5-5:10pm: Check in, narrate your day….
5:10-5:30pm: Samantha Irby, comedy….
Real. Aggressive. Different than Sedaris…. Do a quick search on her… what do you find? What do you notice?
5:30-5:50pm: What have you been writing for YOU? What are some of the observations you have been recording in your journal? Tell your colleagues about what you submitted to me. Feel free to post some parts of it below!!
5-50-6pm: What’s on tonight’s page?
ASSIGNMENT: Turn in Sedaris essay by next class…. Let me know if you want to do a zoom or FaceTime, or just regular call, office hour.
Buy Irby’s book!!!!!! Please read the first 4 essays…..
Hey Everybody! How was everyone’s day? I didn’t have work today so I just used the time to catch up on some schoolwork. I got a lot more done than I expected, plus I took a good nap too.
Good to see you! What have you been writing?
Today I wrote about my dream catcher. I’m very excited about it, but I know its going to take me a while.
Nice!!
Good Evening,
Today has been a good day, I have been busy working as always on top of my schooling today! I hope your day is going well!
Hey!!! Thanks for coming! Loved your writing!!
Thank you very much! I was very emotional writing it!
Keep it up boss!!! Cheers!
Hey everyone ! I didn’t do much beside work all day and relax a little before class.
Whatup Jake!!
I’m here y’all!!!! Who’s been writing, and what? Feel free to post something below! Let’s have fun tonight!!!
Hello everyone. I started my day at 10 and wandered around my thoughts for a good two hours before starting anything. Whenever I don’t have work, I have class so I’m always thinking and planning for the week ahead. I’ve been trying to slow down more and enjoy the moment.
Good idea!!
Today I had blood drawn and I havent stopped eating since ive gotten back from the doctors.
Been there. Eat up!!
Hello everyone , hope everyone is been good with all the things happening around us. As my day so far , I was evacuated since last Monday. And way to start my day with a sheriffs calls , which the father of my 1 year old file a police report saying that I was violating his custody order. I was like I was been evacuated, what he expected me to do ? To stay and get burn by the fire or what ?. The officer laugh and said I am not sure why he is filing a report if he knows the circumstances you are in. Then he did all his questions and I said what’s going to be happening after this. He only said I am not going to do anything but to file your response , if he wants to take it to court then he has everything to loose since you have the text messages you had sent him while you are been evacuated and when are you planning to return. And as right now I have a lot of things I am dealing with .
Stay strong like you are, and do the best you can.
Thank you, i am doing the best I can . And always think positive about any negative things .
Choose to see the education in all scenes and interactions. <3
hi everyone my day has been good. Nice and relaxing. Didn’t do too much just did homework ate some strawberries and watch a documentary
hello everyone. lately I have been writing a lot about nature. I love to take some walks or hikes and write about all the creatures I saw. I have also touched on how unmotivated I have been feeling recently .
How can you reverse that motivation drought?
I try writing down all of my assignments and chores I have to do in a list, or stress relievers like having a hobby and getting out of the house but even those don’t work sometimes
Nice!
My dad started out good, Did really well on my test and go around feeling really pumped for the day. Then went to walmart and for some reason, all the energy just drained out of me and I got really tired. I went to Panera for lunch, dropped my water all over the ground! Half way through my sandwich I realized they forgot my bacon!!! Ugh! Got home and started my project for one of my classes and my idea for the project wasn’t turning out the way I want it to be. So over all, I’m having a pretty iffy day
*Dad … lol …. Good to see you Nina. Cheers.
For some reason I do that typo a lot
All good…. 🙂 – Can’t remember the story your sister told years ago about your dad, but he sounds like a great guy. Hope I get to buy him a coffee or beer someday! 🙂
darn that sounds really frustrating. I hope your day still gets a little better. Just remember bad moments don’t have to mean bad days
Aw thank you! I hope so
Hey! Hope everyone is having a nice day. Today I had math class in the morning and so catch up on my BAD homework. I have been trying to remember my dreams and writing about them first thing in the morning like some of you recommend and I feel every day my dreams seems more vivid.
Write them all!!!
Hey Y’all! Im babysitting my little sisters cat Frida and I went to vitality bowl to get me some clean dinner. So far today has been a simple beautiful day!! I also had my Spanish class earlier. What are y’all up to?
