I want to explode in the night sky of your approval
By Carrie • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: NewsYou know those people you can’t imagine ever saying, “you know—–you may be right!” or, “Huh, I never thought of it that way…..that’s a good point!” Certainty freaks…..Their version of things is THE version. Nothing in them is teachable….
I could go thru a bunch of stories, wagging my tail, eager to please, all in a sometimes desperate attempt to get you to like me. Actually, I don’t want you to like me so much as be the greatest person you ever met. I want to explode in the night sky of your approval. So rather than going thru all that effort of charming you….. Pushing you to a state of grinning til your face hurts—– what are we pretending not to know here? Instead of frantically trying to coax your good opinion out of you like a crazed suitor, & in the name of saving a lot of energy on both sides I want to propose an understanding——- you loan me your good opinion & I’ll use it as down payment on a little place where I can go to when my bad weather threatens on the horizon—– where I can wait out the storm of uncertainty—-
XxOOxXo CF
“you know- you may be right”. I know that I rarely am but who cares? My friends love me anyway.
Carrie….we are alot like minds and issues…so join the club…will read Wishful Thinking…..as I said I have alot and more of the same issues and progress…hmmmm.
So what I think is you have lived about 3 lifetimes in this life…..and your experience so helped and changed people lives and yes…that is a big deal…..that is a great thing and always will be!! This is the time to grasp all the joy in life and kick up you feet and breathe. I am doing the same…minus the reality moments. Love Ya….from Texas. Jackie….twitter citymostar.
What? Not even a token offer of dirty talk? My good opinion is going right back in my pocket, sister!
I adore your strength. We’ve never met, nor are we likely to, but bask in my approval all you wish. You’re frank, you’re tough, you’re soft, you’re sweet, you’re independent, you’re vulnerable…
You’re a maze of contractions, full of talent, and I do admire you so much.
you got it!
I love how you express yourself. ” I want to explode in the night sky of your approval.”
I’ll gladly loan you my good opinion. Consider it yours to keep. Hope the little place you retreat to during the storms is filled with lots of warm, soothing, and comforting things.
XXOO LK
My good opinion is forever yours Carrie!
So if I’m reading this right, you just want me to tell you how awesome you are because attention nourishes you and you’re not ashamed to admit it? I’m OK with that.
Carrie Fisher, you are the sun and the moon and the stars all mixed together into a galactic smoothie served in a vintage McDonald’s Return of the Jedi collector’s glass.
deal..if you’ll do the same for me…which made me think of this place that has the most remarkable cards, etc. it’s called ponderingpool.com
you must check it out..the drawings are absolutely wonderful and the captions rule..trust me..I’m old, I don’t lie
Hi Carrie,
I have to admit that I’ve been trying to figure out how to send you a thank you note. I had toe good fortune to see Wishful Drinking last year when you were at the Lincoln Theater in DC. I laughed a lot, marveled at your openess, resilence and reluctance to blame others for problems. I particularly liked the portion when you pulled the seventy-something gentleman from the audience to help you play with the Princess Leia doll. The main thing that stuck with me though, was your statement that if you can find the funny in a situation, you have power over it, rather than it having power of you.
Although I didn’t know it at the time, that last bit was a great gift. This spring I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. I found by remebering to find the funny, things that had seemed overwhelming a the time, lost their sting over time. Having all my hair fall out on my birthday, became a funny story later. I found a great deal of humor ios talking to other survivors, they are probably the most supportive sisterhood that no one ever wanted to join.
I picked up your book and read it during chemo. When radiation started, I decided to see it as my chance to get up close and personal with “our friend the atom” and to joke that my “sunburn” should have come with a tropical vacation.
I ended my “active treatment: last week, getting a diploma for finishing my “course of radiation. It seems my oncologist knows how to find the funny as well.
I just want you to know that your show provided more than a night’s entertainment, it provided me with support and strength for this year’ unxpected challenges.
Thank you Carrie, you made a great difference and gave me the gift of finding the funny.
i love it… my dad is SO one of those people…. he nearly passed out the day i told him that maybe neither of us was right or wrong and there might just be TWO points of view on something…
anyway… you’re the greatest person i ALMOST met…. I saw the show on sunday….laughed all the way through…. and then after, i was walking back to where i was staying and you were outside stage door …. I had no clue you were going to do this or i wouldnt have wandered off and got coffee! ( i work in theatre in the UK… people run as soon as the show’s finished and stage door is for stalkers!) anyway i was just getting my programme out to see if you could sign it and the woman with the photos to sign came up while i was still fishing around for it…. so yeah… i was the wierd girl with the oddly orange hair and the coffee coffee delving into a small bag which still manages to conceal playbills!
but have to say…the show is hilarious!! unfortunately i dont know anyone in NY to recommend it to them… although maybe i should recommend it to the person in the airport who manages to find my luggage which they ‘forgot’ to put on the plane! was the highlight of a fun 3 days in NY and if anyone i know is going to NY i’ll make sure they get tickets… wish i could come see it again but it’s so FAR… bring the show to the UK!!
hope there’s not going to be any bad weather coming…. although if it really was weather, at least we could turn on the TV and get some kind of PREDICTION right?
hope the rest of the run goes well & i’m pretty sure you already have loads of people’s good opinion already without being loaned any!
Sarah
I use to be one of those assholes, and than realized hey I’m an asshole. Now I listen, take it in, and if I am indeed wrong or if my opinon can be changed, or if I never thought of a situation the way it was proposed I firmly put my tail between my legs and say it. Life is sweeter when you have an open mind,
Carrie,
I saw your show in previews, volunteered to go onstage, and I have to say you ARE one of the greatest people that I have ever met! You are fucking awesome! I think somehow you are made of pure awesome!
It would be interesting to know whom your blog is directed towards. Who are these “unteachable people”? Shall we gather up your posse and hunt them down to teach them a thing or two?
Feel free to use my good wishes and positive comments however you see fit!
Good to see you blogging again!
Much respect,
Bruce
Refreshingly honest.
Plus, it sure beats showing your naked vajayjay to the paps.
hmm. It’s been a while since I last looked at your blog Carrie and you’re starting to worry me…
But…!!! I now have my own blog! And I mentioned you in it!
So If you get bored of your blog you can leave witty little cute comments on mine!
Sigh.
OK. Advice time — you live in America. People just can’t help being all american on you and judging you by the way you look.. It’s not their fault, it’s just they are americans. (no offense americans..but you are on tv a heck of a lot).
That is why people write. Saves time, money and photography.
I’ve always been trying to get tails wagging and approval. I was only concerned with the person at the party who wasn’t laughing with me. Being bipolar, mostly manic and on meds — since age 21, I’m 54 now — you know crazy “don’t crack” looks wise, so I still look much younger than my age. I don’t try so hard to entertain, but it can come out. I’m still funnier than most people I know. And I must say I admire you very much even if you can’t respond and tell me I’m great too I would be funnier but I just woke up — but I can be profound and funny if you give me a few minutes. You probably get a lot of questions about your bipolar condition — I hope you don’t mind that I don’t have any.
You’re great.
