Book Recommendation

Crooked Little Vein: A Novel by Warren Ellis

Ok, this one is going to be interesting to describe. Here goes:

"Down and out failure of a P.I. gets hired by the heroin-addicted Chief of Staff to the President of the United States to find the secret alternate mind-controlling U.S. Constitution, which was traded to a prostitute by a former president. He teams up with a polyamorous sidekick Trix, whom he meets at a meeting of Godzilla fetishists."

From there things get weird...

Let me make this clear, this book is fucked up. Anyone who has read Ellis' "Transmetropolitan" comics will instantly recognize the same writing style here. The book is twisted, bizarre, disturbing, and incredibly compelling. It held me rapt, even when I was deeply disturbed by what I was reading. And in the end, it tells a damn good story and has a lot of good things to say on the subject of what is and isn't "mainstream" in the world.

SO if you want a good mindfuck with amazing writing, go read this.

And we're back!

I have internet at home again. Lovely, lovely internet.

One of the less pleasant nights of my life

This happened several weekends back, but a bunch of stuff intervened keeping me from having a chance to post it (read: I had to pack and move everything I own). Been wanting to get it down just so it's written.
( cut for your protection, bloody long and long-winded )

Moving status:

• Apartment proper empty less some rugs and top of the old desk.
  
• Garage about 1/2 cleared out. Tool chest, engine hoist & both engine stands to be moved (latter items to be disassembled and stored broken down).
  
• Basement about 3/4+ cleared out. Need to package chemicals up.
  
• Bedroom furniture in place less bed.
  
• have new bed frame & all hardware to attach my head & footboards to it. Need drill bits, which are still in the old garage.
  
• massive numbers of boxes still to be unpacked. Book space seriously lacking after losing space for two of the larger bookshelves in the move.
  
• Have basic design concept for new computer desks. This time it's going to be three small pod desks to optimize space. Need top of old desk and to borrow some powertools to get started on that.
  
• New garage is full of furniture that needs craigslisting, and random garage/basement crap from old place. Need to get rid of furniture, move some decorative car bits up onto the walls and get the rest properly put away.
  
• Bug & Emily both here now, but parked in backyard (awaiting garage space). Emily is full of garage stuff that needs a new home.