Hey. Hey. What are you doing? I'm actually a prime and waiting to park. Oh what

number are you on? This is 47 I believe. Nice. Yep. And the goal is 80 or something?

80 now. Okay. You may have to raise your goal. I don't know.

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood. The podcast about how to be happier, healthier,

sane or more creative, more successful and more productive in a backbiting

superficial chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Craft, a TV writer

and producer living in LA and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Sarah.

That's me, Sarah Fade. On this podcast we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance

a career and friendship and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in less angeless.

Today we're going to talk about summer vacation and how we feel like we're on it. Sort of.

Then we've got a mailroom question about how good material needs to be before you give it to

someone with hiring power to read. This week's Hollywood hat comes from a listener and for the first

time in a long time we have a celebrity sighting plus it is my week for a recommendation.

But first this update we got a really fun email from Lisa in Ontario. She said hearing

Liz speak about avoiding the treats on the picket line has finally prompted me to write in

at the end of April 155,000 public servants from across Canada went on strike for a couple of weeks.

While I am also a public servant I belong to a different union so I had to cross the picket line

to go to work. Our union was supporting them anyway we could joining them during our lunch hour

and of course some were bringing them coffee and treats. Those were my friends on the picket line so

I wanted to do more but I didn't want to be the evil donut bringer. They always seem to have

lots of coffee. On an impulse I bought a large bunch of carnations. When I pulled up to cross the

line I called over a friend and handed her the flowers to share. She said later how even men were

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