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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 2h

There's A LOT of comedy that happens in that quarter of a second or so that it takes for my brain to catch up.

That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 4h

First symposium, one that my thesis advisor/mentor specifically invited me to and dubbed my "unofficial academic coming out," I realized I got the dates wrong and that it wasn't the following week but the next day. Panicked. Thought about faking sick. Wrote 10 pages on The Trotula and sex instead.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 4h

My ADHD once kicked my ass so hard in grad school that only the pressure of an impending deadline could motivate me.

As a result, I wrote a keynote i was supposed to give eight hours before the conference where i was speaking.

My commentator called it “brilliant.”

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 5h

15 pages on ULYSSES in the five hours before it was due. I believe I B+'d it.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 4h

"This is just my process," I say, doing anything else but writing, let's be honest probably just staring at a wall. "You need to trust the process."

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 4h

I know I've said this before but the Beto posts never get less weird when you're a Texan.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 4h

Like low key this is almost the best good review of Godot ever written and this guy doesn't even realize it.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 4h

Damn I kinda wanna see it more now.

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 11h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 5h

It's on HBOMax if you got it.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 5h

Fuckin loved Talk To Me but Bring Her Back is so much better.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 5h

It's true. @jay.bsky.team should really free Link.

Megan E. Human (free Link) @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 5h

Free Link @jay.bsky.team

Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 5h

Lots of Jay talk on my timeline, which makes my brain ask....

Hey @jay.bsky.team, when are you going to bring back our autistic friend that does lots of good things for all the marginalized people around here?

FREE LINK

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 6h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa

Ilsa from Casablanca in the end scene with that dope as fuck hat.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 8h

Puro, that's a big one. You can tell who's just been reading it on the subreddit.

That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 8h

Siri pronounces San Pedro as San Peedro which pisses me off.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 8h

Huebner, although we'll fight about it amongst ourselves too.

Blanco, which is apparently not what you think which I learned the hard way.

Bexar.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 11h

Last time I was at DFW my terminal changed no fewer than four times. Best of luck.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 13h

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 13h

Ending everything I say to my wife with "just so you don't hear about it in the streets."

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 17h

imagine if we just ignored conservatives' complaints about the Super Bowl every year. they always do this!

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Tbh my relationship with death and grieving is weird. I tend to think dead is just dead and that's it but since I have to make this I'm doing it for my grandma and realizing that I guess I never really mourned her and this is unlocking shit for me?

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 18h

Have to make a nicho for my death and grieving in latinx lit course and now I'm gonna drop out because it turns out shittily painting shitty boxes with shitty paint is my one true passion and calling. (Not finished.)