monday

woke at 5, left for TBM. worked on cleaning, hanging radiator back panels, swapping out burnt flourescent ballast. pete the plumber arrived, dismantled the second bathroom wall to get at the drain. took measurements, made a list, and left to go shopping. my dad brought 2x4s. chuck the electrician arrived. i started framing out the darkroom closet. the electrical inspector came for our rough inspection, said we needed exhaust vents in the bathrooms, otherwise approved. he took off, we finally got around to opening up the one mystery unit above the bathrooms, which turned out to be an exhaust vent blower. re-hooked that into the electrical system, (which unfortunately meant re-doing everything chuck had just done), but we don't have to buy or install anything, which is nice. i took off for home. got coffee to prepare for a long night. on central ave, a woman in a red ford focus rear-ended me at a stoplight. she was distracted by a police officer (lights going) arresting someone and having their car towed. everyone was fine, but my rear bumper (2000 civic) was a bit smashed & scraped. officer walked over, called in for another cop, who arrived and was very cool. woman driver got two tickets, was apologetic. i had coffee all over inside my car. on the way home, jason called to see if i was going tonight. "where?", i asked. he said to the mastering of the new record. no. instead, i went home, showered, unpacked my 'new' used surly long haul trucker frame from tuscon craigslist. di made soup, also cookies. i had to run out to get some ingredients last minute. came home, ate with di, finished drawings for posters for manchester and ispace, went to kinkos to make films, came home to start cutting films. worked until midnight.