January 2012
4 posts
Jen Kirkman - comedian: What I Would Have Said... →
jenkirkman:
**I wrote this last night but was shy about publishing it. But I feel good about it today. Please forgive any grammar or spelling errors. I’m not the best editor. ** - Jen Kirkman
I was supposed to talk to the Larry Mantle show on NPR this week. They wanted to talk to me about the recent…
Just two things I want to pull out here:
This: “I’ve walked into clubs where I know...
“Without a clear winner, Mr. Romney declared the Iowa caucuses a victory for...”
– That frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex is now a Presidential contender! And Mitt Romney doesn’t know what the word “victory” means!
December 2011
1 post
Don't Just Ask: Why Women Don't Negotiate →
“When I was in business school, I learned about a case that had been run experimentally. I may hash some of the details, but the gist is that half the classes that used it read about “John” facing a tough management problem, while the other half read about “Jane” facing the same problem. No detail other than the names had been changed.
But what a difference a...
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
11 posts
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“No, sick passenger is code for “dead customer ON the train”. Often times it...”
– A NY MTA train conductor doing an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on Reddit.
I will never feel the same again when I hear about a 4/5/6 train delay due to “a police investigation.”
(via bestrooftalkever) (via newsweek)
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From an ESPN.com article titled "Fan explains...
“I threw the hot dog toward Tiger Woods because I was inspired by the movie ‘Drive,’” Kelly said. “As soon as the movie ended, I thought to myself, ‘I have to do something courageous and epic. I have to throw a hot dog on the green in front of Tiger.’” - Self-made hero, Brandon Kelly
What a gallant moment on the green, indeed, Mr. Kelly. Golf claps.
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“The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of...”
– Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance (via elwags)
All the Single Ladies →
From The Atlantic’s November 2011 issue: Recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness and a steep decline in men’s life prospects that have disrupted the “romantic market” in ways that narrow a marriage-minded woman’s options: increasingly, her choice is between deadbeats (whose numbers are rising) and playboys (whose power is growing). But this strange state of affairs also...
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“Melissa will do anything to get a laugh. It’s pathological. Once [with the...”
– Ben Falcone, A Brief Oral History of Melissa McCarthy’s Huge Bridesmaids Performance
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The Baby Boomer Stefon
My Mom sent me an email from her Miami hotel room this morning:
“Went to the Penn reception last night which was better than usual - on the rooftop of the Gansevoort Hotel. Guess a lot of partying in Miami takes place on swank rooftop hotels. Anyhow, this particular hotel is currently one of the “in” spots so it was good. Hope Laser Tag went well. Love, Mom.”
To anyone...
September 2011
7 posts
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“Failure is part of it. You will be rejected dozens and dozens of times. The best...”
– Po Bronson
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And... Scene →
iamachilles:
New York Magazine’s superb article about the UCB, with interview excerpts from some of the people who have helped make it what it is.
It’s exciting to be a small part of this community.
I love this!
“Moving to New York and trying to get a show—oh my God, we were naive. But the great thing about taking big chances when you’re younger is you have less to lose, and you don’t...
First World Solutions
Here’s a real question that appeared in the NYTimes Style Section on Friday:
My dog is going through chemotherapy, and his once-cute looks are gone. In our apartment building, many nodding acquaintances, who once marveled at his looks, now gasp at his appearance. They ask what happened, or even burst into tears. They’re not trying to be unkind, but the questions are like a stab to the...
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NYTimes profile of Mindy Kaling* →
I also like this profile of her from New York, published almost-exactly-a-year ago.
She’s unapologetic and outwardly self-assured, she’s hardworking, she’s smart, she’s savvy, she’s funny, and I bet we could read people.com together. Oh, Mindy!
*that I read the second she posted to twitter.
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“I think the hardest thing, frankly, as an improviser, is to get to that point...”
– Amy Poehler
August 2011
4 posts
“Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with...”
– Steve Martin
Reading and Writing
First off, reading: I’m only at 14 books and it’s August! I wanted to read 30 books this year! So far behind! But I’ve got Hunger Games on my list now (…10 months after I was first told to read it…), so that should jump up to 17 in a really short span of time.
Second off, writing: I love to write! I wish I had time to do it every day for two non-work hours without it feeling taxing. But as it is,...
“When you confront your fears head on, it always ends up better than you think...”
– Paul F. Tompkins, in his Splitsider interview, on how therapy improved his comedic work (while simultaneously getting at the importance of truth in comedy)
July 2011
7 posts
“The first draft is nothing more than a starting point, so be wrong as fast as...”
– Andrew Stanton (Pixar)
June 2011
10 posts
“The thing is, you can’t really teach somebody to be funny. You can’t teach...”
– Terence Winter, on writing for television/film
Saint Grottlesex
Today I learned two things:
1) A portmanteau is a blend of two or more words, that morphemes into one new word. (This will be incredibly useful on the day I decide to take the GRE and/or never.)
2) “Saint Grottlesex” is a portmanteau that refers to several New England boarding schools.
Then, I felt crestfallen because no picture of the vividly-named-but-ultimately-imaginary Saint Grottlesex...
“… sometimes you have to make sure that you’ll take risks, because...”
– Amy Poehler
Dear Photograph →
Dear Photograph! A cool new tumblr! People send in photographs of the past, that they have taken in the present. (That dippy sounding sentence will make sense if you click the link.) Worth it, I promise!
“I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and after the show I went to a Waffle House....”
– Bill Hicks
I'll Worry About That Tomorrow
There’s an 80 year old woman, Pete, who lives in the brownstone (originally bought by her father in 1923) that’s next to my boyfriend’s apartment. Pete spends all day sitting on her stoop, saying hello to the neighborhood, and chatting with anyone who cares to stop. As she recovers from a bad fall this winter, she’s had neighborhood kids read to her on the steps and...
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...”
– Winston Churchill (offering wisdom that is best applied to life, unprecedented warfare, and careers in the arts)
Books, again.
It’s June and I just went book shopping! This is apparently turning into a defacto reading and writing blog, but these are my interests, so I’ll take it. (I should also start a defacto “16 & Pregnant and celebrities” blog, a “Shake Shack, Pizza, and Orange Milanos” blog, and an “Esoteric Foreign Films I Force My Boyfriend to Watch” blog, so that...
May 2011
7 posts
Zits & Wrinkles: A Book Lover's Survey →
(via Rachel Held Evans, shorterexcerpts et al.)
Can you name…
1. A book you threw across the room in anger.
2. A book in which you underlined nearly every sentence.
3. A book you were surprised to love.
4. A book you can’t wait to read.
1. I have never thrown a book in anger. I did, however, put down Lolita about 50 pages from the end, because it was too upsetting and too awful. I finished it...
"When the show went to No. 1 in December 1988, ABC... →
zitsandwrinkles:
I am aware that I am the 9 zillionth person to suggest that you read Roseanne Barr’s incredible piece in this week’s NYMag about sexism, fame and how fucked up Hollywood is, but I just can’t not share it. It’s brilliant and terrifying.
Yikes, Roseanne Barr. This is fascinating/crazy, but also ends with fine print mentioning that she has a book coming out and a new reality TV...
