So A Funny Thing Happened Last Night

Steph crashed at like 9:55 with Kaia, who was actually sleeping, not screaming.

I had those two and a half hours before I normally go to bed to do whatever I wanted. Normally, I fill that time up with Halo 3. Normally.

I didn't want to play. I started reading a new book (The Lies of Locke Lamora). It's one of those books that's so damn good, I don't want to do anything but read it. It's actually sitting here on my desk at work next to my monitor, taunting me. Not sure why I brought it. I haven't sat at my desk and read for pleasure since my last job (talk about nothing to do...).

But I soooo want to.

Been reading a lot lately. I just finished up the five-volume Dante Valentine series by Lilith Saintcrow. Pretty cool stuff. Sort of future-fantasy. The protagonist is a bit of a psycho, but the books are kinda cool. The setting is like this: what if all the gods were real, and so was the devil. And what if you had to kill the devil? Anyway, interesting stuff.

Next up is Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I'm sorta bummed they're movie-izing it this fall, because I just thought it sounded like a good book. Post-apocalyptic story about a dad and his son trying to cross the country. Kind of thing I think in my head every day.

Is it wrong that I think about the end of modern society all the time? That I mentally make plans of what to do? Stupid cold war.

Metallica Update
So yesterday, they released another new song from Death Magnetic. This one's called "My Apocalypse," and I swear to god, it sounds like "Damage, Inc." Holy hell. I was a little worried the whole album was going to sound like "Cyanide," but then I still haven't heard the studio version of that song. I'll say it. I was worried.

I'm not worried anymore. In fact, I can't fucking wait. And, also, they need to hurry up and put the concert tix on sale.