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I just saw your tags and all I have to say is 😇. But to be fair that gifset did knock me out and unfair and I needed to share. (👀). It's been a day, two? I've lost count of days now. But hello darling. How is your day going? I did see you were rewatching odaat and CAN I JUST SCREAM AT YOU. Favourite comfort show and ugh a show that actually shows you what a real Latina family is like. So many chefs kisses. Now I am curious to know who your Favourites were? Schneider was one of the ones that were the best for me. - 🧚♀️
glitter you are literally evil i cant believe you would specifically summon me to that post, i say, as if i wouldnt have gotten caught staring at it anyway. still. evil.
i dunno bro on wednesday i thought it was thursday i have no concept of time stuff just happens when it happens. but hello !!! my day is quite nice!!! in fact i would venture to say it's been GOOD!!!!!! which is always nice 😊
YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCKIN RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! god i love odaat im so excited to find another person who also loves it i just cant believe they made a show that has all my favorites things like (a) it's funny (b) it's emotional (c) FAMILY (d) FOUND FAMILY (e) interesting dynamics and relationships (f) LOTS OF WOMEN (g) REALISTIC QUEER REP (h) handling of sensitive topics in a really smart way (i) etc etc etc i could go onnnnn and on and on but the point is i fucking love odaat
ok rights to you i like schneider but i dont think i can choose a Favorite. i do love alex though (damn irony really is a bitch why must all my faves be named alex) also just.........fuckin..........3x12 the episode where he gets ungrounded when he helps elena w the anxiety attack and then when he finds schneider in the laundry room and knows what to do and just. he has so much growth throughout the show and he's such a good KID i just cry i just CRYYYY i also obviously love penelope OH AND RILEY AND RAMONA ABSOLUTE LEGENDS and elena in the fucking. scene where she shows up at victor's place and is like i learned a lot about myself. like i'm tough, really tough, etc etc monologue about how awesome she is THAT. SHIT. GETS. ME. anyway in conclusion this show makes me cry (affectionate) and there's no forgetting queen rita moreno who is the baddest bitch in the business so anyway the point is. the POINT is. that i love. odaat.
#ask#glitterandjalex#glitter#anonymous#watching odaat i spend a lot of time thinking to myself like#i wonder what a show about a jewish family would look like. if it was done in the way that this show represents a cuban family#like if the rep was realistic#it would instantly knock me out i know that for sure#marvelous mrs maisel is fun but it's from the 60s (?) and therefore unrelatable#i just really want a feel-good makes-me-cry sitcom about a jewish family with two teenage kids#or FOUR#ideally#I WANNA RELATE TO MY TV SHOWS DAMN IT >:(#man i love odaat tho#you know what else#that scene where penelope is like why am i not enough for you mami and then abuelita is like of course i think you're perfect-#- of course you're enough but that goes without saying#and penelope is like NO mami it doesn't go without saying!! you have to SAY it!!!!#THAT! SHIT!!! HITS!!!!!!#YOU HAVE TO SAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like it's so simple but i??????????#anyway#im fine
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What are you planning to do tomorrow? Working. Then going to the gym. Are you comfortable with your height? I am. Last text received? My sister sent me a picture asking me to help fix something. Whats your favorite subject in school? Sociology. Art. Whats your least favorite subject in school? English. Are you afraid of heights? No.
