Book excerpt: Yellow Socks: Confessions of a Non-Don Juan is a fictional novel about a young man slowly growing into adulthood. From relationships with his Paranoid Schizophrenic Mother, oddball friends to emotionally unbalanced women through out his life, the book covers his hardships, successes and everything in between. He bases his self worth on how others feel about him through sexual and loving relationships. Written in diary or 'blog' form the book has a certain flow that peaks the reader's interest to see what will happen next in his adventures through life, chronicling each detailed relationship with people. Despite its classification as a novel, it can be picked up at any page and each story has a life of it's own so it can be read in pieces as well.