I've signed up for a sketch comedy writing class at Upright Citizen's Brigade, something you can only do in New York or LA (or Chicago or Toronto with Second City). I was in no small part motivated by reading Tina Fey's book, which pointed out to me how startlingly similar our lives' trajectories were up until a certain point (so to speak). Born in ( Read more... )

It's 2:30 in the morning. I've been awake for 22 hours now, up at 4:30 am to be in Midtown by 6:00 am, to wait on line for tickets to SNLI went through the line twice. One the first pass I got standby ticket #65 for the dress rehearsal. On the second (and third) pass I got ticket #107 (and ticket #114, in case I could find a friend to come with me ( Read more... )

Me want.

This too.

And speaking of which, remember that campaign to donate to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin's name? It's raised $802,678 and counting. Palin should be getting her thank you cards in the next week or so. I swear, it makes me giddy as a schoolgirl. Keep spreading the word!

x-posted to feminist_action

"I'm 37! Please don't make me go to Brooklyn!"
-- Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, 30 Rock