NOT KEEPING SCORE

Okay — so I’m a bad sport for bailing on the human bridge across the Golden Gate… but it’s [whiny-baby voice] raining, all right? I can’t be expected to help out good causes like the United Way when I have a chance of getting wet now, can I?
[looking up at sky. tail between legs.] Look. […]

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Doing some shameless event promotion because this wacky event looks cool, and I’m a sucker for wacky events (it should be noted, too, that I’m a friend of the event planner).
Nonetheless, I’m going to this event — when else do you have a chance to hold hands with absolute strangers on one of SF’s great […]

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As some of you may know, I’m eager for rejection in an attempt to hit 300 after hearing a writer speak to the benefits of the big R. Rather than fear it, I’m trying to “collect” rejection.
With that in mind, I’ll hope you congratulate me when you hear the news that:
Stegner Fellowship @ Standford […]

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For those of you who are still wondering “what that silly girl Shannon is up to” [reference belated New Year’s Video] the answer is this: found other non-employed free-spirits to make grainy dance videos to bad pop songs*[1].

(admit it: you love Hilary Duff, too…)

*[1] I swear that neither of us are under […]

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I had visions of masterful Shannon-egans (tasteless pun intended) and skillfully executed jokes today on NKS — you know, something like “I’m going to quit writing my blog,” or “I’m moving China to become a gogo dancer,” or “I’ve shaved my head in a show of solidarity with Britney” — but then I remembered I’m […]

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