I must've slept wrong or something, because my neck really hurts now... ah well. That's not too bad. I just can't turn my head very sharply, or else suffer the consequences.
       First jazz band rehearsal of the year tomorrow. I'm really excited about it. ^_^ Mostly because it'll be more personal now with the only two trombonists this year being Nick and I. Last year, it was George, Mark, Andy, Zack, and I, and I was kind of the red-headed stepchild of the trombone section, since I was the kind of unnecessary second 2nd trombone part. But not now. =D
       School isn't nearly as tumultuous now, thankfully. I've already got my book done for the double-entry journal project, and we only had to have 50 pages read by last Wednesday. The book was Sabriel by Garth Nix, and Jess loaned it to me for the project. I actually ended up liking it so much that I asked her for the second book of the trilogy, Lirael. I'm about 350 pages through it so far, and loving it. I'll read more of it at school tomorrow, I'm sure. I can probably have it finished before the end of the week. I finish my classwork enough that I always end up with extra time to do whatever.
       In other news, I finished Transgression, a new painting of mine, but I ended up making it into a concept version, because the paper that we used this time around was really cheap, and tore after I took the tape off of it. My mom told me herself that she would never have used that kind of paper for anything major other than experimenting and laying out ideas in general. So I'll probably redo Transgression at some point.
       I also finished another watercolor piece called Blood Works, which is a complete abstract, unlike Transgression, which was surreal. I've got both Transgression and Blood Works up on Deviantart for the viewing. I've also got an idea for another painting, but my mom wants to show me some techniques with markers and rubbing alcohol beforehand. And no, we're not talking Crayola markers. More like professional design markers. All the supplies in the house are --- for the most part --- top notch things that professionals use. Of course, a lot of it is leftover stuff from after Dad moved out some seven years ago. But it all still works just fine.
       Mom's been working relatively conventionally for a while now, with just the conventional watercolors and canvas, with the occasional departure from that, like her plexi-glass bubble artwork for my aunt. Mom seems to know a crapload about techniques that you can use with just about anything though, which is really odd, since she never seems to do too much aside from what she knows extremely well. She should be venturing out a little more with her style. Not that her florals aren't great.
       Recently, I decided to start listening to Metric, and I've really started to love them. Two songs that I've taken to in particular are Dead Disco and Rock Me On.
       So yeah, not much else going on... Stephanie called a few hours ago, and wanted to know what I was doing. Rather than do what she was probably seeking and come over to her house, I engaged her in an hour-long conversation. She was likely incredibly bored by the end. She seemed to be in a real rush to get going. ;)