I did it…

This is me: I hear about something that is OMG and then I forget about it.

I had heard a few years (?) ago about O.J. Simpson coming out with a book. It was being pitched as a ‘how to’ book or something. I was so sickened by it. What an ass.

Then I heard it got pulled.

Then I forgot about it.

Megan, my neighbor said, “I just finished reading the book that O.J. wrote.”

“huh?”

She told me that the Goldman’s had gotten the rights to it and they released it.  Eww. Why would they do that?
She gave me the book and I read the cover and it said that the ghost writer, the lawyers and they all had a part in the book. I brought it home and read what the Goldman’s had gone through to fight to not have it published and then the fight to get it from him (OJ is a fucking itchy asshole) and the decision they had come to, to publish it.  It was heartbreaking.
I read the ghostwriter’s intro to the book as well, his story of getting the story from O.J. (who is a fucking itchy asshole) and his thoughts on it. It was eye opening.
Then I read O.J.’s itchy fucking asshole words.  I knew he did it. I thought it was because he found out his wife was boinking Marcus Allen, his friend.  No.  I was so wrong. He went out of his way to make sure HIS words were heard because ‘we’ had it all wrong. From him being abusive to what happened that day and the days following. He wanted his story told.  AND BOY DID HE.
After his part of the book was over, I continued on to read the part from the man who sat in the court room every day and the attorneys that have fought for the Goldman’s to FINALLY beat O.J. at his game.
I knew he was a killer. I knew he was an ass. I had no idea to the extent of an asshole someone can be with lawyers behind you and in your pocket.  He wrote the book believing it was going to get HIS side of what happened out, shine him a light that was more favorable…and it might have…but in the end, it was his confession.

If you ever wondered what happened, I would read this book. Go buy it.  The proceeds go to the Goldman’s and after you read what they went through to get the book from him and all your misconceptions of ‘it will hurt the kids if the book gets published’ will be pushed aside.  They all knew about it, they all stood to proceed from their father writing it.

I read it in 8 hours, the whole thing.  Such an awesome and enthralling story.  If you’ve already read it, comment and tell me what you thought of it.