Lexi Reiser’s Reviews > Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood > Status Update

“Here is something I quickly discovered about ambition and achieving your dreams: Once you taste it, you want more.”

“[Barbara Walsh] intimated the hell out of me. I had seen [her] on the 1992 Tony Awards as Trina in Falsettos.” FALSETTOS MENTIONED !!!!!!

“[My boss], of course, was sympathetic about the possible abduction of my friend and said that missing work on Monday was not a problem. As I type this, I am still baffled as to how I got away with these things. I’ll bet my boss just thought I was deeply troubled and let these incidents slide.”

“So once again I rolled on the floor and humped the wall. I definitely threw that bottle again, even harder this time. When it was all over, Bernie looked at me and smiled.”

“If you are going to enter into a career in the arts, it’s important to know that the most common feeling you will feel, and I’m talking on a daily basis, is rejection. Even if you aren’t actively rejected that day, the feeling of lacking something, of losing out, is always just stuck on you”

“I had met an idol, she was dressed as a Star Trek character, and I was dressed as a twink hooker. I got to profess my love for her, and she said she liked my shirt while touching me”

“Steve’s combination of confidence and blind swagger made me feel certain he was not a gay person but rather just a straight actor who liked to be admired. I felt like we were seconds away from him showing me his dick and saying, “Do you like this? Because you can’t have it. But it’s nice, right?”

“I don’t know why my classmates thought I was having sex with these girls, but somehow
that became the rumor. I could tell it pleased my brother. I’m sure he was nervous for me walking into the testosterone-fueled zoo that was our high school, but now his little brother had the reputation of being a real slut. Lucky him and me!”