I’ve noticed more flowers in bloom than usual lately – seems to coincide with the fact that my father is in very ill health. He’s currently in a hospital, and though his condition is stable it only seems so because he’s hooked up to a variety of machines to pump blood regulate heartbeats, etc. Nobody is certain how long he has to live and it’s becoming difficult for me to focus at work and in daily life.
Teddy buys a mac
uh oh
– I think I got all the kinks worked out of my new computer, but have yet to test it. Once I’m sure everything works I’ll start transferring files from the old one. I believe I’ll be able to hook up two monitors, which will be great for working on music – one screen can have the multitracks and the other can have soundbanks, other applications, etc. I can’t wait to go try it all out. Last night I was playing some old microcassette recordings (over ambiant music & through the new computer speakers) – it was very cool and got me working on converting some of it to digital. I think there’s another audio project lurking there. Some of the conversations and settings on the microcassettes were pretty disturbing, but maybe they’re only disturbing to me since I know the voices and the context.
Tomorrow I’m picking up a new (but used) Mac and a flat-screen monitor. I’m excited because the Mac I’m using now is a few years (or more?) old, the one I’m picking up tomorrow is newer and faster.
John Otter 