A Monday That Never Ends

So recently I returned from a tour of China with the Auburn University Symphonic Band, and I thought I would describe the journey home to make an interesting blog post for you while I practice my writing.

China is thirteen hours ahead of Auburn and when we travel back from China we cross the "date line", this essentially rewinds whoever crosses it a whole day. I left for America at 10:00am Monday morning and after the thirteen hour plane ride I arrived in Detroit at 11:00am. I just traveled thirteen hours to arrive only an hour later? Blasphemy! I just had a Monday twice! And so ends the story of my thirty six hour Monday.

So, since I'm back from China here is a list of things you should no longer take for granted:
#1: Clean Air
#2: Soft Beds
#3: Chap Stick
#4: Food that you can tell what it is
#5: Salt

#6: Cold Drinks
#7: Warm Weather
#8: Toilet Paper
#9: Toilets
#10: English
#11: Shrimp without heads
#12: Plates larger then your phone
#13: Drinking Glasses Larger than a size D battery
#14: Size D batteries
#15: No Car Horns 24/7
#16: Street Lanes
#17: People who drive cars that don't want to kill you
#18: Crosswalks (that are paid attention to)
#19: Drinkable tap water
#20: Working heat/air
#21: Internet
#22: T.V. that makes sense
#23: Democracy
#25: Stickers (it's true)
#26: Working Shower
#27: Warm Water

There are many more but I don't have time to write more. Think about this list before you go to China!

China

So I am going to China this friday and I thought I would just talk a little about it and I can post it because it does have some sort of relevance to writing as we have to keep a journal while we are there. As you can tell from my blog history I kind of got lazy with writing the super long ones, not so much lazy but I have been extremely busy with the basketball Pep Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Orchestra, Trombone Choir, the list goes on. But some of that ends after spring break so maybe I can go back to posting my super long awesome posts. China should be fun, but I am preparing myself to be exhausted for a few weeks during it. My flight leaves early, so I have to be out of Auburn by 1am since China is 12 hours ahead of central time. Thats all for now.

Interview Topic

So for this new project I think I'll be doing an interview about attendance from a musical point of view. Attendance is very important for all musicians due to (especially if you are one on a part) the group needing you to cover the part you were assigned because the others must listen and match to you, and if you are not there then they are unable to do that making the overall playing level of the group lesser because this one person decided not to show up, even if they have good reason. I plan to use a professor in this field and a friend who is not in this field as my professional and bystander.