Well Howdy! I've just decided to create this blog before christmas. So instead of a Christmas card you get a blog! YEAH! The plan is to create a weekly (or the more probable monthly) update on what's going on in the crazy life of Jon. This way when I see you at parties we can talk about something else beside my latest endevour! You can just say how's such and such going. Won't that be fun. Make sure you click on the photos if you want to see them better.

Happy Birthday Jesus first and foremost! This is a great time to celebrate the bitrh of Christ and what better way to do it than to perform! That's right unlike the last couple of years I have a show to do this christmas. "Seussical: the Musical" is the name. It's quite a fun show actually. Definetly good for the holidays. It's playing at the Egyptian theatre in Park City. If you're interested in tickets go to www.parkcityshows.com and follow the links for tickets. It runs through the end of December. You can also check out a review (in the next few weeks until it hits the archives) at http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635166480,00.html

Many of you have heard that my goal is to get out to New York in September 06 and become a "professional" actor. Well this is one good push in that direction because I get to earn union points to become part of the professional actor's union called Actor's Equity Association or AEA. 50 points needed to become a "professional." On Jan 1 I'll have 9 down. I hope to have around 25 when I leave for New York. We'll see.

So the love life. Man, I knew you'd ask me. Not much this year as far as a steady girlfriend. Of course I date around and even had it to about 2-3 dates a month. Pretty good for yours truly. But when shows kick in, you can't help but lose your social life. You all know that though. How often do you hear the phrase, "I've got a show that night." Well fortunatly I've started to date a girl who happens to be in this show with me. Her name is Ali and we get along swimmingly. She's great and I like her alot. She's originally form Illinois but grew up in Park City and is now back and forth from New York. I'm not sure where the future takes us, but I sure enjoy the present! I don't have any pictures with her yet, so give me a few days. (I found one of her on google but it's like two in the morning and i think I should ask her first!)

My look, as you may be able to tell, has changed a bit over the last year. This one was at the end of July. August for the head shot at the beginning. October for the look at Halloween which you'll see a picture of when you scroll down. I'm just weird, what can I say.

I GRADUATED from Weber State University witha Bachelor's of Arts in Theatre Arts. Before you ask what am I going to do with that ( I seem to hear that question so much lately) I hopefully have answered that above but in the meantime: Work. Well seeing how I have a goal to get to New York and become an actor, shows are part of the work thing. However, in Utah the pay ain't so great. So I've tarried between several jobs this year from serving at Chili's, to selling cell phones, and substituing. The latter is what I'm currently doing. I actually like it a lot and it works out well with my schedule when I need it. A simple no on your availabilty for the day and I'm set. Seeing how I've thought of teaching later on down the road it give me a good idea on what I might be faced with. However, teaching theatre may not be the best idea if I wish to have a steady career with this "No child left behind" garbage. Sorry. No politics. That was it. I did also get my real estate license over the summer. Not sure where that will take me yet, but I hope to know soon. I probably will end up assisting my mother who works at Real Estate too. So if you need help buying or selling, give me a hollar!

Ben and me at a halloween party. You like my Halloween costume! If you guessed Slim goodbody you were right!

Some of the hobbies I have continued are of course Volleyball and Softball. No RBI leader trophies this year though. I have taken up one more sport I find very intriguing and that is mountain climbing. Toward the end of the fall I was going on a weekly basis. It's such a great sport I couldn't resist. Plus it's so personal.

This is some of what I engulfed this year so how bout some recommendations in entertainment and the sort. You can always see what a person's like by what the see and watch.
Books: Well i just finished book 6 in the Harry Potter series for the second time. This morning actually. I read all the books again this year. I also read The Chronicles of Narnia, I'm updated in the Series of Unfortunate Events, I starterd the Leven Thumbs Series, The Inheritance triology(I've only read Eragon) Wicked (still reading it, it's hard to get through) and I still find time for other books like Holidays on Ice, Me talk Prety One day, Dress your family in Cordoruy and Denim, Blink, The five people you meet in heaven, just to name a few. Reading has definelty become a new passion and I seem to like the juvenile books I should have started off with so long ago. That's okay, you need to start somewhere. I try to stay caught up in plays as well and I've read The Shape of things, The Exonorated, Humble boy, Julius Ceaser, Pillowman, Doubt.
Music: Lots of stuff here. Some of my new favorites include Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie. Gibbard is a brilliant lyricist and I admire that deeply. Some of the old favorites also released new stuff so I won't complain. I've discovered lots more, but I think this will suffice.
Movies: GO SEE CRASH. Brillaintly written ,powerful show about racism in america. Rent was worth watching. (Did Roger remind any of you of me? That's what some said.) Goblet of Fire was a bit upsetting but great If I hadn't have read the books. Again a wide variety of Movies seen. To many to talk about.

Shows I did this year. Currently I am in my third show. Fourth if you count a student production I did. The first two were: Samuel Coleridge in Grasmere at WSU for which I was awarded an Irene Ryan nomination, which means a chance to compete on a regional level, (http://www.wsusignpost.com/vnews/display.v/ART/42312a1b1e382 , or http://streetmagazine.net/newsletter/articles/grasmere.html for reviews and picture) and "ensemble 42nd Street at Hale Center Theatre (nothing to show for that except a bad taste in my mouth. Oh! some tap and good friends!)



I also helped design for a few shows. Lights for Julius Ceaser ( the women in corsets played the men) and set for two student directed/produced shows(the tire part was my favorite!)

That's pretty much my year in a nutshell. There are many other facets of course, but this will have to suffice. But please feel free to check up on me in the near future for I hope to update this blog on a regular basis as I already said!

Merry Chrismas and May all you days be Merry and Bright!