RIP

I am going to be dead someday, and it'll be like I never picked up a guitar in the first place or existed.

Here lies Jesse. He had a bunch of stuff he wanted to do but couldn't and didn't. Instead he was used professionally, personally, and by family and friends as a comfort blanket, swam in an ocean of loneliness, and longed for the wilds of nature in which he could never survive. He tried really hard with Mary and loved her to insanity, but after 6 years, she decided she'd rather be with someone else. He wrote a lot of songs and procrastinated on numerous short stories and novels. RIP.

( RIP )

Chris Cornell Songs

Here are some Chris Cornell songs people ought to hear.

Watch on YouTube

If Chris were a Beatle, this would be his Imagine, his All Things Must Pass, his Let It Be.



( lots more... )

Minutes to Madness, #2

I think this one actually took place before the previous one. Woops. This one isn't very funny, either.
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"Most of us have ADD in the extreme, and the lovely, almost woman-like in his beauty but man-like in his tremendous resolve and power, secretary laid down his weary head and wept, once again, at the condition of humanity."

Sept. 12 Advisory Board Meeting Minutes


(A Brief Note: This is my first time and, really, I have no idea what I’m doing. Thus, if there are problems with how these minutes are written, please let me know in a kindly fashion. Remember, all I get out of this job is pizza.)

Attendance
Absent was Ryan Voight, who was rather ill, and the President, who did eventually roll in at 7:22 and told us not to ask. We all assumed gastric difficulty was the cause of her tardiness, because she said she was not making out, nor has she been for days, possibly weeks. Kirsten wasn’t present, but Amanda gave the report for her. I also believe Kathy was possibly supposed to be there, but she wasn’t (and we don’t blame her one bit.) Also present was Hercules the Pug.


President Jen’s Report
#1 was to welcome us back. Jen’s glad we’re safe.
#2 was that we’re planning to turn Chris’s truck into the Titanic hitting the Island of Misfit Scholars. (Hopefully there will be no injuries this year, as this tends to be a complex and problematic process.)
#3 was to delegate general committees (and a general groan was emitted by all present).
Website: Ryan Voight
T-shirts: Jen
Community Events: Chrystal
(Injected here was the thought that Campus Coffee Break should be discussed next meeting. This is either under Community Events or Social Events, we’re not certain.)
Creole Fest: Jesse (depressingly)
Fundraising: Veronica
Hamlet’s Mill: Kathy

Note: Please join a committee or two. Work stinks.

Note on Creole Fest: We’re thinking of doing it in stages, like monthly, and doing it at nursing homes such as Milton Young Towers. The old folks appreciate this, and it would be a good community event. Everyone in Minot is invited.

CSO (Kirsti’s report, as delivered by Amanda, with Amanda’s own report interspersed)
Amanda talked a bit about funding and how we’ll actually acquire funds this year. It was all important but shan’t be included in its entirety here. The main point was that, in order to achieve fundage, whatever we ask for, we must already have. That is to say, they will basically double what we have now (or can get), which isn’t much, but that’s how it goes. (The general tone was upbeat, so no worries. Someone should donate a guitar, though. See Vice Presidential Report.)
Checking: $230
Savings: $358.64
Our debt to Maggie, but not society, is finally paid, and Amanda is on crutches because of it. Let this lesson be learned. It’s lucky we don’t owe Maggie interest, or we’d all be broken men and women.

Vice President Veronica
Basically, she (and the rest of us) think music is important and that the honors room should have musical instruments. For starters, we think an acoustic guitar would be nice. If one is not donated, we may take up a collection or something.

Hercules was asleep at 8:00, and I was close to it.
At 8:10, we dispersed, with joyous shouts of triumph and glee, and President Jen climbed back into the jacket on the wall to hibernate until the next meeting.

Minutes to Madness, #3

"The gloriously radiant secretary with hair of summer flame, eyes of the heavens and a face of sunlight then reminded everyone that Holly and Drew as members-at-large was actually his idea in the first place."

Oct. 17, 2002 General Meeting Minutes
Jesse Dylan Watson (secretary)


Attendance
The entire advisory board showed up (except for Chrystal Ruby who, again, has class during our meeting times and should not be expected to skip it just for us—I understand it’s difficult to find a meeting time that works for everyone, but I know Chrystal would like to come if she could, and I’d like to see her there; can’t we work something out?). A sad and paltry amount of others were in attendance, but I was happy to see Amanda Brunner, who we will unfortunately lose next semester (she’s transferring for reasons of majors). It was fun to have you around, Amanda! Kathy (sp?) Spies also came and was frustrated throughout (but weren’t we all).

This sad lack of “general” honors society members may be due to a lack of a properly punctual e-mail being sent out by the secretary because he can’t keep much track of himself, much less the time of month (but boy is he pretty!). It may also be that they found the last meeting annoying and didn’t want to attend a repeat performance. Should this be the case, they would be pleased to know that if they thought the last meeting was bad, this one was even worse. God rest their souls.
( even wallier wall o' text, as I had really gotten my groove on by October, 2002 )