Opening (Morning Routine)

[TV ADVERTISEMENT 1, spoken]
It took me nineteen years, but I finally developed a good relationship with my body.”
 
[TV ADVERTISEMENT 2, spoken]
Today, computers are management tools, giving you a competitive edge…”
 
[TV ADVERTISEMENT 3, spoken]
24-hour, person-to-person service with every checking account. Where's the nearest ATM?
 
[TV ADVERTISEMENT 4, spoken]
I don't clean anymore, because none of these ordinary cleaners give me what I want
 
[PATRICK BATEMAN, spoken]
Whenever I shower, sometimes twice, sometimes three times a day
I use a honey-almond wash on my ripped body, and an exfoliating spearmint gel on my face
I apply Clinique moisturiser and an anti-aging eye-balm before I shave
With a razor and cream by Pour Hommes
No cologne on the face ever, as the high alcohol content dries out your skin, and makes you look... older
 
[TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT 5, spoken]
Milk's about the best thing I can drink at the moment to help me build strong arms
Powerful legs and a broad chest
And when all my work is done, will you love me just for my body?
I can live with that
Milk: it does a body good
 
[PATRICK BATEMAN, spoken]
My suit today is an eighties drape from Alan Flusser with a bladed back
To accommodate my impressive physique
My tie is by Valentino Couture; shoes by A.Testoni; underwear by Ralph Lauren
 
[TELEVISED RONALD REAGAN, spoken]
And if all else failed, you could get a sense of patriotism from the popular culture
The movies celebrated democratic values
And implicitly reinforced the idea that America was special
TV was like that too; but now we're about to enter the nineties, and some things have changed…
 
[PATRICK BATEMAN, spoken]
The painting: a David Onica. The TV set: 30-inches, digital, Toshiba
High-contrast, highly defined, plus it has picture-in-picture capabilities, PLUS freeze-frame
 
My walkman, with autoreverse continuous play, is by Sony
 
I am 26 years old, living in New York City at the end of the century
And this is what being Patrick Bateman means to me…