7-7:10pm: Check in, narrate your day….
7:10-7:30pm: Samantha Irby, comedy….
Real. Aggressive. Different than Sedaris…. Do a quick search on her… what do you find? What do you notice?
7:30-7:50pm: 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!!
7-50-8pm: 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…..
#professormikey 
She is too honest! and she doesn’t care what they think about her!
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Evidence? What did you find?
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“She runs the blog bitches gotta eat, where she writes posts about her personal life and events” She talks about her personal life.
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Irby shows us that happiness is not only found in humor and comedic writings, but supposed flaws… Whatever you don’t like about yourself, see it a different way.
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WHERE Y’ALL AT????
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I started watching a video on youtube where she is reading out of her book ‘Meaty’ and she seems very open and straight forward. she is talking about how she dropped out of college after both of her parents passed away the previous year and she was living in a crack house because the was the best she could do in a jam. but the way she reads it even though its pretty serious stuff she tries to make it into comedy. so far from just the five minutes of the video i saw she didn’t seem to paint the picture as much as Sedaris did but who knows maybe i just haven’t gotten far enough yet. she seems very interesting though.
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her back story is very interesting, her parents died and she lived in a crack house for sometime.
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Strength from struggle…
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yes, her life couldve turned out way differently, but she found the humor in her situation, she said it wasnt so much as a crack house, but rooming housing that a lot of people who enjoyed smoking crack lived in! HA!
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I will be honest I had not Heard of her until this evening. I am reading about her while we are having this discussion and still don’t feel like I am learning much. We shall see how her essay’s are, I imagine they will be radically different since and this is just on the surface. Sedaris is a white gay man from privilege and it seems that we have a young black Women that does not come from privilege.
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yea, I feel like she isnt as known as Sedaris
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Ok so quick observation, seems like Sedaris Sam also experienced some difficult past times and makes light of it instead of dwelling on it.
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Your writing… Share something with us….. Let’s have some open mic…
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I’ve been writing about identity crisis. I don’t know if it’s common to feel like you don’t know who you are at 22 years old, but lately I’ve been writing about everything that is new about me, what I no longer like, what do now like, and how I feel about the changes.
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Write with it, and through it, and if you want to OUT of it… 🙂
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Will do! (:
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What I have been writing for myself is basically what I’ve been doing in my phone notes. I used to write songs (I never record, I just write for fun) about whatever is on my mind. Now I have just written it out to get more detail. Basically just goals and what not and what’s stopping me.
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I have been writing about how my school is because I have been stressed out and writing it about it has been relaxing. I haven’t been back to school since 5 years, I know is that much but trying to get into a routine and having my work schedule and school schedule worked out so I am not overwhelmed but eventually I still do thats why writing about that helps me work through it.
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my writing in my journal is the same, but the latest assignment I had fun with, not so mush a formal page, which was different.
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I wrote down that the kids in my apartment complex are probably scared of me. I say hello when I see them but they just stop whatever it is they are doing and stare at me. Makes me feel awkward. I am a big dude so I understand. People built like me were hard for me to appraoch when I was a kid. Makes me feel sad though.
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Love who you are. Write that love.
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How did i ever think that juggling working full times as an essential worker, going to school,being a mom and wife was going to be easy? Man, this is some hard shit! LOL Not sleeping, going to work for 8 hours then doing mom duties?!? Deep breath, take it day by day, because when it’s all said and done, your littles will not be so little anymore and you will have all the time you ever wanted. Will I truly be happy when i finally get it though? Nope! I know I won’t. I will miss every moment of it. Wishing I could get it back even for just a moment. Actually, thinking about it now…makes me kinda sad.
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Love the truth and direct emotion in this..
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makes me feel stupid for thinking I am under hyper-tonic stress while being an unemployed 18 year old still mooching the resources of his parents haha
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The holidays are coming up and I’m very excited because it’s my favorite time of year. I have been writing my excitment because of the cold weather, the comfy clothes, and all the holidays. I also work retail so that means busier days but excited to see all the decorations around town.
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It’s my favorite time of the year too! Reading your comment made me feel excitement and joy for the rest of fall and upcoming winter.
