So far I am loving this book! I have always enjoyed Tina Fey's comedy and writing style for TV and movies, so I am really enjoying seeing more of that, but in a more personal tone. A few questions based on this week's reading:
1. Have you ever done anything to impress a guy, or tried to become friends with a guy that you liked, just to be let down or friend-zoned, like we see with Fey in the chapter "Climbing Old Rag Mountain"? Do you think that she talks about Old Rag Mountain for a reason - basically asking if there is a double meaning - since the term "Old Rag" could have a different meaning and/or a negative connotation?
2. In the chapter "Young Men's Christian Association," Fey says. "I'm the kind of person who likes to feel like part of a community. I will make strange bedfellows rather than have no bedfellows." Are you this way, or would you rather not have any relationships (friend wise) if you don't really connect with someone?
3. Tina Fey writes out the rules of improv and how they are translated into life lessons. Which of these life lessons do you think is the most important and/or applicable to your life and why?
~Adi
1. I'm pretty sure every teenage girl has, at some point done something really stupid for a guy that didn't like them back... In Tina's case it was climbing a mountain at night... As for me, I've tried to show off and hurt myself... I'm sure she is creating a sort of innuendo with the title "Old Rag Mountain" but in all honestly, I'm not sure what it is.
ReplyDelete2. I really enjoy connecting with strangers I have a common interest with. However, I don't think I could make conversation and friends in the same way Tina was able to at the YMCA.
3. Being that I've grown up in theatre, the rules of improv are very familiar to me. I think the first rule of never saying no and accepting is a good rule to keep in mind in everyday life. Obviously you can't say yes to everything... But you can certainly push yourself out of your comfort zone by saying yes more!