Latest / Live! with Fefe and Freddy / Trip Recap: Disneyland, Texas, and more | S14E24
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- 1:08Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.
- 1:12We we did not plan to sort of do weird artsy looks.
- 1:18We definitely didn't. We have not talked to each other
- 1:22at all today, and I just want this to be in my testimony later
- 1:31on when I say that the government is listening to me.
- 1:39Just just in there's. Three, it's in our heads I need.
- 1:42Everybody to sort of suspend reality for this evening and
- 1:45just pretend that I am a floating face.
- 1:50Oh, imaginations required. Got it.
- 1:59I have pinned a piece of material around me to hide my
- 2:04just go with it. I say little Edie had a little
- 2:08experiment today and she's doing quite well, see that her
- 2:13medications are working. But I'm here in the same boat.
- 2:20And I thought, you know, it didn't.
- 2:23I didn't have a plan. I just had like some sort of a
- 2:26vision in my head, you know how this goes.
- 2:29And you're like, oh, OK, this is how it's turning out.
- 2:33Yeah. So this is.
- 2:35Where it reminds me of the the sort of the the cowboy look that
- 2:38I did a couple seasons ago. Oh, maybe I should go back and
- 2:43look like. This cyberpunk kind of black and
- 2:46white look, that kind of yes. I was in Texas, so maybe it was
- 2:52the food, maybe it was the punch, maybe it was the Cowboys.
- 2:59I think it was the ladder. I think it was the ladder.
- 3:08Welcome to your Wednesday night conversation.
- 3:12This is live with Fifi and Freddie.
- 3:14If you've stumbled upon us, I apologize.
- 3:19This is what happens to those folks that comment our stuff
- 3:27later. Like what the fuck?
- 3:30Yes, absolutely. You're welcome.
- 3:33We this is, this is, we are artists.
- 3:36We are creatives. Also, real quick, I would like
- 3:40to apologize if I sound stuffy, if my nose is like gonna.
- 3:44I have been outside like working in the yard basically since we
- 3:49got back. So it's been like like several
- 3:54days worth of breathing in like dirt and things.
- 3:57So I'm very like, that's awesome.
- 4:00That's gross. Yeah.
- 4:02So I apologize if I'm kind of sniffly.
- 4:07Wow, Friday, Prince Charming everybody with the imaginary
- 4:14floating face. Just go with it.
- 4:18Anyhow, today we have a packed show for you.
- 4:24It's basically like us talking about our trip.
- 4:29We took separate trips of Minecraft.
- 4:31And now Felicia didn't want to come to Disneyland with us and
- 4:33said she went. To that was the case.
- 4:35That was not the case technically I was working so and
- 4:42then Friday went to Disney. So let's talk about Disney parks
- 4:45survival tips, right. I don't have any survival tips
- 4:51for Texas travel in pairs know your friends headlines and more.
- 5:01But before we get started, I like for I thought about this
- 5:08because Spotify did it's like they're turning 20 thing and of
- 5:15course my top artist is who other than Mariah Carey.
- 5:21But summertime albums, I keep seeing this question like people
- 5:28are getting their playlist together and I'm like, oh, I
- 5:32wanna know some of like people's summertime albums that are like
- 5:36their go TOS. How do?
- 5:40Know if I have like a go to summertime album, I think one of
- 5:46the ones like I think probably a key one that reminds me of like
- 5:51like school ending and like rolling into summer would be TL
- 5:59CS crazy sexy cool. Oh wow.
- 6:05Taking it old school. I don't want to be typical but
- 6:12at summertime. But also there are other albums.
- 6:25Are there? No Will Smith.
- 6:29Yeah, there are other albums if you dare listen, but I feel like
- 6:37mine is like a TLC thing too because 1 summer.
- 6:42Was it a summer? Or maybe we got the album in the
- 6:46summer but when they came out with fan mail after was it
- 6:52before she died? She booked before left.
- 6:54I died because A, that was the first TLC album that my sister
- 7:02and I owned jointly. All the other ones were like my
- 7:09parents C DS And so like, this was like the first one we owned.
- 7:14And we played that album out like crazy, like oops, like you
- 7:22started to see scratches on it 'cause we played it so much.
- 7:25Oh my God. Now you can just stream
- 7:29everything without worrying about bumping into the stereo.
- 7:33Right. Like it's so weird sometimes
- 7:35when like if you're listening to something that's streaming and
- 7:37it's sort of starts skipping and you're like.
- 7:41I'm like what the fuck? I pay all this money for this.
- 7:45Right. And the CD still skips.
- 7:46What the fuck? Yeah, well, people don't pay
- 7:51anything for us and we still skip.
- 7:53So fair, there's that. Fair, fair.
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- 8:33So for. Our patrons, I haven't done this
- 8:37yet, but I did remember to bring my GoPro to Disneyland and I did
- 8:42actually remember to take video and I haven't pulled that video
- 8:46off of my GoPro yet, but I will. And there's some fun bits on
- 8:49there of like of us on like the Big Thunder Railroad and a few
- 8:54other things. I the only things that I really
- 8:59can't go on are things that like spin and go upside down.
- 9:04So like the big Thunder railroad.
- 9:08No, that's so fun that teacups. I can't do hyperspace mountain
- 9:15because it's too it's too close. There's too like that does this
- 9:21doesn't bother me too much if there's enough sort of space
- 9:25around, like I have no problem with like Indiana Jones.
- 9:29But it's it's, it's, it's it's, yeah.
- 9:33Is it a spatial thing? It can be like, I can't do 3D
- 9:37rides when the things are like this close.
- 9:40Plus it's throwing you around. I'm like that makes me nauseous
- 9:43so. But otherwise I'd go on lots of
- 9:48stuff. OK, OK.
- 9:52OK. Just checking.
- 9:56I saw you looking for roller coaster buddies.
- 10:00And that's that's so that's The thing is that we need people to
- 10:03go with us because we need, I would roller coaster buddies for
- 10:06my partner and I need somebody that's gonna go on.
- 10:07It's a small world with me. Oh, Scott would probably go on a
- 10:13It's a small World with you. I probably.
- 10:19Why? Why everybody hated such a small
- 10:21girl? It's cultural.
- 10:27Whatever should it? OK, anyhow, smashed under this.
- 10:39Fucking hair somewhere. And I can't find it.
- 10:43It's bothering me. Is a Wigs of a Kind wig circa?
- 10:48I don't know. I am not wearing a Wigs of a
- 10:52Kind wig this evening because I had to paint my head black.
- 10:57Oh, for the visual effect, yes, got it, got it.
- 11:08But you can support Wigs of a Kind by getting a Wigs of a Kind
- 11:11wig from Marissa, who is also in Texas.
- 11:16That would have been cute, but she was, she was in the middle
- 11:20of things this weekend. So that.
- 11:22Yeah, yeah, you can message us and give us all your money
- 11:28'cause I know that you have tons of it and just want to give it
- 11:33to us. I'll take it, I got stuff to pay
- 11:37for. Just go ahead and send us
- 11:42thousands of dollars, please. Thank you.
- 11:49Thank. You NFX should I go first or?
- 11:55Yeah, I'll let, I'll let you go first, I I think.
- 11:57I have like a lot of heavy lifting.
- 11:59I get I got stuff, so go go ahead.
- 12:01You can go first. I was like, yeah, that's cute.
- 12:10Let's see, where do we? When did we leave?
- 12:16I don't remember. So not last Wednesday, but the
- 12:20Wednesday before was our last. So the oh God, I have to to look
- 12:29at the calendar. That's OK, I'm looking at the
- 12:31calendar now. So the 29th was our last show,
- 12:35so we were both out of town on the 6th.
- 12:38Yeah, so Freddie went to Disneyland and I went the
- 12:45opposite way. I went to Fort Worth, TX,
- 12:50Dallas, Fort Worth, TX, but I was in Fort Worth Stockyards
- 13:00which I didn't realize was completely different.
- 13:05Sounds like. A little I almost wanna it could
- 13:10be the way I was definitely Cowboys, but I guess there's
- 13:21like some historic bits and pieces there.
- 13:25Definitely saw a lot of like Longhorn, no plant words, but
- 13:32Longhorns there. They had a, a thing that
- 13:37happened at 11 and 4, I think that the Longhorns come walking
- 13:43down the street. They even walk off the street
- 13:48and they talk about the historical reasons why.
- 13:52Ask me why. I don't remember you.
- 13:54You probably know you, you know, and then like it just seemed
- 14:04like it was really a, a tourist destination basically.
- 14:11And I went there as part of like the photography clan, me being
- 14:19the clan of this corporate event.
- 14:24And so then also the rodeo was in town, PBR was in town.
- 14:30So, and they do not play. Everything had branding of the
- 14:36PBR everywhere, the hotel, the anywhere we went.
- 14:44I enjoyed that, but I did not go to the rodeo 'cause I think it,
- 14:50I think it was going to start when we were leaving.
- 14:55But the thing to know and the thing that I took away is that
- 15:01food is great in Texas. Even some of the like other
- 15:06places that you're like, maybe it it won't be that good.
- 15:10Those are probably the best. And though we had like the
- 15:18hotel, I'm are you ever shady about like the restaurants that
- 15:22are on top of the hotel that you're like, this can't be real
- 15:26food. Yes, sometimes it's I'm like it
- 15:30depends on the hotel. This was the Marriott, so I kind
- 15:35of was like, OK, I'll try. And it was delicious, expensive.
