Oct 31, 2008
Oct 28, 2008
The stars at night, are big and bright...
...Deep in the heart of Texas!!!!
So far I am loving it down here. I started at my branch which is about a 25 minute drive because of city traffic. Also, I had a second interview at White House Black Market today. It's a sales position that would hopefully turn into a management position in a few months. Very excited about that!
I am looking to get involved in a group at church, but it seems so particular. Each group is for very specific age groups or college students or singles or married couples and it's proving to be hard to find one that would be a good fit.
I love this city. It is so beautiful and clean and just overall it's amazing.
Also, I will probably see a lot of my Magyar family at the end of the year! As long as my schedule permits I will be able to drive down south (even further) and see my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Second Cousins, Great Uncles and Aunts etc. It will be so much fun!
Loving everything down here and very happy :)
So far I am loving it down here. I started at my branch which is about a 25 minute drive because of city traffic. Also, I had a second interview at White House Black Market today. It's a sales position that would hopefully turn into a management position in a few months. Very excited about that!
I am looking to get involved in a group at church, but it seems so particular. Each group is for very specific age groups or college students or singles or married couples and it's proving to be hard to find one that would be a good fit.
I love this city. It is so beautiful and clean and just overall it's amazing.
Also, I will probably see a lot of my Magyar family at the end of the year! As long as my schedule permits I will be able to drive down south (even further) and see my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Second Cousins, Great Uncles and Aunts etc. It will be so much fun!
Loving everything down here and very happy :)
Oct 27, 2008
Pictures from John and Donna
Janie, Lydia, Joey, and Ted
Josh and Susie
Donna, Joey and someones elbow.
Laura and Tim
John and DonnaOpening Night
Amy and I went to see Connor in a play Thursday night. The high school put on two one-act plays both themed on students taking tests; "This is a Test" by Stephen Gregg and "Wendy's Tale" by Alan Haehnel. I had approched the evening with a certain amount of dread. Connor had not been briming with enthusiasm about the plays, but they were both quite good. In fact, "This is a Test" was really funny. Connor had supporting roles in each production.
Oct 26, 2008
Oct 25, 2008
Oct 22, 2008
The Talon Tribune, Volume 6, Issue 1
Connor was asked to be on the Silver Creek High School newspaper staff this year. Sophomores can only be on the staff by invitation. This years first issue of the Talon Tribune came out October 14 and featured two of articles by Connor.
MR. Ottem, straight up G?
SC's new assistant principal
Connor Magyar - The Talon Tribune
You’ve all seen him. The guy with the glasses, bowtie, and a trumpet at football games. . Who is he though? He’s the new assistant principal, Mr. Ottem. This is not only his first year at Silver Creek, but also his first job as an administrator. Before coming to Raptor Territory, he was an English teacher at Niwot for five years. He was also the graduation speaker for four straight years. Before that he was an adjunct for 18 years. He enjoys writing, and has written two books, and a musical. One of his books, “Tinker’s Links” is about building a golf course on an Indian Reservation. His other book, “Treehouse” is about building a treehouse with his dad. He attended Brown University in Rhode Island, was the President of the Jazz Band. After college he moved to Washington state, and formed a jazz quartet and played regularly at a brew pub. After going to college on the east coast, and living on the east coast, he decided to move closer to where he grew up, Ogallala, Nebraska.
He has two sons, Gordon and Conrad. Gordon is nineteen years old and is attending Colorado Mountain College in Leadville. Conrad is 16, and a student at Silver Creek. He has two dogs, Dizzy and Miles, named after famous jazz musicians. His wife is a psychotherapist and has a private practice in Boulder. I asked him what his least favorite part of his job was, and he said it was punishing people, but he liked to give them limits. He enjoys going from class to class, and “hanging” with students. I asked if there was anything he wanted students to know about him, he said, “I’m not as cool as I seem, I’m not a thug, not a straight up G, but I’m not afraid to tap some bad boys out.” He says he plans to start a dating service for students, “…Bring in five bucks and I’ll set you up.” He plans to donate all money to Silver Creek, and make the “Mt. Ottem Memorial Storage Shed”. So now that you know who he is, why not say hello everyone once in a while. Maybe he’ll set you up with a cheerleader, or a football player.
Denver, the Next Musical Mecca
A look at the uprising talent in Denver and the front range.
