Things I have learned in my
short 18 years of existance

We all have advice we want to share with the world. Here are some key things I have learned personal experiance, and here is my chance to share them with you. ;) Enjoy!

  • Never try to clean out a wall outlet with a safety pin. Even though it has "safety" in the title, it's not totally safe!

  • Altoids are an organist's best friend (learned that from Robert McDermet at Organ Week '99!)

  • Never play someone's an organ without getting permisson (this is applicable in more than one situation!)

  • When you have to choose between one thing an another, the "eeny, meeny, miney mo" method is always useful

  • Never let your cat have some of your Chineese chicken... you never know where that stuff comes from!

  • Never ask permission to kiss someone. They may be offended, but what the heck... you are only mortal once

  • but never offend an organist in any way. Organists have a lot of friends, and even though they are most of the time either 130 pound queers or 80 year old blue hairs, they'll gang up on you and make you wish you never even heard of Bach!

  • If you get mad at someone, never frown. It takes 42 muscles to frown, and it only takes 4 to take your arm and slap the poor fool in the face

  • When you are little and in Sunday School, the correct answer to EVERY question is always one of the following:

    • God

    • Jesus

  • If you don't know the words to a hymn in church or a choral piece in choir, just mouth the word "watermellon watermellon watermellon" to the music, and it looks like you're singing the words (it works!).

  • If you are worried you are being egotistical, go to a professional organist and ask him what are his favorite pieces to play. You'll feel like the anti-ego!

  • If you feel like your not normal, just convince yourself that you are normal, and the rest of the world if just screwed up!

  • The human brain is such a wonderful organ. It starts working when you wake up, and keeps working until you get to school.

  • Mean people suck

  • Bunnys can be evil (eg. Monty Python's Holy Grail)

more to come soon!

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