Wisdom from a coffee cup

It's just a saying on a Starbucks cup . . . but it did me good, so I thought I'd share.

Problems in Amy Sherman-Palladino Land

If you happen to find yourself on a TV show created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, you might have one or more of the following problems.

• Your parents ask you whether they look fat, and if they bought you a car, you have to actually look and answer them.
• Your grandfather wants you to read the paper to him, and he gets upset if you don't get to Gail Collins before he falls asleep.
• There are no 24-hour tent companies. Also, the best Buddhist mariachi band is always on tour when you need them.
• You can't bring yourself to say someone's dead, and no matter how hard you try, you can't manage to make a face that effectively conveys the message.
• You have a name like Boo, Truly, or Hubbell.
• Old guys you've never met ask you to walk their dogs.

Oh, and then there's that whole thing where you marry a guy you barely know while drunk, and then you find out he lives with his mother, and then he dies in a car accident almost as soon as you get to his home.

On the plus side, though, you and your friends can choreograph, rehearse, and present an original ballet in a single evening.

I liked Gilmore Girls pretty well, and I'm liking Bunheads pretty well, but honestly, this woman's characters lead seriously whacked-out lives.

(ETA: In real life, you might have a problem like your bullet points refusing to behave themselves. Sorry for the messed-up formatting.)