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Episode 24: Jar Of Hearts By Jennifer Hillier Book Review | Wisconsin Dumb Crimes & Laws | New Segment - Prison Reviews! · This Is My Circus

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Hey, this is Stephanie and I am Meredith.
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And welcome to, this is my Circus.
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Oh gosh, it's so early.
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So, my life is just insane and trying to catch up.
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We're still so far behind.
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Um, so we are recording at seven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, which is our airing day.
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So, so here we're, here we are.
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Um, that's okay.
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How did Rex enjoy his walk this morning?
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good.
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We did a short walk.
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we normally walk most of our neighborhood, um, like a mile and a half.
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A little over a mile and a half.
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Um, so we just did like a shorter loop this morning.
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It's like gr I'm outside right now, but like, it's just like gross out.
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I dunno.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I'll stay inside for a minute.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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It was pretty good.
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I guess, I don't know, like it was not very eventful.
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I'm bummed that we did not go to California because our entire crew, our entire crew got invited to Shamar, house and they had, oh my, all the things like they had like the full bar.
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He had a taco truck there.
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Oh my God.
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I know.
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So I'm like, dude, like you hadn't had tacos.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Oh.
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But, um, they all had a blast.
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They said that, I mean, everything was awesome.
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Um, you know, there was a, a bunch of other celebrities there, um, like some other, like sports people.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Terrell Owens was there and he used to be an eagle.
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so, you know, that would've been really cool.
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But whatever.
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Oh, next time.
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Yeah, next time.
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So, speaking of football, congratulations, Jay on the win.
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Yeah, no, actually his team lost.
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Oh, did they?
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Yeah, his team.
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Oh.
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But personally, he won.
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Was it the ninth grade team that won or that then Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So the ninth grade team did win.
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Um, but jv, which he's playing lost, but he did have a great game.
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Um, with him being moved up and being the youngest out there, I didn't know if he'd really even get any playing time.
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But he, um, he actually started both ways.
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And had really good games.
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So good.
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Ready for this week?
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We have to go to Hillcrest.
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Um, which is about an hour and a half away, I think.
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So that'll be a long night, but I'm still don't have my voice back from all the, all the yelling.
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I've gotta restrain myself.
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Um, never.
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well, that's good., how is ninth grade going for Jackson?
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It's good.
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It's good.
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Yeah.
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He's, um, managing things really well for now with, you know, work and sports and work school and sports and everything.
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It's, it's kind of their job, like it's his job.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I would say that.
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So, so he seems to be doing really well, um, for now, but this semester always is, the first semester is always, Okay.
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For him, I think because he has such a strict routine, is that next one when he gets distracted.
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Yeah.
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Um, and he wants to be done, but he's doing, he's doing okay.
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He's doing okay.
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Good.
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And how did lacrosse practice go for Dylan last week?
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I saw him some last week, by the way.
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Oh, at the game?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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He's doing good.
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He said that it practices are really intense.
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I guess more so than.
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The ones were, yeah.
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Yeah.
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So they're doing a ton of conditioning, which he's in pretty good shape, thank goodness.
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Um, or else this could have been a whole lot worse.
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But, um, they do, um, do weight training a couple of times a week, and they do have a, specific weight trainer that mm-hmm.
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Um, works with them there.
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So they have a really, really great weight room.
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when we went and toured it, um, they showed us all the equipment and everything that they'll be using, so, He is really enjoying it.
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He said it's very, like his legs were sore all weekend.
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He didn't skip leg day.
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Yeah.
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So, um, but he's really enjoying it.
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He said that like, he's like, it's almost as bad as wrestling, conditioning, and, you know, those practices are crazy.
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when he was doing wrestling.
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Yeah.
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So I don't think he's gonna do wrestling this year.
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Last year he did it.
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he just, he's not crazy about, like, he loves the practice, he loves the conditioning, he loves wrestling.
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He hates competing in it.
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Like, he does not like to do the competitions.
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He doesn't wanna be there all day.
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and I don't know if you've ever been to wrestling.
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I have.
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I have.
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And all day affair.
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Like you were there from eight o'clock in the morning until like, good gracious.
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It was like we, one night, we didn't get outta there until like, 11, 12.
