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Not-so-mid-year checkup

Click HERE for the original resolutions post. It explains in more detail what each thing refers to.

Basically, this is a blog to check up on my 2015 New Years Resolutions, because I think it’s important to think about them more than twice a year, at the beginning and at the end. This isn’t quite a mid-year checkup, but it’s close enough, and shut up this is my blog and my life and I do what I want. Continue reading “Not-so-mid-year checkup”

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On Quitting and Making Things

The candle is latte scented, something I bought when I was a freshman in college and have never lit.
The candle is latte scented, something I bought when I was a freshman in college and had never lit.

It’s been quite a summer for me, and I still technically have a week left. Whew. So cutting right to the chase, two days after I wrapped principal photography (what) on my show (double what) Brains, I quit my job as assistant manager of a TriBeCa cafe, where I worked for almost a year and a half. It was scary and exhilarating and either the best or worst decision I ever made. Right now, I’m leaning on best. Let’s back up a bit. Continue reading “On Quitting and Making Things”

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Focus

It feels weird to blog. It feels weirder to write, in general. I’ve spent so much of my summer on sets or planning for sets that I just haven’t had the energy to be creative. That’s not exactly true, as a lot of my job as producer/production designer/actor/etc etc is creative problem solving, but still. It feels that way when I’m not writing. Continue reading “Focus”

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The Brains behind “Brains”

I wear a lot of hats on my web series. I’m the creator, the writer, the lead actress, the head editor, and an executive producer. But I could not have done it (and I cannot continue to do it) alone,  so today I wanted to give shout outs to all the other incredible and talented and hard working people who are helping me make my silly zombie show a reality. Continue reading “The Brains behind “Brains””

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The Brohort

IMG_1728Last week I was up for 37 straight hours and in that time worked two barista shifts on two separate days. I was going to philosophize about that and the nature of time and art and dedication to things, but it’s hard to concentrate on that when I just discovered I am the only woman in my new building and I could not be happier. We call the new place the Brohort because our graduate school class is called a “cohort” and we are all bros. Continue reading “The Brohort”

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I <3 My Regulars

Fellow barista Rebecca, reacting to the smell of old coffee.

A couple weeks ago I posted a blog about how not to be hated by your barista, and in that blog I mentioned one of my favorite things about being a barista is my regular customers. The coffee shop I work at is in a predominately residential/office area, so about 85% of our customers are regulars, and some of those people are just the best. Today, I’m gonna talk about them more specifically, because of how grateful I am that in a sea of incompetency and rudeness, some of my regulars are just lovely. Continue reading “I <3 My Regulars”

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2015 Resolutions

I’m a couple days late to the party as far as posting this goes, but my little brother was visiting and I had other things to do. I think at least once a month I’m going to check in via this blog about where I am with each of these goals, because I’m an adult and I need to start following through with stuff, especially in terms of my health. Continue reading “2015 Resolutions”