Day 20

 I had downloaded a couple of movies before we left for the cabin on the weekend. Once we got there we discovered that there was a projector that could play media on the pine wall of the cabin. We had access to Netflix, but we decided we didn't really feel like watching anything dense, partly because occasionally there was a lamp in the middle of somebody's face. We decided on raunchy comedy specials instead.

I had recently watched Ali Wong: Single Lady at home. She is so cute and so very filthy, and I sounded like a loon giggling at home alone. My friend Suzie lent me her book Dear Girls, which was also very funny, so I suggested to Matt that we watch one of her earlier specials. We watched Baby Cobra, which she did seven months pregnant. It was good but I didn't find it quite as funny as Single Lady, partly because a lot of the jokes were the same ones I had just read in the book.

After that we watched Gad Elmaleh in New York. He's Moroccan and French and a Moroccan friend really likes him. It was funny, a little gentler than Ali Wong. One of his jokes is about how French men find it weird that American men go on 'date night' with their wives - like, what, if it goes well you're going to marry her again?

When we were walking in the forest on Saturday we found where they do tiny weddings at the Chalets, and we took a pic under the arch, I guess as an "in your face" to a comedian who doesn't know us or care? Whatever, we amused ourselves.

Saturday night we watched Taylor Tomlinson Have It All. I had not heard of her at all until a trivia night last year when her picture was a question and one of the guys at our table knew her. For some reason I thought she was going to be clean cut and wholesome. I was very, very wrong and oh my goodness, I was actually wheezing and blind at one point. 

I don't often watch comedy specials of my own volition, but it's November and, well, *gestures broadly at everything*, so a little laughter medicine seems well advised.

Comments

Sarah said…
perfect wedding spot!!
Nicole said…
I really like comedy specials so I'm going to note those down!
StephLove said…
I don't often watch comedy specials, either, but at North's recommendation, I started listening to the Handsome podcast (three queer comedians chatting). It takes a while to get into it, I think because there are a lot of inside jokes, but it grew on me. Of the three, I'd be most likely to want to watch Tig Notaro.
Pat said…
What a beautiful little spot this is! Sounds like a perfect getaway. I love Ali Wong- she is hilarious
NGS said…
Yes for date night! What an interesting cultural difference.
iHanna said…
But "date night" is just a newer name for going out and having a nice time together as a couple, right? Hopefully everyone does if they feel like prioritizing that kind of thing in their lives, or stay in and spend time together which can also be called a "date night" if one wants to. Or did I misunderstand that?
J said…
We watched a Taylor Tomlinson special awhile ago, I like her a lot. Sometimes we watch her game show, After Midnight, which is mostly making fun of the internet. Funny stuff.
San said…
Ha. I don't think we call it "date night" in Germany once you're married but I think making time for each other as a couple is never a bad idea, however you wanna call it :)

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