Feeling pretty accomplished today – got the problem with my big project resolved, which will break the logjam there. The downside, of course, is that it’s going to ramp up again therefore and leave me little time for much else. I’ve got a built-in rest break next week, though, with takaza‘s surgery, for which I’m taking Thursday and (probably) Friday off. Hell of a way to get a vacation, eh?

Still trying gather new and interesting stuff for my MP3 player. Naturally, MP3.com has piles of good stuff (and a lot of crap), and it’s tough to sort through all the available material – in addition to there being a tremendous amount, their user interface sucks. I found a new site called Emergent Music that has useful reviews and classifications of unsigned bands – this is exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for. I’d love to find a couple of new artists I’ve never heard of and buy their CD’s from them directly if only to give the record industry the ol’ f*** you. Anyway, if you know of any sites that have good reviews of little-known bands, let me know!

Hmmm…another night of lazing in front of the Tivo. We’ve got The West Wing, The Amazing Race, yesterday’s Survivor recap, plus tonight’s Survivor if we want to watch that on time delay. Ain’t no way we’re going to see all of that. And who knows, someday we’ll actually watch the two movies we have sitting on the Tivo (Local Hero and Magnolia). Plus a really good documentary about a 100-year old black lesbian who grew up and lived in Springfield, Illinois – I’ve just seen the first part and it’s a fascinating first-person account of the history of central Illinois.

Time to go!