http://www.elizaskinner.net Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:56:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have terrible taste in musical theater. If you are thinking "Wait, but musical theater IS terrible - what is the difference?" allow me to introduce you to my favorite musical: Starlight Express. This show is-- I mean... there aren't words. It has taken me 3 years of blogging to mention ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/07/03/i-am-the-starlight/ Free Show!! I'm doing another show in LA, and I'd be great if you came! In fact, if you don't I might just be performing for a scuttingly heap of ketchup packets and rat babies. I want to work for humans! "Both in her writing and in her nuanced performance, Skinner wrenches ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/07/01/shameless-bring-your-kids/ Photo by Anya Garrett   Tonight I Eat Pandas will be singing some songs, making some smiles, and changing some goddamn lives at Sweet. Why not make your life one of them? Sweet *hosted by the lovely and talented Seth Herzog* The Slipper Room 197 Orchard Street (at Stanton) 8:30pm - $5 http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/07/01/i-eat-sweet-pandas/ Just a lion. I have been zipping through Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" books over the past few weeks (well, up until I got to Xenocide - yeesh! Snooze city, right dorks?) I mostly read on the subway or crouching in the corners of public restrooms, and I'll tell you ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/25/hidden-messages/ My comedy partner & be fri, Glennis, has been churning out new videos recently. Please enjoy this newest one, especially if you're not feeling very pretty today. [youtube yr7E5g8z8XQ] http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/24/pretty-girl/ If only it were real. I am fascinated by my co-workers hair, or more accurately, their hairstyles. For the most part, it's not actually their hair - or, it is, but in the sense that they have reciepts for it. Most of my co-workers are black women, and the break room ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/24/a-wish-for-wigs/ On Wednesday, my friend Silvija and I went to see Legally Blonde on Broadway. I loved it - not quite as much as I loved the movie, but only because the lead was not Luke Wilson, so I didn't want to lick him. Legally Blonde is great because it twists ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/23/wedding/ I get a lot of hits from google searches for "What do women want?" I also get a fair amount for "Why don't boys like me?" Sadly, I cannot even attempt to answer the latter, since I clearly don't know anything about boys except that once you tell them about ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/20/i-know-what-girls-like/ Today, some of my best friends left for a bachelor party in Las Vegas. I am 100% terrified for them. Bachelor parties are about pushing extremes - but my friends are comedians, their boundaries are practically non-existent to begin with. Committing to taking this party all the way to Vegas ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/19/vegas-baby/ My friends are all so goddamn talented I want to jam my thumbs into their eye sockets. Or, i used to. It's hard to not feel that way when you're surrounded by such amazingly smart and funny ASSHOLES who won't stop doing fucking hilarious work. I know, this is an ... http://www.elizaskinner.net/2008/06/18/its-not-easy-being-green/