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yeah, so I, so when, um, Jasmine's boys wrestled, I think it was Isaiah that I went to see, because Jonas was not at the high school level at that point, and mm-hmm.
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I was like, well, what time does he wrestle?
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And she was like, well, I don't know.
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There's three matches in front of him.
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It could be, you know, 30 minutes.
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It could be three minutes.
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Like I got, I've got nothing.
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And that for my O C D brain was just.
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Yeah.
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Not good.
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It was, yeah.
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And then you're in the room, like in like a, a gym full of sweaty Oh yeah.
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Gross.
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Nasty boys.
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No, thank you.
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So.
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Mm-hmm.
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while, and he, he killed it in wrestling.
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Like he was so good.
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Like just naturally good.
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And yeah.
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But he, you know, he loves lacrosse.
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Like, that's his passion.
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Yeah.
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he likes wrestling.
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He loves the fitness aspect of it.
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he just didn't care for the competing, like Yeah.
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And that's okay.
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I mean, he tried it, he did it.
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He, he finished his seasons that he did it, and yeah.
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I get it.
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But I mean, like the, the first year he went undefeated, um, yeah.
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And he was like wrestling the weight class up.
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He was, or one or two weight classes because he started, he lost so much weight throughout the season that he had dropped so many weight classes.
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Um, and then last year he.
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He was, I think this is what actually did it, he was wrestling in his normal weight class, and he missed his weight by not even a half a pound.
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It was like a quarter of a pound.
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Oh.
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And he couldn't wrestle.
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And then he was stuck there all day.
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And I was like, I'm not driving an hour to come pick you up because you can't wrestle.
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I'm sorry.
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You're gonna have to deal with it.
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And they, I was like, go pee.
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He's like, I already did.
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Oh my gosh.
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Yeah, he, so he was, and then like, you know, he is, he is like, can you send me like Uber Eats?
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I'm starving.
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Yeah.
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Because he didn't eat most of, and like, that's the other part I hate about it is like being so concerned about weight and making weight and not eating totally like correctly.
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and the damage that does on your body too, which I think is.
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Not quite as bad because they have so many different things in place now to kind of regulate that.
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But, that was a huge problem for a very long time with wrestlers.
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you know, yes, eating disorders and, not eating before matches and then like, you know, stuffing their faces right before they went onto the mat and yeah, it's, yeah, it's just a disaster.
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So, yeah.
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Um, I'm, I'm not sad, um, that he's not doing wrestling this year.
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If he loved it, of course I would support him, but, Yeah.
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Yeah, I get it.
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I get it.
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So funny story.
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We went this weekend on a quick little, I just needed to like get outta the house for a little bit.
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Like we haven't been anywhere recently, hadn't done anything outside of.
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Regular stuff.
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So we just drove, um, up to just like right past Shelby for mm-hmm.
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Um, like let's just go find a little hole in the wall place.
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And I love to eat at places that are different.
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Mm-hmm..
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Mm-hmm.
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I appreciate like little mom and pop places more than like, you know, like a, a chain.
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So we went and ate and we were just driving around'cause it was really pretty.
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We were actually, Just enjoy.
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'cause you could see some of the mountains from there.
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So just enjoy, you know, whatever.
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And we, on the way back, there's, I don't know if you know this, but there's this Amish, um, place in North Carolina, like Amish, um, community.
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Did you know that?
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Mm-hmm.
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Isn't that crazy?
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So Brian was like, let's go check out, like they have like a fruit stand with like fruits and vegetables or whatever.
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And he was like, maybe you'll see like something in there, you know, get something to take coma, whatever.
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And so we pull up and, um, There's like, uh, you know, apples and baked goods that they sell, which are a hundred percent homemade or whatever.
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And it was really neat.
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They had these cutting boards that were beautiful, like handmade anyway, and then they had this little signed piglets for sale and I was like, How mad would Brian be?
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He told me to go get something.
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If I just walked to the car with a piglet, what wouldn't he do?
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Let's see.
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Don't wanna push him over the edge today, or we gonna let it ride a little bit.
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So that was like when Rex followed me home and I was like, he just followed me home.
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And Brandon was like, feeding that dog for weeks.
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Didn't follow you home.
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What did.
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And he is so good.
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Rex.
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I love Rex.
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He's such a good boy.
