Post Number One

I guess we have a lot of catching up to do, better get started. I'm Russ. I've been racing my bike for about three years now, I play drums in the school band, I like to read (if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment), I like to cook, and I especially like hanging out with my friends.

This week was exam week in school. Today I only had to take two tests, so I got out at 10:00. Then I went to the band room to clean out the drum closet with some friends (we're going to start repainting it over spring break), it was a fair bit more work than I thought it would be. We took some ammonia and scrubbed the walls. By the way, don't mix that stuff with bleach or you'll kill yourself. Unfortunately, not everybody knows this and it's not something you want to learn the hard way. Anyways, back to the story. There was writing all over the walls, mostly from us. It's amazing how permanent a regular #2 pencil is, especially once it's had time to settle into the paint a bit. So the scrubbing took about an hour. Then we patched most of the holes in the walls. Some were from accidents, but we definitely put most of them there on purpose, especially the three in the brick wall. Those took some work. Anyways, today wasn't all work. Before we started cleaning, we played a few games of marbles. After cleaning, I kicked the sack (hacky sack, that is) for a while with Derek. Also, Kate (graduated last year) came to visit for a bit. Tonight I'm going to see Semi-Pro with a few people for Alex's b-day, it looks pretty good. Review to come later, probably Sunday after the Arnold (yes, Schwarzenegger, for all you non-racers) Classic. Link here and here for more.