December 2011
WatchJust a normal three page/ten minute long sketch I wrote for BSJ.
Books I Read in 2011, From Most to Least Preferred
I can’t believe I read so much this year! Nor how many young adult novels! Giant thanks to Alison for keeping me motivated!
Anna and the French Kiss: Stephanie Perkins
The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins
Will Grayson, Will Grayson: David Leviathan & John Green
The Fates Will Find Their Way: Hannah Pittard
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrl Revolution: Sara Marcus
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The 2011 Movies I Saw, From Most to Least...
Note, as always, the difference between what I said and the term “best to worst.”
Friends With Benefits
Bridesmaids
The Muppets
Young Adult
Hanna
Footloose
Midnight In Paris
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
No Strings Attached
Country Strong
Bad Teacher
The Roommate
Take Me Home Tonight
Movies I still might see...
“EP/coach Paul Briganti
Line Producer LUKE KELLY CLYNE...”
– Lumiere (for now). Get excited.
Advice to new Maude writers and actors
digsyfinallyhasa:
Someone actually did ask for this, so I’m not just on a high horse (I mean, I am literally, not metaphorically; I’m riding a horse right now!). A lot of new people got put on Maude teams late last night and I thought I should share some things I’ve learned after being a writer on Thunder Gulch for two and a half years.
Pay attention. Yes, we are all individual writers, but...
Maude Team Name Ideas, Free to a Good Home
Today may (or may not…not being coy, I genuinely don’t know what’s up) be the day new Maude teams are announced. Stone Cold Fox is moving exclusively to Friday nights (catch the penultimate performance of This Is Not Art tonight!), so I will not have occasion to be part of the vitally important and argument-filled process of choosing a Maude team name this year. But that...
Critic-Approved Archetypes It Takes Effort For Me...
anthonyisright:
Post-hardcore E Street Bands.
Female vocalists who sound like they’re auditioning for a Bond theme until they either swear or reference modern conveniences.
Theoretical dance-pop vocalists who apparently abstain from not just auto-tune, but second takes.
Rappers who drop hate speech before I’ve become hooked to their flow, or the beat they’re rapping over.
Bands that force...
LA, here I come (for 5 days)
vaov:
Hi guys, as some of you know, next week, I am going to LA to perform my one woman show First Woman On The Moon!
Then I am staying for about five days to take it easy I will also be handing out mini cards I printed with my headshot… get your pockets ready, big sharks!!!! (Alan Starzinski knows some big people he promised he’d invite to my show.)
I feel like when I first traveled by...
Entertainment Weekly: Lowe's Apologizes (Sort Of)... →
Lowe’s decided to pull their ads from (incidentally, pretty good) TLC show All-American Muslim. I can’t use the snappy line “So I’ll be pulling my money from Lowe’s” because I don’t think I’ve ever had occasion to go to a home improvement store. But when I do? Lowe’s will not be seeing a fucking red cent of my money. Assholes.
Eater: The 5 Hardest Doors in New York City →
pigatumblrforpigarestaurant:
2. PROVOCATEUR: Still holding on to the second spot is Mike Satsky and Brian Gefter’s Gansevoort Hotel hot spot. While Satsky will probably cry over his cornflakes that the club isn’t number one, the club still manages to keep its door policies tight and continues to book top flight DJs to keep its Euro-centric crowd happy and shelling out cash for bottles. The...
New York Times: "Pig," a Play, Roasts the... →
pigatumblrforpigarestaurant:
Oh, hey, NBD, just a feature on Diner’s Journal.
At a performance of “Pig: A Restaurant” at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Chelsea on Wednesday night, a deranged celebrity chef unveiled a drink list featuring “bacon-infused bourbon” and “pork cheek bitters.” A locavore praised the taste of edible weeds picked along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. And a...
Zagat: Pig: A Restaurant Returns to UCB to Lampoon... →
pigatumblrforpigarestaurant:
Zagat (rhymes with cat!) recommends Pig: A Restaurant (rhymes with returns to UCB at 9:30pm on Wednesday, December 21!).
Do you think that locally source swine is like, totally hilarious? Well, we’ve been hearing some good buzz about Pig: The Restaurant, a show by Leila Cohan-Miccio that is running tonight and December 21 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater...
New Yorker: The Lizza List: Barney's Best Insults →
Oh god, I’m so sad Barney Frank, personal hero/hilarious dick, is leaving office. Who else will fight for Massachusetts while repeatedly telling Margary Egan she’s stupid?
Dan Harmon Poops: Crucial Update on my Bodily... →
danharmon:
I have, physically, had worse and better 2:30 AMs than this. I haven’t seen that recent Planet of the Apes movie but based on the descriptions I’ve heard, its third act is unfolding in my abdomen. I feel like I accidentally swallowed an entire very put-upon chimp with zero tolerance for captivity…
meredithbklyn:
hobroken:
However, a week later, my dear housekeeper of many years, Rosita, also got came down with Parrot Fever. I assumed I gave it to her, but that was not the case. I got sick before my housekeeper did because my metabolism may have been a little faster than hers, due to all the workouts I do at the gym every morning (and was doing then, in June 2002). Rosita had been...
