No Matter Where You Go, There You Are.

  -                 I already had a dumb stereotype-riddled bias against the idea of my living in a  small town and this show perpetuated all of them.   So thanks for that, Dr. Hart. -        Many of the jokes are cliché and are inserted into dialogue in such a way that it makes the whole episode script into the softest game of softball imaginable. Part of comedy is surprising your audience a bit, striking the part of the brain that goes, ‘Oh! That was clever, how great!’ and triggers a laugh. If a writer makes humor a very low priority in favor of playing to the basic wants of teenage girls via shirtless guys confessing their feelings to the uninteresting fish-out-of-water protagonist, then the jokes, the characterization, and even the kisses become cotton balls and cosmetic sponges instead of moments fans can cheer about.

As told to my mother: "I had a sort of lucid dream this morning just before I woke up. I went to see Ellie* at her   old place and pulled into the parking lot across the street...I looked over at a nearby car to see a   raccoon   sitting in it, leaning out of the open window on the passenger side. I looked away for a second,   turned back, and I heard feet at my passenger door. Slowly - here's the window (I needlessly indicate with my hand) - the raccoon put its claws on my door and peered in at me. It looked so aggressive that I thought it must have rabies! I knew I could drive over to the police station   that was just behind the lot, but instead I decided to   flip the bird   at the raccoon with both hands! It started attacking my car, trying to get in, which made me think, 'Don't wanna be bitten', and I wondered how scratched that door was getting, but I quickly responded to the attack by sliding into the closest seat and proceeding to sit u...

A few months ago, I discovered the writer Wendi Aarons. Her humor grabbed me first, wi th her website, relatable tweets and always-funny Twitter profile picture, bu t I also had to appreciate how she keeps things simple in each blog post, choosing a topic and following it through in the ‘short but sweet’ way that I still have to work on. She makes a living based on her work, serves as coauthor of the parody Twitter account @ PaulRyanGosling and just seems all-around cool. One day she published something about writer’s block and strangers disliking her style that made me think, ‘I should really ask this woman for a little advice! I want some of the things she has and she’s been in this field a lot longer than I have, so why not take a chance and come up with some questions?' I soon did just that, and – check this out, you guys – she responded! M y work life has been eventful lately because I needed  to change environments, y' know? It's time for a new adventure, so i ...