So we have this paper due next week in Psychology. We are supposed to say whether we consider ourselves adults and why. I apparently have not reached the level of responsibility required for adulthood.
I had two tests today, Psychology and Micro lab. I spent Monday and Tuesday studying for Psychology, because it has a higher weight than my Micro lab test. Last night Kristi's friends came over, so I socialized, and then went to study for my lab test when they left at 10:45. It was then that I realized I had left my lab book in lab. This posed quite a few problems...well actually one big one, which was that I had no conceivable way of studying anything. Not only was my book there, but my review sheet was in my book, which contained a list of what I needed to know.
I decided that I would just have to wake up really early, go to Tech, and find someone to let me in the lab. I tried not to stress too much, as the lab test is only 7.5% of my final grade, and I got in bed. It was then that I realized I was supposed to go to a "Career Talk" earlier that evening. I have to go to one before I apply to nursing school, and they only have them sparingly. I had asked Joe if I could leave early and everything a couple weeks ago, but I probably hadn't thought about it for 4 days, hence I completely forgot to go. The next one is in the afternoon during Jingle Jazz week, which isn't ideal, but I guess I have to go. Joe was nice about it, which was a big relief. Not that he's ever mean, but I pretty much just screwed up by forgetting. So I think in my paper I will put that I do not consider myself an adult, because I apparently cannot remember extremely important things that I need to do.
Anyways, I woke up at 6:15, took a quick shower, and left to take Lucy to my parents' house. They had no idea I would be there so early, because I didn't want to wake them up by calling either last night or this morning. They were a little surprised, but I think it was OK. I knew dad would be waking up for work anyways. I left quickly and got to the Nursing building around 7:30. None of the teachers on the second floor were in their office, so I asked a janitor if she could let me in. As I suspected, they are not allowed to let students into labs...what with infectious organisms and all. I read through all the posted office hours of teachers on the wall, and none were going to be there until at least 8:30, so I went downstairs to an office that I had seen open. Inside was a nursing instructor who was extremely nice. I'm not sure that she was technically allowed to let me in either, but she told me if I went straight in and got the book that she would do it. I tried to express my appreciation adequately, but I think I might slip a thank you note under her door later this week.
All in all I got into my car at about 7:45 and was able to study all the way up until 9:00, when I went in to get ready for my Psychology test. Both tests went really well, and it was a big relief. After all the stress I decided I needed a break, so I came home to hang out with Oliver before going to work. I ate lunch while I was home, and then decided to go to Best Buy on my way in.
At Best Buy I picked up the new Lovedrug CD. I absolutely loved their first album, but their second seemed really disjointed. It had some really good stand alone songs on it, but as a whole it just didn't feel right. I think there were alot of band transitions at the time, like members changing, which may have added to the issue. This album is called "The Sucker Punch Show," and while it definitely is more cohesive, I am not really sure I like it. I feel like they strayed a good bit from the qualities that made their first album so good, and overall it's just kind of weird. It may be one of those things where the creativity grows on my after a while, but I know there are some things about the production I definitely don't like. For instance, on number 7 the snare has a weird sound. I'm not sure if it was on purpose, but even if it was it just ended up sounding really crappy. I will keep giving it a chance though, and may comment more on it later.
Funny story...at Best Buy I was third in line waiting to check out. The guy checking out was taking forever because he was using a personal check, and they were having to go through the whole special process. I never ever see people pay by check, and was contemplating how odd it was that Best Buy even takes checks when it was time for the guy in front of me to pay. He steps up and no joke...pulls out his check book. I tried to savor the moment...it's not every day you see two people using checks to pay. If you still pay by check, I hope I didn't offend you...checks are cool, seriously...
Work was a little monotonous today, because we completely re-worked the stage setup. I actually didn't think it looked as good as usual yesterday, but setting it back up a different way is such a pain. Joe told me to have a good attitude, so I did my best. He helped me, which made it not so bad.
We went to eat a quick dinner at Hunan K after finishing, and it was delicious. The only thing I don't like is that there are no free refills, but I guess that's better for them. They probably do alot of takeout anyways. I could eat fried rice every day of the week. Kristi called me to tell me she got a speeding ticket while we were eating. She was kind of upset, but I didn't really think it was a big deal. She just lost track of how fast she was going, I'm guessing it'll probably happen again to one of us sometime in the future. I don't think it was even enough to make our insurance go up, so it's just kind of a minor bump in the road (no pun intended...or was it).
Tonight I ran sound, and it was actually alot of fun. This week is very unique, in that there is not really a band. Instead there are 7 violins, a double bass, piano, keys, and acoustic guitar. For the violins I miced each individually, and then set up 2 Shure LDC's left and right to capture the overall sound with some ambience. I'm using the little tiny Audix SDC on the double bass, and then normal stuff on everything else. The bass dude wasn't here tonight, but it still sounded really great. I had to fight feedback with all the condensers for a while, especially the KSM LDC's...but with some gates, less compression, and some work on the monitors everything seems to be feedback free and fairly stable. Feedback during a service is one of my biggest fears, because there is just nothing more distracting. One thing I did to the sound this week that I think made a big difference is made a small cut around 4.5kHz on the center and stereo outs (the main fader controls left and right, and the center cluster is fed off of a bus). I always find myself fighting harshness when I run sound, and I think it is mostly in the 5kHz area. Since I am always cutting there with most things that occupy that range, I figured why not just take it out of the mains. I only cut about 2dB with a pretty wide Q, but I think it really made a difference. It's a little hard to tell because the band isn't playing, but I'm going to try something similar next time I run with the full band. I'm thinking about setting my digital camera up on the mixer and hitting record just so I can get an ambient recording to post on here Sunday. It's gonna be good!
I got home around 9:30 and played with the pets some. Oliver and Lucy are getting along better and better. Lucy doesn't get nearly as excited, and Oliver doesn't seem scared of her. If she gets too out of hand he just slaps her in the nose a few times and she backs off. I got into bed a little after 10 and have been watching live performances on Youtube and looking for new music ever since. I found this one band called Darkroom. I haven't been able to listen in depth yet, but that first song on the page seems pretty cool. I also have been listening to my senior project and thinking of things I would do differently if I had more studio time. Live and learn.
Tomorrow is going to be great, because I don't have to get up at 6:15. I think I am eating lunch with my dad, and of course I always have Oliver and Lucy to take care of. I just hope Oliver remembers where his litter box is!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment