Tendinitis, Los Dorados, an excellent pair of pants
A brief one. I finally got a diagnosis for my wrists. Tendinitis. I’m experimenting with dictation again, which is maddening, but maybe once I master the...
elation, ambivalence
I am officially a feature film director.The first leg of the shoot went smashingly. In case you're not on Instagram, here's a portrait of me on location. A...
surging with adrenaline
In four days, we roll camera on the first sequence of WHERE IN THE HELL, the art-house buddy comedy/dystopian road movie I've been writing and prepping to...
where in the ⁉️
Last night I went to get a Thai massage—a thing I sorely missed this past year (no pun intended)—but I couldn't quite relax into it. I caught myself...
relishing the in-between, a cheezy gordita, a wireless bra that maybe doesn't suck
Over the weekend, I finished the second draft of my new feature script. On Monday, I sent it off to my producers, my casting director, an exec producer I'm...
optimistic, and yet flexible 💀
I just peeked back at my newsletter from November 1, 2020. Four months and one entire lifetime ago, it seems. I mentioned the feature script I was writing,...
Emma Thompson, overalls
Back in October, I had the surreal honor of being on a Zoom with Emma Thompson. Just me and two other screenwriters (and one lawyer sister who tagged along),...
Hello out there 👋
Are you okay?I'm okay.I've adopted a strict writing schedule, 8am-12pm, that I'm mostly sticking to. It helps me feel like a person. My mom has endorsed...
It's still tomato season
I keep waiting for a quiet moment to send a newsletter. As if there will be a quiet moment when U.S./world events don’t eclipse my small personal struggles....
It's the Laramie Report! Remember, that newsletter you signed up for in the Before?
It's been a few months. I keep waiting for an epiphany, some little spark of a something to write to you about, but instead there's just me, sitting on my...
taco tuesday wednesday thursday, skunk vs. gopher, "Bull"
Hello my favorite people. Where did that month go?? It’s May, but it’s like... it could be August? It’s already hot in LA. I’m still going to the farmer’s...
no taco, but much gratitude
I don't have a taco rec for you today.I almost ordered an emergency taco kit from Guerilla Tacos, mostly just so I could write to you about it, but ten...
Fuck hope.
I got a big fat rejection on Friday, for a grant I’d been—not counting on, I wasn't that confident. But hopeful about I guess. What a bonkers human instinct....
Flour tortillas worth the headache
I'm on a pretty strict gluten-free diet. I discovered, more than a decade ago, that wheat flour was a migraine trigger for me. Cutting it out hugely improved...
2 1/2 new year's resolutions, 1 shrimp taco
I have two wildly conflicting resolutions this year:1) Learn how to do nothing.2) Get better at prioritizing the important stuff. Which means...2a) Get less...
It doesn't have to be that hard
This has been my mantra for past few weeks. I'm closing in on yet another draft of LIFE ON sMARS, and every little thing seems hard. Every little fix. Mostly...
sailing (sort of), straight-leg jeans, plus empanadas, gorditas, and chavindecas
Since returning from our road trip, I've been obsessively reading a book I found in one of those little free library hutches in Courtenay, BC.Actually, L...
WERKKKKK
This month's "taco" is a Trader Joe's tortilla wrapped around a slice of turkey. We're leaving town tomorrow, and we're in Eat-Everything-in-the-Fridge mode....
The Taco Diaries: Venice, CA v. Boston
I've been a little out of sorts since I got back from Boston. I expected to have three weeks of down time before my next gig, which has since stretched to...
the puffy taco you've been waiting for
We're still getting cool mornings in Los Angeles. May Gray, we tell each other, reminding ourselves that this is how it always is. And now, June Gloom. I've...