I’m in love with this band Air Traffic. They are so incredibly talented (the lead singer plays both piano and guitar) and their lyrics are amazing. I found them completely by accident. It’s what I’ve deemed as “Music Surfing.” Basically, I just go to the myspace page of a band I already like and click on their top friends. Typically bands have similar bands or bands they’re touring with as their top friends. So if you like the sound of the band you began on, you’ll be bound to like some or all of the bands on their top friends. It’s pretty nifty.
Since very few of my friends know about Air Traffic, it would have been difficult for me to discover them without Music Surfing. It’s also a fun thing to do while bored. Who knows.. you may discover a new favorite band.
Music Surfing tends to work with any website which has music. If you visit youtube a lot, just look at the “related videos” or “more videos: ____.” They tend to be related to either the same band (where new songs can be discovered and enjoyed!) or to similar bands. It’s simply a fun thing to do.
That would be the name of the pool where the TC Roberson swim team has been practicing since… forever. Previous to this name, it was deemed the Skyland Rec, but it’s pretty much the same disgusting place.
The bathroom stalls do not lock, the toilets only sometimes flush, there is only one lone shower, and the cracked floor is painted blue in the locker room. One of the doors to the outside has been broken for the past two years and the ladders are difficult to remove. The pool rarely is cleaned. There are no gutters on the sides of the pool and the shallow end is filled with probably 2.5 feet of water. Some days the water is cloudy from too much chlorine and other days it’s entirely way too clear. The past week, the heater has been broken, making the water close to f-f-f-freezing. But it’s home. I swim in lane 4. It’s my home.
And now, the Zuegner Center has been shut down for not installing a certain type of drain at the bottom of the pool. Closed indefinitely. With three weeks of swim season left. Just three weeks.
Sadly, the school probably does not care. The athletic director called our swim caps “hats” and when our meets are announced, somehow they are turned into “swim matches.” We have one of the best records of any TC team, yet we are constantly forgotten behind basketball and even indoor track.
And now, we lost our place to practice.
Thankfully, the Asheville School (a private school about 25 minutes away) is allowing us to borrow their pool from 7:30 to 9:30pm. Fairly late for swimming, don’t you agree? But at least we will be having a place to swim.
But I cannot believe Zuegner lost their permit for a silly drain. For all the other health concerns, like improperly stored chemicals or whatever… they lost it for a DRAIN that they could have replaced when they drained the pool two years ago to find an invisible leak.
I hate to brag (that’s a lie) but… ahem… drumroll pleeeeeassseeee (with sugar on top)?
I WON TWO GOLD KEYS!!!!!!!!
No, they do not open golden doors (though that would be pretty sweet).
If you know anything about the Scholastic Art Awards, this means I pretty much fucking rule the world with my awesomeness. I won one (reading that out loud would confuse someone) for my photography portfolio and another for one of my individuals (which came from my photography portfolio). Both entries will be shipped off to jolly ole New York for judging there in which I have the chance to win a full-ride to several different colleges in the United States of BAMF.
Yes, you might say I’m pretty pleased with my wicked art skillz.
