My name is... what?... my name is... who?... my name is...

Okay, I've been tagged by Miss DaVida to list "six quirky, yet boring, unspectacular details" about myself... So here goes:

1. I lead a double life... It's a well known fact (or so I think) that I consider myself quite spectacular and am not afraid to say so. I swear I'm not conceited... Not by any stretch of the imagination. Half of the time, I'm living my life like an out-of-body experience. I can see myself objectively and I know that I'm a package that comes with all the bells and whistles... Meanwhile, I'm stuck inside my own head where knowing and believing are two very different things. I am spectacular... and spectacularly insecure.

2. "Quirky" is one of my general characteristics that I am proud of. I'm very quirky. I'm 2 parts Monica Gellar, 1 part Peter Parker, and a Goonie at heart. I am quite literally a comic book nerd in a woman's body.

3. And I fall down. A lot.

4. When I was in the 2nd grade I lied in an eye exam so that I could get glasses... Turned out I have astigmatism in my left eye.

5. I spend a lot of time in the bathroom. Besides showering and make-upping, you might find me plucking, clipping, filing, brushing, straightening, whitening, spraying, stretching, reading, self-tanning, dancing, mugging... and just being a general mirror monkey.

6. I run towards the fire. Seriously. If I'm warned about something (or someone)... if I know it's a bad idea... if there's any chance my heart might get broken... then, apparently, I'm all in. I don't just run... I sprint for the fire. I guess there's a part of me that always hopes I'll be able to put it out before I get burned.

There. Now... the sad news is... I don't have 6 bloggers to tag. So, I'm tagging my two favorites...

Jax in Noho
Not the Murderer

RULES: Mention the rules on your blog. Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself. Tag six others. Go to each person’s blog and leave a comment that lets them know they are tagged.

And now I'm going to hang out in the bathroom...

Pontification of the Day

Surprisingly enough, as a master procrastinator, I don't do that much blog reading. I do even less commenting on the blogs I read. But, occasionally, I'll find myself having to launch my opinion into the internet ether...

Today I happened upon this blog on the Redbook magazine website (don't ask). And because I happened to have a very specific opinion about the last bit, thanks to my experience in the agency trenches, I couldn't help but leave a comment. Except the damn website keeps Error-ing me like a comment cock blocker. I refuse to let my well-worded pontification go to waste, so I'm posting it HERE:

Look, Sue Mengers was only offering the kind of astute opinion that made her legendary. She knew the biz just as well as Mr. Michaels and her success as an agent was predicated on her shrewd, informed viewpoint of how Hollywood really works. Everyone knows it's as much -- if not more -- about beauty as it is about talent. It's unfortunate that this microcosm of the professional world happens to have the greatest influence on how we, as a society, deem what is worthy of our attention and adulation. In this celebrity-obsessed era, we've forgotten that film & television is created as FANTASY. Logically, we know that we shouldn't be comparing ourselves to the lovely creatures we see on screen... but that's exactly what we do. And thus, we become fixated on how an "average" person like US has suddenly transformed into one of THEM. It's sad, but true. Thankfully, shows like UGLY BETTY are helping to change our narrow perception of this beauty ideal.


HA! Cock block that Redbook!