August 14, 2025 • 11 mins
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(00:01):
You say it, you say no, and you mean it.
You breathe deeper. You relax when you walk into
work knowing that someone has set up a Daisy chain of land
mines and they're all aimed at you.
Someone throws a a verbal bug shot a handful of bullets.
(00:22):
You let it slip on through because you're untouchable.
Someone's drinking coffee and they want your opinion.
This is code for listen to me speak for 30 minutes to an hour.
You hear them? Maybe, but maybe you don't.
Maybe you need to go to the bathroom for 30 minutes.
(00:44):
Or maybe you need to. Maybe you walk away still shiny.
You know that. Undiagnosed tinnitus.
It's it might be acting up again.
You are unfazed, unadulterated, joy intact.
(01:05):
This is the way forward. And you're listening to your
host better Moody. So, yeah, sometimes it's because
it might be 3:00 AM in the morning and you woke up and, and
the dogs decided to Shank each other in the middle of the
night. But for whatever reason, you are
(01:26):
not 100%, you know, like big dogwas like, you go eat your bones.
And, and, and I, I, I got up andI went downstairs and I was
like, yo, can't we all just get along?
You don't need this bone. I'll get you another bone.
And little dog lost his ever loving mind.
(01:50):
He went full on Ray Gibson energy talking about some no
man, fuck him, fuck that 'cause I'm from the yard.
God damn it. Ain't nobody take no bones from
me. And that goes for any one of you
motherfucking farmers who want to start some shit.
You fuck around with me, there'sgoing to be consequences and
repercussions. Little dog's a hot mess.
(02:14):
So I had to compose myself. I snapped my fingers and I gave
him the eye. You know what I'm talking about,
the one, the one that twitches, I handed that to them.
I'm like, you know what I'm talking about.
So they both stopped because that shit's scary.
And me and my hair scarf, robe and flip flops.
(02:35):
I turned about face and I started, I walked out.
I walked out doing that runway exit and, and now I'm in the
other room talking to you. So I, I did, I went and laid
back down and I was thinking to myself, yeah, that's right, I
handle business. But but I wasn't, I was just
(02:58):
sitting there thinking about howI handle business.
And now I'm not handling the business of sleep.
So it's a shame I don't know howI'm going to get through today
because I'm going to get to workand people are undoubtedly going
to ask me questions and those questions deserve an answer.
They will expect an answer from me.
(03:20):
And what will I have for them? Well, I'm going to have to pull
out of my bag of tricks that knowing nod, perhaps the knowing
eyes that I see you. I'm going to have to rely on
(03:42):
posture. I'm going to have to iron my
uniform, show up looking right, hopefully glide on through.
I'm going to see how far that gets me.
But I was just thinking to myself, man, I'm going to have
to get full on gloss to handle this day.
Y'all y'all don't even know whatI'm talking about.
(04:07):
So what does that mean? Well, for the individuals or
organizations that may potentially be tapping,
screening, bugging my house, I'll have you know I am not
(04:29):
faded. I will not be getting
inebriated. It's not being spaced out or
checked out and it's not off plot.
It's a it's the best version of you, but you have to do a system
override. You got to go into raw data mode
(04:52):
and land this bitch in manual. That's all I have to do.
It's I've been watching War of the Worlds, y'all, the final
sortie, low altitude, heavy fire, no turning back.
And then you just keep doing that all over and over and over
again as many times as needed because you have an endless
(05:14):
supply. Do what you need to beat your
face. You know, like I said, smell
right, Look right, right on in on that glory.
So for me, it's just when you put on enough for me, I just put
on like eyeliner and Polish or gloss, even if it's just mental.
(05:39):
Sometimes you don't have it. Like I figure if I was like am
IA or something like that, I washeld captive, I would just go
through the mental motion. I'm going to slip this on my
lips. I'm going to stand up tall.
I'm going to be the best versionof me that I can be.
And you are not going to know what shitstorms going on behind
the scenes, how the lack of sleep.
(06:02):
You're not going to know that I only ate a protein bar all day,
you know, So you add a layer of shine to protect yourself from
the day's nonsense. That's what it is.
