Word: tubas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...missed the final draft induction for Vietnam because we had a wicked aim. The tuba dude didn’t have a chance...
...urge for home is bigger than just my current effort to get a tuba player to toss his tapas and miss the flight. I've had my own little cycle of tolerance and rejection with the Northeast since I first came here from Texas four years ago. As a first-year, I loved Boston because it was a new experience. "More sleet!" I would yell. "More scrod! Wicked! Wicked! Wicked!" Sophomore year, I saw a downside--that accent was really not just an elaborate ruse. Now, in my senior year, I'm watching my friends take jobs in New York...
...peppered with any projectile at hand and reportedly had a tuba held up to each ear, but the Crimson legend sat there smiling, all the while taking the pressure off of his team...
...musical past is pretty typical: forced piano lessons--again from my mother--for about eight years, and four years of drums. Since guitar wasn't offered, percussion--meaning drums!--was by far the coolest instrument choice a guy could have in grade school. Tuba ran a distant second. Why anyone would pick some instrument like the clarinet was beyond me. The chance to get a grade for beating things with sticks was irresistable...