Early Summer Reading
Jul. 10th, 2005 02:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerEver since we had David Sedaris as one of our guest speakers at the theatre a couple of years ago, I've been mad for his books. I had never HEARD of the guy before, but many had, and he filled the 2000 seats in the theatre just like that!
Reading his books makes me realize you can be a success with nothing more than having a silly, slightly gay slant on your upbringing and your family. And here I went to college and got a boring accounting degree. Little did I know in the early 70s that instead of being a repressed pre-gay collegiate, I could drop out, smoke dope, get some really low-end jobs, and later talk about my family in open print and on the radio and become an international celebrity!
Just now finished "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim"...Danny had gotten that for me as an early birthday present, as well as a numbered card for a booksigning that was coming up on June 15. The venue was the soon-to-close "Bound to be Read" bookstore, another largish semi-independent bookstore chewed up by the ravages of the "Big Two" and the internet.
I'd never been to a book signing before. We went to the back of the line when we got there, not knowing that having that 'numbered card' was our ticket for immediate entrance in for select seating for his reading.
The man is bizarre, but oddly likable. The whole smoking thing is hugely offputting to me, but it's part of his personna and schtick, so that's as it is.
We waited nearly two hours in line after the talk for the actual booksigning...I was a little shocked at what he wrote in that book. It's probably not what I'd show my dear 82 year old mother anytime soon!
But again, it's very affirming to know that you can get by in life very well without being a gay overachiever. I'll always have to keep that in mind while volunteering to do this and that!
Reading his books makes me realize you can be a success with nothing more than having a silly, slightly gay slant on your upbringing and your family. And here I went to college and got a boring accounting degree. Little did I know in the early 70s that instead of being a repressed pre-gay collegiate, I could drop out, smoke dope, get some really low-end jobs, and later talk about my family in open print and on the radio and become an international celebrity!
Just now finished "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim"...Danny had gotten that for me as an early birthday present, as well as a numbered card for a booksigning that was coming up on June 15. The venue was the soon-to-close "Bound to be Read" bookstore, another largish semi-independent bookstore chewed up by the ravages of the "Big Two" and the internet.
I'd never been to a book signing before. We went to the back of the line when we got there, not knowing that having that 'numbered card' was our ticket for immediate entrance in for select seating for his reading.
The man is bizarre, but oddly likable. The whole smoking thing is hugely offputting to me, but it's part of his personna and schtick, so that's as it is.
We waited nearly two hours in line after the talk for the actual booksigning...I was a little shocked at what he wrote in that book. It's probably not what I'd show my dear 82 year old mother anytime soon!
But again, it's very affirming to know that you can get by in life very well without being a gay overachiever. I'll always have to keep that in mind while volunteering to do this and that!
