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I c no guess your presence is present enough And I already had too much stuff. So how did he d disobey me Welcome to I said No Gifts. I'm Bicher Weineger We're here. I was just told that this episode is coming out july second Fourth of July weekend. I'm waving my flag. I'm falling into a deep depression This is I think I've talked about this on the podcast before Historically, the most depressing day of the year for me is the fourth of July Something happens to my body somethingomet happens to the chemicals in my body I'm going to bottom out. Let's see, what else? I actually planned to open this on camera just to give myself something to do. I could have done this before the episode Listen to that This is a diet Coke. I know they don't want me to tell you that. Okay, I've had my sip of diet Coke I'm losing control last night. I absolutely lost control I mixed one granola with another type of granola and it was a bomb It was a huge bomb. That was my treat for the evening. and then I'm just sitting there chewing through this cornola trying to enjoy a television show Um Is there business to do Oh, I mean, actually speaking of the We keep falling off the train and getting back on the little house on the prairie train last night we watched. gotot into an episode where Charles and Laura teamed up to kill a horse And they succeeded. And we've got we have Patreon I' going to do I'm going to really laser focus right now and try to promote the Patreon like someone who wants you to get on it Patreon d. com slash I said no gifts, bonus episodes. You're gonna hear a bonus episode with Ellis. with my mom Gym, my boyfriend. plus past guests, new guests. I'm posting just videos that I probably shouldn't be posting online. Nothing pornographic yet We werere doing all kinds of things. It's a wonderful time. It's a great way to support the podcast. That was a pretty good way to promote Patreon. So get on do that, you owe me. And I think I mean, no, I don't have any other business. I saw Disclosure dayay over the weekend. Um I knew there was going to be a problem with the CGI deer. I didn't realize they were also going to have a problem with the CGI fox and a CGI bird Itsessentially the cast of Zootopia has entered this movie and the bird enchants Emily Blunt and kind of bewitches her The disappointment for me at the end of that movie was I was hoping the alien was going to ask to be the new weather lady. didn't happen I've done it all. I've talked about everything I've done beautiful self promotion trapped with me here Let's get into the podcast. I adore today's guest. I'm so glad he's here. It's Brian S Soafie. Brian, welcome back to I said No Gifts. Thank you. few things. Hey, I'm so happy to see you. I'm so happy to see you. You're simply the greatest. No, you are. You put me at ease Honestly, unmli practically except maybe Little House on the Payer does for me because I gotta say First of all I was just in Texas visiting my family. Okay. My parents are on the Michael Landon train. They're still, not just Little house Highay to Heaven Hway to Heaven. Roko. Oh, it is the Roko. Roku's getting the exclusives that people want Absolutely. And I have to say It had been a minutees side seeen littleittle house on the prairie I cannot get enough of mrs. Olson. Oh I can't get enough Nelly Olsen, of course. Oh ye, Nelly is straight up the. worst person. And you know what I love about her? She wears it on her face. She lets you know Yes, she knows exactly who she is. She does and she wears and she delivers at every turn. Criminally underused, I would say I can't believe that. I gotta be honest with you. She to me is just as valuable as anyone else in that show. M They should have killed off the mom season one and just brought Nell in to kind of push people around. And I gotta tell you, it really drives me crazy when the mom gets the best of mrses Olson. Oh, the mom doesn't deserve to get the upper hand on mrs. Olson. Missses Olson works also another person who works so hard at being the most obnoxious person on the planet that you gott to give it up for her she steams. Oh, she's so fat. She gets humiliated in church every week She's ripping off customers. She's awful. I just watched an episode actually where she was what happens? Oh She meant to print in the newspaper ten percent off on the store.. Oh no. Those little twerps over a little house in the Payer heave thought it would be funny to add a zero to the teno everyone hundred percent off. So everyone lines up at the store And missses Olson is like, oh my God, look at how this promotion worked. everyveryone comes in and just starts taking everything. And then she looks in the paper and sees it's one hundred percent off And I thought to myself, hey, we now have discovered that everyone on this show is immoral. Oh, of course. Yeah. They're to take advantage of a small business owner. Correct. It was honestly, I really felt for her. And then she was humilated in church because it was her get back because she had been printing gossip in the newspaper about other people in the town. Enterertaining people? I literally thought to myself, finally something to do there. That's all we need. Also, gossip is a great thing for protection. It lets us know who's bad around town stay away from purely a public service that she was providing. She gets ripped off. She gets her business ripped off. She's a girl boss. That's right. and she gets destroyed by other women Honestly I would love I'm having the time in my life right now I would love For misses Olsen to, honestly, she shouldn't even be a guest. She should have a podcast. and we could go through gossip and talk about local crime I think mres. Olson was justified in killing at least one member of the town. That should have happened couldn't agree more. and she should have gotten off. You know what I mean? It should' have been A oK that she did it. Yes. I mean, they basically paint her as someone who like is as evil as a murderer. Yeah. Why not just have her kill one person? Could not agree more. You have people drifting through the town all the time. someomebody who wouldn't be missed. you know just like let her kill them Basically abusing her husband. Yes. That's not a healthy relationship in any way. Zero I do have a couple of questions for you. It was one of the granoas Shirlely Elizabeth Be I will shoot through the roof if it was. Now, this is an interesting thing though, because what kind of got me on my recent granola train. My sister said, Have you tried pure Elizabeth peeanut butter Pure Elizabeth. O wait what did you say? I said purely, but maybe it's pure. I don't Well it should be it's one be Elizabeth only. Strictly Elizabeth granola,. So how was this peanut butter granola? It was delicious. Okay It was so good. It was but it was essentially just candy, you know, it's like I think there's like a lot of sugar. It's like it was wonderful. So then I started looking for other granolas that were adjacent but weren't maybe as Yes. And I found Trader Joe's peanut butter protein That sounds pretty good. Delicious, not too sweet. Yeah. That's the key.. And so then I mix it with a chocolate coffee granola from Trader Choe's. Chocolate coffee gra it does it look like chocolate? Is it