Month: May 2008

  • cookie puss

    We had our first table read for season two yesterday. That’s a very exciting thing, being on a show that comes back for another year. But this second year is still the first year, and I kind of forgot how we went straight from season one to the strike to season one point five, to…

  • grateful and grumpy (aka: old-lady pamie)

    For those of you who are crazy cat ladies/actual veterinarians/long-time fans: Thank you for writing in about Cal and his new meds. That’s very kind of you, and your advice is much appreciated. Yay for Pill Pockets. Now if only Greenies made a “Liquid-y Vomit Catcher ™” for thirty minutes after Cal’s had his medicine.…

  • punch-up.

    punch-up.

    punch-up: a process where we individually go through the writer’s first draft and offer up suggestions for jokes, story structure, and/or cuts. Then we get into one room and offer up all of our suggestions at the same time until the writer is convinced he or she should never write anything ever again while simultaneously…

  • ring-ring.

    [scripty] PAMIE Hello? SARA Hi! What are you doing? PAMIE I’m watching a Planet Earth. SARA Nerd. PAMIE Technically, I was working on my book, and then I spent some time trying to figure out if I wanted to upgrade to Leopard, and now I’m watching a Planet Earth. SARA NERD! [/scripty]

  • one of them drawy-picture books:

    Eddie Campbell: The Fate of the Artist

  • pill pusher

    pill pusher

    It’s been three attempts now of trying to get Cal to take two pills and switch to wet (diet) food in order to treat his asthma. That’s six pills and half a can. That means I’ve accidentally eaten about half an antibiotic, more than a few fingertips worth of cat food, and almost gave Taylor…

  • Two Things

    Two Things

    For those of you who are Liz Feldman fans, want to be Liz Feldman fans, or enjoy all things The L Word, here’s Liz’s new Internet show: This Just Out, with Liz Feldman. Liz is a 4-time Emmy winner for her work as a writer/producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Being the over-achiever that she…

  • i am so awesome.

    i am so awesome.

    Over the weekend I went to a party at a restaurant/nightclub/bar type thing. It had a wall of black mirrors when you walked in, which made the room — and the crowd — look twice its actual size. But I didn’t know that. So when I walked inside to the bar to get a drink,…