“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
– Amy Poehler, Harvard Commencement speech, 2011
Over the summer, one of my friends posted the video of Amy Poehler’s commencement speech. The above quote really struck me and I’d been meaning to write this for a while (since like…July), but alas, I’m no good with sentiment and I tend to procrastinate.
Simply put: I’ve been very lucky to have found several of these people. I’m so proud to say that I surround myself with such talented, hilarious people. We all know I’m not the most charming and social person in the world and sometimes I don’t want to deal with people (and honestly, I want to spare them from having to deal with me), but when I do find these kinds of people - these people I have an immense amount of respect for as comics and as human beings - I want to spend as much time as possible with them.
I can be exhausting to put up with. So anyone who actually bites the bullet and gets invested in me deserves sainthood. I sincerely appreciate all of you.
You know who you are. And, if you don’t, I do. Thank you for challenging and inspiring me. My life is better because you’re all in it. I mean it.
And now let the gluttony and masochistic eating begin! Happy Thanksgiving!!!
~Angela Cobb
