HEROIC ARCHETYPES

My favorite places to hang out is in the schools band hall. My favorite thing to do there is play my trumpet (trumpets rule!). In band, I am the first chair, the closer you are to the first chair, the better of a player that you are. That is what I am for this year, a better player than last year (last year, I was second chair, not good for me). All of my family is Mexican, and yes, that also makes me a Mexican. My favorite hobby is playing my trumpet (again, trumpets rule). My strength is playing the trumpet playing abilities. My weakness is another person who is good at playing the trumpet. All of these things are what make me who I am. Also, I am a lover because I am trying to tell this one girl how I feel about her (more information in further blogs).

THE QUEST

The way that becoming a first part trumpet is by working hard. I can work hard to get this by practicing a lot. It is important for me because it gives me something challenging to work on in my band career. The best place to be is to be higher up in the chair order. In order to that, I would have to work on something like this,

or this.

This is what will help me on my quest to become a first part trumpet player. This will encourage others to try to become a first part trumpet player.

THE MENTOR

My mentor would have to be the one guy in these pictures.

Mr. Burk has inspired me in marching band so much, that I actually became a better marcher with his advice. He is one of my favorite band directors here at Horn High School (even if he says that he is a grumpy old man, I don't believe that at all). He told me to keep my toes up (he says that to everyone, but mostly me). He has told me to use my peripheral vision when I am marching. (P.S. He always picks on me because I'm a freshman). The reason that he says that is so that we can stay in step and in line. He has also helped us by giving us our music, sets, and chalk to mark our sets.

The Threshold Guardians

My parents would have to be my threshold guardians because they have raised me my entire life. They have taught me what to do in case of an emergency. They have also taught me how to eat (after who knows how many days, weeks, months, or a couple of years). They also taught me how to walk by myself (about 2 months). Now, they have to be able to teach me how to drive a car so I can get my permit and be able to drive with my parents to school, and back.

Shadow

(Not my actual Ipod)

My shadow would have to be the Ipod. The Ipod has prevented me from spending more time with my family, because it is like a miny computer, only smaller, and has less things than a computer. I have a couple of fun games on my Ipod, that is what usually keeps me away from my family. I try to stop playing for a while, but my family doesn't do anything when I'm not playing. So the Ipod is what my shadow would have to be.

Trickster

My trickster would have to be Bugs Bunny. Why? He always makes me laugh when he says "I knew I should have taken that left turn at Alberquerque." That quote always makes me laugh. Here is one episode that he says that funny quote.

There are more funny episodes. The funniest one is when he is with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fud. It is just so funny when Bugs fools Daffy into saying "Duck season, fire!" That always cracks me up into laughter. I just can't believe that Daffy actually falls for it all of the time.

It's also funny how Bugs can trick everybody, as shown in this last video.

The Hero Goes Through a Rite of Passage or Initiation, an Event that Marks a Change From an Immature to a More Mature Understanding of the World

The rite of passage that I am going through is driving. Yes, that's right, driving. That would prove that I am actually groing into a young man. Eventually, I will master driving and go where I want to go when I have to go, that is, after I get my license. Still, the person that will guide me through that would have to be my dad or my mom. That would be the problem, you see, my dad is short tempered, and my mom gets nervous. I really have no other choice. Driving school is too expensive, or at least that's what my parents say.