, lol, but I don't know what it is yet. I can have my license
in 2 days, but I seriously doubt it's going to happen... we never get to the DMV when possible..
last time it took a year and a half before I actually went, lol. Oh well. Anyway, I am looking forward
to yet another weekend... hopefully I can find something to do. I wish it were summer, lol.
1.11.04- It's been a while since I've written a jabbering hormonal post.. so here goes.
Blah... girls. I'm finding myself becoming more attracted to certain ones, but I
don't seem to have the will to say anything about it. Being a senior sucks sometimes..
I remember in 9th grade when "dating" someone wasn't such a big deal. It wasn't a
giant commitment and what was going to happen after high school wasn't ever a problem
(my biggest concern... because I really DON'T KNOW). Anyway, there are some that I've
been wanting to date since 9th grade, and it seems that time is running out for me. Maybe
I'll deal with it like everyone else does (this is the part when Shaun tells himself to stop
ranting and get over it), or maybe I'll just wish I'd said something. Lol.. I know when it
comes time to sign yearbooks at the end of the year, I'll probably suprise a few... it's funny
how people can leave an impression on you for such a long time and have no clue whatsoever.
Eh... I'm done
ranting. Man... that one was kind of lame.. I usually have more important things to rant
about (or at least more of a will to). Spppbbt. Anyway, Deanna personally congratulated me
on beating her at senior clinic.. I never thought those words would ever be coming out of her
mouth, lol. Band is fun, life is... okay, and... band is fun. Wait... band=life... therefore, life is fun.
Your mom.
1.08.04- Holy crap. I blew the pants off of my audition for All-East this year..
Last year I made a 2714/3000 on my audition and got 3rd chair... this year... I
finally beat Deanna (my "rival", I guess), who has beaten me every year since 7th
grade... and guess what my score was: 2940/3000. Holy friggin' crap. Today was
total bliss for me, especially after I saw the scores. Anyway, I'm gonna get offa here..
watching a movie. I'll see you later
1.03.04- And I got my ACT scores in... holy crap. I'm really stoked.. I made a
30 on it! w00t for me. Anyway, I'm about to go out to eat... I'm getting back in tomorrow
night. See ya.
1.01.05(12:23 PM)- Happy New Year... uhh...yeah.
12.31.04- Wow.. without my trombone, I'm spending a lot more time on the computer.. figured it wouldn't
hurt to update again. I wondered how so many people kept on coming to my site... I don't update very often..
It probably has nothing to do with the blog, though... most people keep theirselves entertained on my tagboard, haha.
Hmm... yesterday I got a chance to skate for the first time in a really long time.. since this time last year. I don't
have a board, and there is nowhere to skate (legally) down in Knoxville, so I kind of had to temporarily give it up
until a park was made. I've got no board, so that doesn't help too much, either. But yesterday, one of my friends
down at the rec center (where there is somewhat-decent skatepark) let me borrow his board and his pads and stuff..
and I got to skate! I can't believe how long it's been, but I can still feel everything out like I used to.
I guess after skating for 4 years, my muscle memory can stretch a little far. I'm trying really hard to find constructive
things to do up here, but I keep on ending up at albinoblacksheep.com
and wasting a bunch of time. Maybe I'll start on that blogring/website ring... see ya
12.30.04- I'm up in Pennsylvania right now.. it's most boring. I'm sitting in the library which
is about 2 miles from my house updating my website, even though there's a computer at home. Maybe it's just
that I want to get out of the house or something. I really miss playing my horn, haha.. there will be a happy
reunion once I get back home... not to mention I have All-East auditions the Saturday after next Tuesday
(I'm getting back on Tuesday night)... leaving me Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to practice. Looks like I
know what I'll be doing when I get back.... >.X Anyway, Christmas went well at the house, even though I felt kind
of odd seeing everyone around me celebrate so much. Sometimes it felt like eyes staring down at me saying,"Why aren't you
like us?!?" I was into the whole gift thing, though :-). I got a bunch of stuff for my iPod, a repair kit for my Jeep (which
I will hopefully be getting in February), a(nother) trombone stand (which I got last year.. then lost..*Shaun is good*), some
games, lots of money from the family... it was a pretty good christmas considering I don't need much of anything besides college
money. Well, I'm out.. see you guys soon! Oh yeah, I also want to start another thing on my site.. I wanna make a CHS band nerds
webring. E-mail me your Xangas, blogs or websites, send me the title (as in what will be the text in the link to your site), and
I'll put them all up.
