Monday, February 11, 2013
Misery Bear's memoir is perfect for Valentine's Day — if you're alone
Posted by William McKeen on Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:44 PM
But for those a little weary of Valentine’s Day or bruised in love, Misery Bear might prove to be good company.
For the last four years, Misery Bear has been starring in a series of short films on the BBC that have gone viral. The whole saga of his whole life to date is available on YouTube. Here's the Misery Bear Channel.
And now, just in time for the holiday for lovers, he brings us this book of his experiences in love.
Here, for example, is a Misery Bear love poem:
The winter cold
Makes me shiver
You look at me
And make me quiver
We go to yours
For some dinner
You serve me up
A plate of liver
I vomit for eight hours
If that won’t put you out of the mood for love, I don’t know what will.
So if you’re alone or limping along in a relationship, this might be the best way to comfort yourself on Valentine’s Day. A few laughs never hurt.
A former faculty member at the University of Florida, McKeen now chairs the journalism department at Boston University. He is the author most recently of Mile Marker Zero and Homegrown in Florida.
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