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so anyway, I just thought that was funny.
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Like me in my mind, trying to push Brian over the edge.
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Oh, and one more thing I wanted to say.
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So, you know, our, following has grown too, where it's, you know, like a lot of Jackson's little, dude friends would listen.
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Now, some of the girls listen.
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I know.
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So one of Dylan's lacrosse friends was like, my mom was listening to your podcast in the car the other day.
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And I was like, no way.
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So Hi Aiden's mom.
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Yeah.
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Hi.
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And I wanted to say hi to Hannah because I just thought that was really awesome to have, a younger generation just laughing with us about our goofiness.
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anyway, yeah.
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Okay.
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So moving on.
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Did you read Jar of Hearts?
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I did.
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And Jar of Hearts was by Jennifer Hillier.
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Yes.
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and I didn't read it.
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I listen to it as always, but same.
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I'm gonna read a little blurb but before we do that, let's just get out trigger warnings.
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yeah, there was sexual assault, murder, dismemberment, domestic violence, and a lot of language yeah.
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So there's lots of, this was like, this was a dark book.
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It was.
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all right, so this is from the Amazon recap.
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when she was 16 years old, Angela Wong, one of the most popular girls in school, disappeared without a trace.
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Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at the Seattle Pharmaceutical Company, was involved in any way.
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Certainly not.
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Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.
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14 years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's, childhood home.
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And Kaiser now a detective with the Seattle PD finally learns the truth.
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Angela was a victim of Calvin James, the same Calvin James, who murdered at least three other women.
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So the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer, but to geo he's something else entirely.
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Back in high school, calvin was Giogio's first, love, turbulent, and often volatile.
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Their relationship bordered an obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed for 14 years.
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Gu knew what happened to Angela and told no one for 14 years.
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She carried the secret of Angela's death until GIA was arrested and sent to prison.
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While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets.
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Very deep.
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And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows.
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Now, the obsessive past catches up with a deadly present when new bodies begin turning up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong.
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So that was the long intro.
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It was very long.
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So I thought, this book was very complex.
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Like I felt like there was so many layers.
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So many, um, like in my mind when I read, I start to, I guess, kind of make this, um, diagram and, and like connect, like who's with who and where and whatever.
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And I felt like there was a lot, a lot going on.
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this was a complicated book in my mind., but an easy read, if that makes sense.
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Yeah.
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Like there was a lot of parts, but, but it wasn't difficult to follow.
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Yeah.
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I, going into the book, I don't know, I wasn't sure, you know, like how like sometimes you just like a character or you mm-hmm.
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Totally hate the character.
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And so as the book developed, I think the development of geo her whole life, um mm-hmm.
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As it unraveled, made her more likable.
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She was almost like the villain, but also like the hero at the same time, you know?
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Mm-hmm.
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Mm-hmm.
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You think going into it, she's this horrible, awful, awful person.
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but as the relationship with Calvin develops and, and you see her being 16 is a hard age, like that's a hard.
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Age, you think you're grown.
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You think that you know everything, you think you've got everything figured out.
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but you're so moldable and so, and I don't wanna say naive, but like, you don't have life experience yet.
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Yeah.
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especially the life experience you think you have.
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So you think you're in love, you think like all these, you know, you have all these, well, you know, brains aren't fully developed at that point, so, I mean, you can't make.
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With all of your brain yet.
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Yeah.
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there was a, a quote in this book, it says, A relationship isn't supposed to make you feel out of control.
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It's not supposed to consume you.
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It's not supposed to change you into someone you don't wanna be.
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And that really stuck with me.
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I think there's so many times.
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Um, and not just, not just.
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Romantic relationships, friendships where you wanna fit in so bad, or you wanna be accepted so bad that you do stuff that's outta character, or you do stuff that, um, you know, you know mm-hmm.
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You shouldn't be doing.
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Yeah.
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And I think that that's so, like for adults as well, but especially for teenagers, there's so many pressures to, you know, so geo wasn't.
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Like the super, super pretty popular one.
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That was Angela.
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Yes.
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So she felt so special.
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And I think obviously Calvin was a predator.
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Mm-hmm.
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Um, he was 21, she was 16, which I mean, as you get older, five years isn't a big difference, but at that age it is a big difference.
