Sugar 'n' Cynicism

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:41:13 GMT

This is very sad. Gee Nicholl changed my life, and I'll be grateful to her for as long as I live.

I can't imagine what life would have been like if I hadn't received a fellowship. The people I never would have known, and the adventures I never would have enjoyed/survived.

Take that life-changing experience, and multiply it dozens of times. She provided that to all the Fellows - and the finalists, and the semi-finalists . . .

Look at the names of writers who blossomed because of her support. What an amazing legacy to leave the world, and especially to the writers who benefited dramatically from her generosity and kindness. She validated our passion, and that feeling is overwhelming.

Amazing woman, amazing life.

Drifting in from the ether for a sec.

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:06:01 GMT

So true. And that is the difference between salon/freelance makeup artists and the counter-dwelling brand folks.
No judgment, just fact. Those dollars are still getting spent one way or the other.

Life's good, blog's slow. Calmness is pervasive and I'm grateful for my mostly tranquil little world.

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:07:44 GMT

A clip from that episode I mentioned.

LEXAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:33:16 GMT

"Dear Lexa Burton,

These are the results of your audition.

Audition: Audition - Basic Level One
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 3:00PM

Results Status
Step 1 (Audition Results) completed by: Lowe Taylor, Monday, June 23, 2008 - 10:07AM

Audition Results
Audition Results: PASS (Take Basic Level One)"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh for fuck's sake. My baby is doin' it to it. My heart is near to burst with rich, full and varied emotion.

JEEZY CHREEZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:52:28 GMT

Want want want want.

For browsin',

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:17:13 GMT

I cull my google reader, and the things I love (starting now) make it into this:

http://weheartit.com/userfeed/andipepper.
Or, for those who hate RSS, http://weheartit.com/user/andipepper.

Read me. It's full of gorgeous little things.

Hey, world.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:56:45 GMT

For those folks who know about this thing but don't have LJ accounts:

I've been married for almost two weeks now. And it was absolutely beautiful. Our vows and the dip-for-the-kiss moment were both big hits. Pictures are coming in, and I've gone and cried me some tears of joy. Eray's brilliant and everything looks timeless and gorgeous.

Thanks and love to everyone who shared that day with us. We felt completely surrounded by love and happiness.
Best wedding ever.

-Mrs. Carter.

Plodding along, plodding along.

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:08:15 GMT

I now know and understand the distinction between metonym and synecdoche.

You can't front on that. Please believe.

Doing my part.

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:17:43 GMT

GO BUY AMAZING PHOTOS AT AMAZING PRICES. WWW.ERAYPHOTO.COM.

Much as I want her closer to me, Eray needs to be in San Francisco living up to her full potential. To do that, she needs funds. And then she can come back to me in April for wedding fun.

Anyway, I've got my eye on that neon GIRLS sign. But oh, there are so many more. These make awesome Christmas presents, and it's high time she made some real money off her talent. Lord knows she's done enough favors to last a lifetime. Go, buy, spread Christmas cheer.

OWMTGF OMF WTG GMO FTW WTFOMG!!

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:02:04 GMT

OMG WTF IRELAND WTF OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

September 7th - 15th?!?!??? WTF OMG IRELAND OMG WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On August 17th:

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT

My evening will go like this.

I'm gonna go to Lotta Frutta and get the Limonatta cup or a frutta popsicle. And then I'm gonna go see The Ten, and I'm gonna love David Wain more, and if it's possible I'm gonna love Paul Rudd more, and I will probably still be fairly affectionate toward Jason Sudeikis, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney, and Rob Corddry.
And I will miss Stella and The State, but oh my. This will be a comfort.

Then I'll probably want to make Nate finally watch Wet Hot over the weekend at some point. But that's another plan for another day.

Ain't that a b?!

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:49:43 GMT

Sweet sassy molassey, I'm getting married!

Seriously, since when did THEY taste good?

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:08:23 GMT

Tonight for dinner I had yogurt, grapes, and carrots.

Carrots.

I know. I'm freaked too.

OMFG OMFG OMFG

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:47:28 GMT

From Greg Beal's monthly letter to Nicholl Fellows:

"We think it may also be a first that four films written or directed by fellows are on the Variety Box Office chart in the same week. Those would be IN HER SHOES, THE SKELETON KEY, THE BROTHERS GRIMM and THE THING ABOUT MY FOLKS. Congrats again to Susannah, Ehren and Raymond. On the Nicholl Awards Dinner front, Charlie Kaufman has agreed to be the keynote speaker."

