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It is quarter past four in the morning OMGWTF.

That aside.

I'm spending the night on the mothership, supposedly working on a school thing. And I watched Scrubs. And I realized that everything on tv ever right now is divided into two: funny, interesting television I must see (Scrubs), and boring, pointless television I can't be bothered to give a damn about (everything but Scrubs). PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS IS SO.

and will it go away soon.

and nightynightynight.

the news today oh boy

Young President Bush is visiting the old world and our President will have the chance to talk to him for a minute! One whole minute! That'll show him! It would also be funny to say something about how a minute every four years or so is all that is needed to keep the diplomatic relations right, but that would mean ignoring the fact that we'd rather have a domestic snafu about our relationship with America over an actual relationship with America any day.

Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber" is, as I tried to say the other night, relentless object porn, and to some extent stylistic porn, in such a way that by the 2nd reading it was impossible for me to see any cigar, candle, or thrusting piston for a cigar, or a candle, or a thrusting piston. But it's also a wonderfully dark, sick read in other ways, so you should check it out. (And tell me whether the mistake about the order of the previous wives is something the editor missed or meaningful or a sign of my going crazy.)

The trouble with Atwood, on the other hand, is that she writes in this seemingly very transparent manner, but when you really get down to it, everything turns slippery and impossible to pin down. Exhibit A: "Bluebeard's Egg" and Lady Oracle. I don't understand what they're really about. Exhibit B: This is what I love about Alias Grace. Exhibit C: I still feel that this is what The Blind Assassin tries for but lets the reader down on.

( more about The Blind Assassin, with spoilers )

Stereotyping countries out of the newsfeed, chapter Sweden: Sometimes they have black-outs. Sometimes people escape from prison. Sometimes both.