 I tried to read as Percy had told me to do, but I never seemed to get very far. I kept up my old life, but with a difference. I began to really notice what I was doing and what was going on around me. I continued to drink, but somehow I failed to get drunk. After a couple of months, I went to a sorority dance at the Astor and didn't enjoy a minute of it. The next day, I saw the film Imitation of Life. When I got home, I sat on the edge of my bed and gave some serious thought to my life.