That sounds good. That was the bad element But why are you so anti purely E anti purely Elizabeth? Beyond. Why? The last two times I've had it There has been something off about it. It felt too chemically or it felt its tasted a little almost turned or burnt or something. Okay. And I really it just hit me the wrong way. I guess my problem with it was none of it felt O tasted pure tasted like there was an additive in there that almost maybe it was a monk fruit. Oh interesteresting. Eevia something in there that I reallying aiz hour andness. Exactly. And to me, I thought, you know what Liz. You're Elizabeth when you earn it Your liiz when you doubt. No, I see her I now now that I'm aware of the brand, I see her and I assume she's a real person. All of her flavors and there' so many that it's almost like yogurt land adjacent where you're like, well, I know that the flavors not couldn't possibly be real. So I wonder if there's a lot of that sort of food science magic. She does seem to have a cinnamonhabiting a blueberry moment. L she she does delve into all the yogurt av. Right Yeahah, I just mix some oats and peanut butter together and burn it I'm ready to go is the chocolate one got on its own I don't think it's that great. Okay. It was almost basically what I was trying to do is I've got the chocolate, I've gott to move through this, and that seems like a decent combination That I think is kind of a phony flavor. Yeah And it doesn't make any sense. And I do think it has caffeine in it, which is a weird thing to be eating at like ten thirty at night. Can I ask like truly the dumbest question that's ever been? please You know chocolate covered Espresso Yes Do those have caffeine? Oh yeah, they must. o Be People aren't eating those during the day, are they To me, it's an after dark count. Yeah, that's not something you like wake up in the morning and throw a few in your mouth and get going. Right. It is like Yeah,'s it's dessert. Totally. Oh, interesting. I I've always felt like they're just kind of a bad idea because you can't eat that many of those. No. And when you're eating that type of thing, you want at least a handful. Yeah. too eat a whole handful of espresso beans feels dangerous Yeah So I can eat one. Yeah, But then it's like then it's like, what are you gonna do? It would take a year to get through one carton of those. Right Yeah, just was like a pill at that point. There' I Yeahah, I think in theory, we were on board with it, but no one's buying a bag of espresso beans. I can see it at Trader Joe's right now ' it's in the plastic square thing, I think. like Yeah, totally. The little plastic thing. That's what I I get their biscotti in. Yes. They hazen nut chocolate biscotti, which are fine. Can I be honest with you? It's a good plastic. It's an excellent plastic. So it's sturdy. It's shapely. The shape is kind of stackable Yeah U I'm sure it's loading up the food with whatever BPA microplastics we need, which is eating credit cards. Esential. For sure Yeahah, now I'm thinking the espso beans. I bet those were in a lot of high school secretary, like the front desk person's drawer. You can see somebody popping one of those while dealing with high schoolers. Absolutely. Sherry is devouring. Sherry's devouring. I'm trying to think of what our elementary school secretary sort of the D. it was like a Donna, Dearddg Deanna, Donna. Yeah. was like Donna. Step above all of that even. R Very like Madmen office. Yes. I wish I could remember. Did you say Dina already? you did? Dina. It was like the final level of those D names. It's just a shame I can't remember. That name switched fast. I got that tellell you All of the school secretary names when I was growing up wereere names that you do you never Dinosaurinaurur names. It's wild. It was such a vibe too. It was because it really fit that. Right. And now I wonder we're probably like twenty years out from those coming back. Probably. Well think they will, like Linda. Oh ye sort of back. Those will feel classic like right now, like Pearl and oil and that sort of thing. Yeah. But Brenda is gonna come back. I love I love I love it Brend. I love. Baby Brenda. It reminds me of mine or two right now. Did you get into this show? No, I didn't Yeah. But Brenda, of course I'm familiar with Did you not get into that show because you were just like, maybe you were too young for it? I think it was like I was probably just slightly too young and family like we weren't allowed to watch a lot of things like Yeah. likeike basically anything that aired on Fox weirdly. Fox wasush in a trash. Just what? Married with children, nine hundred two I know, Melroses placel. It was like dgy Yeah, sort of dyed, you know, blonde kind of root showing TV. But those are the ones we remember now. Ovious. Peggy Bundy? Yeah Icona. Absolutely. Heather Lockler. about her every. Think about her constantly. On the way here today. Yeah. Where is she? Good question. It has to be Malibu, right? Oh, I'm sure. She was Richie SZambora. Yeah, I hope her home survived. she's gonna be running for mayor. Yeah. I wonder where he is now Where is he now? Probably gotten his wag and headed out of town. Now I wonder if he was ' you everyone always thought the guy in charge probably just wanted a show on Fox. You know Right. And it turns out no, he actually wanted much more than that. I wonder if this guy just ultimately wants a show on Fox and stops there. Spencer Pam? Yeah. yeah, interesteresting Yeah, he wants he just wants someone to look at him. I think so and to pay off whatever extreme debt he's gotten himself into Wh did you watch that show Extreme debt No No, but sure, that's a good show. That would be good. You just watch people get their car reposed. Because you know what I wasing? It's basically housewives. They just don't say that. Yeah, that It's basically. Everyone is filed for bankruptcy. everyveryone is so bright. And we just they're lying about it, but like that's what That's what that show. In the nineties that would have been a show on Fox called Women in the World's Wst deeit. Yeah one hundred percent. Yes. It would be. And now we just called diluted. But wait, what show were you asking if I had seen Let's see can hest with you? No idea I have no clue. I'm trying to like we were between Spencer Pre. Oh, the hills Never saw the hills. Yeah. I saw maybe like, I want to say a good like ten episodes It wasn't anything though that I was Right happened to be on. That one yeah, I just and he was everyone truly hated him Oh yeah, no. And by design, I'm pretty sure. Right. think that's what he wanted. And then the fact that anyone got on board with him was so mind boggling to me. I just don't understand how anything works. Ientioned something else you talked about. Of course I scared of and feel worst about myself on the fourth of July. Really? I feel I'm never invited Oh my Godd, this is great to hear. ever invite him. Oh no over. I I don't know why. It's like the one thing that no one ever invites me to I have never hosted. o either in fairness. Right, right. And I pretend I don't care And then I hear the fireworks. And I think to myself I am alone for this You're just in an unfurnished room in the shadow. And I am walking as fast as I can because for some reason in the past few, I've been in