I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

9.8.2010:
Just started... so far finding it hilarious. I'm just hoping I can find the energy to engage in free reading time (instead of nap time). From what I've read, I've gathered the following: 

• Tucker Max thinks he's pretty cool.

• Tucker Max is, in fact, pretty cool. 

Lucky for me, we've got some free time today...I'm currently on the second chapter of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, which I may start abbreviating to just IHTSBIH (for future reference). Chapter two is entitled "The Night We Almost Died," and includes such characters as Hate, El Bingeroso, Motorbike Mike, Brownhole, Goldenboy, and Thomas. As Tucker states before chapter one, "My real name is Tucker Max. Unless a full name is used, all other names are pseudonyms." This didn't surprise me, until I started reading this chapter and found myself having trouble remembering all the characters with their odd names, and I ended up creating outrageous pictures of these people in my head to make it easier (Goldenboy resembles Jonny Quest, and Thomas looks like an acquaintance of mine (whose name is not actually Thomas)). While it is an entertaining story so far, I'm already finding things about Max's writing style that I find annoying.  For example, in this chapter ("The Night We Almost Died," in case you forgot), Tucker Max and his buddies are in a "redneck" bar (complete with a wrestling ring in the middle, and a mechanical bull), his friends are belligerently drunk, and picking fights with other patrons. Chaos ensues. Tucker is sober, and documenting the night's events. He says things like, 

"I run over to the ring, where the bouncers had pulled [Hate] off the ring, and were trying to calm him down. He did not respond to them agreeably.

At this point, dealing with Hate was like taking a leashed pit bull to the Westminster Dog Show. I assist the bouncers with moving Hate away from the ring..."

So, my trouble with his method of story telling is his choice of words, I guess. We (the readers) KNOW it's a chaotic mess in this bar. Tucker knows it, too. However, he uses proper language such as, "[Hate] did not respond agreeably." Sure, it's ironic that he's using such calm language in such context, but I found it obnoxious rather than clever. Problem is, I'm not done with the chapter yet, so I have to deal with this a little while longer (maybe a lot while longer, depending on whether or not Tucker Max has written the whole book this way). Hopefully the storyline will make up for the silly diction.