#16: Writer Dwighter Doo

RAMBLE?

Happy Friday!

I’m writing to you from the wee hours of the morning in my childhood home. Season 1 of my comfort show The Office (so unique! how original!) is on in the “background” to make me feel less alone, despite the fact that my five immediate family members are sleeping in the three bedrooms down the hall. The Office isn’t a good background show because it’s too funny to ignore. That’s my thinly veiled way of saying I’m distracted. Also, my blue light glasses make me feel spiritually connected to Dwight.

Ariana Newhouse (left) and Dwight Schrute (right) contemplating leprosy.

Should I have started writing this week’s edition much earlier? Yes.

Am I so tired this might be completely incomprehensible? Yes.

Is The Alliance episode of The Office so genius it will cure my writer’s block? Yes?

Is the moon really mooning tonight? Hell yes.

Shitty iPhone moon pic I took in Indianapolis, IN.

I love a good waning gibbous on the heels of a supermoon. She may not be “super,” but she’s still all that and a bag of chips.

Here’s a legit photo of Wednesday’s supermoon taken outside my favorite D.C. monument, the Jefferson Memorial.

Incredibly high-quality moon pic taken by J. David Ake in Washington, D.C.

This Respectful Smartass edition is developing a picture book quality. Is it working? If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is actually the longest newsletter I’ve written so far! Are you impressed?

Some of you have asked to see clips of my standup. Ask and you shall receive when I have no other ideas and am falling asleep at my keyboard. Believe it or not, I actually have the capacity to be funny. Here is proof.

@ariananewhousemaking my singalong dreams come true #part1 #comedy #womenincomedy #fyp #thelionsleepstonight #standup #standupcomedy

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@ariananewhouseshe won that night!!!! #part2 #comedy #womenincomedy #fyp #standup #standupcomedy #thelionsleepstonight #singalong

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Indianapolis friends, I am doing a FREE SHOW at Black Circle Brewing this Sunday at 8pm. Come out and end your weekend with some belly laughs! I promise it’ll be better than this wisp of a newsletter.

That’s all for this week. I’ll catch you next Friday with a new satire piece. I’ve got a bunch of funny girly (not a Beanie vs Lea drama reference) content coming your way.

All right, I’m going to cut my losses and sign off. So much for descending into slap-happy genius. Maybe next time!

<3

Ariana