The blurb’s pretty snazzy, too:
Reaching Nirvana is a refreshing true story of a former military brat who takes you along on her journey of soul discovery & healing. Her open mind expresses her experience in a deep yet humorous way as you fly through chapters of childhood trauma, bullies, sexual assault, expressions of a teenage heart and a marriage that simultaneously killed and rebirthed her soul as she hunted for love. A story of a woman who remembers the magic inside of herself and wants to make it her mission to remind you of how lit you are too. She believes the world is like one big giant Shakespeare play; half the time you can’t understand it, it’s hella dramatic and yet most stick around because everything is so damn poetic. A book with a curious mixture of memoir and self-help through the telling of her story.
“Reaching Nirvana is a refreshing true story of a former military brat[…]”
…NO
Seriously? And this “refreshing” genius thinks I want to read something written by someone who can’t understand Shakespeare? Yeah, right, fersure. No thanks, you pretentious, self-involved twit. (I mean, really–think about her sitting there, writing this paen to herself in the third person, about how she’s so refreshing, open and wonderful. Modest much? You want to put your inner thoughts out there, fine. But I get to decide how wonderful you are–you don’t get to tell me. And stop telling people that you think
being unable to understand Shakespeare is a bonus. It’s not.)
Fer sure
Another way to say for sure or definitely, except way cooler sounding. Used a lot by scenesters and hip people. Became very popular after The Medic Droid released there song titled “Fer Sure”.
Is “hella” even a word?
Hella is an American slang term that originated in Oakland, California, but has since spread to become native slang to all of northern California. It is used as an adverb such as in “hella bad” or “hella good” and was eventually added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002.
The Oxford has a lot to answer for, if they’ve started adding that type of slang. (sigh).
Thanks for the explanation. I guess that means the author only wrote this book for people living in northern California. Localised slang words that no one outside your local area understands will not help to sell more books.
Nah, I heard it in Canada and the Midwest too…but I don’t think it’s even used anymore. Really dumb, goofy word.
This is England calling. The word has been witnessed here also, and likewise assessed as stupid. Preferable synonyms in this locality are “frightfully” and “most”. England out.
It is Finnish and means a stove.
More like ‘Retching Nirvana’, am I right?
I’m here all week.