Little More Realtime

I found a few videos of Realtime from Salt Lake City's international competition last year and thought i'd put 'em on here for everyone to see. Enjoy! (and I wanted to see if I could really post a video here. I had ulterior motives, ;)

A Little Thing Called Realtime

So I received in the mail today my fresh and new copy of Realtime's newest CD. Realtime is the 2005 international champion. They will always hold a special place in my heart since their win occurred on my first trip to an international convention in Salt Lake City, UT. The CD is PHENOMENAL as I expected it to be but it has blown me away. They are amazing. I say all of this to say this. I haven't been listening to any barbershop for the past few months. It was just too hard. My mom saw me checking out Realtime's website one day and must have seen that they had the CD available. She secretly ordered it for me and told me it was on the way a few days ago. At first I was a little worried because I figured I wouldn't be able to listen to it without crying like a schoolgirl. But, I popped it in regardless today and grinned from ear to ear through the whole thing. Apparently that wound is starting to heal and Realtime helped me see it. I don't know when or where I will barbershop again. I do know that I will faithfully pay my dues each year and maintain my membership in the society for the rest of my life. But, until that day comes when I get back in the saddle, I have plenty of barbershop CD's and videos that I can finally watch again. i can't put into words how much that will help me break out of this funk I have been in. I hope it does. Thank god for prayer and Realtime!

p.s. You can go to http://www.realtimequartet.com and listen to the first song on the CD. On the left side of the page is a recordings box with a play button. Believe it or not, everyone should know it!

Midterms and Such

The teacher passes out the exam and you sit there anxiously waiting to get your copy. It finally comes and you take a quick look at it. Not too long, not too short. She tells the class to begin and you take a gander at question one. Not sure of that one so you move on to number two. You didn't really study for this one, but you think that you paid enough attention during the past 6 weeks. It's starting to look like you might not have. As you work your way through the test, you are not sure of quite a few of the answers and seem to be skipping an awful lot. Then a sinking feeling starts to hit. You are not ready for this test and you are more than likely going to fail. Maybe you'll scrape through but probably not.
That's what life feels like right now. Just F.Y.I....it's a crappy feeling.

Just Jamie Rambling...again

I haven't blogged in awhile so I decided to just put some random thoughts i've had running around in my head. Here goes.
--I got a chance to meet Matt White last night of the Matt White Band. This is one of my favoritebands at the moment. They are from Austin and were headed back from Corpus. They stopped in for some gas and munchies and such. i said hello to Matt and asked if he was in fact Matt White. I think I stunned him a bit because he looked at me kind of funny and said that yes he was and how in the world did I know who he was. I told him I had heard him on Myspace and how much I enjoyed his music. He and his bandmates were really some of the nicest people i've ever met. We talked about what songs I liked and such then they had to head out. But, not before giving me a CD of their newest stuff. So it was a pretty cool evening. It's always nice to meet someone that you admire and have them be so nice. I've had the distinct displeasure of meeting Julia Roberts and what a cow she was. But that's that.
--I have added another pet peeve to my growing list (it's getting WAY too long) I can't stand to have crumpled up money thrown at me when I finish a sale. It drives me cray. Maybe it's because i'm so anal about keeping all of mine facing the same direction and in numerical order. It drives me nuts to have to straighten it out and stuff it in the cash drawer.
--I was listening to some random CD's earlier and came across one of my all time favorite songs. The name of the group is Bluegrass Student Union and the song is "A Foggy Day." They were international champions in 1974 and were light years ahead of their time. They sang on my grandfather's chapter show when I was about 8 or 9. I had been to quite a few show of his before and I liked it but nothing more than that. Then in the middle of BSU's set they started this song and I snapped to attention. I LOVED it and it's the song (and group) that made me want to sing barbershop. So I thought i'd share it with everyone.
i guess that's all that I can think of for now. So I hope everyone has a great week and an even better holiday season!

(I tried to place links here so everyone could hear a little Matt White Band and Bluegrass Student Union but blogger doesn't like me enough to let me do that!)