"Sticks and stones."

Just finished reading Chuck Palahniuk's latest novel, lullaby, and I can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who fancies a different sort of supernatural tale. It's refreshing and a bit pretentious. Jolly good stuff.

(No, it's not April 18th anymore - but that's when I started writing this post. In the meantime, I've started reading Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis, which is a rather more difficult, though rewarding, novel.)

Sorry for being AWOL for a week, but it was my holiday, the weather was awesome - t-shirt all the way, baby - and I had so much relaxing to catch up on. I didn't want to waste it on my PC. I was also able to finally catch up with the latest episodes of 24, Buffy, and Angel. TV goodness all the way. Watching three episodes of 24 in a row, late at night, is pure bliss. So much better than being tied down to inconvenient airing times. VCD is the way to go.

Thursday morning I'm off to Paris, so after tomorrow there won't be any updates until the weekend. Unfortunately, it'll be a very short trip to France - back on Friday - so there won't be much time for enjoying the city. Then, in a few weeks, I'm off to L.A. Busy, busy, busy.

More later tonight. Promise.  ¶ 18:18