Even the shit that sounded easy wasn't after she read about it some. Success in the pesky task of dying, ultimately required pretty much the same mind-set you need so as to succeed in life - believing in yourself and believing you can do it. She, for instance, did not believe that she could get her hands on a shotgun.A shotgun blast is said to be much more effective than a rifle or pistol, in this kind of extra-special situation. But she was on a tourist Visa and didn't know anyone other than Woolfgang who could help her obtain any fire arm at all, in the US. Woolfgang would probably see right through her desperate demeanor and inform her mother, who would otherwise surely enjoy scraping pieces of her membrane off of the wall.