BIDENERGY IS THE NEW KENERGY
Smilin' Joe is feeling himself after that SOTU bump, plus how you can be a patron of the arts!
If you’ve forgotten what pure joy feels like, take a few minutes to watch what might just be the best live performance EVER at the Oscars.
“I AM JUST KEN” lol Oscar captioners
The show’s producers wisely saved “I’m Just Ken” for last, because they knew what they had. Even though the song lost to its soundtrack sis “What Was I Made For,” and even though we all know Margot & Greta were snubbed, it was one of those moments that will be remembered forever.
From starting in his seat to the grandiose finale, Ryan Gosling fully enjoyed every second in the spotlight. The glittery pink suit, the other Kens joining him, the audience rising to dance, Greta and Margot beaming as they sang along, Slash taking a solo, all of it was perfection.
The overall tone of the show felt happy and relaxed. I lost count of the standing ovations, and everyone seemed supportive of every single winner. One small picky thing: when it comes to the In Memoriam segment, the best thing they can do is play a montage with appropriate music behind it. We don’t need a Cirque du Soleil performance while we’re tearing up over all of the great ones we lost over the last year.
I’ll also be borrowing Jimmy Kimmel’s ultimate Trump insult to use on all MAGA losers now that Peter Navarro has to report to jail for a scant four months: “Isn’t it past your jail time?”
The joy I felt watching “I’m Just Ken” isn’t too different from the way I felt watching Joe Biden bring all the DBE (Dark Brandon Energy) to the State of the Union: I smiled for the whole thing and I felt energized by all of it.
Everyone is still rightfully shredding Katie Britt into a fine powder for her insane response full of lies. Republicans have zero truth and even fewer things to be proud of, so they try to shift the blame for everything to anyone else.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has been doing his job this whole time and had his hecklers in a chokehold by simply bringing the facts down on them over and over.
Compare his track record of accomplishments since January 2021 to the list of felonies Trump has accumulated in the same amount of time. That should really seal it for most people, but Joe Biden is 81.
Look at the smile on that spry and legitimately elected fella right there! I’m still thinking 81 years behind a man is better than 91 felonies ahead of him, but what do I know about politics?
That smile is everything. That’s BIDENERGY. Joe Biden loves the American people and serving his country. He’s ready to tackle a second term, Jack! Get that man all of the ice cream and make it a double!
Okay, so maybe it’s not quite KENERGY, but it could be a thing. I bet Joe looks great in pink. Maybe there’s an “I’m Just Joe” video in the future. Maybe I have too much free time to think about too many things and nowhere to direct my tons of great ideas so they get dumped here.
Seriously, I never thought I would still be unemployed this long when the political climate is crazy going nuts all the time. This is why I need The Sound of Settling to blow up. Between AI and Elon ruining everything and aging out of the kind of jobs I used to do which require standing for over eight hours a day, my possibilities are limited.
This is where I once again make like Sally Struthers backed by Sarah McLachlan. Won’t you please help a suffering self-published writer whose back hurts if she’s forced to stand for more than 30 minutes?
If you upgrade to a paid subscription, you’ll get real perks! I’ll name a character after you or someone else you want to be immortalized if you get a founder’s subscription.
At the $80 level, you’ll get to come up with a song title for me to use in Heavy Meddling, the follow-up to The Sound of Settling. I’ll also write some lyrics for it and you’ll be in the Acknowledgments once I get that sweet sweet book deal I’m never giving up on.
A bump up to the $8 sub will get you access to any early sneaks of the new book, plus you’ll get to comment, unlike the MAGA trolls who try it with me on the regular.
BE A PATRON OF THE ARTS AND GET IN SOME BRAGGING RIGHTS! You’ll be able to say you were into my early stuff before I got big! And I’ll stop having to ask anyone to do anything for me because I’ll finally be able to do it for myself like an adult about to turn 55 should be able to do.
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While "I'm Just Ken" may not have been the best song it WAS the best performance last night. And actually Gosling was a row in FRONT of Margot Robbie early on.
And I cannot deal with the fact that Elon Musk is 10,000 times more popular with the ladies (in general) than me for one reason and one reason only. If you can come up with another reason I would like to know. And HE attacked the Oscars last night though, unlike Trump and Putin, the Oscars did not attack him.
BIDENERGY!!
Tara you're brilliant!