So I just finished reading "My Friend Leonard". I really liked "A Million Little Pieces" even though most of it was fabricated, it was still a great story about someone overcoming addiction. I really liked the writing style of the first book, it had a gritty, no bullshit aura about it. It really made you feel for the guy going through all the hell that he did as a crack head trying to recover and rebuild his life, and how tough it is to deal with the effects on your body, mind, and psyche. I felt that I could really relate to how the guy felt in the first book, how he felt that he really had no purpose as a human being, and that people treated him as such. I feel like I could understand the way that he felt about himself and his life, like sometimes you feel like you just can't fight with the world around you anymore. I felt like I could understand what it is really like to be someone that is fighting addiction, and how hard it can for someone going through something like that to ask for forgiveness and acceptance from the people around them. James Frey's first book was good, but using it as a template for his second book that dealt with his life after rehab didn't really work out to well. I wouldn't say it is a bad book, there are parts that are mildly funny, but some of it really wasn't very believable. I really liked the first book and keep it in my collection, but I've already given away "My friend Leonard".
Here we go again. I graduated from college once, got a job did okay for a while, economy collapses lose my job and I end up going back to college to get another degree. I graduate from college, get a job, do fairly okay for a while, global pandemic, civil unrest, inept president, economy collapses. Basically lose job. What in the fuck is actually happening? For starters, I feel like I have made some really dumb mistakes in life. I know I did not do things the way that most expect after high school. I hated the thought of being just like everyone else. I had really high hopes for myself. I guess everyone starts out life this way, thinking that they are always just on the cusp of greatness and that they just need their big break. I had no intentions of ever going to college, ever getting a degree or being what I just thought was a sucker. Just like when I saw 'A Bronx Tale', I felt that working people were idiots. Breaking your back for some boss that doesn't give a shit abou...
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