Gary
hmmm. well, first of all, you frequently push me to a state of grinning till my face hurts. But much of that is me projecting onto you. Know what I mean? That is the essence of adoration and celebrity worship. (I don’t worship anyone, but you know what I mean there) You can tell as many stories as you’d like, but the Carrie Fisher in my head is not the same person getting out of bed every morning (afternoon?), being a mother and daughter, etc. The only way to know the whole of someone is to be in their life daily. Then again, I am close to my family, and sometimes I have no idea who they think I am, because it doesn’t resemble me at all. I’m going off on a tangent, but what I think I mean is, any opinion I have of you is going to be slightly skewed. Because I admire you so much. Now, if I knew you, and you knew me, that would change. LOL. I shoot from the hip, and tell it like it is. But I think sometimes I want people I admire to think that I’M the greatest person they ever met! I won’t yes them to death, and I’m always honest, but I’m also on my best behavior. How pathetic of me.
I can promise you this though. You will always have my good opinion. You can keep it too, no need for a loan. And in return, I will never put you on a pedestal. And maybe give you some of my ‘i don’t give a shit what most people think of me’ potion. I couldn’t tell you the last time I wanted someone to like me. Except maybe you.
Heard Tiny Dancer on the radio last night. Thought of your cock.
xo,
Ericka
Carrie, you’re a lovely woman. My approval? I have to wonder why it’s so very important.
If it helps, I like you. I don’t really know you. You’ve been a face on a screen and a writer on a blog to me. But I have no reason not to like you. I actually prefer the raw lack of charm. Makes you seem more like a real person deserving of my approval. If my good opinion can help you weather the storm of uncertainty, you’ve got it.
People get a sick pleasure out of tearing people down. It’s not right. And it certainly doesn’t make the awful things they say true. Behind whatever sparkly or not so sparkly Hollywood identity, there’s a real person with real feelings and real battles.
Carrie, I like you. Flaws and all. You wouldn’t be you without them.
You had me at ‘explode’
On twitter you said your new favorite word was “Ball sack”.
Try ‘nad badger. Makes the guys stop and think… then cringe.
You already have my approval!
You can borrow my good opinion any time! And as for people who can’t be taught, well…that just means they never learn.
You know how, in the Harry Potter series, you have to have a great memory to produce the Patronus charm? Well mine is from May 25, 2007. That’s the day I met you at Star Wars Celebration IV. You are the greatest person I’ve ever met. Why? Because you, YOU!, apologized for being late and then you offered me some of your M&M’s! With all the horror stories out there of fans meeting their celebrity–meeting you was the antithesis. Dream come true. A day to remember.
You are the greatest person I’ve never met. I’m sure were we to meet you’d be just as fabulous in person. Though I’d be shy and run and hide in the corner.
Approval is very overrated. We adore you. Why else would we wait on pins and needles for your next diatribe or hysterical observations on the inanities of life? Can’t say you are the greatest person I have ever met because, frankly, we probably will never actually meet. But I have to say that I find you a kindred spirit. Your observations and insecurities are so much like mine (and everyone else’s, it appears). Your vinegar is spiked with honey. Or is it the other way around? So when the weather threatens your horizon, remember that most people have the same bad weather on their horizons also. The other folks are pathological liars about the slant of the sun on their parades. Or you can just channel Judy Garland’s technique to tackle stage fright………that usually works for me as well. Quite often attitude beats aptitude.
Things that go without saying:
Carrie Fisher is the greatest script doctor in Hollywood.
Carrie Fisher writes the funniest novels and comes up with the most kick-ass titles ever.
Carrie Fisher is the best guest ever to be crammed into a crabbed fifteen minute segment on the Joy Behar show.
Carrie Fisher tells the best ghost story and is one of the few legitimate celebrities to appear on Celebrity Ghost Stories.
Carrie Fisher is a living legend although she is much too young to be called that.
How’s that for openers?
Sorry, but I do like you. As for being the greatest person I know; you’ve a ways to go. But don’t work so hard on my account, you already have my good opinion.
As for the certainty freaks I agree they are annoying, and there are so many of them.
When bad weather finally clears and the sun of your seratonin starts to shine; on a cloudless day, on a Clare Danes, rise and look around you and you’ll see who you are.
Wow. The way you string words into sentences, and sentences into thoughts always charms; like the surprising sweetness of raw honey on one’s tongue.
Try as you might, it is all to no avail. I LIKE YOU! I also have respect for you and your triumphs as well as the downside. Happily I did not fall for the Star Wars Princess (would that the same could be said of my son). Rather, I came to like the woman I learned about years later, about her love of other less fortunate people and about her survival.
So sorry Ms. Fisher, I will continue to hold you in the highest regard. Feel free to make use of my good opinion for as long as you need it.
Keep writing-you are brilliant just as youself-the effort is not necessary anymore-the people closest to you know your flaws and they love you anyway. Maybe even because of your flaws.
Get inspired by reading a really great story-get carried out of your own world and live in someone else’s for a while. Watch a funny movieor something crazy like Buffy the vampire Slayer DVD’s. They are clever and funny like you.
i love your writing style. it is so imaginative and unique. i would say that i am a huge fan, but am more aptly described as a 105 pound admirer of your work. the personification in your blog is simply brilliant and the phrasing took me through a nice ebb and flow of emotions. like reading a drive through a hilly countryside.
i offer all of this “feedback” only because that is what the piece requested. i took it to heart that you may actually want an opinion.
i follow you on twitter and am absolutely thrilled to see that you have a blog online.
thank you for posting your writing.
barbie angell.
http://www.barbieangell.com
Sounds fair enough. I will try to come up with a good opinion on something. It may take a while, so put up your feet and crawl into on of those god awful Snuggie things.
I know those people, those THE version pehople. I’m currently dating one because I am shy beyond belief and have trouble meeting women.
Carrie had me at hello, which I am quite sure is true for many so- consider mine loaned. Now if you’d loan me yours I’m sure I’d never wont for another all my life (okay maybe after several years, as even the best magic fades).
You just exploded my night sky. Much like your home planet.
my good opinion of you is not up for a loan, it is a gift for you to keep! I like you for your witty books and for the great, but rare interviews you give. you are a breath of fresh air amidst the really dysfunctional celebri-buzz….
You got it.
Ok, it’s a deal. Here’s one or a few. I like you because you are genuine. You help keep me grounded. You are delight to listen to, creative and always bringing a smile to my face that I can’t help because of your uncanny ability to describe life in a way I can relate to. Very therapeutic. Thank you for being there.
You’re adorable. Let it go to your head.
Its terrific to read your blog this dismal November. I have been at the end of my rope with those certainty freaks and know-it-alls who pat me on the head and say…”don’t worry..its all gonna be alright”…
I am not short on the approval for your wonderful scribblings and magnificent performances. I wish someone out there could script a movie for you to star in that would really showcase your bubbly, devil may care humour at this point in your life. Too often special effects are the star of the show instead of personality themselves…
I think I need a bag for my certainty because I, personally, have so little of it – so it would be ideal to have somewhere to keep it all in one place. So if you can turn good opinion into dollar signs you go right ahead…its a great way to make a living.
I will talk later..I have to go water my “money tree” ..its starting to wilt…lol
Can’t wait to hear from you again
My ex is one of those bullerproof people you described in your latest lasting lament.
We are still friends because (from where I’m coming from), his familiaity is like a warm towel. Sometimes this towel is scalding hot, sometimes freezing cold, often just right, but always there when I both need and don’t need it.. Divorce made us brothers and this arrogant darling scolds me when I don’t tow His line, Even the devil can be soothing from time to time. He calls me things like “contrary” and “belligerent.” These words probably are true, by the way, but ask me if I care? Yes, I still care, because (as my chosen brother), I still love him and I wish him well.
Whenever you feel the wicked manic witch coming your way, allow me to set you out a warm towel for your weary head.
