tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23879172328014438212024-03-13T00:01:38.658-07:00misstrionicsProfessional comedy lover and quarterlife crisis in motion. Sachi's daily neuroses, pop culture recommendations, and favorite things from the Interweb.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-70697519428492041582012-06-27T09:19:00.003-07:002012-06-27T09:19:32.584-07:00i have been seriously considering making the jump to tumblr for a while now... and i think it's about to happen. i've been toe-ing the line for a while posting reblogs to my tumblr and writing here, but fuck it. this.is.the.future. to my 1.5 fans and my mom, please update your google readers:<br />
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<br />Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-22806707670159321222012-06-19T09:25:00.001-07:002012-06-19T09:25:35.866-07:00“Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead.” <br />
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― Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence<br />
<br />Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-49100888253872690972012-06-18T14:18:00.000-07:002012-06-18T14:18:14.780-07:00"Oh, if life were made of moments,<br />
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Even now and then a bad one--!<br />But if life were only moments,<br />
Then you'd never know you had one." -the Baker's Wife, <a href="http://www.mit.edu/~nocturne/athena/text/woods.html#Moments_In_the_Woods">Into the Woods</a><br />Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-64954570986051740012012-06-18T09:13:00.000-07:002012-06-18T09:13:03.800-07:00The laziest date...<br />
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The laziest date a guy can ask a girl to go on goes something like this:<br />
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At some point in time, guy mentions movie he liked as a kid and girl says she's never seen it. Guy freaks out and is like "What??? Are you kidding? You have to see it!" Then a couple days later he texts her being like "So do you want to come over and watch [x-movie]?" And then you get there and guy has made zero effort to clean up his place or buy anything to drink. He shoves his roommate's sweatshirts on the ground and offers you a seat on the couch. He spends the first half of the movie explaining to you why it's great and the second half trying to touch your boobs.<br />
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I'm not saying every date has to be a fucking hot air balloon ride. I love movies. I love sharing things that have made you the person that you are with someone new. I love the awkward moment where you go from not touching each other to touching each other and then by the credits, you find that you are wrapped in each other. I think this is a totally amazing hang-out if you are a) hook-up buddies, b) in a relationship, c) 16 or d) friends who are trying to figure out if you like each other as more than friends. But if you are a single guy over the age of 23 who actually really likes a girl, it is shocking to me that you think this is going to lead to her being interested in you. It's not about money or fancy restaurants or buying roses-- spending money and showing effort are so different. But the audacity of being like, "Let's watch a movie you haven't been interested in seeing up to this point because I want to explain to you why my taste should be your taste," is kind of a bullshit way of getting people to like you.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-16767258059848686622012-06-14T08:35:00.000-07:002012-06-14T08:35:16.061-07:00A bunch of movies I've never seen that 3 dudes just got mad at me for never having seen-any of the Terminators<br />
-any of the Alien series<br />
-Empire Strikes Back<br />
-Return of the Jedi<br />
-any of the Indiana Jones movies before that shitty one with the aliens<br />
-Godfather Part II<br />
-Blade Runner<br />
-anything made by Hitchcock<br />
-The Deer Hunter<br />
-Raging Bull<br />
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Also, this came from me asking if I should see Prometheus if I haven't seen Aliens.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-66125813744526786352012-06-08T14:20:00.002-07:002012-06-08T14:20:39.264-07:00wow did not know this<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some of my favorite moments (re-blogged from Tumblr):</div>
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<li>When Peter and Rudy kissed</li>
<li>When Mariola and Ali kissed</li>
<li>When Anthony and Peter kissed to make up for the fact that they hadn't kissed on stage the night before</li>
<li>When Jon broke the window</li>
<li>The weed/boob pot shop where being kidnapped just means hanging out</li>
<li>Mr. Richman, the rich man who set up his own version of NASA to compete with real NASA and then hired a real NASA scientist to make polymers for his space house</li>
<li>"Here we are in college... where everybody meets."</li>
<li>Brian's portrayal of Garyman and how easily he and Ali were fooled by Anthony's pranks</li>
<li>Our class mascot Ramona</li>
<li>Glenn's "What do you want on the grill?" guy</li>
<li>When Mike's character, fresh from starring in Broadway, was asked to sing at his best friend's funeral and sang "Mr. Cellophane"</li>
<li>impromptu Disney/white rap hotspot</li>
