I close my eyes
Feel shadows swell
Close my eyes
Feel shadows swell
See prayers die
Where angels fell
Close my eyes
Feel shadows swell in Me

Hold me in your arms
As the tears flow
Promise me and say
I won't go
I won't go
I won't

New sunshine
Darkness is gone(Darkness)
New sunshine and darkness gone
Fear is torn light is reborn
New Sunshine the darkness is gone in Me

Hold me in your arms
As the tears flow
Promise me the same
I won't go
I won't go
I won't

hold me in your arms
as the tears flow
Promise me and say
I won't go
I won't go
I won't

hold me in your arms
as the tears flow
Promise me and say
I won't go
I won't go
I won't

hold me in your arms
as the tears flow
Promise me and say
I won't go
I won't go
I won't

I'm selling heavenly sketches
a world out of my mind
ready to explode in purity
to fill the holes inside

an ever moving stream
with glowing rays of light
emotions tied to past lies
and I know I should let go

tame with confidence of a brighter future
I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out

fueled these new shores burn
dark past lies cold
shadow, my sweet shadow
to you I look no more

another dawn collapses
do I need to be reminded?
a glimpse of my safe home
a path to hide all anger

in circles I catch
a torch carried by the immortal
from depths that I created
in vain echoes fade

Pictures from the zoo!

Just some of my favorites... would take forever to share all of them.

Mountain lion: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0795.jpg
Leopard: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0804.jpg

LIONS! Oh I love lions...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0773.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0772.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0771.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0770.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0769.jpg

Sun bear: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0768.jpg

Happy elephant! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0758.jpg

Meerkats: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/drumgirl67/zoo/CIMG0757.jpg

Here in the band we're faced with a little bit of a dilemma...

 

This past week was homecoming. This involves a number of traditions in the band, including but not limited to:

1. The freshmen write a saying on the underside of the bills of their beanies, which is something that each freshman earns in band camp in the summer by learning our names and the history of the band. For example here's my class in our beanies our freshman year: picture

2. There are 4 concrete "blocks" leading up to the band hall. At homecoming the freshmen have to strip off the fifth year's block and replace it with their own, for example here is our block, freshly painted: picture

3. After the football game, we have a band party which is for the most part band only, with some alumni typically showing up as well. It's one of two parties during the year which is sort of "you're a loser if you don't show up", the other being right after the freshmen get their beanies.

 

Now, here's the dilemma part... one of the freshmen was recently suspended for the rest of the year and lost all of his scholarships because he was stupid enough to hack into the public computers and log people's login info just "because I could".

 

Despite this, he continues to follow us around... taking pictures of everything and more importantly butting his nose into everything that's going on. He overheard people talking about the homecoming party and randomly showed up. He overheard other freshmen talking about their beanie slogan and showed up when they were painting them on to paint his. He saw the names on the block and whined and complained that he couldn't sign it... something that the band directly specifically told the other freshmen not to allow.

 

And the worst part of it all... the part that REALLY bothered me... was when he pulled out his saxophone in the stands and started playing with us.

 

1. I do not want people seeing him with us, leading them to think we're okay with his behavior

2. I do not want him to think we're okay with his behavior and

3. I do not associate with felons.

 

Every single person I have talked to about it has said how uncomfortable they were with him being there. Some were angry, confused... no one was okay with it.

 

So the question is, how do you tell someone they're not welcome in the group that they are obsessing over without completely crushing them?

Okay, to graduate under the hardware track for a computer engineering degree you  need 3 of 4 possible classes:

CSE 5380
CSE 5381
CSE 5385
EE 5356

5380 is only offered at most once every 2 years, and it doesn't fall in a place that works for me at all. So basically I'm required to take the remaining three classes.

5381 and 5385 are both offered ONLY in the Spring. They are graduate level classes, so it's pretty much all seniors taking it.

So please tell me who the f***'s idea it was to schedule them at the same exact time, making it pretty much IMPOSSIBLE for us to graduate?

Please, tell me, so I can strangle them.

Thanks.