I love 30 Rock and I want to be Tina Fey when I grow up. If you don’t like 30 Rock, we can’t be friends. Sorry. The season finale last Thursday was a whizbanger (Do people still say ‘whizbanger’? Let’s be honest: I’m not even sure what it really means.) and not just because Matt [...]
I know that everybody and their dog has already written exhaustively about Coco Before Chanel, but I just saw it last week, ok? It was good. It definitely shattered some of my notions about Coco Chanel as an independent, self-made woman– which she was, but… anyway, she had some help. Which is fine. I guess. [...]
In second grade, a boy in my class named Colin told me that BP stood for “Big Penis”. I had a feeling that was incorrect, and I was right– it stands for British Petroleum. And yet, lo these many years later, I hear “BP” and think “Big Penis”, and in light of recent events, that [...]
My cat, Tobias von Snicklefritz, being the delicate flower that he is, will not use a litter box that is anything less than pristine. So what happens when the litter box is less than pristine? Some cats will relieve themselves near the litter box. Not Toby. Toby is a statement pooper. The other day, Toby [...]
Guess who has strep throat? AGAIN? If you guessed Andrea Staats, you win! What do you win? The satisfaction of knowing you’re a winner! So instead of enjoying the gorgeous, sunny, kinda warm weather we’re having here in Alaska, I’m stuck indoors, getting high on Sudafed. It’s not as fun as it sounds, promise. Now, [...]
It’s so easy to start comparing myself to others– the former classmates who are off living in glamorous places with glamorous careers and glamorous lives. The friends who haven’t gained a pound since junior high. The super-annoying people with money. Ugh, shut up about your money already! (I really, really should delete my Facebook.) One [...]
I pitched an incredible opportunity to my little sister today. “So now that you’re going to be out of school, you can be my assistant. It will be an unpaid internship, but maybe we can get you some school credit… probably not.” Can you BELIEVE that she decided to forgo this amazing opportunity? I am [...]
So after not planning my wedding/feeling guilty about not planning my wedding/whining about what a pain weddings are for a year, my wedding plans came together the other night in about 15 minutes flat. I got an idea, let it roll around in the old noggin for a few minutes, and then I knew I [...]
Well, so, this is kind of a big deal. I’m engaged. Feel free to send me a gift certificate to Chili’s* or something. I’ve been engaged for about a year now. You weren’t aware? That’s because I’m not one of those girls who’s like, “I’M GETTING MARRIED!” I don’t even like weddings. Or bridal showers. [...]
Kiska was at the back door, bark, bark, barking. I finally got up to let her in, even though Kurt should have, since he was, you know, closer to the door. Andrea: Daddy won’t let you in but I will. Kurt: Daddy won’t let you in because Daddy doesn’t give in to terrorists.