my dad stopped by the office the other day and somehow his rock and roll construction lifestyle had netted him a 400lb piece of melted aluminum that he was taking to the scrapyard.

me: um… you mind if i take some pictures of that?

dad: …[pause]… ok?

yes, he said “ok” as a question. casey made a desktop wallpaper for me the other day (inspired by a conversation about how i take random pictures of downtown buildings and plywood and brick walls… and 400lb pieces of aluminum) that said “i take pictures of bricks.” it made me laugh.

sidenote: why am i up this early? does my body hate me?

i probably won’t get to post much this week (i know, i know, you’re crushed… you plan your day around reading this site… or something) because i have so much work to get done prior to leaving for colorado on monday for a week’s vacation… and i want to be able to leave work and not worry about work… which means much of the working in advance. nonetheless, in the oven is a pretty substantial from-the-ground-up redesign for michaela that i’m 80% done with (stupid internet explorer….) so… check out her old site while you can, ’cause it’s getting a facelift pretty soon.

also… i’m playing guitar at THE 220™ tonight with chris carter. i’m not sure if two people with lower voices have ever been in the same room together… the universe may implode. if you feel something… weird… around 7:00 eastern standard tonight… you’ll know what’s up. fun times. i never get to “jam.” oh crap… what if i suck at jamming?