Hey Victor! What have you been writing?
I have been writing in my journal mostly about where my mindset is and how it changed from how I use to be and about my dreams.
Nice!!! Feel free to share when you like..
so what I came up with is.. I need to stop helping people so much. I need to help myself. I need to put myself first is what it comes to.
A valuable realization..
For tonight’s page….. Avoid sentences. Take more notes. In your journal, that is.
I was wondering what you have been writing about also, since there seems to be a lot going on in your life.
Me? EVERYTHING. Lots of business essays, thoughts on creative narrative and noting all my steps in the tech/startup/blogging world.
are you starting some kind of business as a youtuber?
YouTube is part of the recipe, but no. I don’t want to be some douche-y YouTuber.
Also for the page….. STOP THINKING SO MUCH!! Just create, produce, put your written music into the atmosphere by way of page.
Hey everyone! I had a great day, it was very productive. I’m really happy about the nice weather.
Seriously!!!
What do you guys know about Samantha Irby???? IF nothing, Google her right now, or go to YouTube. QUICK!!!!!
I know I’m going to love her already! Just by 5 minutes of reading up on her
Examples? Specifics?? Give us somethin, sis!!!
she’s hella funny!
Why?
Well her blog name for one. The name really gives me high hopes of funny comedy. Then in a description I read about her, It says she talks about her sex life but also her personal battle with Crohns disease
There’s a lot there, a lot of story… insight and voice.
be Samantha Irby is a comedian who runs a blog and has her own book called meaty. Her comedy seems to be slightly self deprecating and she makes fun of herself slightly.
Yes!!! Lots of looking at self, but for empowerment I think. She can laugh at herself!!!
I’m wondering if Samantha Irby will have the same vibe as Sedaris because they both are comedic
Just you wait… take a quick look and see!
Hey everyone! I have not been doing much other than doing homework and hanging around the house.
Whatup Giovanni! Welcome!
Samantha Irby seems like someone I would want to be friends with. We’d probably be the weird people in the back of class giggling at everything going on.
Why? What have you found?
Let me say, when I seen Samantha Irbys picture I could’ve sworn I know here from something. I just don’t know from what.
Explain…
Like I’ve seen her in a show or movie or something. But I can’t find anything she’s been in yet.
I know Samantha Irby runs a blog called Bitches Gotta Eat! She’s also an American comedian.
What else??
Jake I was thinking the same thing bro!! like where have I seen her. which movie!
Right??
The first thing I noticed when i searched up Samantha Irby was her blog B*tch gotta eat. I thought that hilarious. She giving heavy david vibes as well. She also seems talented since she is comedian, author, and blogger. Reading a little bit of her blog, you could tell she keeps it real and is honest about how she feels
You can write it… Bitches Gotta Eat!!!!!! She’s very talented, and impressively analytical!!
Hey hows everyone sorry i just got home from the doctors,(Covid Test) do we submit our one page story here or send it to you?
My day started at 3 am and I woke up in a hot sweat with my heater of a girlfriend next to me and started going about cleaning the room and then taking a cold shower, I can never seem to go back to sleep after I wake up
Just rolled in my day has consisted of writing the one pager and doing philosophy thus far and hopefully Ill get in a workout sesh tonight.
I think I have learned about Samantha Irby before in high school, but I could be wrong. I know that I really enjoyed David Sedaris and it seems like Samantha is very similar.
How??
She’s a comedian, who is really easy to relate to because she speaks about real life topics like mental health and problems with their own body. From what I’ve seen of her before hand, I think she’s really funny. I’ve seen her comedy shows but I’m excited to read one of her books
Yes!!
Sedaris and Irby they both write about their life’s and what they have been through . As I was doing research she talks about a dude that dumped her . Sedaris also talks about his current partner.
Samantha seems super conversational. just from watching a youtube video on her summarizing a recent book of hers you can see how real she is and down to earth. She seems very happy with herself just like Sedaris was as well.
Examples? What did you find in your quick search?
she was talking about having to go to the bathroom and her bladder. The way she explained it was as if you could picture what was going on in her life almost vividly. I mean she isn’t sugar coating anything almost as if she is actively putting every detail of the situation into the story.
Yep!! Good job!! Enjoy your research!!!
