First, how much do I love the fact that they’re using Lady Gaga’s song “Teeth” to promote Shark Week on the Discovery Channel? She was even in my crossword this morning — “Singer known for unconventional outfits”. (Okay, so that also could’ve been Cher, but there were too many letters.) Just another few steps on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Met with a YouTube star yesterday — was very friendly, had some great suggestions for the new web series I’m going to launch. Among other things, we spoke about the relationship of the filmmaker to her audience, and how very personal that relationship is online, as opposed to the eighteen layers of buffers and oversight […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First: A big Happy Birthday to my little sister and brother. You’re lucky I’ve let you live this long. Second: And now for something completely different. . All photographs © Mark Richardson As far as last sights went, Sarah could have done worse. If only her head would stop bleeding. If only he wasn’t coming back. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thinking about Oslo, but will keep my ranting confined to Twitter. That gun-and-bomb-toting asshole is already getting more print than he deserves — so I’m restricting myself to doling it out 140 characters at a time, and only when my rage wells up so high it splashes over the floodgates. Fucking douchebag castrato. And… I’m […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the thing. I’ve never tried cocaine or black beauties or Adderall or any of the other drugs that make you wide-eyed and jumpy and turn your mouth into a machine gun or make you scrub your bathroom floor until it’s so sterile you can deliver a baby on it. But eight days ago I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First off, all hail Sarah Schneider in “Full Benefits” over at CollegeHumor — why oh why could I not find this writer/actress first? Is there some sort of self-flagellation club I could join? Or, I don’t know, if I have to settle, a fan club? Been watching web series ’til my eyes bleed (and yes, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ever work on an Internet series as a writer? Me, either — before now — but it’s actually turning out to be pretty fucking fun. Especially ’cause you can write the word “fucking” as many times as you like without worrying about Standards & Practices burning you in effigy, or an EP sighing and rolling […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, so you remember — long, long ago, in a place far, far away, when I was much, much poorer — how I took that job I thought I wanted? The one I worked 14-hour days for, necessitating my complete abandonment of this blog — not to mention my fiance, my family, sleep, sex, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
