monday

i am writing this late on tuesday night.

i don't recall what i did monday morning, but i remember that it got to be 11am sooner than expected. i got email from giovanna and ago in catania (sicily), who are opening a new record store in firenze and want to order more posters. great to hear from them, i threatened to come visit in 08.

i ran down to jason's house, listening to bitch magnet. we got to soma at noon, not expecting kip to show up until a bit later (due to a meeting with a plumber). john wasn't ready, so jason and i went to milk & honey for sandwiches.

at the studio, kip showed up, and we mixed "hollywood nights", "snowpants" and "juice in a shark suit". finished mixing, jason figured out a rough sequence for the album, john burned CDs, and we headed out with a finished album.

i dropped jason at home, then got back on the highway. just south of oakton, i glanced into the southbound lanes just as a truck and car ran into each other. there was a ripping sound, i saw the car spinning, moved my view to my rearview mirror, and saw the car spinning more as everyone going southbound slammed on their brakes. i picked up my phone and was on ith 911 before the accident probably had stopped moving. i told them to send an ambulance. i exited at dempster as usual, and as i passed the fire station on grosse point road, the doors were opening and the truck were pulling out, lights going.

i drove home just a little slower.