I am not like my ex because I am consistantly warm these days. Could be my medicine. Maybe it makes me seem boring, but I’m like a warm bed. Have you ever screamed at your bed exclaiming “Why can’t you just be funnier?” All you do is lie there!” Well, maybe you have, but babe, you feelings, all of them are actually as wonderful and as beautiful as a comfy bed and a warm towel.. You don’t have to be anything you don’t want to be while on my watch.
I value you as a human being and appreciate your existence. No need for performing monkeys, here.
You’ll always have my good opinion, and your show is absolutely wonderful….I’ve been telling everyone if they happen to be in NYC to go see it.
You can have my good opinion, but it’s not a loaner. You’ve always had it.
CF is the most fabulous person I have met in a long time!
Some people get their rocks off on not giving even the most deserving, well-meaning and generous person a shred of affirmation, acclaim or encouragement. These people tend to suck big ones—and probably deserve to see your middle finger.
Consider it yours for as long as you’ll need it; you had me at “I want to explode in the night sky of your approval.”
You’ve always got my good opinion! That should get you at least a cabana by the pool.
Greetings from a longtime fan and brain cancer survivor. Just finished reading “Wishful Drinking” and loved it. My wife and I are coming to see your early show in NYC on 12/20 and are really looking forward to it. Would love to say hello in person but doubt that it possible. Keep up the great work!
I want to give you a hug.
Oh yes, the “Certainty People” whose favorite phrase seems to be “The truth is…” As if everything they utter has been dredged up out of the entire human conciouness for them to offer to you as an amazing little anecdote. Of course their modesty and humility prevents them from actually telling you that they have distilled the wisdom of the ages into the fine wine of certainty, but they never seem to mind if you point it out. I find that I long for the people who are completely comfortable saying “I don’t have any idea what the answer is to that” or “Clueless, imagine that!” Lately I find that I want to answer my phone with the greeting, “This is Jeff, and I don’t know” so I can get it out there right away. To admit on a regular basis that I don’t know, don’t always get it and probably never will. To seek the freedom of not having to carry around certainty for other people.
For me, depression and sadness is the dark background. Your bursts of humor are the explosions against the night sky.
There’s a hole in American life (and in my heart) left by the death of Kurt Vonnegut. Please continue to fill it with books like Wishful Drinking.
Where Vonnegut had WWII and the military industrial complex, we (I’m 47) have drugs and the seduction of living a superficial, fake life in Hollywoods, real and imagined.
I deeply appreciate your attempts at humor in the context of outsized absurdity and vulnerability. -Peter
Dear carrie,
I’m from Brazil and here people are crazy about you. You’re very loved here.
Please come to Brazil !
Kisses,
take care.
=D
Carrie,
Will you really see this or is this random act of bad prose just for my nerdy benifit…Uh…anyway…Question: What kind of display would I need to make to feel as though you are “exploding in the night sky of my approval”…I mean if I really attempted to show you how much I approve of you wouldn’t I get arrested or something? Let’s say for just a moment that we did meet and I opened my arms and walked toward you say “Carrie I love you baby!” Seems to me I would then suddenly be set upon by a no necked police officer named Bruno who would beat my well intentioned love into a bloodly stump. If it is all the same to you I like it when my stump is unbloodied it’s much less painful.
Perhaps it might be better for me to simply say love from afar as this way I can’t get my stump hurt. Oh and do you think I could barrow you good opinion from time to time…same reason.
Enjoy
Rich
Hey, glad to see you still update your blog, even though I love your Twitter posts. Are you going to talk about your new book soon? I read on Amazon and Simon and Schuster that it’s beeen moved to June 1st. I can’t wait!
Uhm… What? I think I missed something, cuz I have no idea WTF right now. But I guess for the sake of things I will just smile and nod. Cuz apparently that’s what I’m good at. This just went right over my head. Seriously. I MUST have missed something.
But I totally agree with the whole thing about people who have to be right or whatev all the time. That’s totally my stepdad. The bastard…
♥ Shelbi
For you my love, no loan but a gift.
You have a WAY with people, with putting them at ease. When I was ‘assigned’ to be your (Minder? Assistant? Gopher?) last JANUARY, I was scared SHITLESS. I mean, what if you were a total bitch (like someone else I can think of from a different occasion) or a freak? Or Worse, what if *I* said something than made you think I was a total freakshow? Someone you would want to keep a few good husky body guards between? God knows we saw a few of them that day…
But no, within a few minutes I was much more comfortable, and able to actually watch you with people while doing my ‘job’ – with every person you seemed to know exactly how to react – to make them feel just as welcome as the last, especially with the children… EVERY single person who came to your booth left with the greatest smile on their face, a genuine one. Yeah, especially me. I know you must have been exhausted, and probably utterly fed up with answering the same questions over and over again, but you handled it with grace and class – Perhaps you’ve heard it all before, how much your fans ‘love’ you, but Carrie my dear, those who have met you also find you’re worthy of respect as well – what a rare gem to find in people, not just celebrities.
Rock on Carrie.
Hey Pal, you look great today. I mean it. Bank that! We love you!
you’ve got your loan, no collateral required. BTW, you were great with joy behar.
Well, Ms. Carrie Fisher, you certainly exploded in my very own night sky…my nephew and I saw Wishful Drinking tonight (we still have happy dust in our hair) and laughed all the way through. How amazing you are! So here are some things that came rolling off that stage, landing on us with sheer exuberance and grace: WISDOM COURAGE FREEDOM ENLIGHTENMENT and all that FUNNY. I feel steeped in something really good. It was breathtaking to me that you could not only convert all those life worn challenges into not only full blown humor, but also wonderful AHA contemplations. BRAVA. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your great work. Again, BRAVA Ms. Fisher! The sky in New York tonight is filled with shooting stars.
We love you Carrie!!
So I saw the show Thursday, Nov 19, but came back to stage door it Friday. I was the first person you came to! It was great to meet you but I wish I could’ve chatted a bit. However, after I got my pic with you (which is awesome btw), that guy named Will had to push past and talk to you. I hope the conversation was worth it! Anyway, part of what I wanted to tell you was that I loved, loved, loved the show (all the way from the second to last row in the theatre). And, although it’s not listed in your bio, I loved your work in Scream 3 (my dad actually asked if you mentioned that movie, since I saw it with him back in 2000 when I was 12 and I freaked out when I saw you were in it. But alas, I told him you mentioned Sorority Row instead).
So, in conclusion, you always explode in the night sky of my approval.
I hope that helps a little bit!
xo Kerri
PS. I loved the glitter!
Enjoy reading your posts. Please keep them coming!
If I believed most of the stories I’d read over 25 yrs–I’d not of spent the 8K chasing your work down–you’ve done far better than
in every way I can think of;don’t bother to remember the rude trash!
By they way– why did they edit you out of that ‘red ,hot,blue” disk? George opened up Pandora’s Box? Now it’s ‘normal’ to make
people vanish out of their work~ so much for a credit list to mean anything. That was uncalled for–but see–Someone’s paid attention!
Good luck with the show–too bad I wont get down there to see that– thanks to a pink slip..but we’ll see how long a guard stays out of work
with society sinking.
Take care!
T. Haynes
Glad you’re back, Carrie!
I’ve been worried by your absence, fearing that something was amiss. Don’t let negative, critical, petty people get you down, Girl! Just be the best Carrie you can be, for yourself…
And please don’t go without an update for soooo long.
here’s my good opinion of you – not interest-free loan though – flat-out gift. northern lights, shooting stars, etc.
what are we certain we don’t know?
