Hi everyone, I'm Jenny. Welcome to hyphenated, the podcast about living in the hyphen.

So Joanna had surgery this week, and she's doing quite well, very well, in fact.

Joanna sent Jordy and I some fun post-op videos and she was so funny and she didn't even realize she sent those so so Joanna is so gifted because she could still find a way to do an entire stand-up act under the effects of anesthesia.

So she's doing great.

We love you, Joanna.

In the meantime, we have a very special co-host today.

My dear friend, Curly Velazquez.

Curly is an actor and producer, who you may know from the hit series Vida and his work on Berto Like.

Hey, Curley.

Isn't that so weird?

Like, since we were, like, in Berala, like, in the beginning together, you knew me as a receptionist.

I knew you as an intern.

Doesn't it sound so weird, like, to say, like, the hit series Vida, like, Berto, like,

it's, like, kind of like meta you know it's so weird how much has happened in just six years i know it's so weird but i'm also very thankful and i'm also like

what else you got up there lord what else you got waiting for me lord um i saw this cool thing on

ticot the other day um that said that you should go out into the universe and ask the great spirit

like, show me how it gets better. So I literally like every morning I'm like, show me how it gets

better. I'm ready to get ready.

Asi with teeth clenched.

Okay, tell me how it gets better.

Yeah.

Exactly. That was literally me this morning. And it got better. Like, I was like, I'm going to have a good day. I'm going to have a good day. And it's been a fantastic day so far. So it works.

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