New York. So on the ro undeniable. Undeniable And I walk with full horse blinders on because I think to myself, as long as I don't see them. Oh They want w' so sad. My heart as long as I don't see them I'll be okay I just can't see them. I only need to hear them and then I'll go back to my apartment, watch probably housewives or maybe little house we don't know Okay both greatade American program. possibly depending on how broken I am Eating a bowl purely Elizabeth We don't know. I hate it. It makes me nothing makes me feel like l for it. I think that might have something to do with mine. becausecause even if I do go to a party, I'm like a summer party is really not the sort of thing that I can really vibe with because I guess that's I'm deeply pale. I like the activities aren't really for me. The food's not for me. I don't want to take off like my shirt. Yeah, I feel uncomfortable in so many different ways And if I do think this is probably true of both of us, we have friends who probably aren't big fourth of July celebrators. so. like they're not hosting as many parties. I guess that's what it is. And it's the thing for me is I've determined it's the middle of the year. So you really are then like, oh no. what's happening What has the last six months led to? And combined with the firework sounds or all of that,s and you're supposed to be happy. You're supposed to feel proud and' I just feel weird. And you're supposed to be excited that summer is here and I actually, I mean, I like summer okay, but I would definitely say it's my least favorite season Yeah. Especially, I don't need it in southern California. No. I want to avoid it at all costs.bs. And also I don't like holidays that are necessarily associated gettingetting a little wasted. Oh yes. Yeah, for me again, I'm not getting drunk or anything. Som just Stone cold sober, watching people like blow their hands off. Exactly. what's here for me? Right. Wing dogs panic. Oh yeah, of course. That's the other element of it.. I'm worried about my dog. Yeah. I'm mad at people for lighting firework. thinking how wasteful and stupid. I'm reminded just how kind of stupid everyone is. Me too It's it's a bad time. Yeah. It's So I've like started setting up some structure to avoid that. feeling What are your structures? Essentially just being aware it's going to happen U making some small plan that doesn't really have anything to do with the holiday. Okay, that's nice. like what? goingoing to see a movie or Yesing movie, getting lunch with a friend. Great. Just something very low key. And u It's nice to have a dog because then if you aren't invited to a party, you can say, Well, I got to stand with a dog That's true. Also fourth of July, this is another thing. The party happens in the middle of the day. I would rather be at a party at night. Me too. Always during the day I would never I'll be honest, I would never have a drink during the day. No. Every about us is horrible. It ruins my day. Of course. And also I don't know, there's just something about being in the sun and talking. people and it just is different. It just isight. If I'm going to be like around a swimming pool or a summer activity, I want a few close friends and we're just hanging out. I don't want to be like performing conversation with people Me neither. That should happen in the dark. And yet, And yet, here we go. wantan to be invited desperate for that in Dperate for that. I think people must feel that I'm not that person. Right. because I do get invited to other things. Soee I would invite you to my fourth of July party if I had one. Yeah, but I'm never gonna have a fourth of July party. I would feel crazy. I would too did your neighborhood shoot off a lot of firework? Oh yeah. yeah. The air is filled with smoke, right LA goes way too far with them. is yours Oh yeah, it's so annoying. It's annoying. It's really It's trash, y'all say, it's classless. Can I be honest with you? You and I We're above it. Unfortunately, I'm simply above it. I think I might be. I'm not gutter trash. I'm not just living in a sewer Waiting for booms. you know, that's not who I am You'll find me reading a book or consuming a document. What are you reading right now? I actually am reading a book called I think it's called Pep show with the it's a im nonfiction thing about a serial killer in England in the fifties that's Oh' really done. Very interesting. What are you reading? It's called The Winner. Okay It's about a tennis player in the Hamptons who gets it's very talented Mr. Ripley. Oh, I love, I mean, I love the book, the talent and yes. I love plug Ripley on Netflix Rripplayer Netflix by so stylled so underrated. cononversation was not happening around thatash. It got overshadowed by baby reindeer W that happened at the same time. I understand people enjoyed it, but I think baby reindeer could have been any quality and everyone would have watched it just based on the story. Yeah. in the name, frankly. Oh, yeah, of course what's going on here exactly. But this isn't like a kids show. Yeah But Ripley is a little bit slower Yeah. It's so beautiful. Beautiful. And it was just when I meet someone who liked Ripley I mean, I just feels connected to them for the rest of my life I don't see anyone from Ripley going to a fourth of July. Oh, no, no, not one. They don't even live their life in color. No You're not going see the fireworks the way No way. U Okay, I think there is something else we should talk about. I could talk about Ripley probably for the next hour. but I just blanked because I wanted to hear more about the winner actually. It's great. It's very, there's like a Countess Louan character in it. It's very sort of Town Mysterory pl is a good example. Also Place in the suunn I'm not familiar with the place in the suun. It's great. I never it's based on the book, I think, American traragedy Okay. but the movie was with Montomery Clifft and Elizabet Taylor.. It's Shelly. Oh,es, of course I'm familiar with this. Yes. I've never seen it, but yeah. yeah. And it's essentially just an outsider coming into a very high society environment. I love that type of st you read the guest by to bring up the gu. I adore. that book is so good. That book is beyond brilliant, I think. The way it feels like what's you feel it happening. Yeah so fascinating. So this is a little Okay The winner. Whats who's the author because that title unfortunately is Almost un Googleable. I'm gonna say it's not Cormick McCarthy. And I'm going to say it is, I have no idea Let me see, I'll try to Google that s It's a winner, winner. David Baldocci. That sounds right. David nineteen ninety seven crime thriller. nineteen ninety seven. Really? You're reading a classic Wow, I would have thought it happened or Let's actually there's somebody named The Winner by Teddy Wayne. Oh maybe that's it. See What I see the cover That's the one I. Okay. Teddy Wayne,'re not reading a classic. You're reading trash. Nouveau Rich garbage. What is this? A beach read? Sort of to be honest. I love a beach reed. Me too. This is one. Okay, The winner by Teddy Wayne, and let's give credit to David Baldacci for getting there first. Listen, I gotta tell you, you know I've read something recently that blew my socks off. Well Stephven Speaking of disclosure, which I haven'ten, I