Comments on: FUNNY WOMEN #15: How to Move to San Francisco

By: Cathie

Cathie — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:41:54 +0000

I was thinking of moving to San Francisco, but now I’m terrified! But instead of thinking of my own condition, I should applaud the author for inducing such a visceral response!

By: Avijeet Das

Avijeet Das — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:23:48 +0000

Hello Elissa,

This article is absolutely delightful.While reading it, I had a roller-coaster ride full of loud guffaws!

Please add me to your list of fans.

regards,
Avijeet Das.

By: Cary

Cary — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:00:26 +0000

Very funny. I hope you are making money with your writing skills.
I see plays and movies in your future.

By: Jay Kay

Jay Kay — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:51:47 +0000

After reading this, I feel even more depressed that I did, previously to reading this. However, I also feel at the same time, more comfortable that I can relate to someone else for once. Maybe I need to move to San Francisco. People say that moving away from your problems are not a way to solve it; however, you were also told that you are who you hang out with. So, if you are not happy where you are, and want to move to be around more people like you, not to find happiness but just be around people who are like you, then wouldn’t that be better than horrible? Just feeling bad but comfortable would be good enough right? For me it’s about all the people who have no idea what they are talking about. Sometimes I think people just talk…just to talk. Just because they cannot stand to be quiet and peaceful, that they have to talk even to the extent of talking about nothing. Well, I should know this, it’s human nature. I use to survey people, and I’ve learned that it’s true, that people are creatures of habit. The only difference is that I don’t want the habit of trying to be like others around me. It’s also kind of like the movie, The Matrix; however, in my version, those who think it’s cool still nowadays, think that it’s just cool to think that they are so independent thinkers and the whole world is in a trance. However, I only reference The Matrix, because it’s the only concept which I can refer to. But it’s different, because also what I have learned of people is that they are so good at labeling, profiling, and defining everything around them. Well, it’s not that I don’t know anything, it’s just that the more I try to define what I’m trying to say, then I’ve lost the point of it all. Well, do I have to say it? Sometimes you have to isolate yourself in order to actually listen to what you are actually trying to tell yourself. So, thank you very much for writing this, I can relate to the beginning.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:39:13 +0000

I think you just wrote out my future. Wow. It’s like the life I haven’t even lived yet just flashed before my eyes.

By: Beverley Hall

Beverley Hall — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:11:16 +0000

I depressed now … I used to think my life sucked and everyone else was having a good time. Now I know that everyone’s life sucks

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:46:30 +0000

Jesus New York sucks. If it’s not killing you with indifference then it’s mocking the presumptuousness of your existence. I wish I was there. It sounds idyllic.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:07:43 +0000

This essay was kick-ass and so similar to my experience of moving to SF — minus the boyfriend showering with my friend bit.

On another note: Yeah, definitely don’t move to New York. I hear it’s really hard to come by good roommates there.

By: Elissa Bassist

Elissa Bassist — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:11:12 +0000

But money, AJ, what about the money?

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:42:08 +0000

Scary but a nice relief to know I’m not the only one who goes through periods of “wtf” when trying to be a writer. But are we not writers if we are writing? Does an American Library Association Top Something have to be the rewards of our labor for us to believe we are truly who we say we are? I don’t believe so. I could live the rest of my life doing what I do now. No big city or accolades need apply.