- 15:44It was like. Anything on top of a hotel is
- 15:46gonna be expensive. Yeah.
- 15:49Like the higher up the restaurant, the higher the
- 15:51prices. Yes, it definitely was that and
- 15:55but it was delicious 'cause you know how like it could be
- 15:58expensive and then nasty. Hate that.
- 16:04But anywhere we went, the food was delicious.
- 16:10Let's see Cowboys everywhere. I've never seen such tight
- 16:16pants. That's all I will say.
- 16:25Yeah, I need a cowboy. I was like, what is going on
- 16:31here? I think I might have to come
- 16:33back and visit. A.
- 16:36Lot of historic. So if you look it up, Fort Worth
- 16:38Stockyards, I did look up like, OK, so the thing about the
- 16:46stockyards is like CVS 15 minutes a while away.
- 16:51Where else were we trying to go? There was something else.
- 16:53It was like 15 miles away. I was like, oh.
- 16:56Jesus, I. Was like, no, it's OK, thanks.
- 17:01So I'm glad I had everything that I needed 'cause that would
- 17:04have sucked balls if I had to go out of town.
- 17:10I didn't have a problem traveling except for, you know,
- 17:14me. I I travel light but heavy
- 17:18because I think of everything that I might need and try to
- 17:21shove it into a small bag. I managed to do everything,
- 17:26carry on. So no checked luggage.
- 17:30And then we got to the airport and I, you know, I'm the person
- 17:35that's like, I'm gonna put everything together.
- 17:38I'm gonna know where everything is, you know how I am.
- 17:43And then we get to the airport and I'm like, I can't find my
- 17:46ID. Oh.
- 17:49Shit. So we're standing there and I'm
- 17:53sweating, sweating. And I'm like, OK, this is not
- 17:57good. So I couldn't find it.
- 18:00But it was like tucked in damnmy woman wallets like the pocket
- 18:07have like, you know, like the little flap inside and it was
- 18:11sitting inside. The flap and.
- 18:12I was like, Oh my God, so that was good.
- 18:18On the way there, we scanned tickets on the phone together,
- 18:25no problem. This is where where I'm where
- 18:29I'm going is TSA is lovely until they're not, right.
- 18:34Funny thing is, Scott got patted down both times because first
- 18:40time he forgot to take out his wallet, second time he forgot to
- 18:42take off his belt. Second thing was on the way
- 18:49back, we're doing the same thing.
- 18:53I have the boarding passes on my phone and this TSA guy keeps
- 19:00speaking at me. Yeah, I quite.
- 19:04Felt and not to say that this had anything to do with it, but
- 19:11he was a white gentleman and just saying your boarding passes
- 19:17must be separate and I'm like. What?
- 19:21Since when that's not a thing? And so he's saying it over and
- 19:26over and I'm like, OK, well, they're both on my phone.
- 19:31I'm not going back downstairs or wherever I came from to go get a
- 19:35boarding pass and get out of this line cause the rest of my
- 19:38party is right, right? Anyway, so then I wrote about
- 19:44this on Patreon because out of the blue comes another TSA
- 19:49agent, sassy black woman, and said why would they need
- 19:56separate passes? They're together, right?
- 20:00He goes separate, passes only and I'm like OK.
- 20:03Since when? That's not a fucking thing.
- 20:05That's bullshit, no? And then so she goes, well,
- 20:09would you tell your wife to get in a separate line if you if she
- 20:12had both of your passes, she goes, no, you wouldn't do that.
- 20:16You wouldn't do that to your wife and you wouldn't do that to
- 20:19them. And so she, you never know your
- 20:22allies are out there. She was like, no, no, no, no.
- 20:27And I'm like, yeah, I traveled here with, why would I?
- 20:35Like. I'm like, if I had my kids, I'm
- 20:39not going to travel. Right.
- 20:41You're going to what are you going to put them all, but
- 20:43you're going to get the kids phones so that they can have
- 20:45their own separate like boarding pass.
- 20:47No, that is bullshit. That is the biggest bunch of
- 20:50horseshit ever. That's not even.
- 20:52And so I did look it up. I did look it up.
- 20:55It is not a rule. It's not illegal to have your
- 21:00whole party on your one phone or device.
- 21:04They do say like if you get separated, it is handy to have,
- 21:08you know, your boarding pass on you.
- 21:09But other than that. I mean like like the the, the
- 21:16couple of times that like we've flown, we've had like the we've
- 21:20each had the the app for whatever.
- 21:22So we both have our our boarding passes, but it's like most of
- 21:26the time we just pull up both of them because why?
- 21:30And also my partner says I look like a gremlin in a cloak.
- 21:32Whatever I went. Oh my God your family is so
- 21:40supportive. Yeah, God, it's.
- 21:52Fine. Oh, I didn't see Jesse's
- 21:54comment. Jesse, you should look at my
- 21:55pictures. It makes more sense with the
- 21:57pictures. I don't just look like some
- 21:59weird thing in a hood. It it makes it promise.
- 22:03It makes sense in the contacts. You just have to look at.
- 22:05Go look at my pictures and I actually like the Peter Pan
- 22:10ride, but we didn't go on the Peter Pan ride this time.
- 22:12You didn't. No, I wanted to, my goal was to
- 22:16hit like all the rides, but we didn't do that.
- 22:19So but we didn't get out. This is why we need more Disney
- 22:26buddies, so that if need be, I can be like, OK, you go do the
- 22:30things over there and I'm going to go do the things over here
- 22:34with these people. So you know.
- 22:37Wait, I didn't see your arms forever and you look even
- 22:42shorter. Is this spousal abuse?
- 22:58It's fine. Oh my, somebody dropped their
- 23:06phone it sounded like but wow, support over there.
- 23:13It's OK. I'm sure if my husband.
- 23:16She's not here tonight, so she thinks she's safe.
- 23:19Oh. That's why she's all brave now.
- 23:25Oh anyhow, family drama unfolds, but other than that, I had a
- 23:34wonderful time. I'm still editing photos,
- 23:38photography. It's the gift that keeps on
- 23:40giving. I'm glad you.
- 23:48Had a good time. I'm glad that I, I, I almost, I
- 23:51almost wonder if like white TSA dude, because people feel
- 23:58awfully emboldened these days, you know what I mean?
- 24:01And not only are you black, but you're gay and you're married to
- 24:05a white man, you know what I mean?
- 24:07So. I'm.
- 24:09Sure that it was. It was.
- 24:12I'm sure that it. Wasn't at me right like.
- 24:15That I'm sure that it was a trifecta that just like offended
- 24:18everything about it. Like all of his things were
- 24:21offended. Oh, he was, and so then he
- 24:24started to. So they totally forgot about me.
- 24:28So sassy woman over here starts talking to old dude over here
- 24:33and he goes, you know, I was just joking.
- 24:37The fuck what you're you're going to hold up the line,
- 24:40you're going to fuck with everybody's time because you
- 24:42were joking. Go to hell.
- 24:44What the fuck? That is the Oh my God, what a
- 24:47fucking bunch of. Bullshit kept saying like why
- 24:50are you on my balls? And she was like you, you don't
- 24:52need to do this. You didn't need to do this.
- 24:55And he goes, you know, I was just, I was just joking.
- 24:58And I'm like. Right, right, 'cause that's a
- 25:03that sounds, I don't. Get to know you.
- 25:05I I would have bought it. I would have been like, yeah,
- 25:08that's super funny. I don't know you so like.
- 25:14No, no. That's obviously hello.
- 25:19That is absolutely fucking. That's such fucking bullshit.
- 25:23He got called out and. And and then he started telling
- 25:29her, like, why are you giving me so much shit?
- 25:31And she was like, you remember you gave me shit earlier today,
- 25:35I'm giving you shit back. And she goes, you treated those
- 25:37people wrong. And she she was continuing to
- 25:40give him shit after we get still got in line to go.
- 25:44Good, good. And that's the like it seems.
- 25:49It seems silly and like in that in that context, it's like it's
- 25:52a work context and he was definitely in the wrong.
- 25:55But when it comes to like ally ship and things like that, like
- 26:01that's the kind of shit that we want to see, you know what I
- 26:03mean, 'cause like, you can't. Like, no, you don't just let
- 26:09people get away with things. And for him to be like I was.
- 26:13Just joking, she could have easily stood there and been like
- 26:16yes please get out your path. I'd be like.
- 26:18No, no, no, no. That's a bunch of horseshit.
- 26:21I hate that. Yeah, my God, people piss me
- 26:23off. So I just want you guys to know
- 26:25I did Google and I went on like the TSA website and I that's, I
- 26:31just want you to know that I did file a formal complaint so.
- 26:34Good, good, 'cause that's a bunch of that's fucking
- 26:36horseshit and literally like nobody I.
- 26:40Hope he has that. Nice.
- 26:42Like nobody like has like separate boarding passes.
- 26:47Like that's not a thing. Like if you have kids, not
- 26:48everybody. Has you could tell we were
- 26:50traveling together. Right.
- 26:51That's not, that's fucking stupid.
- 26:53That is the dumbest thing ever and.
- 26:57That's and to be stereotypical gays.
- 27:00My husband is not effeminate and so like hello right?
- 27:08It was just, it was one of them interracial, you know, gay
- 27:11marriage. We got on his nerves.
