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(00:22):
I don't think I can do the spicywasabi and the seltzer.
It's a lot on your mouth, yeah. But it's really a delicious
combo. It really.
Does feel like I'm at grandma's house like growing like don't
you feel like this is like you're at you're at like
someone's house and they're like, you're like, what's there
to eat? And they're like, I don't know,

(00:43):
whatever you find, you can have.Yeah, it's, it's big.
It's. Giving vintage seltzer.
You don't like I've always drankvintage seltzer.
Jesus. Christ and your grandma has a
stroke and then you're you're this is I'm really giving the
full. Grandma.
And then you're not having fun anymore.
Yeah, I actually have no preference on seltzer.
Like, you know, people are like,I can't drink Lacroix's.

(01:05):
I don't have that. Like do you have ones that
you're like, I can't drink them?No, but I always love when I get
a vintage seltzer because I think they're just, they just
remind me of my childhood. My mom used to buy these in bulk
and like they just. I'm like oh this is cute but.
My mom used to always have. Do you remember when Diet Coke
had Diet Coke with lime? Yes, that was like we the fridge

(01:27):
never didn't have at least one for her dye coke with lime for
her, one for her. That's one for her.
That's all because like if we were running out, like it didn't
matter, you still make sure there's one for her, one for
her, one for her. The dye coke with lime.
Those were delicious. What?
What was the lime? It's probably like some sort of

(01:48):
Definitely not a lime. Definitely not.
None of it was anything. None of it was anything.
I've been feeling so tired recently and I've keep coming to
this point where I'm like, I'm going to drink a Diet Coke and
it's going to level me up and it's not working.
And then I'll drink a Celsius and it doesn't work and I'm
like, wait, wait, what? What's going on here?
Today is scary and it it did nothing to me today.

(02:11):
Diet Coke hasn't had an effect on me in a while, but a Celsius?
I was, I was yawning, I was yawning, I was.
So I'm just been so tired. After a Celsius.
I was literally a yawn came mid Celsius did I saw?
It show you that TikTok where that guy drank 5 Celsius because
he thought they were white claws.
Did he die? Oh well, pretty close.
It was pretty close. It's really they had to pump his

(02:34):
stomach. I don't really I'm.
Sorry, it also there was something that felt really wrong
about it feels weird to show up somewhere drinking a Celsius.
Like I feel like it shows something's wrong.
Like like I showed up today to work at the at yoga and was like

(03:00):
drinking a Celsius and it's like, oh, OK, so it's one of
those days, you know, I. Feel like Celsius at the gym is
normal. Yeah, I feel like I'm surrounded
by Celsius at the gym. I feel like showing up to
nannying with a Celsius is different when.
I come to the mouth because I feel.
Like I feel like the Celsius is like it's just a better packaged

(03:24):
monster drink and like or a Red Bull, you know, they're just
different versions. Do you think it was bad that I
showed up with this? No, no, no.
But I think in terms of people being like what's going on, I
would say if anyone should have bought a gym with the Celsius,
it's like that's normal. That's like people's energy
drink. They take it before or after,
during, whatever. But it's like if I were to like
show up. No, no, no, it's fine.

(03:46):
Oop, careful. Landed on the keyboard.
Got to be careful with your wasabi.
My sorry, did we not have headphones on that day that we
podcasted Eating the nuts? No, we were.
Oh. I feel like we might have
because I feel so not in a bad way because I kind of like the
sound people chewing, but like I.
We didn't wear headphones in that studio.

(04:09):
OK, because I'm trying to figureout why we ate so many nuts in
M&M's without. Realizing it and maximum was the
the maximum was like you guys should really not eat on the
camera. We were like, what?
We're like, oh, men telling us not to eat.
I can't stand it here and now it's like I have the headphones
on and yeah. He had the headphones on, we
didn't. We were.

