#tbt #1776

Oh my god, I look SO much like my great great great great great grandma in this picture, it's like we're twins.

Baguette me not

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MY FINEST WORK!

merch schmerch

I said I was taking a break from VMK to focus creating merchandise. I wanted to try and sell t-shirts and mugs and DVDs and crazy straws and hoodies and all of that noise. I hired designers and created logos and came up with an iPhone app that allowed you to care for your own little MK tamagotchi. I had big dreams for all of it. And it was going very well until we reached out to the Olsen camp and they said stop or we'll sue. So we stopped and that was that. No crazy straws.

This was disappointing for me. I felt like I let people down. I walked around my apartment for a while feeling like an ass.

I thought about why I wanted to sell merch in the first place. One of the main reasons was because I felt like the success of the series just wasn't enough. You see I have this teensy leettle habit of equating my net worth with my self worth, and with that kind of thinking nothing is ever enough, not even a buh'jillion facebook likes. Then I remembered why I started working on the series in the first place. The answer is because I genuinely enjoy the work. So I got back to work.

We made season 4 and we started releasing episodes 2 weeks ago and I am very proud of it. This season is hilarious and weird and bigger and great and different and we're trying new things because why not try new things, right?

And even though I will never be a buh'jillionaire from selling VMK crazy straws, I still think I cashed in, big-time, because I get to work on something that I love with people that I love. If that's not cashing in, I don't know what is.

This blog post has been an exercise in vulnerability and honesty from resident non-perfect human person, Elaine Carroll. Okay, back to cat pics...

important

very important

you're welcome?

I didn't think I was going to even like this, but then I watched it and... I love it? I think this song is... my new anthem?

LA

I'm back in LA.

I've been traveling a lot lately (New York to Utah to New York to Boston to New York to LA) so I'm a little disoriented.

It's January and it's 70 degrees outside. I think that's just the greatest thing I've ever heard.

I made this blog private for like 2 seconds then I realized that was dumb so I changed it back. Sorry about that and hello again!

jerks

just a couple of jerks

new headshots

red dress

and banana top

Photo credit: Ari Scott

Ari Scott is a talented lady

Thanks for the hair flip pic!

from Limor

One shot

Can't stop won't stop (singing this song to myself)

my finest work

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Remy the Raindeer

When my family found out that there was new kid on the way, my mom and I went temporarily insane at the Babies 'R' Us in Richmond, Virginia. We bought just about everything that wasn't bolted down, including this - a monkey costume. I thought it would be a perfect Halloween costume for my soon-to-exist nephew since his pre-birth nickname was "Monkey Boy".

I don't remember how or why Remy got stuck with the nickname "Monkey Boy". Sue and Pascal got pretty annoyed with it after a while, but they refused to tell us his name, so we told them to suck it and went on calling him Monkey Boy (at least to each other) until the day he was born.

What I did not realize at the time was that Remy's monkey costume was actually a reindeer costume. I had been looking forward to him being dressed as a monkey for months and months! I can't believe I thought it was a monkey. The antlers should have been a dead give away. But in my defense, I wasn't really thinking straight. I did go temporary insane.

I think the reindeer costume worked out just fine. In fact, I like it better - "Remy the Reindeer" - good alliteration.

Funny story: I take 100% accidental credit for naming him Remy...

For Mothers Day this year, I sent Sue a pre-mother's day card that said...

"Yo Mom, Hey! It's me, Monkey Boy! I'm writing to you from the future like in that movie 'The Lake House' with Keanu Reeves! Anyway thanks for having me and I'll see you soon. Love, Monkey Boy. PS. The future is great."

I put the card in an envelope, and, without thinking about it, I picked a stamp from my Pixar-themed book of stamps. The stamp I chose? "Ratatoille". The name of the main character in "Ratatoille"? Remy! The name Remy was already on their short list, but they took this as confirmation.

So basically what I'm trying to say is there are no accidents. Monkey costumes, reindeer costumes, Keanu Reeves... Things that appear to be an accident actually spring from the deepest source of destiny. This happens all the time! What I'm trying to say is "The Lake House" was a pretty good movie. What I'm trying to say is I've never actually seen "The Lake House" but Sandra Bullock is in it and they just named a hurricane after her, so you know, think about that.

EDIT: from Sue: (Mom) returned the monkey costume, and then I told her that the costume was ok and she should send it, and then she bought the reindeer one by accident, and then I wrote this long and boring explanation.

Williamsburg Bridge

I can hardly believe this.

my forehead is bleeding?

this girl looks like she eats yogurt