- 27:12I knew it, I knew it. We came to text, we got on.
- 27:16At least it was only one person that bothered me the whole time.
- 27:22So that's what I mean by when we say travel safely, right?
- 27:27Travel safely and together. Because if my husband had just
- 27:32like, decided to follow the rules, I don't know what this
- 27:36guy would have gone on to do, but and.
- 27:39That now anybody want to come to Toronto with me?
- 27:43That is too. It's fine.
- 27:46I'm white and you know, basically.
- 27:49I can't go across the border lines.
- 27:52I could barely go to Texas. It's.
- 27:58Fine. I'm sure they would be very
- 27:59friendly to me in in Toronto. I'm white and I'm sis passing so
- 28:04you know it's fine. Oh.
- 28:05My God, all that privilege. How are you going to carry your
- 28:08luggage? I have a separate bag.
- 28:14I keep my privilege in my Fanny pack so it's handy I can pull it
- 28:17out when. I need it.
- 28:18I didn't know it fit. I didn't know it fit in there.
- 28:20Wow. I compact it, I I vacuums, I
- 28:24vacuum pack my privilege, put it in my Fanny pack so that it's
- 28:28handy. I can just pull it out when I
- 28:29need it. Wow.
- 28:35Wow, Like, comment and subscribe folks.
- 28:42Only one of us can get out. But I didn't let that bother me.
- 28:52I just thought it was hilarious that she stepped out the
- 28:56woodwork and was like I. Love that, I love that and good
- 29:00for her. Like not you know what I mean?
- 29:02Like 'cause sometimes it can be daunting to.
- 29:06And yeah, I do have the anxiety. And so like, right when he
- 29:12started yelling at me, I'm like. Nope.
- 29:16I don't react well, so you better stop yelling at me.
- 29:27That's not OK. So my my week was little had
- 29:32more stuff happening. Like motherfucking.
- 29:35I had, I had a whole bunch of stuff.
- 29:36So the day after our last show, I had the Queer Visitors Book
- 29:45club thing. And it was, it was good.
- 29:49And unbeknownst to me, right at the when I signed up for it, I
- 29:52didn't know that the author herself was actually going to be
- 29:55at the book club. I think it, I think it went
- 30:02well. There wasn't like a bunch of
- 30:05like there was, there was like 2020 ish people I think in the
- 30:08in the audience. So that was good.
- 30:11Not a lot of audience participation, which was like,
- 30:15OK. What 'cause we opened it up?
- 30:18Yeah. Like we opened it up for like
- 30:19Q&A and you know, whatever. Luckily I had questions.
- 30:23Question did they actually read the book or were they just
- 30:27watching? Yeah, who the fuck knows?
- 30:29No idea. I'm like, OK, well, at least I
- 30:32read the book and I actually like I was able to like throw
- 30:34some like Diane Sawyer, like questions at her.
- 30:37But then I had some ones that I saved for like Q&A things in
- 30:40case people didn't have like a thing.
- 30:42So it was whatever. And then that weekend was
- 30:48Southwest Love Fest and I was up very early in the morning
- 30:52because I had to get dressed and get ready and then drive to
- 30:58Mesa. I had my first like workshop
- 31:04thing. My first presentation was at
- 31:068:30 in the morning. Oh hell no.
- 31:09And I was like, OK, this is transphobic.
- 31:17I, I was like, I don't even know if I'm going to have anybody in
- 31:21my like I'm in my presentation. I'm like, I might just be
- 31:24talking to myself. But I actually had a pretty
- 31:26decent turn out. I was kind of surprised.
- 31:28I think I had like me 15 ish 1520 people or so for my
- 31:33presentation and. Then I was on.
- 31:37The first presentation was it was called Better in Bed
- 31:41respecting Trans Bodies, and it was when you know how to respect
- 31:48trans bodies when you're wanting to be intimate with a trans
- 31:51person. There were some good questions.
- 31:54There was some good discussion. Folks came up to me afterwards,
- 31:58You know, they were like, this is a really good panel.
- 32:00I'm really, you know, really, I mean a really good presentation.
- 32:02I'm really glad that you did this.
- 32:04So it was, it was good. I had some good, I had some good
- 32:07feedback there. And then at 12:30 or noon or
- 32:11something, I was on a panel about dispelling myths about
- 32:16polyamory. I would like myth Busters.
- 32:20Kind of, yeah. And that had a a pretty good
- 32:23turn out. That was a, it was a much bigger
- 32:25turn out, but I expected it to be a much bigger turn out just
- 32:28because the time wasn't, you know, the mass crack of dawn.
- 32:34So that was good. There was some good discussion
- 32:36there too. So that was that was good.
- 32:39And then so that was the Saturday.
- 32:41Do adjust the tip about that the Mythbusters.
- 32:47We totally could. So that was the Saturday.
- 32:51We basically had the rest of Saturday and Sunday to get
- 32:56situated and get packed and whatever because we left for
- 33:00California Monday morning. Oh fuck.
- 33:04Yeah, it was like it, yeah, it was, it was, it was crazy.
- 33:09And like my partner was still getting things delivered that
- 33:12she was trying to figure out what to wear while we were
- 33:14there. So that was like, yeah, it was
- 33:18my stuff was all situated, but it we it was, it was basically
- 33:28for three days, four days. So we got there on Monday and
- 33:33I'm, so we got there Monday and it was like we got there, you
- 33:40know, late afternoon ish, like right around, I think it was
- 33:43right around 4:30 or so and it was like maybe 70° out.
- 33:49We went to go walk around Downtown Disney and I had to
- 33:52like grab a we we actually, we actually had to go to Walmart to
- 34:00get a couple things because I didn't have like a normal
- 34:04sweater. You knew it was gonna be cold
- 34:08all. My stuff was Disney themed.
- 34:09I didn't think about it. So I had stuff planned for
- 34:12Disney, but I didn't have just like a normal fucking sweater to
- 34:15be able to wear to go. That's fine.
- 34:17So and I also had to get a pair of jeans because.
- 34:21Why? So the pair of jeans that I was
- 34:25wearing, I'm actually really sad about this.
- 34:26They were super comfy. They were a pair of Calvin Klein
- 34:30jeans and a few months ago I noticed that there was like a it
- 34:34was getting ripped by the pocket.
- 34:36So I took it to get repaired and they patched it and whatever,
- 34:39it's fine. And we're walking down and we
- 34:44didn't even notice this. We're walking down Downtown
- 34:47Disney and my partner goes, so be careful when you move.
- 34:55You have a hole in your pants by the other pocket.
- 34:58And I'm like. Also, not the one they just
- 35:01repaired, but the. Other one and then I think I
- 35:04went to use the restroom and lo and behold, I also had another
- 35:08hole like right up the seam in the back and I'm like fuck.
- 35:11So yeah, we had to and to replace some jeans and things
- 35:15that was, that was like, fuck. So that was, you know, but
- 35:22Tuesday was our first full day at the park.
- 35:23We were at Disneyland on Tuesday.
- 35:26Wednesday we didn't do anything. We didn't go to the park during
- 35:28the day 'cause we had Star Wars night Wednesday night.
- 35:30Thursday we were at California Adventure.
- 35:31Friday we were at Disneyland. And it was, it was so nice.
- 35:38It stayed in like the 70's the entire time we were there.
- 35:41It was fucking glorious. It was actually nice in Texas
- 35:47too. They warned us if we had stayed
- 35:49another day it was going to get to.
- 35:50Get hot. Yeah, it was like, it was, it
- 35:55was, it was so nice. And like, we actually made sure
- 35:59that we, we had our, I had a flannel and Dee had a like a
- 36:05sweater thing for our first day. And like, normally we're gonna
- 36:10put it in the, in one of the lockers, but we kept it on us
- 36:13'cause it was getting chilly. So you were like, Oh my God,
- 36:14it's way to put the thing on Wednesday.
- 36:19It was, it was just, it was so perfect.
- 36:23Like it was just perfect. And then Wednesday we got up and
- 36:27we decided that we were gonna go and like have, you know, brunch
- 36:30near the beach. So we went down to Seal Beach
- 36:35and we had food and then we walked on the pier, went and put
- 36:40our toes in the sand for a little bit.
- 36:42I was not wearing a hat and apparently my head got a little
- 36:45bit sunny because when I got home and started, like when I
- 36:49showered and stuff here, it was a couple days later.
- 36:53But like last night I was like, my head is peeling, which is
- 36:57different. Yeah, I haven't.
- 37:00I haven't had a sunburn on my head yet.
- 37:04And then Wednesday night we were at Star Wars night, which was so
- 37:09cool. It was our first like Disney
- 37:11After Dark event 'cause, you know, they have like the Oogie
- 37:13Boogie Bash and like, they have different things that you know,
- 37:16you know, And at 6:00, if you have the, if you have the
- 37:20ticket, you can get in early 8:00, they start kicking all
- 37:23the, the normal people out. So you can only stay in or yeah,
- 37:28you can only stay in if you have the, the the special
- 37:32credentials, which was super fun.
- 37:35It was, it was so cool. Would totally do it again.
- 37:39Oh, that group photo, that's the amount of people that were
- 37:43there, no. No, no, that's just the people
- 37:45that like did the parade. They do like a parade.
- 37:51And then we do we happen to like, yeah, we happen to like
- 37:54jump in kind of at the last like little bits.