(04:29):
Well, now it's not stopping me from one wasabi nut.
That's what I like the sound. How about that?
ASMR. What's your most New York moment
of the week, Hannah? OK, let me pick from my list.
Oh God, because I actually had. I did pass a woman that reminded
me of you. Was it like a crazy lady outside

(04:50):
the liquor store? No, not that guy I gave them.
People to do that to me, they'relike, I saw this completely,
this woman that was completely out of her mind selling scarves
outside the subway, and it reminded me of you.
No, this woman. This woman was you.
You know, when like I feel like sometimes a signature Nora move
is like she is going to tell youhow to fix your life.

(05:12):
Like you're you're come to her low and she's like, OK, you need
to do this, this and this and this.
I do this, this and this and I'mdoing good.
Maybe no more wasabi for me. It's really hard not to stop.
My New York moment of the week is probably tied with the fact
that me, Wolf, and this random man who lived at this apartment,

(05:36):
a bird fell out, a baby bird fell out of a tree, and me,
wolf, Stinky and John Nelson spent about two hours looking
for the nest, building him a newnest.
I have a picture for you. Got this guy's contact info.
Like you would have loved. Huge community moment.

(05:59):
But I do think my more New York,NY moment is I love, like
listening in. Like if you walk around New York
without headphones, you kind of get like a little bit of
everyone else's life a little. Everyone's having a loud phone
call, everyone's gossiping with their friend, everyone's yelling
at their kid, everyone's yellingat their husband.
Like you kind of get like a little bit of a window into

(06:19):
what's going on for everybody. They get.
Their husband. Maybe that's just me, but I'm
walking and I don't have headphones in because I, well,
I've always felt this. I really think there's nothing
ruder than showing it up into a walking into an establishment
with your headphones on. Like I before I enter my house,
before I enter my job, before I enter even Nora's house

(06:41):
downstairs, like a restaurant, like my headphones come out on
the sidewalk. So sometimes I have like a block
or two where there's no headphones in because I don't
want to be standing outside taking them out.
I don't always think it's like rude when someone else does it.
But personally, I'm like, I needto be president when I arrive.
That's my thinking on it. I'm walking and I hear this
woman and she's like kind of heated on the phone and she's

(07:03):
like, I told her what to do and she's not doing it.
And now she's like blaming me. And I don't hear the end of the
call other end of the call. But then I hear her say she's
like, but of course I'm happy. I'm single.
I work out and I dance all the time and I don't know why she's
coming down on me like this. Literally me.

(07:26):
It was like she was like, like, clearly someone came to this
woman and she was like, have youbeen dancing?
Have you been working out? Have you been eating well?
But she was just like yelling onthe phone about how Noah was
taking her advice. And then she was like, of course
I'm happy. I'm single, I eat healthy, I'm
dancing all the time. She's dancing.
And I was just like, I like. And it's like she's she's on

(07:48):
such a different wavelength thanme with like her day and her
conversation. But just that little bit told me
everything I needed to know. I love that.
It was a good over here. I love it over here.
Let me check that off because I've, you know how we come and
we say, what's your New York moment?
We're kind of like, let me think, yeah.
But then as these moments happen, I'm like, oh, that'll be

(08:08):
it. And I never remember it.
So I'm writing them down now. Let me check it off.
Maybe next week. I'll tell you guys about the
bird. I'm single.
Check my lips are burning. From the wasabi, yeah, these
would be good in like a salad. Really, I feel like they'd be
way too much of A cock in a salad.
If you really chop chop chop, chop, chop chop.

(08:39):
By New York. Oh my God I'm so stupid I can't
believe I didn't share lady. Gaga.
Oh yeah, share that too. Well, you share your New York
moment and I'll tell you a tiny thing about Lady Gaga, because I
do think hearing about concerts could be the same as hearing
about people's trips. Someone commented I love
listening about travel stories. Oh, that's nice.
Did. You see that on Spotify?

