A little piece of advice to all of you out there who may at some point consider working on an organization's Web site: don't start more than one at a time. I think I could have used this advice a few days ago before I started on this one and what will eventually be this one. The undertaking has proven so massive that it's caused quite a loss of sleep, though neither are very pressing.
I haven't had a regular sleep schedule since before finals. It seems like the last few days Samantha and I are getting up at different times. When one is tired, the other is just then waking up. I'm feeling a bit out of sync with the world around me, and I think it has everything to do with the lack of structure that class and the newspaper provides. Time will tell.
In other news, I picked up Dave Matthews Band latest album, Stand Up. I've heard from one source that putting the disc in your drive causes an application to load, which is certainly not kosher. My copy doesn't do that (I've got the DualDisc version), but I did run into trouble ripping the last three songs to Windows Media Player (yes, iTunes is better for this, but my song library is rather intricate, and almost all in *.WMV's).
All of that aside, I like the album. Most Dave recordings are best digested over time rather than listening to them all at once. Set it on repeat, and work on something else. You will not get the same satisfaction (provided you like his music in the first place) by trying to listen intently to the new stuff. This CD is no exception, especially since it's admittedly one of the most "out there" albums to date by the band. They made this as a fun experiment, to please their own muses. The DVD on the DualDisc version goes into that quite a bit, talking about the environment around the recording, and a rare glimpse at the creative process.
No, no marijuana was involved, at least in front of the cameras.
Now you see why I don't do entrainment writing. My eyes are drooping, and Samantha's just now starting to wake-up. I'll either pass out here or on the way back to Nashville later this afternoon.