Amy Sedaris is crawling around her living room armed with masking tape and a paintbrush. Her baseboard-painting project has thrown her West Village apartment into disarray but it still feels cozy, and although it's late, Sedaris hasn't prepared anything to eat. She's been busy cleaning most of the night. Usually when visitors drop by, she has a snack ready -- famous for her homemade cheese balls, homemade cupcakes, or chocolate-covered pretzels -- but with the house such a mess, she's preoccupied. Soon, she says, things will start coming together. The bookcases she found in the garbage years ago will be arranged just right, and her new striped rug will perfectly complement her new floors, which are striped with dark and light finished woods.
In the meantime, shelves will need painting, a table will need a leg, and two episodes of Just Shoot Me, to air on NBC, will need to be filmed in Los Angeles. Sedaris, the 40-year-old comedian best-known for playing Jerri Blank, a 40-something high school freshman on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy, is slated to play the female equivalent of David Spade's obnoxious character on the show. But right now, she is focused on making her CD shelves the very best they can be.
RSS