6-6:10pm. How are you? What have you been writing?
6:10-6:20pm: How’d the papers go? What are some of the strengths? Points for improvement, later?
6:20-6:45pm: Starting to write our stories. What do you have so far?
6:45-7pm: The next author…. Samantha Irby. What did you find? How do think she’ll be similar, different, from our other authors?
7-7:15pm: What do you stay busy, stay writing and reading, stay making progress on YOUR projects?
7:15-7:20pm: Start reading Samantha Irby. Forget about convention, forget about formality… forget about everything and just enjoy the read… Did any of you get that sense from her, from your research and/or if you started reading? Oh yeah, GET HER BOOK!!! Download on Amazon if you have to…. Just READ IT.
7:20-7:25: Back to your stories… Anyone have something, something to share?
7:25-7:30pm
HW: Draft of your story (4 FULL pages). Start reading Irby’s book.
#professormikey 
Good afternoon! I am doing pretty good, I have mostly been writing about the days and what I have been doing to keep myself happy and busy and occupied. I have been getting all of my school work done at the beginning of the week so that has given me a lot of time to write and take time for myself which has been enjoyable! I hope everyone else is doing good too!
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Good to see you, Olivia!! Good to write about your days to better understand them and see things in them, when they’re on the page!
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Hey everyone, I hope that all is well!!!!! I have been doing great this week. For some reason I had a sudden kick of motivation this week, I got all of my high school homework done on Tuesday and now I have time to kick back and read our new book. Besides writing for school I have written about my dreams. I have been having extremely vivid dreams lately and sometimes they wake me up, so I will pull out my journal and write it down. Just the other night I dreamed that I was a worker at Joe Exotics Zoo. It sure was weird. I really hope that everyone is staying sane and healthy during this time. I miss you all and I miss class!!!!
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Good to see you words, Maddie!! Enjoy the conversations, and your colleagues! Cheers!
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Joe Exotic is my hero
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The Joe exotic dream made me laugh!! Writing down your dreams first thing is a good idea, I always seem to forget mine! I’m happy you’re doing good.
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I had a Joe Exotic dream too! I wasn’t working for him but he came to my house and was trying to steal my dog haha! That show was wild
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I am feeling better each week! I’m getting into the swing of my new schedule and I feel less bitchy and tired. I got my garden started this weekend so I feel like I am getting things accomplished when I’m home on my days off from work.
I have been using my writing prompt books that I have and been writing some short stories or thoughts about “my story.” I’m really looking forward to this writing assignment.
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Good to see you. Your story is one that is needing to be read!!
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Hello there. I have been doing real nice lately, hopefully everyone else is fine too. Lately I have been writing poems in my journal and have gotten quite a few nonsensical pieces out of it. As long as they make sense to me that is what counts. The main theme of most of them seem to be centered around boredom and such, even though they’ve been doing a pretty good job of helping me stave off boredom. Also too have been reading a lot, unfortunately haven’t gotten to Irby yet, though I will soon!
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Hi Jacob. Good to write poems in their freeing way… boredom is wonderful to write about. Doing so pulls you from the boredom..
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Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing good & staying healthy and safe. I have been doing good lately. I’ve been spending a lot of time in the sun which is really lovely:) I have mostly been writing about how my days have been and how they’ve made me feel. I tend to go back and forth between being super productive and being super lazy, so by writing things out I think I’m finding what a good balance might be. I miss you all!
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We miss you as well, Harmony… enjoy the discussions tonight!
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Hey Harmony! I can relate to you because I go from being super lazy to super productive too! It is good to have lazy days sometimes!
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I completely agree! The past three days have been super productive, building a chicken coop with my dad and starting some of my fence board orders. But only five days ago I was binge watching One Tree Hill all day!
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I’ve been out in the sun too! That always seems to make me feel better!!!
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hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well. I’m currently doing a facemask and I’m ready to have a good class 🙂
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iconic! facemasks are the best!
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Heyo y’all! I hope everyone has been having a great week! I have been doing well myself just the usual going to work every day and then coming home to work on homework. when I’m not doing writing for this class is usually writing some prose pieces and some poems for my creative writing class, also been writing in my journal whenever I need to rant or If I get a funny idea I want to remember for later. also, I can’t wait for the wonderful conversations that will come from tonight!
