I now own three out of four, the fourth, ironically, being the first one I
heard about and the first one I decided I wanted. Anyway, I'm currently
reading IV, his newest book. Chuck Klosterman seems highly
intelligent/utterly out of his mind/incredibly insightful, which is a
difficult combination to sustain. He writes the way I've always wanted: he
has the ability to write about things that people shouldn't care about (case
in point: the story of his brother breaking a deer's neck) but he somehow
makes it seem relevant and interesting, and often hilarious. It is my
conclusion that Chuck Klosterman is the funniest human on the planet,
although Ellen Degeneres and Dean Koontz come pretty close.
Random interjection: Although he's a brilliant writer and interviewer, he
makes an extraordinarily banal interviewee.
http://gothamist.com/2004/02/03/chuck_klosterman_senior_writer_for_spin.php
Another random interjection: I saw a guy on Judge Judy who looked exactly
like Chuck Klosterman. His name was Kip and he was suing his friend because
she wrecked his car. Although she was definitely in the wrong, Kip was so
arrogant and annoying that I wished the case would be dismissed.
Unfortunately, I can't remember what happened. I probably flipped to
Stargate SG-1.
Anyway.
There haven't been many authors that have made me really laugh out loud.
This elite group include Dean Koontz, Roger Ebert, Anthony Lane, and my
friend Maria, although she is not an author, per se. This is especially
evident by the fact that I sometimes write her English essays for her. This
will become a problem, as this year we are attending the same school. We
have, however, devised a plan which includes shooting the teachers as soon
as they get together and realize our writing styles are remarkably similar.
I realize this statement might be inflammatory and result in investigators
searching my room for Marilyn Manson CDs and a firearm, but since no one
reads my blog, I am not particularly worried. But ANYWAY today on the way
to Yorkton I was reading Chuck Klosterman's article about eating nothing but
McNuggets for a week, and he said something about his trips to McDonald's
were soul darkening, and I laughed out loud. Then I had to explain to my
mom why I was laughing and she laughed politely, but probably only to
prevent me from feeling like a moron. As I realized this fact, the whole
point was moot. A similar thing happened when I was reading my book of
Weekly World News articles and I persisted in showing my sister and mother a
evolution chart (Three Boobed Woman: Feminis Triboobis, Santa Claus:
Hohohomo sapiens, etc) and they did that same polite laugh. I'm beginning
to think I am the only one who gets my sense of humour, and this fact is
slightly depressing and makes me fell lonely sometimes. I am definitely the
only one I know who thinks Casablanca is a brilliant example of comedy, or
that Myrna Loy and William Powell have one of the best examples of on-screen
chemistry ever.
This was also meant to be an article about Chuck Klosterman, but I've
digressed a bit and I don't feel like getting back on topic.
Ciao, non-fans.
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2 comments:
i enjoyed this. like i've said before, i enjoy your writing style, but it intimadates me and makes me feel somewhat, well, stupid.
i laughed out loud when you were takling about our devised plan.
unfort. i check everyday here and nothing is updated. i want to see how you view your life, other than what you tell me. does that make sense? like i want to hear it how you would tell, say, your mom, or your uncle, or God.
somedays the sadness snipes me, and it always fails to excite my livers.
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