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I started watching a book tour event of hers and cracked up 4 times in the first 1 minutes. she is charming in a very human way. And talks to people in a way as if she has known them for a long time. I enjoy what i’ve seen of her so far.
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I’ve been writing my dreams down. The last dream I had was of a large building falling on top of me, I died in my dream but that woke me up.
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Wow… what does that mean to you?
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Ugh those stress me out cause i wonder if it’s a sign or something.
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Same here some feel so realistic
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I see this as an encouraging image. The building fell on her, but did she die? And if she did, it WAS just a dream. To me that means that the character having the dream is incredibly strong, and only dies in dream… Hard to kill in reality. Love that. RESPECT.
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I take the dream as symbolic to stress because I have alot going on and I feel as if I am being weighed down. It’s probably a sign for me to slow down
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That is scary!
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I also have a segment in my journal about Connect 4. I always thought it was childish but I played it with my girlfriend and learned some cool strategies to get “checkmates” while playing. Definitely changed my mind about the game. I lost 19 wins to 20 in the end but it was fun. Played against my dad the next day and crushed him due to his lack of experience. It was pretty funny because I think he thought the same of Connect 4 that I used to. Just a child’s game
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Something that I wrote down is. I don’t know what depression feels like but I know that I am not right, right now. Are you suppose to have zero motivation, maybe it is the weather it is getting cold, maybe it is this covid since I am not getting outside as mush as I like, or maybe it is this election but I DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING!!!
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I feel all of that has something to do with everyones emotions right now. You will see brighter days.
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Thank you, don’t get me wrong I still enjoy every day I just don’t feel like doing anything, but maybe watch tv.
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Write through it.. detail it so you can help others!!
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Theres something in the air man, I feel this type of anxiety, hope you feel better soon!
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I know exactly what you’re talking about! I’ve been struggling with that on and off for the past month or so. It’s hard to get out of that funk when you don’t even know why you feel that way or where it’s coming from. But like Consuelo said, we will see brighter days!
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I have just been writing about how busy I am. I was evacuated for a week and some days. The fire was so close to my house thank God it didn’t get to my house. My newborn was just one week when everything happens I felt so bad because we had to be at home rest.
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Glad your back at your home with your family and newborn
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Thank You ❤
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I’ve been writing about what i want to do in life. I know i’m young and i still have a lot of time but i’ve been feeling like i’ve been running out of time since i was 18 and now im 26 and it still hasn’t changed. im still far from where i want to be and my worry is that i won’t be there for a long time. but the big difference between now and when i was 18 is that my vision and plan to achieve my goals is much clearer. i have made short term goals to help me achieve the main goals.
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I appreciate how real everyone is being with the blog here right now. thank you for that.
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Thank YOU!!!
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I feel you, thats why I needed to go back to school. It’s never to late.Good for you!
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For tonight’s page: take more notes in your journal.
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For Tonight’s page, enjoy every moment.
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love this
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❤
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What’s on tonight’s page?
Search more information about Samantha Irby and learn more about her life!
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For tonight’s page… Let your reality feed you. Learn from what’s on your plate.
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Good one!
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Define your own style, and essay structure. The idea is love, the support and love for your own idea is voluminous LIFE. It’s immortality.
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Something on tonight’s page is making a google doc where I can write whenever and wherever I’m at. Being able to do this will help me come up with ideas and just being able to process my thoughts.
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Tonight’s page is going to be a reflection on my whole day today. Specific, and simple at the same time.
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For tonights page: Not everything goes as planned. Learn to accept what is and OWN it. Work with it.
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THIS!
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Tonight’s page is Just Keep Writing…
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I will be writing a list of affirmations for myself.
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Enjoy!!
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Goodnight Everyone! The baby is hungry! He’s calling my name LOL!
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Enjoy your night!!
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Have a goodnight everyone!
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You too, Claudia!
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tonights page: Live in the moment and love the moments your in.
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Good Night!! Take Care everyone! Have a great weekend!
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You as well!!!
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you too!
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Good night guys!
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Good night everyone! Be safe!
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GO enjoy that baby and good night
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I searched up Samantha Irby and the first thing I noticed was her books that all had a different small animal on each cover.
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