My prayers have been answered! I found a place online that sells subscriptions for a series of cd singles, but doesn't accept cash. They barter! Even better, they barter for artwork. If you send them 6 pieces of art on 3 x 3 pieces of paper, they will, over time, send you 6 cd singles. The artwork sent in by subscribers is used as cover artwork for the cds. Pretty nifty. I guess I'll be creating artwork this week. The great thing is, I usually do that anyway. Now I'll be able to trade it in for music.

This weekend we didn't do much. We watched "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Deep Red", and a bunch of episodes of Mr. Show. Jen went out and got her nose pierced and now has a cute little stud in her nose. I vacuumed a bit, and then spent a good deal of time taking the vacuum cleaner apart and pulling all the hair out of it. There was enough in there to make several wigs. It's a wonder we're not bald. Maybe the Hair Faerie brings extra hair when we're all asleep. Of course, it's very rare that everybody is asleep at the same time. We just love being awake (well, maybe the kids don't - They tend to be quite whiny when they wake up in the middle of the night). We're still getting over this damn cold/bronchitis thing too. If a use could be found for phlegm, we'd all be rich and we could go buy a house instead of renting.

It's pleasantly cold outside. The frogs like it, judging by their singing.

cds I listened to while almost needing a jacket: all various artists - "Oktagon - the Sampler", "Festplatte" (creatively packaged in a cardboard box), "Serotonin Ronin", "Mysteria Mythrae", and "The Unaccompanied Voice - An A Capella Compilation"