12.20.04- Today was the last day of this semester... I cannot believe just how
fast the year has been going by. Pretty soon, I'll be standing up on that stage, grabbing
my diploma, and saying my goodbyes to all the great friends I've made in high
school. It's just all so.. weird.. I'm not used to it at all, and it's really beginning to hit me
that everyone is going to be going their seperate ways and we're not all going to be as
tight as we used to be. Such is life, I suppose. On the upside of things, we got our symphonic
band folders today... Mr. Jackson is completely out of his mind with some of the pieces he stuck in
there.. that Sensemayá one is really odd. But hey, he's lost his mind in a good way, and I think
that we will be able to pull of what he wants us to. Just seeing how we did with Holst's First Suite
made me realize that we have come a long way as individual players. Now, if we can pull off going in
and out of odd time signatures, that'll be another question, lol. I hope that maybe having this thrown
at us might get us on our toes, so that when we start our first day, we are really on top of it. Hmm..
anyway, UT money is getting harder and harder to come by, and I find myself putting money from
my gigs into my savings more and more often. It's so weird to grow up... it's all the same deal up until
this point, and then it all hits at once.. you have to be responsible for everything that you plan to do, and you
have to take your own initiative to do it. It's so weird to get used to, though. Anyway, I'm going to get offa here..
figured it was time for an update, though. I may put some pictures on here if I find any that I like. Oh, found one.
See ya! Things to do while bored at Central..
12.04.04- Well, my birthday was three days ago.. what fun! I'm 17 now, and it's
odd.. I feel like I'm suddenly being treated differently... like a giant spurt of freedom
or something. Maybe I'm just doing it anyway, haha. Anyway.. I'm finding myself falling
for this girl I'm talking to... yay. Oh yeah.. I got a gig this weekend that's paying me $160..
for a rehearsal and a concert!! That's some good money! I've also got two more gigs this month,
so I really think I'm going to be set. The college scene is looking awesome so far, and I'm getting
a lot less worried about how I'm going to pay for it. Especially when it comes to the dorm room... I'm actually
thinking I might be able to get it now. I'm just downright stoked. All is well and good with me! Oh yeah, I updated
the pictures.. Check out the one I took outside my window
11.17.04- And I'm back... only had to stay grounded this long... I'm happy! Everything
is going well here in Shaun's world... I found out I made HBOA again for this year (SWEEEET)
and I got first chair in All-East Jazz again! I'm pretty stoked. I'm going up to my grandfather's house
for Thanksgiving.. it's always pretty fun up there, so I'm looking forward to that. And I'm also booked
for 3 gigs already for the holidays... Turning 17 in 14 days... odd. So I might actually get to get some
really cool stuff.. and I can afford Christmas presents for once, haha. Anywho, I figured I'd give you guys a quick
update of how stuff is going... pictures have been updated, too. See ya!
10.31.04- Hey guys.. sorry, it's been a while.. but I figured I'd do one update before I couldn't
for 3 weeks.. I'm grounded until Thanksgiving *sigh*... but it was totally my fault, haha. Anyway,
Things are going well with me and Jennifer Lusby.. I think we might end up dating pretty soon.
Trombone stuff is going well too... just working on II/V7s and what not. Anyway, I gotta go.. but I'll
talk to you guys later.. won't be updating for about 3 weeks, though :-(.. see ya!
10.15.04- Yeah.. I just couldn't let the site go for an entire month. Lots of things have changed...
first of all, Sarah broke up with me to date Nick Ellis... there's a LOT of other stuff involved, but
I don't care to begin ranting to a machine... or ranting at all; I'm kind of tired of it.
I was extremely depressed hurt for a few days.. but I'm starting to get
used to it, not to mention I'm FREEEEEEEEE!!!! I'm just glad I'm past this now... it was
really getting to me for a while. Let's see.. what else.. I've been working on a ton of jazz lately...
Don gave me this 10 page solo to work up for the lesson on Monday.. I have 2 pages.. semi-worked up.
How sad.. but I think he'll understand.. I actually did work my butt off on trying to get it worked up, and those
two pages are the product of about 7 hours of work. Not to mention I've been working on other things too. I can't
wait until I have my weekends back. I mean, marching band is great and all, but I just miss my weekends so much!
Man.. I need to hit up some parties or something now that Sarah and I are apart.. I'm wondering if this whole splitting
up thing is going to prove to be a good thing for me. I know that for a while I felt like I wanted to be free because I was
a senior.. and now I have the chance. w00t. I'm in a pretty good mood now, lol. Now the only thing to do is to figure out
who to sit with on the bus tomorrow! What a great problem :-).
9.17.04- Yay.. new pictures... check it out in images.. Wow.. there was hardly
any rain at all after making that gigantic deal out of the hurricane.. I have no clue
why in the world they called off school... we could have used that practice, too. Ah well. I hope that
our new found enthusiasm can last us through the weekend and into Monday.. that'd be nice. Got a haircut
today.. it looks kind of weird, but it's not bad.. I'll have to get used to it, though, haha. Anyway, I figured I'd entertain
you guys on the day you all have off and got nothing to do.. see ya!
9.16.04- w00t.. school's cancelled for tomorrow.. gotta love the Knox County school system.. cancelling
school cause of rain. Anyway, I've got no clue if there's going to be a game tomorrow or what.. doesn't
matter either way to me, lol. I could use some free time lately. Made a quiz today.. you should check that out
9.14.04- Hmm... not much is new.. just lots of practice. The band has been doing really well lately, and I
think we've stumbled upon a newfound positive attitude at practices.. all of a sudden, everyone wants to do
really really well; and it happened.. almost overnight. Always cool. I think we just have a different mentality when
it comes to cleaning drill instead of setting it.. we can finally play the show as a whole now. Sarah's b-day party was
on Saturday, and that was really great for her until I started feeling bad. Ick... I hate random depression. And then I
accidentally sucked Sarah into my mood, and then she got really sad. Everything was cool after about 20 minutes though..