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Well, at that time, that age, because this, you know, this, the things happened in the past, like their relationship was in the past.
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So at that time it wasn't such a big deal to, you know, have a few years between like that.
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Right.
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That's like, I think, I think if my parents knew that I was going out with a 21 year old, they would've killed me.
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Like that's, you know, At 16, I think my, my parents would've been like, absolutely not, you know?
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Nope.
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Nope.
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Yeah.
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So, um, and there's like a, there's a big, um, maturity difference, between totally 16 and 21.
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So he, he knew what he was doing.
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He was, he was, he knew she was insecure.
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He knew that, everyone always went bananas over Angela I think he was, he was so manipulative.
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Yes.
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he was so, like, he knew that geo wasn't the, you know, the, the confidence pretty one in the group.
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Um, so he used that against her when he showed her the attention and, and even the way then, so maybe some spoilers unintentionally, but like when Angela would give him some.
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Attention.
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He would blame it on just the fact, oh, she's pretty, she expects it kind of thing.
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And just gas lady, all the things.
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Definitely Predator, definitely just manipulate.
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I, I was not a fan of Calvin, but I will say, and I feel weird even saying this, I'm a, I'm a fan of geo, like I liked her.
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You too little bit.
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I think that that's what I'm saying, like she's like the villain, but she's also the hero.
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She definitely had her part in, in things and, and made bad decisions.
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Right.
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but again, at 16 you are so impressionable and she was so smart, but so dumb at the same time.
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Well, and, and she, you know, when you're 16 you're thinking.
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Only in this moment, like you're not seeing the big picture of things.
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So she was just, Yeah.
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But you know, she was almost on like cleanup duty.
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Like it wasn't like she had Yeah.
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You know, like she did not condone what was going on.
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She did not like, wish anything right bad on anybody.
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She was, she was just trying to aftermath after she was stuck in the aftermath.
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So, what I did like is the author kept it very, um, true to I believe how it people are, accepted back into society or not accepted.
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Um mm-hmm.
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You know, the town hated Angela.
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Mm-hmm.
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Like, they did not accept her, not Angela, um, geo, uh, yeah.
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They, they, they were not accepting of her.
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She couldn't get a job.
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People were very rude to her.
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Mm-hmm.
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Probably how it.
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Probably would have a very negative attitude if I lived in that town.
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Yeah, me too.
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Um, so I It's relatable on all sides, I think.
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Mm-hmm.
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Other than Calvin.
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'cause he's a butthead.
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Oh my god.
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Yeah.
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The, the farther that book went and then, but then at the end you're like, okay, okay.
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Do I like him now?
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Or maybe not even like him, but I mean, Yeah.
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he tried to redeem himself for like a page of the book.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So it seems like he truly 100% did love her in his weird twist sick way.
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Yeah.
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Um, but he is twisted and.
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Yeah, something's wrong with him, so I still hate him.
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Totally, totally.
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did you see the ending though?
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Like, did you see that coming?
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Not at all until like right before it happened.
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I was like, oh, I bet this is the connection.
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And then I was like, yeah.
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Um, but still up until that point, no.
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I didn't see any of that come in.
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And then when the ending, you're, when you're at the, you know, the, the closer, not.
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Like when you're at like the end of the book when all this stuff is happening and all the pieces are coming together.
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There was some things in there that I was like, no, he's not.
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No, he's not.
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I know exactly what part you're talking about, and like, I was like, I know, I know.
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If you, if you hadn't seen the video, that was me, like, vomiting because it was it was terrible.
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It was terrible, but he did not, um, it, it was just insinuated that something was gonna happen and it did not happen at that time.
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Mm-hmm.
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Don't wanna get too many spoilers.
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But anyway.
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Yeah.
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Um, yeah, I didn't see that and I didn't see, she told enough to keep herself outta like, major, major trouble.
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I didn't see the extra part that she had in the crime.
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Um, when I really revealed that at the end, I was like, Ooh.
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Right.
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Totally.
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I thought it was a great book.
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it was definitely dark.
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It was definitely twisty.
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Um, yeah, it was, it was graphic.
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so if, if that's not your style, do not read this book.
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But I thought it was really because it's my style.
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so what would you write the book?
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I, I liked it.
