well, let's try this again.

'Kay, so everyone I know is making one of these. Frankly, I am a Livejournal purist and can never keep up a blog outside of there (I tried here twice in 2008), but why not?

Anyway, for those who don't know me, I'm Alex. In many ways, I'm pretty boring, but I sometimes do interesting stuff that is usually related to the acting industry and showbiz as a whole. You'll read more about that in coming posts. Maybe. If I don't get bored with this first. Essentially, I'm just your average latte-drinking hybrid-driving J. Crew-wearing Blackberry-owning Obama-supporting LA kid. I'm Russian and redheaded and a fan of improv & sketch comedy and the people who excel at it. I love Seth Meyers and Will Arnett and Lee Pace and Jon Hamm and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Jenny Lewis and Cate Blanchett. I don't love vapid TV (which means there will probably not be any gushy Gossip Girl recap posts, sorry) and cold weather and people who are pretentious but uninformed and Sarah Palin. Like I said, pretty average.

I don't consider myself a fashionista or even very adventurous with the clothing I wear (although I would love to dress like Chuck from Pushing Daisies every day, let's face it, this is southern California and it just kinda looks weird and overdone to be so constantly put-together, so I usually end up looking like an amalgam of Stacy London and Amy Poehler), so I probably won't make very many outfit posts, but I do like to occasionally gush about a sweet purchase. Actually, I just ordered these amazing sunglasses today. I look forward to receiving, photographing, and then proceeding to rock them for you all. Also, I watch a lot of TV, so you'll probably see lots of posts about that... more specifically, a lot of posts about 30 Rock interspersed with a few other rhapsodical "If only [insert title of show here] hadn't been prematurely canceled..." ramblings. Oh, and I love MSNBC, particularly Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, though I will occasionally switch it up with CNN since I have a bangin' newscrush on Anderson Cooper. Hooray for the liberal media elite, y/y? Yes.

All right. I'd love to talk more about myself (har har) but there are burgers on the grill and I am starving. Lemon out.