Tubas and Baritones: What's the Difference?

Ok, I've decided to explain the difference between tubas and baritones.

1. Size: Tubas are huge. Baritones are just big.
2. Music: Tubas read ONLY bass clef. Baritones can read either treble or bass clef.
3. Notes and Range: Tubas play lower notes than baritones, and have a larger range because of that.
4. Tone: Tubas have a deeper tone than baritones.
5. Variety within category: This means the different types of each, and the variety of names for them. Tubas have sousaphones within their category, and baritones have euphoniums and the alternate name of mini-tuba.
6. Superpowers: Tubas can have small children put in them, and baritones can have apples and small balloons put in them. I have experience with the baritone things.
7. Similarity with other instruments: I mean names and size similarities with other instruments. Trumpets and cornets have the size thing, saxophones have the name thing(Tubax and Baritone Saxophone(Bari Sax), along with other instruments.
8. Awesomeness: Tubas are more awesome(awesomer?) than baritones, because they're bigger. But baritones still rock.
9. Ability to be blogged about: This is my 3rd or 4th mention of baritones and tubas in a blog post. That's just cool on its own!

I really have to go now, my brother's getting into something!

Bye,

RJ

Vacation Excitement! YAY!!

Okay, I get that I haven't been on in, what, a month. Sorry, but I've been busy, what with hanging out with my friend, yes, only one; watching 2 seasons of In Plain Sight, my favorite show of June, and the third season the day of the season 3 finale; and getting ready for vacation. Yes, vacation. I'm going to Yellowstone National Park, you know, the one in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, but mainly in Wyoming. I will be away from home for 11 days, but I'll still blog! I'm bringing the laptop with, and will try to take a nice picture for each post. I'm already packed a lot, but there's still a few things left. Like my phone, pills, and hat. I can't pack my hat, because I'm wearing my hat right now, and I have to take my pills before then. My phone, I do still have to use that before vacation. Otherwise, I'm doing good. I will be on vacation from the 16th to the 27th. That means there's still 5 days until I leave. Actually a little less than that! The places I will be are: Council Bluffs, Iowa; Rapid City, South Dakota; Billings, Montana; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Jackson, Wyoming; Laramie, Wyoming; Lincoln, Nebraska; and then home. I will be in SD for the weekend, in Yellowstone for 3 days, and in Laramie for the next weekend. In case you're wondering, I packed the laptop and I'm using the desktop computer right now. Okay, you probably weren't wondering about that, because the only person I know of that reads this is my mom. Oh, well, now I'm bored.

Bye!
RJ

Ranting

Sometimes, you just need to rant. I am going to use this post to rant about stuff that I commonly find irritating.

1. Ice cream prices: Ice cream used to cost a dollar. Now it costs $1.25!! Nonsense, I tell you, utter nonsense.
2. Public pool prices and hours: The HS pool used to be open Monday-Friday, 1-4pm, and cost $2. Now it's open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 7-9pm, and costs $4!! By the way, in case you didn't know, it's Thursday and I have $4 so I'm going swimming!! I know you probably don't care, though.
3. Little siblings: My brother, who is 10 years younger than me, is SO irritating!! He throws stuff into my room, throws stuff at my head, and screams his head off a lot! He's driven me crazy like 12 times already!! Well, probably only like 2, but whatever.
4. Technology and the economy: This is a common problem. iPhones are cool, but cost a lot of money. I don't like it!!
5. Mozilla Firefox: This is strange. I keep getting little pop-ups about opening things like virtual aquarium. It bothers me... Bother bother bother!
6. Religion: No offense, Christians, but could you please STOP shoving your, uh I don't know, Christianity in my face!! It REALLY bothers me!!
7. Politics: Once, at lunch, I was arguing with my 2 best friends about, guess what, POLITICS!! Bother bother bother...
8. Mean English Teachers: Mean English teachers, a not-so-uncommon problem. My English teacher was AWFUL last school year!!
9. Typing: Apparently, you are supposed to type a certain way, or else the Computers teacher gets angry. Or you take a long time to type a blog post. Well, it's irritating how you have to use a certain finger to type a certain letter and if you don't do it that way it's WRONG. For years of my life I typed the "wrong" way, and it worked for me! So who cares about your stupid "correct method of typing"? NOT ME!!
10. Wal-Mart: Oh, wait, Wal-Mart isn't irritating!!
11. Trying to think of irritating things for this post: Not tubas or Wal-Mart or anything fun and good. Wow, even this irritating thing is hard to think of reasons for it to be irritating! Nonsense, it doesn't make any sense.
12. JUSTIN BIEBER: One of the most irritating things in the whole world!! Justin Bieber is stupid in theory and in practice!!
13. Multiple names for the same person: Like nicknames and using your middle name as your first. I actually came across this problem recently! One of my friends went by one name, and then I got the yearbook and he had a different name!! The problem was explained to me by a friend, though. Awesome...
14. Conformists: Conformists are people who think they must fit in or they'll die (maybe not THAT, but something of the sort), and they irritate me HORRIBLY!!!
15. EXCLAMATION POINTS: On Facebook, I often come across people using more than two exclamation points at the end of a sentence. Irritating!!
16. Pi and Pie: Pi and pie are different things. Pie, with an E, is a delicious dessert pastry with yummy fillings. Pi, without an E, is the number used to explain/demonstrate the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle. Pi is the number 3.1415926535... and goes on FOREVER!!!
17. Emotions: Emotions are quite irritating. I am quite emotional. I hate it!!
18. Baritones and Euphoniums: NOT INTERCHANGEABLE!!! Baritones are more cylindrical and euphoniums are more conical.
19. Trumpets and Cornets: NOT INTERCHANGEABLE!!! Trumpets are more cylindrical and cornets are more conical.
20. Textspeak: Textspeak is stupid! Nobody understands it!!
21. Racism: Stop being racist!!
22. Being opposed to ANYONE just 'cause they're different: Stop with the stereotypes!!
23. The world: The world is bothersome.
24. Pecans: Pecans are bothersome.
25. Walnuts: Walnuts are bothersome and taste bad.