only want it to be her delivering the weather in that voice. The entire She's so good in it. She's fabulous. The movie, whatever, she's fantastic. I will see it, and I love her Um Steven Spelberg mioned a book Called smmash. Okay that had nothing to do With with the NBC classic. Nothing. He liked the name. So he optioned the title for the name to create smash that to whatever I don't know about create, C create whatever, Smash the television show. Wait, so Smash the television show is based on a book that is not it's based on the title of a book based on the title book. It's based on a word. Yeah. It's based It's literally based on a word. What? Why didnt you even have to opt?? Just because there's a novel called Smash? Because I guess he's a really honest guy. You know what? He wanted that author to be paid for thinking of the word first. You know what, though, he does seem honest, doesn't he M Yeah I don't sure. What do we know about Stehven's? Nothing really Yeah Well, speaking of winners and not winning, I was looking forward to having you here today. Thank you. I was thinking Brian will come, he'll win, he'll leave. Right. Well, you've lost. Yeah. The podcast is called, I said No Gift I know. I thought this one because it's small in size, I thought it would fly under the radar may. Right. Okaykay well, it didn't. Okay caught you Should we open it here on the podcast? We might as well Hi, I'm Steph, and I work at United Healthcare. When I think about United Healthcaare's members, I think of my own family. My niece was diagnosed with an ultra rare genetic disorder. I know how hard it is for families at United Healthcare. We can make it easier I'm Brian. I care because I know what it's like to not speak the language. It's not easy. Health insurance is complicated. I would say our job is to make everything easy for our UXC members I work for United Healthcaare. I'm committed to care. Hey,'s Ran Renold here from Mit Mobbile Now, I was looking for fun ways to tell you that Mint's offer of unlimited premium wireless for fifteen dollars a month is back So I thought it would be fun if we made fifteen dollars bills, but it turns out It's very illegal. 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While suppies's last pricing valid june twenty fifth through July,h Goos only ceasase for online for dails There's a gift in there and then I added another gift at the very top. It kind of doubled down. It' something I found in my bag while I was getting this gift. that I think should be on your radar Okay, let me reach in here. Okay, let's see which one you grab first. Okay. So grab one at a time. Yeah if you want to. Oh, I'm glad you were glad this first. This is a surprise g. What? I don't actually Oh it's Okaykay, it's I have no idea how to the name. Yes. This is the and Bridger, I have so many at home I'm gonna to ship to you. I'm not even kidding.zy Do you like like a plane wipe? Oh, of course, like an airplane wipe? Yes. This is The best it comes from Turkey It's a lemon lime scent. Now I also have a paging alone. The packaging alone. By the way, you open it You do your business wiping everything down, you fold it back in that pouch. You reuse dispose of it. You can't reuse. No, it does stay moist in there. Okay. Or you can dispose of it very neatly when the attendant comes by I have to tell you this changes everything and it's Should I use it now? Would I save it for later? No, Use it now. Okaykay I wpe the surf this. We're I'm gonna I'm gonna do my hand, so then I'll do the table. See what you think? You might not like the scent. Oh, it's lovely look great. Oh, it's so clean. Yeah, It's so clean. And just unfold that fl. Oh, it's enormous. This is a blanket. enormous. I could curl up under Yeah under this and. I really I have so many packages in that. I'm gonna to send you one. Oh a how did you get packages Well, my private client who lives in New York, Okay, he is from Turkey And he he will get me these when he goes back on a visit. It's unbelievable. fabulous. You know how to say the name Um It's really It says refreshing towel. Yeah, on the back it says refreshing toel. And it might be chesmed lemon, I think is what it says, which I think means like lemon lime. Whoa, that's I just did a real inhale and I think I injured my brain. Since nineteen twenty three. Since nineteen twenty three. Well, you know. So I'm watch on my phone a little bit here. Syrian. and my Syrian family and I believe my Turkish friend does this too U Everyone always leaves since the beginning of time, basically. bott of like scented hand sanitizer on the table. E even if you've washed your hands, you clean your hands before and after the meal. That's a great idea. It's a great idea. And typically, well, I don't know about typically, but in my family it was like an apricot scent. So this reminds me a lot of that And but the first time you ever tried it was on a plane. It was on a plane. I would go nuts. I have to tell you. and it lasts. you don't have to do because what I do the tray obviously.ight. Handlebars. Okay, Yes, right. And I do the headrest. Oh. the headrest. One of these covers all of Was I supposed to do my hands with it It's okay, then I did my hands? Oh, yeah, and I do my hands with. Okay, sorry. And I was like, wait, have I just used like no Industrial cleaner No, but that was the surprise gift. Yeahah, for me even. So this was on Turkish airlines No This was on. so this is at the Istanbul airport they saw these. Oh yeah. When were you in Istanbul? Never Oh, just the client has just provided Just the client. The client, by the way, is what I call my partner, but he works in the public sector and doesn't really want to be your pro all the time. so No call my cl. Even though he's my boy. You control his finances. You teach him to sing. all kinds of things at this k. Yes. We met a chase private wellalth, honey. Of course we did separate entrance nextxt to the bank, but not in the bank. So yeah, so he brings the back for me because I'm obsessed with. Oh. Okay. And so you've never been Never, we were supposed to go actually this month But it just I got too busy and Yeah it just didn't work out. Well, speaking of going places, you were just in Mexico City with our friend with our dear friend Michelle Collins. Who, by the way I listened to you on her show. Yes, it was just on it Probably after this I don't know if I'll time it but maybe tomorrowor Can you have a dirty soda in the morning? Sure. mean. A lot of people in Utah do it. How do you order it at taco Bell? You just go, can I a dirty soda? You say, yes, can I have a dirty mountain do? Dirty mount' what it's called. Yeah. So I'm gonna get one ' becausecause I have to be honest You know that thing when people are experiencing a food or a drink and they're saying they don't like it, and it's all you can do not to try it. Yeah, of course, because How how am I supposed to know? Exactly And it was just a color and a flavor that I couldn't get my hand I couldn't get a handle on. It was gorgeous drink. It did look very pretty. Saf foam is how you describe it. Yes, it's really beautiful. It sounded beautiful. So I want to try one. Yeah, I would say get it through the drive through. Yeah. becausecause what happened with me is I went in store. this is a weird taco Bell