It's not cool to be a D

ALRIGHT.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little annoyed tonight. Instead of going to History Of Jazz lecture this week, we had to go to a presentation since it's jazz festival week at Pitt. For class credit we had to attend this little lecture by this guy who had went to Pitt and wrote books on Miles Davis and Coltrane and he had some really interesting stories and insight. So he starts telling these stories and talking about them and jazz in general and he talks about how he was on his honeymoon in San Jose at a restaraunt when he heard about Coltrane's death over the radio. He said the man that owned the restaraunt loved Coltrane so much that he fed everyone for free that was in there the rest of the day. The man that was giving the lecture had to take a moment because he started crying. Coltrane's talent on the sax was that powerful that it literally moved people emotionally.

Another thing he said was that one time he was talking to someone about a player, and the guy he was talking to said that the man was a heroine addict and he remembered the last show he played with him he had to get rushed out because he was bleeding from his nose, eyes, and ears. He was that messed up. The lecture speaker went on to say that many of these musicians paid a heavy price to create this music in regards to lifestyle etc. And of course... there had to be some nugget behind me that said, "Well don't take heroine." In a sarcastic voice.

That just sent me over the fracking edge. I can't stand when people don't take the effort to understand how things are or were so they just make fun of it. People that can't get into jazz don't understand it because they don't know about the culture, the origins, or play the music. I'm cool with that, but don't write it off because you can't understand it or it's not your thing. Those men paved the way for modern music. Those men embodied what it is to be an American, what it is to feel and breath, and they expressed that through instruments in ways that people TODAY only wish they could master. So just because you don't get it don't freaking poke fun at an idea or someone's life. Don't sit behind me and be rude for the whole hour you had to sit there. HOT DANG.

Anyways, that's it. It was just beautiful seeing that man on the stage just laugh with himself while he reminisced meeting these players, and speak about his true passion. Regardless of whatever that is, a person with passion and drive is priceless. I wouldn't have been able to just leave early from that lecture just out of respect for that man. I don't even know him but you could feel his energy. That's important.

Well... I saw that Angela was copying Erin's little November 30 days thing so I thought it would be fun to do the same to give people some more insight on Mervyn in a more exterior way.

So here's #1: Your current relationship status. If single, discuss how single life is.

I'm single, been single for almost two years now. I always feel like I wouldn't mind being in a relationship, but at the same time when "opportunities" arise or people show interest in me I realize that I'm not willing to date a lot of people. I've given up on looking. The right relationships always happen upon themselves it seems, so being single and being okay with it has enabled me to devote more time to myself. To figure me out, and to get some things straight so I know when I find the right person I'll be able to be the best me possible ya know? Being single's been pretty chill, and that's pretty much all I'm used to.