Hurricane Rita

Barry brought up something last night... just think, if this were the year 2007... it would be Hurricane Rebekah.

Dude of Honor?

Yay, we have a wedding party! It took me a while to figure out exactly what to call John... I looked on the interweb for some suggestions and one was "Dude of Honor"... now that's just silly.

I love free stuff!

Yay! I just won a $10 iTunes gift certificate courtesy of Blingo!

Happy Birthday Kozmo!

Today Kozmo turns 4. =) Well... actually we really don't know when he was born, we just use the date when we adopted him from the humane society. We got him when he was 2 years old... and as of today, Kozmo has been with us for 2 years. Seems like just yesterday when we picked him up. Can't imagine life without him.

Disc Golf

Barry's disc golf score from today's 9 holes...

Hole 1 - 4
Hole 2 - 7
Hole 3 - 5
Hole 4 - 6
Hole 5 - 4
Hole 6 - 3
Hole 7 - 5
Hole 8 - 3
Hole 9 - 4

No turning back now...

http://rebekahandbarry.weddings.com

We paid the deposit yesterday at Glen-Ella to reserve the weekend for our wedding, June 16-18, 2006. Now we just have to hope people will want to join us. My biggest fear is that we plan everything just the way we want it and then nobody comes... nobody wants to spend the weekend away, or they have better things to do, or they don't want to drive that far, or they just don't want to come. Owel, you can't plan everything.

So... all we really know right now is the date and the place. Next comes attendants, officiant, guest list, dress, menu, photographer, invitations, registries, etc. I'm exhausted just thinking about it all!

99 Things to do IN BAND before you graduate from TECH

Taken from Barry... cause I'm a band geek too... but not as geeky as him, I've only done 60.

1. Get away with something because you're in the band
2. Page George P. Burdell at a football game
3. Page George P. Burdell someplace completely unrelated to Georgia Tech
4. Call the ref a meathead
5. Adopt someone
6. Get adopted
7. Complain that you haven't been adopted
8. Realize your entire social life revolves around band
9. Have at least one friend who isn't in the band
10. Roam
11. Trot
12. Dwarf
13. Smurf
14. Pomp
15. Pass something around in rehearsal
16. Sing the Jeopardy song
17. See "The Blues Brothers" and understand why we play those songs in pep band
18. See "Full Metal Jacket" all the way through on a bus trip
19. Go to the volleyball or hockey games and lust
20. Participate in the liberation of something from an opponent's campus
21. Steal as many RAT hats as you can in one practice
22. Zealously defend your RAT's hat
23. Go to TubaChristmas
24. Complain that things aren't the way they were "back in my day"
25. Get some cool band camp sunburn/tan lines
26. Road Trip
27. Yell "I Love Band!"
28. Walk in step to songs that are running through your head
29. Get born at Family Night
30. Get married at Family Night
31. Have kids at Family Night
32. Go on a High Church trip
33. Prune a hedge
34. Play Bud at Midnight Madness
35. Decorate Props
36. Cross the line between the percussion section and the rest of the band
37. Visit all the other ACC schools *All of them as of when I graduated
38. Eat a bratwurst at Oktubafest
39. Have the whole band say hello to a loved one
40. Mock the Maryland band
41. Go on the roof of Couch
42. Date someone in the band
43. Become a victim of the band rumor mill
44. Become an instigator in the band rumor mill
45. Wield a watergun
46. Subscribe to the band header
47. Spam the band header
48. Help host a band party
49. At a game, do a cheer we only do at T-night
50. Move off campus into a band house with a name
51. Join an "official" band organization
52. Join an "unofficial" band club, group, organization, following, order, etc.
53. Question Authority
54. Yell "Hey Band!"
55. Lobby to get "$1.98 Noise of the Southland" officially added to the band's name
56. Play Get a Clue
57. Go to Movie Night
58. Play intramurals on the band team
59. Play in the Toilet Bowl
60. Go to the Toilet Bowl as a spectator and drive people to the hospital *No car, no driving to the hospital
61. Get singled out by Bucky due to your behavior
62. Become a connoisseur of free food
63. Do the Inman Park gig
64. Do the Santa gig
65. Come to elections for band officer or RAT parent
66. Make out in Couch *Ewww
67. Sign George P. Burdell up for something and use Couch's address
68. Sign George P. Burdell up for something and use Bucky's home address
69. ... and call attention to it every time you see or hear the number
70. Touch the Wreck sophomores and older only!
71. Make war with Under the Couch
72. Park illegally in Super Secret
73. Participate in the illegal running of connections between Couch and surrounding buildings
74. Bring "contraband" on a band trip
75. Make fun of the old farts
76. Accept that you are an old fart
77. Experience RAT poison
78. Engage in en masse backtalk during rehearsal
79. Sing the baby seal song someplace where it's completely inappropriate
80. Ask the whole band what the good word is
81. Delay your graduation so you can be in band more
82. Build your entire class schedule around band
83. Learn all the words to every single band song
84. Resist the urge to yell "angle" in real classes
85. Get haunted by the ghost of Couch
86. Stay up until midnight just so you can yell "Game Day!"
87. Come as you are *What? Am I missing something?
88. Do gigs
89. Chant "Ron"
90. Admire the Frank Roman plaques in the hall at Couch
91. Eat at Junior's on game day
92. Go somewhere wearing a shade of yellow that gets you funny looks anywhere besides campus
93. Hang out at the band table
94. Skip class at the band table
95. Attempt to do homework on a pep band trip
96. Do something ambitious during the drum break in "The Horse"
97. Do the "Flamethrower"
98. Wonder why on earth you do this year after year
99. Realize how much you miss it the first time you come to a game when you're not in band anymore.