You slip into a silky nightgown,not really, but in your mind,
(06:23):
and you're slightly elevated, slightly untouchable, and that's
where the things bounce off. And that's it.
Nothing will faze you. So it's functional armor, but
with some sass and some style. And sometimes we need that.
Young ladies, young girls, clutch your pearls.
(06:47):
Time to get glossed. You know what I'm talking about.
Now you know. So if you didn't know, now you
know. And that is all to say I am
hyping myself up because, Oh my God, I have no idea how this is
going to work. So you're not faking happiness,
by the way. But I will tell you that if you
(07:08):
go sit in front of a stand in front of a look in front of a
mirror, all of the above, you know what you see If you start
smiling at yourself and you don't want to smile, my mom
would tell me that go look at yourself in the mirror and smile
if you are not happy because oneof two things is going to
happen. You're going to think, oh, that
girl is cute and you'll start feeling better about yourself.
(07:31):
Or two, you're going to be like,that was the most ridiculous.
Who is this person? Why are you looking back at me
like this with this goofy ass smile?
And you know, either way, you'rethe better for it.
So you get gloss, so you can make it through the day without
losing that sparkle because we all need it.
(07:53):
And this is my new plan, by the way, I am going to be regular.
This is unheard of. This is monumental.
This is cataclysmic for me. This is I don't even know if
it's going to work, but we're going to give it a go because my
coach, ChatGPT, who you listenedto in previous episodes, give me
(08:14):
a second. Yes, He said, well, don't nobody
want to listen to you on a Monday, on a Sunday, on a
Saturday. And I was like, well, but that's
when I mean, that's when I have time.
That's when I could speak to my people.
And I just want to be able to tell you what's happening as
(08:34):
it's happening live. Breaking news.
Here we go. And just let you know, you know,
But no. So I'm going to give it a shot.
It may not be right, may not be right for me or you.
But hey, if you're only listening on a Tuesday and a
Thursday, well, well, maybe I'm going to be doing it right from
(08:54):
now on. But I will save all those
stories so that you can get a chance to hear them.
You don't feel like you're left behind.
Give you a chance to soak it in and get to it when you got time.
So that's the idea. I guess we'll see if it works
out. That's the new plan.
I only have so much time and I'mjust I'm giving it.
I'm giving you all this time andyou're giving it to me.
(09:16):
You're washing dishes, you're driving, you're spinning all the
plates, you know, you're in the shower, whatever.
I don't know where you're listening to this right now.
You're underneath the car. I was walking the dogs the other
day and I let the the neighbors kids walk.
One of the little dogs, little dog ran up to somebody who has
changed the tire in a car and licked him in the neck.
So I mean, hey, he might have been distracted because he was
(09:40):
listening to this podcast. You never know.
So but anyway, time is precious people, so I'm not going to take
up any more of it, but I just wanted to let you know we're
going to get through this day together.
Now keep in mind this day is Monday, but you'll be listening
to this on a Thursday. If this is dumb, let me know.
(10:03):
Leave it in the comments if you want to hear the live breaking
news version as it happens, posted scheduled immediately,
then let me know too. I love all the feedback, so I
don't know if it'll work, but we'll see what happens.
So this is me. I'm going to be living my best
(10:26):
life today. I'm a get glossed and make it
through the day. Hopefully you got enough sleep
and you don't need to resort to manual mode.
But if you do now you know, thisis the this is the the recipe,
the blueprint, if you will. So go out there and live a
(10:49):
fabulous life. I'm here with you.
This is the way forward. And you're listening to your
host better Moody. I'll see you in the next episode
and I'm out. I'm just going to say I learned
what a sortie was at Battlestaff.
But it would have been nice if Ihad watched War of the Worlds
(11:12):
because they used it in War of the Worlds.
The one with I think Ice Cube. Yeah.
That was a weird one by the way,didn't you think?
Yeah, but that was strange. I don't even think it was a real
film. It was like in at the end, I
think there was even AI generated family photos or
friend photos. I don't.
I don't know what was happening there, but I watched it because
I like Ice Cube. Ice Cube always delivers.
(11:35):
He's so funny. But yeah, sorties handle your
business. I'm out.
