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No restraint needed, DO IT!

That man MADE the list! And he tried to convince Kiras mother to be his Ghislaine Maxwell!

They have certainly carved out their niche! Another game I want to play so badly but can’t! Lol

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Wait a minute, Mike Myers is actually in the Michael biopic?! I thought it was a joke when I heard someone reference him!? Yikes. Between this and Bohemian Rhapsody he’s really going for the shit musical biopic trifecta huh? Lol

My Improv 5 class team! The people I have been raving about for almost a year! Every single one impresses my old ass! Genuine bucket of talent! Sad we can’t all do conservatory together, but I have plans…

Grandpa also got to hang out and drink with them, a bar that actually has cocktails! Should I have considering I now have work at 7a tomorrow because I’m too freaking nice for my own good? Yes!! But it was worth it! Who needs sleep anyway?!

Had my Improv 5 ‘graduation’ show! Went way better than I expected but I should have known considering this is the group I have been in classes with since summer of last year! Bummed I won’t see them every Monday but I will definitely find ways to perform with them!

Pronounced as ss makes it sound like a French word? Aoussies. Lol

I ate the whole thing!

Live Long and Prosper Captain! 🖖🏾

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My bosses call came at a down moment for me mentally so I think getting any outside positive feedback about ANYTHING just overwhelmed me emotionally?

Am I over sharing as usual? lol

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My baseline thoughts are always negative about myself. “That’s stupid” “No one thinks that is funny.” “Everyone just pities you” “Stop talking b/c you’re just sad and annoying”

I know that I shouldn’t but I can’t stop thinking that way?

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I’m normally very ill equipped to receive compliments. I deny them or become very self effacing and embarrassed but performing again has forced me to take in compliments and not insult the person giving them? But this really caught me off guard!

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It was very cool but the embarrassing part is that when I got off the phone I immediately started bawling my eyes out?! It caught me off guard. I’ve mentioned ad nauseam that I have an incredible lack of self esteem. That’s the less problematic way of saying I’ve hated myself for over 30 years.

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Don’t know if I should post this but when has that stopped me before?!

So 2 days ago at work my boss called me while I was working late night doing laundry, which I enjoy doing. I thought something was wrong but he called to compliment me because our new bosses mentioned I was doing a good job?

So another pair of cheap ass earbuds have failed me! Gonna get a refund hopefully but it happened while riding public transportation. I keep thinking of asshats that listen to music with out headphones and I could NEVER do that! Just like I don’t want to hear their shit no one needs to hear mine!

Can’t wait to see it!

Watching this tonight!

Omg yes!! I hate that title and logo treatment! I get what they are going for, the whole Lucas goofy serial names of the 30s thing, but it didn’t work for the prequels and it ain’t working here!

TMZ isn't the hero we need right now, but it's the one that we deserve.

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Jesus Christ I hate navigating this stuff. No wonder I’m single in my 40s?!

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Ugh I’m so bad at this. I’m now even more shy about dating because after a disastrous situation in which I felt like some kind of old predator (had a crush on someone that turned out to be 19 years younger) I now think every woman I run into just turned 18!? “Did you go to school with my dad?!” Jk

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So I’m not sure but I think someone flirted with me tonight after the show but I’m not sure? I’m terrible at picking up clues but she initiated conversation with me? Then complimented me on my performance, said I had an awesome name, and then lingered in a handshake?

Me and my Improv team, the name constantly changed from show to show, The Grateful Eight! We just had our last show and I’m gonna miss performing with these fools! Won’t know what to do with myself on Thursdays now?!

Still have my graduation show on Tuesday though!

Right? It’s just so weird.

This is what it looked like outside the Second City building before my show!? I think Thanos is landing in the street?! Geesh!!!

THANK YOU!!!

I also find it annoying that white people will sometimes throw their hands up over not knowing Black slang because everyone has to learn white slang. Like white slang and idioms are considered mandated “common knowledge.” It also can be used in “professional” settings without it being a big deal.

Great article. It’s especially frustrating being in games (often a white space with a white audience) and having folks attribute linguistic disconnects to not being online enough or young enough when it’s really a lack of understanding of Black slang and/or AAVE.