(09:00):
And I was like, who? Are you who are you so nice?
I really that's nice. I feel bad.
I of course, I care about your travel stories, but I think like
not, not like at work, but like in general if someone's like, I
went away. You know, I never want to hear
about anyone's travel stories unless there was something
really specific that happened. That's funny.
Yeah. Something niche, something
funny. And you know, I was saying about
how Ryan and I on the cruise, like it was good for us, but I

(09:23):
don't know if it'll be good for everyone.
Yeah, I love the cruise stories,but.
I don't really. I can't do the math in my head
of when this episode's going to come out, but if there's a way
for you to see OK. I can't do the math in my head.

(09:45):
I mean I. Easy math, sorry.
That's. No, that was great.
Next week. It's going to be a solid next
week. If you haven't seen Lady Gaga
and there's some way where you're able to, you need to see
this show. Yeah, I, I want to say that it

(10:06):
like surpasses being a Lady Gagafan, Like the the sets, the
outfits, the like, to put on a show that has like costume
changes, wig changes, there's scene performances, there's set
changes. She's like it's nonstop like
energy stuff is happening, acting, singing, dancing,

(10:27):
performing. Like, I mean, I I'm having I was
having the thought of like I'm really like alive for one of the
greats. Like she is that for like our
generation, like the people who grew up with like Cher, the
people who like, even farther, like Elvis, like who were like,
this is the talent of our generation, like the voice of

(10:50):
it. Like she's ours.
Like she's ours. Like it's unreal.
Her and Beyoncé, they're performances you really, you
leave being like, all right, maybe I can work out a little.
More I can step it. Up I can.
I was exhausted at Beyoncé's show because I was standing for
so long. Meanwhile, she's doing like

(11:11):
flips on stage. She's like 50.
No, the people next to us were like, I'm gonna take a sitting
break. And I was like, she can't take a
sitting break. She wants it.
And then she's doing it the nextnight in a different city.
And she's it's not even just like even just to isolate one of
those like most people could notsing those songs like that

(11:32):
back-to-back. Most people could not do that.
Do those dance moves, do those choreography or remember those
that scene changes? I don't even remember like the
Macarena. She's yes, you do.
Lightly there's some parts I. Don't.
We'll do it after, OK? Like it was just unreal.
And hearing her talk about, you know, she said it in other ones,
but just like trying, trying to believe in herself in New York,

(11:56):
she was like, it's a really hardthing to do.
But when if you know that this is what you want to do, you're
going to need you're going to need to buck up pretty much.
And it's like that's true. That's so true.
If you're, if you're going to, this is what you're going to do,
you better saddle up because it's not going to be easy at
all. And it's like, Can you imagine
if she didn't? She's like a once in a lifetime

(12:18):
talent. Like I can't imagine if she
didn't buck up totally. It was so amazing.
I, Ryan McCormick, I owe you my life for waiting in whatever
queue you waited in to get thoseseats.
So lucky I have. I was watching a TikTok that
these guys, these two guys were like trying to get cheap Lady

(12:38):
Gaga tickets outside of MSG and they were like, we're just going
to like keep asking until someone finally gives it to us.
They were like OK, we were a little over budget but we got
them for 450 each. It's like.
That's crazy. It's like.
What Ryan Ryan and I paid my tickets were 250 for those
insane seats. This is crazy.

(13:00):
I don't. Know what I don't know if Ryan
gave me like a secret discount because of my lifestyle I know
or if like whatever pre ticket thing he was in was a discount.
There also was like a credit card if you had it you got early
discounts on tickets. I don't know what he did.
The best part about being Ryan'sfriend is if you are going on a

(13:23):
trip, a concert, doing somethingfor the weekend, you can really
release to him like Ryan will you like Ryan is my friend that
like you know those jokes about travel where like people are
like girlfriend who plans old trip and boyfriend who turns his
brain off. Like I turn my brain off with
Ryan and I don't have to Like I could definitely turn it on, but

(13:46):
like you really don't have to. That's.
Great. He should become a travel agent
or something. 100%. Cuz I feel like those are coming
back. No one likes doing things by
themselves on the computer. My cousin runs his own travel
agency now. Does he like, do well?
Yeah, he's doing really well. He like started it on the side.
He should reach out to Ryan His.His company's called.

