be a hero

when i read self-help books, i don't really like it when they try to tell you about stuff by making it into a story about people with fictitious names. i don't care about those people! i don't want the hypothetical, generic story.
it's distracting. i tend to skim through that stuff.

i remember a time when i used to skim through descriptions of things and then there have been other times when i relish lavish descriptions with tons of adjectives.

gotta go watch oprah.