You say it, you say no, and you mean it.
You breathe deeper. You relax when you walk into
work knowing that someone has set up a Daisy chain of land
mines and they're all aimed at you.
Someone throws a a verbal bug shot a handful of bullets.
(00:22):
You let it slip on through because you're untouchable.
Someone's drinking coffee and they want your opinion.
This is code for listen to me speak for 30 minutes to an hour.
You hear them? Maybe, but maybe you don't.
Maybe you need to go to the bathroom for 30 minutes.
(00:44):
Or maybe you need to. Maybe you walk away still shiny.
You know that. Undiagnosed tinnitus.
It's it might be acting up again.
You are unfazed, unadulterated, joy intact.
(01:05):
This is the way forward. And you're listening to your
host better Moody. So, yeah, sometimes it's because
it might be 3:00 AM in the morning and you woke up and, and
the dogs decided to Shank each other in the middle of the
night. But for whatever reason, you are
(01:26):
not 100%, you know, like big dogwas like, you go eat your bones.
And, and, and I, I, I got up andI went downstairs and I was
like, yo, can't we all just get along?
You don't need this bone. I'll get you another bone.
And little dog lost his ever loving mind.
(01:50):
He went full on Ray Gibson energy talking about some no
man, fuck him, fuck that 'cause I'm from the yard.
God damn it. Ain't nobody take no bones from
me. And that goes for any one of you
motherfucking farmers who want to start some shit.
You fuck around with me, there'sgoing to be consequences and
repercussions. Little dog's a hot mess.
(02:14):
So I had to compose myself. I snapped my fingers and I gave
him the eye. You know what I'm talking about,
the one, the one that twitches, I handed that to them.
I'm like, you know what I'm talking about.
So they both stopped because that shit's scary.
And me and my hair scarf, robe and flip flops.
(02:35):
I turned about face and I started, I walked out.
I walked out doing that runway exit and, and now I'm in the
other room talking to you. So I, I did, I went and laid
back down and I was thinking to myself, yeah, that's right, I
handle business. But but I wasn't, I was just
(02:58):
sitting there thinking about howI handle business.
And now I'm not handling the business of sleep.
So it's a shame I don't know howI'm going to get through today
because I'm going to get to workand people are undoubtedly going
to ask me questions and those questions deserve an answer.
They will expect an answer from me.
(03:20):
And what will I have for them? Well, I'm going to have to pull
out of my bag of tricks that knowing nod, perhaps the knowing
eyes that I see you. I'm going to have to rely on
(03:42):
posture. I'm going to have to iron my
uniform, show up looking right, hopefully glide on through.
I'm going to see how far that gets me.
But I was just thinking to myself, man, I'm going to have
to get full on gloss to handle this day.
Y'all y'all don't even know whatI'm talking about.
(04:07):
So what does that mean? Well, for the individuals or
organizations that may potentially be tapping,
screening, bugging my house, I'll have you know I am not
(04:29):
faded. I will not be getting
inebriated. It's not being spaced out or
checked out and it's not off plot.
It's a it's the best version of you, but you have to do a system
override. You got to go into raw data mode
(04:52):
and land this bitch in manual. That's all I have to do.
It's I've been watching War of the Worlds, y'all, the final
sortie, low altitude, heavy fire, no turning back.
And then you just keep doing that all over and over and over
again as many times as needed because you have an endless
(05:14):
supply. Do what you need to beat your
face. You know, like I said, smell
right, Look right, right on in on that glory.
So for me, it's just when you put on enough for me, I just put
on like eyeliner and Polish or gloss, even if it's just mental.
(05:39):
Sometimes you don't have it. Like I figure if I was like am
IA or something like that, I washeld captive, I would just go
through the mental motion. I'm going to slip this on my
lips. I'm going to stand up tall.
I'm going to be the best versionof me that I can be.
And you are not going to know what shitstorms going on behind
the scenes, how the lack of sleep.
(06:02):
You're not going to know that I only ate a protein bar all day,
you know, So you add a layer of shine to protect yourself from
the day's nonsense. That's what it is.
