holy crap this is easily the best Tony Award speech of the entire night. hell yes to all of this
"This is dedicated to the beautiful tapestry of immigrant families who make this country really special. May you one day not have to audition for the empathy that should be freely given by this country that benefits from your beauty. To the queer and trans communities that always will exist, no matter what people in power try to take away from them. To the people of Palestine who deserve to live a free life – a full life – without occupation. ... If there's one thing we can learn from vampires, it's that life is short, but that's its gift. Find beauty in the ephemeral and gratitude in what is not promised."
—Ali Louis Bourzgui, winning Featured Actor in a Musical for The Lost Boys
The First Five Steps of The Jester’s Journey
1: The Call to Mischief
2: Immediate Acceptance of the Call
3: Supernatural Starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles
4: The Telling of the First Bit
5: The Peel of the Banana
@Akitron this is the biggest challenge for me too. i’m most susceptible to opening up socials (ig/twitter) to chat with friends and then getting stuck in the endless scroll, so i’m trying to shift towards primarily using messenger apps!!
bad news everybody i have been drastically restricting my screentime + avoiding intentional overstimulation compared to my old habits and my brain is working better… i’m experiencing creative drive again… can focus on shit without physical discomfort… it’s the damn PHONES!!!
@Akitron it’s not easy when it’s also how we stay connected!! 😮💨 i don’t have a computer rn so it became wayyy too easy to open my phone to google something and then get stuck in the neverending scroll.
I can’t say enough how insane it is that no one knows how to sit in discomfort anymore. No one problem solves, no one does things that are hard or scary because lord forbid they experience a moment of displeasure.
‘i love you’
★☆☆☆☆
‘i betrayed you and it sickens me. i am so sorry for working so hard to protect all the wrong things, for failing to see that there is nothing important that does not include you.’ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★