Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good (edition 2012)

The Good Stuff

You can see the man loves Canada (And mentions us a couple of times and you know us Canadians love that shit - think we have adopted him as one of our own -- and really the guy was on Degrassi a couple of times -- how cool is that)
Really knows how to make you laugh your ass off at his expense
His obvious love for his wife, child and family is so very beautifully (and often extremely colorfully) written
Honestly discusses how lucky he is to have gotten where he is today
Down to earth and straight to the point (the man says it like it is) - read the chapter on what happened to him on Southwest airlines and you will see what I mean. So horrible that this sort of thing can happen to ANYONE
Quotes John Hughes (last part of book is worth the price of the book alone)
His advice is brilliant and actually helpful
Not afraid to give his opinion and he never pretends to be something he is not
Loved the paragraph on The Tenets of Buellerism
Um Hello it is written by Kevin Smith - that is all you need to know people - and quite frankly if you don't have mad respect for this man -- I quit you!

The Not So Good Stuff

Man if I was his wife I would kill him for his description of their first sexual (and another one) encounter
Would have liked some pictures included

Favorite Quotes/Passages

"To me, the Angelika Film Center is what Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto or the Forum in Montreal were to Canadian hockey fans of old: a magical structure were the impossible happened every night."

"Whenever something got me down, or whenever someone tried to make me feel I was less than someone else (or in the case of one classless piece-of-shit airline, more than someone else), I'd look at at is a reminder that nobody is allowed to tell me who I am and what I'm worth.)

"This book is not a blueprint: It's just some funny and bittersweet stuff that happened to me that I feel shaped me into a more well-rounded person - so round, in fact, that a major airline gave me shit about it. But Tough Shit is not the Necronomicon. It will not raise the dead."

Who Should/Shouldn't Read

So very much NOT FOR the prudish or those easily offended by colourful language (But if you are reading my blog - you OBVIOUSLY are not easily offended)
If you are a fan of Kevin Smith than this IS the book for you kids -- this is primo Smith
Also thinking this would be an awesome audio book

4.75 Dewey's

I purchased this from Indigo -- well because it was written by Kevin Smith people, and I love him (Still ticked at hubby for moving me to Calgary before Fan Expo where I could have meet him!!!)

One of my most awkward moments involved trying not to laugh while watching the oral sex scars scene of Chasing Amy with my husband and my mom. ( )

I don't usually read biographies let alone autobiographies, but Kevin Smith is my hero, and so I had to buy his book. It was not a philisophical, how too, self help, or learn by my example type of read, which I was happy to discover. Told in a series of anacdotes, Mr. Smith spins a yarn embodying every geek boy's wet dream. It really was just a collection of happenstances much like a series of short stories, but instead it was all factual.

Besides what I learned about Kevin, there was so much more to be had about what surrounded him. The people, and places, and situations that brought about his success. The best part is, this didn't take place in Middle Earth, or Naboo. With this comes an asolute sense of possiblity. Of what can be accomplished in THIS world. Every page is an encouragement to that struggling artist, or hopeful dreamer, that maybe, just maybe, what seemed impossible isn't quite.

This book will leave you thinking, if that fat, lazy slob can do it why can't I? Now thats a train of thought I can certainly take comfort in! ( )

Raunchy, unruly, and everything that any Kevin Smith fan could expect. From the story of his latest super-indie film, Red State, to his opinion of Bruce Willis, love for podcasting, the 'too fat to fly' embarrassment, and somewhat disturbing infatuation with his wife; Kevin holds nothing back. There are few biographies that will have you smiling and shaking your head like Tough Sh*t. ( )