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On This Week’s Episode
This week on the show, the theme is vulnerability, and so on Day 187 I asked Chat GPT how I could become 10% more vulnerable because my therapist told me that when he listened to this podcast he thought I was about 90% of the way there, meaning, I was holding back, and he would know because he has had to put up with my b******t for a long time. He has been a real Josh Bloom team player. How does this relate to the album Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears? Stay tuned.
On Day 188, I pretty much lost my mind on MAGA. Remember, this podcast is currently about ignoring the Trump Administration, but sometimes I just can’t do it, and I shouldn’t just do it because these people are reprehensible. I explain why both Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas are both giant pieces of crap, and I continue by pointing out some other giant pieces of crap, and then, I mention a goddess on Earth named Patti Smith who is the antithesis of that.
Day 189 is the celebration of the unlucky number 13 which is not unlucky when it comes to being 13% though the final term of the leader of the Trump administration, who is one of the pieces of crap that I mention the day before. Did you know that the leader of the Trump Administration was caught cheating at golf in Scotland this week? Even if you didn’t know, you know. You know? I bring up Ted Knight as Judge Smails in Caddyshack just to keep myself from getting too angry.
Day 190 is a prophetic day. I talk about the fear of revealing too much to someone you are interested in and how that fear can keep you from revealing just enough to move the relationship forward. It’s called vulnerability, baby, and that is the theme of the week. This is prophetic because I was gearing up to do just that with my crush, and I don’t want to jinx it, but it paid off. I admit that it was a stretch to connect these thoughts with the film Weird Science, but that paid off, too!
On Day 191, I talk about a song lyric that is stuck in my mind as it relates to the Trump Administration, and that song lyric is, “We went through hell just to get to hell.” You’ll have to stay tuned to find out who sings this amazing song, but I can at least let you know that it is somehow tied to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but not how you think. Was that enough of a build-up to keep you listening? Great. If not, I also mention the artists Elliott Smith and Sleater-Kinney. Maybe that’ll do it.
Here’s a bit of a twist that I don’t mind revealing: On Day 193, I have to apologize for Day 192. On Day 192, I respond to that old chestnut of a comment “But you’re not ignoring…” and I use it to pick on the commenter in a way that was just too easy, and of course, I use the opportunity to mention the song “Easy” by The Commodores, but then use that to belittle the commenter further. You will hear what happens.
Then, on Day 193, I admit the error of my ways from the previous day. Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, the singers of the song “Telephone,” would not be proud of me for having phoned it in. This is something I will never do again. It did not feel good, but since the theme is vulnerability, at least I gained some insight by confessing to this unacceptable digression. The standard I have upheld during 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration will not be compromised again.
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Hi. It’s Josh.
A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years.
I was exhausted by the news!
But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to optimistically look at this timeline, to become more mindful and better train my mind to take in the “news,” and then let it fall away from my conciousness.
Efficiently and totally. The other aspect of this thought was to then take the personal time I was reclaiming through this process and apply it to more creative endeavors.
This series, for example!
1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration began. “Day 1” went viral on TikTok, so now I am in until 2029, right?!
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