- 37:57We were at the end. So we got to like, we were
- 37:58literally like right next to Mickey and Minnie, who we happen
- 38:00to just be dressed like, 'cause Minnie is dressed as BB8, Mickey
- 38:04dressed as R2D2. What?
- 38:08So we were, yeah. It was just like.
- 38:11Dressing like other people, that's.
- 38:13Right. We averaged close to like 20,000
- 38:17steps a day, which for some people, if you're up and about,
- 38:20like that's not a ton, But for me, I sit all day.
- 38:24So 20,000 steps a day is a lot. I didn't die.
- 38:30My foot stayed on. We actually stayed pretty close
- 38:34to our budget, which was good. We didn't buy like a ton of like
- 38:38random stuff. We got a couple.
- 38:41We got a couple of like souvenirs and things.
- 38:43We like got some pins to be able to trade and and do stuff.
- 38:48But I mean most of what we spent money on was like food, 'cause
- 38:52they had like fun food, things that we wanted to try and stuff.
- 38:54And so that was like, it was, it was good.
- 38:58We were, we Disney bounded all four days.
- 39:01I'll explain what that is a little bit later.
- 39:03But we totally need like Disney friends also.
- 39:07So while we were there, we kept getting notifications on the app
- 39:11like upgrade to an annual pass. And we're like, annual passes
- 39:14are expensive. We're not going to do that.
- 39:16But then they're like, hey, we're going to apply like the
- 39:20total cost of your trip to the cost of an annual pass.
- 39:28Yeah. So we got suckered into that.
- 39:29We were like, fuck, OK. It's the lowest tier.
- 39:32So like there's, you know, blackout dates and stuff like
- 39:35that. A lot of other weekends, but
- 39:36it's like, I have enough PTO, but we can still go.
- 39:40And if we go for one more like 3 day trip then it.
- 39:43Basically pays for it. It pays for it though, yeah.
- 39:48So that was like. I wonder how that is for
- 39:51families. I should look into that.
- 39:55You should look into that because like, yeah, because like
- 39:57it, it applied the entire cost of our trip to the the annual
- 40:00pass. So it's like I want and then we
- 40:07definitely need more friends to go to like to, to come with us
- 40:10to the parks because like I said, I can't ride some of the
- 40:14roller coasters and Dee won't go on some of the other rides with
- 40:18me. So like we need people to come
- 40:22do things plus. It's more fun if you go with
- 40:25people. Not that we didn't have fun, we
- 40:26always had fun, but it's we like doing stuff like that with with
- 40:30people. And then we got back and pretty
- 40:35much like the next day started putting up the new fence and
- 40:41stuff in the backyard for the pigs.
- 40:42Like they they have been running amok in the entire yard and
- 40:46we're like, OK for their safety. Let's just see how this
- 40:49experiment goes 'cause they a little.
- 40:54Well, they're smart, they're smart.
- 40:58So they're they're getting used to like not being able to be out
- 41:01in the yard, but they kind of have it made over there.
- 41:04Like it's a it's a very large area and we like we have their
- 41:10house. There's like they have lots of
- 41:12space to like lounge. They've got their mud pit.
- 41:15We they're gonna have. Like right now you have done
- 41:18more for the pigs than you have for the children.
- 41:21Seriously I have like 2 pools. We pulled up the turf out front
- 41:25and like. You.
- 41:27Know put it back there so they have like all this area it's
- 41:30great and also I got all my travel booked for thrust fest,
- 41:35my flight hotel everything is good to go so I'm excited for
- 41:39that all right, let's roll into so my tip it's not I mean it's
- 41:46not kind of a tip, but I just wanted to like.
- 41:51No. I guess we can go ahead, that's
- 41:55fine. So we've kind of talked about
- 42:13different like travel tips and stuff before and you know, but
- 42:16I'm like, we're, you know, it's the summer people are going,
- 42:20they're travelling, they're doing stuff summer vacation.
- 42:22A lot of people are going to be going to Disney.
- 42:25So let's talk a couple about like some tips and tricks for
- 42:28enjoying Disney whether you're on a budget or not, because some
- 42:32people are more in a budget, some people aren't, and it
- 42:34doesn't you. Know a negative budget size?
- 42:38So one of the things that we like to do that we discovered a
- 42:43couple years ago is called Disney bounding.
- 42:47And if you look it up, if you Google it, it's super fun.
- 42:49What it is is it's you use normal clothes to sort of allude
- 42:52to a character ride or food or whatever.
- 42:57Like one of the days we did sort of classic Mickey and Minnie.
- 43:01So I had red shorts, I had a black shirt, a yellow bow tie,
- 43:04yellow shoes. And then like my Mickey ears
- 43:08hats. So you look like Mickey Mouse,
- 43:11right? Dee had a polka dot dress with a
- 43:15red bow, you know, so like. Minimum.
- 43:20Because, well, you're not allowed.
- 43:21Adults aren't allowed to wear costumes at Disneyland, so kids
- 43:27can. They will stop you and make you
- 43:31change if you were an adult and you tried to wear a costume.
- 43:33You're you're kind of diving into their.
- 43:38There's that and they always tell like, like, you know, like
- 43:42they always tell kids that, you know, if you're, if you're lost
- 43:44or whatever, go find like a character or whatever.
- 43:47So they don't want you to look like a character.
- 43:51So you wear things that kind of like make like that look like
- 43:56the character, but not really like I, I was Woody the first
- 43:58day. So I had like a yellow tank top.
- 44:00I had a cow print shirt over that.
- 44:03I wore jeans. I had Jean shorts planned
- 44:05originally but then had to switch to jeans because it like
- 44:08was chiller than it was supposed to be.
- 44:10I had a brown baseball cap and like woody ears.
- 44:13They were really cute red bandana.
- 44:15I had brown shoes and I even had socks that look like boots.
- 44:19What? So there's like, there's little
- 44:22things, it's so much fun and it's like, it's just another way
- 44:25to just add to the trip, you know what I mean?
- 44:27And most of the stuff that we found, like most of my stuff I
- 44:30found on like either Poshmark or Goodwill, you know, so it's like
- 44:36you don't always have to spend a ton of money on that either.
- 44:41So Disney gift cards are actually a great way to help
- 44:45budget for stuff like this because depending on, so
- 44:50depending on where you get them, like sometimes Costco or Sam's
- 44:53Club or whatever will have like a, you know, if you, you can get
- 44:56like $100.00 gift card for, right, and get like $100.00 gift
- 45:00card for like 90 bucks or something, right?
- 45:04So you figure if you're planning a trip, you can go maybe every
- 45:09payday or something and grab a gift card, you know what I mean?
- 45:15So you're not necessarily trying to spend it all at once, but you
- 45:18can get it in increments and you can just tuck that aside and
- 45:22then use that. You can use it at the parks, You
- 45:25can use it at like the World of Disney Store.
- 45:27Like you can, you know, you can get food, you can buy souvenirs,
- 45:30You can do all sorts of shit with the, with the, with the
- 45:32gift card. And if you, a lot of times if
- 45:35you get them at like Fry's or Safeway or things like that,
- 45:39they'll have fuel points. And if you get a Fry's, it's
- 45:43Kroger, you can go use a Kroger thing in California.
- 45:50So a lot of times, unlike we had, they had a thing, they had
- 45:54a thing at Fry's the weekend we left where it was like 4 times
- 45:59the fuel points, the air is. Blowing on my.
- 46:01So if you get, you know, say you spend like 500 bucks or whatever
- 46:07on a gift card, you'll get, you know, a good chunk of fuel
- 46:12points which you can use to put gas in your car before you go.
- 46:15And then when you're filling up to come home, same thing.
- 46:18So you save a few bucks there. So it's a good way to budget and
- 46:23you can, you know, you'll end up saving a few bucks depending on
- 46:26where you get it, you know? And you use the gift cards to
- 46:28buy tickets. I think so.
- 46:34I think you can. I think as long as it's like,
- 46:37I'm pretty sure we actually did that 'cause someone, a couple
- 46:42people gave us. Can somebody verify that cause a
- 46:46couple? No, you, I know you can actually
- 46:49because someone gave us a couple of Disney gift cards in our
- 46:52honeymoon fund and we were able to use that to get to go towards
- 46:59I think the Star Wars night tickets.
- 47:02So yes, so that's a, it's a just, it's just.
- 47:05A little like my birthday, Ben. If you are going with kids or if
- 47:14you're trying to kind of even, you know, stay more within a
- 47:17budget, bring like a cooler bag or like a small cooler like a,
- 47:21you know, and you can bring extra snacks.
- 47:23You can bring sandwiches and stuff like that.
- 47:26Oh, they let you. They let you, I would recommend
- 47:30so you're not dragging the stupid thing around with you all
- 47:33over the place. If you rent a locker, a large
- 47:35locker is $15 a day, which is not bad.
- 47:39And you can put your cooler bag in there, you know?
- 47:42And then go and grab food as you need it, you know, right?
- 47:48That way you don't have to spend a ton on food if you don't want
- 47:51to. Even the smaller lockers, which
- 47:55are 7 bucks a day can hold, you know, a backpack.
- 47:59So if you have like a cooler backpack kind of thing, you'd be
- 48:01able to put that in there and you know, so that, that,
- 48:03that'll, that'll help, you know, stay within a budget, especially
- 48:07if you have kids and things, you know, like keep, it'll keep you,
- 48:13it'll help keep you within a little bit of a budget.
