Format:
Book
Title:
Self-inflicted wounds : heartwarming tales of epic humiliation
Author:
ISBN:
9780062223777
9780062223784
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : It Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Physical Description:
xxi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: what, exactly, is a self-inflicted wound? -- Prologue: why am I doing this? Why? -- The time I cut myself in half -- The time I almost set myself on fire -- The time I was a human Maypolse -- The time I got my boobs way before everyone else -- The time I foolishly tried to trade vegetables for meat -- The time I almost seared my flesh to my dad's motorcycle -- The time I peed on myself and my surroundings -- The time I asked a boy on a wildly inappropriate date -- The bunny fiasco -- The time I desperately wanted to get my period -- The time I actually got my period -- The time I snuck out of my home in the night like a CBS after-school special -- The time I got drunk the night before taking the SAT -- The time I puked all over the car of a boy I liked in broad daylight -- The hot wasabi and the infinite sadness -- The time I was in an a capella group -- The time I danced tragically in front of my entire college -- The time I created my first sketch character -- The time I killed a hobo -- The first time I did standup -- The tenth time I did standup -- The hundredth time I did standup -- The time my worst standup nightmare came true -- The time I wore that awful see-through dress -- And had that awful two-toned hair -- All the times I did those terrible corporate standup gigs -- The day the comedy died -- The times I spit on someone from the stage while doing standup -- The time I broke my arm at Sundance, and the ensuing meltdown -- The time I broke my foot, alone, in a hotel room -- The time I fell asleep on the patio furniture at a birthday party -- The time I vowed to stop drunk tweeting -- The apologia, or, shut up Aisha, a far from comprehensive list of my verbal gaffes -- The coda: stop doing it to yourself.
Summary:
"On the wildly popular podcast "Girl on Guy," comedian and actress Aisha Tyler asks her guests to recount moments from their lives when they've done something boneheaded, ill conceived, dangerous, or just plain stupid ... to themselves. In Self-Inflicted Wounds, Aisha turns the lens on herself-recounting her most egregious mistakes--to hilarious result. Laugh out loud funny, and totally relatable, Self-Inflicted Wounds highlights a new comedic voice on the rise"-- Provided by publisher.
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