Joanna Gaskell

"Indeed, let us take cold comfort together in this shared shame."

In my neighborhood, pedestrians will often make eye contact and nod at each other, accompanied by a tight little smile. Translation seems to be:

"Ah, I see you are doing life today."

"Indeed, I acknowledge that you are doing life as well."

"Carry on in this our shared experience."

"Carry on."

Tonight!

It's a difficult transitional time of year. Check in on your frens! ❤️ 💙 💜

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As a Gemini, I'm annoyed that Google named its AI thingy after us. Joke's on you though Google EVERYONE HATES US.

When I moved from the island to Vancouver I learned to use an umbrella. Grudgingly. 😁

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Right? I feel weird. The world is weird. I have no idea what would NOT be weird. There's no normal baseline anymore with which to orient myself. And this anchorless feeling has been YEARS now.

*Actual footage of barbarian passing through noperthedron*

*with style*

Only after saying "THURSDAY!" as a form of greeting.

PSA: If you're an alien trying to pass as an office worker, you may discuss

1. The weather
2. The volume of vehicular traffic
3. The day of the week

if you broach any other topic before covering these three, you will be immediately suspected.

The Critical Hit Show cast, minus Eric Fell, on stage in costume, mid-chat.

The Critical Hit Show was an amazing success!! Thank you so much to everyone who came out - we have the greatest audience in Vancouver!! #dndlive @shaunstewart.bsky.social @ianboothby.bsky.social @ericfell.com

Coming up next week!! #dndlive

The live, smash hit epic comedy THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW returns to the Rio Theatre's stage on Wednesday, October 22 for more monstrous mirth, merriment, and snacks! Prepare yourself for a night of laughter, as some of Vancouver’s best comedic performers grace the stage in a night featuring intrepid players on a gallant quest for comedy glory (and more snacks) in a hilariously epic adventure that has been running continuously since 2012. Spanning over 100 live performances in both Canada and the United States, two years of “at-home” streaming, and frequent festival appearances, The Critical Hit Show is one of the longest running comedy shows around. #DNDLive is an improvised adventure that takes its inspiration from tabletop role-playing games, fantasy film and TV, and (most importantly) you! Whether you’re a longtime fan, you’ve been enjoying our live streamed shows, or you’re brand new to The Critical Hit Show - you’re going to have a great time.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22: It’s time for the 14th Annual(!) Critical Hit Show Halloween Spooktacular! Join us at the legendary Rio Theatre for an extra special (and extra hilarious) improvised adventure! Costumes strongly encouraged!
riotheatretickets.ca/events/38842...

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee. You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Come to a show and I promise you we'll bring you up on stage haha - wizard hat or no!! 😁

Yeah! I mean you gotta change all your units to metric now!! 🥰

There I fixed it. 🥰

22kg x 1mL/0.005kg = 4400mL

1mL = 1cm3

6in = 15.24cm

15.24cm x 15.24cm x L = 4400cm3

4400cm3 / 232.2576cm2 = 18.9cm

Isn't it? 😍 We have such a loyal (and lovely) audience!!

Tonight! #dndlive

1&3. I'm excited to check this out!! 2. I saw it! Loved it. Love all the Lower Decks content. 😍

DS9 O'Brien is wonderful. I loved Bashir as well - also giving the role of an adorable, intelligent, earnest, completely non-threatening character to a Sudanese actor on network TV in the 90s = high-five

Still watching Deep Space Nine (it REALLY holds up, okay?) and Julian and Miles' model of guy friendship is also incredibly thoughtful and articulate. I struggle to think of writing this good exploring adult male friendship in more modern shows, to the detriment of dudes everywhere.

Thrilled to have shared the stage with Louise Lathey last night at a special screening of her film Who Am I Now? hosted by the New West Film Society! ⭐️ tv.apple.com/ca/movie/who...

It's great how quickly my local grocery store has switched over! The customers were vocal, and suddenly there's spinach, kale and fresh herbs from local producers! 🥰

Vocalist, songwriter & creative force Larissa Loyva created a quirkily wonderful score to accompany the supercut of my choose-your-own-adventure series Marla and the Macarons! It's now available on Ko-fi: an entirely different way of experiencing Marla, and SO worth it. 🩷 www.ko-fi.com/mightyjoanna

Now you can see all Marla and the Macarons content without having to play the game over and over! Purchase a "supercut" of all chapters on my Ko-fi page, and get a second with an exclusive soundtrack!

Visit www.marlaandthemacarons.com and click on "Support," then navigate to my shop. Enjoy! 🩷

Yes, absolutely!! The whole episode is a work of art.