- 48:16Not all the food at Disneyland is crazy expensive.
- 48:21You know, there's, there are some things that are maybe 10
- 48:26bucks or so you can get things like hot dogs and corn dogs and,
- 48:30you know, things that aren't crazy crazy.
- 48:35And we were able to share a lot of stuff because the portions
- 48:38were actually pretty good size and there's water stations all
- 48:44over. Everywhere.
- 48:45Yeah, so you can, you know, if you bring a water bottle, any
- 48:50place will give you a cup of ice.
- 48:51If you want a cup of ice, they'll give you a cup of ice.
- 48:53You can put the cup of ice in your water bottle and then just
- 48:55fill it up as you go. So you know.
- 48:58And I think the cups if like if you buy a soda, especially if
- 49:03you buy a souvenir cup, I think they're refillable or it used to
- 49:12be that way. The sippers I think are but you
- 49:14have to spend like 30 bucks on the sipper but a.
- 49:19Standard Cup is not. There's no way that that's
- 49:22happening. Right, so.
- 49:28You lose your cup, you don't get to drink.
- 49:31We found that the like the Lightning Lane passes weren't
- 49:36necessarily all that worth it unless you ride like all the
- 49:39rides that are available, which. Say that again.
- 49:45So the Lightning Lane is like where you get to kind of bypass
- 49:48some of the, you know what I mean?
- 49:49But first of all, they don't have all the rides on the
- 49:53Lightning Lane. And if you don't ride all the
- 49:57rides that are available, then it's like, why do you have this?
- 50:01You know what I mean? Like if you're only going to use
- 50:03it because the the bigger rides like Rise to the Resistance and
- 50:06Radiator Springs, they require you to actually purchase an
- 50:10extra like an additional pass. So if you have a lightning lane,
- 50:14you still have to spend like 30 bucks on another fucking
- 50:16lightning lane to be able to use lightning Lane for those.
- 50:18So it's like, so that's just the way it is.
- 50:23So like really it's more like just sort of keep an eye on the
- 50:27wait times and then just hop on when things are lower, which
- 50:34lines are inevitable. It's just what it is.
- 50:38Plan accordingly. Like if you've got little ones
- 50:41with you or if you know that you're about to get hangry or
- 50:45whatever, grab a snack before you get in line.
- 50:47There's trash cans all along the lines.
- 50:50Like they have trash cans like every 10 feet of the lines.
- 50:52Like they, you know, and don't be a Dick.
- 50:56Like lines are inevitable. They're gonna fucking happen.
- 51:01I always think how this one I go to Disneyland is, people are
- 51:05like, Oh my God, the line is so long.
- 51:07I've been here for so long and I'm like.
- 51:08It's like, yes, you, you know this, this is the, this is the
- 51:11thing. This is what it had like.
- 51:13This is what it. Is like ticket only gets you so
- 51:14far girl, we're all on this. Like just suck it up.
- 51:21Like if you don't want to stand in line, go somewhere else, you
- 51:25know what I mean? Like if you have health concerns
- 51:28to budget for the what is it the wheelchair or the scootered?
- 51:36The yeah, scootered, yes. Yeah, like it just, it is, it is
- 51:41what it is. Like just accept the fact that
- 51:43there is going to be lines. Like that's what it is.
- 51:45If you're not like super concerned about watching the
- 51:48fireworks or like if you watch the fireworks one night, but
- 51:50then like if you're there multiple nights, you're not
- 51:51there, go ride rides during the fireworks and like Fantasma and
- 51:56stuff. Because the wait line, the wait
- 51:58times are usually shorter because everybody's watching the
- 52:01fireworks, everybody's watching the fireworks, everybody's
- 52:05watching Fantasma, everybody's doing the thing.
- 52:06So just go go that like. An hour show depending on the
- 52:12night. So it's a lot.
- 52:14It's, I mean, the lines are quite a bit shorter at that
- 52:16point. So do go do that.
- 52:19I, I recommend going with friends.
- 52:23Friends mean no one has to ride alone.
- 52:25Food can be shared. Hotels can be split.
- 52:29You know, most hotels in the area around the parks have
- 52:34shuttles that run throughout the day, so you can save on parking
- 52:37if you go that route. Ours had one that ran most of
- 52:41the day. There was a space in like the
- 52:43middle of the day where they didn't run, but then they ran
- 52:46until after that. They ran until close.
- 52:48So you know. The last time I was there I had
- 52:51a hotel that was across the way, but we caught like this bus.
- 52:58They don't have that bus anymore.
- 53:01What happened? They stopped it and in a way,
- 53:03but I know what you're talking about.
- 53:04The first time we went they had that, but we they know they
- 53:06stopped it. It's rude.
- 53:08It was a couple years ago. I know if you do decide to park
- 53:14in like the parking structures and stuff, the parking
- 53:18structures actually have in and out privileges.
- 53:20So if you need to take a break, you need to go back to the hotel
- 53:23and you need to whatever you can leave and come back and not have
- 53:27to pay again. You just have to go back to the
- 53:29same parking. Garage.
- 53:32So like if you're a Mickey and Friends, right?
- 53:35If you're in Mickey and Friends and you have to go back to
- 53:36making friends, if you're in Toy Story or Pixar, then you have to
- 53:39go back to that one. So you just have to.
- 53:42Also my thing is if you do get the hotel that's close enough
- 53:46that you can walk to the park, I would recommend that.
- 53:50There's that too. If you are close enough and you
- 53:52can do it, you can walk. Ours was like over a hill and it
- 53:57was like, like it was close. But I'm like, we, we did Uber
- 54:02back like after Star Wars, but it was like a $10 Uber.
- 54:07So like it was cheap, you know what I mean?
- 54:09So, and you know, if you want to like go the route where you have
- 54:16like, you know, different ears or like lounge fly bags,
- 54:19whatever that match your outfit or your character or whatever, I
- 54:24highly recommend looking on Etsy for ears.
- 54:28They're usually more affordable and you can find pretty much any
- 54:33character. And they're actually a lot of
- 54:35them are cuter than what you can find at the parks.
- 54:36Like my woody ears were way cuter than the woody ears that
- 54:41we saw at the parks. Way cuter.
- 54:44And they're a little bit sometimes they're more
- 54:46customizable if you find him on Etsy and things you can reach
- 54:50out to the the maker and you know, tweak or whatever.
- 54:53But like there's nothing Bo peep at the parks like at all.
- 54:57So there wasn't any way I was going to be able to find.
- 55:00I don't fucking know. We were.
- 55:01Wondering too, I know and there's like.
- 55:04Nothing Bo Peep, which is stupid.
- 55:06So I got I got D Bo Peep ears off of Etsy to go with with that
- 55:12bound. And then for like for lounge
- 55:15flay stuff, look for, you know, look on the resale apps like
- 55:18Poshmark or Depop or, you know, things like that.
- 55:22Depending on the bag and the seller, you can find usually
- 55:26something that you're looking for within your budget.
- 55:28Like all of our stuff comes from like second hand, like
- 55:32reselling, you know, whatever. I think we've only bought like
- 55:35new lounge fly bags maybe once, maybe twice.
- 55:38That's because it was on clearance, but you can find
- 55:42like, you know, ears and other accessories and stuff like that
- 55:45on those sites too. So like I, I, you know, so
- 55:49there's, there's ways to be able to go and, and do these things
- 55:52and you know, and have fun and Disney bound or, you know, do
- 55:58the character thing, whatever. Like there's all sorts of things
- 56:00that you can do to save a few bucks here and there.
- 56:04And if you don't care about saving a few bucks, great.
- 56:07It doesn't fucking matter. Do whatever, but there's still
- 56:08ways that you can. If you're that friend that
- 56:12doesn't care how much money you spend, I have a family of five
- 56:19that's looking to go to Disneyland.
- 56:22I hear it at least once a week. We're like, we're sitting there
- 56:26looking like, like these families walking around with
- 56:28like some of them had tiny babies.
- 56:29And I'm like. They get him free.
- 56:33I know, but then what are you fuck you going to do with this
- 56:35potato that can't do shit Now you have to like hand it off.
- 56:39All right, your turn to ride a ride here, hold the potato.
- 56:43No, then you end up riding rides by yourself and like juggling.
- 56:46There was like 1 family that had like, I don't know, six kids or
- 56:49something and I'm like. And they were all too little to
- 56:51basically do anything and I'm like.
- 56:55I think that's what I'm afraid of.
- 56:57I don't want to wait until they get.
- 57:00I think 40 inches, 40 inches I think is the minimum for most
- 57:04things. And I'm like, you're bringing
- 57:07these babies and shit, what the hell are they going to do?
- 57:09They're not going to remember anything.
- 57:10They're nothing. They will remember nothing.
- 57:13And you get to remember how you got to take take turns holding
- 57:17the baby while one person went on a ride by themselves.
- 57:20I'm like. Or they go with other family
- 57:22members. I have seen that.
- 57:24Yeah, I'm just like, no thank you, no thank you.
- 57:31Or just leave the fucking kids at home.
- 57:34That's. That was, I do love my children,
- 57:38but it was time for yeah, for us by ourselves.
