Boomerang Kids

The ending for Brother Odd fell into place nicely. I believe Koontz did the first two books justice.  I’m also considering reading into his Frankenstein series. I’m sure I’ll come across some of them when I do the thrift store book-hunt with my cousin on Friday. It feels good to be revisiting pop-horror in terms of what I’m reading.

By tomorrow I should know if I got this volunteer editing gig or not. I hope so, because the résumé I have right now is not very appealing. If I can hold it, it’ll be only two articles a week so I would still have some time to manage something else on the side.

During my visit to the transfer station this morning, I was listening to Michael Graham on Boston’s 96.9. I don’t always agree with a lot of what’s said on this station, but I think the more we listen to other’s opinions, the more secure we can be with our own. Graham is known for his more conservative views, but I’m sure what he was discussing today was more of an observation than anything. He mentioned this idea of a new generation of “Boomerang Kids.” The way it was described is kids that graduate college and return home to live with their parents. The scenario that was read was a girl in her early twenties whom returned to live with her parents after studying art design. I’m really afraid that the path I’m walking is going to bring me right there. Sometimes I get really self-loathing when my professor makes cracks about people living in their parent’s basement. I suppose I have a little flexibility right now, because I guess like student loans, you can culturally defer independence while you’re in school. I really need to do more than just hope; I need to take more action with the course of my life.

I’m thinking of investing some writing into http://www.madwrite.com. It’s a SEO website that pays you per every $4 that your articles bring in. Worth a try?

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Brother Odd

Dean Koontz isn’t a writer that I would put on the top of any summer reading list, but his Odd Thomas series has really captivated me. Last summer I started listening to the first book in audio format while I was wasting hours of my life on Halo. I’ve recently purchased a copy of Brother Odd, the third book in the series, and I will say that I am halfway through it and it hasn’t disappointed. One of the themes I’m really picking up on in this particular installment is the idea of confronting our identity in its entirety. Odd has chosen to move to a monastery and live secluded, and there he meets a group of memorable people who have left behind everything from riches to mob life. I’ve had the forth book for a while, which has been taunting me on the shelf because I couldn’t get my hands on the third. Well, in reality I suppose I could have, but the summer is a perfect time for popular fiction.

Also, I ordered a copy of Polaroids from the Dead, by Douglas Coupland. I found it at a very good price, too. Hopefully it will be in before my three-day vacation to Dennisport.

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