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I think I'd probably give it like a, probably like an eight or nine.
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I was like an eight.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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It was a little bit.
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Too graphic almost for me.
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Yeah.
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On like certain parts that we, I think just kind of insinuated on that.
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I was like, whoa.
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Yeah.
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Um, but, I thought it was really good.
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I thought it was well written.
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I thought the characters were developed really well and mm-hmm.
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Um, the twists just kept coming, so I liked it.
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I did two, okay, so our next book is, the Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.
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Have you read that one?
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I haven't read it yet, but I did watch the movie.
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Awesome.
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Good.
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And then we just have one more on this list and then we'll start on our next list.
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Ooh.
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Have you started reading a call, Eaton's book?
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I did.
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So I'm in the second section of it and I've been going very slowly.
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Like I probably could have, you know, obviously breezed through this book really quickly.
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Yeah.
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Um, I wanted to really absorb everything that is being said.
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It's very enlightening.
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it starts out you're in your black hole.
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Like this is not your rock bottom, black hole moment.
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Like you have to, take it for what it is and mm-hmm.
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She gives her experiences with, being totally broke and getting pregnant in college and, not, knowing what to do or, you know, like, you know what I mean?
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Your, your life is completely different than what you planned and Yeah.
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And then I think a lot of people can relate to that, she just writes, so relatable, to mm-hmm.
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I think like the masses, I mean, I think we've all felt that way at some point.
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So, I'm really enjoying it.
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Good.
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Yeah, I, I haven't gotten to like the point where like, you fix your life yet, but the how to, how do we fix, how do we fix ourselves?
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good.
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Well, I'm glad you're enjoying it.
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Um, so we've got, we've got this, um, the curl on the train and then one more book, and then we'll start our new list.
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And at our new list at the top of it, we will have her book.
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So that still gives us a couple weeks to, to read that one.
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Have you started it or No?
21:10
I have not started it yet.
21:12
Um, yeah, but I've been kind of all over the place because I do start my job next week and so I, yeah, I've been trying to get some other things tied up, you know, since I've had some free time, um, before that point, and I.
21:26
I start umpiring again tonight for the fall season.
21:29
Woo.
21:30
Are you gonna ask about some of the dance moves?
21:33
We'll, see, I, I do need a GoPro.
21:36
I think I need to wear a GoPro, but turn it around on me.
21:39
Yeah.
21:43
Um, so, so, yeah.
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So that, um, ha, given that extra time, will give me time to,'cause like you said, you don't wanna read it and just throw it, you know, be done with it.
21:51
You want to definitely take it in so you can apply.
21:54
All the wisdom that she is gonna throw out at us.
21:58
Yeah.
21:58
Um, cool.
21:59
so as I was, like this is, we're going a little bit off topic as I was looking for our dumb and laws.
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Do you know what I.
22:08
What?
22:09
Do you know that they do prison reviews like Yelp and Google Reviews?
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No.
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Yes.
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I feel like I could go down that rabbit hole.
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It is a gold mine.
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A gold mine.
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It is the, so, okay, so is it employees leaving the reviews?
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Former inmates?
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Prisoners.
22:29
Ah, so can I read you one?
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Because it's, yes.
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Hysterical.
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Okay.
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I picked two that like, I was like laughing out loud at, okay, so this one, says two stars.
22:40
Drop the soap Wasn't advised at all.
22:43
Would've given more stars, but turns out the rooms are shared and bathrooms are common.
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Most of the other guests are not upstanding citizens.
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Oh my God.
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And then the second one, it says it was some from San Quentin State Prison.
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One star from John A.
23:03
After being told that my wardrobe was not up to their standards, they made me strip in front of them and put on one of their ugly blue onesies.
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The gall of the staff here.
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They didn't even tip me for the strip show, cheap skates.
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Oh, and did I mention the sandals and white tube socks?
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They made me wear.
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I didn't realize I wandered into Germany.
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Things went from bad to worse real quick.
23:27
I didn't realize I booked and shared accommodations.
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My room was one huge concrete room and enough bunk beds for the entire Miami Dolphins football team.
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And don't get me started on the open toilet.
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I made sure to let everyone know I was going number two in case they wanted to watch.
23:46
Oh my gosh.