I just wasn't feeling well, and I let her know and all that. Ugh.. everyone was like,"What'd you do to Sarah?" after the party,
and I was like,"I didn't do anything! I just didn't feel good!" Rahr. Yay for blogs.. By the way, I'm putting a composition up
by our good friend Josh Busman; the title of the song is "Dusk". Check it out in the mp3's section; I really like it, and I think
you guys will too. See you all later!
9.06.04- Once again, haven't updated in a while... anyway... lost my other job at the Rush... oh wait, you
guys didn't find out about me losing my job at Hot Topic! So yeah.. that's two jobs, gone. Anyway, my season ended
at Hot Topic, and they didn't need me anymore, so they booted me. Then, the Extreme Cafe closed down, and they
opened up a new one at the Rush, owned by the Rush, and they're only going to use their own staff.. which they're not
hiring any more of. So I am currently unemployed. But I've realized that I think my next thing I'm going to save up for is a car or computer,
as soon as I get another job. I put in a bunch of applications at all these preppy clothes stores... it can't be any worse than
getting thrown around with my job security.. anywho.. argh.. I'm so pissed. Anyway.. I'm going to get off of here.. got tons more to
write about, but none of the time.. see ya
8.22.04- Wow, I haven't updated since the first day at school... I'm writing an essay right now,
and it's going very slowly, so I decided to update and write something I can write about. Next weekend
I'm recording my HBOA audition.. hopefully on Wednesday if I can get off of work so that I can
have an accompanist. The game went well on Friday.. I just wanna see the video to see how we looked, at
least compared to last year. I'm going to update with more pictures, but just not tonight. Uh... that's all I really
have or want to write about.. I'll see you all later.
8.12.04- First day of school today... Man.. I'm REALLY excited. It's going to be awesome, seriously.
Here's my schedule 1st period- Choir ... How easy is that??? I'm so set for the rest of the year, cause my schedule next semester
is even easier! Hehe... school's going to be a lot more fun this year. Hopefully I can get a few more hours at work
in. Here's something interesting.. I bought an iPod! Yay! That's going to be so awesome to have on away trips... spppbbbt.. I should be
buying my trombone on the 15th or so... I can't wait for that either. Well, gtg.. school's tomorrow. See ya!
8.09.04- Well... Band Camp is over, and there are only 3 days until school starts... hmm.. I'm going to read
last year's "School's starting again" post... and the year before that. Man.. I hope it's all on here... a good number of my
journals were lost when my computer died, because I forgot to put them on here. *sigh*... well.. here's my senior year.
I'm glad I have a camera, cause I'm going to be taking a lot of pictures this year. I took a cool one of me rock climbing.. hehe.. I'll put it on this
post, and put the link somewhere in the Pictures page. Man.. I need more space on this thing! Oh well. I have to clean the house, then I gotta start
practicing like crazy. My HBOA audition has to be ready to play in 1 month... should've started a bit earlier I think... I'm still unsure of what all I'm even
going to play. I'm thinking about doing the first 3 movements of Blue Bells of Scotland and then the first movement of the Rimsky-Korsakov
concerto.. but I might as well just do the first 3 movements of Blue Bells.. the only thing is that I'm not sure of how long it's going to be. Spppbbbt. I don't
feel like talking band right now. Uh... I'll see you guys later!
7.31.04- I just realized... we put in 54 hours of band camp this week... can you believe that?
that's utterly insane.. By the end of camp, we will have put in 108 hours... wow. Then again, subtract
the lunch breaks.. and the dinner breaks.. and the water breaks... and the "oops I messed up the drill"
breaks.. haha. I'm truly excited about this season. In other Shaun news.. I went to the Summer
Music Games last night... oh my god.. it was AWESOME. Very first time I've ever seen drum corps perform.
Now I know for sure.. and I've made this decision.. I'm going to audition for the Cavaliers. I know it's insane.. to try
out for the most difficult drum corps for your very first corps... but I think I can do it. I can always audition for Phantom or some other corps,
too, if it doesn't work out. Another thing.. auditions for HBOA have to be sent in within the next month. I'm just a little scared, lol.
Still trying to figure out what exactly I'm going to audition on and what not. Sppppbbbbt. Anyway, I updated the CHS AIM list page and the band pictures page, and
added a few others in there.. yay. I think I'm going to put the links to the pictures in there instead of just the pictures... make loading speed
shorter. See you guys on Monday!
-Plato
Quizzage.
Oh yeah.. I also got my new trombone! It's so awesome.. it's a King 2B+ jazz horn, and it plays really well. Anywho,
I'm bored.. and I don't feel like writing.. maybe I'll update a whole bunch later, when I feel like it.. God!
2nd period- Instrumental Ensemble
3rd period- English
4th Period- Marching Band
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