As indicated earlier, ’twas my birthday week this week, and it was…okay.

The rest of the week was full of weird stresses I don’t always hit. Work was extra stressful (it’s the end of the fiscal year, and they keep on changing the rules about getting my contracts sorted, plus the series of tubes shit the bed earlier this week, and we’ve been chasing what turned out to be electronic ghosts all week, which sucks and wasted a lot of time when i don’t have much to spend until the calendar flips). The house is one body emptier, and although that technically gives us more room, it still feels weird. All indications are that she’s having a great time and embarking on a great and enlightening adventure, and it’s part of life that we send her off to do that, but I still miss her around.

Anyway…I get to make some music with my friends this weekend, both to rehearse for our shows at Dragon*Con coming up next weekend, and to celebrate the release of my friend’s novel at the launch party on Sunday where we’re booked as the entertainment. It should be a pretty good time.

Anyway, not much else coming along this weekend – that’s probably enough. I just have to do some grocery shopping, bike riding, and relaxing, really. I’m bagging my friday a few hours early to get started on that…the weather looks to be very nice today.

Anyway…tunes. Double Donnas – usually I skip repeat performers when I run this, but I’m digging it today, and it’s my blog, so there:

1. “The Man Who Sold The World” – David Bowie
2. “Fool For Love” – Lord Huron
3. “Beat it” – Michael Jackson
4. “Take it off” – The Donnas
5. “Restart” – BNQT
6. “Under Pressure” – Queen w/David Bowie
7. “Ethica Odini” – Enslaved
8. “I Don’t Want to Know(If You Don’t Want Me)” -The Donnas
9. “Skirnir” – Falkenbach
10. “Tides” – Swimming Tapes
11. “Crew Slut”- Frank Zappa