the coming week

Tuesday: first summer class starts
Wednesday: finalize conference/travel stuff
Thursday: fly to Los Angeles
Friday: conference
Saturday: fly to Regina
Sunday-Monday: quality family time
Tuesday: long-awaited neurologist appointment, then regular doctor appointment
Wednesday: fly to Victoria
Thursday: resume summer class
Friday: try to catch up in new seminar class and composition
Saturday: finally, finally, Ryan returns

One week from now, I'll be in Los Angeles. I'll have most of a day to kill before my conference, too.

So if you happen to live in Los Angeles, and you want to hang out or come to the conference and, you know, listen to me talk about Year Zero (in ways that literary/cyberculture people might find interesting), please do.

hint hint

pmogging stuff

Take my freaking awesome new PMOG mission, Reznor Off The Label. (Why not take my three-part Year Zero mission series while you're at it?) What? Not a pmogger? Sounds like you should request an invite from me.

This is the most amazing laptop I've ever seen. The sound holes are truly delightful. I love the video where he turns it on and off. I never actually knew there was such a thing as steampunk before I started pmogging, but it's pretty pervasive there.

The Slip

It's May 5, and you know what that means: follow those mp3 tags to nin.com. In a shocking display of punctuality, the mystery was actually revealed at midnight. To quote:

as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

So get over to nin.com and get The Slip. CDs and vinyls will be available in July, too. Can ya Digg it?

Thank you, Mr. Reznor.