October 11-15, 2001 — It's telling, isn't it?

Thursday, I mostly worked on the Doublenaut Web site. Friday, I mostly finished it, and lost at Risk. Some time early Saturday morning, Doublenaut site went online. So go look at that and then hire Andrew, Matt, and me to design your CD or to make your Web site.

Throughout the weekend, I mostly felt awful. And I'm definitely a horrible human being.

But enough about me...

In music news, Cold, Flaw, and Dope are playing a show on November 22 in Toronto. I think one band should be forced to change their name, if only to make the tour posters a bit less embarrassing for all involved.

Also amusing is janedoe.com. As it turns out, there is a female Canadian band named Jane Doe and they're currently working on the artwork for their next album. They've called for submissions. I'm curious as to how many scans of Converge's Jane Doe they've received in emails saying, "Here it is. Have you thought about naming your next album 'Converge'? It seems the perfect name. It just works." (I should cut down on the not-all-that-funny inside jokes involved semi-obscure bands, I think.)

On Sunday, with the weekend was coming to a close, I made myself a list of things to do for this week. Remarkably, I've actually managed to stick to the list and have accomplished pretty much everything that I set out to accomplish on Monday. I forced myself to make lots of phone calls and to get caught up on email and to do all the menial things that I should've done a long time ago.

Unfortunately, I still haven't done laundry. Washing boxer shorts each time you wear them is a waste of energy, if you ask me. I think tomorrow will be the big day, though. That I'm almost out of tshirts is the real problem. My clothes basket is overflowing to the point that I don't even bother anymore; I just open the closet door, throw in my clothes, and shut the door again. The door flattens the clothes closest to the edge into a tiny flat wall that collapses every time I add to the pile. I'm working to convince myself that I'm suffering for my art by wearing semi-dirty clothes on days of the week that I'm not planning on leaving the house. I've got quite the beard going, too. I think I'd like to be a hobo for Hallowe'en.

So yes. Tomorrow. I have to do laundry and I've a phone meeting (a teleconference?) with a medical journal that I'm helping to setup MEDLINE reference linking. Being a contractor pays better than I'd ever expected, and I'm hoping to get a couple of months rent out of this.

I should also cut my hair and shave, but we both know that's not going to happen.

Talking to old friends on ICQ sometimes just makes you realize how much things really have changed.

And in site news that you don't care about, the new message board is on hold until the kids at Ikonboard release their MySQL version (which was supposed to happen today). Given that they'd been saying that the version of the script that they're currently working on was going to be released at the beginning of this year, so I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.

And the features section is still offline, but I might put it back soon. Even though I'm starting to feel sort of sick of it.

Nathan and Andrew want me to put the slogan submission system back, but to set it up so that only they have access. I don't think that's going to happen.

God, do I ever need to start leaving the house a bit more often so that I'll have something to talk about...