Are you afraid of the dark? Great show. Are you a jealous person? Eh. Do you miss anyone right now? Yes, a lot. How do you feel about your hair? I love it but I want to do it red next though which will probably take a while. The blue needs to fade. The tips are black so I might have to wait for it to grow out a little more and cut it off where the black starts. Do sleep with a stuffed animal? There’s one on my bed. It’s a stuffed dog with three legs named Champion after the three legged dog of the same name in Parks and Rec. Do you sleep with the light on? I sleep with blue Christmas lights plugged in. Do you sleep with the fan on? Yes. Were you happy when you woke up today? No. Have you ever laughed so hard you cried? Yes. Do you drink coffee? Not really, but I don’t not drink coffee. Do you find piercings attractive? On myself sure. Do you find tattoos attractive? On myself sure. When is your birthday? Sept 2nd. How long are you on the computer? 8 + hours a day, 5 days a week for work. Do you watch a lot of TV? Yes. What was the last movie you watched? I haven’t watched a movie in a while. It was probably honestly Hot Rod with Ellen when I was in SLC a month ago. What was the last TV show you watched? Community. I’ve finished BoJack and ODAAT and Living with Yourself and Jane the Virgin and Modern Love so now I’m just re-watching things. Do you curse in front of your parents? Not often, but I do. Are you slowly drifting away from someone close? Nah. Do you like your phone? I do. Have you ever taken a road drip? What is a road drip? Are you happy right now? No. Do you have a crush on anyone? Will Arnett. Have you ever written a story? Uh huh. What are you listening to right now? My coworker talking. Do you watch American Idol? No. Whats your favorite number? 24. Whats the last thing you ate? A donut. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Blue. How is the weather right now? Chilly. Are you too shy to ask someone out? I don’t know, I’ve been with Mark for 8 and half years. What were you doing before this? Another survey. Do you have any pets? 3 kitties. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing? Yeah. Are you still friends with someone from kindergarten? Sort of. I have her on social media. Do you like to travel by plane? I do! I’m already itching to get back on a plane. Do you use chapstick? Yes. When did you last cry? This morning on the way to work. What did you do today? Worked. Do you drink a lot of water? Yes but I need to drink more. What was the last website you visited? Facebook. How long do you think you will live? Hahahahahahahahahahahha. What do you spend most of your money on? Food. What did you eat for lunch today? I am currently eating lobster bisque. Do you eat breakfast? Usually. Do you eat junk food every day? UGH shut up. How’s your life going lately? I’m a depressed stressed mess. Do you like the winter time? No. It needs to end after Christmas. Have you ever had to get your blood drawn? Yes. Do like eating mashed potatoes? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Are you a good cook? Eh. What is the most important thing to you? My family. Are you trying to avoid liking somebody at the moment? Nah. When was the last time someone put you on the spot? I don’t know. Do you lie about your age? No. Have you ever been stung by a bee? No, thankfully. Who was the last person you high fived? My niece. Who made you mad today? Myself. Do you like whip cream? YESSSSSS but not whipped cream frosting. Do you know how to swim? Yes. Are you afraid of falling in love? No, I am in love. Could you go a whole month without cursing? Fuck that. Are you close to your mother? At the time of her death, we were not as close as I would have liked. I loved her and we had a good relationship, but it had its moments. Are you close to your father? Yes, even more so now. Do you miss your past? Some aspects of it, sure. Are you any good at math? Yeah. Do you look at the keyboard when you type? Sometimes just to make sure I’m starting right. Who hugged you last? Mark. Who’s one person you can tell everything to? Mark. Ellen. Sarah. Do you keep things bottled up inside? Eh. Has anyone let you down lately? Yes. Do you call anyone by their last name? Yes. Have you ever been called a bad influence? Lol. Do you have a lucky number? 24. What scares you the most? Ignorant people taking over. What did you do today? You asked me this. Why do you feel the way you feel? Because I am stressed. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Soup. What woke you up this morning? My alarms. Do you have a best friend to lean on? Yes. Do you ever have weird confusing dreams? Oh yes. How is your hair right now? Clean. When was the last time you went shopping? I went grocery shopping on Saturday. Did you laugh a lot today? No. Do you know what pseudo means? Yes. Was there anyone who made your day today? Not yet but my husband and kitties will later i am sure. Are you liking how you look today? I look okay. Do you hate when they give a lot of tv commercials? I don’t watch regular TV with commercials anymore. Are you waiting for anything? to magically be healthy. Are you a very stressed out person? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL. Are you single? No. Do you watch the news? Eh. Have you ever been to disney world? Nope. Do you like animals? Yesss. Do you know how to skateboard? No. Do you go to church? No. What do you do to relax? I’ll let you know when I figure it out. Do you hate when people stare at you for no reason? Yes. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? Mark. How often do you talk on the phone? I rarely talk on the phone, but the other day Ellen called me and we watched BoJack together and were on the phone for over an hour. I can’t tell you the last time that happened. Do you have any saved texted messages? My phone just keeps ‘em all. I’ve never gone through and deleted any. Which color is better? Red, Blue, Green, Black, or Yellow? Blues and black. Whats your first initial? H. Are you good at hiding your feelings? Sure. Are you afraid of rollercoasters? No, but they do make me sick now. Is anyone annoying you right now? Always. Do you smile a lot? Sure. Does the person you like know that you like them? I would assume so since he married me and everything. Have you ever cried from being so mad? Yes. Did you cry today? Yes. When was the last time you had a sleepover? A month ago a Ellen’s! We did face masks and watched movies! Do you like watching horror movies? Not so much. How many kids do you want? Zero. What do you wanna be when you grow up? Lol. I���ll let you know when I figure it out. Have you ever been suspended from school? Technically. For the STUPIDEST reason. In high school, we were supposed to carry our planners around from class to class and mine fell apart the day before and I didn’t get the chance to tell my home room teacher so I just had the hall pass page. In my first class of the day I got written up for it and I tried to explain that it fell apart and that was considered “talking back” and the teacher gave me a suspension and told me I had to stay in the dean’s office the rest of the day. He wasn’t in the office at the time I was put in there but he walked in like 45 minutes later, asked me why I was in there, said that was ridiculous, gave me a new planner, and sent me back to class. It was still on my record though. Lol. Do you like taking pictures? Yes. Do walk around bare foot when your at home? Or do you wear socks? Barefoot. Don’t you hate that when it’s freezing cold outside your nose gets runny? It’s not pleasant. Don’t you hate that when it’s freezing cold outside your eyes get teary? Yes. Do you wear make up? Not always. Do you wear jewerly? Yes. Earrings mostly. Do you ever play games on the computer? Nah.
