first off, jon over at slatch.com has posted a mix of tracks picked by various other webloggers for everyone to download and burn onto a cd. i contributed an exclusive (for now) live at the drive-in track from transmission3000. let's just say the mix is "dope" and you should rock out to it with total abandon.

or something.

on to my day, thus far…

have you ever noticed that when a cop gets up on the interstate, he's totally acting like the pace car? everyone slows down, waiting for the cop to pass them so they can hopefully watch him exit and then resume their previous breakneck speed. this is cool and all, until people decide they need to slow down to 45mph in the middle of the highway right when i'm trying to get to work. it's a cop, people…not the fucking pope.

then i get to work and we have a big meeting because my company is being acquired by another company, so we had the big "welcome to the new regime" pep talks. enthralling.

tonight is rainer maria at the brycc house, which should be good. second story man is playing, as well, so i'm prepared to be rocked. then it's back up to chicago for the weekend to catch rocket from the crypt and trans am at mark's after wedding bash. wouldn't miss it for the world.

other than that, it's a beautiful day out and i'm stuck inside at work. curses, i say…curses.