I'M SO SICK BUT I'M ALSO SO DONE! i'd like to thank my pillow

had my suspicions with the new layout, but this font change confirms that it's a kindergartener pushing buttons over at twitter HQ and now it's adorable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHORT-TERM-12-POSTER-40-X-27-/251539516930

more like writers on the verge of tears

just finished @theotherkristin's book. it, like all her episodes of #chuck i loved, is a damn delight. http://theotherkristinnewman.tumblr.com/

boo attacked by new twitter

http://edge.si.com/edge/2014/04/21/fridge-raider-giants-brandon-belt

the biggest difference between tv characters and me is that i make a (clumsy) speech and then stick around for an answer.

gander yonder wrangle

Yay! snapschedule knows my name

sara @ echo park fm!

basically only held together by zicam right now.

Activity | Begin with the argument Mr. Genzlinger made that “The New Girl” is a “role-reversed Three’s Company.” Watch the same clip—or others—from “Three’s Company” and then watch parts of “The New Girl” episodes to test the theory that Jess is like Jack Tripper. Then put “The New Girl” through the same questions from the warm-up: Who are these people? Where are they? Why are they together? What can you tell about them from what they say, how they look, how they interact with one another? What, if anything, does the show say about life, friendship, relationships between women and men and so on? Then ask: Does the show imitate real life? Do people you know act like this? Do you think people try to act like these characters? If so, who and why? Do you think in 1980, people imitated—or were imitated by—the characters on “Three’s Company”? Are shows like “The New Girl” entering the mainstream and becoming part of our shared cultural shorthand and vernacular? http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/everyones-a-critic-analyzing-sitcoms-as-cultural-texts/

a character wants something. goes through trials. END UP GETTING WHAT THEY NEED

http://www.vulture.com/news/micro-oral-histories/ http://crimsonleague.com/2013/07/16/authors-what-can-sitcoms-teach-us-about-character-development/ "Let overbearing, unlikeable characters explain themselves, and they just might become more likeable."

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"Live your life how you want, but don't confuse drama with happiness." It's just occurred to me that Leslie and Ben would be the most incredible parents. Leslie's periodic out-of-control episodes might be a challenge, and certainly once you got into your late teens and (God forbid) started to consider leaving the nest you'd be in for a few years of intense unpleasantness, but other than that... All the activities ! The overflowing love and attention ! All the kick-ass board games Ben would invent for you ! The positive role-models for extreme ambition ! Okay, that one could be a mixed blessing. But I'm sure Ben's respect for video games as a pastime would balance out Leslie's DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE GO OUTSIDE-iness. http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/parks-and-recreation-one-8000-203593#comment-1346441646

http://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/deep-fried-interview-short-term-12-cinematographer-brett-pawlak/

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"from the minute your children are born you worry about what the world might do to them. but you never stop to think about what you might do to them." immigrants as cowboys?!

http://www.laweekly.com/squidink/2014/05/14/marti-noxon-from-tv-writer-to-flour-miller http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/05/14/jennette-mccurdy-sam-and-cat-star-isnt-a-nick-kid-anymore

is picking writers for your tv show a lot like choosing your bridesmaids OR i bet there are two kinds, people who choose like bridesmaids and people who choose like children (can control)

just considered going to a screening of something i've never heard of because the last line says free popcorn and drinks and that's dinner right there

"George R.R. Martin Explains Why He Writes Game of Thrones in DOS." because he's adorkable

kuku and scottobot @ gelson's!

you know who's the best? you are. you know what we should do now? anything. everything. -how being in a room with amy poehler makes you feel

what i love most about improv is how it teaches you the rewards of being fully present with another person, trusting them enough to create something with them. what i love most about seeing amy poehler do improv is the conviction that i'll never do anything that doesn't mean something again.

hmm maybe my characters would be less miserable people if i stopped listening to the head and the heart while writing :)

aww! hr called ME

today i saw a grown man who loves film almost cry because he met someone 6,736 miles away who could understand him. i love tkts

i'm always hesitant to write characters who read their letters out loud as they're writing them, but hell if i don't do that with my emails.

for the last time, i don't drink coffee. my need for control sits me right up

a simple plan mr selfords / radio with pictures