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I'm trying hard to keep my chin up and be patient and balance rest with movement. Yesterday I did laundry and took Abbie to the park for a bit. I finally changed my sheets. Today I mostly rested, worked on a puzzle a bit.

I've watched nearly all the available episodes of "Game Changer." I Recommend it generally and especially rec particular episodes since they are mostly stand-alone. I skipped the improvised Shakespeare episode; I find Shakespeare takes too much work to understand and exhausts me. I skipped an early episode where there is a conveyor belt and three people just shrieking and yelling as they try to assemble things off it.

My favorite episodes were Grant's Bachelor-inspired dating show, which is one of the most beautiful queer things I've seen. It filled me with joy. I was delighted by an episode where there's a giant mouth puppet. There are 2 episode that are just sex jokes all the way through, amazing. My favorite contestants / comedians are Ally Beardsly, Grant, Lily, Jake W, and Zac, but I like all of them.

It's a brilliant show. I like how they have regulars who come back but also fresh faces. Lots of queer and trans people, lots of people of color, lots of women, the occasional fat person (and no fat jokes). Humor that is warm, thoughtful, silly and absurd. In the extras Sam Reich says that they always consider safety and consent.

There are a few episode on YouTube, kind of a try before you buy situation, and then the whole seasons are on Dropout TV, a streamer/subscription. Next on DropOut I'm going to watch some of the spin-offs!
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Today I watched the SNL monologue that someone re-tweeted; the host this weekend was Jerrod Carmichael (pronounced with the emphasis on the ROD), whom I'd never heard of. I love him now. You can see the monologue here: https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1510466919551414274

I hunted down his recent HBO special, called "Rothaniel" after his given name. This program is more than comedy. It's one of those performances that elevates the form and will absolutely save lives. Carmichael talks about his family being a family of secrets. He talks about his own secret, being gay; about being a gay Black man with a religious mother. This performance was his public coming out. The set is funny, introspective, vulnerable, heart breaking, and uplifting. Interestingly, he sits in a chair and talks to the audience as if they are in a living room together, creating a tremendous sense of intimacy. The filming involves many close ups of his face. It was stunning.

Afterwards I went and watched the rest of his SNL program, which, you know, is SNL, but he's very comfortable and funny. I watched the first two episodes of his sit com from a few years ago, "The Carmichael Show," which is based on his family, but it's not gay because he was closeted at that time. I don't know that I will continue with the show, but I did enjoy it.

Content note for "Rothaniel": one use of the r-slur; discussion of homophobia.

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