Archive for October, 2007

YAT 23 - Chicago edition!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Year of Awesome Things - in which I do at least one Awesome Thing every week.
Chicago - This weekend, Glennis and I went to Chicago to perform in the Around The Coyote Festival. I had never been to Chicago, so I feel it easily qualifies as an awesome thing. Our shows were fun, and we […]

How are you even typing?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I have made it a rule to not post about the search terms that lead people here. Yes, they are hilarious, but I have read enough kwazy lists of wacky search terms on other folk’s blogs to find it sort of hack. But today I ran across one I have to address:
“symptoms: everything goes black; […]

Help me look less horrible.

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Unless you are reading this through an RSS feed or a Blackberry, you have probably noticed the hideous banner with my horrible headshot. I hate that headshot, and likewise that banner. I look like a zombie with a hint of “no, creepy old headshot photographer, I will not sex you” behind the eyes.
I have […]

Bathroom talk*

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

So, I’m trying not to say too much about my new job, since (as I learned with the old job) people can find your blog. Google my name (as apparently quite a few of you have recently, thank you, your signed pictures are in the mail) and my blog pops right up. You can even […]

YAT 22

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Year of Awesome Things - in which a do at least one awesome thing every week.
Opera at Lincoln Center - Rob and I went to see the City Opera’s productions of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at Lincoln Center. Wooo - smell me, right? I used to go to the opera with friends every now […]

The best around

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Today at lunch I walked past a man sitting at a folding table on the corner of 6th Ave and 43rd Street, singing into a PA system. His table was draped with a sign that read “NY’s best Barry White Impersonator”, and there was a bucket on the ground in front of him, with a […]

Moldawer in the Morning

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

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My friend, Dave Moldawer, had me as a guest on his podcast - Moldawer in the Morning - today. It was fun! We chatted about some obscure news stories and planned a hypnosis crime wave.
Check it out here - http://www.moldawer.com/2007/10/03/mitm-podcast-57-eliza-skinner/

YAT 21

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Year of Awesome Things - in which I do at least one Awesome Thing every week.
This week was much better than last week. Still a little sick, but getting better enough to be more awesome.
Beirut in Central Park - One of the main pruposes of YAT is to get me to do some of the […]