Happy New May!

Star Wars Day, Free Comic Book Day, Rini's Birthday, and My New Album Recording At Acme In Minneapolis Day! Abundance!

Dear friends,

It’s a new month!
And you know what that means (or you’re about to!):
It’s time for me to wish you a happy new month!

So, Happy New Month!

May the 1st be with you, everyone.

Here are three things that are nice about May.

1) HAPPY STAR WARS DAY AND WHATEVER ART YOU LOVE DAY MONTH!

Whatever you love
I hope that you celebrate
However you choose!

First, you may have noticed that I opened with “May the 1st be with you,” which is pretty fun for reasons that I’ll explain just in case there are people here who were maybe born long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, such that they don’t know that May 4 is Star Wars Day because “May the 4th be with you” is a play on “May the FORCE be with you” from Star Wars, so “May the FIRST be with you” gives you some EXTRA fun on that front.

I enjoy Star Wars a regular amount, I would say. Like, I enjoy the movies and shows but I don’t dress up or do anything particular to celebrate the day.

That said, I do love celebrating things that I love, and so in the spirit of Star Wars Day, here are some works of art I have enjoyed very much recently:

—“Carol and the End of the World” is a Netflix show that Rini and started watching last night. It’s funny, weird, and poignant. We watched three episodes and are excited to watch more. Happy Carol Day! Happy World Day!

— “Normal” is a new fun action movie starring Bob Odenkirk, an incredible talent in so many ways. The NY Times did an interview with him recently where he shares lots of strong opinions, many of which I agree with, some of which I don’t, and all of which I respect. Happy Normal Day!

— “Alien: Earth” is a show that I didn’t plan to watch because I don’t like being scared by scary aliens. But then I read a piece about billionaires in the Atlantic by the show’s creator Noah Hawley, told a friend I really liked the piece, and was told by him that he really liked Hawley’s show “Alien: Earth.” Up until then, I didn’t know that he had created the show. I knew he had made the show “Fargo” which I have really enjoyed, and so I gave “Alien: Earth” a shot and I’m very glad I did. It is also, in many ways, about billionaires like that piece I read. It has some scary alien stuff, but also some non-scary alien stuff, and some scary HUMAN stuff. It’s got it all! Happy Alien Day! Happy Earth Day! (Look at that! Earth Day is actually a real holiday that happened last week!)

2) HAPPY FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TOMORROW!

Free Comic Book Day!
Do you like free comic books?
Go and get them then!

Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow. What this means is that you can go to pretty much any comic book store and they will give you some free comics. It’s very cool. Different stores have different guidelines for how many you can have sometimes, so if there are multiple stores near you, go to all of them! Or any! Or none! Also buy things when you’re there! Support these stores! Also buy non-comic books from independent bookstores! Also purchase art of all kinds wherever you do! Support the artists that you want to and can! Happy Free Comic Book Day!

3) HAPPY RINI DAY NEXT WEEK!

Rini is the best!
Her birthday is in a week.
CELEBRATE HER NOW!

My wonderful partner Rini’s birthday (who you might know from having created the comedy special “Rini”) is May 8. A fun thing we do is celebrate whenever it’s 5:08 on the clock, because that matches 5/08 on the calendar. So whenever I see the clock strike 5:08, I’ll text Rini “Happy birthday!” or I’ll say it out loud to her if we’re in the same place. And on her actual day of birth? I guess I’ll be texting her every moment. Busy day. Happy birthday now and now and now.

Another fun thing we do is celebrate each other all day every day all the time. Not by constantly texting though. But it’s nice to have the numbers line up.

Do you have any fun practices with friends or loved ones like this? I recommend. It’s fun to have fun. Happy Rini Month Day!

Finally, just a quick note that if you’re in or around Minnesota, I’ll be recording a new album there next week (performing at Acme Comedy Co. in MSP from May 6-9). If you are there or anyone you know is there, thanks for being there and/or spreading the word! Below is a fun poster by my friend McKinley Cox about it! The album is structured around the alphabet, so it’s tentatively called “An Alphabet Album At Acme” or “AAAAA” for short, which also is the sound of me yelling because I’m so excited about it. Happy Acme Month Day!

In a world where there are a few reasons to NOT celebrate some things, what are you celebrating this month, this day, this moment, this now? If you want to share!