the blog of a writer, producer, pop culture addict and overall really pale girl.
My inner monologue bubble in this photo is saying, “Dag, I wish I was a tall as ‘tall blonde girl.’”
The question I often asked David Karp at lunch, “So, how are you gonna monetize this bitch?” has begun to be answered!
Obviously, I was that guy. (Not David; a nominal fee-payer.)
Tumblr launched one of its first revenue-generating programs today, allowing a select group of blogs (not sure how they’re selected, but the three options it gave me happened to be my three most popular blogs) to feature themselves in the Tumblr directory for a nominal fee — categories range…
This is a blog post by the actress who currently plays Mrs. Wilkinson (the dance teacher) in “Billy Elliot”. I have seen four different women play this role in two different countries, and she did a fine job in impressing me — which is hard to do now since I’ve seen the show 12 times.
Trent’s final show was Sunday night, and she had such nice things to say about it. Also, she’s right. That kid is TALLER than me now and he kicked the crap out of “Angry Dance” that night.
I remember picking him up after rehearsal in a rain storm from hell before the show opened for previews in New York. The Creatives had totally retooled this scene from the London production. The scene that made me shout across a British theatre, “Your son was fucking made to do this” at intermission to his parents in 2007.
Trent and I sat next to each other, soaked, on the train. He had his monthly pass in his kid-wallet as if he were a seasoned 20-year-vet of the railroad. He was pouring over a book with rehearsal notes in it. He had written out, verbatim, the choreography to this number. Step for step. Sound for sound. And then recited it, outloud from memory.
I think the bigger question not being asked is why is OLD MAN RIVER driving a SCION, no less the xB? You should think that’s a giant white toaster on wheels, sir!
Founded in 2002, Scion’s long-term goal is to appeal to Generation Y consumers.
Cause I sue every Caitlin I see who’s pale, a.k.a. ENTIRE FEMALE POPULATION OF IRELAND.
Jesse Spencer a.k.a. Dr. Chase on “House” a.k.a. the Australian one a.k.a. the most smokin’ hot doctor on TV (second to Hugh Laurie, obvi) just at mentioned me in his live Twitter chat.
That’s a wrap! Can die now! FTW!
If you’ve been thinking what I’ve been thinking lately (“Damn, Meryl Streep has been looking good this award season!”), you’re probably also wondering who to thank for that. Look no further than…