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Ranting is much more than just ranting…
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I agree ranting can be a very raw way of writing its usually when my real feelings come out about whatever I’m talking about at the time it is very enjoyable for me because I usually feel conflicted when I’m writing most the time because the question I ask myself a lot is “is this really how I feel or is this really me?” to the point of me just thinking of is this what I really believe in? but when I’m ranting to myself in my journals I don’t get that weird conflict feeling.
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The fact that you don’t know if it’s “really you” is one of the most antagonizing topics!!! Very useful!!
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For tonight’s page…. there’s a lot of excitement and lively narrative in perceived boredom.
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I’ve been doing good still enjoying my moms’ company and her cooking every day. I have been writing about my daily activities and anything I do out of the norm, I highlight it.
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Like the out-of-norm focus!! Agreed!!
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Oooooo. I like the out of the normal. That’s awesome.
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Heyo! I have been doing good, doing a lot of cooking with my mom. I have been writing a lot. I write about my goals, my thoughts and my feelings. I have also started writing for my “My story” assignment which I am super excited about. I have never really written anything like this for anyone other than myself (ie a diary entry) so I am excited to share bits of that with y’all!
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Glad you’ve been writing, and that fact it centers around goals and aims is very healthy and valuable. Can’t wait for you to share!!
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A goal not written down is just a thought.
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True!!
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Hello everyone! I’ve been keeping busy with my little side business making personalized fence board signs. I also make scrabble board letters with the fence boards to spell out family member names. If you look up scrabble letter wall decor on Pinterest, then hopefully that helps with my poor description! But its been great so far! I’ve been doing it for a couple years now for only close family and friends but lately I’m thinking about expanding my business and open it up for the public!
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Cool business!! That’s a story!! Write it!!!
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wow, that sounds fun, and crafting seems like a great way to de-stress!!! looked it up on Pinterest, and you’re right, it is so cool!!!!
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Thanks for the positive response here!!
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What’s your store name? I wanna see! Plus I’m planning my wedding. I need some signage
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There you go!! Some referral business, I love it!!
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I’ve actually made a sign for my cousins wedding two years ago! Heres my number if you’re interested 🙂 I’m still in the process trying to make an online business. 707-779-2565
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Ashley- That is awesome!! I made a scrabble necklace by taking the K out ofour game and gluing it over another cheap pendant. Lol. Definently open it to the public. Maybe try a FB or IG page for it or maybe ETSY… Idk but im sure people would be interested!!!
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Hello I am doing well. Recently I have been writing about things that I think about in the future, like going to a university and getting a new job and things like that. I have also been looking at my old writing and fixing and editing certain parts.
I think my paper is fine, I’m just glad I got it done. I think I could have made it better if I had the willpower, it could use more organization and cohesive points. I am proud of how I argued my points connected ideas.
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You do have the “will power”. You have to utilize and weaponize it..
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I’ve been writing a lot more humor or snappy-style writing, not so much to survive this quarantine shit but to have more fun with it… Thoughts?
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I love that! since especially nowadays with most people being grimmer than chipper its nice to see some humor and more fun styles of writing it can help better peoples moods in a way.
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Just my thoughts!! 🙂
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oh, I can relate!!! my journal pages are filled with sass and snappy writing. I guess I am just trying to find the humor in this shitty situation!
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Yes!!
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I think with this ever changing world living in and some outrageous and outlandish shit I have heard, humorous and snappy things really sum it up. Things change so fast that it’s hard to put a lot of thought in to things. If that makes sense?
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Makes sense, but sense is not the aim…. sight is. The written sentence, is!!!
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Interesting, I feel like I need to learn to have more fun with my writing. (especially for quarantine) I tend to be very straight forward since most of what I write is just for me
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Same Avery I just write my day and how it went which can be boring
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Hello all! Feeling a little busy and frantic this week. I am not sure why. My daughter turns 5 tomorrow so we have been getting ready for that. Along with her birthday she has all her check ups for her auto immune disease. We have to go to Oakland and let me tell you, Oakland was a trip with all this pandemic craziness. I felt like it was a scene from Men In Black after they find an alien and try to disinfect everything. It was bizarre. A lot of my writing this week went into my essay because I really struggled to get on five pages for some reason. I also finished my story about my labor and birth with Miss Lucy. What a crazy trip down memory lane. I hope everyone is well and enjoying this weather!
