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type A comedian 😎 | "Unprofessional" coming to London 7/27! & Edinburgh Fringe 7/31–8/25! | 🎟 tix + email list at the link! U.S. dates coming soon ⬇️

Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2009
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London! 🇬🇧 I'm performing 'Unprofessional' at @7DialsPlayhouse on 7/27! grab the last few seats!✨ use code COMEDY50 for 50% off which makes the tix like £6 (which is less than I paid for an iced cappuccino yesterday!🫠) tix ➡️
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people say living in the city is scary but have you ever been alone at a house in the suburbs after 10:30pm???
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the unbelievable high of getting a “sorry, I’m running late!” text when you, yourself, are running late
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every single party in San Francisco👍
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helping my parents with the internet 😐
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I love how every airline is like “not to brag, but we actually clean the planes now.”
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every single park hang in San Francisco
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when someone asks how I'm doing
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when you definitely understand NFTs
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when you love the em-dash
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managers presenting on Q2 2020 😳
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I love meeting a friend’s new boyfriend but it’s exhausting to pretend I don’t know everything about them already like “I’m from Boston” ok bud I know you’re afraid of never living up to your father’s expectations I think we can skip a few chapters here
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every NYC to SF transplant 😉
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working from home 🙃
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People in San Francisco dress like they’re about to board a 5-hour flight.
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when you definitely understand your boyfriend's finance job
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venture-backed CEOs after laying off half the company
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The San Francisco accent is so weird—I’ve never understood why “I don’t want to go to that” is pronounced “yeah, I might be down.”
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Give a man funding and he’ll tweet for a day, teach a man to deploy capital and he’ll tweet for a lifetime.
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when someone asks "how was work today?"
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companies trying to get people back in the office
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ohhhhhh today's Friday the 13th, that explains the last two years
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realizing someone super successful is younger than me
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when someone asks how work is going
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PLEASE hold your applause but I just successfully canceled a subscription before the free trial ended
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I’ve reached an age where half of my friends are becoming “fiscally conservative” and the other half are getting really into crystals.
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"stick with me, kid and you'll never buy your own t-shirts again" - the tech industry
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finding an apartment in San Francisco 🙃
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every SF to NY transplant
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The collective well-being of Silicon Valley’s most elite executives rests in the hands of 2-3 Peloton instructors.
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trying to take a day off
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I’m so desperate to interact with a new person I’d let them “explain” blockchain.
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@HBOMaxHelp honestly I feel HONORED to have received this test email!!! thank you HBO intern!!!
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me watching Westworld season 3 🤔
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if you’re considering business school, make sure you factor in all the major costs: tuition, housing, and attending an additional 6–8 weddings per year for the rest of your life
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when you weren't ready for the question 🙃
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People say New Yorkers are intimidating but once at a party in San Francisco I was too scared to admit I didn’t compost.
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I love when a friend tries to pitch me on an open role at their company as though they haven’t spent years of our friendship outlining every organizational flaw in graphic detail.
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“I’ll take a vacation as soon as I’ve got my ducks in a row” the ducks in question:
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I don't know why some think the San Francisco tech population isn't diverse—I've met people who went to Stanford undergrad AND people who went to Stanford business school.
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Someone just tried to tell me Google Meet is better than Zoom but I couldn’t hear them because we were using Google Meet.
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ugh I am CONSTANTLY forgetting to live, laugh, AND love... wish there was an easy way to remind myself 😕
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my dad complains to me about the internet as though I built it myself
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trying not to fight with family 🤐
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Remember to take a break from watching election coverage on TV by checking for election updates on your phone.
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everyone in tech secretly believes they could build a better airport
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when there's big tech news
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explaining Animal Crossing to my friends 🍎
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your friend who's still playing Wordle
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when you're really excited about web3
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7am: wow, I am so tired 10am: wow, I am SO tired 2pm: wow, I am SO tired (and hungry?) 6pm: wow, I’m still SO tired this is crazy 8pm: wow, I’m still so tired but at least I can go to bed soon 11:30pm: *fires up wikipedia*
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any room can be a panic room if it’s 10:45pm on a Sunday
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Ideally I marry for love but I’d also accept “has an in-unit washer/dryer.”
