Seriously, Iowa!

So, I'm a very, very, very ardent supporter of marriage equality and as a New Yorker, I've been really excited to find out that my home state is very close to granting equal rights to every couple in the state.

But I had no idea that IOWA, a state that sounds like a yawn (no offense, Iowans), would beat us to the punch! Their State Supreme Court ruled - unanimously - that denying marriage rights to homosexual couples is unconstitutional. It is. I've written about it before on HuffPo on several occasions. But I'm so happy for Iowa and its previously segregated citizens, and it's a very good day to be an American.

Other stuff:

*Five more workdays until my week off!
*I'm getting more (ink) work done on my back, which will look awesome but suck to have done. (It will both tickle and be painful. Boooo.)
*I have officially started my screenplay! Finally! I started outlining it last August, finished the outline in October, and it had been sitting in my head for months before I finally bucked up this week and started writing. I also wrote three sketches that I really like and have ideas for at least three more.

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HuffPo: An Open Letter to Andy Samberg on his Hosting Gig

As promised, here is a link to my latest on HuffPo, an open letter to Andy Samberg (and Jorma Taccone and Akiva Shaffer):

HuffPo: An Open Letter to Andy Samberg on his Hosting Gig

I think it's going to be great, and I'm so psyched for him. My friends and I are all doing sketches in Internet obscurity and it's so exciting to see a similar group like The Lonely Island break out like this. It's not even jealousy, it's just pure admiration.

I don't even care how corny it must look to blatantly pitch material on HuffPo. I could not pass up the chance.

I'm hoping to get picked up by the official TLI blog, which picked up my last HuffPo mentioning the Dudes.

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An attempt at a return! Plus: New Mission

So, I did find one person concerned with my well-being as a result of my absence from Flummoxology. I've been really busy, angsty, etc. lately and just haven't been able to find the time, mostly because when I blog, I go all-out and include links, photos, video and that takes a while to put together.

However, I'm going to try to update this a bit more often now that I'm blogging on a semi-regular basis at "The Huffington Post," and I noticed that I have a "follower." (Thanks, by the way!)

I'm still writing about "Bones" and continue to be the show's Number 1 Unofficial HuffPo PR Lady. I'm getting back into film and television and am now officially bent on becoming a writer for "Saturday Night Live." It's been a dream of mine since I was a teenager, and I honestly can't see myself doing anything else right now. I'm going to start posting sketches here and on HuffPo if they're good. Who knows? I could probably swing performing on that show one day too!

One thing I'm working on is a "vlog" series and I have a couple of sketches I really want to shoot soon. I've been dying to start a site called "Do I Look Fat in These Shorts?" and just post what I've shot and written.

But basically, I'm getting the feeling that I'm becoming a bit more visible these days and it looks bad to have a blog that hasn't been updated in months.

My next HuffPo piece is going to be an open letter to Andy Samberg, who will be hosting the MTV Movie Awards this year, which means I'm going to watch for the first time since Jimmy Fallon hosted. I think. I can't even remember. But Samberg and his Lonely Island buddies, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Shaffer are such a wicked team and now everyone with basic cable is going to know who they are. (They got their big break writing for Jimmy Fallon's hosting gig - the last time I watched. They are truly magic.)

I hope everyone enjoys this journey with me!

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You might be a commie if...

Here is a link to my latest article on Huffington Post. I got a little mad about being labeled "anti-American" by some McCain surrogates, so I wrote an article about it. And it cost me sleep. Thanks a lot, Nancy Pfotenhauer and Congresswoman Michelle HUACman.

HuffPo: So, You're Anti-American. Is There a Cure?

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"Nnnnnnnnuts!"

One of the few pitfalls I've found of having a full-time job plus a busy extra-curricular schedule that requires a looooong commute via car (as opposed to concentration-free public transportation) is that I don't get many chances to watch the news. As a result, I almost completely missed the Jesse Jackson "nuts" fun and the prudish mainstream media's attempts to dance around a word I've heard first-graders say since I was a first-grader myself. Jesse Jackson said "nuts"! He was referring to Barack Obama's testicles! Heavens to betsy! That's why, this morning, I thank Huffington Post's Roy Sekoff for just fucking saying it.



