http://www.ellenforney.com/blog/2007/10/05/nyt-best-seller-list-so-exciting/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:41:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.ellenforney.com/blog/2007/10/05/nyt-best-seller-list-so-exciting/comment-page-1/#comment-209488 I’m Not Your Goddamn Doormat! at joeywilke.com Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:48:57 +0000 http://www.ellenforney.com/blog/2007/10/05/nyt-best-seller-list-so-exciting/#comment-209488 [...] That was basically it I think, besides the fact that I totally cried during this speech thing I went to for my comic book class. It was at the public library downtown, and it was this guy named Sherman Alexie announcing his new book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, for which my teacher had done the illustrations (link to ellen’s blog). So, I’d been having a shitty day thus far, and as this guy read his book, when he talked about how his dog as a child got really sick and his father had to put it down himself, I just ended up balling like a little kid. If you don’t know me well, I guess it’s just a shock. I hardly ever cry, even if my life is going to shit. It took me off guard, but it was quite cathartic. [...] [...] That was basically it I think, besides the fact that I totally cried during this speech thing I went to for my comic book class. It was at the public library downtown, and it was this guy named Sherman Alexie announcing his new book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, for which my teacher had done the illustrations (link to ellen’s blog). So, I’d been having a shitty day thus far, and as this guy read his book, when he talked about how his dog as a child got really sick and his father had to put it down himself, I just ended up balling like a little kid. If you don’t know me well, I guess it’s just a shock. I hardly ever cry, even if my life is going to shit. It took me off guard, but it was quite cathartic. [...]

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