Stacy Smith:  

Life And here it is that I, Stacy (Ellerbe) Smith, former hybrid Band Geek and Orch Dork, once know as the Red Beast to many, say hello there! I'm not sure if people actually read these things or not, so I'm just going to mosy a bit through my life because I'm being a 'nanny' this summer and the kid's still asleep and I'm bored. So, if anyone does actually get to this, enjoy. I also think I've been going through a mid-mid-life crisis of a minor degree, probably mainly due to the fact that our 10 year reunion met me in my inbox a few mornings ago and promptly hit me squarely in the jaw. Needless to say, I've since gone a quest of sorts to find old friends and see if they feel as old as I do at this point in time. (I don't really believe in old, mind you...but 10 years...man!) From Providence High, I went straight on to East Carolina University, where I maintained my excellent track record of doing absolutely nothing. I majored in music for the three semesters I was there, but since I refused to do any homework or studying or that kind of thing, I ended up failing out of school. Twice. So it was on to bigger and better things than college. Like working at a video rental store, a Christmas shop, a summer camp, and Michael's Arts and Crafts. As you can imagine, this didn't fulfill my life's purpose, so I gave college another shot, three years behind schedule, and the NC School of the Arts. Here, all of my classmates were three years younger than myself and stupid, so it wasn't too hard to ingnore all of them and get to work. So I finally graduated college with a degree in Music Performance in 2002. And for all of you out there that don't remember, I play bass. So, with a degree finally under my b...Expand for more