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3. have you ever quit a show before it finished? why?
OH yeah. i finish out most of the shows i start, but sometimes i get bored or distracted and intend to come back later and never do (scandal, bones, the newsroom, supernatural). and sometimes when i feel especially betrayed by a show, i can’t make myself go back no matter how much i miss it (the blacklist, the good wife).
4. are there any shows you wish could just be cancelled already?
admittedly, when i feel very upset by a show and stop watching it, it baffles me when it goes on and still has tons of fans. and when i have no interest in a show or it bugs me for some reason, i definitely wish other shows i loved would keep going instead of it! so i’ve totally had that thought in passing about shows like the blacklist, supernatural, ncis, and the big bang theory. but i try to enjoy the shows i love and be happy for people who enjoy theirs rather then spending my time wanting stuff i don’t care about to die. that’s just not what i want to put out into the universe.
5. what’s your comfort show?
gilmore girls and one day at a time are my go tos when i want something i have memorized and love. but instead of one specific show, i really cycle through anything i’ve seen before based on my mood. right now i’m rewatching the fosters, it’s oddly soothing because i’ve seen the whole story play out. for a while, my comfort show was s1 of stranger things. i watched those eight episodes at least 20 times before moving on. and before streaming became way easier than dvds based on our living arrangement here, designing women was comfort tv for me since i was a kid.
26. favourite TV show theme song?
i love a lot of them!! gilmore girls and tww and odaat all have great theme songs. i’m actually having a hard time thinking of theme songs i DON’T love. they’re mostly all cute or catchy. pretty little liars and izombie’s themes get stuck in my head whenever i watch them. i think one of my favorites though, randomly, is the veronica mars theme song. it’s the kind of tune i would listen to just for fun. :)
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let’s talk about marie kondo!!
okay so as we know, i already binged all of her show tidying up and i ADORED it. super calming, very informative, and just really my kinda vibe. this year 2019 is all about change for me and forcing myself to become the best version i can be at this point in time. and so far...it’s working. like, granted i’m still THE WORST and i have a lot to work out, but i’ve already seen so much difference in who i was last year and who i am now. like i feel as if i’ve stopped living in fear like i once did. i still get some small usual anxieties, but now i don’t fear cooking or setting unrealistic goals or going to the gym or whatever. more than that i feel good. like, i think the no sugar thing is definitely showing some benefits, and i totally resisted a bunch of valentine’s day chocolates at a thing the other night so I AM QUEEN RIGHT NOW. i’ve also been really trying to embrace community like seeing friends and i started going to this small group that i should’ve gone to like 2 years ago (i suck) and it’s SO GOOD. i can’t believe i let myself sink so deep into my darkness -- it truly has felt like i’ve woken up from a coma or something. for so long i convinced myself that everything was fine and that i just had some minor depressive episodes but i’m good now, and like...sure it isn’t so much depression these days, but i can tell that there was something inside me that just was not clicking. and now i’m doing almost everything in my power to rewire my brain and redo my life. and it’s ACTUALLY WORKING!!! I’M SO HAPPY!! like, i still see glimpses of who i’ve always been, but i feel like i’m better at recognizing that and making myself do things that used to scare me. i changed my phone background to “if you know you can do better, do better” and reading that every day honestly does make me reconsider some of my actions.
