the other shoe

the beans are ready for spilling.

while i have not yet been offered anything to sign, it looks certain that i will, for the next three months, be blogging on a Live Space blog for MSN / Live Earth.

as in blogging professionally. for money.

in case you haven't heard, Live Earth concerts -- 7 of them on 7 continents on 7/7/07 -- are sponsored by Al Gore, MSN, and SOS to promote awareness of climate change. they're being produced under the Live 8 / Live Aid model. only the NY and London concert line-ups have been announced, but artists include The Police, Madonna, The Beastie Boys and many many many others. There will also be concerts in Sydney, Shanghai, Rio, Johannesburg, and frickin' Antarctica.

i suspect the Antarctica concert will feature the Snow Patrol and the Arctic Monkeys and be attended by a few very excited and lonely scientists. if i can go to that one, i will. my gig includes a travel budget and who wouldn't want to visit Antarctica in the middle of winter?

i probably will blog less here, but then, maybe not. it's hard to say how it will all work out. i'm going to be blogging primarily for american audiences so my work week will be screwy.

feel free to send me links / ideas for blog posts concerning Live Earth and climate change. part of my job will be building blog traffic so ideas you have there are also welcome.

now i am going to walk around the house for a while punching the air and saying "i am the man" and "woo!"