HeyJaredpreface to my memoirs
trials and tribulations of a 20 something New Yorker finding her voice in public
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eternal ingénue (opens the original)
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“You came out of the womb a 35-year-old divorcée” is something my mother once told me that I’ve often repeated. It perfectly aligns with my self-image.I think of my mother as a great ingénue. In my mind Emily Webb of Our Town was written for her. Ironically all of the parts I’ve seen her play in my lifetime (Blanche DuBois, Hedda Gabler, Joan Crawford, Annie Wilkes) are far from the ingénue role. They’re antiheroes, and downright villains. Prickly, fabulous, and formidable. My mother embodies al
God Favors the Party Girls (opens the original)
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“Sometimes God favors the party girls,” I preached to my coworker. Early last week, I was plotting, scheming and manifesting getting out of work early enough to make it to a best friend’s birthday party on Tuesday night. When I arrived at the soundstage that morning, I took a look at the sides1 and saw our timings2 had our day ending around 12:30 am. But I did not despair! I told all my coworkers about the birthday party. The custom ca
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