Courtney Garcia

The question has finally reached a tipping point in my mind: Do I want to have money and enjoy my life or do I want to pretend like being broke is getting me somewhere?

While it's not good to compare your life to other people, I do. In fact, that's...

I'm hesitant to do this because I'm almost positive I will be receiving an Oscar within the next two to three years (five max). Thus, I will face the onerous task of crafting an entirely new acceptance speech solely on the basis of this blog. On the other hand, in...

Last year, to the bafflement of friends, family, and Jonathon, the IT guy at my office, I announced my decision to leave work and go to law school. I was super serious about it too. Given my penchant for entertainment and notoriously capricious behavior however, I anticipated this decision would...

Sundance, for me, begins and ends with Ice-T. Attending for the first time this year, I landed Saturday amidst a disastrous snowstorm, and, due to time constrictions, was forced to schlep my suitcase around in the blizzard. Plus, I forgot my hat (I live in California!). Nevertheless, I remained calm...

One of the most notable and extraordinary stories depicted this year at Sundance was that of a little known writer from Berkeley, who managed to outdo the inhibitions of his existence to explore the realms of love and, most importantly, get laid. The feature film, The Surrogate, which premiered Monday...

Not to be doom and gloom, but every year, as December draws to a close and everyone charts their "Best-Of" inventories, I prefer rather to reflect on the mistakes I made throughout the year: ways I've squandered my money; life-changing decisions that went awry (I temporarily moved to New York...