First of all, I would like to say that both Amy Poehler and Tina Fey absolutely amaze m. First of all, they can act, which I cannot. Not only do they act, but they improvise. I certainly can't do that. I tried acting in school plays and basically wonder the stage repeating my 2 lines over and over in my head so when the cue came I could deliver them. I must look like a socially awkward robot. I tried improv as a musician several times and again, I sound like a robot, though this time a broken one making it's final dying squealing. Think I'm exaggerating? I'm really not.
So, when I began reading this book, I already knew I would love it. I chose to listen to this as an audiobook because I try to real all memoirs in audio form if they are read by their author. This book didn't let me down. Amy is so confident and strong while being funny and oh so human. These are all things I want to be, and this book was incredibly invigorating.
I laughed in each chapter, and wrote down quotes to remember.
"Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.""Nobody looks stupid when they are having fun."
"That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. 'Good for her! Not for me.'"
"If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks."
I took from it that woman-on-woman crime is incredibly real and even more harmful. I learned that so many problems can be solved by the phrase "don't think." Over-thinking and being too in your head is a big problem for many people, me included. I connected to Poehler when she says for years she was a terrible sleeper who went to bed at 3a.m. and woke up at 10. That is precisely where I am right now. And most of all, for a few hours I got to explore someone else's story.