Excellent idea! I’ll be glad to contribute to the approval fund
XxOOxXo
We’re still here
ugghh. That smiley-face icon looks weird. I have to remember to quit doing smily-faces on here.
People with certainty – indeed are unteachable and scare the holy shit out of me.
I just finished “Wishful Drinking” I grew up with Carrie Fisher. We are one year apart in age and my parents were big fans of Debbie and Eddie – so much so that my older sister is named…Debbie. Me, I got named after Peggy Lee – and I can’t hold a tune. This has been a problem for me as I have tried to capture a rendition of Fever – but then Beyonce did it and I was just another loser.
Anyway – your book hit me right between the eyes. If we knew each other we’d be friends. I wanted to see your show But you were sold out in Berkeley. I identify with your difficulty with romance. Me too. 54, cute – maybe a little overweight but you know…still cute. And you are too, so don’t take any shit at all about your weight. I do freaking half marathons and triathlons and I am still 5′2″ and weigh 162. I also have eyes of blue though – so it all rhymes and is good. It’s a song. Keep charging forward sister…you make us laugh and that is a gift beyond value…as MasterCard says – Priceless. And I think you are mentally healthier than about 75% of the people I know – because you know yourself.
you’ve got my vote for greatest person I’ve never met!
Cool thoughts, Carrie. Just remember when it’s thunderstorming that better weather will come. I’ll be glad to be a shingle on your roof.
Reading you is simply therapeutic. I recommend it to everyone. Thanks
I like peas.
Meg-
Thank you for your incredible note. It meant a lot to me. MORE than a lot———like maybe 16 times more.
Keep the faith—-unless you give some of it away for Christmas…..it makes a helluva stocking stuffer, as u no doubt know…..
Happy un-belated Thanksgiving….
XxOo, Carrie Frances Fishlit
Dear Carrie, Happy Thanksgiving!!! Looking Forward to seeing you on Letterman tonight and sometime soon in New York live on stage ! Would love to meet with you in person! Walk and talk in Central Park?
Peace and Blessings. Keep on making people laugh! Greg in Garrett
what is the awating moderation mean??? Greg
happy Thanksgiving carrie
Isn’t it better to have one person who understands you, than ten people who approve of you?
You have people you’ll never know the world over who appreciate, respect & admire you…I’m sure you know that, but maybe have a hard time believing it or even liking the idea.
I think certainty is something you create for yourself. If you want to believe that you don’t have the approval of others, then you’ll believe it. Maybe others are unwilling or unable to show their approval or are you unwilling to accept it?
The genuine positive impact you have had on one person alone on this page shows clearly that you have more than other’s approval, you have touched & changed lives.
But really, Carrie, you MIGHT be right. (Yes, I’m one of those.)
You scare the shit out of me, but I can’t stay away. . .
It seems a bit superfluous to add my note of approval to all the lovely ones already posted, but I subscribe to the philosophy that you can never get too much of a good thing, and so I am going to be redundant and say: here is my good opinion. Take it, feel free to use it shamelessly, and turn it into your happy teddy bear of good opinion snuggles. Let it make you feel all warm inside. And then, you know, go back on the Craig Ferguson show, because that’s just so FUN.
Here is a nice little pedestrian, but heartfelt, smiley-face for you:
With my very best opinion and wishes for lots more,
Sarah Geri
have seen your show twice in new york and i gotta say … repeat showings reflect your true genius. yeah, a shape and a script (and great graphics!) honed over time. perfected over time. but you’re a stand up goddess woman. working off the energy of the crowd and select characters in it, even when they’re not very responsive or AS responsive as most of us would be … you work it. make it work. a master. that’s you.
We just watched you on David Letterman’s show. We loved the way you dress and how you now wear your hair and makeup, and enjoyed your brief interview. Your intelligence and honesty and humor is inspiring. I haven’t seen any photo of Elton John where he looks like you, but if he now does–good for him! Please continue to enjoy being the age we are. My children think I could learn something from how you dress. Those rich colors. I may join Elton and try to copy you a little bit. Julie
Hello Beautiful and Funny Female! Wow you made me laugh once again and God knows I need to laugh!
Sending strippers to your Dad cracked me up! It also reminded me of a Artist stripper friend who is bi-polar and I gave
the book wishful drinking! Again have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the visit and Graduation with your Daughter.
Peace and Blessings
Greg Herrmann
Carrie, you are an artist of the first order.
Carrie! Jesus, I’m late to this game but glad I found the blog. I’m very tired of the black/white, yes/good, good/evil polarity of Western thinking. Very refreshing to hear your voice.
Dear Carrie,
We had a chance with my wife to see your wonderful show tonight in NYC. A lot of emotion is going through your words, laughs and jokes.
We would like also to wish you the best and an Happy Thanksgiving with your daughter tomorrow.
We had a great time and we invite everyone to go to that show. You will love it….mostly in the front row!
Heather and Yves (The flowers and and the french guy on 11/25/2009).
Amour.
Heather and Yves
82 comments on one post on your blog?
What have you got to be worried about Carrie? If I got that many on my blog I would be going woah..enough with the adoration people! I’m just going to be normal now…
But then I don’t live in H-wood. You guys may have gated communities with 24/7 security but they have the most INSECURE human beings in the world. Is it Judy Garland syndrome or what?
Anyway. I was just going to add I picked up a new Hay House self-help book I found in the library called ‘Truth’ don’t hide it or it may hurt you’ or something like that..and lo and behold flipping through the pages I saw YOUR name and even mentioned your book Wishful Drinking and Postcards from the Edge. And Bipolar Disorder. Apparently, according to this so called expert with a PhD… you are suffering from a distorted seventh chakra. That’s the crown. hoookayyy
Stupid thing about this book is..fat lot of good knowing that information is. So what now..go to India and pay heaps of money to some guru to get it fixed?
Apparently the author once thought bipolar disorder could be cured by alcohol. Yay Hay House. Let’s start a new genre – instead of self-help lets have a category called self-destruction and not be ironic. I tell you, the crappy books that get published these days…
A limerick of lineage.
I found that my brother Michael and my father both suffered from schizophrenia. I found this information upon a phone call with my sister on her birthday just this week. This week!
I knew Dad was – well, troubled with autism and self-identity confusion. I knew Michael was, well, troubled with autism and space men from his notebooks (did they land on his notebook or did he place the land there for them?) but I never knew about this family’s schizophrenia before. Oh, yes, I knew my sister Patti had this affliction – but My God – three in the family? Is this possible? Who has statistics like these? I’m screaming at that tent of blue – that tent of blue that prisoners call the sky and ask: WHO HAS STATISTICS LIKE THESE?
I don’t suffer from this affliction. I don’t. I do have residual affects of it however. How could I knot? I meant not. How could I not? I am surrounded by and fear the drowning in these moody waters of mental illness. An atoll of rational speak but possibly a pretend parcel of land. Possibly a fakery of lodging and logic unsound. A steeple jutting from a flooded town. A knot and so – made of rope and thus – this rope could pull my family ashore but who is unafraid to do this pulling? Am I so apart from them to be their rescuer? Yes and no. No, I am not schizophrenic. And yes, I thank God I am not and so I am knot therefore, I fear not.
YET.
I may suffer from this other thing, an associated and –forgive my indulgence, lovely word – an amazing but disturbing and most lovely affliction: schizophrasia. Oh- what a word! It could be the lyric to a song from “Mary Poppins” for Christ’s sake. It’s the misspeaking of language due to a mental disorder. (I didn’t order a mental disorder, did you?) In other words, it’s the Emerson of the misspoken man. A son of a twitch. The accidental purist. Put it together and whattya got? Just about every conversation I’ve had in public since I knew how to speak. Bippidee boppidee – don’t be afraid now … BOO!
