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Just a few little thingies to catch up.

• Currently partway through four tomes - Mona Simmons, The Lost Father; Don DeLillo, Falling Man; Ursula LeGuin, The Lathe of Heaven; Ann Fadiman, Ex Libris – and they’re all very good books but I haven’t picked even one up in days because they’re not mindless and junk-food enough for my recent mood.  Have to get cracking on the LeGuin soon though as it’s being discussed at next week’s book group.
• Started taking Lexapro yesterday, my first try at antidepressants in years.  I messed up on the starting dose and took too much, although I’m not sure that’s why I came wide awake at 3AM and stayed that way until about 20 minutes before the alarm went off.
• Saw the new Die Hard movie last week.  It was way too fun and outdid its predecessors in every form of excess, from automatic-weapons fire to preposterousness of premise.  It was nice to see what Timothy Olyphant looks like without his Deadwood mustache too, even if he’s just as scary.
• Finished Me and You and Everyone We Know over the weekend.  I started it a few weeks ago and stopped halfway through because a) it was annoying as hell and b) it was still too sweet and heart-melting to rush through.  In the end b) won out and now it's on my Buy Later list.  (Even if I've decided I like John Hawkes better in his garb in Deadwood.)
  
• Watched the first 25 minutes of When The Levees Broke last night.  This is going to be rough going; must be why the Netflix disc has already sat on my desk for a month.
• Fucking Bush.
• Spoon’s new album, or Ga5 as I’m going to call it, is available on eMusic and I can’t wait to download it.  Gimme Fiction was a left-field surprise that I'm still savoring two years later.
• The thoughtful folks at work bought a wireless keyboard and mouse for my desktop.  All nice and pretty white, just like the iMac itself.  I've finally entered the Era of Bluetooth.  Now I suppose I'll have to get the same for home as well...
• (OK, it wasn't so much they were being thoughtful as they had to spend down their group account before the new fiscal year begins.  I like it anyway.)
  
• It now hasn’t rained for 3 whole days.  Must be some kind of record.