Elton John, Troye Sivan: REID #207
fun that they rhyme -- i have a headache
SHORT:
My sister got engaged in San Francisco (gay).
My parents got engaged at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (even gayer).
The only way I’m gonna beat that is if I get engaged inside Elton John’s butt
(I’ll get down on one knee in there, and Elton’ll b like: “It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside…?”).
MEDIUM:
We didn’t have AC all week, and it was 84 degrees inside our apartment, but it’s back!
While it was hot, I had a vision of a 90’s-era republican version of Troye Sivan singing, his hit song “Rush”, but with the lyrics: “I feel the rush, addicted to George Bush.”
“Bush”, was of course, pronounced to rhyme with “rush”. What do we think any of this means? Comment down below!
Adding this sentence here so this medium chunk is longer than the short one. Not about to pretend like I don’t see that they’re similar in length…
LONG:
I’m gonna be honest, I don’t have much else for you folks. I have a splitting headache and am trying to type this while Jess watches Baby Reindeer and goes “oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh god oh no” — a fitting theme song for the late August to mid-September window. Summer’s gone and the election’s coming. The holidays are nowhere in sight…
We’ve been running 16+ miles every Saturday at 6am which doesn’t make things better :) I run without headphones and listen to “my thoughts”1 for 2.5 hours as Jess listens to murder podcasts. Not sure which is more horrifying.
What else is happening…
The woman who started the “Haitians are eating cat” rumor that Donald Trump referenced during the debate is a lezbo2. We found this out on our most recent Late Stage call. I’d say she’s projecting, but it doesn’t seem like she’s gotten any p*ssy in years — heyo!
Seventeen former Reagan staffers are endorsing Kamala Harris, claiming Reagan would’ve supported her too. Said Reagan: “I love that she’s doing her own version of “War On Drugs” [cut to pic of Kamala chugging pill bottle while shaking hands with Netanyahu].
My short film, Lesbian Jesus Is Pregnant With Vibes, will screen at NewFest in October! You can get tickets here.
You have a few more chances to see Late Stage Live! before we go on hiatus.
I had the honor of opening for Zach Zimmerman on Sunday as he ran his new hour pre-recording on October 8th. Grab tickets for the official thing here. It’s great!
Snack Of The Week: the four oreos I’m eating right now — classic!
And finally, as mentioned, against my better judgement, I am running the New York City Marathon. Please donate to our marathon fundraiser here! (even $1 helps).
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Sincerely,
Reid Pope
Bonus Jonas Zone:
thoughts which included that first bit about elton john’s ass — it’s great being me
btw lezbo is a gender-neutral term, at this pt, anyone can be a lezbo
shelley... poor gal