Bye!! Comment if you think anything was funny, stupid, offensive, or just plain confusing! Bye!!

I need a pool!!

I need a pool!! I want to swim!! Well, I might get to swim this weekend, because one of my relatives who lives nearby has a pool and I might get to swim there!! Yay!! Too many exclamation points!! Not yay... Man, I need a pool!! It's too hot out, and the HS pool is only opened Monday-Thursday, 7-9pm!! That's lame!! Ugh, the lack of pools has angered me to the point of too many exclamation points... Someone who lives down the street from me has a pool and I can see it when I jump on my trampoline, and that makes me angry!! Argh!! Too many exclamation points...

A Funny Poem

This is a funny poem I wrote.

MY HAT

1. My hat is awesome
2. It looks better than a dead possum
3. It is red
4. It sits upon my head
5. My hat is plaid
6. I think the possum's name was Brad
7. It is also black
8. I think the possum got squished by a yak
9. My hat I do love
10. That yak I would like to shove
11. Oh no! A dove stole my hat
12. The yak was fat
13. I wish the yak would eat the dove
14. There would be no terror from above
15. But the yak would just get fatter
16. And it would shatter the ladder
17. Ukuleles bother me
18. Do not ski into a tree
19. Oh look! There goes the yak
20. It's heading out for a snack
21. Maybe cookies, maybe cake
22. Maybe possums on a rake
23. I want my hat back on my head
24. I wish the possum wasn't dead
25. Oh look - where's Brad?
26. He might have ran off to go see Chad
27. Chad is a fat yak
28. The one that ran off for a snack
29. I wish they would come back
30. To launch a dove attack
31. I wonder what that dove is named
32. I hope my hat is not stained!
33. I'll call the dove Ted
34. Hopefully he likes bread
35. I hear a yak!
    
36. My animal friends have come back!
37. We must attack Ted
38. To get my hat back on my head
39. Oh - look at that
40. Ted decided to give back my hat!

That is the poem I wrote for my English project. The hat is actually real. Go to: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFHR22TAnnWnQlBVG9KY8_ccqFEo_KsZCl7YCuOO9-osRoMwLkNHSME23eny4YJnM9d4Qmi41rwv6EVm_YYZHLMsOvImdAa-X61ZoJzWGkBNvvTJ911vk4URi2ALtCXsnj7KgN5fE3GE/s320/WetSealBuffaloPlaidFedoraHat.jpg To see a hat like my hat. My hat doesn't have the black strip of fabric near the brim, though, the plaid just continues.

Wikihow, a website for us all!!

Wikihow is a website that everyone should use! It includes useful articles, such as How to come up with a catch phrase, How to write a book, and How to make small talk. It also includes useless but very funny articles, such as How to smile, and How to type. Everyone knows how to smile, right? You know, Wikihow is very useful, and it has all sorts of articles. Useful or stupid and funny, Wikihow articles come in all shapes and sizes. There's How to buy an Ipad, How to create a blog, and other technology-related articles. There's relationship-related articles. The main categories are: Arts and Entertainment; Cars and Other Vehicles; Computers and Electronics; Education and Communications; Family Life; Finance, Business, and Legal; Food and Entertaining; Health; Hobbies and Crafts; Home and Garden; Holidays and Tradition; Personal Care and Style; Pets and Animals; Philosophy and Religion; Relationships; Sports and Fitness; Travel; Wikihow; Work World; Youth; and Other.

The Power of JESUS!!

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I can't think of anything else to post, so HAPPY EASTER!!