with no drive through. And listen this drink to Michelle Collins showed to force her to drink this horrible dirty Mountain Dew. But I ordered the two Dirty mountain Dws and the essentially what happened is the employee dumped some white sauce at the bottom of it then handed me the cups. and then I was in charge of filling the drink. And I think what's supposed to happen is there's probably supposed to put the soda first then because it's essentially creamer So it was just like kind of swishing around at the bottom like somebody had essentially thrown up in the in the thing. So it wasn't quite what you would want. Yeah. flavor wise You can Maybe drink three an ounce of this before you're done. I was going to say did you bust through a wall after drinking? I mean, Mountu is pretty caffeinated. It's extremely caffinated Yeah. And the whatever the white sauce was was essentially Sntan lotion or something. Okay It was I wasn't able to consume very much of it. Yeah. But I love that Baab last flavor Is that Mountain D Bahab blass? Well you can get any mountain do. Okay. Any dirty mountain dooo. the Bahab blass is I got the And the Bahab blass is the most beautiful color probably that exists in nature Is that with the SFam Greement? Yeah, it's gorgeous Can you pull it up Let's see if I'm sure it won't it justice, to be honest. I just You've gott to get your eyes on this in person. I'm now looking at Baha fresh. You, Baha blast Baha Fresh can go scratch. I hate to say it. A IP. Are they over? I think at least in LA. I haven't seen one in a long time. Honestly, it was time Okay. so this is not going to this again, this is just, I mean, it's not even fair to the product. that's You don't think this iss going to do I think it's really pretty. It's pretty there. you onnce you're holding a glass of that, you're gonna go out of your mind. Yeah. The fact that they no other soda brand has gotten on this color It's wild. Insane.. What a waste of our lives. We've gone. I think Baja glass is only within the last fifteen years. This is like a drink you share with like the fish guy from Shape of Water. Yeah It'd be very gr. Yeah so beautiful. Yeah. Maybe through like a silly straw. Yeah. the same color. He was very sort of childlike. Yeah, ye. Yess what happened to him You know, I don't know He was such a heartthrob for a minute.. And He was like that convict that then married the top man heir Who's this You know that hot con, I think they called him? No. Oh, he was like Hot C. Yeah. And then he became a model. Top manan heiress? Yes, the top shop heiress. I Top shop. Yeah H't hot fellon Jeremy Meat. That's him. Let's Let's get my eyes on him. He was stunning. I mean, it probably still is. Yeah And I'm going say he looks u he looks like he's got a teardrop tattoo. He does So immediately, I'm backing away I'm thinking not the top shop, Paris. No, she went for it. She did. And did they are they still together? I think they might be Yeah. True love found a way. Yeah. Good for them. I know. Where did they meet outside jail either there or I think he was maybe modeling for like Louis Vuiton. Maybe he was modeling for Topshop. I don't know. Wow. goodood for him. Yeah No he came out and he like busted out. I'm proud of this guy. M too. I thought it was going to be one of those situations. I remember a few years ago there was like this like twenty year old twwink who married like this ninety five year old British man who Barely mo ye You know what I have a very smart friend who told me the first time you married for money and the second time you married for love I have not followed that path, but it and my jaw dropped to the floor. And she goes, if the more you think about it, the more it makes sense. It's a good strategy.. But they need to teach that in high school. People should know leaving high school about that. That's right. You learn that in adulthood, it's like, well, sorry, I found my person and they're not a billionaire. Exactly Now what am I supposed to do? Correct. Cheat with a rich person? Yeah, it It doesn't work out. Ning anywhere. It's not on paper. No, no. Unless it becomes kind of an extortion situation That's sexy. Yeah, that's extremely sexy. It veryery much is. That's very like tiny pistol thigh high. You know what I mean Okay, let's there's another gift in here. Let me reach in This is the main one. Okay pulling out's. Oh, o, I like what I'm saying. G. It's a pocket psychic three card mystery tarot reading, a glimpse of the past, present and future from, of course, HouseWitch. AJJ US DJ Housewitch. DJ Housewitch. puts these together. I think they're great gifts. In fact, I was gifted one of these. Okay. That is what made. Right, right The reason is because Did you know Caitln Riley? Oh yeah, of course. Yeah. so funny. So so funny She came on The Assgrana podcast's been a guest on. And she did a three card taror reading for me on that show.ight. It went from bad worse T worst. Everything in my past that was indicating what would happen in my present or future was I mean, I should have immediately crawled into a bomb shelter and just stayed there for a good five years. So then she redid it. Okay Oh, she redid it. that feels like it's playing with fire. And it was. It was I mean, hell struck twice because it went from bad to worst to worst to worst to worse. So a friend of mine, my friend Llev, said to me I'm giving you she gave me this essentially. It gave me a gift this type of gift. and said, you deserve a do over. And I go, but there was a do over. And it was awful boy. but I liked my do overver in this situation. Now I don't know what's in these. I don't know what these say. I don't know what they're doing. But Well, before we do this, what did any of the three readings come to pass? I never you know, I read something once and then I'll shut up.. Please, I'd like you to be quiet the rest of the episode. I read a book about Princess Margaret once. Okay And The birth of newspaper Psychics. In other words, reading you off your sign started with her birth Whoa, That's when it all started. Why? I don't know. pred they were trying to predict when she was born, they were predicting what her life would be Eessentially. And people were fascinated by it and it sold a billion issues. And then what they quickly realized was If we do this every day, no one's going to remember What we said the week before, the week before that, the week before As long as we keep doing it. And I guess that's what's happened to me Becauseuse I don't it's only happened three times to me, but I don't remember any of these readings I just know the first two were bad and the third one was good I think that's I think it just kind of soaks into you. Yeah. and then you do your things. You're very generous I should start doing horoscopes on this. people hooked on my horoscopes.. peopleople realize you could say whatever you want and then no one's going to remember. Yeah, let me see here.. Listener in the next week Avoid Dogs Okay Yeah. That's a good one. Okay. So expands all the astrological science of the listeners. Y.es That's for everybody. It's kind of I don't have time for all twelve. you kidding me? No. No, these are very universal. Avoid dogs. Avoid dogs. What if someone owns a dog Be very careful. V very careful this next week. Avoid dogs. So