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Got the new computer all set up, which was less of a chore than I'd expected. Seems like every time I've had to set up a new computer set up, it's taken the better part of a day to get data moved around and days longer to get connected to the internet. This computer's set up time: 4 hours. And most of that was spent moving things on and off of a USB stick (and I watched the excellent Why We Fight while waiting -- imagine Fahrenheit 9/11, except...you know, good). I'm enjoying it so far, although Vista's definitely a pain in the ass. I would've switched to Mac if only Windows hadn't so polluted my brain and made Mac's easier, more intuitive interface a strange and frightening thing to me (seriously, my roommate has a Mac and everything's so simple and obvious that it never even enters my mind as a solution -- I have to get him to do basically everything for me).

The old computer's going to my girlfriend (and not to the garbage heap; that's right, screw you, carbon footprint) because she's got an office in her apartment that's currently sans computer, not to mention a disturbingly intense desire to play The Sims.

Also happy to report that the book block for the new novel from Apodis is finished. The release date is inching ever closer...

Keyword of the day: Somehow, typing in "blog about me fortyish occupation" will lead you here. Sounds like a mid-life crisis to me. Or maybe just disappointed with the current job? Well, it could be worse. I give you Gawker's 10 worst tech entry-level jobs, Popular Science's 10 worst science jobs (when whale feces researcher is at #10, you know you're in for a hell of a list), or how about the 20 worst pre-rock star jobs...try to picture to David Lee Roth in a pair of scrubs.


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