ATC in NYC

Moving to New York means selling my car because, let’s face it, I can barely afford to live in the city as it is. (If it costs me $6/day to park in downtown Nashville, I don’t even want to think what an NYC parking bill looks like…) Truth be told, I’m feeling a little guilty about auctioning off my trusty Civic to the highest bidder since it has been such a fine, four-fendered friend these past five years. Accordingly, I made a pro/con list to offset the guilt…

Pros

• No car payments
• No insurance payments
• I can laugh at all of the common folk as they gnash their teeth over rising gas prices
• No more paranoia about running into (yet another) stationary concrete parking lot pillar

Cons

• Nowhere to sing showtunes/old school CCM at the top of my lungs
• The common folk will laugh at me whenever MTA raises the price of a one-month Metrocard
• I’ll have to scrap plans to shoot my long-awaited, suburban take on the classic Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” video

What better way to celebrate the relaunch of my blog than with the release of Mix of the Summer 2009?

For those of you who do not know, I put an unhealthy amount of time into crafting and perfecting a seemingly endless series of mix CDs. The tradition started in high school when I distributed my trademark 90s mixes to about half of my senior class. (I may or may not be stretching that figure…) They always dropped on a Tuesday, of course, so today is no different. To see the full tracklisitng and to view my ghetto label design, click >here<. Let me know if you want a copy!

The design is inspired by Twitter, but that does not change the fact that I am still very suspicious of this newest social networking trend, appropriately dubbed “the digital macarena” by “The Soup.” A few of my friends are really into it though…What’s the concensus? Should I jump on the Twitter bandwagon?