what is up as of now

-finished inventory last week. we have roughly 22,885 items in our collection, worth approximately 1.14 million dollars.

-got my mountain bike out of jamie's storage closet on friday, finally. it was locked in there and jamie's landlord never gave her a closet key. i talked to her condo management group and they met me there. we jimmied it open with a screwdriver. i didn't do it personally, but after watching i feel pretty sure i could duplicate the questionable task if absolutely necessary. so...

-i am a mountain biker again. rode around town and on some of the singletrack loops on howelsen on saturday. commuted to work on tuesday. i haven't ridden my bike with any regularity since i became all citified during our time in denver.

-big pants has a website. actually it's a blog. rather than pay for sever space and put a page together (though i do enjoy designing pages), i just figured we could create a free blog and use it as a contact point for anyone we meet who might want to book us.

-speaking of big pants, we play art in the park this saturday. an elevated bandshell stage and a 4:15 time slot (thanks, jenn!) ought to get us a considerable crowd. tommy's gone, so chris walsh is filling in on bass. we're trying to get him comfortable with enough songs for us to play braun's later that day, too.

-no major weight loss, but sticking with my program. feel a lot healthier.

-i'm trying to learn some slide guitar in open tunings from a book by this guy. saw him play at the depot last week and he was pretty impressive.

-new lyric that will become a song this week:
groaning pipes in the walls at night
you told me tomorrow
hold the light until it's just right
when you leave i'll follow

that's all for now. you keep reading and i'll keep writing.