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Happy birthday to your little girl!!! Good to see you, and if it was a struggle and you got there, it must have been worth it!!
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Uh Mike, that was a little creepy you wrote the same first sentence as I did. LMAO
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You’re creepy. HAHA…. just kidding, my sweet friend! Great minds think alike, even if only one, YOURS, is great!!!
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LOL!
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🙂
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Happy birthday to your little girl!!! I hope her appointment went as well as it could have gone ❤
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My paper on Lawson went well. I liked writing about Lawson and what I learned from her, especially since that is not usually how I reflect on a book that I’ve read. I don’t usually spend any time thinking about the person behind the words. A strength of my paper would be that I believe I have a good balance between my opinions/what I’ve learned and talking about the book and relating it to my opinions. An improvement I can focus on for later would definitely be to expand upon my main idea of the essay and to not stray so much, which was hard for me since I have so many opinions and things to say about Lawson!
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Balance is always a boon!! Especially in writing.
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I am actually really happy with how m paper went. I wrote out some things and then hated it so I restarted. Its funny because another classmate was saying they usually wrote with an outline but wrote with out and I usually write without one but for this essay I wrote with one. I found that when I did my second attempt with the out line it was a lot easier for me to organize my thoughts which I was having trouble with in the first place.
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It’s a good feeling to feel good, or better, about your writing. Awesome, Kiely!!
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Sometimes it helps to change it up!!
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I should write an outline in the future because I have trouble staying organized!!
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YEssss definitely try it!!!
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Overall, I am really happy with how my paper is turning out so far about my experiences working at Target. I can’t even remember the last time I was able to sit down and write about me. All my assignments in college and have been research papers, response papers or current events. Being able to take the time and write about my life, my story has been really refreshing.
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I’m looking forward to some Target gossip!!!
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Yes!!!
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Same
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I think my paper was overall good, I need to work on adding a little bit more excitement, but I liked how my paper just flows.
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I thought that my paper went really well. I actually really enjoyed writing this one and had ease getting to the fifth page. I have such passion for Lawson and that book so I came naturally. I would say my strengths were my motivation. I was eager and passionate so I wrote and worked on it every day. As for my upcoming writing on my story, my paper on my summer of 2018 has been going good, I have been focusing on what happened and getting it down on paper. When I go back in to revise is when I add details and emotions. I would say that my strengths are the emotions in the story. As a whole, the story is full of ups and downs. When looking back over it, I would say that I need to improve on tying everything together. It jumps around and I need to make it flow more naturally.
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Details and emotions, yes!!! The writing always has to reflect and personify the author.
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I feel my paper went pretty well. It was pretty simple to get to a fifth page once I wrote out all my ideas. I felt my strengths were organizing and not repeating myself which I feel I normally have trouble with. Lawson was just an easy and comfortable person to write about because her writing is so relatable and fun to read
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Nice!!
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My paper went pretty well. I struggled to stick to my thesis because I had so many thoughts on everything. I still think that I could have built a stronger argument, but nonetheless I’m happy with my product. I found what I felt to be a good balance between my opinions and what I have gained from Sedaris and Lawson which I’m happy about!
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My paper I feel like was successful, maybe even better than the last. I was real proud that I was able to take some interesting concepts that I hadn’t thought of before my rough draft and tie them to my thesis. I also think my thesis was pretty solid too, not too vague, but just vague enough. On the downside, I was barely able to break onto that fifth page again. I think it really is difficult to elaborate enough to get there, so that part was definitely a challenge again
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With our paper, I struggled really hard to get onto five pages. I ultimately decided that I would go with quality over quantity. I didn’t want to just write to fill space. I am considering a rewrite. This is the firs time I have turned in something I didn’t feel 100% about.
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Quality isn’t even the goal… COMPOSITION, togetherness, assembly of ideas, IS.
