Even with the day off at the beginning, this week has felt longer than usual. This probably had to do with the fourteen hour day I put in yesterday, trekking up to the DC metro for a multi-agency dog-and-pony show where I had to play ringmaster for a large part of the day. The meeting went well overall, I made the connections I needed and managed to persuade the right people that my ideas for this project I’m in charge of are the right ones, and I’ll get the right top cover I need – also, I kind of aligned my efforts with some of the more agressive senior watchdogs in the Department, so I might actually have some folks to actively sponsor my ideas.

Worth it, even for the crap throat from talking all day, and the fact that I managed to get yanked back into a crappy monthly meeting I managed to finally get out of a year ago, though this time, it’ll actually work to my advantage.

Hoping this weekend is generally chill – I’m planning on going to a housewarming/welcome back to town party for a friend of mine tonight, which should devolve into a nice chill jam session. It should be fun. Otherwise, not a whole lot on the agenda – looks like the girls have a couple of short company performances around town, but nothing else.

Also, while it looks like ConJuration isn’t going to happen for me this year (14 hour round trip to Atlanta for probably an hour’s worth of performance? not really worth it), the Humdingers picked up another gig for the end of the month – we’ll be doing a show friday night, October 28 at HonorCon in the Cary/Raleigh NC area – should be lots of friends in the crowd.

Oh, and I watched the new Ghostbusters this week. You should too – it’s pretty great. And, in spite of all the talk to the contrary, I’m going to take some of the discussion (especially the mayor’s office stuff) and a few winks in the cameos to confirm my theory that it’s actually a sequel and not a reboot, despite what everyone else says; maybe you won’t, but I will.

Anyway, that’s pretty much all. Enjoy the tunes, which all sound better to me via the UE Boom 2 speaker I managed to wrangle out of the cell phone people. I wouldn’t have paid full price for it, but with it thrown into the deal, I’ll take it, and I’m actually pretty impressed:

1. “I Will Wait” – Mumford & Sons
2. “She’s an Angel” – TMBG
3. “3rd Planet” – Modest Mouse
4. “Photograph” – Def Leppard
5. “Island in the Sun” – Weezer
6. “The Sun” – Portugal, The Man
7. “When The Tequila Runs Out” – Dawes
8. “True Affection” – The Blow
9. “Slightless” – Daath
10. “Don’t Dream It’s Over” – Crowded House
11. “Lonely Boy” – The Black Keys