Don’t Ever Let Famous People Tell You What To Do

This is an inscription I have in a book from John Hodgman. I was not actually there to get it, I was busy farming in New Zealand (as the inscription hints). While I was there, my now husband/then “it’s complicated” went to a book signing, where he was apparently very nice and spent a long time talking to everyone who went up and got their books signed.

My man told Hodgman the second copy was for me, that I was busy farming and fiNdinG mYseLF across the world, but that I was an aspiring writer and maybe he could write some advice for me. I got “Give Up + Farm,” which is perfect, Hodgman-y advice, but I didn’t take it and now I have two book deals so the moral of the story is don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t follow your dreams fuck you John Hodgman you don’t know me!!!

(I would very much like to know you John Hodgman, you seem like a cool dude. And this has actually been fantastic advice because even at our most successful we should all remember to give up and farm once in a while.)