introduction: hello.

SonikSka@aol.com
Tue, 02 Dec 1997 22:30:07 -0500 (EST)

hello all...
i'm bethany.  i'm more usefully known as sonikska@aol.com.  i love jd
salinger because he presents a certain spirituality and intellectual
brilliance without being at all intellectual or terrible.  he has aided in my
spiritual development immensely...i can't spell, and when i talk about things
i love, my syntax is a little convoluted.  i apologize.  i was introduced to
salinger's work when i was in the 8th grade, by a friend of mine; we fancied
ourselves quite the intellectuals, toting our copies of nine stories.  the
next year, when my couselor suggested i see a psychaitrist, i was able to
terminate my sessions within a month by taking on the persona of teddy, and
convincing her i was indeed quite 'normal'...that my lack of emotion toward
my parents and other stimuli was merely the result of an intellect too
developed for my own capactities.  of course, i was lying.  but i succeeded
in getting out of the psychiatric system...
regardless, about me...i've read F&Z, nine stories, catcher, and seymour...
 i am fascinated by his characters and their reality; the zen.  cliche:  yes,
i own a copy of 'the way of a pilgrim'.  i think that all of his characters,
particularily the glass family, have influenced my development as a person,
because i read his books so much in high school...
i've really nothing to say...i write.  i draw.  i'm a gymnast, too...i love
to read, i can see the color green and i know that everyone out there is
seymour's fat lady.   i'm majoring in english.   i'm glad this list exists,
although i may not be a regular contributor, i'd love to hear the opinions of
everyone on the salinger-issues...
i know this wasn't supposed to be this long, i'm terrible with these things
anyway...
--bethany