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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2008-05-07 07:22 am

My Name is Norman Bates, I'm Just a Normal Guy

Dreaming of Ten Songs for Feeling Gloomy this Saturday:
10. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
9. Company B - Fascinated
8. Sioxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
7. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
6. Soft Cell - Sex Carp
5. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
4. Pet Shop Boys - So HARD
3. Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
2. Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
1. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way

Walking through Mile End Park yesterday evening, I saw an old man sitting by himself on the grass. He must have been in his 80s. It dawned on me that maybe that man was me, that I had travelled back into the past and was now observing my younger self. It made me think what reasons I'd have for doing that. Sit quietly by myself in a park and wait for my younger self to walk by.

[identity profile] idioticpoet.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I second the recommendation and would also like to name check Lethem's book: As She Climbed Across the Table.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Will also add this to my wish list. Is it a good summer read? ;-)

[identity profile] idioticpoet.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd call it a good read, regardless of the season in which it's read.