(14:07):
His company's called. Daddy knows best.
That it's amazing. That's amazing.
He does travel specifically for people with with kids.
She's. Talking to.
The kids, I don't everyone talk to any of the animals in my
house Right now. He's doing specifically travel
with kids. That's really so like he finds
places for people who like have,you know, babies, like what good

(14:31):
hotels are good for that or likewhat activities.
I was listening, I was listeningto a podcast where someone was
talking about having a travel agent and they were saying that
like, the best part about it is like if you go on a trip and you
book it yourself, you plan it yourself, like all the
pressure's on you. But like if a flight cancels and
you have a travel agent, they, it's their job to get you a new

(14:54):
flight. You can just go to yoga in the
morning and they'll text you your new flight.
And she was like, that is a luxury that I've realized I need
to be paying for. That's what she was saying on
the podcast. And I was like, yeah, yeah, me
with no money. I'm like, yeah, me too.
Yeah. Do you ever like when people
with money talk about doing things, you for a second think

(15:17):
you can do those things, too? Oh, 100% that.
I'm like, really? It's like, no, no, no.
It's really scary. The effect it has on me.
It's really bad. It's really bad.
Or sometimes I do them and I'm like, wait, what?
I didn't have it. I like, I didn't have it.
I shouldn't have done that. So what was your New York
moment? Margot's kind of putting on a
show. There's points in this video

(15:40):
where I'm looking at her like this.
Like. Yeah, I saw you fighting.
With I came home, yes, mine's not as exciting as yours.
I came home yesterday. I'm like trying to open the
door. I have this dog that I'm taking
care of on a leash kind of like tangled up underneath my bike.
And I'm also trying to hold my box of food that I got.

(16:05):
And I'm like, struggling with the door.
And my neighbor comes down and it's just like so much chaos.
And he's like, hey, how's it going?
And I'm like, it's not good. It's not good, it's not great.
And he's like, you need some help with that?
And I'm like, yeah. And I'm like, I'm gonna need you
to take the bike up. He was like, what?
Like he's going to hold the doorfor you.

(16:25):
And yeah, I'm going to need you.I need a little.
More I think I I need you to take the bike up and my other
neighbor comes over, it comes down at the same time she's
like, Oh my God, Nora, what's going on?
I'm like, you know, we're start talking, we're all hanging out
for a little bit and then I'm like, he's like, I can't take
your bike up. And she's like here, I'm going
to take her bike up. I'm like.
You're not going to take my bike.

(16:45):
Up and he took my bike up and I really, really needed it.
I really like with the dog and the hunger box and which is like
my food delivery thing and it's just.
Like the dog alone is too much. Oh my God, and I bike and my
backpack and I was so tired and I was just like Oh my God, like
I need. You to take the bike I need, I
like. And he took.
You don't want to know what's going to happen down here if you

(17:07):
don't take the bike. Up and he came back down and he
was like you do that every day you're like the dog is new but
yeah like every day yeah it's like no, yeah of course, because
there's no the best way to get around Brooklyn is by bike.
I'm sorry, Like if you're not taking a bike, what are you
doing? Like if you're if you would need

(17:27):
to move around Brooklyn a lot. Yeah.
And things aren't walkable. Get on a bike.
Yeah. Because the trains, they're
going to take you into Manhattanto get you there.
And that's just. Exactly.
Insanity. And like I do live on A5 floor
walk up and that's, you know, there.
I have tried so many times. I've asked, I've asked my
landlord like hey, can we get any sort of like bike room or
something? And he's like where I'm like

(17:49):
there isn't any. I even asked my neighbor who
lives on the 2nd floor, I said can I keep it here and he was
like this is the same one that has to carry the bike up.
He was like no you can't keep your bike in my apartment.
Doesn't he also have a bike? Yeah, he was.
Like, no. And I was like, come on, I wish.
Bikes were just like a little smaller so you could just hang

(18:09):
it on your front door. I went on a date.
With someone, can't you like putit in the stairwell before the
roof? Yeah, maybe we could.
Yeah, But I still, it's not about having to carry it and put
it in my house. There's a space for it in the
front. I mean, it's not amazing to have
it there. It's more the carry.
Walk so we need somewhere on theway.
Someone on the Yeah. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.