<li>Andie McDowell porn-names</li>
<li>"I just watched 3 women strapped to hospital beds fight to get a knife out of 1 woman's vagina using only their legs after murdering Janeane Garofalo and that was only the third weirdest thing in that scene."</li>
<li>"Rudy, you're at 25. Jon, you're still at 1." - on attempting to share personal information in the scene</li>
<li>"How do you want to pay for that?" "By check."</li>
<li>Erik Tanouye, who has been wonderfully supportive and inventive, and when faced with a broken window, asked Jon if he was okay and then told him to finish the scene</li>
<li>the marvelous group of people who I hope I will continue to see and perform with again soon!!! what an amazing experience!</li>
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Guys, this is the most like high school theater I've felt in a while...</div>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-87051348642332891792012-06-01T12:10:00.003-07:002012-06-01T12:10:31.489-07:00SO MANY GLASSES!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-13181154692478545632012-05-31T12:18:00.000-07:002012-05-31T12:18:19.589-07:00i love the use of math as a verb<a href="http://failblog.org/2012/05/31/party-fails-after-whatever-dude-just-take-my-money/?utm_source=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=sharewidget"><img alt="Party Fails - After 12: Whatever Dude, Just Take My Money" class="event-item-lol-image" height="320px" src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/party-fails-after-whatever-dude-just-take-my-money.jpg" title="Party Fails - After 12: Whatever Dude, Just Take My Money" width="500px" /></a><br />see more <a href="http://failblog.org/?utm_source=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=sharewidget">epicfails</a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-11896615186786762012012-05-24T08:37:00.004-07:002012-05-24T08:37:59.761-07:00I have been doing and seeing so much improv lately, thanks to my amazing 601 (Anagrams taught by Erik Tanouye), which is now surprisingly and suddenly almost over. It is a strange feeling because I don't know when I'll get the chance to take another one and I don't know that I 100% performed to my highest potential. With 501s, you always know that you can sign up for more, but with 601s, it's up to the instructor, so who knows? Keara told me I'm my own worst critic, which is definitely true, but I think the important thing is to keep challenging yourself and not give up even if you're critical. <div>
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If you want to come check out the show, we have<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/313901025354354/"> two more performances</a>:</div>
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Tues 6/5 at 11pm at UCB Theater</div>
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Jon Bershad made this awesome poster for it:</div>
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Our form is based on this book Anagrams by Lorrie Moore, which is super weird and interesting. And also if you happen to read a long chunk of it and then watch Girls, which is what I did on Sunday night, you will believe that we are all destined to be lonely and love more than we can be loved. So don't do that! Instead come to the show and laugh!</div>
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Ahhhh, the pigman cometh!<br />
via <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/amys4/pig-man-photobombs-paris-hilton-ubg">Buzzfeed</a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-46523899280797635992012-05-24T08:19:00.001-07:002012-05-24T08:19:09.456-07:00<a href="http://failblog.org/2012/05/24/dating-fails-dating-fails-yet-another-masterpiece/?utm_source=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=sharewidget"><img alt="dating fails - Dating Fails: Yet Another Masterpiece!" class="event-item-lol-image" height="405px" src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dating-fails-dating-fails-yet-another-masterpiece.jpg" title="dating fails - Dating Fails: Yet Another Masterpiece!" width="336px" /></a><br />see more <a href="http://failblog.org/?utm_source=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=sharewidget">epicfails</a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-3201092509541885152012-05-08T08:02:00.002-07:002012-05-08T08:03:24.844-07:00This is the story of my life: <br />
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via <a href="http://hellogiggles.tumblr.com/post/22647201817/spotify-is-blowing-up-my-spot-ify-by-rachel">Hello Giggles </a><br />
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To be fair, half the time, Jake's all up in my Spottify and then I get a notice on Facebook that's like "You and 3 other friends are listening to MmmBop 45 times in a row." And I'm like... um, I am not.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-10755397317079440332012-05-02T10:35:00.002-07:002012-05-02T10:35:40.725-07:00A Cynic's Guide to GirlsDisclaimer: I have nothing new or original to say on this overanalyzed show that others haven't before. Then again, nobody has anything new or original to say ever in a post-Internet world and we all keep saying stuff anyway, so here's my $0.02. <br>