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seeing so many friends get vaccinated before me has big “being the last to turn 21” energy
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Call me old-fashioned but I’m waiting until marriage to reveal how many browser tabs I keep open.
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Ugh I miss going out to restaurants in SF 😞 tonight I'm gonna write my name on the fridge and then stand in front of it for an hour before opening the door.
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when someone asks "how are you?"
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when you're "the planner" 😐
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me: hi I'd like to leave the house nyc: ok that'll be $80 please
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u ok babe? you’ve hardly touched your subscription to the Harvard Business Review
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"I can't wait to recommend this book to everyone I know." – me, roughly 10 pages in
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every post-COVID wedding toast 🥂
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ok drag me TurboTax
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I "love" hiking 👍
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brought to you by @cloud100 ... when you're fired up about the cloud!!! ☁️
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I think Gmail should at least *pretend* it hasn’t been analyzing every word of my emails for the last decade. I type “Hey Jason,” and the autofill’s like "... did you know I’ve had a crush on you since senior year at NYU when you brought me a blueberry muffin at the library?"
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Emily in Florida ☀️📸💖
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My mom only hangs photos where she looks amazing, regardless of how anyone else looks. Our entryway tells the story of how a covergirl model adopted a small homely child and raised her into a bridge troll.
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every law firm holiday party
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person who didn't watch the Super Bowl
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when someone else makes a typo: - hardly noticeable - endearing (human fallibility) - they must be busy!! when I make a typo: - grave and irrevocable error - HOW could I let this happen - reputation is ruined (!!!)
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March my ex-boyfriend 🤝 "it'll be different this time"
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ugh FINALLY we get an answer to the question “what if the writers of Grey’s Anatomy wrote a season of The West Wing?????”
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I didn’t look into the Suez Canal situation until today and now I feel like I missed the boat.
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me on the 1st day of Christmas 🎄
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Not to be extreme but I’d rather smash my phone into a million tiny pieces than listen to a voicemail.
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influencer girlfriend, hasn’t-posted-since-2008 boyfriend
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one day you and your friends went into Urban Outfitters together for the last time and you had no idea
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Each time someone uses the term 'Monthly Active Users,' an angel investor gets their wings.
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when you're at SXSW "for work"
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I like having younger friends because you get to say stuff like “for sure, I went through something similar when I was your age” and then take a long, slow sip of Chardonnay while they gaze upon you as though you’re a wizened old oak tree.
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“Tonight, we ride.” — my anxieties
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when you have a task
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my therapist says it’s important to let yourself be vulnerable 💕
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late august is the sunday night of summer
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when 2020's almost over 🥴
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when it's 55° in SF: - freezing cold - can't feel my hands - makes no sense?? when it's 55° in NY: - sweater weather - autumnal vibes - living in a romantic movie
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Everybody I've talked to this week has the to-do list of a high school junior trying to get into college but the motivation level of a senior who already did.
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deciding whether to get an MBA
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when "everyone" is ready to order 🤦🏻‍♀️
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when your friend doesn't quite get social distancing 😬
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obsessed with carrying a full gigantic water bottle around all day and not taking a single sip until I get home
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brought to you by @GetCabal ... when you're trying to be helpful 😬
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I just learned what a serving of peanut butter looks like. Please respect my privacy during this difficult time.
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trying to go viral on Elon Musk's twitter
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“1 block away!!” is not a distance… it is not an ETA……. it is a state of mind, a state of being… spiritually I am very near to you but physically?? I will be there in 12 minutes
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San Francisco was uniquely prepared for shelter-in-place in that everyone was already paying $45/meal to eat dinner in yoga pants.
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asking a tennis player to play pickleball
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“are you sending the calendar invite or should I?” – me dating
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when you used to live in this neighborhood
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thrilled to report I’m well on my way to reaching my 2022 book goal—I’ve purchased almost 50 books this year!! can’t wait to start reading them
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