(18:33):
What was I going to say before when I got up shit there?
Was really bike bike bike. Oh, sorry.
Yeah, it was. Yeah, it was.
Really. It was a long day, but it's OK
anyways. Every day has kind of been a

(18:55):
long day. I'm waiting for it to not be a
long day. I have this like fantasy in my
head that like, in three weeks it's not gonna feel.
It's not as long. Yeah, in three weeks.
Same. And I'm choosing like, even if
that's not true, it's, it's gonna have to be like in three
weeks per context. My schedule's really, really far

(19:16):
from how I would like it to be for the next three weeks.
And that it just like those shifts, like it's all my brain
can think about and you can't doanything at night.
So it writes off comedy like I, it's like I can't, what would I,
what would I rather do? Of course I want to go to a mic.

(19:37):
I need to go to a mic. Like I need to keep in the
rhythm. Like I've had a couple shows
recently. I'm like, I should keep in this
rhythm being out and about. But it's like when you have to
get up between like 4:00 and 5:00 AM every day, Like you're
going to feel so stupid when youwent to like a 9:00 PM mic to
perform for like 4 people for like a minute.
So I'm like, that's cut. But in my head, in my head,

(19:59):
everything will be different in three weeks.
Honestly, it should be for me too.
In three weeks, you're not goingto recognize us.
We've threatened that a lot on the podcast, but we've been at
this. Time, one of the girls at Rikers
said. I've lost weight.
That's amazing. I.
Was like, thanks. Did you feel like I needed to
like because sometimes those comments, like I used to love

(20:23):
those comments when I was tryingto actively lose weight.
Now I'm just kind of maintainingsome something, I guess, because
I've just kind of hit a plateau where it's like.
Well, and to hear that when you're really stressed, it's
kind of like probably happened on accident like.
What do you mean? Like did I, you know?
Yeah, just ignore. You look good.
You like lost a lot of weight and I was like.
Oh look good. What was I before?

(20:47):
It was bad it. Was so bad before.
No, that's not true. No, it I look really bad right
now. I don't think so.
I'm having a really hard time with love.
I'm having, I'm having. I really would like to at least
have a crush that's like active.Me.

(21:11):
Too. You know what I have my I have
another New York moment of the week that I really need to
share. Tell me because I was going to
tell you the story anyways. Sugar Fish in Midtown.
Do you have sugar fishes? Sugar fish is a sushi restaurant

(21:33):
that started in LA and it has some of the best sushi I've ever
had in my entire life. It's amazing.
It's it's like notorious for being a place where you cannot
put a reservation in. And it's just like one of those
like, Oh my God, you got into Sugar Fish, Like, Oh my God, my
mom is visiting. We're we're she's staying in
Midtown. Oh, wow.

(21:54):
And she's down the street from Sugar Fish.
And so she's like, let's try to get a table there and go out to
dinner. I'm like, yeah.
And it's like, it's not, it's not like super, super fancy.
It's not cheap, but it's not like out of the out of control.
It's like, just like a nice dinner.
And I'm like, all right, well, I'll meet you there.
I'll put our names in. But like, it's 7:00.