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That’s a valid point. When I mean, is instead of resorting to quoting the book or writing to just write and fill space, I turned in what I was proud of and accomplished what I was trying to say.
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Yes!!!
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Overall I feel pretty happy with my paper, I really enjoyed because I really believed in what I was writing about. that is also why I think it was more on the better side but also that was my strength. for improvements well who knows maybe tons of them because everyone is different but for me maybe I could have expanded more or brought more to the table and maybe added a couple of quotes to the mix as well.
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I am glad the papers are done. I found some pretty good similarities between Sedaris and Lawson, but if I am being honest, I’d prefer to write what I want to write. I am really looking forward to writing our own stories next.
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I agree, I definitely prefer writing what I want to write!
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Hi everyone. I’ve been doing good. Glad everyone’s holding up. I’ve been busy with homework and track and have really been focusing on college and making my decision. Everything has been going pretty good 🙂
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Good to hear!!!
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So exciting about college!!
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Yes, thanks! Im excited
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I think for me, I struggle with getting on to paper what I want to say. Am I lacking vocabulary or the skill to properly tell my audience what I am thinking about on a topic?
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Fuck vocab.. just tell your audience what you want to tell them. Be truthful, kind, and fearless.
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I’ve never personally thought that vocabulary could really be an issue, nor “skill”. I just think a lot of us, me included, would do better if we maybe spent a little more time planning everything out beforehand, and coming up with more overall ideas, rather than just more words.
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Let’s start to explore the process of writing our own stories… our own lives and the characters in them… our narrative and voices, sights and selves….
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I have yet to decide exactly what I want to write about. I keep bouncing back between my past or a more recent story. Both are traumatic and have made me the person I am today. I think that I will plan to write about both in my journal and see which makes me the most passionate. Either way, my mom will be the focus. I want to narrate my story with reaction. I never really shared how I felt in either situations with my family, so I want to use that inner voice of mine and put it on paper.
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You don’t have to decide right away… just start moving the pen.
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Can you incorporate both events? Tie them together even?
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Good idea!!!
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My paper went pretty well. Something I think I could’ve improved on is putting more of myself in the essay. I feel like my paragraphs are always ALL about me, or not involving me at all. I want each paragraph to have a balance if that makes sense
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We always think that… but you have to trust yourself, and just put the pages into the world’s palms!!
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totally makes sense. and I could not agree more, I wish I would have made my essay a little more personal and about me. It can be hard to make it personal since that is not how essays usually are. (for school at least..)
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I’m having a hard time with this new paper. I know what story I’m gonna tell but I am not quite sure where to start. Every time I get an idea I write it down but I feel like all the parts I write down don’t fit together
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What feels right to you? If it’s your story, how do you tell it in your own head that makes sense? Hope that helps.
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All great questions. Thank you, Samone!!! Loving the activity from you, tonight..
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I think my writing will be hard for others to understand because they didn’t live through the experience. But this does help! And I think I’ll try to write my story the way I see it and hope it makes sense. Thank you!
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The story isn’t necessarily for us, but for you. But I hear you. I struggle too. I don’t wanna spend 5 pages on useless info to get to one point. I
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Thank you for this, Samaone. RESPECT
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Just start freewriting, putting sentences on pages fearlessly and freely…
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For my story what I have so far is an excerpt from one of the blog post on here that I wrote which I really liked. I have also started to read old journals and draw out concept maps of what I am going to write about. I wrote key events and key people which reminded me of more key events lol.
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Nice!! Colleagues??
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I know for me, I have key memories and events that have attributed to who I am now. So that’s kind of how I am going to approach outlining or “structuring” writing my story. It really opens the flood gates when you look back on these memories huh?
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I think thats a good idea. Going back and reflecting and reminding yourself of what went on in your life which helps you to pick the story/time in your life that left the biggest impact.
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so I have chosen the story I wanted to do, it’s about my childhood and one defining moment from it that changed who I was forever even up till today, though I haven’t started writing it down I’m trying to figure out how I really want to tell it and the emotions I want to invoke while writing it and it all gets a little jumbled but maybe I’m just gonna pour it out onto paper first and see what I get and I can always change it up and stuff ya know?
