Over last weekend I got the chance to see both Jared Patton and Chris Tiedeman (in one sitting no less) for the first time in a long time. It's funny to see how people don't change much on the surface. For all I would have known they're completely the same guys they were four years ago.
Especially funny was that Jared asked how my dad was doing. I had to fill Chris in on what had been happening with his health recently, but Jared needed no debriefing: he'd been following my site! What a guy.
Get this though: Chris is planning on auditioning for a few tuba spots that are opening up in the next year, including Millwakee, Cleveland, and Philadelphia. I guess he couldn't appear for the one with the New York Philharmonic because he was touring and couldn't exactly duck out to try for another group.
Meanwhile, Jared is planning on taking a course on fighter piloting next semester. Recently he had an interview for the Rhodes Scholarship and now he's got a few others on his plate that he's waiting to hear about.
Shit guys. What have I been doing with myself?