(22:16):
I'm like, it was like a Thursday.
I'm like, which is a big night in New York.
And so we go. I I I get there and the woman's
like, OK, yeah, what's her name?And I put my name down and she's
like 2. And she's like, cool.
We have some tables opening up pretty soon.
Should be anywhere between like 2 minutes, 45 minutes, not

(22:37):
really sure. And I said, OK, She's like, but
let me know when your party's here.
And I'm like, my mom's here. She's like, let me know when
she's here. And I'm like, OK, let you know
because you have tables available right now.
And and like, because at that point when I'm gonna pull
someone from the street and justhave them sit down until she can

(22:57):
get here, you know? But she's like, no, not just let
me know. I'm like, OK, here's my number.
She we don't take numbers. Great.
She's like, you just got to waitoutside.
So in 2 minutes to 45 minutes, even if you're a little far away
from the entrance, we won't havea table for you.
But if your mom's here right now, I bet $1,000,000 you could
sit down so. Like I'm just like, you're not

(23:19):
going to take my number, so I can't move.
I can't like go somewhere. Like, I was going to maybe go
meet my mom at her hotel if she's, you know, if it's 45
minutes, whatever. I start to notice her calling
people's names outside of the restaurant.
She goes, Brian, Brian. Oh, I guess not here.
And this guy's jumping down the street.
No, I'm here. I'm here.
She's like, oh, oh, Brian. Yeah.

(23:40):
Oh, actually, wait, you said twoor three.
And it's like, it's a shit show.Finally, they Call My Name.
My mom is not there. I'm like, walk.
So I text her. I'm like, hurry.
I look up and she is walking with her friend.
She's like, he's going to join us.
It's like. He's not.
I was like, Bobby, you can't pull this shit in New York.

(24:02):
You have no idea what I've. Already went through fighting
through. So I negotiate with the woman.
I'm like, we have another person.
She she like takes her iPad and like smashes it on the ground.
She's like, I have no idea how you're going to get in here.
It's just going to be a disaster.
And she also probably she has the worst job in the world.
She's like, it's our policy, blah blah.

(24:22):
She's like, I don't know, and I have to put you in a different
queue. It's like what the fuck?
And you're like, can I eat alone?
So we had my mom and her friend get eat together.
Finally, we get a seat. We sit down 3.
There's three of us, which is a miracle.
We sit down and I also love my mom's friend that she brought,
so I was excited that he was there.
We're sitting down. Whatever.
His husband and my mom's husband, my stepdad contact

(24:44):
them. Hey, we're going to be there in
15 minutes. No, you're not.
Get a slice across the street. It's.
Like, no, you're not. They're like, do you think that
they could make room for us? They literally don't even want
the people that are currently inthe restaurant here.
So finally, my mom's friend is like, I'm going to, I'm just

(25:05):
going to go eat with my husband.Why don't, why doesn't Chris or
my stepdad take my spot? And I'm like, oh, that's fine.
Chris sits in the wrong seat though, because we were, they,
we had already ordered and they,it's like a coarsed meal and
they like, it's like the taste me meal and they like, they send

(25:25):
out little pieces of fish and it's like a fun little tasting
menu. He sits not where, not where my
mom's friend was sitting building, but where my mom was
sitting. So the woman comes back and
she's like, oh, wait, are you this is for you?
I think like because she's like,and it's such a performance and
I'm like, there's clearly someone new at the table.

(25:45):
Obviously he hasn't ordered yet.Give her the fucking sushi and
give me the sushi and we'll dealwith him.
So he tries to order and then she's like, OK.
And then the woman, the manager comes over and she's like, are
you someone new? The.
Manager. Does this.
Does not even want to be open. And he's like, yeah, but I am.

(26:07):
I just came. And she's like, so we have a
really strict policy about like adding people to a reservation
because like, we're on a course menu here and like, now we're
going to be starting new over. And that's like, we've eaten
only two pieces of fish. Like can you fucking chill?
And it's like, do you want people to say nice things about
your restaurant? It's crazy.

(26:28):
And my mom is just like so apologetic.
And my step dad's like he hates like confrontation and he's just
like, Oh my God, this is hell. And I'm just like, how did we
get here? Like and this is so stressful.
And then this entire family, this entire entire family comes
and sits down. I think they're Italian and
they're like screaming. It's like little kids and

(26:49):
they're like yelling and they'reso loud.
And then like on top of it, theymake a deal with my stepdad.
They're like, OK, you can have alighter version of what they're
having. And if you're really, really
hungry at the end, we'll give you some more food.
And I'm like as if he's not paying to be there.
I'm like, why can't he just havethe what he we're having?

