I Think I Have a Man-Crush

Who knew that being a city boy, I could find a kindered spirit in someone who hails from Wyndmere, ND.

I am nearing the end of the aforementioned "Fargo Rock City", and the estimable Chuck Klosterman has truly spoken to me. Tell me if you think the following tidbits seem like they could have been said/written by (or apply to) your faithful narrator:

"I am totally wasted, and I'm alone in my apartment, and I'm stupid. And I love it. ... And even though I feel great right now, I know I should hate it. And when I try to expand on these thoughts tomorrow, I will not remember why. At best, I will be slightly impressed by how accurately I type when I'm drunk."

"When I'm straight, it always seems like being drunk would be a logical alternative to anything else I'm doing, even though I'm certain that it's certainly going to destroy me (or at least destroy my life). In fact, I think I'm going to make myself a drink right now."

" For the next two and a half years, I felt as though I had to be drunk (or at least drinking) whenever I was out in public. I came to the conclusion that this was what people wanted from me, and -- quite honestly -- I'm pretty sure my perception was accurate."

"I tried to foster the same reputation that Slash seemed to display: 'He's talented and popular -- but will he live to be thirty?' That's exactly what I wanted people to say about me. And i'm pretty sure some of them did (although not as many as I'd like to pretend)."

"I loved that pathetic admiration; I loved being wasted in public; I loved the stage credibility that comes with being the most self-cancerous superstar in any given social situation."

And now an added bonus excerpt:
"Drinking is my profession. Drums are just a hobby," Dokken percussionist Mick Brown said in 1985, and some nights I can see where he's coming from. "I have to admit I'm a pretty bad influence on a lot of people. The girls who hang out with me will take a couple of days off from their jobs, and then find out they've been fired when they return to work. And they get really torn up. And I just go, 'Listen, if you can't handle it, then don't hang around me. I don't want to ruin your life just for having a good time.' I'm a party professional. I stay in on New Year's Eve because all the amateurs are out."

That last line makes me chuckle. :)