And now such daring feats have gotten you enough attention to sell a script. I’m supposed to technically say it’s been “optioned.” It’s called Book Smart. I wrote it with my writing partner Emily Halpern, who’s written for The Unit and Private Practice. I know her from college. It’s about two girls who have been perfect their whole life and they decide senior year they’re going to devote their perfection to the getting of boyfriends. We wanted to do a female take on a typical teen movie. I think just complexity of character is a little bit lacking [in many female-focused films], and I think you’re also missing a broader spectrum of women. There are all these beautiful ladies who can’t get a boyfriend, and it’s like, Really?
April 2009
“The moral to this story is don’t mess with the marching band girls, or you just might get what you deserve,” said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Michael Rust.
wow, am surprised that Meryl Streep is the best thing about this trailer — I don’t even usually like her!
- Subway Employee (after seeing my "I Voted" sticker): Oh, you voted? So did I!
- Me: That's great! (seriously, I love when people vote)
- Subway employee: Oh wait, is this for more recently? I voted last time.
- Me: . . .
So Bobby Jindal makes fun of ‘volcano monitoring’, and soon afterwards Mt. Redoubt erupts. Susan Collins makes sure that funds for pandemic protection are stripped from the stimulus bill, and the swine quickly attack.
What else did the right oppose recently? I just want enough information to take cover.
” —Paul Krugman (via apsies : thebusstop)“But a lot of us are cheering her on and hoping we’re going to hear more from that public policy side of Michelle Obama. Maybe it’s the old-fashioned feminist in me. I want to keep celebrating that brain.”
She’s exactly one year older than me, and still stuck in an Iranian prison.
I swear, once “Chuck” gets renewed, I’ll stop posting about it so often. I watched last season, but it got *SO* much better this season. I’ll just really miss it if it gets cancelled.
And I’ll never forgive Jay Leno (like he cares).
But here, critics find themselves passionately advocating for something that’s extraordinarily enjoyable to watch. It’s like being a dentist who’s in the position of telling people entirely truthfully, “You know what’s really, really, REALLY good for your teeth? Gummi bears!” —[NPR: Jumping On The ‘Chuck’ Wagon: NBC Versus The Jay Leno Problem]