Atsuko Okatsuka

I mean, I've never thought you could, in the past, if you told me, when I was slinging ice cream.

If someone said, you know, what are you doing March?

Let's see.

It's 2026 right now.

If someone told me, what are you doing March 2028?

Can I book you down for the 18th?

I would be like, what are you talking about?

What do you mean?

You're going to book me out that far in advance?

I'm going to have something to do and I will know it?

You know, I would be like that.

You're insane.

But yes, to have that be a thing...

is cool and for because i was being me you know that's that's really cool wow right like that's really cool right to be able to do stand-up to be booked is because i got to finally be me and i'm being me and you know so you know sometimes like people talk about like okay you know in in the industry or in the in comedy you want to be you know relevant how do you stay relevant

And I don't think you have to worry about that.

You just accidentally are relevant if you care about the world and people and what's happening.

So you're going to speak on that.

And that's naturally just going to be you being present.

And, you know, so you find your fellow weirdos.

That's the audience that find you and they keep you booked because it's a constant conversation with, right?