As I wind down, I wanted to give one last nugget. One of my friends, who I don’t get to see too often, but we both were performing at this event, told me after (knowing all the self doubt I had going into this), that I “deserve to take up space”, whether on stage, or here, or just anywhere, and to not be afraid to do so. I got a speech on underrepresented voices from my gay latino performer friend, and I thought the simplicity of saying that I deserve to take up space, and not to get too inside … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/07/24

Following up on my thoughts from yesterday, after having a second performance, I want to add that I deeply appreciate when people come up to me and give me their name as a reminder, instead of hoping on a wing and a prayer that their voice I haven’t heard in 10 years is engrained in me so i immediately just recognize them, which is rarely ever the case. Some people do have such specific voices, but not everyone. Then, i don’t have to go through the “Who are you?”, or keep navigating through an odd conversation that feels like 20 … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/06/24

I had the opportunity on the 5th to rejoin the performing world, something I had not really done much of at all since losing my eyesight. The show continues its performances tonight and tomorrow, which is a little why my time is truncated, but unrelated to any audio description today, I wanted to first acknowledge that I’ve been going through a lot of heavy emotions about this, as I hadn’t done this in so long, I wasn’t even sure what kind of accessibility I needed for myself. Like, what would make me feel OK? And, part of it is that … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/05/24

TV Shows Watched: Skeleton Crew: S1E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Madness: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio descritpion, Cruel intentions: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, and St Dennis Medical: S1E5 (Peacock) with audio description. Podcasts/YouTube: None Movies Watched: Invisible Raptor (Screener) no audio description, The Only Girl in The Orchestra (Netflix) with audio description. I don’t have a single show on here I haven’t talked about before, so instead of a review, since I’m a Spirit Awards voter, here are a few things that excited me from the batch of nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Independent Spirit Awards: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/04/24

TV Shows Watched: Skeleton Crew: S1E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description, What We Do In The Shadows: S6E8 (Hulu) with audio description, 911 lone Star: S5E? (Hulu) no audio description, Interior Chinatown: S1E10 (Hulu) with audio description. Podcasts: none YouTube: None. Movies: Nowhere Special (Screener) no audio description Interior Chinatown finished, with audio description. Maybe it was just a glitch in the matrix. But, I did enjoy what was there, and it really is a quirky show unlike anything else on right now. But I feel like if I don’t talk about Skeleton Crew, I’d be burying the lead. Disney … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/03/24

TV Shows Watched: Dune Prophecy: S1E3 (MAX) with audio description, Somebody Somewhere: S3E6 (MAX) with audio description, Tracker: S2E8 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and Interior Chinatown: S1E9 (Hulu) No Audio Description? Podcasts: None YouTube: None Movies Watched: Sugarcane (Screener) No Audio Description So bizarre that the 9th episode for Interior Chinatown didn’t have AD. The first 8 did. I’m sure it is a glitch, but maybe they’re doing what Peacock did with Fight Night and just giving up before the end. very odd watching an episode of a highly stylized show without audio description, which is why I still … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/01/24

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Today is gonna get weird, but I actually left some stuff off of the previous Small Screen Diary. TV Shows I Forgot I Watched On Wednesday: Ted: S1E1 (MAX) with audio description (The Ted Turner series, not the bear), Elzabeth: S2E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description (a jewel heist thwarted) TV Shows Watched Yesterday: Cobra Kai: S6E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Before: S1E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Lioness: S2E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, You Would Do It Too: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/28/24