all that said, now is the PERFECT time for me to read marie kondo’s book. i just finished it today (the audiobook) and i ADORED IT. probably my favorite read of the year so far (isn’t that sad??? and this is book number 17 people!!!) but i just really loved it because not only does it give good advice, but it also just gave me some new thoughts and some new hope. like i found it fascinating to think about appreciating your possessions more and organizing things that should be together all in one place and truly creating a life that sparks joy. i don’t know if the concepts will actually made me a tidy person, we shall see, but i have hope that at the very least it will give me some big changes. marie says to do your tidying in a big marathon, and right now it looks like i’m going to spend march doing that.
even though it’s all in my head, i really do feel like i’m at a point in my life where i’ve veered so far off the path of who i present myself to be that i’m starting to go in a different direction than what i really want. like i’ve been living in this messy little cave for like three years and it’s been dawning on me that i hate it. not all of it, probably not most of it, but i think if i can tackle all these areas in my life then i’ll find some new energy. and i know we can’t control everything in our lives, but i think for me this is less about feeling “in control” and more about me just taking control for once. for so long i’ve let things go on autopilot and that is just NOT GOOD. like god has been pulling me along, but i think he could tell that i needed to take the reigns back and nothing really forced me to do that...and i think this poetry book was the thing that actually did it. like now that it’s almost over, i’m closing this chapter and i feel like my headspace is already starting to clear. i’m starting to see who i bent myself to be all these years, and i want to stand up. i want to let go. i want to breathe new life into this body.
marie kondo just really made me feel like i can do this. i was afraid that mid-year i’d hit my usual slumpy stride where i get depressed and creatively burnt out and i don’t know what to do to be better, but i can already tell that this year is a different beast. i may still have seasonal depression in august (probably, let’s be real) BUT i think the difference between this year and the last two is that 1) i have year-long projects to occupy my time -- i’m working on cooking and going to the gym and READING 100 books, so it’s like even if i don’t want to take photos or make videos or whatever, i know i can just pick up a book. or i can go for a run. or whatever. 2) i haven’t had a major binging episode in AGES. i watched tidying up, and i watched a little of ODAAT, and i think i had one or two movie nights, but other than that i’m really just avoiding tv and movies. and i feel so FREE. like it’s still fun, obviously, but i think this year i just need to chill and take a break and not stare at my tv so much. and most of the time in the summer that is my go-to. so if i can keep up this mindset, i might be safe. 3) since i’m planning on tidying up my room, and my room is where i spend the most time when i’m depressed, this could be a really great way to cleanse the energy in there and give it new life that will sustain me rather than drain me in the summer. i’m not sure how i’m going to do it yet, but i think i need to move some furniture around, even though i’ve already changed it about as much as i can with the layout i have right now. i just think if i get a different space around me, maybe if i condense my clothes and clear out my closet and move some books around, i can breathe my space back to life and i won’t feel so trapped when the heat is suffocating in a few months.
of course, i say all of that, but i know that seasonal depression is just a think i’ll be dealing with until i move somewhere not so hot all the time. we shall see.
in any case, i felt so much peace listening to marie’s book. i felt like someone was out there thinking about me and trying to find a way to contribute to my new year’s goals. i already feel like march will be a new year. i was also afraid that i’d give up after a few months (last year i lasted until about april?) so i think if i can trick my brain into thinking that march is ACTUALLY when new year starts (lol) then it’ll give me a few more months of motivation. and maybe it’ll just help me feel more at peace as i prepare to go abroad in april for two weeks (I CANNOT WAIT!!!! LESS THAN 2 MONTHS!!!) i’m also going to cut my hair at the end of the month and i’ll have released my book at the beginning of it, and i just feel like march will be another fresh start for my new year.
i think to me the most interesting part about all of it is that i’m learning how to forgive myself. forgive myself for taking a break, for not doing the thing, for staying up late, for being on my phone so much, whatever. so many times i do things and i think “UGH JENNA DO BETTER” and while that is accurate and i do spend a lot of my life failing to do well, i have been doing so good lately! like it’s month 2 of 2019 and ya girl has read SEVENTEEN BOOKS! SEVENTEEN! that’s like...unreal. and i don’t feel stressed. i don’t feel overwhelmed. it’s just like...chill. like, yeah i have time on my hands of COURSE i should have read almost 20 books in two months. that’s logical. and i am stressed about other things (this stupid poetry book UGH CAN IT BE DONE YET) like client projects, but not books. or cooking. or exercising. it just...is happening. and it makes me wonder why i wasn’t just doing it all along. it makes me wonder if i will keep doing this after this year is over. i’m so bad at sustaining anything (plants, a work ethic, habits, etc) that i fear in 2020 all this growth will be lost, but i think about marie kondo saying that when her clients experience such a dramatic emotional change/connection, they have almost no choice but to embrace this new life because they never want to go back. i don’t want to take two steps backward ever again. i want to go forward. i want to believe in myself, i want to support my body, and i want a space that won’t suffocate me.
so that’s where we’re at.
