Tag Archives: comedy

The Soup-Port Group

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Ryn PB

“Okay, everyone, welcome to the group. I’m Holden, this is my brother Harry, and we decided to put this thing together for people who’ve had similar experiences to us.” Holden’s effeminate voice pierced the air like the rainbow flag pin … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged anxiety, colin mochrie, comedy, food, group, humor, jokes, LGBT+, pun, puns, saturday night live, snl, stereotypes, support group, therapy, whose line, whose line is it anyway, writing | 1 Comment

TBR Playlist: Play It By Ear Edition

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Ryn PB

Hello, I’m back! Happy Halloween! I’m afraid this post has nothing to do with the Halloween season. Though I’ve been writing, I haven’t been writing much that I wanted to share with the Internet. I’ve mostly been writing different iterations … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, TBR Playlist | Tagged books, comedy, dropout, dropout tv, graphic novels, improv, improv comedy, jess mckenna, LGBT+, life lessons, mano agapion, mental health, music, musical, musical comedy, off book, play it by ear, queer lit, reading, writing, zach reino | Leave a comment

Problematic Faves: Why I Love Them, Why They’re Problematic, and Why I Give Them Passes

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Ryn PB

Introduction To me, the term “problematic fave” is a bit redundant, especially when in reference to a celebrity. Almost everyone and everything is “problematic” in some way, or has been in the past. Generally, I see people use the phrase … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged art, bo burnham, books, boys love, cancel culture, comedy, content warning, detective show, fiction, gilmore girls, gravitation, high fidelity, hulu, LGBT+, make happy, manga, media, mental health, monk, murder mystery, music, mystery, netflix, nick hornby, ocd, problematic, problematic fave, psych, reading, trans, trigger, trigger warning, tv, tv series, tv show, warning, writing, yaoi, youtube, zoe kravitz | Leave a comment

Boy Band Music Critic 5: ZAYN, Ashton Irwin, & Harry Styles

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Ryn PB

Introduction In early 2021, when half the world was still taking COVID-19 seriously and the other half were pretending it never happened and wasn’t happening, I started listening to One Direction. And 5 Seconds of Summer. And eventually BTS. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Boy Band Music Critic | Tagged 1d, 5 seconds of summer, 5sos, albums, anxiety, ashton irwin, boy band, cd, celebrities, coachella, comedy, corona, covid, covid-19, critic, critique, fame, harry styles, harrys house, humor, kpop, live, live music, mental health, music, music cover, music critic, nirvana, nobody is listening, one direction, pop, pop music, skit, snl, social media, superbloom, twitter, zayn, zayn malik | Leave a comment

Boy Band Music Critic 3: Liam Payne and Harry Styles

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Ryn PB

Posted in Another New Era, Boy Band Music Critic, polysyllabic spree | Tagged 1d, album, bands, boy band, cd, celebrity, christmas music, comedy, covid-19, harry styles, liam payne, live performance, medicine, music, music critic, one direction, pop, pop music, review, skit, snl, solo | Leave a comment

September 2020: How I Discovered That Time Isn’t Money, It’s Books

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Ryn PB

Books I Got: Dune by Frank Herbert Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor Becoming Superman (old ARC) by J. Michael Straczynski Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman The Invention of Sound (old ARC) by Chuck Palahnuik The Humorless Ladies of Border … Continue reading →

Posted in new era, polysyllabic spree | Tagged abfe, audiobook, books, books in verse, bookworm, comedy, comedy book, comics, david levithan, elizabeth acevedo, essays, graphic novels, guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, hank green, kiki's delivery service, memoir, mystery, mystery books, nonfiction, percy jackson, plane crash, reading, rick riordan, romance, romance books, thriller, tillie walden | Leave a comment

Demetri Martin and Paw-Shaped Cake: How I’m Learning to Ask for What I Want and Need

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Ryn PB

I have this horrible habit of bottling up anything that’s bothering me because I don’t want to rock the boat of any of my relationships. This inevitably leads to an explosion, usually in the form of a panic attack or … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, cake, comedy, demetri martin, friendship, guilt, ocd | Leave a comment