Not much to write about lately. Since getting my operation done I've been unfortunately lazy with my writing/painting. I've been catching up on my reading though. I finished Camus' "The Plague" and enjoyed it, but I'll definitely need to read it again, the subject matter's pretty dense. I'm halfway through "War & Peace." I think if you have the time you should attempt to tackle it, one chapter at a time. It's a beautiful piece of work-- essentially you hold all of Napoleonic Russia in your hands. There's a few boring battle scenes, but overall it's very engrossing. I'm 25 pages into Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow." I definitely appreciate the freeflowing, surreal nature of the novel. It's akin to "Cat's Cradle" meets "Naked Lunch." Difficult, yes, but fascinating. Reading it will be an endeavor.

I promise that soon I'll have actual writing for your (dis?)pleasure. In lieu of that, here's some links. My favorite videos--some legit, some artsy, some hilarious.

Tourette's Guy's best moments in a song. Warning, NSFW!:

The sexiest thing I have ever seen. Live performance by The Dead Weather, which contains Alison Mosshart (see Kills post) and Jack White. Nuff said. WOW at 5:04

A tragic collage of video/audio clips of Edie Sedgwick. The fashion world chewed her up, poor thing. By the way, there's Uma Thurman's mom at 2:57.

Bob Dylan's quick mind at work.

Amazing amazing stuff. Kerouac reading from "On the Road" on the Steve Allen Show in 1959. Beautiful words, beautiful voice, beautiful man.

"Anyway I wrote the book because we're all going to die"