Month: November 2005

  • Dear Microsoft Word,

    Please stop crashing. Why do you hate these five pages I keep trying to write? I’m so close to finishing this draft of the manuscript and I really need to send it to my editor and I’d really like for you to stop having to “unexpectedly shut down.” Because it makes me cry, Microsoft Word.…

  • Big Night

    Big Night

    Please turn some televisions to ABC tonight at 9:30 (8:30, Austinites) for Hot Properties.

  • seriously kicking it.

    Awesome accomplishment, Laura. I’m so proud of you. [Warning: you’ll probably get teary at the end, when Eric’s running and cheering, being a badass husband.]

  • kicking it.

    Pam: Hey, how hard is your kickboxing class, man? Patrick: … You’re going to be blogging about it tomorrow. Consequently I’m in bed. I’m about to get up, but I want to make sure my entire body is awake before I stand. I haven’t actively engaged any muscles other than my arm to lift this…

  • Dear R Kelly…

    Dear R Kelly…

    You might be aware of how your fans feel about your recent work, but I bet you rarely get the chance to see people watch your brilliant Trapped In the Closet series. So I present to you: the moment just after the last word in Chapter Nine:

  • my mom and my stepdad saw Shopgirl

    The following conversation might have occurred because, after four years of bicoastal living, I finally ran out of excuses not to get California license plates. So after two hours at the DMV and only one incorrect answer on my written test (if I’d gotten a perfect score, I was going to ask for a copy),…

  • the day the music died

    I promised myself I wouldn’t keep bitching about the basement. But honestly. Here’s the thing. I have one week left in my hiatus, a break that represented the first days I’ve had off in the history of my checkered past in LA. Ever. Well, I had five days off last year, but I spent them…