This week, Michelle takes us to the Season 2 gallery shoot, where she interviews Megan Cavanagh, who plays Chris on Exes & Ohs.

And now that filming is over, she shows us around the set — or what's left of it.

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

In the latest installment of her video blog, Michelle takes us on location for a day of shooting. She interviews several people on set, including Marnie Alton.

There are costume changes, and a black-out while Michelle shows us around hair/make-up.

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page. … continue reading

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

Pre-production on Exes & Ohs season 2 is in full swing and Michelle’s up in Vancouver, hard at work. In this vlog, she takes you on a tour of the sound stage and shows you neat things like wardrobe racks, hallways that go to nowhere, and what she eats for lunch while she’s writing.

We also get to see her messy desk and the view from her window.

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

This week, Michelle Paradise continues to talk with Marnie Alton and some of our other favorite actresses at a party for the Trevor Project.

Marnie dishes on her "glamorous life" as an actress and Michelle talks about balancing her producing and acting duties on set.

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

This week, Michelle Paradise answers a lot of your questions, and gets some surprise guests to answer them as well.

This vlog is so action-packed and guest-filled that it had to be done in two parts. Look for part 2 next week.

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

This week, Michelle fights seasonal allergies, a meowing cat, and a complete inability to focus her flip-cam in order to tell us how stories eventually make their way to our TV screens.

She also takes us through her writing process and gives us an update on where Season 2 currently stands.

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

In her new vlog, Michelle shows you her office-away-from-the-office, introduces you to Billy, addresses some of your comments and questions, and explains why the last few days have been so rough.

She also shows off her self-professed "mad editing skills."

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

The creator and star of Logo's lesbian comedy Exes & Ohs kicks off the new “season” of her behind-the-scenes video blog by battling wind and noise, and getting lost in her own office building.

She also takes you on a tour of the MTV building in L.A., shows you a nifty foosball table, tells you one thing that she’s afraid of, and lets you know what to expect from future her vlogs (hint: her video blog isn’t over until it’s over).

Look for new episodes from Michelle on AfterEllen.com every other week or so, and watch previous episodes of her vlog here.

You can learn more about Michelle at her official website, her MySpace profile, or her Facebook page.

You can also buy the first season of Exes & Ohs on DVD!

The stars of Logo's lesbian series Exes & Ohs are back with a very special announcement for AfterEllen.com readers...

Get the first season of Exes & Oh on DVD, watch Michelle's vlogs about the first season, or read our first-season recaps of the show.

A few months ago, Michelle Paradise asked you to submit your best and worst dating stories — and did you ever! There are over a hundred hilariously bad date stories, and Michelle gathered together four of your favorite women — Marnie Alton, Dara Nai, Karman Kregloe and Jill Bennett — to re-enact some of the best ones, with Lori and I "directing" (which in this case, meant zooming the camera in and out, refreshing their drinks, and trying to keep the cats out of the frame).

As you can guess from the photo, much chaos ensued. Some of my favorite moments? Marnie as a "hot RN," Dara as a cop who can't get her handcuffs off her belt buckle, Michelle moonwalking, Karman's puppet love, and Jill overdosing on pharmaceuticals while on a dinner date.

They also award a fantastic prize to one of you unsuspecting AftereEllen.com readers who submitted a story. I don't want to give away the surprise, but you impatient types who want to know what the prize is now can click here. (To find out if you won, you'll just have to watch the vlog!)

The final vlog was pretty long — almost an hour and a half — but since it was too funny to cut out much, I just split it into two videos. And I figure this will keep you busy while AfterEllen.com is on a break next week.

So grab a cup of coffee/can of soda/glass of wine applejuice, sit back, and prepare to be entertained! … continue reading

Michelle Paradise's final episode of her Exes & Ohs vlog is shot on the streets of San Francisco, where she first came up with the idea for the show.

