Post by epicfail on Jan 18, 2008 11:30:18 GMT -5
such a hilarious book.
it's about this guy who's in 10th grade and he's pretty much the biggest loser in his school. he's got one friend, a crazy hippie mom and stepdad, a 12 year old sister, gets beat up all the time, etc.
the author is so witty and sarcastic. he makes fun of all his teachers and how retarded the high school education system and how everything in high school (pep rallies, cliques, gym class, etc) is basically a joke.
he talks about how everyone who was a teenager in the 60's was part of this "catcher cult" (catcher in the rye) which I thought was hilarious because I fucking hated catcher in the rye and I totally agreed with everything he said about adults in the school system trying to force kids to read that book because of how it "changed their lives"
my favorite part was the glossary in the back of the book. all the pronunciations are wrong because earlier in the book he talks about how his English teacher has this amazing talent to pronounce every vocabulary word wrong.
ex.
Atheism (ATH-iz-im):a religion for people who figure they probably alrady know everything there is to know about everything.
Bitch (beetch): an uncooperative female. Also, a cooperative female. Additionally, among girls, a rival. Or ally.
Cock tease (kok TAYCE): an attractive female whose behavior is erratic, unpredictable, or otherwise unsatisfactory.
D and d (DAN-dee): a role-playing game played only by very cool guys
Epilogue (EPP-ul-oh-gay): just when you think a book is over, there are suddenly like twenty more pages to go, because some writers just don't know when to stop. Don't read epilogues: it will only encourage them.
Homoeroticism (home-AY-oh-RAW-tick-iz-um): dudes being turned on by dudes, or dudes ridiculing behaving as they don't believe dudes who really are turned on by dudes behave with respect to those dudes they are turned on by, under the impression that this is hilarious or otherwise wworthwhile. As irritating as this is for dudes who in fact are not turned on by dudes, it must be even worse for those who are.
Libidinous (LI-bid-IGH-ness): one of the many fancy-pants ways to say "horny"
Multiple personality disorder (em-py-DEE): a feminine courtship strategy
Veganism (WEE-gun-izz-im): a religion for people who never feel particularly hungry
Vicodin (vick-OH-din): medicine to help mothers forget they are mothers
so yes. read this book NAO.
it's about this guy who's in 10th grade and he's pretty much the biggest loser in his school. he's got one friend, a crazy hippie mom and stepdad, a 12 year old sister, gets beat up all the time, etc.
the author is so witty and sarcastic. he makes fun of all his teachers and how retarded the high school education system and how everything in high school (pep rallies, cliques, gym class, etc) is basically a joke.
he talks about how everyone who was a teenager in the 60's was part of this "catcher cult" (catcher in the rye) which I thought was hilarious because I fucking hated catcher in the rye and I totally agreed with everything he said about adults in the school system trying to force kids to read that book because of how it "changed their lives"
my favorite part was the glossary in the back of the book. all the pronunciations are wrong because earlier in the book he talks about how his English teacher has this amazing talent to pronounce every vocabulary word wrong.
ex.
Atheism (ATH-iz-im):a religion for people who figure they probably alrady know everything there is to know about everything.
Bitch (beetch): an uncooperative female. Also, a cooperative female. Additionally, among girls, a rival. Or ally.
Cock tease (kok TAYCE): an attractive female whose behavior is erratic, unpredictable, or otherwise unsatisfactory.
D and d (DAN-dee): a role-playing game played only by very cool guys
Epilogue (EPP-ul-oh-gay): just when you think a book is over, there are suddenly like twenty more pages to go, because some writers just don't know when to stop. Don't read epilogues: it will only encourage them.
Homoeroticism (home-AY-oh-RAW-tick-iz-um): dudes being turned on by dudes, or dudes ridiculing behaving as they don't believe dudes who really are turned on by dudes behave with respect to those dudes they are turned on by, under the impression that this is hilarious or otherwise wworthwhile. As irritating as this is for dudes who in fact are not turned on by dudes, it must be even worse for those who are.
Libidinous (LI-bid-IGH-ness): one of the many fancy-pants ways to say "horny"
Multiple personality disorder (em-py-DEE): a feminine courtship strategy
Veganism (WEE-gun-izz-im): a religion for people who never feel particularly hungry
Vicodin (vick-OH-din): medicine to help mothers forget they are mothers
so yes. read this book NAO.