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Meet Hanan & Lina · Obnoxiously Pleasant

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Hi, I'm Henan.
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm Luena.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: And together we are obnoxiously pleasant.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um today's episode.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, thank you.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: I already forgot.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: We practiced this and I already forgot.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: But today's episode is gonna be focused on who we are, why we're doing this, and anything else that I missed?
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_01: Why they should watch us.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, that's true.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: That's true.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I think you're gonna love us regardless.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't have to give you a reason to watch us, but that's just me and I'm biased.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, let's see.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: First, how did we do this?
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Why did we do this?
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Why are we doing this?
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_01: Well, it took us almost a year to actually sit and do this thing.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_01: I know.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um I'm busy.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_01: I know you're busy, but I think it was during your birthday.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: It was, it was, yeah.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_01: And we're like, we have amazing ideas.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: People should listen to our ideas and conversations and and since we have since having that idea, of course, you know, every anytime any any human being has an idea, you're like, oh, my idea is the best idea ever.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: You should watch me.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: I can't wait to share my thoughts with the world and you know the the humans of earth.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe you guys will love us, maybe you won't.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I think we're pretty awesome, but it and and this is just supposed to be fun.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, this is like a a side project.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: It's supposed to be fun.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_01: It's a way for us to do something together as friends because we're so busy with kids at work, that this is a way for us to force ourselves to get to hang out, to hang out.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_01: To hang out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And but the cool thing is that, like, hopefully, you guys will just get to like, you know, pop open a snack or a bag of chips or a soda and hang out with us.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_01: They're also gonna get our valuable advice.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if it's valuable, but you're definitely gonna get our advice.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_01: So you said you had questions, right?
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: So uh well, honestly, before we get started, before I have questions to do all my stuff, we will tell you a little about us.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: So, like I said, my name is Henan, right?
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: I am almost 41 years young.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: I met Lena over.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_01: We're really gonna tell them our age?
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: Why?
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: Because I'm proud of the fact that I am 41 years young.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'm okay with that.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_01: But I mean, it's just like well, she's my age.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_00: She's just full of shit.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: She's my age.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: She just I think we look amazing for people who are.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: We do, we do.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, my gray is just out of control, but I'm like, you know what?
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_01: I don't give a shit.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_01: I don't want to spend three hours at the hairstyle.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: It's fine.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, we have to stop using bad words because I think our kids are gonna watch this.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're gonna stop using bad words because I want this to be something that's gonna be hard, Henan.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: My kids can watch.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if I can yeah, no, it's fine.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: She'll be fine.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: But um, anyways, so Lena and I met in college, right?
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and it was love at first sight.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: We just became instant friends and we've been friends ever since.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_01: So the first thing I noticed about you was uh your hair.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and you know what's funny is I just rediscovered my curly hair.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: It didn't use it.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_01: It wasn't curly, it was uh straight and beautifully uh like done.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_01: And I was just like, wow, she has amazing hair, she has amazing skin, and she has everything I aspire to be because I don't do any of that stuff.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: But that's the whole point of like being friends with somebody, right?
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: So the goal of this podcast was for us to spend more time together, for us to have an outlet, something that you can, you know, push your energy into that's not just like work, your family, something that's just for us, right?
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: And the whole point of doing something together like this is to do it with your friend, right?
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's the somebody who understands you, somebody who understands like not just your dumb jokes, but also like your non-verbal cues.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_01: Like we give each other good advice.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's why we've we've been friends for so long.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_01: And I think it would be nice for you guys to just kind of like drop in, drop by, and listen to us.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_01: Like, you know, honestly hanging out with us.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: We have like our main goal for this is to just have a good time.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: And the whole focus of this is hopefully that you guys have a good time with us, that you guys, you know, get a laugh here and there, or that you guys it becomes a space where you can come and just chill and unplug for, you know, 15 minutes a week or something like that.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: That's really the goal.
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  SPEAKER_00: 10-15 minutes, have a good time, relax.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: It's like literally hanging out with your friend.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: It's my little corner, our little corner of the internet, right?
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: And of the podcast world.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: And for you guys to just come along and have a good time with us.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and give us a chance because like we worked really hard.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: Like the first time we tried the window, it was an epic fail.
• 4:05
  SPEAKER_00: It was, it was.
• 4:06
  SPEAKER_00: She was responsible for that, not me, because I'm just the talent.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: I'm kidding.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: No, she she she had decided that she's gonna take on all the tech stuff, and I would just be responsible for the lighting.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: So hopefully our lighting is.
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, hopefully it's like.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: It has been a struggle, but uh, you know, here's the thing, right?
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: This is a a very good like manifestation of what your life as like an adult mom, everything is, okay.
• 4:30
  SPEAKER_00: You try to make plans to do something as simple as show up to hang out with your friend, but work, kids, life responsibilities, everything just gets in the way.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: Just everyday life and so persistent.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we are committed to this thing, and to carve out that moment is fantastic for us.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: And so, really, the goal of this is for you guys to just be on this ride with us, right?
