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Rachel Van Nesis a Los Angelesbased improviser, writer, and almond farmers daughter.
horrible singing, on a PayPal commercial somewhere in the dark reaches of the internet.
This week, Van Nes talked to me about writing jokes, loving improv, and obsessing over dogs.
I don’t know why people say LA is dangerous.
I have random guys checking in and asking how I’m doing all the time!
Then it makes me sad that everyone being well-intentioned is a joke, but I tweet it anyway.
Why did you join Twitter?
I still have no idea of what makes a joke work on Twitter.
All in all, its been a huge success!
I run to 7-Eleven at least two times a week when I forget to bring lunch to work.
Im an extrovert and a verbal processor so it triggers all the right synapses in my brain.
Its difficult in a good way and satisfies the hole in my heart that college papers used to fill.
Muffins are just cupcakes who haven’t gone through the Princess Diaries makeover sequence.
Muffins are also beautiful the way they are!
I live in my head and my ideas typically emerge after Ive been zoning out.
Cologne and perfume companies need to jump on puppy tummy as a fragrance.
What does your Twitter feed look like?At first, it was mostly news and local comedians.
Karen Cheeis a Brooklyn-based comedian who writes forThe New Yorker, McSweeneys,andShondaland,among other cool websites.
