For the moments I feel faint

Daniel Fleury's Watchword

2006-06-21T14:19:23Z

"For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised
Imperishable, and we will be
changed."

1 Corinthians 15:52b

Summer Begins!!!

2006-06-20T00:48:29Z

Today concluded my sophomore year at the Academy with my German and Health finals. Before leaving the band room for the last time this year, I shook The Man's hand, saying my summer good-byes. I'll miss that wonderful hunk of man. I'm gonna give him a large hug the first time I see him in August.

Yesterday consisted of Confirmation for myself and 7 other excellent individuals at my church. Everyone did such a great job on their Statement of Faith, we were so awesome. After wards consisted of lots of cake, lots of pictures, and other festivities. When I got home I opened up a gift I got from my Confirmation Sponsor, Dan Allen. It was a wicked awesome wooden music stand. I love it soooooo much.

Since I keep going back in time through the weekend I think I'll go back a little more. Friday and Saturday included six graduation parties for Matt and I: Michael Branley, Gregory Bechtold, Ryan Sullivan, Bennett Gavrish, Trevor Bland, and Valerie Peters. All awesome parties with exceptionally awesome food. Swimming, volleyball, ping pong, and many other fun activities. I love seniors so much.

Enjoy the summer!!!

Oh yeah, apparently Matt and I have our birthdays soon. Where the hell did those come from?

Concert!!!

2006-05-24T22:28:29Z

So most of the concert was pretty much awesome last night. Wind Ensemble definitely wasn't as good as it could have been, but hey, we were ok. Jazz Band I'm pretty sure was the hit of the night. I admit I was a bit uncomfortable standing on top of a recycle bin that Mr. Adams had just stolen from some rooms.
Andrew, Alex, and Bill started us off with some wicked sweet solos in "Blues in the FM". Then came "Li'l Darlin' ", which was pretty sick even though we sped up a bit. And from what I hear from people telling me is that my solo was pretty good. "Bli-Blip" was basically the funnest song we had in our "bag of tricks" last night, with the wonderful singing quartet of the Jazz Band Trumpet Section consisting of Mr. Greg Bechtold, Mr. Matt Monahan, Ms. Valerie Peters, and myself. We totally ruled the night like Wendy's. The man that stole the show though, was Mr. Harrison Kissel in "Let the Good Times Roll" with an excellent vocal feature. You couldn't have asked for a better selection of music from this band.

Pure Brilliance

2006-05-20T14:09:16Z

I was surfin' the web this morning, looking for poems for my poetry project in English, and I stumbled across this excellent piece of poetry:

The Trumpet

One day while we were practicing
A note exploded beyond my bell.
Tiny neutrons colliding here
And there a mushroom cloud did swell.

I did not mean to play so loud
And surely no harm did I intend
Towards those poor wooden instruments,
Now scorched and charred beyond amend.

Brilliant!!!

My name means something!

2006-05-18T00:28:09Z

I finally found out what the hell my name means today!!!

D - delicious
A - apple
N - nuts

Courtesy of the one and only Tricia Dunn. Thanks best bud :).
My name actually means "The Lord is my judge", which is just as good.

"The system is down yo."

2006-05-05T00:41:31Z

A lot of you probably have already seen or heard from me the reason that you lost power last night, but for those of you who have no clue what happened, I will tell you this cute little story in bullet point format.

-I'm quietly lying in bed and I hear two large crashes.
-My dad, grandmother, and I quickly look out the living room window and see...not much at all.
-My dad goes to check the wreckage, which by the way is a truck on its side that crushed our telephone pole.
-Dad sees an unharmed man scramble from the wreckage.
-From the dining room, I see the driver climb into another SUV that pulled over into our driveway, and they drive off.
-While I'm watching this, my dad is calling the police department.
-20 seconds after this I see a glowing from the top of the telephone pole that was hit. This strikes the thought that there is a fuckin' electrical fire right near my god damn house.
-Dad calls the fire department.
-While dad is on the phone, I'm watchin' the fire on the wires. All the sudden...BOOM.
-Power booms off, flickers on again, and then flicks right back off.
-So the phone still works so my dad finishes his call.
-Police, fire department, and PSNH all show up and get to work.
-Some point during this I go back to bed with flashing lights coming through my windows, so it's a little tough to get back to sleep.
-I wake up in the morning and PSNH is still here workin' on the new telephone pole (remember, the old one got demolished).