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I HIGHLY recommend just free writing it. I have found that these emotions or thoughts spilled out, and I had no idea that I felt that way in the situation until I let myself go. I hope your doing well.
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I would suggest not to worry to much about it being jumbled chronologically, it will still make sense if you write about it with lots of detail, so free writing is great too. Memory really is not very linear, because so many new thoughts come up. You’ll do great at getting your story out if you analyze and explain your memory well!
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So true. Look at Pulp Fiction… the most anti-chronological anything, and one of the best pieces of writing, EVER.
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I have been brainstorming and did an outline for my paper. That’s about all I have so far. I plan to start it sometime this weekend.
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That’s a start! Enjoy your writing!!
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Good evening everyone, I’m doing well. I’ve been working on a special project for Mother’s Day. Some cute chocolate dipped strawberries infused with some Don Julio 1942, they are delicious. Any who, I’ve been writing about a few adventures I’d like to go on as soon as this epidemic is over. I’ve also been putting my agenda together for this upcoming fall.
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Sounds yummy!!
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Don Julio is my fav! Especially 1942.
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So far for the story from my life I have four full pages, but that’s because I took time and wrote down everything that I remember. For this next week I am going to edit out unimportant parts and try to make the story as real and find some humor to bring to the story. I want to make my story exciting to read. I don’t have any tragic stories to write about, I am thankful to have a calm life with not a lot of loss or sadness. I am writing about an event that I cared a lot about so hopefully that will show through in my writing. I find it much easier to write about my life than about an author, but I enjoyed writing the Lawson essay and I enjoy writing about a story from my life too!
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Awesome Olivia!! I’m sure it will be exciting to read. What else do you want your readers to experience?
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I want my readers to have a relatable experience, because I am writing about an experience that made me feel really alone, lost, and confused. I want them to experience the feeling of loving something so much and having that love stop because of a bad experience. I think that although my experience is unique to me, people will still find that they can relate and feel the way I felt in that moment.
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For my story, I had a tumultuous relationship with my bio mom growing up. I have done a lot of counseling, self-healing and have even forgiven her. However, she is not in my life at all. I couldn’t tell you if she was alive or dead at this point and she has never met my children. So, I am fully aware that most of my story is highly influenced by her, but I struggle with how much attention? to give her I guess?
Either way. I am working on a timeline of sorts. Memories that I can remember and writing a bit about their significance. It’s putting some perspective and an “outline” of sorts about what I want to write about.
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I like this approach!!
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Give us some quotes, give us some characters.. don’t be afraid to be vulnerable.
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In a few years, I would stick up for the preppy, popular blonde sitting next to me. She would eventually get bullied and the smugness would turn in to a suitcase of emptiness that she would struggle to pull by herself. But I remember. I remember my first day, of my fourth school, for my third grade elementary class. And I remember the weight of that loneliness and the look of her eyes that threatened to spill tears.
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Wow….
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I’ve actually been really excited to write my Target story. And it’s not just my story but also my brothers, my sisters and even my boyfriends. We all work for Target and they too have been exited to release some of their anger that they have with Target by helping me come up with some juicy stories that we have encountered. It’s been easy to sit down and effortlessly write two pages worth and I know that I can easily write another four with no problem.
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OMG just you saying “juicy stories” I want to read!!!!! I want the tea on Target!!!! I am glad that it has been easy to write for you because sometimes it is hard to write!
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I love this idea, it’s already captured my attention and I’m sure your product will be captivating and exciting as well!
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Haha this sounds good!! Can’t wait to maybe hear some:)
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ME too!!
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Wow your lucky, you’ve got a whole team of co-writers who aren’t actually writing. That’s like the best form of inspiration and help there is! You have all the material in the world, and outside perspectives, so I’d say you’d probably have a leg up on everyone else if it were a competition!
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I think if we look hard enough, there is definitely inspiration around us. Even from little things.
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I’m going to try and challenge myself with this next essay and tell a story that will be difficult to remember because it happened so long ago. I really like that Sedaris makes a lot of small stuff out to be bigger than they are, and I want to try and do that. I want to try and make an exercise out of it and try to go all out on detail on something insignificant. Don’t have anything written yet, but I have some rough thoughts
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Write in notes, note-form, just quick jots… avoid complete sentences!!
