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You Don’t Love Me Yet   
by Jonathan Lethem (2007)

read: 28 May 2008
rating: [+]

Caveat: Jonathan sent me this book. I’ve had a rough year of reading. I’ve been spending more of my travel time working and travel time was when I used to do a lot of reading. I’ve also done less flying and more driving, good for the environment [maybe?] but not so great for reading. So I was happy to get this bookwhich looked fun and interesting and did not disapoint thinking “maybe I can finish this one?” And you know what? I did. Not only did it finish it, but it almost seemed too short. I was going to save part of it for the flight home but tore through it wanting to know what happened and how.

The story and even the tone of this book are familiar. It’s a story of a band, and bandmates, and artists and the way they interact, drink, come together and come apart. There’s music, sex, drinking, eating and the schlepping of instruments. However, somehow this story, this band, this slice of live seems different, more interesting, more alive. The writing doesn’t fall over the same old music cliches and has enough big words that I felt that it was writing to my level. It doesn’t just say “it was the best song ever” it shows you some of the passion and the feeling and that hot-behind-the-ears buzz you get when something is just so right. It’s hard to do that well, in my opinion, and it’s horrible when it’s done wrong. This was a fun, fast, lively read. The book cover text says something to the effect of how “things will never be the same...” for this band and yet it both is and isn’t always the same.

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where you put your library fines and how the librarian gets them out

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Best laid plans

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Fig 1

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fig 2

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Google prompts me for lolspeak?

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Well, it's a long story. I was looking through a text dump of everything I'd ever said on MeFi. This phrase jumped out at me. I mentioned it to someone and they're like "um, link pls?" and I had to Google it. I found it, but Google thought I was looking for something else?

Church For Sale - Window

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Unlike the other church, this one had all its windows, though not all its original stained glass. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - plumbing

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Astute readers will notice no actual water going to this. This is all plumbing on the way in but not fully in. Oy! [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - Outside

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Yes those are colurful slate tiles. Oh my! [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - "loft"

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2529529150/" title="Church For Sale - "loft""><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/2529529150_9ba4a332bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Church For Sale - "loft"" />

[photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - furniture

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Hard to tell if this stuff was connected or not. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - room

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There was one room that wasn't part of the whole main place. It was lovely. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - looking into room

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Yep, that's a spiral siarcase going to the loft. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - killing fields

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That's a lot of wasps. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - Stan

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Stan not included with purchase. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

Church For Sale - outside

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Pretty but overgrown. [photo by Forrest MacGregor]

staying warm by the white river

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ThePinkSuperhero, googly, Stynxno

Alfredo fries w/ bacon

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and watching while googly's head burns

Shoutouts!

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Stynxno, turtlegirl, terrapin, ThePinkSuperhero