In this vlog, Michelle answers questions like:

• will there be a second season of Exes & Ohs
• why her character's name was changed from Jennifer Baker to Jennifer Butler
• whether she has any hidden talents

She also wants to know what the "less than 3" symbol that keeps appearing in the comments means (she's referring to <3). I love that her guesses are breasts or a CIA code... … continue reading

Michelle Paradise is back and bravely vlogging with a cold about the sixth and final episode of the first season of Exes & Ohs.

In this episode, Michelle gives an update on the status of the worst date/best date stories vlog, talks about a commercial she shot last week in a bathing suit, shows off her new Beever Cafe t-shirt (now available to order), and dubs herself the queen of non-sequiters.

And she answers questions about whether her belly button is really pierced, how to see bloopers, and if Sam's parents were modeled after Dick and Lynn Cheney.

For added fun while watching the vlog, you can drink a shot of something every time Michelle says "1-900-porn-now" or mentions her shirt being too tight (not that I'm complaining about either!)

And if you watch the first few moments carefully, you'll catch a glimpse of her famous yawning cat... … continue reading

Costar Marnie Alton joins Michelle Paradise to discuss episode 5 of Exes & Ohs and heckle Michelle's neighbors, who keep walking by while they're trying to film this vlog (hence the reason it's broken into four parts).

In between dodging noisy neighbors, they answer your questions, discuss Marnie's side career as a singer/songwriter, and in keeping with the trend of making Michelle say things in other languages, they both answer a question in French (but sadly, it's to explain why they can't film the next season in Paris).

Also, Michelle makes Marnie attempt the Xena call. Watch it now! … continue reading

Michelle's back, this time with co-star Megan Cavanagh, who joins her in Mazatlan to talk about Episode 4 and answer your questions about the show.

Along the way, you'll learn:

• Why Michelle can't do Shakespeare, and why she wanted an agent when she was 10
• What role Megan played as a child that got her into acting
• How to mispronounce the name of an Irish band very, very badly

Check it out now... … continue reading

Due to technical difficulties, Michelle was unable to complete her Exes & Ohs video blog this week, so she sent me a written version instead. Don't worry, she's just as cute and rambly when she writes as she is when she talks, but Michelle will be back with her regularly scheduled video blog programming next week.

Greetings
Hi everyone! And greetings from someplace in the Pacific Ocean … I’m writing this episode 3 blog from the Olivia cruise ship. Sadly we’ve had some technical difficulties with the video blogs I filmed and sent in from New York. Normally, they’d be easy to re-send for posting — but there’s that little matter of floating around in the middle of nowhere and relying on satellites to connect me to the Internet … satellites which are slow enough to allow you to eat an entire meal between the time you hit the enter button and the time a page actually finishes loading. You could probably also do the dishes. Fortunately, on a cruise ship, they don’t make you do your own dishes. But you get the point.

The Video Blog You Missed
That said, you’re missing out on what I’m sure was a thrilling 3rd installment. You would have seen me drop my water bottle on a grate in Times Square, answer questions from the comfort of my hotel bed (get your minds out of the gutter; I was fully clothed), and wonder aloud about the purpose of the padded headboard, which was made to look like a Renaissance painting complete with gilded gold frame. Though to be fair, I suppose if I have to wonder about the purpose of a padded headboard designed to look like a Renaissance painting in a gilded gold frame, perhaps I’m not the target audience for such a headboard.

Like I said, I’m sure it was a thrilling video blog...

But instead, you’ll have to make due with a written version. I’ll try to keep the rambling spirit of the originals by promising you, AfterEllen.com’s faithful readers, that I will not do the writerly thing and go back and edit this piece so it sounds more sparkly, interesting, or grammatically correct. And I promise that next week’s installment will actually be a video blog, even if I have to fly back to New York to film it in the AfterEllen.com offices. Knowing my luck, I’d arrive during lunch hour — but I’d persevere.

Okay, all of that said … here we go …

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The Episode 3 Story
I’ll start this the way I’ve been starting the video blogs, with a little story about episode 3.