Connor Magyar - The Talon Tribune
Detroit, Memphis, New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, all of them thought of as a place for aspiring musicians to come from. What about Denver? Denver has never been thought of as a Musical Mecca. In the past two or three years, however, a considerable amount of bands from the Front Range and Denver have been signed to record deals, or have at least built up a large fan base in the surrounding area. Why does Colorado now offer such a talented and diversified music scene? The demographic certainly adds to the equation. In Colorado, we are split almost even 3 ways between Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. The demographic of ethnicity is also factor. In Denver, the minority reached 31% in 2006. In Longmont, 40% of the population is Hispanic. This adds in a different taste and style of music to the mix. I’ve selected a few of the new, scene stealing bands to familiarize you with the new spot light.
Flobots
“I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars, no handle bars, I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars…” Most of you have heard this catchy, and popular song. If any of you attended the Channel 93.3 Big Gig you probably saw them live. They come out of Denver. This band is made up of 6 talented musicians, and they include a classically trained violinist, Mackenzie Roberts, and a jazz trumpet player, Joe Ferrone. The band also features two emcees, Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit. Along with bassist Jesse Walker, Guitarist Andy Guerrero, and Drummer Kenny “Kenny O” Ortiz, Flobots bring a new type of music to people. Their music is very political, and they criticize those who are going through life without thinking of what is wrong. They congratulate those who are thinking, for they are winning.
3OH!3
“Black dress, with the tights underneath, I got the breath of a last cigarette on my teeth…” Coming from Boulder, 3OH!3 is an hip-hop/electronica band. While their music, and a gang of the same name are controversial, this band has still become fairly popular in northern Colorado. This band consists of Sean Foreman, and Nathaniel Motte. This April, 3OH!3 signed a record contract to Photo Finish Records. The two met in a physics class at CU, and decided to get together to mix beats. They realized they could work well together, and formed 3OH!3, named after the area code. They appeared at the 2008 Van’s Warped Tour this summer.
Tickle Me Pink
“She struts up to me, she whispers my name as if I knew her, but I never knew her…” Tickle Me Pink is a band based out of Fort Collins. They are a fairly mainstream Rock/Alternative band. One of their most popular songs is Typical. The band consists of singer Sean Kennedy, guitarist Tyler Callihan, drummer Stefan Runstrom, and Bassist Johnny Schou. Unfortunately, on July 1, 2008, Johnny Schou was found dead of a heroine overdose. The band was to celebrate the release of their debut album titled Madeline that same day. The last show that Tickle Me Pink played as they were was at the Van’s Warped Tour in Denver.
These three are some of the most recent to make it. Others include Rose Hill Drive, Rise Against, The Fray, and Single File. I had the opportunity to get in contact with Jonny 5 from Flobots, and asked him what he thought about the bands, and why they were making it big. He said, “Most of the bands are only following in the footsteps of bands before them. I don’t think that many of them are really doing anything original, and are using the popularity of other bands in the area to get big.” Whether this be true or not, a unique music is coming out of Colorado, and I for one, am excited to see where it goes.
Flobots
“I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars, no handle bars, I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars…” Most of you have heard this catchy, and popular song. If any of you attended the Channel 93.3 Big Gig you probably saw them live. They come out of Denver. This band is made up of 6 talented musicians, and they include a classically trained violinist, Mackenzie Roberts, and a jazz trumpet player, Joe Ferrone. The band also features two emcees, Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit. Along with bassist Jesse Walker, Guitarist Andy Guerrero, and Drummer Kenny “Kenny O” Ortiz, Flobots bring a new type of music to people. Their music is very political, and they criticize those who are going through life without thinking of what is wrong. They congratulate those who are thinking, for they are winning.
3OH!3
“Black dress, with the tights underneath, I got the breath of a last cigarette on my teeth…” Coming from Boulder, 3OH!3 is an hip-hop/electronica band. While their music, and a gang of the same name are controversial, this band has still become fairly popular in northern Colorado. This band consists of Sean Foreman, and Nathaniel Motte. This April, 3OH!3 signed a record contract to Photo Finish Records. The two met in a physics class at CU, and decided to get together to mix beats. They realized they could work well together, and formed 3OH!3, named after the area code. They appeared at the 2008 Van’s Warped Tour this summer.
