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Smigell

About Me

My name is Jason. I am a band director in the town of Howell, Michigan (Yes, the place that used to have the KKK. No, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE HAS EVER MENTIONED THAT TO ME BEFORE... yes, that is sarcasm). I am married to a fantastic, smart, beautiful woman named Heather, I have two insane dogs, two younger BA brothers who are both art teachers, and two wonderful parents who brought me up right and still support me. I guess you can say life is pretty good right now. I got my degrees from the University of Michigan and marched in their excellent band. I have done many things and I thank the great spirit for each day so I can do some more... hopefully for the good and not the bad. Sometimes I am a scatterbrain, sometimes I'm a hypocrite, sometimes I am an Ogre. But SOMETIMES... I'm brilliant. You have to show up each day and find out what you're going to get. Every day, I care to the bottom of my toenails about the students put in my charge and the people (and animals) I love... okay you know what I mean by "loving animals" right? don't get the wrong idea... oh, forget it. Best way to get out of a hole is to stop digging... blah blah blah.

My Interests

Music(Duh), Running, Fishing, Magic:the Gathering, Poker, Blackjack, Craps, Chess, Playing and watching hockey, Fantasy football, Ninjutsu, Shotokan, Iado, eating, reading, College football, pro football, search and rescue, teaching.

I'd like to meet:

People who love life and love music. People who disagree with me but are intelligent (and civil in their disagreement). Anyone who will protect the weak. Anyone who finds satisfaction in helping people and making our society better rather than worse. Anyone who would rather give rather than take. INTENSE PEOPLE, calm people. BUTT KICKING PEOPLE!! Anyone who will challenge Arrogance, IGNORANCE, HATRED, AND GEOR... well, wouldn't want to offend anyone.

Music:

J. S. Bach, Aaron Copland, L. v. Beethoven, Pat Metheny, G. F. Handel, Johannes Brahms, Tenacious D, Lunasa, Barenaked Ladies, Weather Report, Indigo Girls, The Aquabats, Percy Grainger, Jessie Norman, John Coltrane, Jaco Pastorius, Bela Fleck, Mike Brecker, Van Halen, The Police, Aerosmith, Phish, The Chieftans, Donald Sinta, Timothy McAllister, Prism, The Children Left Behind, Melissa Ethridge, Reel Big Fish, Rush, Frank Tichelli, Arnold Schoenberg, Leonard Bernstein, Billy Holliday, Stephen Sondheim, John WIlliams, John Phillip Sousa, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaugh, Los Super Seven, Los Lonely Boys, Jurassic 5, Scott Joplin, W. A. Mozart, U2, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem, Fanboy, Boss Ross, Liable to Change, You Army, The Setup, Krell, Harvey Dent, Border Patrol, All Time Favorite, Whole Lotta Rosies, Nutpie, Cat's Rosie Red, Smigell Brothers Band, Five Iron Frenzy, Big Dave and the Ultrasonics, Mad Dog, Antonin Dvorak, Petr Tchaikowski, Igor Stravinski, Modest Mossurgski, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Paul Creston, Glasunov, Jaques Ibert, Warren Benson, Steve Galante, Charles Young, Tito Puente, Luciano Pavarotti, William D. Revelli, H. Robert Reynolds, Dennis Glocke, Gary Lewis, James R. Griffith, Astor Piazolla, West african drumming, Like Water drumworks, Paul Simon, Harry Connick Junior,

Movies:

Guess

Television:

SHOOT YOUR TELEVISION!!! BLOW IT UP!!! ok.. yeah I'm a hypocrite.

My Blog

Hooray! HOO-FREAKIN-RAY!

Note: This is a bit of a long, rambling rant, written by a man who just had a very long weekend. If you don't want to wade through the blah blah, just scroll down to the paragraph in all caps...Reli...
Posted by Smigell on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:57:00 PST

Back online and new project

Hello Everyone!I am back online now! Not sure why I went on a myspace drought but oh well. Anyway, I will reply to stuff so my page is officially a live link again!Anyway, I have a new think that I ...
Posted by Smigell on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:23:00 PST

Kidney Stoned

I.... Have... A >>>> KIDNEY STONE.There you have it. I would write more about it, except I have to go to the bathroom... again.THIS SUCKS!-Smigell
Posted by Smigell on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:40:00 PST

My good girl Guinness

Hello Everyone, This entry was originally much longer. I got bogged down with trying to write high prose and it failed miserably (way too long, way too much useless detail). I decided to be much mo...
Posted by Smigell on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:46:00 PST

My Epiphany and A little of everything else

Hello Everyone!First of all, if you are a bando, check out the Band Blog (www.hhsbands.blogspot.com) today and tomorrow for some bigtime info on the upcoming week!Secondly, If you are a senior bando (...
Posted by Smigell on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:29:00 PST

BANDO INFORMATION!

(exact same thing posted at www.hhsbands.blogspot.com)Hello Everybody!I can't tell you how pleased I was with every single aspect of the game, because there isn't a word for GALACTICALLY PLEASED! The ...
Posted by Smigell on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:44:00 PST

Why I haven’t been responding as of late.

Ladies and Gents...Hello everybody! I am sending out this email because I have had a crazy week and several things have been going on...-I hit a deer and it trashed my car... (car can be repaired, bu...
Posted by Smigell on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:15:00 PST

BACK IN BUSINESS

Hey all!After a crazy weekend in Indianapolis (I was a DJ for a nutty and frustrating wedding), a hideous week-long, debilitating back-ache (I know boo hoo), and a crippling power outage, the DOB for ...
Posted by Smigell on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:02:00 PST

MILLISH!!! Listen and prepare to be obliterated!

MY BRAIN IS A LUMP OF MUSH!!! IT HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL/ROCK/CELTIC WRECKING CREW SINCE LUNASA!!!OMG!!! (yes, that's me using a lame web acronym!)Check them out immediately, belie...
Posted by Smigell on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:38:00 PST

GOING CRAZY OVER THE KRAKEN

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE TO WRITE THIS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I HAVE JUST TAKEN ANOTHER LISTEN TO THE KKKKKRRRRAAAKKKEEEENNNN (KRAKEN) FROM THE P.O.T.C 2!!!! IT IS GOING TO ok... enough with the cap...
Posted by Smigell on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:05:00 PST