A WARNING

Things I lost when my hard drive died:

1. About 30 half-formed blog ideas.
2. A cheesy essay about getting my hair cut as it related to disconnecting myself from a boy.
3. A never-posted live review of Wilco.
4. A CD sleeve design for a 2003 mix entitled “Collections Are Dangerous,” comprised entirely of shrunken concert posters.
5. The lyrics to a song I believe an ex wrote about me that were promptly removed from said ex’s blog the day after they were posted.
6. A folder full of contact addresses and phone numbers.
7. The updated design templates for my professional website.
8. All drafts and Photoshopped clips from my recent work for The Hollywood Reporter.
9. PHOTOSHOP (and the accompanying serial number)
10. ILLUSTRATOR (and the accompanying serial number)
11. DREAMWEAVER (and the accompanying serial number. No seriously, I am weeping as I write this.)
12. My sanity.

Ladies and gentlemen, back up your computers. FOR RILL. Also, catalog your software and store it in a place where you can find it, WITH THE SERIAL NUMBERS ATTACHED.

My life’s work now skips from a college commencement speech to this here list. Which is pretty fracking sad. Cause this list isn’t even funny.