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What’s more important in narration? The people in the event, your reaction to it, or the event itself and what brought you to it?
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I honestly think that they are all important. You can not have a story with just one of those elements, they all need to work cohesively to convey your story!
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Explain….
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well, my story is kind of a sad story, but it is something that changed my life. The people in my story make the story come alive and real, the event makes the story a story, and what I learned from it is what makes me me. I don’t know, I just feel like each thing is important in storytelling.
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with my story, I think since it impacted me on a deep emotional level its more my reaction to it but the event itself was also traumatizing and the people were not as key just the event itself so its more two of those things than just one of them or all of them
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I think that the reaction is more important. The reaction, or rather how that reaction changes someone life is what lasts forever. People, or rather characters come and go, but ultimately you are stuck with yourself forever.
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Definitely the event and reaction/effect of it.
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Not entirely sure what the main premise of my story will be, but I might write with topics that came up in my life in the last couple years, or maybe narrow it down to one stretch of time or phase in my life I had. I have this feeling that I should really tight truthfully about myself in this recent time period that has really showed how much I’ve learned and changed. For some reason, finding this story within myself makes me feel a little uneasy because I’ve never written about it for others, just journaling to myself or thinking about it. But I cannot help but be very interested in starting to do this. I feel vulnerable and scared that I will be misunderstand but I think it would be very valuable to write about the important experiences that have changed my life in the last few years. It’s just that these experiences can be perceived as very mundane or uninteresting so I am looking to find a way to really make it clear how these experiences have affected certain parts of my life and change in general.
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My story is starting with a lot of memories from when I was a kid that I didn’t think were funny then but are totally hilarious looking back on now!
Is anyone else experiencing this with some of their memories??
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Me, for sure..
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oh my, absolutely !
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Absolutely!
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I’m excited for this upcoming essay. Even though I’m still stuck on two very important life experiences, I’m still looking forward to this paper.
On my most recent essay, I felt good about the content in it. Though I could have put more details into each paragraph.
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At first, write with notes.. avoid sentences..
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Colleagues…. try something…. just writing notes. Avoid full, “complete sentences”… notes, write so freely that there are NO rules, that there are no expectations and if there are disregard them. Forget convention… for example, from me, today….. “Jack, crazy, teaching me humor… Emma, just teaching me how powerless I am… both of them, losing their shit. Me too. Need wine, but it’s too early.”
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It’s never too early Mikey, but I like where your notes are going….
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Thanks, friend.
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Samantha Irby looks like a lot of fun. I am loving the theme of comedic writers. I get the feeling she may be a little more in your face than other things we have read. Does anyone else feel that way or am I way off base?
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Oh my god totally, I was taken aback at how vulgar and just raw some things were. But I love it, I love her humor. Very easy to relate to!
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Agreed. I actually think she may make me a little uncomfortable, which is hard to do. I am looking forward to it.
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I definitely got that vibe. Did you see her reading the essay about dating the short guy? HILARIOUS.
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yes, although I have never dated anyone (rip), I thought it was very funny and well written
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It’s not all it’s cracked up to be!!! LOL
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SO funny.
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I’m just going to start writing about how both my kids are losing their shit, which causes me to lose mine… so there’s no more shit left to lose. That’s funny right?
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made me laugh just now!
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I’d pay for that book. You could call it “Shitless”
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You just gave me an idea… thank you, kind friend!!!
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Haha Jacob good title lol
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I can definitely connect with you on this one. These kids are driving me nuts, asking for snacks every ten minutes having a bite and tossing it away.
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I know.. fuck… how do they eat so much? Mine are like machines with antithetical stomachs. The more they eat, the more famished they appear. Isn’t it supposed to be the opposite?
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Haha no problem!
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I lost my shit when I came home to a sink full of dishes and food wrappers everywhere. My teen was propped on the MY couch with the remote to MY tv like he owned the fucking place! Lost. My. Shit.