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I mean, so I think, I think this needs to be added to our weekly.
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Content we play with you.
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Oh my God, I was dying.
23:59
How on that?
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Okay.
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I'm speechless.
24:04
So, yeah, I think that's hilarious.
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Yeah, they were so funny.
24:09
And like, I mean like, those were like the two like, like just like popped outta me, but there was hundreds upon hundreds of these reviews.
24:18
So is it a specific website?
24:20
No.
24:20
Like, well, so I was just searching like the dumb crimes or whatever, and um, it's like, it, it pulled up, first it pulled up a radio station that had like the funniest prison reviews, and I'm like, that's a thing.
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And so then I went down the rabbit hole of like, well, where are these reviews?
24:36
And apparently they're, they're on like Yelp and there's Google reviews and then like there, there's like all these like websites like dedicated to these reviews.
24:46
I mean, I'm not a big fan of criminals.
24:49
I mean, we all make mistakes.
24:50
I'm not saying that so, but whatever.
24:52
But that's funny.
24:53
Like they're funny, little funny little criminals.
24:59
I think you have to have a sense of humor.
25:00
Yeah.
25:01
At that point.
25:04
Definitely.
25:05
Oh my gosh, that's so funny.
25:07
Yeah.
25:07
So.
25:11
It was, it was pretty good.,, So this week with our laws and our crimes, we did Wisconsin.
25:17
Yes.
25:18
and I do have to tell you, I had a hard time finding something with cheese.
25:22
So I found couple of law.
25:23
I did find some crimes, but they weren't like funny.
25:25
I mean, like, they weren't like Yeah.
25:26
Dumb crimes.
25:27
It was like they just stole a truck full of cheese.
25:31
I saw a lot of the, a lot of those I.
25:36
But yeah, there was no, like, they slipped on the cheese or like, you know, anything funny or they put cheese in their pants or anything like that.
25:44
They, they caught them by a boot print in impression in the cheese.
25:47
Like there was nothing like that.
25:49
But, I did see a couple of laws with cheese though.
25:52
you wanna go with your dumb crime?
25:54
Sure.
25:56
Um, and it's really short.
25:59
It does have a little bit of cheese in it, but I did want to, try to, you know, meet that standard.
26:05
Either James Summers had a lifelong dream of working at a Denny's, or he was just really hungry and one of the most bizarre arrest reports Summers walked into a Madison, Wisconsin, Denny's in February of 2012.
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He was dressed up in a coat and tie and claimed to be sent over from corporate.
26:22
Something didn't seem right to the people at Denny's.
26:24
So while they were calling, um, corporate to inquire, he put on.
26:31
Summers put his plan into action.
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He began to cook himself a cheeseburger and fries.
26:37
So he just walks in and says, I'm from corporate.
26:40
Um, I'm just here to inspect everything.
26:42
I'm gonna go back here and cook something.
26:44
And the Denny's people were like, What, what?
26:47
Um, yeah, so he was arrested but, um, you know, anyway, hopefully he gotta eat his burger.
26:54
He was hungry.
26:55
You gotta do what you gotta do.
26:56
I mean, I love a good cheeseburger, I'm not gonna lie.
27:00
Have you ever eaten at Jenny's?
27:02
Yes, I'm sure.
27:03
So you were there cheeseburgers like worth, like getting arrested over?
27:09
It depends on how hungry I am.
27:13
Tell me about your dumb criminal.
27:15
Alright.
27:15
Um, so this, I got off of like a radio station.
27:18
Um, this Dude, didn't think anything through.
27:21
This was kind of like a, I'm just gonna go for it.
27:23
I'm invincible.
27:25
Things didn't go as planned.
27:26
Lamont Walker has earned the dumbest Wisconsin Criminal ever award for me.
27:30
This Milwaukee, Wisconsin Criminal can't catch a break.
27:33
Lamont Walker tried robbing a Milwaukee Walgreens location.
27:37
The keyword is tried.
27:38
No one was at the cash register.
27:40
Dude freaked out when the employee saw him, so he just took off running.
27:45
Is there such a thing as being a robber and getting cold feet?
27:48
I guess so.
27:49
So Lamont runs outta the Walgreens, hightails it down the sidewalk to hide the evidence.
27:53
So he doesn't get busted.
