So... I read it. And while it didn't exactly make me cry out for more...
(the fact that this innocuous phrase throws my mind into the gutter is probably indicative of severe psychological issues)
...I can definitely relate. I feel numb sometimes...
(and no, that's not a fetish thing)
...and get lost in a never-ending cycle of eat-sleep-poop.
(Crude? Maybe. I think I ripped it off from a book or movie; I never say "poop". It's just a misleading word ... with the soothing "oo" sound flanked by two percussive Ps. It's like just when the word becomes endearing, it's ended abruptly. And then the meaning sets in and I am lost in a state of disgust. Alas, we have happened upon more evidence of my mental issues.)
I can relate, but I don't have much concern for the character at this point.
(Proof of this point: I can't even remember his name without looking at the back cover. I've never read a book and forgotten the name of the character after sixty pages. Not even that trash Twilight. ...But I won't go there.)
He has chosen to wrap himself up in this meaningless world where he doesn't have to live up to anyone's expectations. He doesn't have to try because all of his dreams are coming true on the movie screen. He escapes to the movies because problems are posed and solved in the span of two hours and he isn't even involved. He cycles through secretaries because they are readily available at work and he doesn't want to make an effort to find a woman that is right for him. He works at a job where he can basically just show up and get paid. He joined a fraternity and did just enough to get in with the inner circle. Then, upon making it to this point where he could avoid criticism from his fraternity brothers, he returned to his vegetative state.
He is a passenger in the vehicle of life.
(Which is, of course, a bus.)
He watches out the window as he is driven through it.
Sigh. Perhaps this book is so far below my radar right now because I'm reading Beowulf in my other course...I sure hope PART TWO gets on with this vague search ... because I am searching for justification for the glowing reviews on the back cover.
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