American on Purpose

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just finished reading American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson's autobiography.

I don't know what I was expecting, but the book wasn't what I had expected.

I laughed out loud a few times, I was horrified/shocked/interested a LOT, and I teared up a few times. Especially when he wrote about his mother's death, because I remember seeing him on TV when he did his first show after that.

OMG.

I'm not much into reading non-fiction. I have read the occasional book by a personality that interests me, but for the most part, I'm a fiction fan.


"Scottish by birth, American on purpose."

What I mean is that the only knowledge I have about alcoholics or addicts in general is what I've seen on Celebrity Rehab or the one or two episodes of "Intervention" that I've seen.

Craig kind of explains what it was like for him to be an alcoholic, from his very first drink to the last.

He said his 2 great loves in life have been alcohol and women.

The surprising thing (for me), is that even while reading about the stupid shit he did, I didn't feel judgemental.

He's smarter than I thought he was, and I already assumed that he was smart because I don't believe that truly funny people can be stupid.

I guess he's a bit more romantic that I would have thought? I don't know, that doesn't feel right. Maybe it's just the book making me think that?

Anyway, the book is a quick read and if you like @craigyferg at all, you should definitely read it. :-)

Thank you, Craig!

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o any of you watch The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson?

Well, he was in reruns for 2 weeks. When he came back on Monday, he had a mustache.

I sent him an e-mail. Which he did not read on air (I think he hates me). When he was reading the e-mails on Tuesday, he said "That one's rude." Evan thinks that was mine...

All I said was

"Dear Craig,
Thank you for growing a mustache. Now my 12 year old thinks he's a man because he has more hair on his upper lip than you do."

That wasn't rude, was it?

Anyway, last night he came back on and he'd SHAVED IT OFF!!!!

Thank you so much, Craigypoo. You really looked like a Spanish Porn Star with that 'stache.

I tried to find some pictures of him with the thing that looked like he'd drunk some chocolate milk & forgotten to wipe his lip, but there were none. There are, however, several youtube clips of him with the quasi 'stache.



I'm so glad it's gone!

It's Father's Day?

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h. Happy Father's Day, then. I lost my father 21 years ago, so I don't really think about it.

But I saw this on youtube last night. You know (if you read my blog regularly) that I have a crush on Craig Ferguson. I love his crazy antics. He truly cracks me up.

Anyway, I saw this and it made me tear up.




That is all.