Thursday

I try to make Thursday my "fix it/repair it/etc." day. We have lately moved our campus staff meetings to Thursday mornings. It didn't work well for me so I alerted them that there could be times I don't make that meeting (too many meetings spread out over the week!). Today it was cancelled. The early morning consisted of a meeting I had with Vanessa regarding possibly having her vocal diva class through School for the Arts. It has been real successful for her on her own and, to be honest, that might just be the best thing for her. Our campus has had a few vocalists come out of her class and ended up on stage (either STUCO or Adult). It is more of a pop vocal style as opposed to classical (which seems to be more what SFTA has). The diva class, I think, is very important considering where many people's interests are in this day and age. We might have her do a workshop or two next year. I hope so.

I spent most of the late morning and early afternoon at our Highpoint building troubleshooting some sound issues (most of which we corrected) and checking out a possible rear projector for as a replacement for what we curently have. Greg Eichelberger and Mike Wdovech were there at various times to help out. Mike is a great "Mr. Fix-it" guy - particularly with electronics. Greg was there for a short time to look at the projector he has that we might buy off of Waterfront (if it works). We couldn't set up the projector where I wanted to since the lift at that building is broke and in for repair. The image on the rear projection screen (a screen that has been there for the 10 years that building has been up and never been used) was naturally small since we were close up. We will try again when the lift is back. Otherwise, the image was great! If it works out then I will sell the other lemon that we have been using: an Eiki projector that has been sent back 3 times in the 1.5 years that we have had it. The hope here is that we could sell it at about half what we paid for it (maybe $7000) and purchase the one from Waterfront (the one Greg has) for $1500. As time moves on, we will see how things work out.

The rest of the day I just spent at home with everyone. Later in the evening I did get to working on the TSO songs we will be doing this Christmas season (I think I can play Carol of the Bells in my sleep now - I am not kidding!). Thursday night I do catch up on some shows I like: Survivor (wow, this was one of the best episodes in some time! I loved it!) and The Office. I do like watching Smallville. Some episodes are hit and miss, last night was a definite hit.