Comedy

Los Angeles

<h1>The Lockdown List </h1>
<h2>I’m Trying<strong>.</strong> </h2>
<p>Look, I’m not expecting to emerge from this government mandated isolation a completely new woman, but with all this time on my hands, I may as well remove my eyeballs from their suction-cupped position on my cellphone, and redirect them toward a book or two. Or nine. </p>
<p>Listed above are several books recommended to me by my lovely, brilliant, and <em>trusted</em> stand up comedian friends. I’m starting with Jon Ronson’s <em>The Psychopath Test</em>. </p>

<h1>Outside!</h1>
<h2>I’m Trying<strong>.</strong> </h2>
<p>I’m a stand up comedian. My livelihood is dependent on people gathering in close proximity in an enclosed space while inhaling and exhaling￼ rapidly. Seeing as what I just described is the perfect way to exacerbate the spread of COVID-19,  I am finding myself totally out of work. </p>
<p>So, I’ve been taking walks around my neighborhood to accomplish these 10,000 steps no one will shut up about. They say you gotta do 10,000 steps a day. Okay! Fine. But if I’m gonna walk aimlessly around my neighborhood for 3 hours, you bet your bottom dollar i’m gonna be stoned stoned stoned! </p>

<h1>It’s Just a Phase<strong>.</strong> </h1>
<h2>I’m Trying<strong>.</strong> </h2>
<p>What you need to know about me is that, for about 6 years of my life I was a big stoner. Morning noon and night, my guy. This type of smoking was not sustainable for me when I started comedy so I gave it up, but old habits die hard, baby. I can still roll the finest joints this side of the Mississippi- and likely <em>that</em> side as well. </p>
<p>I’ve been smoking some of Med Men’s <em>Black Jack</em> Sativa dominant küsh. It makes me happy and want to move my body, which is different from my usual state- depressed, and still. As my rolling surface I have used my copy of Joan River’s memoir <em>Enter Talking.</em> What a woman. </p>

Hannah Einbinder: This Is What Happens When Your Parents Wish For A Boy

<h1>From The Before Times</h1>
<h2>Check it out<strong>.</strong> </h2>
<p>Before the lockdown, we gathered together to connect over our shared sense of humanity through the art form known as Stand Up Comedy.</p>
<p>Here’s my attempt. Now, if you need me, I’ll be either smoking weed and walking around, or reading books. Ciao! </p>

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