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I was determined to hate Girls... Or maybe I just did hate it. I walked away from the pilot with the same criticisms that so many others had and immediately went online to talk about. (It's not funny enough, it's too white, it doesn't represent real NY or real New Yorkers or real girls, the characters are over-priveleged and unlikable.) But something happened when I watched episodes 2 and 3 with my mom this past Sunday. <br>
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Something you should know about my mom:
She is my constant source of honesty. I surround myself with a bunch of people who are pretty similar to me and let me keep my current mindview on things either because a) they think it's funny when I start ranting, b) they don't care, c) it's polite or d) they are weirded out by my intense aggressive tone and don't feel like arguing. Then every so often, my mom says something true and I am forced to admit that my opinions are shaped by reading the Internet all day, hanging out with comedy nerds all night, and generally being stubborn. My mom does not read the Internet all day. (Case in point: She didn't know what the Hunger Games were.) So she says things that contradict everything I've heard all day and night long and I am stunned into changing my worldview.<br><br>
So after listening to my running commentary on all the things I found wrong with the show, halfway through episode 3, my mom says, "Why are you criticizing the show so much?" And I had no idea. I was reading an old Emily Gould blogpost called, <a href="http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/emily-gould/what-are-women-fighting-about"> What Are Women Fighting About?" </a> (I recommend the whole thing, but an excerpt here):
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<blockquote>I did not think "A Fortunate Age" by Joanna Smith Rakoff was terrible, not at all. In fact, I found it well-paced and full of extraordinarily acute physical description. But I did hate it. I hated it in the same bitterly guilty way I'd hate a person—a woman, really—who'd garnered some prize that I hadn't been in the running for, that I hadn't been qualified to win and, moreover, that I would have been loathe to admit to desiring.... So I become, once more, the kind of person I can't bear: the female critic who despises any female writer who doesn't project what she feels is the accurate or ideal vision of modern womanhood. This critic believes it is her job to tear down women who are "off-message" because there is only so much publishing space allotted to women, and so more attention for them is less attention for her and other worthy types.<br><br>
It is tempting to feel resentful when we don’t see ourselves or our stories or our ideals reflected in the prevailing narratives of femaleness. Luckily, there is an alternative: instead of simply criticising other women’s stories, we can take it upon ourselves to make sure that our own stories get told. Creating something takes a lot more effort than writing a bad review or a dismissive blog post. But if we don’t make that effort, if instead we keep insisting that a mere handful of female writers are qualified to speak for us, we'll miss out on the larger truths that are to be found somewhere in the chorus.
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And so when Lena Dunham and Allison Williams danced to Robyn, I gave a shit. I wanted them to succeed because Lena Dunham's success does not take away from my personal success, despite the fact that in some way, everyone's success-- especially women's-- always feels like it does. Yes, there are major problems with the fact that there are so many stories that are not told in her story. And yes, networks, TV, pop culture in general need to consider the amount and way they portray people of color, although I am far more offended by the way 2 Broke Girls handles it, than Girls (but that's for another blog post). But it is my responsibility to tell my story, not hers.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-84795210708961618172012-04-30T09:02:00.002-07:002012-04-30T09:02:31.275-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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via <a href="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php?date=043012">Toothpaste for Dinner</a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-44719300922069580712012-04-27T12:16:00.002-07:002012-04-27T12:16:25.883-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This kid is my hero.
(note for my mom who is the only person i know is going to read this: YOLO stands for "You only live once.")Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-65163827598904443762012-04-05T14:17:00.000-07:002012-04-05T14:18:27.811-07:00Camera PhonesMOM: On the iphone, there is an icon that’s a little blue circle with a camera in it. What is it for? <br />ME: That’s your phone’s camera. <br />MOM: WHAT??????? <br />MOM: This is AMAZING!!!! <br />MOM: I bet this is why they call them camera phones! <br />ME: Hahaha, yes! Why did you think they called them that? <br />MOM: Because they are the size of a small camera! <br /><br />via <a href="http://whenparentstext.com/why-theyre-called-camera-phones-2">When Parents Text</a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-62314366530555509742012-04-03T08:37:00.003-07:002012-04-03T08:44:23.932-07:00the role of the critic<blockquote>“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy: we risk very little, but enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and themselves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that‘s in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. [...] Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere ...” </blockquote><br />--Anton Ego, Ratatouille<br /><br />The discovery of the new and the great is my favorite part of working in comedy. But you want people to be as positively affected by how much you like them as they seem to be when they think you don't like them. I think it's hard for some people to take compliments because either they think you're just being polite or they felt entitled to them all along and are only just finally getting what they deserved. Every part of the entertainment industry feels thankless sometimes because there is so much ego that everyone wants to be recognized more than anybody can possibly recognize you.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-36938261191547338512012-04-02T15:05:00.003-07:002012-04-02T15:40:56.664-07:00on the eve of my first open micI'm doing my first open mic tonight. It doesn't feel like a momentous occasion because I've done stand-up a couple times as well as Moth stuff, improv, etc. But it feels like an open acknowledgement that here I am, trying, and trying not to worry about what people think of me. And maybe I won't end up doing it a ton more after this, but at the moment, it was something I wanted to try.<br /><br />I spent a lot of time not doing stand-up because I was worried about what people would think. I don't want to be a booker who uses his/her connections to advance her own career. I don't like the idea of being judged by comics who I've had to turn down for various things. I know I'm going to suck for a while and I'm okay with that, but I don't like the fact that people are going to watch this set and be like, "She's not funny. Why does she get to decide whether I'm funny or not?" I feel like I've spent my whole life caring way too much about what other people think and trying to look like I don't care when I miss being the kind of person who cared HARD about stuff, who tried hard, who was okay being the girl who auditioned for every Hunter play and OTI 8 times and didn't get called back. <br /><br />The fact of the matter is that I'm 25 and I don't know what I want to do with my life. I legit bought a book called "What should I do with my life?" from a used book store and guess what? It did not have any answers. (Okay, I only read the first 20 pages, but I'm pretty sure the end is not going to be like "Sachi, you are supposed to be an accountant.") When I first graduated, all I knew is I wanted to be near comedy and I was so lucky to get internships and jobs that allowed me to do that. But now I feel like I'm supposed to be making more specific decisions. I still don't know if I want to be a performer or a writer or a producer or a director or a network executive and I'm not going to cross things off until I know for sure that they're not for me. So this is going to be my year of trying stuff. I refuse to settle into the most comfortable and easiest path just because I'm scared of being judged. SO GO AHEAD AND JUDGE ME, YOU JUDGE DREDDS AND JUDGE JUDYS. or the more likely scenario: most people are too worried about their own selves to spend time sitting around judging me and it is self-involved of me to think anybody even cares about whether i try some shit out. <br /><br />I'll probably be back here tomorrow like "never mind, i give up" but for now, I'm trying to keep spirits alive. #yearofpennySachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-3980962830260085142012-04-02T15:01:00.003-07:002012-04-02T15:05:22.296-07:00a reminder to myself to TAKE THIS ADVICELove <a href="http://hellogiggles.com/four-weddings-and-a-meltdown"> this advice from Erin Foster</a> on Hello Giggles... She is talking about weddings when you're single, but it works no matter how you're comparing yourselves to others:<br /><br />"Someone else’s story always dictates how you feel about your own... We compare ourselves so much to everyone else and basically live in fear that we’re either missing out on something better or being left behind.... We’re either using someone else’s life to pick it apart and make ours seem better, or propping it up on a pedestal to make us feel inadequate...<br /><br />"Get your eyes off their plate. No one gets to decide if your life is good or if you are where you were supposed to be at this age. As long as you’re still curious about things and willing to evolve a little, make an adjustment on yourself here and there, you’ll be fine. So, they’re getting married. Or having a baby. Or crazy in love. Well, then it’s their turn to have that, and it’s not taking away anything from you or speeding up any imaginary timeline you’ve decided for yourself. You put it there without reason and you can take it away too. No one else’s story has anything to do with your own."Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-74865371294675093352012-03-29T13:56:00.003-07:002012-03-29T14:02:33.275-07:00Safety Not Guaranteed<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ve3pKug_Htc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />My favorite movie genres in no particular order:<br />-80s teen movie<br />-twee indie romantic comedy w/ a great soundtrack<br />-time travel romance<br />-Apatovian bittersweet comedy examining lovable losers in realistic situations<br /><br />So the fact that this looks like some combination of the last 3 sounds delightful to me. Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, and Mark Duplass all do stellar supporting work on their individual TV shows as endearing slackers. Also, I like Aubrey's glasses in this.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-83807744007528095402012-03-19T20:01:00.004-07:002012-03-19T20:54:35.728-07:00A List of TV/Movie Characters That Have Reminded Me of Me at Various Points in My Life (In (Arguable) Order of How Annoying They're Supposed to Be)Casey (Party Down)<br />Max (2 Broke Girls)<br />Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)<br />Leslie Knope (Parks & Rec)<br />Liz Lemon (30 Rock)<br /><a href="http://chevronone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jj7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 511px; height: 595px;" src="http://chevronone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jj7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Julia (New Girl)<br />Any character that Judy Greer or Krysten Ritter plays in a shitty romantic comedy who gives advice to the main character and then sits at home drinking wine out of a comically large glass<br />Monica (Friends)<br />Peggy (Mad Men)<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AbQPaf3eVDQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Penny (Happy Endings)<br />Jackie (That 70s Show)<br />Megan (Unsupervised)<br /><iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="512" height="347" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1348718" frameborder="0"></iframe><br />Drunk Girl (SNL)<br />Miss Piggy<br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QEpHPu9dVqA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Baby Sinclair (Dinosaurs)<br />Moaning Myrtle (Harry Potter)<br />Tracey Flick (Election)<br /><br />Realizations based on this:<br />(1) It is a truth universally acknowledged that every sitcom contains a normal hot girl/hot guy pairing and then a couple made up of a wisecracking ne'erdowell and a shrill high-maintenance bitch. Guess which one I always associate myself with.<br />(2) I was a really annoying kid.<br />(3) Presumably, the most annoying characters are also the ones that are most like me when I was younger, so perhaps I've gotten less annoying.<br />(4) Or maybe annoying kids grow up to be cynical but sassy adults. And nerdy perfectionist teacher's pet kids grow up to be adults who GET SHIT DONE.<br />(5) Lizzy Caplan makes 2 appearances on the list. I would have put Janis Ian on there too, but I don't think I was cool/detached enough in high school for that.Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-13861268026133774282012-03-19T19:20:00.003-07:002012-03-19T19:35:36.018-07:004 quotes"When did you stop being a dreamer? How did you become so cynical at 25?" -my mom<br /><br />"My sister says she never dreams at night. There are days when I know why. Those possibilities within her sight,<br />with no way of coming true 'cause some things just don't get through into this world, although they try." -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftQrEYBz-b0">my aunt, on my mom in "Rosemary"</a><br /><br />"You would think that in your capacity as a producer your job would be to churn up creativity, but mostly your job is to police enthusiasm." -Tina Fey, on the rules Lorne Michaels taught her<br /><br />"I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming/ Sometimes gets me in trouble too/ But the truth is I could no more stop dreaming / Than I could make them all come true."<br />-Dar Williams, "The Kid." Also one of two quotes I chose to include in my high school yearbook half-page to define who I was at 17Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-4795199097503184122012-03-16T07:44:00.000-07:002012-03-16T07:46:10.166-07:00there was a time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibu9lgN0shSNDcI9456XrLl33ZcMd_-Syseu7eOkEF7MQAt07ziKQfNrQwSFKt6UxP0s6gjO9Njg6ywxi7qB-bH6-c5RN3f6iRz8uxrv32U4zYs82Ha8lS34Nhh86nRTQBht4oGHM-n08/s1600/tumblr_m0qkabSFm81rrwj10o1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibu9lgN0shSNDcI9456XrLl33ZcMd_-Syseu7eOkEF7MQAt07ziKQfNrQwSFKt6UxP0s6gjO9Njg6ywxi7qB-bH6-c5RN3f6iRz8uxrv32U4zYs82Ha8lS34Nhh86nRTQBht4oGHM-n08/s320/tumblr_m0qkabSFm81rrwj10o1_500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720506292889725810" /></a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387917232801443821.post-44978147967214953002012-03-15T09:45:00.000-07:002012-03-15T09:51:18.838-07:00children scare me<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Wi9_cGA-8NHwy17mX9NNJmmnMSAAbZjVCgfE0PvGX8ANSAs4i0q_Y6ZmEowFZygKDlTtpkF6odA_cmElIinGUJ-wcMo3716ZAd6Tc0Pv62lZi8CDgOol5B1W8QlBHIopmehcr48hJE/s1600/4f6210477bab6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Wi9_cGA-8NHwy17mX9NNJmmnMSAAbZjVCgfE0PvGX8ANSAs4i0q_Y6ZmEowFZygKDlTtpkF6odA_cmElIinGUJ-wcMo3716ZAd6Tc0Pv62lZi8CDgOol5B1W8QlBHIopmehcr48hJE/s320/4f6210477bab6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720167347808236098" /></a><br /><br />Via <a href="http://www.happyplace.com/14844/childs-drawing-serves-as-grim-st-patricks-day-warning">Happy Place </a>Sachi Ezurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00846409952424752170noreply@blogger.com0