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Conversations with Keanu Reeves | Kickstarter Movie Announcement
Someone make a "How It Would Have Ended" series, where creators drink and explain how their canceled series would have ended, and we get to watch actors play out the roles in someone's backyard or whatever
@LeaveHeardAlone
That's exactly how I felt about it. I sincerely just thought it was this hilariously odd circumstance, and figured she would think it was interesting and funny
But, I sincerely didn't/don't feel as if I had done anything wrong. I explained the situation to her as it was unfolding for me in real-time, and it was such a fun, whimsical sort of challenge to have thrust upon my night. Her attitude about the entire thing soured me to us 7/
I apologized and explained that I didn't know that my close friend was going to ask me for some sudden, time-sensitive, chicken-costume-related assistance, and helping felt like the right thing to do. She was not having it and was angry for me the entire next day. 5/
Context 🧵:
I had been dating someone for about 2 months. She asked me what I was going to do one night, and I told her that I was just going to stay in, work on my comic, and watch a movie. While working on my comic and watching a movie, a close friend sent me an unusual text.1/
She told me that she was participating in a 24 hour contest, and she was given a prompt and series of instructions to follow. She had an idea of what she needed, but reached out to me because I was the only person she could think of who could pull it off in such short notice. 2/
I agreed to help her, and set off to the store to grab the feathers and supplies. I texted my girlfriend to explain the hilariously odd predicament I was suddenly in, and she was not amused. She texted something to the effect of "I thought you were staying in tonight?!" 4/
She needed to put these things together to make some sort of picture. She told me that her idea was to have a child in a chicken costume running around as the parent stared at their phone in the background. Only... She needed the child, parent, and chicken costume... 3/
I could sense that something was off, but it all felt so awkward and absurd. After we hung out that day, she texted me about how upset she was that I went out to the store and did things for my friend even though I said I was staying in. I tried to placate as much as I could 6/
I just got out of the shower and saw that my manager texted me to ask if I could come in to work today. What's a polite, socially acceptable way to say that I'd rather eat my own face than work when I expected to have free time?
My son said something this morning that I'm still processing.
I was trying to get him out of bed and into the living room for breakfast. He said, "You know how some cake is hard to frost? I'm that unfrosted cake. I'm not leaving this bed. I'm cake metaphor boy." Friggin WHAT
I gave some crows a couple of peanuts on my way into work and now there's a whole murder flocking around my car waiting to jump me or make me their new king. Maybe both? I'm going to keep feeding them and make them my familiars
If someone asks you to leave them alone, do it. Seriously. It's so simple. Boundaries are important, and some people will do anything to Kool-aid Man kick through them while presenting themselves as good people. I'm being legitimately stalked at this point. She's reading this.
Being invited to a 20 year High School Reunion feels like being invited to unearth a time-capsule that's filled with cursed mummies, that cube from Hellraiser, and a list of other people's opinions. Hard no.
I was dragged to one of those restaurants where the main selling point is that all of the servers are cleavagey women. Why isn't there a dude-driven bakery named "Buns", where the guys wear tiny shorts and serve delicious breads?
My girlfriend and I broke up, which means I'm about to throw myself into my projects and I'm going to be single until I meet someone cute at the Oscars or whatever
If your book sounds interesting, I'll buy it. I might take a while to read it because I'm a single dad who has to edit a podcast, color a comic book, write a novel, work ridiculous hours, and live for a living, but I will buy your dang book.
In order for a book to be considered Fantasy, does it need to have magic and elves, or is it enough if a character is paid a livable wage and has some free time where they aren't spiraling endlessly into a deeper and deeper depression?
I want a Gremlins shirt that only has Gizmo, but the rest of the gremlins are there in water-activated ink, so you only see them when it rains or I'm sweaty
A game where you play as a cat and have to try to kill a vampire by running through the curtains to reveal sunlight and knocking over glasses of holy water, etc. Coming This Fall: Catsylvania
I just watched someone drive onto a curb and hit a bush in an otherwise empty parking lot. I assume the bush had it coming because there is no other excuse for what I just witnessed.
A customer was BIG MAD that I told her the only way to recover her password was to press "forgot password" and follow the instructions. She said she would never shop here again because I, a person who is not her, also didn't know her password.
A man just questioned why I, a man, am cashiering while women are working to stock the floor. Send me birthday money so I can never talk to strangers in public again.
My dumbest peeve is monks. Peaceful enlightenment is easy on a mountain. Get down here and try to talk a Karen through the new coupon policy, you coward.
I want to make a movie about a dominatrix who accidentally kills her client but the zombie apocalypse starts so he comes back to life to serve her and they fall in love. It'll be the best domzomromcom of 2024
Does it bother you when writers tweet about things aside from writing? I tend to use this to connect, find perspective, or make moderately silly jokes. Occasionally, I mention what I'm working on, but I worry that I'm just going to be muted if I don't mention Nano or coffee
They should never remake The Princess Bride under any circumstances, but I do think it would be fun to see an anthology about the various versions of the Dread Pirate Roberts
I asked my son what he wanted to do on his final day as a 7 year old. He said, "Hang out with you, beat a videogame together, and drink cream soda". So, that's what I have to look forward to after work.
It's so crazy that someone can be alive before you play dnd and then you check Facebook after and they're suddenly gone. Tell your friends that you love them. Holy shit.
I'm a single dad with full custody of a 6 year old. I write books, produce podcasts, host movie nights, make videos... I'm trying my best. I'm sorry that I'm not always engaging or entertaining or present. I am trying.
My son woke me up at 7am on my birthday to wish me Happy Birthday and ask me to cut out "secret coupons" for him to fill out for me. Starting Level 37 off with a smile
I just saw an elderly man in a ditch on the way home from getting my son. I stopped to help him and a nice woman also stopped to help me help him. I'm not sure I could have done that alone, so I'm thankful that she showed up too. People can be pretty great sometimes
I got my son the Treehouse of Horror Omnibus for Christmas. We we were flipping through it and happened to land on a brilliant They Live parody written by friggin
@pattonoswalt
! My son and I were cracking up and I got to share the incredible 6 minute fight scene with him.
I didn't expect to be crying while sipping my coffee, but social media likes to remind us of our friend's Birthdays after they have passed away, and I was not prepared for that this morning.
When I die, I want the dumb little card at my funeral to be a trading card with character stats on the back, and I want it to come in a pack with a piece of rock hard bubble gum.
The Wizard of Oz is the most bullshit man nonsense in the world. There were women with actual magical powers, but some old white dude who loved to lie was in charge of everything
I pretended to sleep when my son came into my room. He aggressively bellyflopped onto me and shouted "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!", then whispered sweetly, "I let you sleep in. Because it's your Birthday." It was 8am. Best Birthday ever
One of my old twitter friends made a post to call me a fake person and a narcissist. It's a weird, depressing shame, but I don't really know what there is to do in a situation like this. I'm just here, doing my best and trying to live a life.
Me: I need to figure out how-
Brain: If OnlyFans existed in ancient Greece--
Me: Don't.
Brain: Would his profile be Socratease?
Me: Please.
Brain: Platoes?
Me: So, no writing today?
Brain: ArisTHOTle?
Me: Noted.
I received an email from my son's school about a school shooting threat circulating on social media. They assured us it originated outside of our area, and has been labeled a "non-credible threat". But now, I'm at work, worried, and hating the state of the world.
Instead of sending candy and flowers to someone I love, I'm going to send sinister shade to someone I hate. I'm celebrating Villaintine's Day this year.