Study Notes

Study Notes for Music Trivia... come on people, we can do better than just winning $10...

Birthdays
Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 62
Singer Macy Gray is 35
Singer Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries is 34
Singer Nina Persson of the Cardigans is 31
Rapper Foxy Brown is 26

Billboard Top 10
1 We Belong Together, Mariah Carey (last week 1, 22 weeks)
Greatest Gainer Airplay 2 Shake It Off, Mariah Carey (last week 4, 7 weeks)
3 Don't Cha, The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Busta Rhymes (last week 2, 19 weeks)
Greatest Gainer Sales 4 Lose Control, Missy Elliott F. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop (last week 6, 17 weeks)
5 Let Me Hold You, Bow Wow Featuring Omarion (last week 5, 16 weeks)
6 Pon de Replay, Rihanna (last week 3, 14 weeks)
7 Like You, Bow Wow Featuring Ciara (last week 9, 6 weeks)
8 You And Me, Lifehouse (last week 7, 30 weeks)
9 Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson (last week 8, 21 weeks)
10 Listen To Your Heart, D.H.T. (last week 10, 15 weeks)

Music History

This day in 1990 - Guitarist Tom Fogerty dies of respiratory failure from tuberculosis. Along with his brother John, he was part of Creedence Clearwater Revival, whose two No. 1 albums were "Cosmo's Factory" in 1970 and "Green River" in 1969.

This day in 1971 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Go Away Little Girl," Donny Osmond. Steve Lawrence hit No. 1 with the song in 1963, making this the first song in the rock era to be a No. 1 hit for two people.

Hot 100 - For only the sixth time in the history of the Hot 100, the top two positions on The Billboard Hot 100 are held by the same lead artist. It is the first time that the lead artist is a woman, as Mariah Carey remains No. 1 for the 14th week with "We Belong Together" and rises 4-2 with the follow-up, "Shake It Off."

Hot 100 - "We Belong Together" is on top for the 14th frame, putting it into a five-way tie for the second-longest running No. 1 of the rock era. The all-time champ is another Carey single, "One Sweet Day," recorded with Boyz II Men. "We Belong Together" joins "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men, "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) by Los Del Rio and "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John in second place.

#1 - The most weeks at No. 1 of any artist in the rock era. The current standing: Elvis 79, Mariah Carey 75.

#1 - It's been 20 weeks since a male artist has been No. 1.

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