Baby

Hi y'all! Sorry for being MIA, but my sister had a baby. (A boy, Jack.) I'll update later tonight.

The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet

My friend Patricia is a co-executive producer of Fox's new national morning show, "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet." Here's an article about it in the New York Daily News.

The show premiered yesterday and was fabulous! Yay Patricia! Did anyone watch? If not, please check it out! It's very fun, ala Regis and Kelly. Click here to find out when it airs in your city.

24

A few random thoughts...

- Jack Bauer is a badass.

- I'd like to see an episode where Jack takes a catnap. It would be one solid hour of him sleeping.

- Does Jack go to the bathroom? Eat? What would a season of 24 be like if Jack suddenly got IBS?

- I recently read an article that said men masturbate 6-8 times a week, or once daily. Just wondering when (if) this happens...

"Mr. President, this is Jack Bauer, we have a situation." (Uncomfortable pause as Jack gets the urge.) "Actually sir, could you hold on? I'll be right back."

- Jack Bauer is a badass.

UPDATE: I also read that the average person passes gas about eight times a day. At this rate, Jack should be letting one loose every third episode. Idea for a show open:

"This week on 24..." (Jack rips one.)

They could even center a whole episode around a silent but deadly one. No one knows where the mysterious gassy smell is coming from...


Check back later to see what a season of 24 in my life would look like.

20/20

I was interviewed on 20/20 tonight for a special on debt. If you saw me on the show and are new to this site, thanks for stopping by. What 20/20 failed to mention is that after publishing my book, I donated all the money I received from savekaryn.com to charity. So I essentially DID pay off my debt and helped raise $20,000 for charity in the process. Since they decided to focus so heavily on the morality of what I did, it would've only been fair to tell the entire story, don't you think? Funny how this was edited out of my interview. I only said it, um... three times.

(I must thank them for the huge book plug though...)

My Taste Buds and I Are Alive and Well

Hi y'all! I'm multi-tasking right now. I'm going to Costco with my sister and thought I'd write an update at the same time. I just recovered from my sickness a couple days ago. I had a cold and it lingered, lingered, lingered... Yuck. But it's all gone now and life is good.

Anyway, while lying in bed this past week, I came to a realization. At some time or another we've all been asked or have contemplated whether we'd rather be blind or deaf, well I'd like to add something to that that's almost just as bad. I wasn't able to taste anything for a week and it made life so much less enjoyable. I've heard about people who have bum taste buds for some reason or another and I really feel sorry for them. Being able to taste food rocks.

This is a very deep posting, I know. Ha ha.

Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.

My First Computer

I was reading about Apple's new iPhone and about how they're changing their name from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. because they're getting into more consumer electronics, and for some reason it made me think of my first computer, the Macintosh Classic II. I had one in college. I think it cost $700. Does anyone remember these? Did anyone have one?


I'm not sure when or why I changed to PCs, but I did. I have a Dell now. I like it because it's super-small and I can fit it into my purse.

What was your first computer?

I'm Sick

I am si-si-sick! I have a nasty cold. I'll post when I feel better.

Celebrity Sighting: Hope Davis

Hope Davis at a store in Brooklyn called Bird, on Smith and Butler. First, the store is cool and if you're ever in Brooklyn you should check it out. Second, Hope Davis is beautiful. I think she lives in my 'hood, as I've seen her more than once.

BTW, it's freakishly warm here today - 70 degrees - and I'm determined we're all going to burn up in the next ten years.

Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.

Nora's First Boyfriend

Ladies and gentlemen... I'd like to introduce you to Nora's first boyfriend, Evan.

I know, I know, I know... eighteen months is a little young to be kissing, and I do feel a bit uneasy about the fact that he seems to be going for an open-mouth kiss...

...but Evan's a nice boy from a nice family, so everyone approves of the pairing. (I'm gonna keep my eye on him, though.)

I'll keep you posted as to how this budding relationship progresses.

Whitney Houston Estate Sale

So Whitney Houston is having an estate sale next week in New Jersey and I want to go sooooo badly. In addition to wanting to rummage through her pockets for the forgotten crack pipe (mine broke), I'd do anything to get my hands on this Versace catsuit:


And I'd look like a million bucks walking around Brooklyn in these hats:


I'd love nothing more than to put on Whitney's clothes and sprawl out on her baby grand, but entry alone is $100 and I doubt they'd let me try on stuff anyway.

My 2007 New Year's Resolutions

1. Lose 10,000 pounds. I'm not bordering on obese, I am obese. Stop being so dramatic.


2. Lose 50 pounds. (I'm going for Nicole Richie thinness.)
• Exercise more.
• Eat less.


3. Be a better blogger.
• Update every day.
• Answer all of my email.


4. Read all the books I bought last year but never cracked open. (Do you all do this, too?) Among them...
• Queen of The Oddballs by Hillary Carlip
• Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
• Blindness by Jose Saramago
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin
• The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
• Marley & Me by John Grogan
• Smashed by Koren Zailckas
• Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs


5. Increase productivity:
• Work during normal working hours like everyone else. (This can be difficult for a writer.)
• Work from someplace other than home.
• Stop surfing the 'net for the latest celebrity gossip. (Seeing shots of Britney Spears' coochie has done nothing to enrich my life.)
• Turn off IM during the day.
  
• Stop checking my email every two minutes.


6. Get serious about finding the love of my life:
• Do something social every week. (This does not include going to my friends' apartments to watch TV and drink wine. I must go to NEW places and meet NEW people.)
  
• Go on as many dates as possible. Not only will doing this increase my odds, but it'll provide me with loads of new material, which will help me with...
• Number 5... I'll be more productive when writing because I'll be drawing from personal experience as opposed to making things up.
• Number 3... I'll be a better blogger because I promise to share all the details of my bad dates with my blogging friends. (The message here to my future dates is: Treat me right, spare yourself the embarrassment.)
  


7. STOP AVOIDING. This is by far one of my biggest downfalls. I avoid many things in life, from phone calls with people I'd prefer not to talk to, to filing my quarterly taxes on time. NO MORE AVOIDING. It only hurts me in the long run.

And what are your resolutions?

Happy 2007!