The "What Ever Happened To...?" thread.

[Aneurysm]

Oh, it's still around.

[Not Now John]

Which reminds me, where is that wetback, thorin13?

[Advyth]

Hey guys... back after 7 months in the Himalayas... Had a ball of a time... Lost my camera... got wild... etc etc etc... check out some himalayan snaps at

community.webshots.com/user/advyth


Hmmm... feels bloody nice to be back on the board...

Cheers.

Ady

[Bowen]

good to have you back....man

but the himalayes, that had to been incredible

[darksideofoz]

Originally posted by Sydney
Where's Jess?

cheers

She's back.

[Advyth]

Originally posted by Bowen
good to have you back....man

but the himalayes, that had to been incredible

Incredible... was is i feel a very understated word for something as majestic as the himalayas... Imagine thumping away on a Royal Enfield bike at the highest motorable road 18k+ feet high... walking the dangerous crevasses of the huge glaciers... Just awesome... no wonder it captivated me for 7 months... phew... I already have rehab woes... its like an addiction (The Himalayas).

The feeling's amazing... you on your own... nothing costs much, no credit card dues, no buggers bugging you about how you are are what you do... you're just plainly yourself in that crisp, fresh air... Breath... Breath in the Air........ Wowww... Can't stop exclaiming.

[stratman]

Riding a bike at 18,000ft?
You've got good lungs, Advyth.

[Bowen]

that does sound incredible......sorry.....better than incredible

[Advyth]

Originally posted by stratman
Riding a bike at 18,000ft?
You've got good lungs, Advyth.

Giving up smoking helped...


Also... i keep trekking... the bike had some breathing problem though... it seems it needed leaner air flow at that altitude...

But yeah... everything seems too damn tough to do... when you're at that height...

Overall... its a lifetime experience... worth every lung full of oxygen

Cheers!

[goofball]

Just in case anyone was wondering where I had been for the last few months (i'm not even sure how many months i was gone) I'll tell you all my story.

All through high school I've always said that I didn't want to be a music major in college because I always thought i'd find something that i'd like just as much and could make more money with. Well long story short, in about november of 2004 (my senior year), inspired by my new band director who had a story very similar to mine, i realized all i can see myself doing is music. So I'm going to major in music education, and I'll be a band director in a high school some day. I've played guitar for 10 years and percussion for almost 9, but as far as pursuing college I knew i'd be percussion all the way.

The new problem however, was that percussion majors audition on snare, timpani, and marimba. I've studied snare and timpani since i began high school, but i'd never played a marimba or xylophone more than just tinkering around a bit. So i spent the winter shacked up playing my drum teachers marimba all the time. Long story short, I got pretty good at marimba and I've been accepted everywhere I've auditioned now, and I'm 99 % sure that I'm going to go to Rowan University, its in south jersey not far from where i live. They are one of the top music schools in the area and have an excellent percussion department.

besides the college auditions, i also auditioned for all south jersey band in december on snare, and placed 2nd. They accept 3 snares so I got to play in that and it was amazing how much better the quality of musicans is at that level than in a high school band. So because I made all south i auditioned for all state band in january and placed 3rd, so once again i made it. That was amazing, and we performed at the NJPAC. It was packed, and definitely the biggest crowd i've ever performed in front of. Those were probably 2 of the most amazing experiences I've had so far.

So, now I'm playing in the orchestra pit for my school's musical The Musicman. I had a rehearsal tonight and the shows are this weekend, so finally i will have time to relax again once its done. It's been a crazy and stressful past few months, but now its done and i'm ready to chill until college.

So yea, i'm glad to be back, if anyone actually cares and read all that!

[Botley]

Well congratulations and welcome back!

[stratman]

....with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool.

congrats, goofy.

[Brainwashed]

Very cool!

[goofball]

Originally posted by stratman
....with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool.

Haha I crack up every time i listen to robert preston sing that. but not as much as a crack up hearing the title Shipoopie.

I don't know whats better, Shipoopie from the musicman, or tit-willow from the meccato.

[Simon]

Nice job Goofy

Advayth - do you own the Bullet or did you rent it? The few times I've been there, I rented it from Delhi and rode it all the way up. I was supposed to go to Hemkund Sahib last year but the weather (and the Army) closed it off

Glad you enjoyed NH-1