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About Me

I am taller than I look. I never had any desire to go into medicine or law, but I did dream of being a famous actress or playing on the Olympic volleyball team...sweet, I'm two for two. I will never say "no" to going out for breakfast. I feel very uncomfortable about jaywalking. I heart fake eyelashes. I think Eric Jeske is pretty damn foxy. I drive a purple car which is odd because its my least favorite color. Favorite color is green. I absolutely adore yet fear Heather and Jessica from gofugyourself.com. I've had addresses in Denver, Seattle, Rome and Los Angeles - always thought I would have had one in Chicago by now. I love Christmastime. I hate it when grown women babytalk or say they have to "go potty." I believe in being nice to customer service representatives. I wish people used their turn signals more.

My Interests

Long Form Improv, Italy, NPR, This American Life, mix CDs, planning trips, giraffes, finding good deals, sleep, road trips

I'd like to meet:

Tess Vigeland, Katee Sackoff, Ricky Gervais, Michael Palin, my great-grandfather, Ira Glass, Eddie Izzard, David Rakoff, Dave Sedaris, Tim Gunn

Music:

Three songs that break my heart a little everytime I hear them: "Reason To Retreat" - The Gunshy. "Jolene" - Dolly Parton. "Maps" - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Three guilty pleasures that I don't feel too guilty about: "Cup Of Life" - Ricky Martin. "Wannabe" - The Spice Girls. "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani.

Movies:

Wet Hot American Summer, Lord of the Rings, Lost In Translation, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, I Heart Huckabees, Living Dolls, American Splendor, Spice World, The Aristocrats, Serenity, Rivers & Tides, The Forsyte Saga

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, The Wire, The Office, Project Runway, Freaks and Geeks, Felicity, Six Feet Under, Two and a Half Men, Mr. Show, The Sopranos, Firefly, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Felicity, Sports Night

Heroes:

Any one who can self-motivate

My Blog

And then he was gone.

Fairly early into my freshman year of college a flyer for a lecture caught my eye in the student union. Kurt Vonnegut. Really? Wow. I hadn't read anything by him at that point ...
Posted by Gretchen on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:52:00 PST

When Eric plays video games...

I can't help but be in the same room as him all the time, so when he fires up the Playstation or an episode of Shark, I sit down with my pen and pencil. http://www.flickr.com/gp/57021355@N00/02YLjt I...
Posted by Gretchen on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:27:00 PST

Yes, another coffee-related entry

When asked for my name upon ordering coffee, or take-out food stuffs of any sort really, I say "Mona" or have for the last few years anyway. I noticed that Gretchen gave a lot of people trouble ...
Posted by Gretchen on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:42:00 PST

What happened?

I usually grab a morning coffee at Tully's in the courtyard of my office building, it's where I run into Yahoos and the like. The one thing we have common is that we are all there because of our...
Posted by Gretchen on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:52:00 PST

My 6-month cleaning

I've never feared the dentist. I actually looked forward to my appointments with Dr. Craiger because it was a chance to win the approval of yet another adult, something I took great pride in as a kid....
Posted by Gretchen on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:03:00 PST

I will always be...

I never dated a lot, or at all, in high school and the trend continued when I attended the University of Washington in Seattle. The heterosexual male population didn't really pay much attention ...
Posted by Gretchen on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:36:00 PST

We open in a week and a half!

That's right kids, it's almost here. If I haven't seen you in the last couple months is because we've been rehearsing for this show and every minute was worth it! You'll laugh, you'll cry ...
Posted by Gretchen on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:00:00 PST

Grande half caff skinny sugar free pbthbthbthbth

I was waiting in line down at Tully's this morning when the Yahoo in front of me (not making fun of the guy, at least not quite yet, he really works at Yahoo) starts doing a bit about the length of co...
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:31:00 PST

To the Eyewitness News segment producer

I'm sure the job of a nightly local news segment producer is stressful and unforgiving, therefore I'm only going to offer the tiniest bit of constructive criticism. Perhaps you should have let M...
Posted by Gretchen on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:41:00 PST

Is it just me?

Whenever I am reminded of Alf I inevitably, without fail form a picture of Scott Bakula in my head. It's not that I think of Alf all that frequently, but when I do it's always with Scott Bakula....
Posted by Gretchen on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:36:00 PST