Just wanted to pop in and say that today I am blessed to have many things to be thankful for. Among them are you, your blog, and my front row tickets to Wishful Drinking next month.
Hope you have a great visit with Billie!
Happy Thanksgiving!
xo,
Ericka
I just f&%$ing adore you, thanks for being so open in a way most of us could never be
You…are..MADE OF AWESOME!!!
If U need any lubricant next time U wanna Google yourself, give me a ring..
Carrie,
I’m in that crowd of geeks who worship the likes of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Gene Roddenberry et al. I just turned 40, and just discovered your blog. Your portrayal of Leia: intelligent, snarky, beautiful, sensitive, socially powerful, friendly, funny, and possessed of a radiant glow of charisma, obviously colored my childhood impression of “Carrie Fisher, the actress”. Over the years, I have paid scant attention to the gossip rags and their predatory invasions of celebrity privacy. So I didn’t know you were fighting Manic Depression, drugs or alcohol. I’ve had my own problems, misdiagnosed Manic-Depression, friends and loved ones who were alcoholics, drug addicted or both, and sleep apnea that drags the will to get anything done right out of life. My “Good Opinion” is based on respect. I respect you, admire you and felt moved to tell you I still see Leia in you. I “wiki’d” you when I read your blog about “Googleing” yourself. I didn’t know you were a script doctor, and for so many movies I REALLY love! I read a 2004 LA Times article about you and find you are known to be one of the best friends a celebrity can have! No human can be perfect, and you aren’t, but by the scorecard I can see, you are more ahead than behind! Becoming acquainted with you again, as a fan, has left me with a strong desire to find your books, travel and see your show, and wait around shyly hoping I’ll get to tell you in person after the show how much I admire you. I love your snarky humor, it shows your obvious wit and intelligence. Please take care of yourself for your own sake and for your daughter’s sake. You are described as the kind of friend that travels to help others, moves an ill friend into your house, and lays on the bed listening to people pouring their hearts out to you. WOW! That is just an Awesome kind of person to be! I really hope my “Good Opinion” has been an ego boost for at least a few minutes, and that I got you to smile at least once.
Oh, and shameless plug for myself, my wife and I would be delighted if you were to like our artwork enough to buy some. That is how we collect our own ego-shots, via the positive commentary of people who like our artwork.
Flip
(who is, by the way, not living in the body he pictured for himself at 40, as it resembles Jabba the Hutt entirely too much)
Carrie,
Basically, YOU ROCK! You are so fabulous; ignore the detractors; you are brilliant and gorgeous today. So much to say, but it has already been said, thank you for always ‘keeping it real’.
Ok how’s this:
I think you’re so awesome, if I were to throw you into the air you would burst into sunshine!
You got it and you can keep it!! Loans are unnecessary, but it’s nice you give us the option. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we all had good opinions to look through when the bad weather disrupts our day? I think so. So, here’s to you, Carrie! Someone once told me we send compliments as reminders of love or admiration for those we care about. So, as someone who thinks your pretty cool, especially because of your honesty and openness, may you carry sunshine with you whenever you need it most. Here is some sunshine! Keep being your incredible self.
Compliments to you,
Beth
The night sky sparkles! We approve
By all means explode, but please consider exploding in my day sky of approval, my nights are fairly regimental: come back from entropic hell-job, go for run, eat massive salad, stare at tv, read, wash teeth, turn off light, turn on light, eat two sandwiches, turn off light, turn on light, eat two more sandwiches, turn off light, gently float down canal of science fiction-centric reverie towards sleep, dream about sandwiches, and so forth.
That’s a pretty accurate snapshot of my evenings at present (except for the ommission of very occasional alcohol consumption) and sky-of-approval explosions, whilst always welcome, might, if done at night, end up being laboured drawn-out affairs which leave a disappointing fug.
And bearing in mind such explosions as these, and let’s call them cumbustive reflexive anatomizations(1), probably don’t grow on trees, the prospect of me sitting on damp grass at 2 in the morning, getting covered in your explosion fall out, feeling sorry for myself and working out how long i need to wait until you’re ready to explode again (and in all likelihood actively considering making myself another sandwich) is frankly such a strange thing to say i’m not sure i can remember what on earth this is supposed to be a metaphor for.
Important thing is: it is a metaphor, and not actually happening, because to literally witness such a thing would set my alarm bells off (vis a vis the very occasional alcohol consumption) and, well, it’s a metaphor so let’s just not even bother with this paragraph.
[pause for glass of mature port]
anyway: remember this one truth; our lowest common denominator, the one thing we, brothers and sisters of humankind, all share is the fact our sun will eventually expand and swallow up the earth so we’re all (every man, jack and selfish gene of us) going to boil to death. And. What’s more. It’s probably going to be quite agonizing as we’ll be very aware of our approaching doom. We’re probably talking about millennia of agony.
So, to sum up: reading the first 90 or so pages of postcards from the edge actually gave me a panic attack. (feel free put that as a quote on the cover of the next edition if you like)
Yatay yatoh
xxxxx
footnote:
(1) yeah, that wasn’t my first glass of port today
Carrie-
I want to explode in you. Sorry, I mean I want to be with you. I understand that because you’re famous and all- and I am just an internet stalker that this could never work out. But carrie, listen to me now. If something ever bad happens to you. if you entire world falls apart- or whatever is left of your world anyway- and no one is there ot support you. I mean if literally not a soul on the planet will look at you in the eyes, remember this message so you can look up the email address to you last adoring fan.
Andrew
PS i’ve taken a lot of crap at my high school for wanting to be with a woman who has a daughter that is more age appropriate so just appreciate that.
Carrie, even though I’ve never met you, you are the greatest person I’ve ever met. Well, I guess really you’re the greatest person I’ve never met, lol. And you may have my good opinion. Just remember to keep it handy for when you need it, and just know that I am also going to take your good opinion of myself (as if you know who I am) so when I’m down I can say, “At least Carrie Fisher thinks I’m okay.” Tit-for-tat, right? XOXO-Natasha
LOL! Discovered your blog almost by random, funniest I’ve read in years. From what I’ve read so far it seems like there’s a lot of people saying all kinds of things about you in the media and pissing you off in general; that’s because you’re NEWS, which is more than half of those slack-jawed monkeys will ever achieve. For what it’s worth; I’d say you’re a damned sight sharper than most, still look great no matter what journo’s and weirdo stalking fruit-loops might be saying and shouldn’t worry too much about any of it. Just say bollocks to the lot of them and keep enjoying what you’re doing!
I just saw your show and was very impressed. I laughed with you, not at you. I’m a few years older than you and remember Tammy, Oh, MY Papa! and all of the other aspects of your family that were in the public realm. You made such a clever presentation / show! I can’t imagine anyone not enjoying it. Saw you in movies, read some of your books, too.
I enjoyed your interview with your father a few years ago.
I know that hardly eating makes your body thinks it’s starving, so your metabolism slows down to preserve the fat. ( Weight Watchers) So eat! Just eat the healthy stuff…now I need to do the same
Ms. Fisher, Hi!
