occurred to me, it did, that I will be replacing the cavity with a smaller cavity, much smaller.  the new cavity will be as wide and as tall as the former one, but will be only a few inches deep… plus the interior dimensions of the wall itself.

I am going to put some things inside of it.  the first thing that came to mind, since I had recently handled it, was the New Atla/ntis festival program.  but various other things could go in the cavity before I reseal it.  printed material and such for a future inhabitant to discover.   I might live here for a long time, and I presume my remodeling will be so effective and universally pleasing that the cavity will not be re-opened for maybe another 50 or 100 years or so, unless there is some kind of upstairs plumbing disaster or such.  hard to say.

I might make a simple website with a login form and include the username/password in a note in the cavity.  I could set it up to email me when someone logs in.

I don’t know how long it will be until I’m able to reseal the new, smaller  cavity.  it shouldn’t be more than a month or so from now, I hope.   if you’d like me to put something inside, feel free to mail or email it to me, or post a comment.  one page max.  I suppose I could set up the futurecavity website to email you and/or your progeny if you like.  I don’t know about the logistics of keeping a website online for a long time, but I’m sure there’s a way it can be done cheaply and reliably.  keeping it online during my lifetime is easy enough, as it can just piggyback on whatever is my hosting account at the time.  I would have to make add’l arrangements for posthumous hosting but I’m sure there’s a way.

there is an empty cavity I may have mentioned, which I first discovered a couple weeks back and which I fully opened yesterday.  It’s about 20 inches wide by 24 inches deep by 8 feet tall.  About 15 cubic feet.  That space has just been languishing, unused by the world.   A small wilderness lost in the midst of civilization, you might say.  But it’s emptier than wilderness. There aren’t even any spider webs in there.  Not even a cob web.  Just empty space.  Having opened it, the world is now 15 cubic feet bigger than it was before.   It’s almost as much space as is contained in a refrigerator/freezer combo.

Before I looked inside the structure, I assumed a duct ran through it, and that’s why it was there.  In fact a duct can be seen through the cavity… but the duct runs alongside the cavity, vertically.  The duct is adjacent to the cavity.

The human body has a density of about 62 lbs/cubic foot.  So you can figure that a 186 lb human is 3 cubic feet in size.  Five such people would fit in the space of the cavity, if liquified.

Having opened this cavity, a bit of void has been loosed, and is now homeless.  This void is now at large in the world, but initially, when I first opened the wall, it just sat there unmoving.  It was a bit surprised, understandably.  But I woke up this morning and had a look, and it’s now gone.

Someone we know is picking up a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Saturday.  It’s not me.  Someone in the 200/02 zip code.

I like demolition now.  Maybe because it’s almost done.  I can see the light at the end of the finish line.  Yesterday I began opening a wall and down low there was a metalic-looking curved thing.  I thought, that must be some kind of weird curved duct.  What is that.  It was the corner of a bathtub.  Uh… Duh.

thought I should give an update on skinskins’ D line.  Maake Kemoeatu has progressed in his recovery from an achilles injury that sidelined him for all of 2009.  He is expected to be ready to start in week 1.

Haynesworth has reported to camp and apparently is in good shape and in a relatively cooperative mood.   Every offseason, DC-area sports journos invent a controversy, or play one up, to try to get hits on their blogs during the offseason at times when there is no news.  This season the journos have relied mainly on Haynesworth and his purported bad mood about the 3-4 defense and possibility of playing nose tackle.  It’s worked well and gotten a lot of people pissed off, because for some reason if someone signs a 80 million dollar contract no one cares but if you sign a 100 million dollar contract everyone gets pissed off.

The defense should be good with Landry moving from free safety to strong safety, where he plays better; a good line with Maake, Albert and friends; good linebackers and above-average corners.

The switch from 4-3 to 3-4 means that some players will play positions to which they’re not fully accustomed, but it should be no problem as there are a lot of versatile players and pretty good depth at all defensive positions.  Corner depth is not outstanding but the backups would not be terrible if they have to play at some point.

The safeties are good, though they are all best suited for strong safety.  Doughty will probably start at free safety, where he is at least average.

Much progress today on the demolition.

I’m just going to see if I can have a normal day. maybe I’ll watch a movie tonight. I didn’t watch any movies last night.

A 7-eleven is coming to H St, between 8th and 9th. They already put the signs on the windows. So I will once again have a source of donuts.

life isn’t just for writing about. try telling that to a caterpillar +_+

what a trip I’ve been on today. black cobwebs everywhere. I watched two movies. there was that storm. downed trees. I don’t ever watch two movies. I rarely watch one. I didn’t want to be with my thoughts. I watched jackie brown. that was good. I watched… lord what was that other movie. the first one. oh it had a kid in it that killed someone with a train. it was called paranoid park. pretty good. I got through both movies. I’ve been eating about 4 candy bars every three days. I looked down and saw two candy bar wrappers a little while ago and said what the fuck. what the fuck am I doing. yet it’s just candy bars. I threw them away and put away the dishes.

The Friday segment of new atlantis went very well. Consistent with its name, the Fridge proved to be a very comfortable venue with excellent climate control. I saw four of the five acts. Of the four I saw, three were excellent, with the highlight being the trio of Weasel Walter + Darius Jones + Tom Blancarte. They played what may have been the best live set of jazz I’ve ever heard. It was an aggressive but orderly set, consistently surprising. The drummer (Weasel Walter) played, sneered and gesticulated like a heavy metal drummer. He even had a heavy metal shirt on.

The venue was full. No empty chairs and some people standing. Maybe 100 people.

The headliner, Sonny Simmons, was the night’s only disappointment. Simmons’ act made for strange theatre. He clearly did not respect the people he was playing alongside. Simmons took the stage with much swagger but exhibited little endurance. He would sit in a chair to the side of the stage, let the drummer and bassist play, then he would stand up, and make a wild arm gesture to them like “ok you’re done now”, and he would play something brief and then sit down again at the side of the stage. He spoke after the couple of brief pieces they played, complaining that old age was the reason for his lack of endurance. It was rumored, however, that lifestyle issues and a basic lack of desire were the real reasons. His mates on stage, who were strangers to him, were visibly and justifiably displeased by Simmons’ uncooperativeness. At one point Simmons addressed the crowd sarcastically, complaining about the inadequacy of the applause. There were a few moments when Simmons played beautifully, and his immense talent was apparent, but he would shut it down as soon as it got good. Generally, he came across as an egotist with lifestyle problems.

Simmons was to be the headliner but got bumped to the 4th slot, presumably by his request. The 5th and final act featured 6 musicians, including Steve Swell on trombone. They played a dense, aggressive set and sounded very good.

The 2nd act of the night was Ras Moshe Trio. I caught the 2nd half of their set and was very much into it.

I’m looking forward to going back to the Fridge this afternoon. Tonight’s headliner, Charles Gayle, is a no-show. I have heard that the sweet spot of today’s 12-hour show is mid-afternoon, maybe around 2:00 onward.