Okaykay, that's an interesting Now I feel like I've put something very dangerous on listen if we're backing it up or reversing. embrace dogs. There's Exactly B and now really now we're in some tough That is quiite. Okay, we're going a third time Brian gets three, you get three. Okay Strike a healthy balance with dogs That is a great piece of advice. There we go. Yeah. It takes a little practice. Yeah, it takes a little practice. Okay, so I'm gonna to open this. I think you should. Okay, And is there any advice? Okay, says pull out the first card. this is the energy being released from the past. Pull out the second card. This is the energy surrounding the present Pull out the final card. This is the energy in store for the future So do you you want me to do it for you or do you want to do it for me? I want to do it for you. Okay. Yeah There we go but you pull the card mate. Oh I pull Y your energy should be on it. for whatever that means. Have you done this before?ave you ever had a reading? I've had a read like a full reading Do you know Lizzie Kooperan? Yeah. great Lyoo She's so funny. People should go. She does tarot. I think you can or I think you can like Oh, really? Private readings from Lizie and they're so good. She's hilarious. Okay. They're pulling this out. Okay, okay. This card you pulled is called The Sun And you see a big sun, neutral face and of Baby Thundercat writing on a . That's me. Okay, this son. You're walking on sunshine. Okay. let yourself bask in the good times Your creativity is on. fire Now this all happened in the past I guess so I don't understand the wording of this to be honest because it says pullet the first card, this is the energy being released from the past. What does that mean? Oh, interesting. So something in the past U has held that up. I'm doing. I'm working for myself here. Okay. I've really gott to work for myself. I'll take it. I can't retire. Unleash yourre inner artist. Okay. fininally S clarity The weight of some un known is lifted. leadead with optimism, joy and confidence. Your energy can warm up any room right now. I'm feeling it, by the way. Sometimes life just feels really, really simple and beautiful This is one of those times Lucky you. I'm gonna to be in tears by the end of. This is really nice. This is already so much better than any. But now we've got two left. We've got two left. This is gonna be devastating. Okay, this is present. presresent. Okay. Okay. So the card you pulled is the world. It's a beautiful woman with a sash. She's gorgeous. G better. She's been protected by an eagle that person goat and a lion. Okay. So this is, yes, this is the energy surrounding the present Congratulations. Oh You've reached the completion of a major project, Milestoner Cycle. Oh, interesting. You've worked so hard. Now you get to watch all the pieces fall right into place.. You've reached a new level of mastery, Now it's time to begin the entire process again You've got this Make your next move from a place of empowerment. You've built strong supportive foundations for yourself Hindsight is twenty twenty. Now that you've reached your destination, take some time to reflect on the road that took you here with more clarity than you had in the moment How do you think? I love that and I'll say this actually lines up. Really. just I just organized my pants in my closet to put them in separate piles. pants, pants, shorts pants in the separate piles and separate piles for a reason. Beyond Yes. You know, you've got more casual jeans focus. Okay. Slightly more dressy. Got it. And then my pile of shorts that I'm not satisfied with any of them I feel that way about my pants. I am much more of a shortpurer. I don't go so much, but I feel like I think I have a long torso, maybe. I don't know. I feel like in pants my legs look kind of squat. How interesting. Even though I mostly wear pants. Where are you getting shorts all kinds of places For through my amX card. Okay. I have a deal. quarterly L Lon. Oh, interesting. So I buy my shorts there. buy one pair of shorts every quarter. So for a year. And this is like like a casual wearout short, not like an athlegure short. Not necessarily like an athletic short. No.. Yeah. I just never know what shorts should look like. I think the I think we're in an era of I'm not even kidding max five inches. Right.utely I agree with this. Yes. weirdly because I'm essentially the size of a child, it's hard to get a short that feels They always still feel a little too long. Really? And then they start to feel like mom on vacation shorts. Yeah, there is a fine line. But see, I feel that way about pants. I feel like the pants I buy are too long and even when I get them hemmed, maybe it's just that the person I'm going to isn't that great, but they feel like they whenever I get them hemmed they feel like they start to like bell bottom. Oh, I hate that Me too don't already have a p made. And it's not how the pam was made. Like I've get a stunning pair of jeans and then they become bell bottoms. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear them. Do you have to tailor your stuff? No, but I'm very particular about my jeans, especially. I've started going to Weird almost like work clothing store that has a bunch of vintage jeans in East L.A. that I adore. And it's just kind of this older lady who you know sells like work pants and stuff. I love her. and she keeps the door locked. so you have to go knock on the door, she lets you in. and then she's very good about telling you if your pants look good or not. I adore. But it's very hard when you're buying vintage jeans, especially, it's like they have one in my size. and I have short legs. and most men are huge. Right. So I'm like looking at the pants and they're all like a thirty six length. What am I doing? Well You know, Michelle Collins would tell you you would do great at like a sample sale or something Oh, she's kept this from me. Really? because the sizes that are usually there or left over art The very small ones and the very big ones. Oh, thoseose are the ones that you can find the best deals. Oh, this is good to know. Yeah okay. That was a little pie ofice for. All Let's get the fin one, yes, Let's see the future This is where we're headed folks Oh yes, okay. So oh, this card has a little bit of a it's like a green tinted. Yeah. this is a very sort of like as Auustus Caesar Augustus with What what do you call are thehinx sort of? No yeah, it's the spphinx. Yes. And then well, two, onene is winkking. The the winking Shinx. This is called the chariot, okay This is the energy in store for the future. It's time to gr. crystal clear on your direction.. A little planning goes a long way. Set yourself up for success by putting structures and habits in place now that will bring more ease and support on the road to your goal later You're on the path to success. Stay focused, determined and stay Are you currently moving toward things that fill you with passion If not, it's time to plot a new course Now is not the time to follow Forward your own You get to decide where you want to go and how you want to get. Wow, this has been really beautiful. Yeah, I think it's an absolutely lovely read. Youve got three really good cards. It's gonna turn me into a monster. I think so. It be completely