27:54
He attempts to toss the gun as he ran down the sidewalk.
27:58
The only thing that ruined this was he threw it right in front of the security camera.
28:03
Now it was a decent toss to lamont's credit the nine millimeter with 13 rounds of 0.3.
28:11
Caliber ammunition was launched onto the roof of a nearby Pete's fruit market.
28:16
No one will look for the robbers gun on the roof, but there was that whole security camera thing.
28:22
Oh my God.
28:24
Cops were called after the failed Walgreens robbery, and they found Lamont not too far in an alleyway.
28:29
The dude had a pretty impressive rap sheet of previous crimes, including robbery theft, taking a vehicle without consent.
28:35
Lamont also took third in state.
28:38
At the Wisconsin criminal discus to the guy has an arm, but man, that aim not so good.
28:47
I was gonna say the same thing, but they have a picture from the security camera, oh my God.
28:52
And he's like, he has his like leg in the air.
28:54
He is like, Shut up.
28:57
Like trying to get the distance on there to make it go where it needs to go.
29:00
That's funny.
29:01
That's a good one.
29:02
It was funny.
29:03
So no cheese with it, but yeah, it was, it was a good for the camera.
29:12
I mean, okay, so add that to our list of how to be a criminal, but criminals stay stupid.
29:18
Um, that just look for the cameras, like look for the cameras for us.
29:24
But like there's cameras everywhere now.
29:26
Like you have like Yeah.
29:27
Almost near impossible to get away with stuff anymore.
29:31
Yeah.
29:31
There's cameras everywhere.
29:33
Everywhere.
29:34
Well, he, um, he gave us some laughter with his, uh, his toss.
29:39
So thank you Lamont.
29:41
Yes, totally.
29:43
Um, I did pull up some of the dumb laws and I thought this one was like, what?
29:49
You can't serve margarine at a restaurant unless the customer specifically requests it.
29:54
I saw that but well, and it's, so to go with that, it says butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in prisons.
30:00
I wonder why, I dunno, maybe the chemicals in it, I dunno.
30:05
Maybe they're like healthy state, although all the cheese, I dunno, I dunno.
30:11
Um, it's illegal to not base business hours on central time.
30:17
Okay.
30:17
Well, here's your cheese one.
30:20
Well, all cheese making requires a license.
30:22
Limburger cheese requires a Master Cheesemaker's license.
30:28
Master Cheesemaker.
30:30
That sounds like a made up title.
30:32
Hi, I'm Meredith.
30:34
I'm a master Cheesemaker.
30:36
Oh, that should be your job.
30:41
Um, it is illegal to produce cheese that is not highly pleasing but that's subjective, right?
30:47
But to who?
30:48
Yeah.
30:48
Like to who?
30:48
Yeah.
30:49
Okay.
30:50
Um, Wisconsin takes its cheese.
30:51
Seriously.
30:51
State law requires that cheese labeled as Wisconsin Certified Premium Grade AA meet a certain standard.
30:57
It must be fine.
30:58
Highly pleasing and free from desirable flavors and odors.
31:02
But again, like that's all subjective, right?
31:06
Right.
31:06
Yeah.
31:07
Um, it is illegal to shoot missiles at parade participants.
31:13
Who, who randomly keeps missiles.
31:16
Why would you shoot them at parade?
31:18
Participants parades are happy.
31:21
Like they throw handy and stuff.
31:22
Yeah, yeah.
31:24
Well, um, to go with that, well, maybe this is why citizens may not murder their enemies.
31:30
Maybe an enemy was on the float.
31:32
waving.
31:32
Um, oh gosh, there's so many, but is okay.
31:37
No, it's not.
31:40
Let me answer that question real quick.
31:42
Throw your, all your dumb criminals out there.
31:45
It's still illegal.
31:47
Um, there's several more, but you guys Google dumb uh, laws in Wisconsin'cause there's a lot for Wisconsin.
31:53
Um, my last one's gonna say that it is illegal to worry a squirrel.
31:57
They're kind of like little like shifty guys.
31:59
Like they seem to be always worried with their little tails going in the, in, in the road, back and forth and back and forth and back.
32:05
Like, yeah.
32:06
So maybe you just can't add to that.
