April 2011
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Shuttin it down, Pippa. Shuttin it Down.
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I hope that the biggest influence the Royal Wedding has on wedding style is the trend of allowing your bridesmaids to look their best. If Kate Middleton’s poise today didn’t convey that she is the most confident woman on the planet, letting her sister wear this surely does. GO PIPPA. GO KATE.
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Her name is Miss Grace van Cutsem.
When they write the history of Miss Grace van Cutsem’s amazing life of scandal, glamour and amazing bon mots, they will say it began on this day:
You see that little girl in the lower left side? Miss Grace van Cutsem. She’s three now. Give her 13 years and a liberal arts education and a taste for mocking wealthy admirers who try to impress her with yachts and Maseratis, and I...
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There are times...
…when I feel misunderstood in the world. I’m a single lady who respects lady role models. I like being positive. I like working and having goals. I feel the need to fight for what’s right and for freedom of expression. I think topless female centaurs are symbols of strength and beauty. And I unfortunately pine after shy nerdy nice guys who wear plaid shirts and have dark...
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I'm Glad I'm Not Kate Middleton | The Apiary →
When you become a Princess, your life is about being loved by school children and having your hair brushed by sassy gay men. I’m not the kind of person who can live a life of leisure like that. I love the fulfillment of being an administrative assistant to financial research analysts too much to give it up.
This is definitely one of those classic “Oh shit! A big event is happening...
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"I'm gonna ride this out BIG TIME."
I think maybe three of you follow my new blog. I started it on Monday and it’s quickly making the rounds in the Game of Thrones fan community. Anyways, it’s sort of a collaboration between me and my mom. She lets me know every single thought she’s having about characters and situations on Game of Thrones, and I edit and punch up her words for the blog to make it as funny as...
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ImprovBoston's Geek Week →
I’m performing my one-lady show, Julie Bell on Julie Bell: A Retrospective On Julie Bell, at this festival this weekend. I might also be able to sneak in some stand up.
Most excellent.
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Someone posted my GoT blog on Penny Arcade..and..
Someone said..”His mom calls Khal Drogo a Klingon. Awesome.”
(emphasis mine)
I’m a lady. Thank you very much.
Okay…okay…enough of the Game of Thrones gender wank…but, seriously...guys, come on…let’s not assume things about my genitals.
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shortmikeshort replied to your post:Why is that every time I try to go to bed early I end up spending the whole night tossing and turning and being afraid I’ll die alone?
BECAUSE YOU WILL DIE ALONE. Does that help?
Also something I learned last night: When you can’t fall asleep and you start wondering about why you haven’t met your soul mate and then you start to worry...
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Why is that every time I try to go to bed early I...
So tired. So cranky. So mad at life.
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Tribeca Film Fest Review: Jesus Henry Christ
Jesus Henry Christ is a really delightful and well-acted film about child prodigies, child-rearing and the helpful and harmful roles our families play in our development.
I think this film might end up getting compared to other witty indie feel-good hits like Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, but it really has far more in common with French cinema. The saturated colors, quirky side characters...
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Tribeca Film Fest Review: The Swell Season
The Swell Season is the new documentary about the lives of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova in the years following their Oscar win for Once. It specifically follows them on a two year world tour and records the end of their relationship.
I walked away from The Swell Season the same way I walked away from Once: I knew everyone else was going to love it, but I found it overly precious and at...
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My Mom Watches Game of Thrones →
Because Jake Young asked me to.
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The play is the thing
So how’d my show go?
Were there hiccups? Oh, yes. Does the show still need a ton of work? Most definitely. Could I have performed better? Yeah, I let my fear hold me back. Is the show any good? Yes. Yes, it is. There were consistent laughs throughout the 18 and half minutes I was on stage. So, there’s definitely some good stuff there. I’m excited about doing it this weekend...
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I have to go buy something now.
When I get panic attacky and self-conscious, I buy things. Maybe I’ll buy shoes. I need shoes. My mom said she’d buy me shoes for Easter. Am I making sense?
Oh, yeah…show tomorrow. I should work on it.
I’m going to buy shoes.
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Watchjulieklausner:
Hi, I am in love with this.
Okay. This is pretty hilarious. There are multiple layers of hilarious. I approve.
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Noooooooo!
I was told yesterday by my boss that I’m allowed to visit any social networking site I want at work, but I’m not allowed to post to anything.
I’m going to try to find creative ways around this. Like saving drafts on my computer and then posting them via my iPhone.
Please pray for me.
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“Fuck your fear. We want to see your power, not your fear. Nobody has time for...”
– Mick Napier in his Paradigm Lost Journal.
This is the exact thing I needed to read.
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Mick Napier's 'Paradigm Lost' Diary | Annoyance... →
This has been making the rounds on the internet today, and by God, it’s amazing. Mick Napier blogging in the mid-1990’s about the creative process behind the Second City show he directed Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch and Scott Adsit in. I’m so glad he kept it online.
And yes, this is just getting me more excited about my intensive this summer.
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Game of Thrones review: "Winter Is Coming" |... →
I wrote this for RealCityNy. If you’ve read any of my reviews for 30 Rock for this site, you’ll know that they prefer an academic, thesis-driven approach to television reviews. This time around they wanted me to incorporate some of my own real life experiences into the review to judge how well the fantasy epic depicts real emotional issues. The result is less a review of the show, and...
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fatgirlinohio asked: What do you know about comedy management? I am not a writer or performer but I love comedy and I love seeing new talent, so I've recently been trying to figure out how I might pursue management in NYC. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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When is Amy Poehler going to be on Marc Maron's...
He’s interviewed some of the other UCB peeps, right? I just think she’d be a kick ass interview.
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Internal Debate
Should I go to Whiplash tonight (and FINALLY see Morgan Murphy live) or stay in and chill (and work on my show and call my mom and other good stuff)?
Both are good options.
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"Phil Hartman is better than all of us”
…or “My initial thoughts on SNL Season 12”
I wanted to procrastinate this weekend so I finally watched some of the vintage SNLs available on Netflix instant streaming. I decided to go with the landmark season 12 (Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, Victoria Jackson, Dennis Miller with Kevin Nealon & A. Whitney Brown). I’ve seen a lot of these sketches out of...
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30 Rock review: "I Heart Connecticut" | RealCityNY →
Last time I reviewed 30 Rock, I came to the depressing conclusion that writers need actors in order to survive. Now, I come to the slightly less depressing conclusion that actors and writers need each other. Next conclusion: as both an actor and a writer I need no one. I stalk the night in silence alone.
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Why do I do this to myself?
I write little things for a bunch of websites. The editor of one of these websites is particularly harsh when it comes to appraising my writing. Opening his emails is a constant source of suck in my life. There’s always this little voice in my head that tells me that I don’t have to do this. I don’t have to keep on writing and submitting and rewriting and resubmitting and...
ars rodentia | my other blog - cute animals being... →
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“The true perversion, though, is the sense you get that all of this illicitness...”
– Ginia Bellafonte, NY Times’s review of Game of Thrones
Yes, literary genres belong to certain genders. Only boys can like fantasy or political epics, and if those boys wanted to get girls into their elf stories, the best way to do so would be to flash tons of boob. Way to go, Ginia Bellafonte...
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“The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life. That’s a phrase...”
– Dead Poets Society (1989)
