hey, real quick -

For some reason, I feel compelled to share an embarrassing personal fact with all of you right now, at 9:00 on a random Tuesday night.

Whenever I have to do something I don't want to do, I make a new iTunes playlist and pretend that I'm in a movie, completing all these unfortunate tasks to an inspirational music montage.

I've been avoiding looking at a sink full of dirty dishes since I got home over three hours ago. I didn't even make dinner for fear of dirtying another plate or - gasp! - catching a glimpse of the overflowing sink while perched over the stove. So now, with my tummy grumbling about the wimpy handful of carrots and almonds I ate while watching the end of 90210, here I am on iTunes, dragging Wilco's "Walken" into a new playlist entitled "Dirty Dishes Done Dirt Cheap."

Sometimes I guess you just gotta do what it takes to get it done... and not worry that you might possibly perhaps somehow be on the Truman Show.