32:08
Um, all right, well, here's my last one.
32:09
In lacrosse Wisconsin, it's a legal display, an unclothed mannequin in a store window.
32:15
Um, I said that that was my last, but to match that in the same place, it's illegal to wear red in public like any red, I'd be, I'd be arrested today.
32:27
You would be, you would be.
32:29
You would be.
32:29
Lock her up.
32:30
Lock her up.
32:32
When I get out, I make sure to give a review.
32:35
Yeah.
32:36
Yes, totally.
32:37
Okay.
32:37
So do you have some more fun stuff coming up for, uh, for your life or do you not?
32:42
I don't.
32:44
we have a parent meeting tonight for lacrosse, but that's like the excitement.
32:47
yeah.
32:48
I mean there's really not a whole lot going on, I guess.
32:50
I dunno, like just working, it just takes up my whole life.
32:54
Yeah, I got you.
32:56
Sometimes that's what it is.
32:58
Yeah.
32:59
Um, how about you?
33:00
What, what do you got going on besides your new job?
33:03
Yeah, new job next week or I'm starting to ref, Jackson's games will be on Thursday, so that's, you know, that's so exciting for me.
33:11
Yeah, so starting a new job, you know, all the angst that goes with that.
33:16
Trying to make sure that you know everything and learning and focused and, you know, all that kind of stuff.
33:25
So, weird question.
33:26
Speaking of anxiety, do you have to have it quiet when you go to sleep or like, do you listen to stuff like, to go to sleep or like watch TV or, I'd rather not watch tv.
33:35
Uh, read sometimes to go to sleep.
33:38
Mm-hmm.
33:38
Um, or listen to a book and, but then I always have to like, go back and figure out where I was.
33:44
but I, I need some kind of like ambient noise, like white noise, a fan something.
33:49
What about you?
33:50
I've just been like, so anxious and like anxiety levels have been super high and I've been very emotional for whatever reason, like more emotional than normal.
33:58
I am a cancer for my Zodiac side, so like I'm an emotional person anyway.
34:02
It's mm-hmm.
34:03
It's just been like heightened lately.
34:04
And so I've been listening to kinda like meditation, hypnosis type of things, going to sleep, but, Yeah, like having headphones in hurts my ears like all night long.
34:17
Um, and so I got this headband that has like headphones in it.
34:20
Oh.
34:21
And so it's not so hard on your ears.
34:24
Um, but it's.
34:27
Yeah, I, it's really cool and I like, it really works well.
34:30
Um, you know.
34:31
Ooh.
34:32
Yeah.
34:33
So I would, if like you listen to something and you have to wear like headphones or anything at night, um, totally like those headphones things are awesome.
34:42
Yeah.
34:42
Let's link the one that you, um, you used.
34:46
Do you wake up with it still in the right places?
34:50
No, like, it's like kinda like smooshed on my head, my down my face a little bit, but not like, so I, the noise doesn't bother me when I go, so like, Brian likes to watch tv, so that's fine, but it's the light that I, mm-hmm.
35:03
That bothers me.
35:04
So like, if it's a show and the, you know, it's good and bright and it feels like strobe light.
35:09
So I've tried before to sleep with a mask on.
35:12
Mm-hmm.
35:13
Um, but I wake up and like, I have no idea where the mask is.
35:16
Like it came off at some point, like, is it under the bed?
35:19
Did, I don't know.
35:20
So I thought you were gonna say it was like covering your mouth and like suffocating you.
35:25
No, I just, I lose it.
35:28
Totally lose it.
35:30
Um, well, cool.
35:31
I'm glad that that's working for you.
35:32
Yeah.
35:33
That might be something I need to invest in as well.
35:35
Yeah, the new AirPods, like we got the AirPods, like the newest version of'em, um, not too long ago because I lost my old one.
35:41
And, um, it, like, they're big, like, like yeah.
35:45
I got like little ear holes and like, so like they, they're just so, like, they're so much bigger than the old ones, so I don't want'em.
35:54
Yeah.
35:54
But yeah.
35:55
Um, so this definitely works out well for me.
35:59
Good.
36:00
Yeah.
36:00
Good.
36:02
Anything else?
36:04
No, no.
36:05
We've got the whole day ahead of us now though, so we can go be productive.
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