So I started this blog a while back and didn't really keep up with posts at all. I never had downtime and couldn't think of anything to say. Don't bother looking for the old posts. I deleted them.
That was all before I decided to leave my quiet little life at Purdue and go work for Cray, Inc. If you aren't familiar with Cray, they built the (currently) #1 and #4 supercomputers in the world. Kind of a big company, and an excellent place for me to start my post-collegiate career. Unfortunately this also means moving away from my hometown and starting someplace new, but I'm up for the challenge!
The hardest part about moving away is leaving all of the amazing people I've met over the years. I'll be close enough to home that I can visit from time to time, but since I'll be on-call every other week, I can't visit all the time. This also means I have to leave behind some of the bands that I've played with for many years now, including The Big Swing Band. I've also been playing at the Tuesday night jazz party that Brent Laidler helps put on at the Knickerbocker saloon every week this summer. I'm pretty bummed about this, since I haven't played combo sets in quite a while. You should check out Jen Wiley's blog to hear recordings from this week's session. It's quite a group of musicians that turn out each week, and it's more than doubled in size since I first showed up only a month ago! Hopefully I can find some cool people to play with in Dayton, but we'll see.
It's going to be a busy few months ahead... I leave for Wisconsin on Sunday morning, fly back to Indy next Friday the 23rd, go to Dayton on the 24th to look at apartments, back to Lafayette that evening, and eventually down to Mississippi for more training. I'll try to post updates when they're available. Until then, a big hello to anyone who reads this. Hope I can keep it interesting enough for ya!
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We'll miss you, Andy. Or we would, had you used 'than' instead of 'then'.
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