- 57:47I'm like, I, I, I, I was saying how I really wanted to like, I
- 57:53want to do like a, a photo set of like families going into the
- 57:59park and then families leaving the park because the, the
- 58:02parents always looked worse than the kids when they're coming
- 58:06because the kids were just passed out.
- 58:07The like the parents always looked like they wanted to
- 58:09shoot. Themselves.
- 58:10Because you know what? The kids want to go on
- 58:12everything. And if you can't afford it, then
- 58:15why can't I go on there? Oh my God, why can't I go on
- 58:18there? Oh, I saw Mickey.
- 58:19Can I go back and see Mickey? When are we going to see many
- 58:22kids? Are throwing tantrums they're
- 58:24tired they're over it and like the family's like there was one
- 58:27family that passed us like they were on their way out and I it's
- 58:30like oh y'all are just done so done and like the.
- 58:36Parents, just as a person that has gone a as like I wasn't a
- 58:43counselor, but somebody that has taken care of kids and taken
- 58:49them there. I would say like if you can
- 58:55split the day because kids handle things a lot differently,
- 59:00like in small chunks. And sometimes, like, you can
- 59:04tell they're overwhelmed, they're happy, but they're
- 59:07overwhelmed and they start to get like, I don't know what to
- 59:10call it, like annoyed almost. Jesus Christ, half of them are
- 59:13like completely overstimulated within 5 minutes of getting into
- 59:16the parks. Like they're just.
- 59:18Like colors. Oh my God, everything sounds
- 59:21like the Disney movie and. Right.
- 59:24Like every there's just so much and there's so many people and
- 59:27all the things and it was like. So if you're, if you have the
- 59:32time and can, I've seen families like rotate stations basically,
- 59:38right, so that not everybody is in the same spot.
- 59:42And that has been kind of helpful.
- 59:44But when we took a group of kids, it was easier to, like, be
- 59:48like, OK, we're going to spend like two or three hours doing XY
- 59:52and Z and then, you know, back off the park for a minute
- 59:56because, right, You could tell their minds are like, what?
- 1:00:00Whoa, what? This is why I like having the
- 1:00:04like the in and out privileges with the parking is kind of
- 1:00:06handy because then you can go, you can do something, you know,
- 1:00:13go to the parks for a while, you can leave, you can go back, you
- 1:00:16can take a nap. For an hour, there's a lot of
- 1:00:19mom and pop restaurants. We did that on Tuesday I
- 1:00:24Tuesday, Wednesday, Wednes, Tuesday, Tuesday.
- 1:00:28We like left for a little bit, took a nap for an hour, went
- 1:00:33back to the parks. I would say even if you go with
- 1:00:37full on adults, sometimes you're like, hey, I need to go back to
- 1:00:41the room. Right.
- 1:00:42It's fine to take a break. It's fine to like know your
- 1:00:46limits like you don't have to, you don't have to power through
- 1:00:50like it's still gonna be there if you.
- 1:00:52If you got like multiple day tickets, this is what I don't
- 1:00:56understand. The people that go like multiple
- 1:00:57days and then try to get through the whole park and like a day,
- 1:01:01you're like, no. We didn't go till like noonish
- 1:01:05on Thursday. We slept in a little bit after
- 1:01:08Star Wars night, then got up and went, 'cause we're like
- 1:01:12literally have hours. So plus it was California
- 1:01:14Adventure and California Adventure doesn't have as much
- 1:01:16as like Disneyland. So we're like, I'm, we're, you
- 1:01:19know, we're fine. But I'm like, no, if we're gonna
- 1:01:23be here multiple days, we're gonna like take our time.
- 1:01:25We're not. Yeah, yeah.
- 1:01:27Booking it through the park, No. Yeah.
- 1:01:30So yeah, I love that I don't have to look into saving up on
- 1:01:34the, well, Disneyland thing and then be like family members.
- 1:01:40Hey, right, we're saving up for Disney.
- 1:01:45You should just be like, hey, you know, just you can get us,
- 1:01:47you know, Disney gift cards for like, Christmas birthdays.
- 1:01:53Yeah, keep those. Love that anyway.
- 1:02:00And so we both experienced great weather while we were gone and
- 1:02:05then? Oh my God, We drove back.
- 1:02:08It was gross. We went, we left when we left on
- 1:02:11Saturday morning, it was like in the 70s.
- 1:02:14It was beautiful. And then within like a couple
- 1:02:17hours, it was like we. Could just feel the creep on you
- 1:02:20it's. Awful.
- 1:02:23So mad. We got out of the car in Palm
- 1:02:25Springs and we were like fuck this.
- 1:02:31So mad. I don't know what's going on,
- 1:02:36but in the airport it was hot in Texas and in Phoenix, 'cause we
- 1:02:43were getting on the plane and it was hot like inside and I was
- 1:02:48like, it's cool outside. Why is?
- 1:02:50It that would that is like my There have been times when I've
- 1:02:54flown on airplanes and the AC wasn't working.
- 1:02:57That is the quickest way to make me completely sick.
- 1:02:59I will end up throwing up all over the place.
- 1:03:01I can't do it. Can't do it.
- 1:03:04I will like yeah, it is. Yeah, the plane definitely well
- 1:03:09flying back and on the way there was full each time yeah, This is
- 1:03:19why I fly really early 'cause nobody is on these planes, right
- 1:03:24Last time I I'm. Hoping I'm hoping that my flight
- 1:03:26to Toronto is like. I'm hoping that my flight to
- 1:03:29Toronto is fairly like empty 'cause it's like on a Tuesday.
- 1:03:33Yeah, we flew back on the. Flying to Toronto on the
- 1:03:36Tuesday. Turn my back on Fridays.
- 1:03:40No. I know better, but I did not
- 1:03:44book my flight so I can't complain.
- 1:03:46So anyway, let's get into the the news.
- 1:03:53Do we have time for that? Yeah, go ahead.
- 1:03:56We're only a few minutes over. Well, I hope I don't get like a
- 1:04:19stop or cease and desist letter from the TSA 'cause they are in
- 1:04:25this episode. You're welcome.
- 1:04:28Oh well. The TSA confirms that officers
- 1:04:33can RIP this item from carry on bags even though they aren't
- 1:04:38banned, and that you can stand in line with your partner and
- 1:04:42have their ticket on your phone. But what is the item that you
- 1:04:46think that this is? Believe it or not, people are
- 1:04:51carrying around PVC pipe and their carry ONS.
- 1:04:56I don't know why, just as long as you don't bring like your
- 1:05:04power tools and stuff. But like, I don't understand.
- 1:05:08Plus I lived in the era of 911 and that sounds kind of balmy.
- 1:05:17It's like OK. Yeah, so it should be on the
- 1:05:22banned list to me it. Will be because someone's going
- 1:05:28to get mad at somebody and they're going to pull the
- 1:05:30fucking PVC pipe out of their bag and then they're going to
- 1:05:32beat someone over the head of it and then it'll go on the band
- 1:05:35list. Damn, damn, damn.
- 1:05:40Anyhow, I couldn't believe that. I thought it was a fake
- 1:05:44headline. And then it like, you know how
- 1:05:46like you Google stuff and then you're like, oh, that's fake
- 1:05:49because it doesn't show up anywhere else.
- 1:05:51Oh no, it just kept showing up everywhere.
- 1:05:53And I was like, come on, come on.
- 1:05:58OK, well, we wanna undo the system, and education is
- 1:06:03failing. God, this is kind of not good.
- 1:06:11A teenager dies after being reunited with his parents who
- 1:06:15were previously detained or kidnapped by ICE.
- 1:06:20It's such a sad. It's I, I I read about this.
- 1:06:25This is awful. Thing that we have gotten to the
- 1:06:30point where we are not even considering people human beings.
- 1:06:34Nope. That somebody, somebody was on
- 1:06:35their like deathbed that we didn't think like, you know,
- 1:06:44this is crazy. Maybe we should put the family
- 1:06:46back. We don't give a fuck, we don't
- 1:06:49care. Why the hell would we care?
- 1:06:52That's crazy to me. So crazy to me.
- 1:06:56So sad. So sad too.
- 1:07:03That was it. It was like, what the OK?
- 1:07:06Yeah, I. These people are going through
- 1:07:12it. The gay couple where the husband
- 1:07:17was detained by ICE. Excuse me, kidnapped by ICE, got
- 1:07:25reunited with his husband after 100 and something days.
- 1:07:36They're gonna have to, I know they're gonna have to do some
- 1:07:39work with each other, 'cause, you know, after the first couple
- 1:07:43days, then you don't know what he's experienced since he's been
- 1:07:47there, Right? Right.
- 1:07:50It's crazy. So the New York City mayor has
- 1:07:59made news multiple times since being in office.
- 1:08:03How do you say his last name? Ma'am, Donnie.
- 1:08:06Ma'am Donnie. Ma'am Donnie.
- 1:08:09Yeah. Announced that the city has cut
- 1:08:1412 billion. The 12 billion dollar budget
- 1:08:20deficit to 0. Now here we are.
- 1:08:31Somebody promised us that they would cut down our trillion
- 1:08:35dollar deficit, but we are spending billions a day on a
- 1:08:48war. Just want to put that in
- 1:08:53perspective. He did it.
- 1:08:55And how long has he been in office?
- 1:08:59What, less than a year? Yeah, but here we go.
- 1:09:04Can he run for president? Are we?
- 1:09:05Are we there yet? He says.
- 1:09:09I don't think he's. Right now, anyway.
