I am V V STOKED to join the writer’s room for this new Netflix show, based on the beautiful memoir, MAID, about a single Mom who kept herself and her daughter alive by cleaning houses …
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MAID!
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I’M OFFRAID
As I’ve previously noted in this space, I like to discover things a year or two after every one has, so that I might burst into a room like, HAVE YOU GUYS TRIED AVOCADO ON …
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People, and how they do different Things
Yesterday’s flight back from NC a.) had no internet or screens to speak of and b.) was TURBULENT AF and so I was forced to confront my (completely unfounded and odd) sometimes fear of TALKING …
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t’aint always easy
Almost 14 years ago, I carefully glued all of my grad school rejection letters into a scrapbook, and amused myself by highlighting the word ‘regret’ in all of them. I think I sensed that someday, …
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EVERYTHING BUT THIS IS BAD
I don’t have any profound insight into the events of the last few days, but I do feel a need to express something, and so: VANS ARE BAD CROWDS ARE BAD HATE IS BAD THE …
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dressxiety
This morning, the gals of This is Us were discussing Emmy’s dress options and I just sort of froze and crawled inside of myself. I’ve ordered a few to try, but mostly I feel just …
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MUSIC TEARS
DO YOU LIKE TO CRY, BUT OUT OF YOUR EARS? This is Us now has a Spotify playlist that you can follow! It features songs from the episodes: some covers, some old faithfuls, some originals …
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the witching hour
Experts and addicts and expert addicts say that alcoholics have a witching hour, a time of day when they always start to want a drink, for most, about 5 PM, the hovering inbetween day and …
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Credit!
My American Gods bosses sent me this screenshot of my lil piece of the pie in the show’s opening credits. Maybe some day years from now my name on a screen will make me feel …
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Frances.
Being that I have a play that’s about Cake, watching the Great British Baking Show is actually NOT procrastination or distraction, it is in fact research. Thank God Netflix just added two seasons of it …