KY2L Final Thoughts

The concept that lead to the book is quite clever: trying to figure out why musicians become so much more famous after their death. And I understand that along the way of his actual trip it became much more than just a roadtrip for a magazine article- hence the reason for pursuing the idea for a book. But with all the references to the 'ladies' in his life, I feel the book becomes more of a quest to figure out his life rather than the deaths of other. Don't get me wrong, it was an easy read (and I am all about easy reads for college classes) but part of me is still trying to understand how this book ultimately ties into this creative writing course. And, as previously discussed in class, I was lost a lot of the time when he made references to certain songs that I was not familiar with. For example: I was really lost when he was relating the women in his life to certain songs. I wanted to understand how he was describing him, but I could not make the connection for I was unfamiliar the mentioned songs. Now I know I could probably look up the songs in order to better understand some of the texts, but with as many songs and bands as Chuck mentions, it would be something I was constantly doing making the book more of a hassle than an enjoyment.
Overall, I'd say it was a good book, but with the generations only getting older, I do not know how much longer this book is going to last for the future students of this class.

KY2L Pg. 141-194

Who buys $1,000 glasses for themselves, let alone ones they do not want? And his other reasons for buying them- (1) to avoid an argument (2) to avoid a further excursion to other eyeglass stores and (3) to get laid- do not help the opinion I already have of this Chuck Klosterman. The whole decision just sounds ridiculous- more so because of his reasonings behind it- but after getting a sense of the person he his from reading his book, I can see how he would make a choice like that.

The brief section where Body Integrity Identity Disorder was mentioned caught my intention. I never knew a disorder such as this existed or that anyone could ever be compelled to mutilate their body by chopping off limbs. It was odd and grotesque to say the least.

I did enjoy his elaborate telling of the night he spent with his Nemesis and Uma Thurman. The fact that all night he thought something was going to happen between him and the girl and then nothing ever did. Just another example of how his life seems to be driven by (a) music and (b) believing that every girl wants him (or maybe that's just the vibe I was getting from the book.)

Did anyone else get taken back by the $160 a month apartment he use to rent?