WWYD?
October 20th, 2008 @ 8:54 pm | Comments (12)
Filed: I heart TV, Philly | Tags: books, David Sedaris, lip gloss, Philadelphia
Let’s say you’re waiting for your bus so you can go home after a long day of work and a tepid book club. You pull out your favorite, root beer-flavored lip gloss (and wonder why you’re still wearing flavored lip gloss at 27), uncap it, and promptly drop it on a dirty Philadelphia sidewalk, applicator down. What would you do?
- Pick it up, wipe it off with a semi-clean tissue and continue with your lip gloss applying.
- Retrieve it from the sidewalk, for you are not a litterbug, and promptly deposit it in the nearby trash can.
- Use it as-is. You’re not a germaphobe!
- Shove it back in your purse until you can poll the internet.
Earlier in the evening I attended my first book club meeting and it was… eh.
The book was not so good. I’m not a waster and I firmly believe in getting my money’s worth. Make a new meal that doesn’t meet my culinary expectations? Still going to eat it for lunch the next three days. Bought a shirt that wasn’t so awesome outside the store? I’m still going to wear it. So when I found this book painful from the first essay, I forced myself to power through until the end. But it’s still $20 I’ll never get back. (And that’s why I heart the library.)
A couple months ago I read Naked and loved it. It was hilarious! I LOLed several time, which earned me strange looks from my fellow bus riders. His stories were witty and it made me envious of his childhood adventures. These essays sometimes made me go, “Hmmm,” but never, “Hahaha.” And some of them were downright disgusting, like when he discusses his partner lancing a boil on his backside.
Maybe I’ll hold a contest; anyone want the newest David Sedaris book? Tell me your favorite book in the comments. I’ll pick a winner at noon on Friday.
I don’t know if the horribleness hindered our discussion or whether these women are just not very chatty. We dissed the book for a few minutes and then sat there looking at each other. I’ll give it one more shot and then reevaluate.
HIMYM is on… the night can only improve! Will Ted and Stella get married? I’m sure hilarity will ensue.