Tickle Me Pink
“She struts up to me, she whispers my name as if I knew her, but I never knew her…” Tickle Me Pink is a band based out of Fort Collins. They are a fairly mainstream Rock/Alternative band. One of their most popular songs is Typical. The band consists of singer Sean Kennedy, guitarist Tyler Callihan, drummer Stefan Runstrom, and Bassist Johnny Schou. Unfortunately, on July 1, 2008, Johnny Schou was found dead of a heroine overdose. The band was to celebrate the release of their debut album titled Madeline that same day. The last show that Tickle Me Pink played as they were was at the Van’s Warped Tour in Denver.
These three are some of the most recent to make it. Others include Rose Hill Drive, Rise Against, The Fray, and Single File. I had the opportunity to get in contact with Jonny 5 from Flobots, and asked him what he thought about the bands, and why they were making it big. He said, “Most of the bands are only following in the footsteps of bands before them. I don’t think that many of them are really doing anything original, and are using the popularity of other bands in the area to get big.” Whether this be true or not, a unique music is coming out of Colorado, and I for one, am excited to see where it goes.
Oct 20, 2008
Video from Marching Band Regionals
Here is the video of Silver Creek's performance at Regionals in Loveland, Colorado. Connor has didgeridoo solos at the beginning and the end. During the solos he is one the side lines with the pit instruments. You can see him marching back to join the ranks on the right side of the video, where he is for most of the performance.
Oct 18, 2008
Connor and the Band
On Wednesday, October 15, Connor had his Northern Regional Marching Band Competition. The competition was in Loveland, Colorade at Thompson Valley High School. The band put on a great show, and Connor was greatly applauded for didgeridoo solo. When awards were announced, we found that Silver Creek is going to compete at state this year! Not only did they place 2nd in the 2A division, they beat out 3 schools in the 4A division. State is going to be on Monday, October 27, wish them luck.
Moving Erin to Texas
We left Longmont Thursday morning at around 6:14 A.M. Erin rented an Enterprise cargo van to haul all of her worldy possesion, which due to her age she was not allowed to drive. So I drove the van while she drove her car. Amy rode with me and Connor rode with Erin.
Driving through Denver a little after 7: A.M. we hit some slow trafic around 104th. I was following Erin in the right-hand lane. Merging traffic was coming in from the right. Mostly people were pretty good about letting people in but since I did not want to get separated I did not immediately allow this nice lady to enter the lane between us. She proceeded to put the nose of her car in front of me to the point I felt I had to let her in or hit her. Now generally, I am a pretty nice guy but I hate being forced. After the nice lady pulled in front of me I laid on my horn, just a little, to show my frustration. The nice lady flipped me off in response. Some people are so classy.
At around 9:30 we hit fog. We did not have to stop or anything but you could not see more than about two cars in front of you. In Hugo, Colorado, home of the Genoa-Hugo Pirates, we saw a truck carrying wind mill blades. Do you realize just how huge those blades are? A semi-truck can carry two and only two. These things are big. The next time you see a wind farm wind-mill, try to imagine the the blades are 18-wheelers, it will give you a perspective on their true size. We must have seen ten or more truck-loads of blades. At one point, I do not remember where, we also saw a a large group of wind mills that had not yet had their blades attached. I think that would be cool to watch.
Just South of Lamar, Colorado we were stopped by construction for 20 to 40 mintes. None of us really noted the time but it seemed like forever. It was still early in the trip, everyone still in good moods. Erin and Connor entertained themselves; Erin doing a Mexican Hat Dance with a sombrero she had in car. Connor has been wearing a tam lately. Amy queried if he was doing an Irish Tam dance. Eventually the pilot car (a new VW Beattle) got to our side of the construction and lead us back ten miles or so.
At 12:06 we reached the Oklahoma border, 12:41 the Texas border, and 1:06 the Central Time Zone. We did not seem to be making wonderful time. If you you look up driving directions on Google from Longmont to Austin, they are simple; I-25 to I-70 to I-135 to I-35 to Austin. For some reason when Amy looked them up it decided to send us through back-country Texas. We rolled into Austin at 1:00 A.M. Friday morning.
Driving through Denver a little after 7: A.M. we hit some slow trafic around 104th. I was following Erin in the right-hand lane. Merging traffic was coming in from the right. Mostly people were pretty good about letting people in but since I did not want to get separated I did not immediately allow this nice lady to enter the lane between us. She proceeded to put the nose of her car in front of me to the point I felt I had to let her in or hit her. Now generally, I am a pretty nice guy but I hate being forced. After the nice lady pulled in front of me I laid on my horn, just a little, to show my frustration. The nice lady flipped me off in response. Some people are so classy.
