For today's class reading on of the stories we were assigned was Donald Barrthelme's In The Morning Post. I read this story while I was working out on the elliptical in the TCU Recreation Center, and as embarrassing as it is, I found myself chuckling out loud. I will admit that I was "that person" that everyone was staring at, probably thinking I am crazy. But, that's besides the point, I chose to blog about this reading because it actually caught my attention and made me laugh. Usually, I find our class readings less than entertaining and more of a chore than anything else. But, this story was different.
I really liked how In the Morning Post was written. I have found that I enjoy a more conversational text, rather than just straight narration. Barthelme's writing style kept me engaged through the story. He is also very descriptive. I found that I could picture him going to his mail box and picking up the magazine Writer's Digest and the perplexed expression that must have been on his face. Then, he goes into the details of his thought process as he reads the letter from the magazine. This was very entertaining to see his scattered brain jump from one question to another regarding his drinking.
I also found his answers to the various questions very humorous and witty. Particularly, I enjoyed his response to the question, "how would you describe your own drinking habits? Light, Medium, Heavy, Other?" He responded with, " Medium. Light is sissy and heavy doesn't go down so well with Deans, Loan Officers and Publishers, and who in the world would want to be Other?" I love how he is so blunt and honest about how he feels through out the text.
Lastly, I connected to the story because there have been a lot of times that I have thought to myself, "He must have been on something when he wrote this," when reading certain stories or books. I thought it was really funny that Barthelme wrote a whole story about this and made light of it in a sarcastic and blunt way.
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