(27:10):
Why does he have to have that's?Crazy.
Is he literally being punished? It's so crazy.
And I was just like, this is so New York.
This isn't even fun anymore. Like this is like like like.
It was supposed to be exciting that we got in here and we're
going to have dinner and now you've made me feel bad for
coming here. I actually have like a bad.

(27:31):
It is some of the best sushi I've ever had in my life.
And now I'm kind of sort of likewhen I think about the taste, I
think about the environment and I'm just like.
I can't. I would never want to be back
in. The and also I was like, kind
of, you know, it's like I was bummed too because I was also
just like, I wanted to like havea night with my mom and instead
I'm like handling the sugar fishlogistical like restaurant

(27:54):
issues. Why am I even hearing about
this? It's also like, no seriously,
the customer is always right when I was at a fine dining
restaurant, OK. Yeah, you never.
You just let it flow. If they do something you can say
in the back of the kitchen, likefuck them, I hate this table, be
a little late with their bread, whatever.
Yeah, but they the lesson we taught is that they never need

(28:15):
to know that you're stressed. They doesn't matter how busy we
are, if they don't know they're we're busy.
And they should never feel like we're busy.
They should never feel like they're in a rush.
Like we would have been literally let go from the
restaurant I was at if we ever made a table feel the way they
made you feel. That is bad customer service.
This had just happened to me in Berlin too.

(28:35):
I was the same alone. I was eating a lot of
restaurants. You told me that, and that's
even fucking shitty. And he was like, I'm gonna move
you to another table and I'm gonna need to be done in 45
minutes. I was like, OK, I haven't even
like gotten a menu yet. That's so shitty.
And he kept pulling over. Are you ready to order?
He just gave me the menu. And I was like, sorry, I'm like
translating everything. Hold on, I'm trying.
To figure out what I ordered. 1st and I'm like, and then

(28:58):
finally I get my meal and everything and he's like, we got
a really big line over there. We got a gun and I'm like, hey,
well, I was trying. The line at once and I got my
table and I'm trying to enjoy myself.
People are just. I mean, The thing is people.
Need a lesson from Hannah G customer service Hannah G.
I there's the thing, I don't getto go out a lot.
Three at a time as a mistake. Yeah, for the wasabi piece.

(29:22):
But there's that sweetness that's really good, and then
you're like, I want more of that.
I don't get to. It's like having birth, having
birth, giving birth. It's like you don't remember the
pain. And look at me, I'm right back.
In, you're right back in having another child. 333 again.
I what I'm, I guess I'm frustrated because it's like do

(29:45):
this to rich people every day. Please, please, by all means,
they probably eat out every single day.
Please make their lives hell. But I get like this is like, I'm
so excited to go out to eat withmy mom.
I haven't been out to a restaurant in a minute.
I've been like cooking all my meals.
I've been eating peanut butter out of a jar for dinner and like
hard boiled eggs. Like let me like this is so

(30:06):
exciting. Not that I like never go out to
eat, but like I really don't go out to eat that much.
Like I and when I do, it's like,you know, we'll go somewhere
pretty cheap and like, you know,whatever.
It's like a slice and that's notgoing out to.
Eat, but when you're you know, when your family's in town or
something, you want to have a nice night, it's like.
No, I feel. We worked.

(30:27):
I paid taxes in a way that, like, I don't think other people
in the city have paid taxes. Yeah, like I feel like if you
are someone who just schedule wise or financially, like you
don't do these kind of like little luxuries in New York.
It's like, this is nice and like, I'm really sorry, sugar
fish about the way the seating went down.

