Saturday, November 05, 2005
my obsession #296
i have to work 10.5hours tomorrow - thats 7am to 5.30 - opening to closing. this bugs me. but i need money.anyway, to get me through days such as tomorrow, all i have to do is think about my latest obsession.
this latest one isn't in a rock band, a movie, nor a TV show. They are not associated with a book, brand or product. The latest obsession is actually a 17 year old boy in year 10.
And no, it's not the obvious Lachlan... it's actually his best friend; Thomas Anderson.
One day he is going to look his name up on google and find this blog. so Hi Tom!
Let me tell you all about Thomas.
- He plays the tuba
- He doesn't mind being called "Tom" but when you write his name it has to be "Thomas"
- on speech night he forgot his tuba mouthpiece, rendering him incapable of playing - so our music teacher was sitting there drastically writing the tuba part up an octave so that he could play toms part on the trombone.
- throughout the year in my VCE brass group, he consistantly forgot his sheet music. so i bought him a folder, reminded him every rehearsal to bring it.
- on the morning of my music exam, he lost his music. i found it in a music box. it had been sitting there from the week before. proving my case that he didn't practice
- Thomas is doing Group Music next year.
- My brass group plays an arrangement of "The Pink Panther" - Thomas complained about his part in this, as i too agree it was difficult. Thomas also had a solo arrangement of "The Pink Panther" - the two arrangements were basically identical. This said, Thomas can play the solo version perfectly, yet he still refuses to play the jazz quintet version. Even his teacher has no idea what stops tom, as he agrees with me, that the two songs have exactly the same notes, rhythm and key.
- Thomas wanted to be a landscape gardener, but after a weeks worth of work experience, he has decided to change career plans to something that doesn't involve work.
- Thomas bought an $80 trombone on EBay the other night, just after his music teacher told him not to buy a trombone as it would fuck up his obrechoure.
- Thomas has a twin brother called Jeffrey. Jeffrey is in the year above Thomas.
- Thomas possibly has another brother, but i have no evidence of this. my spies are working on proving this point.
- Mr Anderson has the same name as Neo's alter ego in the Matrix.
- Thomas likes to hang out in the music school seeking brownie points from Mr Fletcher. Thomas likes to call these points "Fletch points"
- Thomas complains.
- Thomas complains... a lot.
- Thomas never ceases to complain.
- Thomas is a complaining machine.
- Thomas signed my dress when i left school. it said "i will never forget"
- When i asked Thomas to sign my dress, he complained.
- Thomas was/is the only known fan of the devil: Mr Myers.
- Thomas likes to launch rockets.
- At a brass ensemble rehearsal, Thomas decided to bring in his rocket motor things. these are highly dangerous.
- At another Brass rehearsal, Thomas brought in a walkie talkie type machine. like, a really heavy duty type one. i'm not sure who he would call on it.
Having said all that. Thomas is a pretty neat guy. Really. If i had a choice of meeting Thomas or not, i can safely say i would. Besides, he's not as bad as i make him out to be, he's best mates with lachlan afterall, and that in itself makes him a good bloke.- Em