School's almost out

I'm so excited, concerts are over. Finals begin next week. I have graduation to conduct on Wednesday and a concert to play on Sunday and I'm done for a few months. My schedule will be to go to the gym, go to the pool, practice, and do some laundry. I would like to go on a trip, however, but not sure where. I will probably be going down to LA to look at some trumpets very soon. I'm looking to buy a piccolo trumpet. In October, I am playing The Queen of the Night Aria and Carnival of Venice with the Villages.

I must reflect on these kids this year. I think this graduating class is by far one of the smartest since I have been teaching. I don't mean smart as in book smart or street smarts, but this group of kids more than any of the past is realizing how much of a scam education can be. Many of them realize how much of a scam religion and politics can be. Even a couple of them are realizing that life really is meaningless and its the meanings that we give things that are absurd.

My little stoner kid (I talked about previously) and I had a conversation about the most obscene four-letter word in our lexicon...CUNT. I bet you shuddered just viewing that word! Isn't it powerful? It's way better than fuck, shit, or fag. In fact I'm only going to refer to it as the C-word because of fear of overusing it. We cannot overuse this word like we do with fuck. Every time you use it, it looses its power, so be frugal with your use of this word. Why we brought this up is because of the absurdity people have with language. We derive so much meaning from words and they are merely distinctions so that we may communicate. They are totally meaningless to animals and aliens who use telepathy and probably even to God herself (I plan on switching sexual distinction with God because English doesn't have a nuder pronoun). The C-word is powerless without Mormons and Conservative talk show hosts getting their underwear all in a twist when they hear it. In fact the stoner kid see's this weakness in these people and exploits it. What a silly weakness to have! Being offended at the sound of a word. This kid has learned stuff about life in his 17 years of existence that took me 29. There are alot more like him in the world graduating this year.

Imagine if we were telepathic and we merely shared thoughts to communicate. I'm sure prudes would probably not exist if that happened. Every person's sexual fantasies could be seen by anybody. If you thought somebody was a prick, they would know as soon as you came in proximity. Would we all live in one collective consciousness sharing information between one another like the internet? Maybe you would have to be in close proximity or touching somebody to share thoughts. I bet in the next thirty years we will have the technology to share thoughts with one another.