My name is David. I wanted to write you a letter but apparently that’s a dead technology. Humph! Anyway, I just recently finished reading “Wishful Drinking” and just wanted to say how much I really enjoy your writing. I was diagnosed Bipolar 2 close to twelve years ago and was really inspired by your wit and wisdom but mostly by your bravery and candid honesty. So much so, that I wrote… I guess an article… about my struggles and experiences that I’d like to invite you read, if you are so inclined. It is at a blog hosted by Open Salon: http://open.salon.com/blog/red_star/2009/12/01/origins_of_a_superhero_bipolarman
Anyway, I think you are totally amazing and wish you the very best with your show.
You’rs truly,
David DeRosa, artist
Hello Carrie,
You are an interesting person and judging from your Twitter bio, you have a great sense of humor. I do not know much about what you have been doing in recent years, so I decided to follow you on Twitter. I wouldn’t normally follow celebrities on Twitter, but when one is interesting as a person (not as an entertainer) than I can make an exception. Hope things are good.
Dearest Carrie,
On the topic of exploding…my boyfriend and a friend of mine attended a stellar performance of “Wishful Drinking” the night before Thanksgiving. I was bursting with joy to just be sitting front row Mezz to stare down at your glory. Yeah i’m kissing your ass a little. So here’s the thing…this is what happened…a turn of events that almost turned my awesome mood of near euphoria to outrage at some A-hole sitting just a few rows from my crew. Last I checked the intention of your very personal on stage memoir was to entertain, educate and make me shit my pants laughing. Well, I did more than my fair share of laughing and for doing so was hushed by an usher at intermission. WHAT!?! Fucking HUSHED! Seems someone wasn’t having my having a good time. I don’t have some wonderful ending to this half complaint except that who on earth would attend your show and not be in attendance to laugh or revel in humor? What dick face is sitting at Studio 54 thinking that “Wishful Drinking” was not to be enjoyed with laughter but taken in with modest appreciation? Not that it couldn’t but, well…maybe I’m the dick face. Was it you that complained? Not the three blue haired season ticket holders sitting two rows back? Were my sudden fits of spastic glee breaking your concentration on stage? I’d like to think not. I’d rather blame it on the puckered up bitches behind me. I was a little pissy for the rest of your performance, but I still laughed. Laughed loud and left happy. I’m fine now, I just need to share. Happy Thanksgiving Beautiful Lady, Kisses, Damon.
Why would you want my approval. I dwell in the harsh light of day. Oh how I loath clarity.
Heaven would be having Oprah’s lighting master follow me everywhere.
I adore you.
Just bought the new People magazine to read about Meredith Baxter (rock on) and was suprised to see “Carrie Fisher, My Life in Pictures.” I love the pic of you with Warren Beaty. The caption cracks me up!
I love that you cannot be contained- rock on!
I had wanted to see your show, but to be honest having hiv doesn’t leave much left over for B’way shows. Any chance there might be a matinee showing that could be discounted? If not, I understand. thanks for reading.
any interest in the “Oh My Poppa” music box I found in an upstate antique shop? for the archives…
and you’d make a great Cora Hooper in the Encore production of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE – director is Casey Nicholow.
My faves are all the people who think they have the mind of G-d, and can tell who or who isn’t going to their particular version of hell.
We can barely afford it, but my bf and I are coming on the 26th, mostly because we have a good opinion of you–even after reading your book. You’re kinda awesome, Ms. Fisher, in or out of the gold bikini thing.
Dear Ms Carrie Nolegs,
Oy, I have NEVER come across someone who, by simply sitting in a chair, can so convincingly appear to be legless! The possibilities are endless! And it’s not like you were trying to appear legless, like you spent hours executing “the method” in an attempt to look legless effortlessly, you just were! See, the doors that open when you stop drinking and doing drugs will astound you honey! Ok, I have a question for you dear. Don’t people in Hollywood get paid to write jokes? Well, why should they be the only ones when I know my humor is just as good? It really is! And it’s not like I hired some cute boy to tell me that either! Even ugly people who weren’t paid have told me that! What? You want examples? Well, I will give you ONE and that’s all. It’s Xmas, I’m broke and familyless and I’m not pulling these jokes outta my ass so other people can take the credit! Ok, a tame one..I don’t like the term homosexual, it sounds too clinical. I prefer “Penis Enthusiast”…how’s that? I AM NOT leaving my name in case you think I’m a nutcase and come after me! One thing I am not joking about Carrie is the fact that I am alone, gay, broke and almost 50. This ain’t a cake walk ya know! So please don’t think I’m being flip because there is some sincere hope in this letter, what do I have to do to get a writing job? Love From a Nameless Fan in Toronto! (I love you Carrie!)
So, I attended your fabulous show in New York as of this past weekend. Let me get something off my chest.
I have adored you since I was a little girl (I’m 21 now F.Y.I). If it wasn’t for your portrayal of Leia Organa, I wouldn’t of come up with a string of badass female characters. Oh, I’m an aspiring writer.
Whew, now that’s out of the way.
I briefly met you on Saturday, Dec. 5. The minute you waltzed out of the stage doors, I think my heart stopped. You signed my playbill, I was the girl with the red scarf twined about my neck. I wanted to tell you something but your beauty simply bedazzled me. So here it is.
You’re still gorgeous and you do *NOT* look like Elton John.
And here’s where I bow out, bye!
Coming to the show on the 26th, and looking forward to it. My partner and I will be the geeking-out couple in the second row. And you’ll have our approval, though we might not explode–that’d be rude.
We love you already, Carrie!
We’re the same age and I’ve always liked you; read all your books, etc. You’re extremely plucky! And funny of course. I feel bad you have all the stuff you’ve had to deal with, but I guess we all have a story. Loved Wishful Drinking [book] and my 26 year old daughter is enjoying the heck out of it too…said the other day she looked so forward to “coming home from work, having a bath and reading Carrie Fisher”.
Carrie,
Thought Wish D. a “ripping good read”. It made many of us want to hug you and tell you what a great author/actress/person you are. Please hang in there.
In that vein, and knowing your interest in a good story, I will suggest a book to you. It is “Infinite Jest”, the magnum opus of David Foster Wallace (who didn’t make it far – suicide). It is a meditation on addiction and the 12 step program. Such incrediblle genius (his other works are good too). His interveiw with Charlie Rose is at http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5639
Take care.
Bob
Hi Ms. Fisher,
I am working on my senior documentary about modern day ECT.
I would absolutely love to interview you!
If you’d like more information on my project, please let me know.
Thanks,
Daphne
AKA Lizzy
I just finished listening to your audiobook, “Wishful Drinking.” Carrie, you are an amazing woman. You have no idea how strong you are and how many lives you have touched. We all are here for one another. I am here for you. Continue reaching out. Wish we were friends. I love you and will be ‘in thoughts’ for you. I’m on your side.
You could morph into a bog mushroom tomorrow and you’d still be a Goddess to me. Because of you, my friend Julie, on learning of my recent ECT treatment, said, “I just read about that and Carrie Fisher in the New Yorker. You just have to be so cutting edge on everything, don’t you???” The responses I dreaded from friends, of fear and revulsion, have never materialized, because of you, your courage and humor. I am free of shame, and in your debt. Many, many, many thanks…
I decided that since I am not allowed to voice my opinion, or really even speak, at home, I shall do it by way of blog. Check it out: http://www.divinesecretsoftheglamourati.blogspot.com
I also Twitter (I’m a woman of sooooo many talents): PrettyAndWitty
I’m not advertising myself. Intentionally. I’m just soooooo bored.
I say this every time I comment, but, I LOVE YOU CARRIE!!!! You have nice Tweets. Teehee.
♥
Shelbi
I’m rarely online, but when I am, this is the first site I check after going through my 23578645786 accumulated emails. The dear public library limits me to 1-hour online exposures.
