I can now add carpet-layer and taxidermy-duster to the list of things I've done at work. It's been fun doing odd jobs, but the science camp year looms over us now. Time to finish up.

Speaking of finish (or, more properly, Finnish), I went with M to see Circle, with Merzbow, Earth, and Growing at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco last night. Growing were a decent duo consisting of a guitarist and a bassist playing loud, heavy ambient music. Earth were instrumental sludge metal (some wag in the audience proclaimed, "it's like Lynard Skynard slowed down!"), Merzbow obliterated eardrums with a solid wall of noise (imagine being in a quonset hut caught in a tornado), and Circle were absolutely divine, playing a hypnotic mixture of krautrock, metal, and that indefineable something that elevates a band to a level of greatness not often obtained. They didn't go on until after midnight, and despite the late hour their seventy minute set seemed to fly by in half the time. M is currently on a plane heading south to see them at the Arthur festival in L.A.

Jen got up when we got home and we all stayed up talking until around 4. Today we're being lazy. Jen and Willow are at a get-together at K's house. The other kids are at their dad's place. It's a little cooler outside than it has been over the last week.

Oh, and here's a picture of the Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula. It doesn't like to pose, and more often than not simply runs away. Damn quick for such a big spider.