Jimmy, you got a 5-star AAA pick of the week for me?

Well said. You sir win the interweb today.

I'm with you. I'm not sure what Pedro could have done differently in that situation. Seeing him talk about it in interviews, you can tell that the whole situation really shook him up and left him feeling awful.

Me too. I can't wait to play it when I should be working.

True talk. I wish horrible failure on this show, only because I'm tired of privileged kids moving to NYC and their dumb-ass parents shelling out money on over-priced apartments. Landlords must love this show, it's as if it were created by real estate developers in Greenpoint.

Carcetti-Finger!

Have the disheveled fashion of the 90's back in style certainly helps at those fancy media events :) My wardrobe is so old, that I'm quite fashionable once again!

"Nickle and Dimed" is a great book, kudos for you having your daughter read it. My mother put me on to Studs Turkel as a child and it effected me deeply.

Glad you enjoyed. I'm half-serious but completely tongue-in-cheek.

As a TV producer from a working class background (I was a HS dropout and I worked my way up from nothing) I feel that stress of trying to keep up in a materialistic world. It's not easy. I bury my head in the technical and creative ends of my job so that I don't have to deal with the schmoozing stuff. It's very…

Thanks for your comment, I can relate. Being from the bowels of Queens, it's nice to hear from another native - I feel like we're a dying breed.

I can relate. I have a chef-friend from NYC who just moved out to Seattle and complains about the same shit. I wish I could hook you two up as friends.

"I think it's avoiding advertizing, so-called aspirational media and lifestyle competitors that makes me feel like my life is luxurious."

"As it is owned by society's elites, media is incapable of broadcasting any message truly counter to their interests. Read your Chomsky, yo."

Working class NYC native here with a little tip for the monied newcomers here to do some slumming:

In a world where so many people work to get rid of their accents, I appreciate when celebrities like Adele keep it real.

My answer used to be "sell them drugs."

Yes, we'd be reading about them on Gawker.

True. Tubgirl > Farmville

"Yo String! Where's Wallace? Huh? Where Wallace at String?"