Now if that doesn’t scream very high approval (granted, from under a great big technologically deprived rock), then I don’t know what would. You are a diamond in a mostly glass & zircon word.
Whoa. You aren’t the sweetheart who starred in ‘77 Star Wars?
Certainty freaks. You nailed it. Meryl Streep said about playing Ellie in “The Manchurian Candidate”: “It was nice to play someone who is so certain and not have to listen to anyone else…especially when I’m uncertain about most everything. That kind certainty, though, leads to fanaticism.” Can we get an Amen on that? You’ve made me laugh until I cried in my darkest hour, Carrie…and I’m always the first one to say “Wow…I never looked at it like this!” You are my muse…xxxooo Rob
wow, 123, witty, pithy mostly cannons of approval, roaring your way b4 mine. What’s left to say? The only thing more fascinating than your current one woman show would be a 2-woman show, double-icons, wth you and Debbie lobbing one-liners at each other over the safety net of the audience below… I know, the answer is no, but I had to ask. Merry Christmas to u and yours!
merry christmas and happy new year carrie
Oh, dear, Carrie, did you see this?
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-12-21-carrie-underwood_N.htm
Now you won’t be the only Carrie Fisher…
Ain’t it all ultimately exasperation anyway? The need to be an individual, the need to be embraced by the clan, the need to be seen and valued. Jee-sus. Lotsa lotsa energy spent on that. Glad you’ve put your voice on the public airwaves. I’m enjoying the messy marble cake of Light and Shadow. Cheers & hugs & all that.
Carrie, I wish you a happy holiday and a healthy, successful 2010 =)
I read your prior post asking who is Carrie Fisher? I love that you ask that question. You’ve had a life that is such an amazing story, and come from a family of people who’ve had amazing experiences. You are the sum of that, you’re more than most of us know (the private you), and you’re blessed with the ability to be heard and known by millions of people.
And I’m sorry about the passing of your dear friend. I know it was hard for you.
Nice to virtually meet you =)
So it’s 2 days before Christmas and I am floundering along… just like every year. This year my exciting time-waster is Facebook online games. Hey it beats being drunk or… errr… stoned in my case. ok…ok… my point to seeking out your website, so I could send a comment…, is to let you know that you have created a situation where every single time I hear a Paul Simon song from the past I wonder if it was written about you or with you in mind. So… Ms. Fisher
thanks….
I realy haven’t figured out all this stuff….The Tweet Twitter..Sign up Subscribe …then try and remember all of it next day…’What was that clever Fuckin’ password…That had so much special significance??’…Anyway….APPROVAL……?…….No what you mean,We all seek it throughout our lives….But some of us ‘C.. R.. A ..V.. E’ it?….And I think when a little voice goes unheard and unrecognized in that zone called ‘childhood’…..Well someone tossed an almighty throw of the dice that day…or is it ‘die?’…Either way…I’m strivin’ just the same…..And ain’t it an almighty bummer when….(Let’s face it…..WE have the evidence to know We DO BURN BRIGHT IN THAT SKY…)…Just a pity too many people wanna stare at the floor!!!
you kick ass. i love you.
Carrie, You’ve got my ever-lovin’ admiration and respect ’til the end of eternity. You are loved completely. Hey, I finally got through Star Wars, except for the ones you weren’t in. I guess I might not want to admit that, but there you have it. What I’m hankerin’ for now, is another one of your books. Merry Christmas to you and your icon moviestar mom ♥♥♥ xoxoxjc
I just wanted to pop in and say that my mom and I had a blast at the show last night. I love your glitter/ confetti guns!! Someone stopped me and said the glitter you put on my head looked lovely with my dark hair. LOL! So I proudly left it there all night.
Anyway, I hope you have a great holiday visit with Billie! Merry Christmas to you and the E of E!
xo,
Ericka
All these comments are really funny, for someone unconcerned about them. You’re quite a piece, honestly, and to be able to let go and share your thoughts AND allow people to look at them, judge them and comment them, well… it takes a lot of courage or a good dose of unconsciousness, alternatively maybe. My turn to judge and comment, right ?
I guess we all do that, just like be concerned about our looks or the attention and love we can get from others, it’s only natural. I believe the secret of a happy living is avoiding raising too many questions. And have lots of humour too. And a talent. Well about that, I think you were great with Alec in 30 rock, and I still do love your eyes. So keep smiling dear Carrie, and since your job as an artist, is to entertain and make people re-think, I’d like to thank you for your good work. Take care. A.
Just finished reading Wishful Drinking. Not your best work. How could you write a show based on that? I quess you need the money. Disappointing.
Saw your show a week ago – It was so much funnier than the book (which I thought was hysterical), mainly because you make the show so intimate and personal – much less a presentation, more of a spontaneous event. That can’t be easy to carry off after a few hundred times on stage – I can’t use the word performance because you carry it off so smoothly, so off the cuff, so spontaneously, that Wishful Drinking is more like a long friendly interview. I just pray that Tony remembers you!
But speaking of “carry” it off, I just realized that Carrie Underwood is planning to marry the Ottawa hockey player Mike Fisher….meaning she will become Carrie Fisher!!!! Uh-oh!!!! Can the world contain TWO stars with the name Carrie Fisher? Perhaps you could sell her the rights to your name? Heaven knows she can afford to pay you….
But given your celebrity history, there is a certain resonance, no?
One of your quotes is the lead-in to my facebook page (hope you don’t find that super cheesy…) Something I read somewhere to the effect of, get funny fast, or it’s just going to haunt you! It spoke to me – I had to steal it. Since I posted that I have really lived by the tome. Laugh about the insanity or it’s going to take you down.
You rock the hisouse. I like and respect your writing and honesty – more than that, you are freaking heeeee-LAR-ious. You make me LA-ha haugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hard! Thanks for putting it all out there. Takes guts and grace and you have to be just slightly crazy to do it, which is why I love you so.
XOXOXO
Hi Ms. Fisher,
I have seen your show and read your book, “Wishful Drinking.” I am working on my senior documentary about modern ECT. I would love to interview you. I have interviewd Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye, writers of “SHOCK.” I am planning to interview Andy Behrman, author of “Electroboy,” next month. Please Ms. Fisher, allow me to interview you. It would mean the world to me. If you have any questions, please ask.
Most Sincerely,
Daphne
Hi Carrie -
This is the “John” that you brought up on stage tonight! Thank you for such a wonderful show – even had I not been bestowed the honor of having the Leia wig placed on my head by Leia herself, I would still cherish your performance – you are doing so much to raise awareness on behalf of everyone who suffers form depression, alcoholism, bipolar disorder, etc….you are truly gifted, intelligent, and hilarious!
Oh, and when you knocked me down onto the couch at the end of the first act, you nearly made a gay man straight! LOL…
p.s. I want my picture!!!!!
♥
John
p.s. I am also nowhere near going bald!
