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A Distressingly Close Approximation Of My Office At The Moment

Dec

11

2007

Is shown in this video from the kids at Late Night With Conan O’Brien. You can’t hear the buzz of the overhead fluorescent lights as loudly as you can in my office right now, but the level of deadness is pretty comparable.

A Magical Place With Aisles and Aisles of Food

Dec

10

2007

I realized tonight as I stopped off at the grocery store on my way home that it’s been an astonishingly long time since I actually went to the grocery store for more than about five items. Since my foot surgery, I’ve gotten highly addicted to getting my groceries delivered. It’s so much easier than going ...

Felicitations on the Twenty Seventh Anniversary of the Fortuitous Birth…

Dec

8

2007

..of Mark “Wordman” Greer.

Fuck Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuck

Dec

7

2007

My industry is so completely and totally doomed. I am going to ignore the protests of Mr. Cranky Ankle and have a nice stiff glass of bourbon or three.

I Think I May Have Seen A Movie Before Tim Did

Dec

5

2007

Although I’m at a bit of an unfair advantage: Working at the Fox Lot, we got a free screening tonight of Juno. While I’m not nearly as eloquent a reviewer as Tim (and I actually look forward to his take on this movie), I’ll give the short version. This is a movie with several major ...

Oh, Dad… 3

Dec

4

2007

Total elapsed time from the beginning of my first conversation with my father about getting laid off to his first mention of how I should go to Law school: Under five minutes. Total number of times I slowly and clearly repeated to him, “I am not going to Law school” during the same conversation: At ...

The Axe Swings Backward 2

Dec

4

2007

Well, at least the uncertainty is pretty much gone: If the strike’s not settled by the end of next week, then next Friday’s my last day. At least I got the courtesy of a warning so I can get my shit together both physically and financially, unlike the last time I got canned. It sucks, ...

The Wind-Down

Dec

2

2007

I’ve experienced the wind-down once before, during summer hiatus between seasons 2 and 3. Between 3 and 4 I missed it, since I was trapped in my apartment after getting foot surgery instead. The wind-down comes after we finish filming, which we did on Thursday. Everyone gets their wrap days, cleans out all their shit, ...

Signs That Perhaps It’s Time To Start More Seriously Cleaning Your Apartment

Dec

2

2007

When chasing down tumbleweeds of cat hair with a dustbuster, you vacuum up enough of it to create an entirely new cat.

That’s Appropriate

Nov

30

2007

So I get home from drinking with the crew because today (well, yesterday at this hour) was our last day of filming, and I grab the computer so I can read while icing my foot. The first thing I see when I look at my RSS feeds is this from the Onion: “Uninsured Man Hopes ...