Holiday Bowl
December 30th 2004
Be sure to catch the Holiday Bowl tomorrow (Thursday) evening, ESPN at 5 PM Pacific. You may see a clip of the band; last year I was (apparently) on national TV for about 15 seconds behind Jeff Tedford after the game.
The band has been here in San Diego since the 26th rehearsing and performing; we’ve had at least three hours of rehearsal plus a full uniformed gig every day so far, but it’s also wonderful to have a good amount of free time, which unfortunately comes at night mostly, and the alarm has been fixed at 6 AM for the whole time. Thus, I am always tired. Not so bad though. It almost feels good — I’ve seen the sun rise for the last four days. It seems like a more natural sleep schedule, but it feels unnatural to go to sleep so early; I get lots of things done late. And the city is so alive at night — it’d be nice to come back for a vacation or something when I’m, well, older. Say, in about 9 months.
And lets hope it doesn’t rain. During yesterday’s rehearsal, it poured. It rained like I had never seen it rain ever in my life. It rained so hard I opened my mouth to the sky and had a good glass of fresh water. But weather.com says it won’t, so we should be alright.
More to come later, when I’m less tired. I have a review of my Christmas present waiting, as well as a whole slurry of more philosophical ideas, and of course, lots of pictures.
Ah, and the soundtrack for this trip is Ben Folds, Rockin the Suburbs; particularly tracks 3, 8, and 9.