insomnia strikes again

Inside American Jail is interesting. It seems they have picked a set of cities to feature, including Tulsa OK, Portland OR, Tampa FL and the lovely Austin TX. I like to watch the process, bare bones and stripped down, without the histrionics of television drama. There are things I had never thought about before, such as how the officers are all wearing latex gloves. Watching them handle and finesse the numerous intoxicated and belligerent individuals reminds me I am fundamentally unsuited for a career in law enforcement. I don't think I would have the composure of some of the officers I see.

I never saved anything for the way back

I finished reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro this afternoon. It was unsettling, unexpected and staggeringly beautiful. What seemed so ordinary at first was revealed to be monumentally strange. It's made me so sad. But it is quite a good book, I think more people should read it.

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One of my the cats at my mother's house has FIV. It's Jacks, Jackie Long Tail, the orange tabby cat who desperately wanted to live and come home with us. He's asymptomatic, and strangely the healthiest of all the rescue cats we've taken home. He probably got it out at night, as he has a tendency to fight the neighborhood cats. Damn it Jackie.

Sarah made me cave and get a Facebook. I am a sheep.