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Melatonin 3 mg works for knock-out pretty well, but I think I'd better start putting devices away c. 10. It's writing that sucks me in enough to fight through the drowsiness, not often reading anymore. I guess I could try 5 mg rather than attempt yet another lifestyle alteration - I have a few going right now - but maybe it's better to conserve the composing impulse for the work I'm supposed to be doing. And cutting night devicing improves quality of sleep as well as duration, they say. My rest is too scarce to not do whatever might help.

I do like writing while falling asleep. Maybe in some later season.

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For those caught up: wha'd you make of the Mad Men? Not great, I thought. The Don strand of the next to last one sure was. I think overall it was a weirdly mixed series. Very high highs, but of uncertain duration, even in those peak middle seasons. Which I guess is the story of almost every series ever and not weird at all, but it's weird for one that could get as good as that to not stay better. Twin Peaks was swiss-cheesy, but that was explainable by network pressures and a long Lynch absence. The Wire 2 and 5 were slight miscalculations rather than lapses, and work more than fine once you adjust.

Did the ultra-short scenes come in fairly late in the run? Like season 5 or so? I think they both helped and hurt - they pulled it away from what wasn't working or was merely connective tissue, but could create the impression of mere stuff happening, seeming to suggest we weren't to take much note of what went down when we were. Do other series even use those? Live action, anyway. They must be a bitch to film.