Sunday September 21, 2003
Read it and Weep
Goddamn. I just finished reading Why Girls are Weird. I spent the entire weekend laughing and crying; mostly crying though.
Some parts were so funny that I actually laughed out loud when I read them. Other parts were sad or touching and made me cry. The rest of the parts made me reflect on things in my own life that were either similar or reminded me of different things that could be compared, and for those I think I cried even harder.
When did I turn into my mom, crying for the sad moments, as well as the happy?
Anyway, I haven't cried this much in a long time. Maybe I needed to anyway, for reasons non-book-related. Hell, I even beat the crap out of my stuffed Tigger last night, in my need to fully emote--something I rarely let myself do (emote, not beat the crap out of Tigger). I did it mostly out of anger--I'm angry with myself, and angry that I might have reasons to be so upset.
Even though it was fiction, the book chronicles nicely the cyclical nature of events that happen to those who bare themselves in cyberspace. How easy it is to want to please the people that can't get enough of you, and worship you, to the point where you don't even realize how naked you've become. I experienced more of the worshipping thing back when I was webcamming, so I know how powerful that feeling can be when you're lonely.
It also made me reflect on how I'm not the person I want to be. Call it an early mid-20s crisis. Few things in my life are as I want them to be, and some of them I worry that I've f#^@d up too much for me to fix--although I really hope that's not the case. I am trying to work on the things I can change, and I am hoping that the rest will fall into place. I wish I had all the answers. I wish having the answers was enough. In the morning I might wish I didn't post this.
Anyway, this might not sound like a great review, but I really did love this book, and couldn't stop reading. I still recommend you buy it.
Posted at 10:22 PM |
*hug*, and you sure have made me want to buy the book! :)
1 | Posted by: Ivette01 on September 22, 2003 @ 7:08 AMI’m ten times more excited about reading this book. Very nice review *and I’m sure tigger will forgive you :)*
I’m very interested yet very afraid to read for myself how the book portrays the life of someone who buries themselves in the internet. This has been a topic that I have been arguing with myself for a while now. Actually, I should say a topic I have been hiding from. Either way, I’m still very excited to read this book! Thank you for the review!
2 | Posted by: Colleen on September 22, 2003 @ 9:10 AMI’m glad my review still makes you want to read it! LOL if you’re ready to cry during the whole thing….hmm, unless it’s just ME! Anyway, if you finally read it, you’ll have to let me know how you like it…that goes for both of you!
3 | Posted by: Jennifer
on September 22, 2003 @ 9:53 AM
When did this become such a chick blog?!?!
There hasn’t been a comment by a male in weeks!!!
I’m ending this now!
All kidding aside, In the past week or two, I’ve come to realize that unless you are completley aware of it, and hell bent on avoiding it, you are destined to become your parents, good parts and bad parts alike. Of course, when you think about it… We’re all just a product of genes we can’t control, and experiences we couldn’t control anyway. So there’s really no such thing as an “individual” as society and nature conspire to create your conciousness no matter how (in my case) fucked up it may be… but i digress too…..
4 | Posted by: m-unit on September 22, 2003 @ 7:05 PM
