govthooker

hi Maria. this isn't a question, so much as a possibly creepy fangirl overshare, but whatever.

so a couple years back, I was really depressed and anxious and pretty much actively wanted to die all the time. to make a long story short, I was really withdrawn from my friends as a result of the whole thing, and I ended up having to move home from college for a while, and I felt really lonely (to put it mildly). one day, a friend of mine linked me to The Maria Bamford Show on the ol' YouTubes and it pretty much changed my life. to see you be so open about mental illness in an insightful but hilarious way changed my attitude about the stuff I was going through, and helped me to get my mind in a better place. it's therapeutic for me to hear bits about mental illness in your routines, because you present them in a very real but very ridiculous fashion that kind of allows me to step outside my head and laugh at myself and my brainmeats once in a while.

I've come to quite a few shows of yours in but I've been too much of a weenie to wait around to tell you this in person. so thanks, Maria Bamford, for existing

please feel free to use brainmeats in everyday conversation. use it early and use it often.

the Bammer acknowledging me! this is my Woodstock! I am overjoyed! I would like to present offerings of Diet Coke and LifeSavers after perhaps performing an interpretive dance of glee for you! except I just had ankle surgery so I can't dance. and I think my bf ate the last of my LifeSavers. so. how about a high five and we'll split this last Diet Coke? I'll buy you a drink next time you're in Ann Arbor!