Such great news! There's going to be a movie made about us crazy boomerangers, Failure to Launch (2006). And guess who's starring? Yes, none other than the original bongo-drumming Austin maverick, Matthew McConaughey. Besides Owen Wilson, he's actually one of my favorite actors, too...translation: he's hot!

Here's the scoop:

Matthew McConaughey has signed on to star in Paramount Pictures Failure to Launch, says the Hollywood Reporter. McConaughey will play a thirtysomething guy whose parents trick him into meeting the love of his life (Sarah Jessica Parker( in a bid to get him to finally leave home. The comedy feature will be helmed by 'Shanghai Noon' director Tom Dey in October.

So very happy today. I just found out I'm going to be on Good Morning America! That's great news....So exciting. Can you believe it's actually my second appearance on GMA.? The first time I was on didn't count, though. Not only did I say like two words (my sister, Leah, hogged the spotlight), I had the worst hairstyle ever. I don't even know what I was thinking. And me and Leah had to go one and on about how to approach men at bookstores and talk about all our top-secret dating stratgegies from our book, The Everything Dating Book.

Okay, so this time I'm really excited! Not only is this my first book all on my very own, I'm thrilled to bring the Boomerang message to a TV near you. I just can't stress enough how important it is to raise awareness about this issue...I would hate to have you walk around thinking you're the only person on earth to live with your parents. It's just so gratifying to know that people want to talk about this issue and I can't wait to help spread the word! Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted on the dates. Now what to wear...?

I just realized I've been a bad host. Not only have I not asked anything about you, I haven't even told you anything about me. So what have I been up to after spending all my 20s living with my mom and sister? It's been a long and interesting road. In my book I talked a lot about not waiting around for someone to save you from living at home, e.g. boyfriend/girlfriend coming along and to get you out of your rut. But that's exactly what I did. And believe me, it wasn't by choice. When I met, Jay, my boyfriend who I am now happily living with on the Upper East Side of Manhattan ( a block away from the apartment I shared with my mom and sister), I was in a bad place. I was sooo pissed off that I wasn't doing anything productive with my life and still living at home at 30. So it's not surprising that our start was a rocky one. I didn't really like him, and I know he didn't like me. I was not very likeable at that time. But somehow, I have no idea how, I was able to put down the huge chip I had on my shoulder long enough to get to know him. Big deal for me. So when he suggested I move to Boston with him after two months of dating so he could finish business school, I said okay. It was only going to be for two weeks, or at least that's how I explained it to myself. And I needed a break from living with my mom. So while we probably got involved for a million "wrong" reasons, it worked out fine. Of course, my mom was beyond freaked out that I moved out. Promptly after I left, she settled into a deep funk/depression. So not only did I feel like a huge sell out for moving in with someone so soon after leaving home, I felt tons of guilt about leaving my mom. She's really great, you know. Anyway, now everything is somewhat cool. She's living about 7 blocks away and my sister about 10 blocks. Nothing much has changed, except we see each other when we want to not because we have to...Oh yeah, and we share custody of Freddy, our attractive but badly behaved Maltese. I still have a lot of doubts about myself and often thought about breaking up my relationship in order to take a year to live on my own, but after much thought and frequent viewings of "Garden State," I realized you can't just put things on hold because it doesn't stack up to some idea you have of how things "should" be. So that's that. More of me later...

OKay, by now we've all read this article...plenty of you have found something to gripe about, and while I agree that it had a cloying, authoritative tone, there's definitely some truth to it. The dreaded "twixter" label was a bit much, but in my opinion, any press is good press for you. Think about it: how much worse would you feel if you thought you were the only twixie having trouble on your block. It kinda makes the lumps go down a bit smoother knowing others are in your same predicament, no? Anyway, the article brings many legitimate points about delayed adolescence, and now we have something to actually show our parents. See, Mom? I'm not so weird after all...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Twentysomethings can meet their basic nutrient needs cost effectively and in style using some creative food-buying tricks suggested by our participants.

Todd, for example, isn't your traditional brown-bagger. On the few days he does bring his lunch, Todd schleps frozen meals of macaroni and cheese or chicken margarita.

"It's sad, but it works," says Todd, who unsuccessfully tried brown-bagging on a regular basis in the past by making his own sandwiches. He says he would buy all of the ingredients he needed but ended up only eating the jar of peanut butter, wasting the other items.

"Grocery shopping is not necessarily the answer to all these financial food woes," says Elina Furman, co-author of "The Everything After College Book" and author of "Boomerang Nation: How to Survive Living with Your Parents the Second Time Around" due out next year. "It's really figuring out what works with your lifestyle and what's affordable."

Bringing frozen or canned meals, like soup, to work "is certainly where somebody could save money," says Laura Fenton, associate editor at Budget Living magazine. "Some of them are really tasty, though some are a little scary and unappealing."

Erik Olson, a 24-year-old who works for a congressman in Washington, D.C., knew that if he brought lunch every day it would save him a lot of money, but he also knew that he was too lazy to make it every day and carry it in.

His solution: Erik goes to the grocery store twice a month and buys two weeks worth of lunch ingredients, including a loaf of bread, two different kinds of deli meats, cheeses and a head of lettuce. On Mondays he brings the whole grocery bag to work, sticks it in the fridge and makes his lunch in the office's kitchen. Also in his stash: carrots, granola bars and apples.

"It's easier and it saves money," says Erik, who was spending $7 on eating lunch out daily and estimates his biweekly bags save him about a $100 a month.

Erik's approach can be expanded to snacks. If you like energy bars or candy, stock up on bulk packages at a discount store and store them in your desk.

If you enjoy cooking, make a big meal of say, chili or pasta salad over the weekend, portions of which you can bring for lunch or eat for dinner during the week.

What about when you want to eat out? Just changing little things can make a difference. Carlos Garcia, a 26-year-old who sells advertising for a national television network in New York, used to buy a $3 bialy with grilled ham, low-fat veggie cream cheese and tomato nearly every morning from the deli across the street from his office.

So this is all very exciting...no? The blog is up, the website is up, and I barely made it up this morning at 9 o'clock. Such is the life of a full-time writer.  I have to say I'm so excited to finally be reaching out to all you boomerangers out there. God knows, I wish I had a site like this when I was living at home. It's just so isolating living with the parents and no matter how much you like them, and I swear Mom, I really liked living with you, it just feels a little you knoiw, stifling from time to time. I'm really excited about everything that's going to happen with the book. It's been really fun so far. Cosmo magazine came calling. Yeah, I know, Cosmo? I thought that was weird, too. Until I realized they wanted me to comment on "Is the Boomeranger Guy You're Dating is Really Into You?" Okay, so that wasn't the article. Gottta give props to Cosmo for branching out of their comfort zone. And 20/20 may do a big feature on the book. We're all crossing our fingers and toes. Also, had dinner with a friend of mine who lives at home with her parents. She's almost, almost ready to move out, but as we all know, living in NYC on your own takes more than guts-- it takes dollars, lots and lots of dollars.