Ned Vizzini

Squip watch:

Squip Video:

[a recap of the squip campaign, created to promote Be More Chill -- this video is dedicated to all of the readers who helped spread the word about the book -- THANK YOU FOREVER]

Things I am not on:

Twitter: no account
Myspace: yes account, but it is disabled/I don't check it

Things I am on:

there is also a FB reader group

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One reader suggested that I link pictures of Stuyvesant High School since I went there. Good idea.

MUSIC

Buswood (age 15-16) - "Spice Girls Song"

Oh man. This is probably the worst one up here (if I didn't say that already). This is loosely based on the Spice Girls' second single "Wannabe". Choice lyrics: "But now / I've got some stanky woosey woosey / I need more than a friend." I'm playing bass; Owen co-vocalizes.

The New Mexikans (age 18-20) - "Broken Eye"

After high school, I played bass in a heavy psychedelic rock band called The New Mexikans for three years. These were some of the best times of my life, although, of course, I didn't realize it at the time. Driving around to shows in Long Branch and Roselle Park, NJ, fishing stoned kids out of the back of the van, recording demos through the night in Funkadelic Studios... It was great. The band continues on as The Day The Earth Stood Still with resident guitar god Gabriel Marin still at the helm. The other players on this song and the one below are Brian Anwar (vocals) and Lou Miller (drums).

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videos / Audio

It's Kind of a Funny Story Student Trailer

From YouTube user JakkJones: "This was a film project for my sister's English class. It's a fake trailer for a movie based on Ned Vizzini's novel It's Kind of a Funny Story."

More Funny Story student projects:

It's Kind of a Funny Story soundtrack book report

It's Kind of a Funny Story student film

It's Kind of a Funny Story student film WITH PREVIEWS OF ROB SCHNEIDER'S THE STAPLER [this is amazing]

It's Kind of a Funny Story Theatrical Interpretation

In March 2010, Oak Lawn Community High School put on a theatrical performance of It's Kind of a Funny Story called a "Group Interp," or "Group Interpretation" project. They used the text of the book but presented it with a Greek chorus. Very cool and inventive stuff!

BE MORE CHILL [orb#1]

A Be More Chill reader video project. Also see the Be More Chill student film with fire at the end.

"Love And Longing" at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2009

From YouTube user chocochip16: "The brooklyn book festival took place at columbus park by brooklyn borough hall in NYC on Sunday September 13, 2009. At the festival there was a section for young adults. I attended and went to a author panel they had set up for younng adult readers. They had all day -long literary events scheduled for us teens and this video is one of the panels that includes three talented young adult writers, Aimee Friedman ( Sea Change), Anna Godbersen ( The luxe series), and Ned Vizzini ( Be more Chill)."

Attack of the Killer Turtle

Attack of the Killer Turtle, as described in Teen Angst? Naaaah...! It was uncovered after years and is presented here in all its glory.

Be More Chill Play

The theatrical adaptation of Be More Chill! Adapted by Bill Massolia, starring Jake Cohen as Jeremy and Edward Paul as the squip (seen in Keanu Reeves regalia).

Just Craig

pretty amazing IKOAFS video made with Sims 2 by alexatetris

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Favorite Parts

Ashley of FL says: Thank you so much for writing It's Kind of a Funny Story. It opened up my heart and mind that the feelings I had towards death and myself weren't as abstract as I'd thought. And while nobody (my parents, my friends, etc) would listen to me about these feelings, I turned to your book and it made me feel that there would eventually be a time where things would be better.

Thank you so much(:

Tom of United Kingdom says: Hi Mr Vizzini,
I am sure you get emailed this a lot and I'm sorry to needlessly add to your inbox but I was absolutely blown away by the conclusion to your book "It's Kind of a Funny Story". In particular, the last page and the life affirming final few paragraphs gave me a feeling, whilst I was reading them, that left me genuinely inspired and simultaneously moved. It reminded me in many ways of a quotation from one of my favourite films 'A Single Man' :"A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be." I really am grateful that there are people in the world such as yourself (and Bruce Springsteen to name another) that motivate me to believe that everything is worth while despite all the shit. Thanks for everything and I wish you all the best in the future ( also hoping that the film is as good as I believe it can be with the directors involved ). Tom

Valerie of CA says: Thanks so much for writing It's Kind of A Funny Story. I felt like you were echoing my exact thoughts about school and the pressure to do well, but in a horny and neurotic guy's perspective. This was the first book of yours that I read and I immediately bought Teen Angst and Be More Chill. Teen Angst was the one that made me laugh the most, mostly because it was factual I guess. I'm kind of considering becoming a writer, since it's one of the only things I've been doing since I was really young (sports and playing instruments aren't really my thing) and because of the several writers who have inspired me. I guess the thing I like about your writing is it's probably more honest than most people will get and it's funny, painfully angst ridden, but funny. IKAFS and Be More Chill propelled me not to take high school so seriously, since really, it doesn't matter all that much so thanks for that. There should be more funny but intelligent and honest writers like you around. There's this one section in Be More Chill that I really loved because it was real and dark but still really hilarious. Jeremy is saying that "whatever cool is" he missed it and that he's not the freak but Rich is the freak and that when he grows up "that had better be understood" and that he had better be compensated or he'd shoot himself in the head. I feel that way a lot. High school is such a bad place to judge how "cool" people are and I take solace in knowing that things will change eventually. So thanks for those words.

Theresa of TX says: Your book was so good. I loved the way you write. Reading "It's Kind of a Funny Story",actually helped me understand my anxiet better. My favoriet part was when he drew the maps in the heads. That was so creative and made sense! I've learned that the things that i worry about at mostly just in my head.

Maryann of Newfoundland, Canada says: My FAVORITE part in the whole book, was when Craig was talking about the dogs having sex. And he said 'That must have been some wild dog sex'. That was AMAZING! And aslo the part where one person said "OH!" then another person said "SON!" & high fived.