C. Lyfe
REID #292
SHORT:
Congratulations to the New York Knickerbockers. It’s so fun to live in a city that is excited to be a city. This whole week has been just magical. My neighbor was selling these in her front yard:
She makes incredible (non-Knicks) designs year-round. Check out her page and hit her up for a custom pet cookie design or legit whatever. You could even get this newsletter logo on a cookie. Could be fun!
MEDIUM:
I am dictating this into my phone because I got an injection in my wrist today and the doctors are making me wear a brace 24 hours a day for the next two weeks1. Before the appointment (scheduled for 2pm) I had to sit in the lobby until 4pm and watch Charlie Puth make music out of blender noises in the Bon Appétit test kitchen. He told the camera (aka me watching the lobby TV) that he “has to get used to new sounds and sounds he doesn’t like since he has a baby on the way.” Feels like something you should maybe keep to yourself, Charlie.
Anyway, now I have this chungus arm accessory that I will be sporting onstage at shows and at my 30th birthday party and seemingly til the day I die. The kids in my life (25-year-olds) taught me “chungus” and I can’t stop saying it. I’ve been walking around the house holding up my arm brace singing “Chungus life, my lord… chungus life” (to tune of “Kumbaya”).
LONG:
In lieu of a LONG, I’d love everyone to pls like/comment/share/interact etc with a profoundly dumb short I made in a few hours with friends.
You can interact on Vimeo here:
Or YouTube here:
To get ahead of texts from inquiring minds… yes, it’s loosely based on a true thing… I’m going to hell for so many reasons… it’s unreal… I’ll probably arrive still wearing my chungus wrist brace and, with my luck, Puth’ll greet me with his farkakte blender song.
And finally:
Thank you for subscribing to this newsletter. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s not (like when ppl slip on ice). If you want, you can also check out the archives.
Sincerely,
Reid Pope
For those following along… no they did not finally figure out what’s wrong with me, they just found ANOTHER thing they need to deal with first…