FINDINGS

I have just started to read a new book. I am in the midst of reading a few, but this one seems to have what I need. You may be familiar with the author Chuck Klosterman... well I am reading what he refers to as his 'Low Culture Manifesto'- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs... a book which I have had sitting on my shelf for a little over four years and look at quite often. It wasn't until this morning that I realized that, though I was not entirely informed of its content, I knew I would HAVE to find something personally relevant within those pages. I guess my last-minute grabbing of the book was simply motivated by the assumption, or hope rather, that whatever moral, social, or psychological deficit I find myself in, the ramblings of a hypercritical cynic, especially on the topic of contemporary American culture, will ALWAYS be comforting.

Anyway, I just wanted to include a quote found on page 14...

"It's been my experience that most extroverted people think they're introverts, and many introverted people make a similarly wrong-headed juxtaposition about being extroverts. Maybe that's why extroverts won't shut up (because they always fear they're not talking enough) while introverts just sit on the the couch and do nothing (because they assume everybody is waiting for them to be quiet). People just have no clue about their genuine nature. I have countless friends who describe themselves as "cynical," and they're all wrong. True cynics would never classify themselves as such, because it would mean that they know their view of the world is unjustly negative; despite their best efforts at being grumpy, a self-described cynic is secretly optimistic about normal human nature. Individuals who are truly cynical will always insist they're pragmatic. The same goes for anyone who claims to be "creative." If you define your personality as creative, it only means you understand what is perceived to be creative by the world at large, so you're really just following a rote creative template. That's the opposite of creativity. Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time."

....not bad, Chuck. Not bad at all....