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Now This, I Might Have Kept Watching 1

Nov

16

2007

From G4’s Attack of the Show, a Bionic Woman parody far more entertaining than the actual show: The Subaru bit just killed me. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to drive to work…in my Subaru. Hat tip: After Ellen.

Desperation + Goofy Theme Striking = Dating Gold

Nov

14

2007

So the Writer’s Guild division of the Gay Mafia is putting together an LGBT picket, which sounds like ever so much fun. I’ve decided I’m totally going over there, because I might actually be able to get hot/funny writer lesbians to go out with me. You see, while in normal times, my weekly salary would ...

The Daily Grind 4

Nov

13

2007

Wearing a mouthguard is weird. I had to order one because I’ve been super-stressed what with the strike and all, and have been grinding my teeth when I sleep, leading to some fairly irritating jaw pain. I’d done this before when I was unemployed, and my dentist had suggested $1500 worth of contraptions to prevent ...

I Just Can’t Live Without Rageahol! 2

Nov

11

2007

You ever have one of those moments where something stupid occurs, and you get disproportionately angry about how stupid it is? You realize you’re overreacting a bit, but it’s just SO flamingly stupid, you get a bit worked up about it? I went to a free screening of American Gangster with a friend in the ...

Mmmm, Pointlessly Translucent 1

Nov

10

2007

If you can read this, Leopard has been successfully installed on my computer. I’ll be spending my saturday night enjoying all the hilariously pointless translucence I can handle, because I am the most easily amused person on earth. Shiny!

It Begins 2

Nov

8

2007

Five of my friends got laid off today. Four days into the strike, not a “your last day is Friday,” not a “you have until the end of the day”, a letter from the conglomerate stating “your employment is terminated effective immediately.” Turn in your badge and your keys this minute, and don’t let the ...

Thank You, PDT 2

Nov

7

2007

My god, it is so much easier to drag my ass to the gym when it’s at least a little light out.

Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole

Nov

6

2007

This is getting ridiculously ugly very quickly. When even Variety is this pessimistic this early in the ballgame, we’re all fucked. Someone at the WGA made the extremely smart move of making a fairly simple video explaining their entirely rational demands on the internet residuals, which you should watch if you’ve found my explanations of ...

A Little Perspective

Nov

5

2007

Strike day 1 came and went. Some pictures of the group picketing the lot this morning are up on LAist, but our writers were on the afternoon shift, so none of my friends are pictured there. However, this afternoon I found out another friend I used to work with got hit by a car and ...

And Now, Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Strike 2

Nov

4

2007

Back from San Diego, and sadly, it appears we’re headed down the rabbit hole for real. I’m at least modestly heartened to hear that the sides talked for over eight hours (though apparently talks collapsed around 10). I fully expected at least one if not both sides to walk out telling the other side to ...