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It’s been two weeks since ClexaCon
and I think I’m finally collected enough to write about my experience. I have to break it down into highlights, or else we’ll be here all day, lol.
I was extremely grateful to be asked to be part of the team this year. You have no idea the amount of planning that goes into ClexaCon. You think you know, but you really don’t. It’s a testament to the drive and tenacity of the Con directors that ClexaCon is what it is. They learned a lot from 2017 and having a bigger team certainly helped navigate all the major and minor details of running a convention that in its second year has doubled in size.
Perhaps the most surprising thing for me on Thursday was the way everyone showed up for the two pre-con events we had planned: speed friending and the pool takeover. People were spilling out into the casino during the speed friending event, it was insane. And put a couple of inflatable rainbow unicorns in a pool and suddenly you have a queer pool party in full swing complete with awesome weather and every type of queer under the sun. It was such a gay oasis that one of the lifeguards pulled me aside (I had a staff badge on) to ask me what event was this for, because never had he seen so many queer women at the Tropicana pool. The best way I could explain ClexaCon was, “It’s like Comicon, but for queer women and allies.” He was pleasantly surprised and thought the whole thing was pretty cool.
I averaged 3 hours of sleep each night during the con. Call time was around 7:30 AM, and we didn’t get done until 8 or 9PM. There was very little downtime, and I think for each day my first meal, besides coffee in the morning, came around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. My first meal on Friday was courtesy of @weasal and @gramjams when I finally had a moment to see them on the vendor floor. They fed me beer, because obviously they love me. The hours were long, but at the end of every night, my friends and I managed to gather and decompress and reconnect after having a crazy day. it was much different than last year. Pretty much all of us had something going on during the con, so there were no opportunities for us to hang out and just enjoy ourselves as a group. We had gotten a two bedroom suite, so it was ample space for all of us to chill, relax, and a have a few drinks together. We made that time, late at night, to be together, even though we knew we had to get up hella early the next morning. And I’m glad we did, because we are such a tight-knit Kru, and it was hard not being able to spend the time with each other. @rialize , @puregloryandgore @colesmcgee @blakeyyang @second-stringer @metriosity @bnnxp @pandabearsnsquids y’all are the best homies ever. Also there’s more of us but they’re not all on tumblr, but they’re important tooooo.
Having the opportunity to film the guests backstage while they watched my vids made every sacrifice I made during the con worth it. I almost felt removed from myself during those moments, like I was so zoned in and focused on getting the shot that I couldn’t let myself really enjoy what was unfolding behind my eyes. I was hyped, don’t get me wrong, but subdued because when I was working behind the scenes during the times when the guests are away from the craziness of the con, I didn’t want to encroach on their moment of peace and start fangirling. That’s the trade-off. But seeing Isabella Gomez, Gloria Kellett, and Mike Royce shed tears watching my ODAAT vid; watching Dom tear up watching I’m On Fire and Kat placing a comforting arm around her waist; watching Emily, Tamara, Dom, and Kat crack jokes and smile during “Raise a Little Hell”; seeing Nafessa absolutely rock out to Run This Town watching herself kick ass on screen . . . these are fandom moments that I never even dreamed of because they were so out there and so unlikely to happen. But happen they did and man I don’t think I’ll ever come down off that high. Other fav BTS highlights: Sarah Shahi calling me out for wearing a WayHaught shirt to the Shoot Panel, and also dragging a fan backstage with us; seeing the pure joy on Nafessa’s face as we walked through the convention hall; filming Chyler Leigh as the crowd sang her happy birthday.
