I'm in the studio, silently judging Kelsey and Caleb's vocals.

We'll have some new music out soon, which is exciting! Josh OC is recording us for his senior project at McNally, which means its also free. Doing band stuff, if y'all didn't know, is epic expensive, so anything we can get gratis is a God-send. It'll be nice to be a little bit more guerrilla about this CD too. we'll be doing a lot more handing out of this one, and probably do a 'pay what you want' thing for selling it, Radiohead style. For once, we can let the financial aspect slide and just try to get the music out there whenever possible.

I have a student on my bus who I've been talking to about music and recording for awhile. He actually gave me some of his lyrics today to critique. It's really encouraging to see kids with real ambition. Maybe I'm just getting into premature teacher mode, but I do know that St. Paul schools are in trouble, and I just hope these kids can go on to do something with their life despite the fact that their schools are cutting programs left and right. I'm gonna pick this particular kid some literature from McNally tonight, because he mentioned he wanted to go to music school.

Also, My kindergartners are getting more awesome everyday. Communication is key!

Oh, and we officially have the band house! most of us signed the lease the other day and took an impromptu walkthough. I feel better about this house than any new living situation I've ever entered into!

Desmond is more important to the island than we can possibly imagine.