June 2007
19 posts
May 2007
34 posts
Apat-ouch
From a recent NYT Magazine profile of my professional role model, Judd Apatow. When a Fox executive offered some notes, Apatow replied: “I’m not changing anything. Now what happens?” What happened next would happen repeatedly over the next decade of Apatow’s career: the show was canceled.
Capacious Vocabulary
Jeff had an interesting way of characterizing a “show-off” word… “I’m always impressed when people use words so obscure that when you Google them the first result is the dictionary. I find it enervating.”
True Story I Heard This Weekend
A few months ago, my friend Chad went on a date with a model from Kazakhstan. This was about a month after the peak of Borat-mania, so he was sure she had heard enough about her homeland’s most famous pseudo-native and decided simply not to bring it up. At dinner, the conversation turned to restaurants and food and she told Chad, with her broken English and thick Khazak accent, “I like...
Husband and Wife
- OK, I’m going to tell you something. But you have to PROMISE you won’t get mad and make a big deal out of it. - Promise. - Pinky swear? - Yeah, what is it? - I’m having an affair. - You’re what?!?! - Cheating on you. With another woman. For about eight months now. - I CAN’T FUCKING BELIEVE THIS!! HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON??? - Hold up one second — you...
Celebrity Make-Up Artist
- I’m the best make-up artist in all of LA. - So, who have you worked on? - Look what I did for Ashlee Simpson. - You mean Jessica. - Huh? - You just handed me a photo of Jessica Simpson. - No, I’m that good. P.S. Go buy this book right now. It’s amazing.
Pat Yourself On The Back, Folks
We did, it. We really fucking did it.
Opposite Ends of the Spectrum
On the way to work it hit me how men you see walking around in suits are either extremely boring/wealthy or extremely crazy/homeless. There’s very little in between.