The End

I hope you enjoyed the power outage as much as I did, except for the fact that it sucked. Damn idiot driver.

D.C. Trip Part 2

2006-05-05T00:21:54Z

So, I guess after I made my list of things I did on the D.C. trip, I realized I forgot to add a couple things.

-I randomly saw Alex Priece one afternoon while the guys and I are playin' cards out in the courtyard of the church. It was wicked sweet. We chatted for a minute cuz we're that cool.

And, in case you wanted to see a few pictures from the trip, here you go:
http://home.comcast.net/~fpcmissiontodc/

THE AMAZING D.C. TRIP

2006-05-03T00:11:53Z

So basically this trip was one of the greatest experiences of my life. There are too many things that I did to put into paragraphed sentences so I'll just do a million different bullet points.

-One 8 hour train ride to D.C. from Boston.
-Stayed in an old gym in a church.
-Met our awesome YSOP (Youth Service Opportunities Program) leader named John (I'm not gonna lie he was a tall and attractive man with long hair, but unfortunately he cut that wonderful hair half way through the week).
-Bagged 800 bags of vegetarian chile, beans, pears, mac and cheese, and granola bars at a food bank.
-Did lots of yard work for various people.
-Prepared a dinner for the homeless with the group (my job was to peel skin and fat off of chicken).
-Made friends with about 6 or 7 homeless, black men.
-Got really close with one of those men, who was named Kith. I heard his intense story of how he became to be homeless in D.C. and it was basically a life-changing story. The two of us also made Tricia drink a pitcher of ice water, which was entertaining.
-Played a long game of Ultimate with the group out on the Mall in front of the Washington Monument.
-Visited all 3 war memorials along with the Jefferson, Lincoln and the F.D.R. Memorials.
-Literally chopped a tub full of lettuce with one of my group leaders (Darrell Holigan).
-Had 4 excilator races with Darrell (my record was 1-0-3).
-Rode one of the hugest excilators ever (it took 2 minutes and 17 seconds to ride from end to end).
-Went to the National Zoo with the group and saw the giant pandas (they weren't really giant).
-For one night stayed in what may have been the nicest house in the D.C. area.
-Watched King Kong in said house.
-One 8 hour train ride back home.

Oh yeah, and somewhere in there, Jordan and I slept on top of the same sleeping bag all week and were covered by another sleeping bag. I'm pretty sure that may have been the highlight of the week for both Jordan and I (except it really wasn't for either of us, but it was right up there on the list).

And that, dear friends, is the amazing Service Trip of the 2006 to Washington D.C.!!!

Anyone for Tic-Tac-Toe?

2006-04-18T23:34:39Z

When you usually see graffiti on walls and shit it could either be some kind of artistic crap or just some idiot writing "Mike is a fagot". Today though I saw a totally different type of graffiti. I turn off Adams Pond Rd onto Old Chester Rd and the first house on the right has a very large tan fence by the road, and someone spray painted about 4 or 5 giant Tic-Tac-Toe games on the large panels of the fence. BRILLIANT!!!

ATTENTION

2006-04-12T23:09:13Z

Attention to all Ultimate Frisbee lovers!!!

There will be an excellent game of Ultimate occurring this Saturday, April 15, 2006 at 2 pm at the Pinkerton Academy softball fields. All are welcome. College kids shall be present.