Defying the normal understanding of the essay…. What Irby does and wants us to do!!!
I also love that we’re reading another LGBT authors book because that definitely didn’t happen in high school
And that is a f/cking shame, seriously. Enjoy the read, my friend!!!
Samantha likes margaritas. She also has cool chest tattoos, and she seems pretty down to earth. Her friend was telling her about bitters in this interview and Samantha goes, “what the hell is a bitters? sounds like some rich people shit” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeEtTh9toM&ab_channel=ChicagoIdeas
Thanks for posting the link Dominic. Cheers.
Some of the first results that come up when searching for Irby is her standup comedy which I took a short listen to. Right out of the gate she is very blunt and somewhat aggressive ass if she knows what people’s reaction is going to be. Personally not my favorite style but I’m sure that researching her more I will come around.
I went on Irby’s Instagram and she seems like such a relatable person! I how shes really in with her feelings and doesn’t sugar coat the hardships she has had to overcome in her life.
She has a thrush issue so she doesn’t wear Deodorant. Which sucks! I can’t imagine. I was listening to her interview on YouTube and she’s brutally honest just like Sedaris! Im juiced for this new book because it says something about anxiety and in have tons of it!! I bought the audio book for $10.99. the cover with the kitten is funny !
Good! I think you’ll not only like her but learn from her outlook on life.
yea and I think we will all like the book because we were all just talking about overthinking and I think that has some what to do with anxiety.
“success really just looks like pajamas and not going outside” -Samantha Irby
Lol… yep!!!
Samantha said on her website “your mom loved my book meaty.” I asked my mom and she was clueless of what I was talking about.
Hahahaha….
After reading this I did the same thing and she told me the same thing! hahah
I like how she talks about mental health and her personal relations with it. As a reader, this helps me relate to what she is selling because I myself have struggled with mental health and have personal stories to tell with it.
Yes! Dominic your not alone man!
Emotion in her writing… look for it. What does it do. What does is show? What does it TEACH?
BOLDNESS
My man…. yes!!!
After looking her up I feel like she and Sedaris are very similar but at the same time very different.
Samantha seems super chill almost like that cool aunt who catches you throwing a party and doesn’t snitch just teases you about it. she say essays feel to smart for what she does which makes me reassured that every type of writing can be different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDztwSBWQlI here’s the vid i was watching
hahahahaha
Thanks for sharing!
I’ve always seen her as magnetic through simplicity. That’s not to discredit her work, just saying it’s approachable and accessible. Know what I’m sayin?
Definitely!!!
Very true, complexities can make people feel dumb which makes them not want to read it also
i know what your sayin
Just searched about Samantha Irby and she is comedian who has a blog and apparently the book we are about to read is about this guy who she found on the internet and dated for awhile until he dumped her. She makes a lot of fun about herself and her life. I feel she has a few things in common with Sedaris. Can’t wait to start reading her book
What else did you find? Examples?
I was reading her blog and watching some of her videos on youtube. I loved how honest and open she is about her life. She thanks the dude who dumped her because thanks to this episode in her life, she has a book on the new york times bestseller list.
I saw that she has wrote four books, participated in multiple tv shows, and started her own blog. you can at least say that she is commited to her career and how hard she works as a writer, blogger, tv host, ect…
What shows??
Onto your writing…. Where do you start? What makes you stay in the chair and put your fare to the page’s where…?
Listening to music helps me stay in the chair. It makes me relaxed and clears my mind. It almost puts me into a writing trance. I just start writing and when I’m done I read back and be like damn, I can’t believe I actually wrote that.
I would have to second you jake I think music helps me focus a lot on my writing and stay in the chair as well.
I start writing when I feel like I truly have something to say. If I start to write it’s usually because I feel like I don’t have a voice in the moment so I turn to the page. A page can’t judge, and a page has nowhere else to go. What keeps me in the chair is that I still have something to say and be passionate about.
True…
This year through my FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter I raised a Sonoma County Born and Bred Hereford Steer. It was my first year raising a market steer project and unfortunaly my last. I just got rid of my steer to go to auction on Tuesday! This is what I wrote about for my page!
I know your teacher, lol..
No Way!!! She is like my second mother no joke! I babysit Weston and Carter very ofter!
How do you know her?
Through the Kunde family!!! She’s awesome. Very sweet.