impossible to deal with. I'm on my own path Move. I'm an individual. That's right Get out of here. It's like did you ever go through this when you came out that you you know, you had like a laden adolescence in other words.ight. Totally. Did you have that? Yeah, of course. Yeah. I feel like I'm still going through. I feel like gay men are just like, unless you were born after twenty ten. Yeah. It was just like, well, now I'm just essentially for the rest of my life. Yeah. Beuse you're like, I was robbed. I was absolutely robed.ame. Yeah. Let me play a video game. Let me backrew around nonstop. We have a fun crush. Yeah. Let me be just mean a shit to you That's the one thing I Well, I guess I do gossip a lot. M me too you, but I'm not mean. I'm not a mean. I know a lot of mean ones. Me Honestly it goes back to the fourth of July parties. Oh my go. I think the ide start Yeah. mean gays. boy do they flock to those? Yeah. ye. Wow, now you've really unlocked something new. That is Because to get that body. Oh, I'm seeing Instagram photos. I'm seeing the photos and I'm thinking I wish I was there, but I also don't want to be there I would never do that. I can't imagine to be honest. and getting your photo taken at the same time. I would never do I would never put my arm around a friend. or acquaintance who did never ser it on ever First, don't do my. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah. In a smedo nonetheless in front of a camera No way in hell would that happen. I just couldn't do it ever. No. I like who who is that Bacher Yeah I would honestly think some someone is fully someone is not on their own path right now. someone is a follower and has lost the lotot. Yeah. because same with me. I couldn't imagine it. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, that would be that would be a whole new me. Yeah. And even the people I like I sometimes have it's been a while, but I used to go on New Year's with like five gay friends to Palm Springs was the thing. I mean, we are never nude Sonnyike That's. I don't know how you get into it. Yeah. Yeah. And God bless, everybody do your own thing. Of course Do your own things. Just don't invite me to your parties. Leave me home to cry. That's right Yeah. and judge you always Do your own thing so I can judge you essentially. Exactly. because without you doing without your freedom, I have no perspective.. Exactly. So this is a real it's you know what I mean? It' it's the cycle of life it's the pecking order. Absolutely. Yeah. The food chann. Well, this is such a beautiful gift I'm so thrilled about this. Now, what has to happen to this particular deck can be reused? Does that have to be burned? Oh God, that's a good question. I guess it'll just be we'll set it up here. Yeah, that's fine. And then if there's a guest that feels like Really boring. We'll pull them out. That's a great idea. Or let's caveat or lost loser shouldhn't be here. That's true. Anyone who's really down in the dumps. Yeah, we give you give a reading to. Listener, the next episode, I read the guests Tarot. You know they're a complete loser Period Absolutely. 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I get to do all kinds of things It's called Are you Mad at me? Okay. It's seventy minutes, which we love. The perfect time. I would leave after seventy seventy one, I'm leaving the theater. Seventy minutes at seven PM. Is there this is my dream show. Is there anything better? I get to eat dinner at five. Yeah. I get to be home by nine Yeah I mean, it's everything you want And it's essentially a panic attack on stage for seventy minutes. It's very musical. It's very interactive. I tell people it's like sleep no more, but for people pleasers. Oh, this sounds great. It's just great. And I'm doing it in Soho at the Hero Arts Center from It's only thirty shows from july tenth to august fifteenth. thirty shows, that's a lot It's a lot. But I did Edinburgh last year. So I got a taste of it.. How many did you do there? Something like that, like twenty six. Yeah. This is so exciting. V very excited. Oh my God, I wish I was in New York. Me too. Can I send you an invite for opening night anyway, even though you're not gonna be there. J justust so I feel included. Yeah. Exactly Exactly. Th then I'm going to accept and become a problem. Yeah. then I'm gonna to show has a problem you're only ever the solution. You going are you mad at me show out comfort tickets. But Bridard, yeah, to me, you are the you're a Broadway star to me. I'm a Broadway star Listener, you have to go to the show in my stead I'm not in New York right now, so go see it. Oh, I'm so excited for it. Thank you Yeah I'm excited too. All right, let's play some games. Iim with it. I mentioned before we started recording, we might play two games or do a game in a new segment. We'll see. Okay. These are new things that Ellis and I were kind of experimenting with on the Patreon episode we did. This first one is called invvite list I'm going to start naming celebrities. You're planning a party. Yeah. You get to invite ten people to a party. So you have to say invite it or not invite. Okay And once you get to ten, that's the party. Got it. Okay. That's fine. Okay, arere you ready. Okay. And Ellis, you'll be keeping track. Okay, great Lord Not invited. Liz Cheney Not invited. Rowan Atkinson You invited, Frank Ocean Invited Eddie Redmaine notot invited. Alec Baldwin. Not invited. Ariana Grande Not invited. Michael Phelps. notot invited. Demi Moore. invvited Bon Jovy. invited Tim Cook Not invited. George W. Bush. Not invited. Hailey Bieber Not invited. Jenny McCarthy. Not invited. Kiki Palmer. Invited Zendaya. invited Jennifer Lopez Not invited Jennifer Garner Not invited. Jennifer Hudson Invited. Jennifer Aniston. invvited Latoya Jackson. invited Wax a hatchery Not invited. The weekend. Not invited Florence Pugh Not invited Simone Biles. Invited All right, that's ten. You are laser accurate, on? I am obose. I don't even I didn't even have time to write the first two down. Like I was like, okay, I'm going to say each number and I'm also gonna write things down and clearly I failed at my mission. So I only have Demimore on. We got Rowan Atkinson. Yeah. That's right. Was it Frank Ocean? Y. Yes. Okay those are we have. Thank you. Wow, what a party Can we hear this list read back? It's great. Absolutely. So we have Ran Atkinson, Frank Ocean, Demiore Bon Jovy, Kiki Palmer, Zendaya, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Latoya Jackson, and Simone Biles. What a group. I love it. I gotta say, that is a fun group. Yeah, that's a fourth of July to remember. I feel like no one at this party, no one at any party has to do any work if Kiki Palmer's there. Oh no, You know what I mean? Oh she's, I mean, I think that she has a generous spirit. She's so funny Hilarious. She's an anecdote for everything. She should sit right in the middle to be honest. Absolutely. She would facilitate it. I would have to do ically I would have no stress knowing that she's at that part. I almost feel guilty asking her to come because I know she's going so much work for her. Yeah yeah. but she loves it, obviously. I think she does. Thats so it's her fault. Yeah Well, that was excellently played. Just beautifully played. All right, now this new one