Jan 17, 2004 18:42
alright, so i finished reading helter skelter the other day.
its the book written by the prosecuting attorney in the charles manson trial.
it was, i don't want to say amazing, because i think that implies it was a good story,
but it was just nuts.
someone else should read it so i have someone to talk aboutit with.
its just insane to see how one person can attain so much control.
he's up for parole again in 2007, not that he'll ever get out.
he's 61 right now. everytime he's up for parole, he either dicks around or sends the court a letter to say he'd like to stay in prison. at 35, he had spent more than half his life in prison. when he was released on some charge in 1967, he asked if he could stay in jail because it was the only home he had ever known. they released him, and in 1969, two years later, he was the controlling force behind the string of murders by his "family."
but anyway, i got this lesson from the book. you can't think of something and be afraid of it, even if deep down inside it terrorizes you. you just need to be aware of it. because once you resort to fear, you've lost a certain control and ability to rationalize. so, just get rid of that fear thing ha.