WOW, so boldbrave of me to send an email right before everyone logs off and right after everyone stops giving a fuck. 💪🏽

I’m not going to get 🥹 about the incredible time I had doing my show at Pratt with the Writing Dept, getting to do the Gotham Storytelling Festival, and how this whole year has been a long bizarre multi-act sweet dream beautiful nightmare come true/false fake news everything sucks but I guess I’m happy I do art. 🛌💭❤️‍🩹

No, I actually have a list and I want to get to sleep before 4:30am 6am, so this email is just for SHORT TIMELY UPDATES and to remind my crushes I exist 💋💁🏽‍♀️ I’M KIDDING (Is she?)

It’s always “Walking in a Winter Wonderland,” “Let It Snow” and that dog whistle “I’m DrEaMiNg oF a wHiTe ChRiStMaS”…but never “The weather outside is frightful!” BUT NOTHING. 🤬

PRITHEE, WHERE is the anthem for us Colds? 🥶
Well LOOK NO FURTHER. _{WELL, scroll 👇🏽, but then NO FURTHER.} 😤

I wrote a (funny!) heartfelt song about the polar vortexes ❄️🌪️ (Wicked Wicked Wicked WITCH) I’ve lived through… and last year, I spent several all-nighters making a new remastered version for It’s Christmas Vol. 9, all proceeds of downloads go to Anera!

This was a song I used to play with my band Tin Can Diamonds.¹ I recorded this song my first year in my MFA at Pratt for a class video project turned audio contribution to our class zine.

THE LORE IS my voice sounds sick as hell on this 📀because I was super sick...🤧 I had just broken up with my bf I moved to 🗽 with, and I was coughing up my 🫁… so my vocal has this tragically sexy texture to it and the audio was tiny-bedroom-come-miserable-couple core. I ended up doing all this weird avant-garde sound-collage stuff to the track to try to distract from how bad I thought it sounded and the result ended up being a total fucking vibe and SUPES COOL. 🆒🥶 (Get it?)

The recording features footage of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2017, a clip from my close personal friend Aparna Nancherla’s comedy, and other stuff I won’t ruin. KEEP SCROLLIN’ 📜

I did their first one of these and it was awesome. And I was supposed to do it last month but I got sick and unlike the capitalist forces that we seek to question, the hosts of this show are really cool about self-care.  ❤️‍🩹

🎟️ Grab tickets to see me do stand-up at Open To Work here. At this point, a bunch of you have never seen me do standup and it’s like whoa, guys. I’m good at it.

Remember THIS and THIS? Basically the biggest injustice that ever occurred happened on the UCB Stage when I was eliminated FIRST from the Survivor Themed Comedy Gameshow, due to the cruel fist of fate² — EVEN THOUGH NO ONE VOTED FOR ME!!!!!! U BETTER BELIEVE I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.³

🎟️ The finale is 10:30 at UCB on Saturday night!!

I’m prouder each year of my wonderful fun-loving ever-singing father. If you’ve ever wondered why I’m you-know LIKE THIS, you have him to thank/blame.

He starts every morning by listening to multiple renditions of the Hanuman Chalisa, expressing devotion to the monkey god and remover of difficulties.

After I was diagnosed with JRA at age 9, he recited this mantra everyday with the intention and wish that I would not suffer. My dad is a doctor and spends his long days in clinic removing others’ difficulties to the best of his capacity. And then he comes home and sings his troubles away, too.

Papa has always been a great musician, but recently he has gotten really intense about his own singing practice. But when I come home, it’s all about me.

When I was home over the last holiday my dad basically insisted on making a video of me singing this Olivia Dean song. And you better like it.

And finally, thank you all so much for taking the time to read this. YOU = 🤓🧬🧠💥

My only remaining ask is that you not forget about my friend Omnia in Gaza. She and her family of 11 members is cold and wet as the rain pours down on their tarpaulin. Her siblings have been suffering from chronic infections and severe hunger. 🍉

I was able to get a pretty sizable donation about a month ago, but time flies and money runs out faster than I can raise it. If you are or know anyone generous you could reach out to and inform about her situation, I’d really appreciate the hook-up! 🪝Email back with any leads!

I’ll have more soon. I haven’t forgotten about anything I’ve promised!!! THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT LIGHTSPEED! And go listen to my song! ILY 😘