Also, my thoughts are with the family of former White House Press Secretary and Fox News commentator Tony Snow, who passed away this morning after what was truly a well-fought battle with cancer. Say what you will about his conservative leanings, opinions and support - he was well-liked by the press, and by me. He was a guy with a young family and a legitimate editorial and intellectual background, so even if you didn't like what he was saying, he knew what he was talking about. I wanted him to win, but he really never let his illness get the better of him. He continued to work and proved to all of us that a serious cancer diagnosis does not mean an automatic end to your livelihood. I liked Tony Snow, and I will miss his commentary. He was great opposition research.

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Live-blogging the "Bones" season finale tonight for my audience of two.

Holy crap, the wait is finally almost over.

Here's the deal: During the month of March, I was unemployed and addicted to crack/MSNBC. I traded that crack when the primaries were giving me really bad trips for heroin/"Bones" and fell deeply in love with the show, just in time to start reading spoilers that would cause me great distress.

Well, not distress as much as anticipatory anxiety, but in a fun way and not the way that it used to cause me to avoid eating due to the fear of possibly vomiting.

No, I'm exhilaratingly excited about tonight's episode and will be live-blogging, because I know I have a very faithful audience of no people at all. In the meantime, I also posted a new Huffington Post article about spoilers, for which Eric Millegan was kind enough to go on the record.

HuffPo: **SPOILING** the Fun of Finale Season

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Notes for a Monday morning

*Underage sex questions aside, Miley Cyrus looks busted in this picture:



*It took me almost an hour and a half to drive to work this morning because it was raining. I swear, Long Islanders panic at the thought of any hint of precipitation.

*If I ever get married, and I would generally like to if I can find someone with the patience of a saint, I will have a co-ed "wedding shower" instead of a bridal shower, and there will be no fucking games. Just presents, food and alcohol for all.

*Ken Levine is no longer on my shitlist. Turns out we are on the same page. Read his blog here, and hear from someone who wrote some classic sitcoms.

*The Huffington Post audience is not as tolerant as you'd think. After my recent article defending tattoos (which had placed Mr. Levine on my shitlist), nine highly important people with what I would imagine are multiple Ph.D.s in psychology, sociology and/or dermatology admonished me for having tattoos. I was called such colorful things such as "bimbo," "misguided" and was informed that I would look really ugly at 50. I saw the same posters commenting on other stories involving tattooed female celebrities, and they were still really riled up about those of us dirty, painted whores.

*I pulled my back three weeks ago and it hurts all over again. I don't like that, because I like wearing heels. They make my legs look longer, and I'm like all torso. If I can't bend over to pick up a shampoo bottle without wincing, is it time to talk to a doctor?

*I cannot wait for "Bones" tonight. There's a baby in it. There are three handsome men in the cast. And there are few greater things in my mind than good-looking men holding babies. I will be recapping/bloviating on this later tonight, post-broadcast.

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Thank you for the distraction, Zooey.

Today is the Pennsylvania primary, 78 years since the last one. One freaking state votes today, and in the past 78 years (six weeks), the race between Sens. Obama and Clinton have had me calling for rawhide and quoting "Fatal Attraction."

So don't fuck this up, PA. I'll be seeing Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward (She and Him) at Webster Hall tonight so I don't have to think about this bloody primary. I have a special place in my heart for Zooey Deschanel for two reasons: She's Emily Deschanel's sister and they're both fantastic, understatedly talented actors, and Zooey and I were born on the exact same day - January 17, 1980. So I'd like to think that I'm just as cool. But I'm probably not.

Also, I am going to try to lay off "Bones" spoilers. See, it's a rough addiction, this show. I actually have pretty excellent things coming up, but they're not coming up until May 20th - the day after the season finale. I could 'splode, I really could.

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