PLS SEND HELP STOP STUCK IN NYC DURING SNOW STORM WITH ONLY MY FAVORITE SNACK AND ENTIRE PLAY TO REWRITE STOP JK SEND NOTHING I’VE NEVER BEEN BETTER STOP EXCEPT MAYBE SEND MORE SNACKS AND …
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truly ideal scenario
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UNIFORM
VERSATILITY! Can be worn for: playwright at workshop who does not yet understand their play disgruntled cater waiter confronting their forgotten dreams person who ate way too much Ramen last night person in NYC who …
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Home again home again, jiggity jog!
I have no idea where that limerick (?) came from, if my mom made it up for all car rides home or if it’s an ancient Irish thing, but I shall use it to announce …
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horrible confession
As I prepare to leave for the airport, for what must be my 90th I STILL WRITE PLAYS! trip to NYC since I moved to LA six years ago, I feel compelled to share with …
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BYE SEASON 2
We officially ended the This is Us Season 2 (and some season 3) writer’s room last night with an adorable group outing to see my dear froworkers turned SHOW RUNNERS Isaac and Elizabeth’s movie, Love, …
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extent of my knowledge
The news: Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel could potentially hurt American steel makers. Me: wait, people MAKE steel?
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I grew up and also I’m a Toys R Us kid
Yesterday, Toys R Us announced it will close all of its stores and no longer Be. Last night, anyone who grew up in the 70s/80s/90s slept curled around memory shadows of Kid Sister dolls and …
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GROWN UP DEMANDS STICKER
THIS grown up forehead-carrier left her house for work this morning not only NOT with wet hair, but with DRY hair that she even managed to run a curling iron through. WHERE IS MY PRIZE? …
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challenges of parenting (?)
I imagine there are a lot of really hard things about raising kids, like ‘instilling moral code’ and ‘keeping them from running in front of cars’ and ‘ ‘explaining to them what death is’ but …
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Martha
Today, on Using Other’s People’s Writing to Stand in for my Own, or, Live Every Day like you’re in a really good Sophomore English Class: I’m finally reading The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien’s memoir about …