Hi Carrie! after laughing my ass off literally reading your book, i decided to see your show in NYC. you are a gift and yes….a role model to me. i am in the process of unlearning all the stuff that has not served me well and learning to embrace all of me and choose what to learn. this has taken me 43 years to realize and now actualize. i see you as a woman of complexity, humility and formidability. kudos on your wonder-full performance and on embracing all that your wonder-full self is.
ps- i saw your show the night of Sunday December 27th when glitter got stuck in your eye. i was the woman with the “Baker” shopping bag that you asked about at the top of the show. i wanted to raise my hand to let you know how to get something out of your eye but figured it wasn’t really appropriate. so for the future….close your eyes and move your eyes to the left as far as they can go and then to the right as far as they can go in the position of the horizon. repeat several times with your eyes shut. what was stuck usually ends up in the corner of yours eyes and you can wipe it out then. it has always worked for me. happy happy new year. rebeka
Carrie – did your brain get stuck in the loop of the “Poem”? If so I’ll offer up a proper cup of coffee from a copper coffee pot instead of having a cup of tea! This way you can break out of the loop and say halloo again!
xxxxxx
I Freakin’ LOVE YOU Carrie! …..Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!
Ms. Fisher,
You bring out the best in the people of the USA and Brazil, if not the entire world…
You were fated to be Princess Leia Organa from the moment of your birth.
Dare I say you deserve the office?
Carrie — your book is awesome. You really give so much hope to people with bipolar, and their friends and family. If you’re interested in publicity, I’d love to interview you and review your book for my blog. My audience is largely mothers, smart, earthy ones at that. The interview can be by e-mail, and would work great with a reader giveaway, too. Please let me know if it’s of interest, and either way, count me as a huge fan.
Hey Carrie, I’ve read all of your books and have seen all of your films. I think you are a great writer and I was delighted to see your Broadway show yesterday and meet you in person. Thanks for the autograph on my playbill. The best part of the show for me besides your one line zingers and stories of past Star Wars glories and embarrassments is when you imitate your mom Debbie. Yes dear that was just darling, u r fucking hilarious. Keep writing, Dear.
You have my good opinion- not a loan but unconditionally given- forever.
Big hugs, adam xoxo
I have an inordinate drive for people-pleasing … hoping CoDa will knock that tendency out of me
I blame society
lol, i visit this site once and what do you do? you just made me analyze myself a little more… thank you, and damn you.
with love,
andy
Don’t change a thing, Carrie. We love you JUST the way you are!!! XOXO
I totally get where you are coming from about the people-pleasing. I’m so bad, that I even tell myself “I don’t care what people think, I love myself”… and then I realize I am even trying to please myself by saying that! Ugh, it’s a vicious cycle but somehow we get through the day.
I saw your show twice last week. Once on the 30th and another on the 2nd. I also have a blog and if you wanna read my recent post. It is about my trip to NY and your show. Not a shameless plug just thought I’d pass it on from one blogger to the next.
You are great. End of story.
Oh, I hope you’ll get to read my comment!
But anyway, I just wanna say that not-at-all original thang that people say when they like someone else, you know, a lot… And not because of some movie that person did, because she’s famous or whatever… But when I happen to see any interviews you’ve given throughout the years, especially in the last few years when I actually had the opportunity to watch most of them… Carry, you’re such a charming woman.
And I second what Mariana Flora said. We utterly adore you here in Brazil. You should come by sometime!
LOVE YOU, Carrie! <3
hi miss carrie! love your latest book. you are a tremendous writer. just a wanted you to know: i’m old enough (i’ve been 29 for 10 years and i think i’m getin’ good at it) to draw this conclusion. anyway, i love you and your work. i had a star wars lunch box. enough said. point is, your character, was a really tough bitch princess chica! i thought she was a bad ass and still do. as for the scene in the funky bikini.. i was horrified! as a kid i thought what the fuck is this super princess leader doin’ in this unacceptable, deplorable and embarrassing state! put some clothes on the princess, she has galaxies to run fuckers! ok, i don’t think i cussed at the time, you get the point. give yourself credit for this, once little girl who (with a man-whore, misogynist for a father), quite frankly, has become a bad ass polish american princess!! thank you carrie!!! be good to yourself, you deserve it. much easier said than done, but we should at least try! as my grandfather would say fuck them all but 6, they can be my pallbearers!!
peace mamacita!!
Dear Carrie,
Happy and healthy 2010, lots of love, profound and meaningful connections, listening and hearing, music, and passion!!!
Ivona
Loan?! You can take all my good opinions of you, wrap them up in a blanket, stuff them in your closet and keep them there forever. I won’t take them back, Carrie. Here… I love your wit, I love your courage, I love Carrie Fisher with all her ups and downs because she brightens my life. And if I can pay her back with a small token of gratitude and appreciation such as this comment, well then that makes my life even better!
Hello, dear, this is your newest fan AvivA-Lynn
I wrote you a letter but by mistake posted it under a blog you wrote a year ago, Jan 30, 2009 called “Putting the fun in funeral”. Do you check old blogs for new comments- I don’t know how it works. Could you possibly read my letter #43? from that date.? I left the computer came back and when I started to type I didn’t notice I was about a year behind where I should have been. Can you let me know if you read any new comments on previous blogs at all because I am brand new to the blog and am back-reading and want to know whether to bother commenting on any previous posts.
Thanks
Carrie,. I was so lucky to catch your closing performance of Wishful Drinking at Studio 54 yesterday- it was as brilliant as you are. Please allow me to take the opportunity to beg you to take the show back on tour once you’ve recuperated and rested- I would love to treat my family to the show, but they live in your state- California- and somehow missed it the first time around. And come back and do any show you want to in New York- as much as I loved learning about your life, I was also pleasantly surprised by your singing voice- I’d love it you finally got to do that nightclub act you passed up on for drama school!
Hi Carrie………….just listened to ‘Wishful Drinking’ on my IPOD here in the UK whilst walking my doggies !!!! It was sublime, superb, hysterical and inspired ! I am new to adoring you but I do !!! Have had my own problems with depression and am still on a bunch of great pills which keep me happy !!!!! Carry on with your stuff and best regards to your wonderful mother, Debbie !! I come from a family of great and hysterical eccentrics and your Mum is superb in this regard..saw her on show with Craig Ferguson with the moustache stuck to her breast ………she was brilliant and so full of energy for an older person.
lol
Sarahxxxxxx
Carrie, don’t doubt, rejoice that you are you for heaven’s sakes, or someone’s sake anyway
Your broadway show, Wishful Drinking, was absolutely awesome. My friend and I saw you on Jan 9. You actually chose her from the audience.. she was the “happiest person in the place, who kept staring at her lap” and wouldn’t look at you when you wanted her to come to the stage. She was glad I pushed her out of her seat. We are both mothers of autistic daughters and in so many ways could relate to your stories. Always good to be reminded that life should have a funny slant. Thank you for helping us put some more laughter into our somewhat bizzare lives. If you want to write a new book, we have plenty of fodder
I’m a big fan of you and have enjoyed both your performances and also your musings on this site a lot…keep on posting, all the best, J.
Carrie, I just saw you on Shrink Wrap this afternoon – down here in Oz. Complex and fascinating – I think the show needed at least a couple of more hours to do you justice!
Anyway, regarding your weight blog. Forget the pills, vitamins and eating less nonsense. Just limit yourself to around 2000kCal a day and you will waste away in no time.
155 glowing comments? This is mushy bs Carrie, you know better than that
Dear Carrie,
I have always enjoyed you and continue to do so. In a way you can say that we grew up together (and in many ways I am still growing up, but I do have my adult moment as well) For what its worth, I am a 48 year old single guy. I have been divorced for over 15 years. I have one duaghter who is a second grade school teacher. I currently live in San Diego (been here FT for 2 years) but planning on going to Connecticut to see my daughyter and work for the next few years. Hopeing to catch your show, in fact if you are still on I will make a point of it. I would love to meet you.
I apologise for the public forum here but I have no idea how to get in touch with you and your website seemed like it might work.
Hope to hear from you
Ron