Then I realized I sounded just like my stepmom when I told them I shouldn’t have to come home to a dirty house after working all day…. FML
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Good writing material, friend… 🙂
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I don’t have kids but I work with them and I can definitely relate on how much they can get on our nerves some times. I can’t imagine what it’s like during this time, having to entertain them 24/7. Definitely something I would be interested in reading.
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Thanks for the kindness, Ashley. I appreciate you.
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Oh, I am sure there is another level of shit left to lose. Hehe! That’s parenting for sure!
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A continual losing of shit? It really seems never ending…
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And then the apologies for losing your shit… and then repeating the cycle.
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Yep.
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LMAO!!! I always feel sooooo bad an tell myself I’m going to do better and be a better mom, then the cycle repeats. HA!
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I am sure you’re doing great. We are all human.
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Yes… the shit loses finds more just so it can be lost. What. The. F/CK.
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Word..
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I have thought about what to write for my story and think I have made a decision. I am most likely going to write about my 6th grade/7th grade years which is going to be hard to write about because it includes my biggest secret that only about 3 people know about haha. But, I think there is a lot for me to write and it definitely left a big impact on me and is something I won’t ever forget about. A lot went on in those years, lets just say that!
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About Samantha Irby, she is a comedian which is exciting because I love funny books and would take comedy over tragedy any day! She runs a blog bitches gotta eat, which sounds so cool and highly relatable. I also found she co-hosted a show called Guts and Glory, which sounds very extreme and highly dangerous! From reading some of her blogs and some of her tweets I get a sense that she is honest and isn’t sorry about being herself and I love that energy in her writing! I haven’t started her book yet but I already feel connected to her and from glancing at the first page I am already excited to dive into this book! She reminds me of Lawson because her writing feels progressive and truthful and real and funny, and I loved reading Lawson so I’ll be happy if they’re similar! And I also agree with what Ashley was saying about her being in your face a little bit! I get that sense from Irby!
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She’s amazing.. very Lawson-esqe, but with more ease and charm, I think. Enjoy!!
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Samantha Irby has a heroic quality.. agree?
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I do agree with you a lot actually. Anyone, especially strong women speaking their minds and being real with the world is a hero to me and I get the sense of her being brave and fearless and strong, which are all very heroic qualities!
I would have to read some more to have a stronger idea though!
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I’m not sure I would have said she had heroic qualities until Olivia explained her in that light, so actually, yes she seems pretty raw and honest. Definitely could be heroic-esque
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🙂
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Yes! I get a heroic vibe a lot. She speaks for all types of people. I think that’s cool .She isn’t afraid to speak her mind AT ALL
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Well, just by looking at Irby’s book you can tell she is an extremely vibrant person. When looking more into who she is as a person I discovered that she is a badass. Irby has a blog called “bitchesgottaeat” and if that is not iconic I do not know what is. From reading her first essay in the book, I can tell that she is not afraid to be real, and I mean REAL. Similar to Jenny Lawson, but cranked up to a thousand. When researching I discovered that she suffers from Crohn’s Disease and one time pooped her pants in public. She manages to turn gross and vulgar stories into raw and fearless monologues that people want to read! I am so excited to read her book further and indulge on her wacky stories.
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She’s a leader and a beacon of reason, for me..
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I enjoyed watching her read her essays on video. She is hilarious
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Yes she is!! And so kind!!
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well Ive only done some light research on Irby so far but she does seem funny from what I have seen and I’m gonna have to probably read the online version because for some reason amazon fucked me. I ordered the book April 17 and I have prime and used prime shipping but still it doesn’t arrive till May 7th? so im little peeved about that not gonna lie.
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amazon just sucks sometimes!
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Yeah.. you can download to Kindle!!
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I should really invest in one of those but since I bought the book Im pretty sure amazon lets me read it through some weird way where it is like a pdf file so that’ll work till the physical one comes in.
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Oh wow I wasn’t worried about how I was going to get the book until right now… this is going to be interesting… thanks COVID-19
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you know what I found funny I have actually met some people while working at the grocery store I work at and they think the cause of it is crows and ravens that general family of birds because the family name for the genre of birds is corvids which are awful close to COVID and I found it quite funny when they were ranting about it saying there the real cause of it and I just think to myself ” where do these people get there information from XD”
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