So I took this notebook home from work (along with about 7 promo CDs).  It’s from some chick in the army, or was in the army.  This thing is nuts!  The information in it is creepy in its level of detail.  Not only does it have information you'd want to remember, but it has details such as the order of targets that pop up during practice.  And the drawings... are scary.  Sharp teeth, slits for eyes.  It's freaky.  But very interesting.  I've been reading the book Found and it's amazing what you can pick up on just by reading a small snippet from someone.  I think it's mostly the content but also the form.  Knowing that what ever they are writing about was important enough to make them write (I'm not going to use the word "inspire") lets you know it was a big enough deal to them to matter.  Anyway, this notebook is strange.  And to read it you can't regard it like fiction or non-fiction.  The mental editor and interpreter has to be completely retooled.  It's strange.  I hope it gets me writing again.  I had the greatest idea for something before I fell asleep two nights ago.  Woke up only to remember how badly I wanted to remember it.  Damnit.

            Next bit: A review of Of Montreal.  They're decent but not the golden-child I was hoping them to be.  They blend ambient tendencies with flaming brit-pop style.  And it works.  And while it doesn't come of as gimmicky (that'd make the writing thin) it does get a little old after a bit.  The same way I can't take more than 7 Aquaduct tracks in a row.  What they have is real good, but it's just a bit abrasive.  Not Transmissions from the Satellite Heart abrasive, but too redundant.  Transmissions from the Satellite Heart had soimething grating in each track, but it was a different something each time.  Of Montreal just sort of play out after a bit.

            If you haven't taken a look at Google Earth then get your browser to it.  It's fantastic.  Oh the places you'll go.  Later I'll post a list of things I've ofund.  Airplanes on rooftops.  A whale surfacing off the coast of Australia.  Nuclear bomb craters.  Oil fields on fire.  It's an amazing world.  At least from space.  Then, once you've tooled the globe a bit head to Google Earth Hacks.  GEwar puts NationStates to shame and the forums are a great way to find the most random stuff.  I think that's it for now.

            Oh yeah.  It's my birthday this week.  Everybody get me stuff.  But not crap, just things I want.  Cash is good.  So are movies.  I'm sure there're other things I want.  Submit to my birth and greed!  Submit!