the catcher in the rye

its funny how u miss some things in your younger years.

yesterday, i just finished reading catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger, although i must have heard the name of the author a thousand times, but i havent read the book, even on my younger years. Actually i though it was going to be boring..but i was wrong, so wrong. I enjoyed it. I mean literally, i smiled and laughed through each chapter, its like hearing from a male version of me. Holden Caufield, the main character, was well kinda like a mean guy, but only with his thoughts, i find him actually quite decent, witty, probably charming, really funny, and totally weird kind of guy. i dont know but i can really relate to what he says at times, like when he bugs his dormates or other friends while they were sleeping, and the way he asks stupid questions at the taxi driver..i'm like that with my friends, its a nice way of annoying them. Its just pretty odd that he thinks way a lot differently from what he really does..he acts nicely but thinks meanly about people. I also find his perception of girls really amusing, he respects women, in a way i wouldnt have expected him to behave, although he does have short patience with girls.

its one of most amusing books, ive ever read, directly done but with depth. i actually think the more Holden mentions how the people he meets are phony..the more its likely that the real phony is probably ..him.

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the other day, i met a friend and all the day long, she would talk about drugs. its not that im against about it or anything, i have had friends and roommates in college who have done it, and its was never a big deal anyway. Its just that, whenever most of the people i know mentions it or have conversations about it, i couldnt even relate. I could only add a medical opinion but nothing more. Its like its somehow like a cool thing when u have tried one and so when u get really old u can really say, it wasnt worth ur life. But sadly..i never tried it, i mean never.. u can ask me about getting drunk but not getting high..i dont know, i never had a chance. I have learned to smoke cigarettes only in college, that was all. During the parties, i wasnt into it, because i didnt attend parties for those reason, im there because its where friends are and i love to dance and mingle.

Sometimes i think, i may have missed something , maybe i should have probably tried it..but will it be worth it?