Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Increasing Self-Esteem Through Controlled Screaming

So I'm reading this book called, "From the Corner of His Eye," by Dean Koontz. Very interesting read--the plot has been great so far, the writing a bit wishy washy at times, but for the most part engaging. This psycho guy, Enoch "Junior" Cain, 23, spontaneously murders his wife of 14 months at the beginning of the book. Just because he could. Even though he loved her and she loved him. Apparently. He's bent on self-improvement. On page 331 is this paragraph:

He had come to believe that every well-rounded, self-improved person ought to have a craft at which he excelled, and needlepoint appealed to him more than either pottery-making or decoupage. For pottery, he would require a potter's wheel and a cumbersome kiln; and decoupage was too messy, with all the glue and lacquer. By December, he began his first project: a small pillocase featuring a geometric border surrounding a quote from Caesar Zedd, "Humility is for Losers."

Caesar Zedd was an author of many self-improvement (So-called. It's pretty sick stuff-how there is no right or wrong. just socially acceptable and inacceptable behaviors and choices) books, of which Junior owned all his books. Hardcover. Where do I sign up for that?

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