• 4:52
  SPEAKER_00: We're like, we'd love to take suggestions if there's something specifically that you want us to discuss, but really, it's just gonna be like, you know, just a a glimpse into our lives and whatever's happening, if there's something that we feel very strongly about, maybe that we want to discuss or something's going on in the world.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but we'll try to keep it.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: I'm here just to have fun.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: She wants to discuss the I'm here just to have a good time.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_01: Well, there's a nice balance.
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_00: There is a nice balance, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_00: There is a there is a nice balance, but yeah, that that really is the whole thing, right?
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_00: Is you you make a friend, you get together with your friend, and life is is full of of ups and downs.
• 5:27
  SPEAKER_00: It's this interesting, like insane ride, right?
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_01: I'm just thinking, I don't think we could have done this like maybe 10, 15 years ago.
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_01: No, not because of anything, but because like at this point in my life, I don't care if I have gray hair and my roots are showing.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_01: I really don't know.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, like 10 years ago.
• 5:41
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I still do.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I still do too.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, stop.
• 5:45
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I'm gonna go get it done.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_01: But you know what?
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: I harass her all the time about that.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: It's just a good friend.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, she's a good friend.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: I because I always say I don't want people to sit out on the street and be like, oh my god, she has no friends.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_00: Does she not know she looks like this?
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_00: But she looks beautiful, even with the gray.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_01: I gotta rock it sometimes, but I am gonna go.
• 6:01
  SPEAKER_01: But my point is, like, I don't care if I look fat.
• 6:05
  SPEAKER_01: I don't care.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, yeah, you know, like uh post-COVID, like I I was gonna have like a hot girl summer this summer.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_00: It did not work out.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm hoping for next summer, but I've been saying that for the last 10 years.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_00: So this is me, you know, take it or leave it.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: But no, in all seriousness, I really think the goal of this is um, like like Lena said, give us a chance.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_00: The goal of this is just for it to be something light, something, you know, fun, a place for you to come and unplug.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_00: Because that's really what I do with my friend is we get together and we make dumb jokes and we unplug and we talk about everything and anything and nothing at all at the same time.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're gonna try not to edit.
• 6:40
  SPEAKER_01: And you know, eventually we're gonna do live streams.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, hopefully.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_01: So we can't edit anything out.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_00: No, I don't like that though.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we can't control everything.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, just let go.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_00: I know.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_00: But you know, you really have to cut out my face.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_01: But I don't know how much editing I'm gonna be able to do.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_01: A lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the whole point.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_01: All right, what else did we want to talk about?
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_00: Um, hold on, I'll tell you.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_00: I have notes here.
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_00: I have notes because you know it's by the way.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_01: These lights are like that's why I wear a t-shirt.
• 7:08
  SPEAKER_00: We wear a sweatshirt.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_00: No, but it's a light 75 degrees outside.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_01: No, it's fine.
• 7:13
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah.
• 7:13
  SPEAKER_00: So, anyways, um like I said, to get to just bring this back all together.
• 7:19
  SPEAKER_00: This will be like probably significantly shorter than other topics we discussed.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: So this is just supposed to be an intro.
• 7:24
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and like I said, the focus is the we, right?
• 7:27
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that's the reason that we started this is we.
• 7:29
  SPEAKER_00: And it's supposed to be, like I said, fun, chill, you know, and the focus is that you guys join us, right?
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_00: So, like when we spend time together, we have a really good time.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, we do.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_00: And my hope is that every time that you guys join us, you also have a good time.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm gonna look really like depressed on camera because I'm not being like very energetic.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: But that's Lena all the time.
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_01: No, that's not true.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_01: But remember when I tried when we tried doing this last time, and I'm like, hi.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_01: And I was like, um, but you know what?
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_01: No, we're not gonna be fake.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_01: I wasn't trying to be fake, but I didn't want to come off as like you know, no, that's just that's just how she is.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, this is just how we are.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, thank you for tuning in.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_00: We really appreciate it.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I know that this episode may seem a little unorthodox or kind of all over the place.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: So thank you for bearing with us for the few minutes.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: We're still learning.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're still learning, and to be honest with you, I'm just trying my best to be myself, and so is she.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_00: Next week, though, we're gonna talk about pandemic life and post-pandemic life and everything in between that happened.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_01: What we like, what we didn't like, the things we had to learn uh to do because of it, and the things that we had to learn to like because of it, and the things and how we survived.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_00: Well, yeah, and the things that we realized we could very easily let go of that we thought were so important.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_00: So I would love for you folks out there, if anybody caught, you know, caught the first episode and wants to interact with us for the next episode.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: Send your ideas, send your thoughts, snide remarks, whatever you want to send us.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, send us.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_01: We'll have hate mail, we'll even take hate mail.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if you're gonna go.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_01: I'm okay.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_00: No, I'm okay.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_00: It's she's she reads the emails anyway.
• 9:00
  SPEAKER_00: But it'll be in the description box on YouTube, and then we will add all of the uh information as well in the podcast.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_00: So thank you guys for tuning in.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: We really appreciate it.
• 9:09
  SPEAKER_00: The kids are home.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, we're so we gotta go.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_01: Bye.