OH Economics

2006-04-06T00:04:47Z

So basically Economics with Mr.Vac is one of the sweetest things ever. We have a project due after vacation where we have find a business and do a page outline on its history. Amy of course called out Ben and Jerry's right away so she took that one away so I went with the Jones Soda Co., which is way cooler. Also I'm lookin' out for potential job shadow ideas. At the moment I am writing a letter to the one and only Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops. I probably have a good chance of getting the shaft for that one, but hey, it's worth a shot.

"Right now we're gonna Wango Tango"

2006-03-22T01:06:21Z

This week has started out better than I thought it was going to be. I thought that I would be flooded with things to do, but I guess I'm catching a small break before the musical really gets goin'. The highlight of this week so far is the turtling of Mr. Switski's bag in da Stockbridge on Monday with the help of Mr. Gregory Bechtold. Neither of us had either ever turtled a bag before so it took us about 5 minutes to get it right. Luckily Eric was too busy to notice and the turtling job actually came out quite decent. Plus listening to my Dad's old college radio show from Vermont Tech is adding a little extra humor in my life right now.

March sucks the big one

2006-03-09T00:45:43Z

So when I get back to school on Monday, I am told by three different teachers that we are now in the toughest part of the year. And this week has proved them right. Every day this week including Saturday and Sunday I have a musical commitment to be at, plus reading (which won't be done), an English project that I will probably be working on Friday night so that I have breathing room this weekend, and all the other wonderful homework I'll more than likely have from other excellent teachers. Hooray for third quarter and March man!!!

Shoebee Ownage

2006-02-27T20:01:52Z

You can't even deny the skills of The Shoebee. He has the goalie skills of a brick wall, and he will take you down.

Chicka SWEET Vacation

2006-02-26T00:14:30Z

Vacation has begun friends, and it has started with a huge bang of AWESOMENESS! I have Kerry to blame for that. Her movie night was sooooooo good. It started with James and I playing a nice quiet game of chess (which I ended up winning) and then escalated into Greg and I putting some serious smack down on people with radical moves. People didn't even see our moves coming. The main part of the party though was watching Rent, which I must say is a very emotional movie. I may have even sniffed a couple of times at the end. Pit orchestra is shaping up to be a super sweet time, and at the moment I am at my computer blasting sweet music and talkin' to sweet people. What a great start to a vacation.

3rd Trumpet Magic

2006-02-17T01:48:45Z

So today I meet Kerry on my way to the Band Room before 4th period and she says, "You think pit band results are up yet?" So now I'm tweekin' out cuz I have no idea. When we got to the band room there was white sheet of paper on the wall. We rushed to it and it indeed was the results for pit band. And this is what it read:

Trumpet 3: Dan Fleury
Trombone 2: Kerry Nolan

We totally started jumpin' up and down in excitement. Sooooooooooo good!!! First rehearsal = Saturday from 9-12

"Fleury, I didn't you could dance"

2006-02-11T22:39:21Z

Milli Vanilli was possibly the best thing ever on Thursday night. I'm pretty sure the Stockbridge was just about full with people waitin' for a sweet show. And those people got what they paid for. Our act was pretty much the best one there in my eyes. From "trash bag" jackets with aviators and awesome poses, to shiny jackets with sweet dance moves, we did soooooo well. We took second, but hey, it was such a sicked weet time.

Yesterday night was the Milli Vanilli party at the Sinitski household. This consisted of about an hour and a half of playing Mario games, about 20 minutes of eating, about 20 minutes of trying to figure out how plug in a video camera into a computer to watch our act, 5 minutes of actually watching the act (on the camera 'cause we never did get it hooked up), and about an hour of hockey.

Milli Vanilli = Love For All

Examination Part 2

2006-02-02T23:21:50Z

It seems that after further examination with my parents and another ten dollar bill that the ten dollars I have should indeed be real. It's the same size, the security bar is in the same place, and the water color picture of President Hamilton is right. Tomorrow I will now go into Chemistry and demand that Breda take my ten dollars when I buy candy 'cause it is indeed real, and if he doesn't believe me, I'll just have to shove it down his throat and take my change.