is a segment called It's Only Polite. Now this is what you're going to do. You're going to tell me like a new manner or something polite people should be doing. Okay. I'll give you an example. This is one I think that we need to I noticed this yesterday I think it's only polite that when you're at a red light and the person in front of you does not move forward at the green light notot one home. It should be two hunks One honk is angry I'm with you. I think if you do two honks, it's a nudge. I'm doing it all the time to be honest, constantly. I don't feel like a threat. I think I'm just letting them know, I'm behind them. But one honk, it's an immediate, I think it's very aggressive. You should never do a one honk unless you're planning to get in a fight with a person. And people say that they just tap on their horns, they don't. O honk to me, does feel very aggressive. Yeah. in the way actually thatvent I now may be I such a delicate flower that occasionally in emails, I think one exclamation point instead of two is a statement. Oh, now, I mean, this is inflation. becausecause there was a period when we didn't even have to do one exclamation point. Most, by the way, most straight guys do not do any. Until probably six years ago, I did not use exclamation points in anything. I made a point At one point I made it a point to st using exclamation points. I thought I would be able to regain some kind of power, be taken more seriously in this world. And I said to myself I am not doing this to I've just started feeling like a dick Interest Well, now I feel like a dick if I don't use them. Yeah. with exclamation points and something else that I've had to kind of catch myself on is I'll respond sure. And people think that I'm just like, sure. Yeah. I'm saying in a positive way. Yeah. I'm saying, sure, let's do it. Yeah. But because I don't have an exclamation point on it And I actually think sure exclamation point seems like you're attacking the person. Yeah I don't know how I don't know how to use the word sure anymore. I agree. And it's not fair because I don't speak in excplamation points. I don't either. Uh hm Maybe I think you I do on occasion. I think you have a healthy relationship with the exclamation. But in emails, if you don't use them, you are being rude. So I tell you, I'm so hired pololite emails. And not polite. I shouldn't say that. I'm always polite in emails. I'm so tired. of having to if I need something to bookkeed it with really great stuff. Like o, hey, oh my God, like this was so great. Thank you so much. I actually wasn't crazy about the d d d d, But it doesn't matter becausecause I know I will be. And I do it every time. And by the way, if I were receiv it' I'd want to receive it that way.ight of course. It just is exhausting You're much better at emailing than me. I'm a pretty sloppy email. I don't believe that. Oh, well, youve have an email just me. Thats You know, we haven't had an email relationship that's. I've had a lot of, you know, feedback, which I've not received. Yeah. I've just continued to email however I want and people can deal with it I did think of something. Okay, let's hear it I actually and I will say this was deeply unfair of me to just be like, now you have Not at all. No, because you going first gave me all the time in the world I think it's really impolite to invite me on your balcony and not for a drink or something and not treat your balcony like part of your home And by that I mean If you want me to sit on your patio furniture C just swipe it down Can you just take a bom even a broom on the chair, even a broom on the chair, I would be fine with. Now I don't remember when I did the podcast before, and you used to host it in your backyard. I don't remember sitting on anything dusty. I don't remember there being an issue. Brian, that's because I cleaned them off before you came. Okay Even though they're frequently cleaned, I had to make sure It wasn't filthy because I have some level of class. Yeah. There was no dust on me, nothing. If you're going to invite me for a glass of wine out onto your balcony, I just first of all, thank you.. You know. Very nice. Yeah. evenven though you probably brought the wine Lovely view, though, that's true. But just take a take a broom, a brush, a wipe anything. Truly, get a dish rag. anythingy. It takes ten seconds. Yeah. you've put a towel down. I mean really Beline just the basics, but I don't like sitting on a balcony and immediately sneezing or being covered in dust. Oh right. Th the pillow ones, if you sit down on those pillows, cororrect. Dust flies out. Y getet rid of them. Yeah. Who knows? Th those are full of like bird skin Just because something's all weather Does doesn't mean it shouldn't cleaned. No absolutely. And I'll also say it's kind of satisfying to clean that sort of thing because they do get a little dirtier faster and you get to see it all wipe off. That's right There you go. A job done. Yeah. I thought you were going to say, if you take me ont too your balcony, kiss me That's's also a nice thing to do Balconies are, I mean, Juliette, you know what I mean? She's a classic. I bet she cls balcony. I'm sure she well she also had like a housekeeper,. Yeah O a nurse. Oh the nurse was probably wiping down the pio. I think she was I it was like thirteen, you know? if we forget she was thirteen. He was like seventeen and she was thirteen. Okay like that. Bad boy. Yeah. Claire Danes. Yeah. Leo. Leo. Baz Baz. Claire Daines, Leo Baz Well you played that perfectly. I guess it's not really a game, but that's a very good rule. Thank you, yeah. I think we've invented two nice remind to people, we're trying to class things up for people. It is so curious so the second beep really is where it gets friendlier. Absolutely I almost feel like cars should just have two different horns. Yeah. One that's like a warm, you know, it's likes alarm clocks that are more of like a rather than a negative. Yeah. justust tap, tap I'm here. Yeah. Why not Throw two horns, giveive me options. I love it. One can be a train horn, one can be just kind of a nice shoulder rub I forgot to open our final document. We're going to answer a listener question Okay, this says I am in a college opera program and my classmates are not learning their music How do I subtly shame them and let them know that I'm better than them while also encouraging them to get with the program? And that's from Web Okay, web How do I subtly? . I mean, I assume If you're lodging this complaint, you better be a star in this class. I know, what he' what if he's like a D plus? Yeah. And then suddenly he's totally delusional Yeah. And he's bossing people around. You really, really have to have everything backing it up because I have to say, 've been on shows before where been and I'm sure you have There have been people who are lazier than others and yet turn out incredible work when it comes down to it Yes. And it is a frustrating thing. Oh, it's the worst. It any somebody who doesn't have to put in an effort. Again, they're just naturally brilliantly gifted. I've never experienced that in any area of my life. me neither. It always takes work. Oh my Godd. I'm shaking my back Yeah, just to get out of bed. That's it So Hey, I hope I'm sure you are if you're a college opera student.