Emmys 2012: Best Dressed?

STELLA!  Stella McCartney, Beatle-kund, can you be any cooler.  Patricia Wettig, I mean Edie Falco,  you look wundabar in this. Juliane Moore. You've sort of turned into a parody of yourself, but you do know how to clean up. Modesty suits you. Yellow for gingers! Hey brunette girl! I have no idea who you are because the only TV shows I watch are Breaking Bad and thirtysomething, but your dress is a perfect amount of couture and I like it mucho mucho. And let's not forget about the behind-the-scenes people here! The little people, who yes, are bigger than the big people, but you get the idea. And here we have the uber-talented...

Ramada Rebrand - Jingle Ideas

I. Since my baby left me I've found a new place to dwell It's down at the end of lonely street at Ramada Inn and Suites! II. Welcome to the Hotel Ramada Such a lovely place (such a lovely place) Such a lovely continental breakfast (such a lovely continental breakfast) Living it up at the Hotel Ramada! III. If you like Hotel Ramadas And gettin' in from the rain If you like little bars of handsoap And pastel landscapes of Spain If you like makin' love at midnight On 150-thread count sheets Than Hotel Ramada is the one for you Our senior discount can't be bea...

High School Revisited: THE REUNION

You know what, it's been fun recapping DUH, CLEARLY, THE BEST YEARS OF  MY LIFE. And I guess I have Dawson's Creek to thank for that in a roundabout sort of way. But it turns out, the show is just not very good in light of other teen dramas (My So-Called Life, for instance). In fact, Dawson's Creek is pretty bad. I made it into episode 3 of Season 5 and I decided I wasn't even interested in seeing it into its final two seasons. Mostly because Joey Potter became completely intolerable. I sort of saw that coming. Pacey gets more likeable. Dawson is redeemed from a pre-collegiate life of whininess. But that Joey. Still sullen and baby-voiced and just not so fun as a...

High School Revisited: A Letter From the Future

Dear 18-year old Adrienne, First of all, congratulations are in order. You are still alive.You didn't succumb to leprosy or horrid death. The apocalypse has not yet come, though technically 4 months of the year 2012 remain so now is not the time to count your eggs. Possible Mayan Doomsday approacheth. Additionally, you are not incarcerated. For these reasons and more I applaud your transition in becoming A Successful Adult. 18-year-old Adrienne, I know you're on the path towards becoming a journalist. Might want to steer clear of that one. It's a long and winding road. Turns out you still don't need to use math very much, so good job on taking the...

High School Revisited: The Ugly Club

Waaay before there were Pacey, Joey, Jack, Andy, Jen and Dawson, there were the Uglies. My friend Corinne and I invented The Ugly Club during some boring class in 7th grade. We made membership cards emblazoned with "UGLY." Members 000000000001 and 000000000002. For some reason, our young self-deprecation stuck. Though we weren't after exclusivity, we gradually added 3 more members, and that seemed to round things out. The Ugly Club was born. These girls made high school life not only tolerable, but remarkable. And now, even after high school has long ended, and we moved to NYC, Nashville, Chicago, Kansas City and Provo, I still need them. They were smart...