At around 9:30 we hit fog. We did not have to stop or anything but you could not see more than about two cars in front of you. In Hugo, Colorado, home of the Genoa-Hugo Pirates, we saw a truck carrying wind mill blades. Do you realize just how huge those blades are? A semi-truck can carry two and only two. These things are big. The next time you see a wind farm wind-mill, try to imagine the the blades are 18-wheelers, it will give you a perspective on their true size. We must have seen ten or more truck-loads of blades. At one point, I do not remember where, we also saw a a large group of wind mills that had not yet had their blades attached. I think that would be cool to watch.
Just South of Lamar, Colorado we were stopped by construction for 20 to 40 mintes. None of us really noted the time but it seemed like forever. It was still early in the trip, everyone still in good moods. Erin and Connor entertained themselves; Erin doing a Mexican Hat Dance with a sombrero she had in car. Connor has been wearing a tam lately. Amy queried if he was doing an Irish Tam dance. Eventually the pilot car (a new VW Beattle) got to our side of the construction and lead us back ten miles or so.
At 12:06 we reached the Oklahoma border, 12:41 the Texas border, and 1:06 the Central Time Zone. We did not seem to be making wonderful time. If you you look up driving directions on Google from Longmont to Austin, they are simple; I-25 to I-70 to I-135 to I-35 to Austin. For some reason when Amy looked them up it decided to send us through back-country Texas. We rolled into Austin at 1:00 A.M. Friday morning.
Oct 11, 2008
Frederick Invitational
Connor had a marching band competition at Frederick High School. It was 39 degrees outside and drizzling. In his show, featuring songs from The Cat Empire, Connor has a didgeridoo solo. They did a great job, and placed 3rd.
Oct 9, 2008
Connor on the Town
Connor went out this evening with some friend. The went to the local Republican and Democratic headquarters and got lawn signs and stickers for each candidates.
Oct 7, 2008
Oct 6, 2008
Oct 5, 2008
Hi All,
Today we played a Game from a Hat. Erin picked Parcheesi, the Royal Game of India. Connor playing blue won. He was ahead early but we kept picking him off. So it was pretty close at the end with everyone having at least two pawns all the way Home.
Erin was a brides maid yesterday in a friends wedding. I don't think she got the bouquet this time either.
Amy and I went to Estes Park yesterday for our monthly date night. We saw the Elk migration. (Click on Amy to see more pictures)
Today we played a Game from a Hat. Erin picked Parcheesi, the Royal Game of India. Connor playing blue won. He was ahead early but we kept picking him off. So it was pretty close at the end with everyone having at least two pawns all the way Home.
Erin was a brides maid yesterday in a friends wedding. I don't think she got the bouquet this time either.
Amy and I went to Estes Park yesterday for our monthly date night. We saw the Elk migration. (Click on Amy to see more pictures)
Love, Dan
Oct 2, 2008
Old Email as post.
St Vrain Band Night was last night. Connor plays the Sax in the Silver Creek High School marching band. This year they are playing music from the Australian band The Cat Empire: http://www.thecatempire.com/ The show is good and a lot of fun. The entire band had didgeridoos that the play rather than their own instruments at the beginning of the show.
Moved Erin back into the house for a couple weeks before we move her to Texas, October 16th. She had a chance to get out of her lease early and save a months rent.
Amy is working at a collection agency. They work goes well though her co-workers do not seem to be the classiest group.
I have been messy around with http://www.facebook.com/ and http://www.twitter.com/ . Facebook is is a social networking site wher you can post pictures, play games, etc. with friends on the web. Twitter is a micro-blogging site where people post comments from their computers or cell phones all day long, you can get these comments if you decide to follow another user. Connor and I follow each other as well as a co-worker of mine with whom we play Settlers of Catan.
Oh, I missed the Bronco game on Sunday. It is football season, is it not?
Moved Erin back into the house for a couple weeks before we move her to Texas, October 16th. She had a chance to get out of her lease early and save a months rent.
Amy is working at a collection agency. They work goes well though her co-workers do not seem to be the classiest group.
I have been messy around with http://www.facebook.com/ and http://www.twitter.com/ . Facebook is is a social networking site wher you can post pictures, play games, etc. with friends on the web. Twitter is a micro-blogging site where people post comments from their computers or cell phones all day long, you can get these comments if you decide to follow another user. Connor and I follow each other as well as a co-worker of mine with whom we play Settlers of Catan.
Oh, I missed the Bronco game on Sunday. It is football season, is it not?
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