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So it's getting a bit cold in California, or at least, colder - I'm having marginally more trouble typing because my hands lose a little co-ordination when they get chilly, so time to start upping the heating bill, hurrah. We're off to San Diego this weekend, since it's mine and Holly's first anniversary, so we're going to be hanging out and eating in Mexican restaurants and generally having fun, as far as I can ascertain.

It's actually pretty rare that getting hold of a DVD, game, or CD has me absolutely beatific with joy. But this morning, this moment is upon me, as The Work Of Director Spike Jonze arrived in the mail. I've only scratched the surface, but over 4 hours of some of the best music videos, short films, and documentaries from one of the best music video directors ever? Oh boy.

Music videos have long been under-represented in compilations, too (Palm's earlier
Hype Williams compilation was one of the few director-based DVDs), and these DVDs are fully creator-approved - there's even a great 52-page book with interviews and unseen photos, dammit. I've got the Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry DVDs on the way to me, too - and the discs are $13 each with free shipping from DeepDiscountDVD, so.. buy several copies each, I say.

Otherwise, been hitting up some TV shows (J.Michael Straczynski's 'Jeremiah' - which has had half of its season bumped to 2004, and is generally being messed around by Showtime, but is still flawed but intriguing, especially Sean Astin's mysterious stranger), books ('The Moose That Roared' - a wonderful history of Jay Ward's output, including the way-ahead Rocky And Bullwinkle, whose licensed early-'90s pinball machine I still lust after), and have been getting on with random Slashdottiness and Archivings - more announcements on that front soon, hopefully.