There is a shared moment in which we are all out of control. We sit, strapped into our overpriced seats, inside an illogically massive transportation device, and we just let go. We have no choice….
Top 17.4 Ways to Piss Me Off
Why would I want to write an article about the things that piss me off? Aren’t I just arming the masses with the best ammo that way? Well, here’s my theory: this list already does…
Stuff You Can’t Get in LA
I’m not from Los Angeles. No one is. Well, Rose is, but she’s different. All of the tens of thousands of LA Natives are different. But they don’t count. There are all of these Transplant…
When Did I Get So Old?
I’m not sure when it happened. I can’t really pinpoint a particular moment of realizing, “Hmm, this feels harder to do than it did the last time I did it. I must be getting older.”…
Pop Culture Challenge
Once I was dining with some of my more literary friends and was interrupted by one of them. “Bonnie,” Dawn began, “you’ve made five TV references in the past ten minutes and, since I don’t…
Boys Are Dorks
Flirting is such a difficult thing. Actually, it’s quite simple, but the language is so easily misunderstood. It’s like you want to be sure you speak the same version of Flirtage and not some bastardized…
MOH, I Didn’t Even Know You Were an Acronym
On the 4th of March, I went from being Bonnie Gillespie to being Maid of Honor. My phone rang at 8am–and this was on a Sunday–so you know that hour is obscene. I let the…
Oscar Wrapola, Baby!
Okay, so here’s how I won the Oscar Pool for the second year in a row. I didn’t bet the list I’d made for my column here. Just moments before the award show began, and…
Oscar Picks, 2001
Okay, so we’re gearing up for the event that was so much cooler when it fell on a weekday. Yep, up until a couple of years ago, Oscar Day was an official day off from…
I Could Never Leave the House
I don’t understand the Unabomber. Remember him? I remember, back in grad school, seeing his manifesto printed in the New York Times and thinking, “Y’know, he’s not crazy. He just really, really hates technology.” Now,…