Running with Scissors - ZEFRANK.COM

karma_queen · 03-02-2006, 03:46 PM

I'm reading ausgustine buroughs' memoir 'running with scissors'. i can't put it down. really hilarious.

anyone read it?

Klynne · 03-23-2006, 01:39 AM

I did read this. It is amazing to know that it really happened.

rmr · 05-10-2006, 10:29 AM

i loved this book but i fear he may be full of sh*t

lawsuit

and i hate the gwenyth paltrow is playing hope in the movie

karma_queen · 05-11-2006, 03:02 PM

ooh there's a film?!

i agree on the gwyneth thing. hope should be quiet, but gutsy. gwyneth just doesn't have the spunk!

i bought the sequel 'dry' a few weeks ago. haven't started it yet.

rmr · 05-11-2006, 03:24 PM

i bible dip all the time now.

priceyfatprude · 05-12-2006, 12:06 AM

http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin/showthread.php?t=6644

I don't know about Gwyneth as Hope. I thought she'd be perfect for the mother when Augusten was a little boy.

We Bible Dip all the time, from the bartenders handbook when deciding what drinks to make.

Jack Flanders · 05-12-2006, 12:41 AM

karma_queen · 05-17-2006, 09:53 AM

i'm now reading the sequel 'dry', which is about his life as a recovering alcoholic in advertising. perhaps not as good as running with scissors, but still compulsive reading.

Avalon · 11-15-2006, 12:58 PM

Same guy, new book, more "memoir". Very funny and an easy read.

priceyfatprude · 11-15-2006, 03:12 PM

Did anyone see the movie yet?

auntie aubrey · 01-17-2007, 12:33 AM

i am apparently the only person on the planet who disliked this book.

i found the quirkiness a little too forced, the casual dismissal of honestly disturbing experiences a little too callous, and the overall tone extremely exhausting in its shallowness.

above all i felt like i was listening to someone talk about some legitimately damaging experiences in his life, as he described them with a forced sense of humor in an effort to make himself feel better about what he'd been through.

like, dude, it's okay to be angry and fvcked up over some of these things. you don't have to turn them all into witticisms and anecdotal hilarities.

it felt insincere.

LeahDear · 02-21-2007, 07:11 AM

only just gotten round to reading this... very funny in places. Look forward to the movie but it'll probably be a waste of time (like most screen adaptations).

madasacutsnake · 06-24-2007, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by auntie aubrey

i found the quirkiness a little too forced, the casual dismissal of honestly disturbing experiences a little too callous, and the overall tone extremely exhausting in its shallowness.

above all i felt like i was listening to someone talk about some legitimately damaging experiences in his life, as he described them with a forced sense of humor in an effort to make himself feel better about what he'd been through.

I didn't like the book either but I did like Dry and I'm currently enjoying Magical Thinking and Possible Side Effects. He's a better short story writer - the humour is more acceptable if the traumas are taken out of the whole and viewed as individual episodes.

l'azizza · 06-24-2007, 02:10 AM

I saw this movie at the library today. Then I went to find the book again, the computer catalog says it's in but I can never find it.

Is the movie any good?

Jack Flanders · 06-24-2007, 02:34 AM

Do you mean the book?

03-02-2006, 03:46 PM	#1
karma_queen Minx Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brighton, darling! Posts: 1,046	Running with Scissors I'm reading ausgustine buroughs' memoir 'running with scissors'. i can't put it down. really hilarious. anyone read it?

05-12-2006, 12:06 AM	#6
priceyfatprude girthy pickles Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: under your desk Posts: 9,313	http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin/showthread.php?t=6644 I don't know about Gwyneth as Hope. I thought she'd be perfect for the mother when Augusten was a little boy. We Bible Dip all the time, from the bartenders handbook when deciding what drinks to make. __________________ "We like your board's features...but don't care about it's people"

11-15-2006, 12:58 PM	#9
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	Magical Thinking Same guy, new book, more "memoir". Very funny and an easy read. __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

11-15-2006, 03:12 PM	#10
priceyfatprude girthy pickles Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: under your desk Posts: 9,313	Did anyone see the movie yet? __________________ "We like your board's features...but don't care about it's people"

01-17-2007, 12:33 AM	#11
auntie aubrey excursions Join Date: May 2006 Location: beyond the call of duty Posts: 2,443	i am apparently the only person on the planet who disliked this book. i found the quirkiness a little too forced, the casual dismissal of honestly disturbing experiences a little too callous, and the overall tone extremely exhausting in its shallowness. above all i felt like i was listening to someone talk about some legitimately damaging experiences in his life, as he described them with a forced sense of humor in an effort to make himself feel better about what he'd been through. like, dude, it's okay to be angry and fvcked up over some of these things. you don't have to turn them all into witticisms and anecdotal hilarities. it felt insincere. __________________ that dog won't hunt, monsignor

03-23-2006, 01:39 AM	#2
Klynne monkey Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 4,543	I did read this. It is amazing to know that it really happened.

05-10-2006, 10:29 AM	#3
rmr Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,595	i loved this book but i fear he may be full of sh*t lawsuit and i hate the gwenyth paltrow is playing hope in the movie

05-11-2006, 03:02 PM	#4
karma_queen Minx Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brighton, darling! Posts: 1,046	ooh there's a film?! i agree on the gwyneth thing. hope should be quiet, but gutsy. gwyneth just doesn't have the spunk! i bought the sequel 'dry' a few weeks ago. haven't started it yet.

05-11-2006, 03:24 PM	#5
rmr Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,595	i bible dip all the time now.

05-12-2006, 12:41 AM	#7
Jack Flanders landscaping is fun Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: up river and down river Posts: 4,815

05-17-2006, 09:53 AM	#8
karma_queen Minx Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brighton, darling! Posts: 1,046	i'm now reading the sequel 'dry', which is about his life as a recovering alcoholic in advertising. perhaps not as good as running with scissors, but still compulsive reading.

02-21-2007, 07:11 AM	#12
LeahDear monkey Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,538	only just gotten round to reading this... very funny in places. Look forward to the movie but it'll probably be a waste of time (like most screen adaptations).

06-24-2007, 02:10 AM	#14
l'azizza 98.4% monkey Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: bummed out city Posts: 634	I saw this movie at the library today. Then I went to find the book again, the computer catalog says it's in but I can never find it. Is the movie any good?

06-24-2007, 02:34 AM	#15
Jack Flanders landscaping is fun Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: up river and down river Posts: 4,815	Do you mean the book?

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