Job sucks. Depressed.

Mother-in-law visiting. Delightful to have around. Indefatigable shopper.

Rock star brother-in-law visiting tomorrow through Wednesday. Looking forward to it.

Bands I'm into now:

• Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon
• Calexico / Iron and Wine - In the Reins
• Mute Math - Reset (EP)
• Jose Gonzales - Veneer

Shows I'm into now:

• Veronica Mars - this show totally rocks. Nancy Drew, Chloe Sullivan and Philip Marlowe all in one. Can't freaking get enough of it -- and now it's been picked up for a third season.
• Babylon 5 - early 90's sci-fi that I missed seeing at the time. No cable at the time it was aired, I think.

Podcasts I'm into:

• The Sound of Young America - Jesse Thorn's amazing weekly radio show about things that are awesome. Last week's interviews included a chat with Dave Foley of the Kids in the Hall.
• Wait Wait Don't Tell Me - the weekly news quiz. I usually miss it on Saturdays, and listen while walking on my lunch break.
• Le Show - Harry Shearer's weekly commentary on the week's news. Lately he's been doing a lot to raise public awareness concerning the Hurricane Katrina devastation.
• Ask a Ninja - Completely hilarious. Todd turned me on to this.

Playing a lot of online chess recently. My rating at RHP is now mid-1300s, which is a definite improvement.

Beginning to try to think outside the box on a new job.