I'm a counterfeiter

2006-02-02T23:09:18Z

So basically I'm buyin' candy from Breda today like the fat kid that I am, and the only bill in my wallet left is a 10. So I hand the bill to Breda and ask him, "You got change?" and for some reason like the queer man Breda is, he examines the 10 dollars and goes, "This isn't real." I am now thinking to myself, "WHAT THE FUCK!" and most of the class comes up and checks out the bill 'cause they're all sooooo interested.

Tony Morelli then says, "Dude, rip off a piece and lets burn it, it's supposed to turn red." So being the crazy kids Tony and I are, we run to the back of the room and grab some matches without asking Breda. When we burned it though, nothing really happened, it just burned. The class then came to the conclusion that I'm obviously a criminal. They also said that I should go out and use it anyway, but being the moral kid I am, I probably won't. Instead I'll have an empty wallet for a while.

Second Semester man

2006-01-25T23:18:16Z

Yeah, this semester feels like it may go by quite slow. All of my all-year classes are goin' pretty smoothly.

Economics with the Vac Meister seems to be shaping up to what may be a sweet class. Yesterday when he was going through the class and learning everyones names, he got to me and was like ,"Dan Fleury, hey, you know you look exactly like your brother?" and I said ,"Thanks."

So far Health with Miss Rioux is boring. Two days, and she hasn't taught us one thing yet. Today she barely even spoke to us, she just told us to do a survey and then do a chapters worth of questions in the book...unsweet.

Hopefully this semester goes better than I think it's going to.

It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day

2006-01-21T01:38:49Z

Today and last night = soooooooo good:

-ROCKAPELLA RULED BEYOND BELIEF, oh yeah, and the choruses were good too.
-Slept in until 7:30
-Went in for the Wind Ensemble midterm at about 9
-Finished the Wind Ensemble midterm in about 45 minutes
-Greg and I started a pot, betting on who would finish the midterm last(I lost 2 dollars on John Bernard)
-Went out for a sweet time with Josh Kachuck and Matt Lane
-Bought a very large golf club, a jumbo deck of cards, and a six pack of Sprite in glass bottles
-Watched some "Sports Night" for a couple hours
-At the moment listening to Rockapella

Once again, sooooooooooo good

Lighter than Air

2006-01-19T18:56:17Z

I totally got a 91 on my Chemistry midterm!!! Take that and shove it Mr. Breda. Plus I finished my 140 question Gym final in 30 minutes. And did I mention to forget, ROCKEPELLA TONIGHT!!! This is shaping up to be quite the day.

Screwed

2006-01-17T19:41:49Z

It is now 2:22 in the afternoon and I have yet to study for my hardest day of the midterm week, in which I have my Chemistry and English midterms. And still left in the day is Brass Rehearsal at 4 o'clock and then my Trumpet Lesson right after at 5:30, so I won't be home 'til after 6. This is going to be fun.

Getting into the zone

2006-01-16T17:32:44Z

"We are not only our brother's keeper; in countless large and small ways, we are our brother's maker."

This ladies and gentlemen, is the one sentence that will ruin my life for the next 72 hours or so, along with Flamerman Breda and his lame ass midterm. Chemistry and English midterms on the same day, so excited, on wicked opposite day.

OO OO I WANNA TRY

2006-01-11T01:37:48Z

Let's see if I do this right:

1) You suck sometimes.

2) You're dumb and you suck most of the time.

3) You suck a wicked lot, whore.

4) You do not suck at all, in fact you're cool a wicked lot.

5) You should die sometime soon.

6) You should die sooner than person #5.

7) You're a sweet kid, you know what's up. You can live.

8) You're a strange one, but you're a really cool one, too.

9) I LOVE YOU

10) A wicked sweet and awesome person, you are.

Wow, I do feel much better now.