- 1:09:13But I wonder if he's just saying that because he doesn't want the
- 1:09:17spotlight on that. Well, he's right, right?
- 1:09:20You know what I'm saying? Like he's like, no, no, no,
- 1:09:23we're not doing that. I'm being a mayor right now.
- 1:09:27Let's focus on being a mayor and that.
- 1:09:29But I would love give him a couple years maybe.
- 1:09:35'Cause I would, I would I, I, I, I think I would vote for him.
- 1:09:38I'd be about that. Especially if he's doing stuff
- 1:09:40like this. I'm waiting to see what else he
- 1:09:43does. If he says I brought universal
- 1:09:45healthcare to New York City, I'm going to be like, OK, what we
- 1:09:50need to reach New York and how do we get this nationwide?
- 1:09:55What's going on? Right?
- 1:09:57Yeah. So also the charades of people
- 1:10:02defending this person the the dump truck.
- 1:10:09I still don't understand, especially the latest that has
- 1:10:12come out on his social media. I and putting himself on $100
- 1:10:22bills maybe I don't know. No, those people that are on the
- 1:10:29bills right now barely earned it.
- 1:10:31So I don't think that. I mean, you know, he kind of
- 1:10:36fits with the, you know, the slave owners and things.
- 1:10:42Why not have, you know, the worst fucking president in
- 1:10:47history? You know, he's the best.
- 1:10:50The best. They say I'm the best.
- 1:10:53The best. Yeah, not.
- 1:10:55Oh, sad news. Jason Collins, the NB as first
- 1:11:03openly gay player, died this week at 47 of a brain tumor, I
- 1:11:11believe, like 8 months ago. Feel like that was.
- 1:11:17Yeah, I think it was 8 months ago.
- 1:11:19He found out, came on pretty severely, and now he's gone.
- 1:11:28I will say that he played a big part in part of that.
- 1:11:35Like, you know, like I wanna say like the millennial coming out
- 1:11:43stories because there were so many people that were,
- 1:11:47especially when I was a kid, like you can't be gay and
- 1:11:49playing basketball. And you're like, and so
- 1:11:56especially in the black community that is, that's a
- 1:11:59heavy, that's a heavy stride to carry.
- 1:12:04Though he did come out at the end of his career or toward the
- 1:12:08end of his career. So, but still make great strides
- 1:12:14even up until recently. So crazy, crazy to think.
- 1:12:22And I found out, sorry, I ran out of water.
- 1:12:31The number that he had was 98, I believe that was the number he
- 1:12:36had. And he did that in honor of
- 1:12:43Matthew Shepard, Did you know that?
- 1:12:46I did that. I remember reading somewhere,
- 1:12:48yes. I was like, Oh my God, I did not
- 1:12:52even know that because at first he had like, some other number
- 1:12:57that he didn't want. But then he switched it to 98,
- 1:13:00and that was his number as he traveled through teams.
- 1:13:04And I was like, oh, my goodness. And so he still continued on
- 1:13:08doing work even after his basketball career.
- 1:13:10So, yeah, crazy. I don't wish death on people,
- 1:13:20but wish that it could have been someone else, right?
- 1:13:25I know the the little grabby machine thing is missing all the
- 1:13:29people that it needs to be grabbing looking grim reapers.
- 1:13:33Like fuck damn it, that's not what I wanted.
- 1:13:39Yeah, so. But that's so crazy.
- 1:13:42And lighter news, disco superstar Martha Walsh.
- 1:13:49I thought it was Walsh. I think they're different
- 1:13:53people. They are will be honored at the
- 1:13:57Harvey Milk LGBTQ Plus Democratic Club's 50th
- 1:14:03Anniversary Gala on May 22nd. And I think she's always been,
- 1:14:12you know, our sassy diva fighting the fight with us.
- 1:14:22There are so many people out there that probably deserve
- 1:14:25awards like this. We should be just rooting for
- 1:14:28them and doing what we need from whatever they need from our
- 1:14:36side, 'cause yeah, this is no surprise.
- 1:14:41But GLAAD warns that the Internet has become a dangerous
- 1:14:46place for LGBTQ plus QIA plus people.
- 1:14:54I will say that the example of this is that I've been
- 1:14:59experiencing this. I feel like that's sort of like
- 1:15:03a. For like.
- 1:15:04The like I feel like I don't like.
- 1:15:09Well, it's an obvious. Storytellers, I think that we
- 1:15:12get the brunt of it. Where I have seen it recently is
- 1:15:20that we did that episode about redrawing the districts and boy
- 1:15:31oh boy do people not understand. Why make this about race?
- 1:15:37Because it is about race go. Away.
- 1:15:40I started hiding the comments 'cause I was like, OK, I'm not
- 1:15:44gonna even fight you because I know that you see things.
- 1:15:48Like you there there's you have to pick your battles because you
- 1:15:51know that the the people that are saying that are never.
- 1:15:54Things because I was like. They will never admit it.
- 1:15:58They will never see it'll it'll you know you're being racist
- 1:16:01because you're discriminating against white.
- 1:16:03People one one was like, well, why do we have to do everything
- 1:16:07to for the blacks or something? And I was like just for this
- 1:16:10statement alone right here. Right.
- 1:16:14And you are Exhibit A. This is why.
- 1:16:19I'm like, OK, should I screenshot what you just said so
- 1:16:22that I can just put it in the comment or right.
- 1:16:27So be careful out there. Don't stop being you.
- 1:16:34I feel like I'm saying this. Excuse me?
- 1:16:38As long as we can, we still need to be who we are 'cause I think
- 1:16:45the thing that they do is they threaten us.
- 1:16:47They trash talk us. They say you're, you don't
- 1:16:51matter because they want you to shrink, right?
- 1:16:56And they want you to. They basically don't want us to
- 1:17:00exist, right, Right. So I'm just like last if they
- 1:17:07can. Scare us back into the closet.
- 1:17:08That's like, that's good enough for them.
- 1:17:11Yeah, And last time they almost like like I just shut down, like
- 1:17:17it was a minute for me. But this time I feel like, OK, I
- 1:17:23can't. I can't have you keep telling me
- 1:17:26that I can't when I know that I'm just fine.
- 1:17:29And I was just fine before you got here.
- 1:17:32So just go about your business. I don't say anything about your
- 1:17:37truck that you're paying more gas money than I am.
- 1:17:45They don't. They don't.
- 1:17:47They don't care. They don't.
- 1:17:48They don't like facts. They don't care.
- 1:17:49They don't listen. It doesn't matter what you say.
- 1:17:51It doesn't matter what you show them.
- 1:17:53They don't care. They have they.
- 1:17:55They will explain everything away.
- 1:17:57Every time. Every time.
- 1:18:01So yeah, saving my energy on that and starting to see, at
- 1:18:08least locally, some of the people that are running for like
- 1:18:11midterm things. Yeah, you all do your research.
- 1:18:20Don't depend on AI to do the research.
- 1:18:23OK, please. I'm saying that because, well,
- 1:18:31and it says it on everything. AI can make mistakes.
- 1:18:34So go, if you know, somebody is running for town council and you
- 1:18:40keep seeing their picture around and you're like, I'm gonna vote
- 1:18:43for that person. Before you say I'm gonna vote
- 1:18:45for that person, figure out why. Yeah, like, 'cause last year I
- 1:18:51was like, oh, there's a black guy on the, on the, you know,
- 1:18:54little town council. What did I find out?
- 1:18:57He's like the president of blacks for Donald Trump or
- 1:19:02something. And I'm like who?
- 1:19:04And he's like the president of the Republican or the black
- 1:19:08Republican Party. My.
- 1:19:12OK, Nope, Nope. Not at all.
- 1:19:19No, thank you. So yeah.
- 1:19:24So let's see. Be safe out there because there
- 1:19:29are a lot of air quality warnings.
- 1:19:32The National Weather Service and environmental officials have
- 1:19:37issued air quality alerts urging residents in Texas, Colorado and
- 1:19:44Arizona to limit driving and reduce outdoor activities.
- 1:19:51So basically don't go anywhere, just stay in your house.
- 1:19:56Also, don't don't let them enforce the dummy law.
- 1:20:01Stay off the hiking trails. That man idiots.
- 1:20:07It's getting that time of year where people are going to be
- 1:20:09like, oh let's go hike smart camelback in 110 with no water
- 1:20:14in my children. Yeah, we find out who the smart
- 1:20:17people are. Don't be those people, OK,
- 1:20:22Stupid. Yikes, those stupid.
- 1:20:28I want to say her last name is La Doja.
- 1:20:32Grace. La Doja makes history as the
- 1:20:36first African woman to design her own shoe at Nike.
- 1:20:42This is great. Not sure if I'm a fan of the
- 1:20:45shoe. Maybe because I don't know the
- 1:20:47whole story. I feel like sometimes I'm OK
- 1:20:50with the art if I know the whole story, but I don't know if it's
- 1:20:54up to me to like decide that, but I think it's wonderful.
- 1:21:04I mean, I, I don't necessarily have to like buy it, like it,
- 1:21:09like good for you. I don't have to like it.
- 1:21:11You know what I mean? Like.
- 1:21:13Yeah, but I was like, oh, I don't know how I feel about this
- 1:21:19shoe. Good for you.
- 1:21:25That's what I felt like. I was like, oh, this is like
- 1:21:27when my kids bring art home sometimes I'm like.
