Title: You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost)
Author: Felicia Day
Published: 2015
Ready: January 2015
So the back story. I like Felicia Day, like was really into her Web stuff. When I went to Comic Con a few years ago I got myself on the Geek & Sundry PR list so I could get into their party and spy on her and her cool friends. I was the total nerd in the corner, but, I mean, I was a nerd in a room full of nerds. That is actually cool. I also went to just one panel at Emerald City Comic Con another few years ago, and of course it was hers.
I mean, this song:
And, the husband didn’t know he was a Felicia Day fan, but watched Eureka and still watches Supernatural (ha! just outed you, honey) and didn’t make the connection that this cool girl I kept talking about was actually the same cool girl that was in these shows that he watched.
So when her memoir came out, he watched some interview about her and then was relaying back to me facts and stuff about her life and I’m like, yeah! I know she was home-schooled. Cool, right. I didn’t know she was a violin prodigy, and graduated from college early with a double degree in music and math. Cool again!
Two personal chapters, around her harrowing work schedule that caused extreme anxiety (or was it the other way around?), and Internet negativity and her experience with #GamerGate. It has always astounded me the negativity people can be when sitting behind a monitor. I mean, Felicia Day, people. How much sweeter, cuter, nerd-friendlier can you be? And when she describes the horrific things she went through (getting Doxx’d, getting restraining orders against stalkers) … gah! Mean people suck.
With the exception of the chapters I just mentioned, this book was a lighthearted look into all that she’s done for people who love nerdy stuff. Personally, because the husband and I am also a fan of her non-Web stuff, I would have taken a glimpse into her non-Web life. You kind of want to hear a few fun anecdotes about Hollywood. Like, how she met Joss Whedon. Some background on “Dr. Horrible.” She is such a non-name dropper, it’s a bit of a letdown. (Your “friend” from “How I Met Your Mother,” the one who got you access to the stage so you could borrow a plant for “The Guild”? That was Allyson Hannigan, right? Because, you know, Buffy, right? AMIRIGHT?)
Recommended for: Fans of Felicia, Buffy, Supernatural and Geekdom.