I read Carrie Fisher's
Wishful Drinking yesterday. At work. The whole thing. But don't get impressed or anything, it's an easy read with lots of pictures. I still managed to get a handful of actors to Oklahoma for auditions this morning, more to a callback yesterday (fingers crossed they book it), and answer the phones, the emails, and the stupid questions. I think I may have actually worked harder because I was cheating with a book open in front of my laptop.
Anywho,
thoroughly enjoyed the book. You really have to be on your toes to read it though because she'll throw jokes at you when you're not looking, and if you're not careful, you'll miss it. And then you'll know, somewhere, she's laughing at you for it.
Things I didn't know about Carrie Fisher:
a) The whole Debbie Reynolds/Eddie Fisher/Elizabeth Taylor thing and how it relates to Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie. Though, my mother did.
b) She was married to Paul Simon. PAUL SIMON.
c) She's been through electroshock therapy.
d) She is AWESOME (in a sarcastic, tragic way). And I'm trying to figure out why it took me so long to realize this.
Obviously, there are quite a few other things I don't know about her but trust me, what she writes in the book (and I'm going to go ahead and assume her other books as well) is more than enough to keep your jaw hanging open. But what I enjoyed most, I think, was how apparent it is that she deeply loves her mother, brother, and daughter. It's really kinda cool.
Oh, and here is another "Jesse kicks herself in the butt" moment. There's a chapter where (duh) she's talking Star Wars (which can really just be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0). And there's a photo of Leia pointing a space gun thing at the camera. You can ask Molly (co-worker), I saw the photo and a memory was triggered. "OH MOTHERF-!"
I MET THE WOMAN. And got her autograph without realizing what a crazy cool person I was standing in front of. *HEADDESK*

(Pulled this out of a box last night in my closet. Geez.)
It's probably for the best though, because I tend to be pretty silent around celebrities (ones I like anyway which is NOT fair). BUT STILL. GAWD. Maybe she'll come back to Texas someday (I'd really like an autograph on this book). Or I'll get out of Texas someday (you never know).