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Where Were We?
Here is what I have been up to:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDjTUUozZW/
And here is where I now make stuff:
https://www.patreon.com/aprilrichardson
Hi!
A Few Things That I, An American, Have Said to My British Friends Since Moving to England
A trashcan (oh sorry, “bin”) in the living room is weird
Please can we have a sheet on the bed under the duvet
Why are there zero closets built into any of the dwellings in this country?!
You’re right, I’m sorry, I did not realize how loud I was talking
Aww, this is cute that y'all think this is Mexican food
Carpet does not belong in bathrooms
I’m getting in my Honda Civic and driving around the country this summer. Please come out and see me tell some jokes; I promise you will have at least a little bit of fun. I’m a goof and I’m nice and I like to talk to people. Let’s hang out. Also, it’s not illegal to reblog/share this 7,000 times.
🎶 under the moonlight, the trivial moonlight 🎶
Fashionably Funny Female: April Richardson
Also this blue blouse Pinup Girl gave me is my favorite color.
I just realized I never posted this here... for me personally, the absolute best thing about having any tiny shred of “fame” (I did air quotes while typing that, because I’m just talking about having been on TV like, 12 times) is being able to talk to more people about the shit I like. It’s all I want to do. If you’re a solitary person, this stuff is kind of all you have, you know? It’s hard to outgrow when nothing else enters your life that forces you to.
Writing Frightening Verse to a Buck-toothed Girl
In which I answer some of the questions left on my Sarahah page.
I will try! Touring on my own is tricky; as much as I would LOVE to do the Fugazi thing and just have shows in punk rooms for $5 (and I have done that a few times, with varying degrees of success), I have to be guaranteed I’ll make enough money to at least cover my flight and lodging, you know? In some cities it is easier to do this than others. Do you have 50 to 100 friends who would join you at this show in Reno? Let me know!
HOO BOY, so much; sugar is my main vice. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Blackcurrant flavo(u)red Chewits (judging by how you spelled "favourite," you might be into those too?). Whoppers, Raisinets, SweeTarts, Starbursts, Sour Patch Kids, crunchy M&Ms... I mean, basically anything except licorice.
Truly, this is rad as hell and this kind of shit makes me prouder than any of my actual achievements, so thank you! Hmmm... this is tough, because there really isn't a New Order album that I actually dislike, so... okay, from favorite to not-as-favorite: Technique Power, Corruption & Lies Brotherhood Music Complete Low-Life Movement Republic Waiting for the Sirens' Call Get Ready
Thank you! And I still make playlists for myself every month/all the time, but I stopped posting them because I got a TON of replies like, "What do I do with this?" (I always posted a link to a zip file with the songs in order, so it would serve as a virtual mixtape), or, more often than that, people telling me what songs I "should have" put on the mix instead, or telling me which albums by whatever artists I'd put on there that I should get instead (which I already had, AHEM), just super know-it-all stuff where I'm like, "I just make these playlists because I enjoy doing it, not because I'm trying to prove my CRED to you DUDES" (it was always dudes). So, yeah. A lot of the feedback just bummed me out.
Maybe. Because it's such an oddly specific amount, I'm going to ask exactly what you need it for.
I don't have a lot of feelings about them, generally? I like Batman. Bats look cool in logos or drawings. I was stargazing one night in a forest with some friends, and bats were flying very low and close to our faces, and I was not at all psyched about that. I think they're cool I guess, but I'm not trying to like, hang out with them.
Because the Internet has unfortunately conditioned me to think most things are insults, is this a jab at my immaturity? I'm 38. I recently disabled comments on a YouTube video because a weird debate about my age was going on; one guy accused me of lying, and was like, "Yeah right, she's 39 if she's a day!" What? Why would I shave off only ONE YEAR if I were to lie? I'm 38 and I think I look every minute of it and I'm cool with that, truly. The world is on fire and time means nothing anyway.
Maaaaaybe? But thankfully, so far, only about 15 percent has been rude or weird sex stuff. Perhaps the Internet can still surprise you!
Some Great Reward
I got to co-chair an interview with (the SWEETEST dude in town) Dave Gahan. Please add this to the list of things I will tell 15-year-old April when time machines are invented. https://id10t.com/podcast/episode-867-dave-gahan/
Episode M02 with Paul F. Tompkins, "Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas"
Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins, BoJack Horseman, SPONTANEANATION, #1 podcast MVP) and I watch the feature-length film, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas and, as is our wont, go off on many, many tangents. This is the FINAL EP of the podcast I started on a whim over four (!) years ago, in February 2013. If you’ve enjoyed it during that time and you would like to donate, my Paypal page is here: https://www.paypal.me/aprilrich. If you don’t have any spare cash or you did not enjoy the ‘cast, I understand on both counts. This has been so fun to make and I’m beyond psyched that anyone outside of my immediate circle of friends has listened to it. Thank you to everyone for every kind email, tweet, review, etc; I really appreciate it. I will be back soon with another (non-TV) podcast! I hope you will come back! xoxo http://traffic.libsyn.com/gobayside/GoBayside_M02_PaulFTompkins.mp3 (Subscribe on iTunes)
April Richardson as David Bowie on At Midnight’s Halloween special. Killin’ it! She even did Bowie-themed jokes during the Hashtag War. (and since he drifts into frame in the last one, Chris Hardwick is dressed as Eleven from Stranger Things)
I made a new reel for 2k17! I will absolutely accept your offer to host a House of Style reboot, no problem.
October 31, 2016: the day I told jokes on television dressed as David Bowie, hereupon known as the apex of my comedy career.
Book of the day: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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I am going home next month to visit my parents in Atlanta (where I grew up and where they still live), and Chris Fairbanks is going to come join me for a weekend, during which we will do ONE SHOW on September 10! Please come! I promise it will be fun and you will also get to meet like, half of my high school. Buy tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2593026 and spread the word! Thanks y’all! (See, I’m Southern!)
Please come hang out with us in August! We are very fun! And my favorite album of all time, Lifes Rich Pageant, was recorded nearby. If that also doesn’t get you there, I don’t know what else to say.
Most of my time at work is spent trying to keep my game face on around Chris Fairbanks’ constant onslaught of hilarity; I almost never succeed.
(My girl @shmoo06 made this gif.)
It’s easy to smirk at the dancing, but then you’d miss out on the terror of the guy in the rain poncho Blair-Witchin’ it to “Footloose.”
Everything about this is great, but I laughed at “Blair-Witchin’” used as a verb for a full solid minute.