Think I'm grinning right now?
Good call.

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:06:55 GMT

Tomorrow I have a drive-on for the Fox lot, where I will be attending my very first Simpsons table read.

Jealous?

I know.

You look great for 16.

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:01:16 GMT

Happy Birthday, Helen Felen!

I love you more today than yesterday. But not as much as tomorrow.

Shows what a memorable encounter it was:

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:48:55 GMT

I forgot about this 'til just now. But yesterday afternoon, after a screening of "The Brothers Grimm" @ the Academy (really great movie -- Gilliam films are never mistaken for anything else), I bumped into Joshua Jackson at our Whole Foods.
Bearded and in a white t-shirt and looking pretty much like every other guy in the store.
Made eye contact, he looked scared I'd recognize him, I looked scared that some random person was looking at me like that, and then we parted ways and I placed him.

Pacey and Peter Bart love lowfat organic milk just as much as I do, I guess.

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:07:03 GMT

Saw Topher Grace (again) with Emmy Rossum at the Groundlings tonight. She's absolutely naturally gorgeous. And absolutely teeny.
One of these traits is common in actresses. One is not.

For those who wish to think. Long and hard.

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:13:19 GMT

Why 3 Acts Will Kill Your Writing.

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:48:19 GMT

So what's all this I'm hearing about some Gary Potter book?

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 03:50:30 GMT

Best drama, best lead actor in a drama.
Guess who?
Deadwood and Ian McShane. Recognize, bitches.

ONE WORD: Thundercougarfalconbird.

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:38:26 GMT

AS I LIKE TO SAY, AND MY ROOMMATE LIKES TO STEAL, (THE THING I SAY, THAT IS), SHE STEALS THE THING THAT I SAY AND THAT I CAME UP WITH: COCA-COLA ZERO IS AS DELICIOUS AS ANGEL PISS.

WITH NONE OF THE CALORIES.

THIS IS WHAT ANGELS PEE IN HEAVEN. COCA-COLA ZERO.

AND I AM THE ONE WHO SAID THAT.

Mon, 16 May 2005 20:57:41 GMT

God bless Helen Eisenstein. She's my cutieful, adorable, laughter-inducing rock. I loves me that woman.

From the sick mind of some guy, brought to me via Michael Serva:

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:24:15 GMT

raininaudio: I go to this alternative press expo
raininaudio: a friend of mine is super-into comics
raininaudio: anyways
raininaudio: I am looking for anything at all to be interested
raininaudio: this one guy
raininaudio: has a stand with a nasty sheet over it
raininaudio: and he tells me
raininaudio: he made his comic
raininaudio: at an internship
raininaudio: using the microsoft word clipart
raininaudio: and got fired
raininaudio: Of course I was charmed.

My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable.

raininaudio: wait...
raininaudio: he has a sequel
raininaudio: on inner office politics
raininaudio: called
raininaudio: My New FILING Technique Is Unstoppable

SHE'S SO TINY!!!!

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:19:01 GMT

I just saw Sarah Jessica Parker at the Apple Pan.
Me and Michelle met up with Don and Julie and the kiddies and had a lovely time chatting, gazing at his Emmys, and getting Simpsons gossip, and then we left to get burgers and pie. And we're finishing the pie, and we get up to leave and I hop out of my barstool-trap at the counter, swinging a leg over one, and then walk by the people waiting against the wall for a seat. As we walk out the door, Michelle says, "Did you see who that was?"
"Who?"
"That was Sarah Jessica Parker."
"NO." (This is LA, and a diner. This isn't right. She exists in Lanvin ateliers and brownstones in the village.)
"Yes."

So I, in my frenzied starstruck (and I mean starstruck) state, RUSH back in the place, stare her in the face, and quietly go, "HI! I totally did a double-take on my way out -- you don't know me at all, but I love your work."
"Aw, thank you, it's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, and have a great time at the Apple Pan!"
Then I booked it out, sure I came across like a deranged maniac Apple Pan greeter.

Part of me's horribly embarrassed for doing that, and part of me's still thrilled that I saw her.

That was definitely my white elephant, that was great.

I'm such a dork.

BUT OMG SJP!!!!!!