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We Don’t Have THAT Much in Common

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Not too long ago, my brother sent me a link to Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED speech on creativity (which I’ve posted here several times) and told me, “This woman reminds me a bit of you, and I think you’ll probably enjoy it if you haven’t seen it.”

 

Well of course I was semi-flattered, because as the author of Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert is successful and a writer — two things on my “to-do” list of life. But I don’t know, something about her has always bugged me a little. I could never put my finger on it exactly, but whatever it was tempered my enthusiasm for her. So while I enjoyed her TED speech, I still found myself not completely wooed.

 

THEN, my other brother, my dopey, lame OTHER brother (who had been cc:d on the above), sent me the below email.

 

“Good timing on this video – Both because I’ve been working on a project for a TED wish winner at work, and because I just read a review of Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book that had some great insights into this sort of personality.

 

Some highlights:

“It does not take a lot to get Gilbert worked up.”

 

“Keeping things in perspective is not Gilbert’s strong suit. This is why she goes on so many trips and does so much information gathering: she wants to understand how her fellow-humans have resolved the issues that torment her. The result is Gilbert’s new book, a journey through domestic history and her own neuroses.”

 

“Ultimately, Gilbert is clear about what she, like most people, wants: everything. Intimacy and autonomy, security and stimulation, reassurance and novelty, coziness and thrills.”

 

And my personal favorite, something every man can probably relate to:

“All this ambivalence, expressed in her high-drama prose, can be a lot to handle. (One generally doesn’t indulge another person’s emotional processing at this length unless the jabbering is likely to conclude with sex.)”

 

Right. NOW I get it.

 

Also, the email from my brother(s)?

Was titled, “Deb’s Alter Ego.”

 

Sometimes it takes those closest to you to really show you yourself.

 

Those little fuckers.

 

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March 11, 2010 · 8 Comments

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  1. Stefanie says

    March 11, 2010 at 7:37 am

    I know some people. You know. “People.”

    Reply
  2. Mich says

    March 11, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    I am so laughing my ass off. ;)

    Reply
  3. JenniferfromLaJolla says

    March 11, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    Glad my brother only reads Nick Hornby.

    Reply
  4. Danielle says

    March 11, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    HAA. I love the last line. Love it.

    Reply
  5. Mama Mary says

    March 11, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    I want all those things on that list too.

    And, I love it when you curse.

    Reply
  6. we_be_toys says

    March 11, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    Brothers – ’nuff said! I have two of the little peckers myself, and they sound about the same. Are my two boys doomed?!

    Reply
  7. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! says

    March 12, 2010 at 5:58 am

    I’m smiling so hard I might need to get a shot of something between my eyes at the dermatologist’s office.

    Reply
  8. green girl in Wisconsin says

    March 12, 2010 at 6:33 am

    This was pretty damn funny. Thanks! And I totally have shared BOTH of those opinions.

    Reply

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