http://www.kimbrownell.com A Smart-Ass Guide to Love, Life, and Reality Television Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:44:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow what a strange few weeks.  The main story polluting all radio, TV, and magazine outlets is that Michael Jackson died. I mean, ok fine it's sad and all, but the real tragedy here is the untimely death of an American Icon....Billy Mays.  Unless you've been living in a cave, ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/07/06/how-many-dead-celebrities-does-it-take-to-screw-in-lightbulb/ I apologize for the lag time between blogs.  I have been receiving angry death threat facebook comments from people (ahem Kathleen) demanding new ones.  sigh....I guess my public truly depends on me for their every happiness. I mean....do you blame them?     Oh so much has happened in the last month. ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/06/08/every-rose-does-indeed-have-its-thorns/ Today's beautiful-in-theory mother's day brunch went in blissful harmony with my previous post. I had made reservations a day ahead at a highly popular West Village brunch spot to ensure we would get a seat and not be forced to wait 3847239847829347892347 hours at the "overly-crowded-I'm-STARVING-and-cranky-and-I'm-a-Model-so-I'm-much-hotter-than-you" door. It was ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/05/10/delusion-is-the-new-pink/ Here are some of the experiences that eventually led me to the conclusion that...................... ..................I'm D list . 1) I was listening to my IPOD on random today when a song from my demo came on. My IPOD said "Unknown Artist". Even my ipod doesn't know who I am.  D list 2) Homeless man ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/05/04/d-list/ Ahhh Summer....so many truly awesome things about summers in New York.  Here are some of my favorites; Women busting out their summer whoregear attire, everyone migrating to the Hamptons on weekends while my broke ass can barely afford to sit on the roof of my building gazing at the picturesque view ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/04/25/central-perk/ I feel, as well as many of my fellow actors at the present time,  like I am having either a delayed "I'm 18 and I don't know what to do with my life" crisis, or an early midlife crisis....and It came as a TOTAL shock to us music school graduates ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/04/21/my-new-career/ Soooo contrary to what one would think, it is INCREDIBLY difficult to date in NYC.  Even though there are millions of people crammed on this tiny island, meeting a possible love interest is as difficult as catching a NY bus that does NOT stop every single block for a wheelchair ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/04/16/dating-is-the-devils-work/   I feel there should be some kind of test one has to take to live in the city of New York, because I think we have successfully hit our idiot quota.   Me ordering a sandwich at subway yesterday: "Hi, can I have a 6 inch turkey on wheat, no cheese" Sandwich ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/04/07/idiot-quota/     So I have this casting director friend here who told a story about a guy who recently came by the office to drop off his resume, which was packed with assloads of Broadway Credits. Under the "Broadway/New York" category, the guy had like 25 shows with "Original Cast" next ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/03/31/a-gay-ol-time/          Since New York City weather is about as predictable as a coked up manic depressive, I decided to soak up the sunshine and take a long walk.  It always cracks me up how fast the  get-out-of-my-way-you-jackass-NY'er mentality changes when the sun comes out.  It's as if less-than-perfect ... http://www.kimbrownell.com/2009/03/25/a-tale-of-toke/