off day today. oddly, off day tuesday as well. who makes this schedule? (not me.)

what was accomplished:

(not as much as planned, but that was expected. i should therefore adjust my planning.)

walked over the mississippi river and back
bought various meats and vegetables
bought various toiletries (i thought i had completely run out of soap and shampoo sunday morning. turns out, i had one bar of soap left.)
bought vitamins
did dishes
made a fine dinner
spoke briefly with my about-to-go-back-to-school brother
spoke less-briefly with former-intern cookie
watched the cubs at times, along with the davenport little leaguers and preseason football


you'll notice that, in compiling this list, i've combined one grocery stop into three accomplishments. i've also listed mundane things to make myself look like i accomplished more. it happens.

have you ever been in the vitamin aisle? it's scary. i found the brand-name 'one a day - men's,' and then chose the generic knockoff. i bought two containers, i believe because there was a buy one get one free offer involved.

what is scheduled for tuesday:
9 a.m. wakeup goal, followed by immediate walk to illinois and back. musical accompaniment: TBD

10 a.m., or so: go to post office, in order to drop off a package for my sister. then, go to local mega chain, so as to purchase the new pornographers' twin cinema. it should be noted that, although i don't even own a single zumpano (his primary band) record, nor have i ever heard anything from zumpano, carl newman is probably my favorite working songwriter. the slow wonder by a.c. newman is absolutely fantastic, as is everything the new pornos have done. highly anticipated.

my next "appointment" occurs sometime between the times of 6 and 10, probably in the 7:30 range. between my purchase, and the "appointment," the list includes:

check work-related email, so as to make sure that i'll be able to broadcast on friday. also, i may have to check work voice mail and make one related follow-up call.

most importantly, do major cleaning. i did minor cleaning (and also broke thre bobbleheads in the process) today. i'd like to involve a vacuum, although, most importantly, i'd like to include several garbage bags.

make lunch at some point. perhaps make dinner at some point.

i've got a buildup of about 8 months worth of aluminum cans to be recycled for a nickel apiece. (should have gotten ten cents in michigan when i was there, dammit. lack of forethought.) maybe i'll bring them over.

go through unopened envelopes / bills from the last two weeks or so.

about the "appointment": there's a highly-socially-awkward coworker who is departing for a new job after work on friday. four days ago, she sent out a mass email, subject line "going away party." it read, roughly, as follows: "i'm having a going away party / open house at [local establishment] on tuesday from six until 10 or so. i'm planning to eat dinner and watch the cubs. if you would like to wish me well as i head to [new location], please do so. i have other friends coming as well."

it's pretty sad, in a way, right? i figure i'll stop by, and try to recruit others. beer's fairly cheap in the quad, anyway.

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i love watching the little league world series, mostly because it's clear that the coaches are completely insane baseball dads who try - and sometimes fail - to tune down the insane baseball dad routine for the tv cameras. when the davenport kid was allowed a leadoff home run then walked a guy, the coach came out to the ump. coach asks, "did that miss high?" "inside." "inside?" "a few inches off the plate." [to the catcher, sternly]: "are you setting up inside?"

previous to that, an injured player was in the broadcast booth for the top half of the first. his dad's the head coach. "who's that," gary thorne asks, when his dad shows up on camera. "my dad," the kid answers. "and he's your coach, right?" "yup." "how's he?" "he was pretty tough during the qualifying, but he's trying to be more laid-back now."

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i've made my sister some pretty nice cds for her prague semester, beginning early in september. unthemed. although i included some songs i know she likes. the first one included a more-conscious effort to include more-recent music i've purchase. this is because i sent her a cd for her birthday in march.

tracklists (included because i haven't added a 'heavy rotation' list at left yet. another 'to be accomplished tomorrow, i guess, for rico's benefit):

1) I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
2) My Doorbell – The White Stripes
3) Most of Us Prizefighters – A.C. Newman
4) Dance Music – The Mountain Goats
5) Float On – Modest Mouse
6) (Intermission)
7) Helicopter – Bloc Party
8) I Summon You – Spoon
9) Make You Feel That Way – Blackalicious
10) Freeze the Saints – Stephen Malkmus
11/12) Wonderful/Song For Children – Brian Wilson
13) Life Is Born Today – East River Pipe
14) (Intermission II)
15) Roller Skating Child – The Beach Boys
16) Sunday Under Glass – Beulah
17) The Engine Driver – The Decemberists
18) You Are Invited – The Dismemberment Plan
19) Promises of Eternity – The Magnetic Fields
20) (Intermission III)
21) She Belongs To Me – Bob Dylan
22/23) Yours to Keep / Echos Myron – Guided by Voices
24) My Dog Was Lost But Now He’s Found – The Fiery Furnaces
25) Her Majesty – The Beatles

1) A Salty Salute – Guided By Voices
2) 12:51 – The Strokes
3) Positive Vibrations – The Soft Boys
4) You Can Have It All – Yo La Tengo
5) You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? – The Minutemen
6) I’m the Man Who Murdered Love – XTC
7) Le Temps Du Tempo – The United States Three
8) The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! – Sufjan Stevens
9) The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite – R.E.M.
10) Hotcha Girls – Ugly Casanova
11) Stay Human (All The Freaky People) – Michael Franti and Spearhead
12) Intermission –The Webb Brothers
13) Anne Marie – Kleenex Girl Wonder
14) Father To A Sister Of Thought - Pavement
15) Favorite Thing – The Replacements
16) D. Boon – Uncle Tupelo
17) 16 Days – Whiskeytown
18) Horseleg Swastikas – Silver Jews
19) And I Don’t (So Now I Do) – Robert Pollard
20) Theologians – Wilco
21) Red Hot Halos – Go Back Snowball
22) Say Yes – Elliott Smith

I'm highly anticipating the next Silver Jews album, as well.

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fantasy football draft analysis comes tomororw. as usual, i'm happy, excited, and expecting a championship.