While in my head, he sort of remains a kind of David Sedaris knock-off, but of course, it’s not fair to judge him simply because he happens to also be a self-deprecating gay memoir writer.
And there is something in his writing that keeps making me go back to him, and I think I recently figured out what it is.
He has the distinct ability to make the weird almost acceptable. He can write about the simply strangest things in such a way that he brings out the strange without making the material unaccessiable. I find this an enviable trait.
This might also come from the fact that I share his sense of humor in relishing situational irony. Either way, something to aspire to.