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Last Friday I suddenly remembered that about a month ago I had consented to be interrogated, grilled relentlessly or interviewed by USC TV on a show called CU@USC.

How could I talk about my movie all over again and still be enthusiastic when I’ve told and re-told the story so very many times? How can I make this fun?

I know! I’ll give myself a black tooth and pretend like everything is totally normal and nothing’s wrong. So I hustled over to Robinson’s Beautilities, one of my favorite stores in all of Venice, CA only to find that they were out of black. Out of black? What colors do they have? Gold and “Smoker.” I would not be deterred! I doubled back to one of those pop-up Halloween stores where, for the right price, anything can be transformed into its sluttiest version and got some Tooth Blackout (extra slutty):

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Seeing as I have a talent agent*, I’ve decided I should probably also have some headshots.

Hope you like them!

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*Alex Yarosh @ Gersh, seriously!

A few years ago, I applied for a writing fellowship with a major TV network and, *shocker*, did not get accepted. Everyone likes to laugh, but no one loves a comedian.

I just unearthed the essays I submitted. Here is one I still find amusing:

B) What television show most inspired you to become a television writer and why?

I fully enjoy my TV time, and am constantly inspired by brilliant shows I watch
until they’re canceled; Freaks & Geeks, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development.
They are smart and clever, funny and irreverent, poignant and sophisticated and
seen by me and my three closest friends. But if I have to pick one show that has
provided me with the highest measurable amount of inspiration, it’s Fox’s
Celebrity Boxing. C.B. only made it to air twice (2x!) and I’m not even sure I saw
it, but if there ever was a good reason for a clever funny lady to write for
television, this abomination is it. Even my worst, most ill-conceived, un-thought-
through idea would be more enjoyable to see enacted on-screen than watching
two of America’s least favorite celebrities get aggro while wearing shiny shorts
inside a cage. And even though the show was a huge ratings success the first
time, and M/L-sized the second, there was no third, so it didn’t even last half as
long as Wonderfalls! While it’s depressing that 5.8 percent of Nielsen Families
voluntarily sat through Screech fisticuffing with Horshack until West Wing came
on, it ultimately gives me hope that my best writing can arrive at a cross section
of smart and appealing…and still get canceled.