more on the movie topic...

last weekend, we caught 'School of Rock' at the cheapies. that Jack Black is too crazy! i became a fan of his after seeing 'High Fidelity'...

went to Internet Movie Database and found out that the three kids who played guitar, drums, and bass, had all started training in musical instruments at the ripe ol' age of three!!! it's kids like that make me sick...way too much talent in their little pinkies! i hope they make it big though!

i know that a lot of you played an instrument in your youth, some even played marching band in college. that's cool.

i think i already blogged about some of my siblings and their musical talent. i have two brothers (tenor and baritone...not their names tho' ;) who sang for many years in the Colorado Choir. in fact, the tenor still sings and has traveled to Europe at least six times to sing. he and his group, the Musicians of Saint Clare, have sung at the Vatican during Papal mass during xmas 2000 and '02.

my eldest sister, played violin and is the most right brained of this family. i remember when i used to pester her when she was trying to practice. i guess i should consider myself lucky because she could've easily jabbed me in the eye with that rosin laden bow. she later went on to play in college and semi-professionally as a concert violinist. however, she's given up performing for now, concentrating on getting into dental hygienist's school.

funny, i have two siblings who had enough musical talent to go out and make it big. truly, they were that good. unfortunately, neither was brave enough to take the chance and go for the gusto, instead settling for a step below world class. the rest of us musically challenged kids always regard them as the ones who should have kept it up (you know, the stereotypical asian, take no prisoners, nose to the grindstone way). i think if i picked up an instrument now, they would regard me as the one who should've never even started and would set out to kill the music teacher who unleashed non-music wrath in me.

is that a kazoo in yer pocket? or are you just happy...(you know the rest)!