SUING GOD AND JESUS: REID #184
+ the dull wxmen's club
SHORT:
There was an Earthquake (she/they) in Brooklyn this week.
Then there was an Eclipse (he/they).
Next week I think there should be an Earth Explosion (all pronouns).
MEDIUM:
Week 2 of unemployment has been a blast.
I thought I’d be bored, but I’ve actually been really busy filing a lawsuit against God and Jesus for filling the 2024 zeitgeist with lesbian pop stars who I would’ve been in love with as a lez teen (but now I’m an old gay guy who just listens to news podcasts).
I spend my days watching 25-year-old redheads flail around on my computer screen and mumbling, “she’s the closest we got to Gaga rn, I think” as my partner toils away at an actual, real-life job that’s exposing the harsh realities of the prison industrial complex.
We’re both doing what we can to change the world from our office chairs!
LONG:
Speaking of my partner, Facebook suggested that they join a group called “Dull Women’s Club” earlier this week.
We poked around in the group and decided that everyone in it is actually quite interesting. So… not sure what that says about us.
What else is up with me…
I got new running shoes. The salesguy told me to “run around in the store” to test them out, and I didn’t know what to do because there wasn’t really enough space, so I just sort of galloped in place, and he was like: “what was that?”
Perfect.
Curb ended and I cried at a video of Richard Lewis praising Larry David after the final take. Then I read this and really liked it. Especially the last bit.
Btw I’m working on a new play and you can hear it out loud on May 17th. Get tickets here.
I want to poll the masses on something:
I’ve been doing this thing where I look out, often at people who’re coming toward me AS TO NOT, YOU KNOW, RUN INTO THEM, but then when they’re about to pass, I quickly shift my gaze as to not stare right at them.
The problem is, when I shift my gaze, it sometimes draws MORE attention to myself.
Chime in with how you navigate this.
Bonus points if you live a blissful life in which you’ve never contemplated it, and I just ruined your existence by bringing it up.
Snack Of The Week is the Vegan Pot Pie I had from a farm stand in Long Island.
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Reid Pope
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