It's time to laugh our way into spring with our favorite on-screen gal pal. Want to spend
some time with Amy Poehler? Yes Please.
Follow Amy at: @smrtgrls
Amazon link: Yes Please
I could go on and on about this awesome woman and her book, but I think the back of
the book says it better than I ever could. Start your warmer weather reading with this, and
you are sure to be smiling and feeling like life is just a little brighter:
In a perfect world . . .
We'd get to hang out with Amy Poehler, watching dumb movies, listening to music, and swapping tales about our coworkers and difficult childhoods. Because in a perfect world, we'd all be friends with Amy—someone who seems so fun, is full of interesting stories, tells great jokes, and offers plenty of advice and wisdom (the useful kind, not the annoying kind you didn't ask for, anyway). Unfortunately, between her Golden Globe-winning role on Parks and Recreation, work as a producer and director, place as one of the most beloved SNL alumni and cofounder of the Upright Citizens' Brigade, involvement with the website Smart Girls at the Party, frequent turns as acting double for Meryl Streep, and her other gig as the mom of two young sons, she's not available for movie night.
Luckily we have the next best thing: Yes Please, Amy's hilarious and candid book. A collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers, Yes Please offers Amy's thoughts on everything from her "too safe" childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and "the biz," the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a "face for wigs." Yes Please is chock-full of words and wisdom to live by.
Amy is one of the original geek girls, and her attitude about life and living in the positive are
not only great for us to hear, but to pass down to the younger girls coming after us. It takes
a village of furious happy to change the world. One laugh at a time.
not only great for us to hear, but to pass down to the younger girls coming after us. It takes
a village of furious happy to change the world. One laugh at a time.
Speaking of the smart, amazing up and becoming geek girls, be sure to check out Amy's
website Amy's Smart Girls for this kind of awesome:
website Amy's Smart Girls for this kind of awesome:
"Amysmartgirls.com provides a hub for teens, parents, teachers and fans of all ages to learn, to become a part of the greater Smart Girl community, and to participate in Smart Girl projects. The website has grown and evolved toward online campaigns to engage followers in volunteerism,
civic activism, cultural exchange, and self-expression through the arts."
If that doesn't make your Geeky heart happy, I don't know what will. So grab a copy, and join us April 1st to begin reading. The discussion on Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads will be the last Saturday of the month. I'll see you there, I'll be the one handing out the high fives.
