29 Jan 2009 – Thursday

This morning I woke up to my cat running through the kitchen. She was super hyper and wouldn’t stop. She loves to go run around outside but she HATES the cold so she’s been stuck inside all winter. I heard her paws slapping the floor along with the sound of her claws scraping the floor as she tried to get a grip on the linoleum. At one point it sounded like she had lost control taking a turn too quickly and slid across the floor into the wall. Then a bunch of dishes hit the floor cuz she jumped on the counter and knocked the dish drying rack to the floor.

27 Jan 2009 – Tuesday

This is gonna be a really simple entry. I woke up and, while it’s not exactly something new, I heard my brother snoring in his room. It was funny though cuz even though he does snore on occasion, I can’t ever hear it in my room. His snoring started off soft but it slowly would get louder and louder then he’d kinda half wake himself up and it would get quiet for a few minutes then the entire process would start over.

22 Jan 2009 – Thursday

I was again walking downtown late at night and this time I was walking near the library.  While I was standing on the sidewalk between The Leonardo and the library I saw a cat huddling next to the building trying to keep warm. I stopped to pet it and that was when I very faintly heard what sounded like two people talking in the courtyard. I walked toward the sound and it got louder and louder until I realized it was too loud. Upon futher investigation, I found that there is a talk radio station that broadcasts out of a little shop in the library’s outdoor courtyard and they keep a speaker on just outside…

- Air Quality

Last weekend it was cold and cloudy and the air was fine and clear.  Last Monday night as I prepared for bed, I all of a sudden felt that small tickle in the back and top of my throat that very quickly turned into a dry soreness.  My eyes started to burn and my nose started to become stuffed up.  I knew I was getting sick.  I pumped myself full of vitiman c and zinc, ate a banana and downed a glass of water then went to bed.  I hoped that that would head the sickness off at the pass.  Unfortunately I was wrong.  I woke up the next morning feeling awful.  I couldn’t breathe and I…

20 Jan 2009 – Tuesday

Late at night, or early in the morning depending on your perspective, I like to go walk the streets. Tonight I went downtown to listen to Salt Lake City sleep. As I walked along the mostly deserted and icy sidewalk, I could hear my footsteps in four distinct parts. First the sound of the toe then the heel following and then the echo of each. I could hear the echo of the toe overlap the sound of my heel hitting the concrete. As I walked along listening to this, I heard, faintly in the distance behind me, the same pattern. Another lost soul pacing the streets at night. He was moving quicker than I was…

I have started my new major this last week.  I finally decided to pursue a BFA in Performing Arts Design through the Theatre Department at the U.  I am emphasizing in Sound Design.  It has been better than I had expected so far and things only are looking up for the months to come.  I have very unexpectedly been given an opportunity to design the sound for an upcoming production called Ring Around The Moon by Jean Anouilh.  I am so excited to be able to work with the head sound designer for the Pioneer Theatre Company, Joe Payne.  He is also one of my professors.  I have nothing but great things about Joe from everyone I’ve talked to and…