Magical Thinking : True Stories (edit title)

Tim W edited the summary of Magical Thinking : True Stories Thursday, September 17 2009.

• An assortment of hilarious vignettes from the periods of Burroughs’ life not already canvassed in “Running with Scissors” or “Dry”. Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant.

Tim W edited the quotations of Magical Thinking : True Stories Thursday, September 17 2009.

• Added a quotation: “‘To nobody’s surprise, steroid use is common among gay men. When you combine a love for men with a love for drama, you end up with a guy on steroids.’ … ‘I said – I’m doing it for medical reasons’ my boyfriend would reply ‘your vanity is not a medical reason.’ …. ‘On typical days, (dust) is simply irritating. On Roid Rage days, it made me want to stomp down to the highway, pull drivers out of their cars, and bash their faces into pavement; Suck up that dirt like a good little Electrolux, Jersey Boy Bitch.’ …. ‘It’s weird. The day after I get the shot, I’m usually fine. It’s the day after this where I turn into somebody capable of committing a triple homicide, then going to a Ben Stiller movie.’”
• Added a quotation: “I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison cafeteria wearing Daisy Duke shorts and a Jane Fonda headband.”
• Added a quotation: “Telemarketers… (are) calling with the frequent urgency of dumped boyfriends. At this point, I cannot help but wonder, is the entire telemarketing industry one big, jilted, clingy gay guy?”
• Added a quotation: “Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.”
• Added a quotation: “(The new boyfriend) knows I write every day for hours but has no idea that all I’m writing about is me. It seems wiser to let him think I’m an aspiring novelist instead of just an alcoholic with a year of sobriety who spends eight hours a day writing about the other 16.”
• Added a quotation: “My brain is incorrectly formed, and I’m shaped like a tube. Plus, I’m an alcoholic, a ’survivor’ of childhood sexual abuse, was raised in a cult and have no education”
• Added a quotation: “I must ease people into the facts of me, not deposit large, undigested chunks of my history at their feet. Too much of me too fast is toxic.”

Jamie L edited the books like this book of Magical Thinking : True Stories Tuesday, August 25 2009.

• Added Dry: A Memoir
• Added Sellevision: A Novel
• Added You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
• Added A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir
• Added Possible Side Effects
• Added Running with Scissors: A Memoir
• Added Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
• Added Me Talk Pretty One Day
• Added When You Are Engulfed in Flames
• Added Naked
• Added Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
• Added Holidays on Ice: Stories
• Added I Was Told There'd Be Cake

Shelfari edited the description of Magical Thinking : True Stories Friday, July 31 2009.

• From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry --a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink television commercial when Augusten was seven. Then there is the contest of wills with the deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. Dating an undertaker and much more. A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate and very funny.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Magical Thinking : True Stories Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Augusten Burroughs: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Magical Thinking : True Stories Thursday, July 16 2009.

• When I was seven, I was plucked from my uneventful life deep in darkest Massachusetts and dropped into a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink commercial.