You slip into a silky nightgown,not really, but in your mind,
(06:23):
and you're slightly elevated, slightly untouchable, and that's
where the things bounce off. And that's it.
Nothing will faze you. So it's functional armor, but
with some sass and some style. And sometimes we need that.
Young ladies, young girls, clutch your pearls.
(06:47):
Time to get glossed. You know what I'm talking about.
Now you know. So if you didn't know, now you
know. And that is all to say I am
hyping myself up because, Oh my God, I have no idea how this is
going to work. So you're not faking happiness,
by the way. But I will tell you that if you
(07:08):
go sit in front of a stand in front of a look in front of a
mirror, all of the above, you know what you see If you start
smiling at yourself and you don't want to smile, my mom
would tell me that go look at yourself in the mirror and smile
if you are not happy because oneof two things is going to
happen. You're going to think, oh, that
girl is cute and you'll start feeling better about yourself.
(07:31):
Or two, you're going to be like,that was the most ridiculous.
Who is this person? Why are you looking back at me
like this with this goofy ass smile?
And you know, either way, you'rethe better for it.
So you get gloss, so you can make it through the day without
losing that sparkle because we all need it.
(07:53):
And this is my new plan, by the way, I am going to be regular.
This is unheard of. This is monumental.
This is cataclysmic for me. This is I don't even know if
it's going to work, but we're going to give it a go because my
coach, ChatGPT, who you listenedto in previous episodes, give me
(08:14):
a second. Yes, He said, well, don't nobody
want to listen to you on a Monday, on a Sunday, on a
Saturday. And I was like, well, but that's
when I mean, that's when I have time.
That's when I could speak to my people.
And I just want to be able to tell you what's happening as
(08:34):
it's happening live. Breaking news.
Here we go. And just let you know, you know,
But no. So I'm going to give it a shot.
It may not be right, may not be right for me or you.
But hey, if you're only listening on a Tuesday and a
Thursday, well, well, maybe I'm going to be doing it right from
(08:54):
now on. But I will save all those
stories so that you can get a chance to hear them.
You don't feel like you're left behind.
Give you a chance to soak it in and get to it when you got time.
So that's the idea. I guess we'll see if it works
out. That's the new plan.
I only have so much time and I'mjust I'm giving it.
I'm giving you all this time andyou're giving it to me.
(09:16):
You're washing dishes, you're driving, you're spinning all the
plates, you know, you're in the shower, whatever.
I don't know where you're listening to this right now.
You're underneath the car. I was walking the dogs the other
day and I let the the neighbors kids walk.
One of the little dogs, little dog ran up to somebody who has
changed the tire in a car and licked him in the neck.
So I mean, hey, he might have been distracted because he was
(09:40):
listening to this podcast. You never know.
So but anyway, time is precious people, so I'm not going to take
up any more of it, but I just wanted to let you know we're
going to get through this day together.
Now keep in mind this day is Monday, but you'll be listening
to this on a Thursday. If this is dumb, let me know.
(10:03):
Leave it in the comments if you want to hear the live breaking
news version as it happens, posted scheduled immediately,
then let me know too. I love all the feedback, so I
don't know if it'll work, but we'll see what happens.
So this is me. I'm going to be living my best
(10:26):
life today. I'm a get glossed and make it
through the day. Hopefully you got enough sleep
and you don't need to resort to manual mode.
But if you do now you know, thisis the this is the the recipe,
the blueprint, if you will. So go out there and live a
(10:49):
fabulous life. I'm here with you.
This is the way forward. And you're listening to your
host better Moody. I'll see you in the next episode
and I'm out. I'm just going to say I learned
what a sortie was at Battlestaff.
But it would have been nice if Ihad watched War of the Worlds
(11:12):
because they used it in War of the Worlds.
The one with I think Ice Cube. Yeah.
That was a weird one by the way,didn't you think?
Yeah, but that was strange. I don't even think it was a real
film. It was like in at the end, I
think there was even AI generated family photos or
friend photos. I don't.
I don't know what was happening there, but I watched it because
I like Ice Cube. Ice Cube always delivers.
(11:35):
He's so funny. But yeah, sorties handle your
business. I'm out.
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