My fav con story, however, happened on Saturday. Around 3 PM the directors had ordered a massive Kentucky Fried Chicken meal for staff, and kept the food in the AV room. Staff filtered into the room in a rush to quickly eat and get back on the floor, so you can imagine what it must have looked like in there when they were done. KFC Armageddon. We were too busy to really clean up, so we just left the mess there for the end of the night, to clean up before we left. Around 5:30, there’s a knock on the door, and Lisa opens it to find Isabella Gomez and Gloria Kellett standing outside. We both froze and had a deer in headlights look, but apparently they were there to talk a staff member and wanted to come inside. Inside the room full of chicken bones, dirty napkins, and half eaten coleslaw and mashed potatoes. The room REEKED of KFC. We mumbled something about having to clean up before they could come in but they said they didn’t mind and wanted to see us in our “natural habitat” so Lisa let them in while @blakeyyang and I quickly tried to clean up the mess. They were so nice and gracious. Isabella was doing something with her phone (IG story or something) and Gloria smiled and asked how our day was going. They were really chill about being in there, so I took a chance and asked if I could get a photo with them, and they were so cool about it. I mentioned that I had made their panel video, and thanked them for ODAAT. Nothing but smiles from them, at the end of a really long day.
Saturday night was crazy (honestly was anything not crazy at this point during the con?). I left the AV room at 7PM to go to Cocktails for Change to film, left there at 8:30PM to help set up Ascension, finally got up to the room at 10:00PM for a quick shower and bite to eat and was back down at Ascension by 11:00PM. Filmed, drank, danced, went back up to our suite around 3 AM and don't remember anything after that except waking up the next morning in my PJs passed out on the floor next to my bed. Wild.
I don’t remember Sunday much. I did get my Kat and Dom photo op, they are such lovely ladies. I think at one point I was staring blankly at a computer screen, too tired to move or function. I was also feeling sad that it was over. There was a great deal of time tidying up and getting all our stuff organized for the movers the next day. By the time I left the AV room they had already torn down the Main Stage Panel room; it was as if we were never there. The vendor hall was full of bare tables, and I just stood there and took it in for a moment, to really let it sink in what we accomplished in those three days. That night we all just chilled and reminisced about all the things we enjoyed that weekend.
A friend and I shared a birthday on Monday. We kicked off the celebration by sleeping in until 10:30, then we visited the con floor one last time to make sure everything was loaded out properly, then we all went to Shake Shack and spent our first day outside in the sun since we had arrived there on Wednesday. It was glorious. We followed that with Dinner at Wicked Spoon and ended the night with a ride in the High Roller.
I feel like I haven't emotionally processed what the weekend meant to me, even now, two weeks later. Sometimes my heart feels so full thinking about it, that I want to cry. There is something to be said about being with your community, and knowing there is a tacit understanding and love for everyone there, even if you don't know who they are, because they are you, and you are them. I'm thankful for all of you who showed up, who believed in us our second year and helped make it a success. You guys made it all possible.
I also want to shout out to @bnnxp who is an amazing photographer and took a lot of the photos on this post. See you in London, then ClexaCon 2019!
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I'm so heartbroken that I can't even begin to tell you how much One Day at a Time meant for me. Although I don't share the experience of having to find myself as an immigrant, I'm Latina.
You can't even picture how make jokes, how many sayings and how many mannerisms just pictured perfectly what it was like to grow up in Latin American. I get to look at Panelope and compare her to my mom, thinking how different they are, but really, really similar. The sibling interactions and how the writers get it right about a number of different hard-to-talk-about topics.
I cried, I laughed, I relate.
Nowdays, I find it's so hard to make a comedy show that is beautiful, smart and funny at the same time. Netflix had the perfect recipe, they just had to keep on going – and advertise the fucking thing, for crying out loud.
For real, this show is the first time I saw a Latino family well represented on TV – specially on American TV, because you guys act like you don't know, but your movies and TV spread and grow like grass down here – and Netflix just blew it with a half ass excuse.
Like, dear I haven't seen an ad about ODAAT, but you keep bombarding me with ads about that horrendous umbrella academy show. How many cooking shows do we need??? But yeah, go around and spend your all dollars on Friends, an old TV show about white people with no different represatation whatsoever.
I'm sure that there are people who are not latinx would have related to the show, because humor (thank God) is universal.
People would've relate to Lupi too. A single struggling parent raising two children, one of them being gay and awesome. And a veteran – I've heard around Tumblr that 'merica has a lot of those. See how many socially important topicsss??
But no, they went and cancel it and while managing to outright lie to all the fan base, who above all, deserved just a sincere explanation.
I woud have respected you more, Netflix, if you actually had put some work into making this TV show a success, I'm sure there are many latinx immigrants and non immigrants on your platform that would just love all of Rita's entrances.
I'm stil mad about Sense8 and the only thing saving my subscription is the fact that I have no other place to watch #disco
Thank you for reading my rant.
#one day at a time#odaat#netflix#you such assholes you can even decide what shows to keep#show me your ratings netflix show them i dare you#i fucking dare you#latinx
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