okay and in this sketch from one of mark saltzman’s 1986 episodes, bert dresses up as cupid and sings a song about how much he loves pigeons, oatmeal, and ernie: “and even if his silly fits may drive us far apart/i’ll always have a special place for ernie in my heart”
If you’re like me, you’re gay and you have depression. And if you’re like me, you’ve come up with a few ways to cope with the day-to-day blues. Maybe you go for walks in the park. Maybe you soak in a bubble bath. Maybe you listen to “This Year” by the Mountain Goats on repeat and bask in John Darnielle’s triumphant howling until your will to live has been restored to you.
Today’s coping mechanism? Plowing through the Sesame Street vault and watching as many clips of Bert and Ernie as I can get my gay, depressed hands on.
Next year, 2019, is the year Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys takes place so we’re dying our hair, dressing in leather, and killing fascists sorry I don’t make the rules Gerard Way does
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