Corpus trip was pretty good (whether or not I'm understating or overstating is unclear at the moment), and I got to... uh... learn a lot about some of my friends. (You know who you are.) It was mostly a time of reflection and relaxation, and I loved being away from school for so long. I was able to put my reflective moods to use with OTHER people instead of just myself, and I feel more complete for doing so. The bus rides were mostly fun except for the ones on Saturday. We drove around the city for hours, and I was cramped in the back because Juan had his "broken" (?) leg up over three seats. Luckily, we got our performance over quickly and I got to doze off in the audience while the other bands performed. Strangely, the honor band kept me more awake than did the jazz band. All in all, it was definitely the best of the three trips thus far, and the most progress was made for me as an individual. It wasn't as generally awkward as the other ones.

Would I do it again? Hell yes. I'm not sure I'd say the same about my first two band trips, which were mostly just wastes of time. I didn't really hang out with my roomates, and, instead, just stayed in the room most of the time playing games or doing nothing. On this trip, we walked around a lot, talked to people, and enjoyed each others' company. Much chess was played. And many good times were had. So much chess was played that Will got burned out on it. Or at least that's what he says... (OMFG?)

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