May the Sonic Youth Audio Maelstrom send him nightmares

Dude, that is wack. I have images of Kim Gordon meeting him at a party and giving him a cold stare once he shares what he does for a living. Thurston Moore will kick his ass.

I had a major freak out last night over this new potential position. I am already doing this job, in many senses, and I am not sure I would enjoy doing it full time. But benefits are awfully, awfully tempting. Ah, I am such a fence sitter. I keep waking up at 4:00 AM worrying about this shit.

The G* base is bigger than I realized, and more populated. Are you feeling isolated because you don't know people there?

I go through those bouts of depression myself. The only thing that gets me through generally is the realization that the feeling is temporary. Conversely, when I am feeling happy, I try not to remember that the feeling is temporary, because then I get depressed again. I have no idea if any of this has any relation to what you feel.

I like your image of our characters being preserved in amber. It's very true. They were so real to me, and still are in some sense. I understand now, I think, why authors resurrect characters in other stories or else create a series around a character. If we ever get off our asses and write again, if we don't return to those stories, maybe we can put the characters into other stories. Something to think about. Maybe Charles can get a job as a very depressed disc jockey. And the Robot Shepherd can be de-rusted, repainted, and rebooted to become the village's first cybernetic crossing guard.