Salute My Solution

Get your rock on!
Check out Jack flippin' White and the fabulous Raconteurs rocking your face off in the video for "Salute Your Solution." I defy you to shake nothing people. (Come on, you know you want to.)

So in an effort to embrace my shift to welding mode I composed a little list as I was working today.

THE PROS AND CONS OF WORKING IN MY DRIVEWAY

1) Pro- Maximum jamming out time. When I'm writing that's impossible - need to concentrate. But in the driveway I can hold my own all day iPod rave.
Con- No real downside here, except possibly for the neighbors who occasionally witness this spectacle or overhear me "whooping" guitargasmically along with Jack.

2) Pro- Proximity to computer allows me to obsessively check email every couple of hours for possible agent replies.
Con-- See above.

3) Pro- Being outside allowed me to beat the cats to the stunned bird who smashed into my window this morning and save it from being devoured.
Con- Being outside allowed me to become riddled with guilt when said bird went into cardiac arrest and died in my hand. If only I'd had a very tiny crash cart... and some kind of bird medical training.

4) Pro- Able to enjoy occasional welding mojo; sweet welds, awesome cuts, pretty rust, etc.
Con- It's not writing, and I miss hanging out with my cool characters all day.

5) Pro- Not in a cubicle or in some occupation requiring high heels and/or fake smiling or (shudder) math.
Con- Pretty much no down side here either.

All in all, I have to admit I have it pretty sweet. Not to rub it in but I have to wrap it up now and go throw the kayaks on the car. It's almost time for trusty Pam to get off work.