Last year, at this time, there were two things that I was resisting out of a distaste for the activity and fear of the unknown. These two things were Spin class and dating. In a banal twist of fate... Read more >>

Since starting White Girl with a Fat Ass last year, I have: Raised $1920 for Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest) Lost 28 pounds and placed third in the... Read more >>

As part of Bare Ass 2008! my campaign to lose weight and get healthy while raising money for hunger relief, I have been participating in a weight loss competition and improv show at The... Read more >>

Recently house-sitting for a friend of mine, I discovered the concept of 100 calorie snack packs. This is where basically any junk food in the world is pre-portioned out for you into... Read more >>

Lesson number one in the mysterious and illusory art of Phat Shui: the method of uncellulite-ing your body by unfattening your mind. Meditation exercise. Light a scented candle.... Read more >>

One of my first memories of New York City, after moving there to be an actress, is getting up really early one morning to go be an extra in the worst indie movie of all time. At the time,... Read more >>

Part 2—Christmas Eve Setting: A lonely drawer A jolt and shifting metal clangs banging against each other longing for touch. Sudden light immerses Potato Masher in shame at being exposed... Read more >>

As a theater student in college, I constantly found myself in unique classes like Shakespeare voice. I mutilated the brilliant words of the immortal Bard every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10... Read more >>

Water. You can read as many diet books as you want, free-base ALLI, or convert the entire universe into Weight Watchers points, but if you are trying to lose weight, or simply be... Read more >>

Since I began my blog project Bare Ass 2008! I have lost sixteen pounds and raised $1090 for America’s Second Harvest. The single hardest yet most valuable thing that I have learned so far is to... Read more >>