by Carrie Friedman
My brother prides himself on being the first breaker of all breaking news, whether it's good or bad. He firmly believes (and it's POSSIBLE that he's right) that he was the VERY FIRST to break the Michael Jackson death news on Facebook. He says it's an almost-psychic gift, that he has his finger on the pulse of life, or whatever. I think it's that he has the right amount of CNN alerts on his phone that flood him with news as major events are taking place. Back in high school, my brother interrupted me during a track meet to tell me that former President Nixon had died. (To which I replied, breathless, "Um, okay? I mean, it's sad, but this news couldn't wait?") He called me on 9/11, told me to turn on the TV. And so on.�
So when he called us at 7:30 this morning, we were understandably concerned.�
He screamed into the phone that How I Met Your Mother, the show for which my hubby's written the last four years, was just nominated for the best comedy emmy!
My hubby, who could hear my bro through the phone, said: "How I Met Your Mother--is that the show with the fat kid and Emilio Estevez's brother?"
As we were still waking up, my bro put two and two together for us: "As a co-executive producer, that means Stephen's nominated for an emmy!"
With that, I hung up and popped open some bubbly. It was 7:32 in the morning, and already it was a kickass day. I LOVE that.
HOORAY!!!!
So when he called us at 7:30 this morning, we were understandably concerned.�
He screamed into the phone that How I Met Your Mother, the show for which my hubby's written the last four years, was just nominated for the best comedy emmy!
My hubby, who could hear my bro through the phone, said: "How I Met Your Mother--is that the show with the fat kid and Emilio Estevez's brother?"
As we were still waking up, my bro put two and two together for us: "As a co-executive producer, that means Stephen's nominated for an emmy!"
With that, I hung up and popped open some bubbly. It was 7:32 in the morning, and already it was a kickass day. I LOVE that.
HOORAY!!!!
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Afterword by America'sYoungPeople.
Carrie Friedman is the author of the critically acclaimed, hillarious new book, "Pregnant Pause," (click to learn more), a syndicated columnist, and guest contributor to The 'merican blog. This post was originally published on carriefriedmania.com.
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