- 1:21:30Oh, I'm, I'm looking at it now. It's I mean, I guess the colors
- 1:21:36are are very inspired. Yes, the shoe itself is hideous,
- 1:21:43yeah, but it's. Like good for you.
- 1:21:48Why are there like 15 shoelaces? I don't know.
- 1:21:52I really have to find the story and in in the stuff I read, I
- 1:21:56did not find the story because I'm definitely one to be like,
- 1:22:03oh, the art. But if you tell me the story
- 1:22:06behind it, I will. Like it's it like the colors and
- 1:22:09stuff are definitely like very African inspired.
- 1:22:12I could totally see that. I just wanted to know why all of
- 1:22:17them are like so intertwined like I.
- 1:22:20Get that? I just don't.
- 1:22:21Like I feel like that's like a hiking shoe maybe.
- 1:22:23I don't know. I just I the 17 fucking
- 1:22:28shoelaces would drive me nuts. Like I said, I'm not hating on
- 1:22:36her art. Like the I know why they're like
- 1:22:39the, the, the, you know, the red, the white, the green.
- 1:22:42I get that, you know, the orange, the black, like I.
- 1:22:45Under laces like why? Why aren't they like interwoven
- 1:22:50or? I don't know the 47 laces.
- 1:22:53I couldn't do it. I couldn't.
- 1:22:54Do it? I need to know what the function
- 1:22:56is like. And they're all three of them
- 1:22:59are different textures it looks like.
- 1:23:04So I would love to know more of the story.
- 1:23:08Maybe it's on her Instagram but. I'm I'm I'm looking you can
- 1:23:12keep. Going, oh, you're on her
- 1:23:13Instagram. I'm not on the Instagram or
- 1:23:16something else but. She posted on Instagram and I
- 1:23:21was. Like, oh, So what it is, is it's
- 1:23:28based on a Lagos, which is Nigeria.
- 1:23:35It's a homecoming festival. So she actually, so she actually
- 1:23:48started the festival in 2017. And I guess it's evolved into
- 1:23:51one of LEGO's most important cultural gatherings, bridging
- 1:23:55music, fashion, sport and art while creating a space for
- 1:23:58reconnection between Africa and its global diaspora.
- 1:24:04So it. Let's see here the homecoming
- 1:24:13Nike Air Max Plus collection 2 pair release.
- 1:24:16Weaving intricate storytelling rooted in African pride, late
- 1:24:2090s silhouette gets a complete makeover in this collaboration.
- 1:24:23The sneaker signature veins have been lifted to create a more
- 1:24:28sculptural overlay that sits above the upper rather than
- 1:24:32being embedded within it. Beneath it the standard mesh
- 1:24:34base is replaced with a textured, almost reptilian
- 1:24:37material, giving the shoe a tactile snakeskin like finish
- 1:24:40that amplifies it's already aggressive stance.
- 1:24:45The lacing system, swapping conventional strings for thick
- 1:24:48rope style laces that crisscross.
- 1:24:50The upper laces are done in red and green colors that honor the
- 1:24:56spirit of Pan Africanism. They've got lace charms, 1 is
- 1:25:01shaped in the outline of the African continent and one is
- 1:25:05honoring the homecoming festival.
- 1:25:08Interesting. So the first pair leans into the
- 1:25:11Pan African palette, which is anchored in black with hints of
- 1:25:14red and green, an explicit nod to themes of unity, identity and
- 1:25:18cultural pride that sit at the heart of the festival.
- 1:25:20The second pair takes a more expressive route, drenching the
- 1:25:23silhouette in a vivid safety orange gradient that mirrors the
- 1:25:26energy and intensity of Lagos itself.
- 1:25:31Interesting. So there you go, art.
- 1:25:37I would not wear them myself, but then I wouldn't for multiple
- 1:25:41reasons I would. Not I cannot tie my shoes with
- 1:25:44the two laces that I have. Right, adding three I'm like I
- 1:25:49don't I? I would be very like, what am I
- 1:25:54doing? You'd be like your shoes united,
- 1:25:59OK. I'd be like, it's on purpose,
- 1:26:01it's a trend. I'm very on trend.
- 1:26:05Leave me alone. It's in style these days.
- 1:26:09Speaking of in style and these days, what are we doing?
- 1:26:14Oh, tomorrow I will be at Drink Me Tea.
- 1:26:17Room for Alice in Wonderland Part 2 Drag Bingo.
- 1:26:25Join me at 5:30 and we start playing at six.
- 1:26:30If you don't have tickets, get them at Drink Me tearoom.com.
- 1:26:36And then rolling into June, June 6th and 7th already.
- 1:26:42We're almost there. Drag Story Hour Arizona will be
- 1:26:48at Fan Fusion both Saturday and Sunday at noon.
- 1:26:52I will be there Saturday and then both Felicia and I will be
- 1:26:54there on Sunday. So that'll be fun.
- 1:26:58One day is more like fairy tale fantasy themed and then Sunday
- 1:27:02is more like sci-fi stuff like that.
- 1:27:04So that'll be fun on the let me. See 14.
- 1:27:11It's actually, no, it's actually the 21st.
- 1:27:16On June 21st, both Felicia and I will be at Brick Road Coffee
- 1:27:22doing Drag Story Hour. It happens to be Father's Day.
- 1:27:24So, you know, if you want something that you can do and
- 1:27:26come out and get some coffee, whatever.
- 1:27:30Bringing. Other ones out to Father's Day
- 1:27:33Drag Story hour Brick Road Coffee on the 20th.
- 1:27:36So the day before you got to swap these two, I'll be doing a
- 1:27:40Pride trivia with Drag Story Hour Arizona at the Brick Road
- 1:27:43Coffee Mesa. So not the one in Tempe, but in
- 1:27:47Mesa at 5:00 PM there. Yeah.
- 1:27:54And then on July 10th we will be at Phoenix Cat Cafe for drag,
- 1:28:05bingo and cats. And this is to celebrate Freddie
- 1:28:09Prince Charming's birthday. And it's like right before I
- 1:28:14leave for thrust family. Oh, do you want Disney passes or
- 1:28:18or gift cards? Or do you want travel money?
- 1:28:25Yes, why not both? Why do I have to choose?
- 1:28:35Why are you making me choose one and then?
- 1:28:44I will be in Toronto for Thrust Fest, which is the weekend of
- 1:28:49July 24th. So Friday night, Saturday night
- 1:28:52and Sunday night is full of kings.
- 1:28:55It's gonna be amazing. I'm performing on night one, I
- 1:28:59do not know when exactly, but I'm performing on the first
- 1:29:05night. So no pressure at all.
- 1:29:09None, but that'll be fun. I'm excited for it.
- 1:29:15It'll, it'll be, it'll be something.
- 1:29:18And while I'm there, I'm gonna be sending in all my paperwork
- 1:29:21for my Canadian passport. So that'll be something to look
- 1:29:25forward to. That's why I'm actually going a
- 1:29:26little bit early so I have time to run around and like do all
- 1:29:29that so. Fun fun fun fun.
- 1:29:36And then we don't have a flyer for this yet.
- 1:29:39Maybe I should make it 'cause? I mean, it's not for a few
- 1:29:43months, so we have time. He'll be here before, you know,
- 1:29:50last. Whatever.
- 1:29:52September 3rd for those that have been asking and asking and
- 1:29:56asking sex. Trivia night at Gracie's Tax Bar
- 1:30:01is gonna be on September 3rd. At 8:00 PM is when we start the
- 1:30:08sign ups. And then 8:30 we start.
- 1:30:11Sensing a theme here. We start and then 30 minutes
- 1:30:15later you're like, oh, cool minute.
- 1:30:18We usually play 2 rounds, so sometimes people stick around
- 1:30:23'cause the first game is not like the second game.
- 1:30:28And usually it's very entertaining for Freddie and I
- 1:30:31because usually people have drank since 8:00.
- 1:30:37We get to the round about like 9/30, 10:00, and they're like,
- 1:30:43yeah, I know all of those. And you're like, OK, cool.
- 1:30:46So you should win, right? No, they don't.
- 1:30:52But it's entertaining for us. Love it.
- 1:30:56Also don't forget that you can book us for parties, Bar
- 1:31:00mitzvahs, Quinceanera. Funerals we put the fun in
- 1:31:07funeral, divorces, you name it. Yeah.
- 1:31:11You know, yeah, court hearings. I can't be a witness, though.
- 1:31:17Don't. No, no perjury.
- 1:31:22I can't do that. Not doing that.
- 1:31:25But yeah, book us, book us, book us, book us.
- 1:31:29As Freddy usually says, he's not booked anywhere, but the weekend
- 1:31:33kind of told on itself that was. I'm, I'm actually booked quite a
- 1:31:42bit in the next like month or so, which is, yeah.
- 1:31:49So yeah, look out for that and check out our Patreon for
- 1:31:56upcoming stuff. I did talk about the TSA thing.
- 1:31:59I had to put that down on the. I was like, I gotta talk about
- 1:32:03this real quick. I posted that like almost
- 1:32:06immediately when I got back 'cause I was like, fuck them
- 1:32:08people, right? Oh yes, be safe out there,
- 1:32:19travel in pairs, travel with friends, and we will see you for
- 1:32:26your Wednesday night conversation next week.
- 1:32:31Good night. None.