I like to think that every playwright has their own coping mechanisms slash games to get themselves through the very vulnerable experience of sitting in a room with people as they watch your soul play …
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playwright gamez
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formerly fat career girl
Sometimes my own thought processes horrify me. Yesterday the New York Times ran an article about me, which I honestly have been secretly dreaming about FOR YEARS. My first thoughts once I saw that it …
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why to thank Jay-Z
Sometimes it’s like, oh no, I will never be physically flawless, and I must because that is the answer, ISN’T THAT THE ANSWER? But then I remember that JAY-Z CHEATED ON BEYONCE. This was his …
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PLEDGE.
I was apparently feeling very patriotic yesterday. In not one or not even two but in fact MULTIPLE PICTURES from the Cake’s opening night (WHICH WENT GREAT!) I’m doing a weird pledge allegiance to the …
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skirtchalance
Some of the actors came into the writer’s room today to hear their storylines for the season, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that I chose to wear this fun skirt that …
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I would like to not thank the Academy
Fox graciously and generously got all of the This is Us writers memberships with the Television Academy, which at first makes one feel quite lucky and fancy, but then, THE BOXES START TO COME. As …
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assistance
I’m thrilled to announce that a very lovely college student who I met at the Ojai Playwright’s Conference is going to be my assistant for the Summer. I think it’ll be an interesting experiment in …
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Kind World
I’m really loving this podcast, Kind World. It’s just tiny, seven minutes-ish stories about people whose lives were transformed forever by kindness from complete strangers: a parachute instructor who threw his body under a woman …
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how to know you’re ready
1.) I fully acknowledge that there is really no such thing as ‘ready to have a baby.’ 2.) WE ARE NOT YET TRYING TO HAVE A BABY, JUST IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF PONDERING AND …
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two birds / one drive
Sometimes my impulse to multi-task borders on completely insane. Case in point, this morning, while driving to work, instead of putting on music or the news I decided to just drive in silence so as …