Self

We’re all wise when it comes to other people’s lives

admin - September 18, 2009

yesterday. circa 3pm:dani.m.rosen: don’t be confused by how you have been treated by how you deserve to be treated me: that’s a great line – very wise. dani.m.rosen: you should write a blog about me and how wise i am yet i still can’t get my shit together I already write that blog except it’s about me, not my little sister Dani, and I generally …

David Carr on surviving your 20s.

admin - September 11, 2009

The following excerpt is from a letter New York Times writer and best-selling author (The Night of the Gun – get it) David Carr sent to my friends at Effable Arts‘ to be read at their premiere show – Stop, Collaborate, and Listen — a collection of works from 20-something about 20-somethings. In an effort to infuse the evening with advice from survivors of this …

An expert on success, creativity, genius, and missing the Wunderkind ship…

admin - September 8, 2009

From their webite – TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED – a non-profit dedicated to spreading ideas in Technology, Entertainment, and Design (T.E.D.) – with the world. Under the moniker “ideas worth spreading,” talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Elizabeth Gilbert is the some-word-better-than-best selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and a …

The S.S. Wunderkind

admin - September 4, 2009

It wouldn’t be entirely fair to blame Britney Spears; Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, and Justin Timberlake were all the same age. And we can’t even say it was modern media whores and over-achievers who put the pressure on. Michael Jackson was pre-pubescent when his first (slash let’s be honest all) albums went platinum… But the idea of child prodigies we can handle. It’s almost dismissible because it’s …

Ted Kennedy’s telephone

admin - August 30, 2009

*back to regular posting – the book is headed to the editors (my friends)! I was glued to my TV Friday night watching the memorial service of Ted Kennedy. I love the Kennedy’s – Ted in particular – as much as any Boston College-educated liberal democrat. I also have a strange thing for memorial services, commemorative events, roasts, that part of the Oscars where Tom …

300 posts: seems like that would fill a book…

admin - August 17, 2009

Today marks the 300th post – a fact I am equal parts proud of and surprised by. Some things happen for a reason, others because you make them happen, and a strange, special few because of an unexpected combo between the former, latter and luck. And so with that momentum as motivation – I’ve decided to self-publish — twice. 20-Nothings — A collection of …

Were we really adults before?

admin - August 13, 2009

Sometimes the best way to understand what it means to be a new-ish adult is to stop being one. That’s what Angela, the title character from the web series 2/8 LIFE (get it?) does in episode one of the show’s second season. She moves out of the adult apartment she shared with 3-sometimes-4-sometimes friends and back into a cereal-stocked house where tickets to the Miley …

Exclusive advice from William H. Macy

admin - August 11, 2009

William H. Macy recently told my friend Kim that if she kept working hard, getting herself out there and not burning any bridges she’d know everyone she needed to get anything done by the time she was 31. No. Not via twitter. Backstory: My friend Kim, witty Kim, is a reporter for Broadway.com. As such she interviews stars of the stage like “Call me Bill” …

At 26: Mom, me, and choice

admin - August 7, 2009

Today I turn the age my Mom was when she had me – 26-years-old. I wonder if it’s a uniquely female thing for that to matter – to arrive at the age your Mom was when she became a mother and go “whoa.” I like to think of myself as a mature adult — a fairly together person. I’m proud of myself a coupe times …

Understanding what they preach: integrity

admin - July 27, 2009

I find that older people are always offering me advice that I pretend to understand – generally advice around the subject of how to live my life such that when I end up where they are I have less regrets/grudges/debts/husbands as them. I listen intently, offer a nod of “mmm, yes, I get it, I’m on it!” and then file it away alongside the financial …