(30:48):
But like this, this still can bea nice night.
And it's up to you guys. But I really, I think it was
something from in high school maybe just because like we had
less money. So when I was working customer
service jobs, I always felt likeI wanted to go above and beyond
because like, I remember how it felt on our end when we did
stuff like that. Like even I got my nails done

(31:09):
for Gaga and it I really had a bad time.
And it was, I haven't had extra money this year and I literally
haven't gotten my nails done once this year.
And I was like, I'm going to do it.
And it was a little out of budget and I was feeling
stressed and she didn't listen to me.
And I don't like the way they look.
And they weren't super like friendly or like when I was

(31:29):
like, oh, can I have them pointy?
She was like, I'm about to make them pointy.
They're not and it's just like, I get it, I get it.
Like I get it. This is probably like end of
your shift, long day, your last manicure.
But like this is like I haven't got I haven't.
This is like I haven't spent money like this.
I'm choosing to do it because I'm excited and it's whatever
everyone else thinks. They look fine.

(31:50):
I think they look great when I was there.
There's nothing worse than hating your nails and everyone
else is like, they're fine, they're fine.
You're like, they're not OK. And I used to get my nails done
quite a bit. So it's like I know what they
use, what they could be, and they're just not right now.
And I don't know. I'm kind of like missing having
no nails. I'm already, I'm already
stressed thinking about what'll happen when these are done.

(32:13):
You know, I haven't had to thinkabout that.
I do need to keep up with my pedicures, though.
My feet were really scary. And having her do my pedicure, I
was like, I actually am embarrassed.
My feet are out right now. I think pedicures are kind of
like haircuts, like we got to get them.
You got to get, you got to get apedicure.
You don't even have to get a color, just unless you're going
to really be someone who does itat home.

(32:34):
But my feet were really scary, really mismanaged, really
mismanaged feet. Yeah, and we have some people.
You know who? They want to see them.
Want to see those feet. Not anymore, you haven't.
Reached out to us recently. You need to start showing other
parts. I think we should start showing
our feet again. I can take my socks off.
I don't know if I'll get a pedicure again for a while.

(32:55):
Let me get these bad boys out, OK?
Here we go. Wow.
It's amazing. Amazing.
And the calf muscle and everything looks really nice.
Thank you. I'm worried my feet smell.
Mine aren't doing too well they.Look nice.

(33:15):
Yeah, it's really nice having like having your toenails
painted totally, like almost more than the nails.
I'm having a hard time because Ijust got my nails off and so
texting it's like I feel like I don't have hands and it's really
stressing me out. I think they look really nice
and I think we might need to go that way.
I know that you're not gonna but.

(33:36):
I look like I'm, I don't know, Ijust feel like half.
I feel like I'm missing my fingers really.
I can't like text or something. Most people.
Can't text with mails. I know, but you get used to it.
And then it's like a way to text.
Yeah, a different way. I'll just get back in the flow.
I'm sure everything will be OK. Yeah, but right now it's like my
people were texting me today andI was like, I can't text.

(33:57):
Back. I can't respond right now.
I don't. I don't want to text anyone
ever. I I will voice note I unless
you're saying, unless you're saying I'm out front and I can
write K. That's the only text I want to
send. I'm having a That was a big
bite. I'm having an even more profound

(34:17):
thought. OK, OK.
I don't want to hear from anyoneanymore.
Why I have so many messages right now.
I haven't even began to start responding to people.
I have someone that's still waiting to hear from me if I
want to meet up Saturday night. Like she was like last Saturday.

(34:37):
Like she's like, are you are youstill down for tonight or does
tomorrow work better? Who?
Someone from Connecticut, like Iam so behind on messages because
certain messages breakthrough, you know, like stuff about the
podcast, I'm going to respond tothat quick more quickly.
Stuff about work, OK, I need to respond to that.
OK, Like Wolf is texting me about something like, OK, I'm

(35:00):
responding to that. And then it's like I've been on
my phone responding to the urgent ones.
You have room for anything. Else I have so and like don't
even you shouldn't even look at my Instagram like so many and
like I can't like you guys need to pump the brakes on the memes.
I've been sending you a lot of stuff on Love Island.

(35:21):
I feel bad sometimes. Did you see that?
He got into a Taylor got into a rodeo accident.
Yes, I saw. I did see that.
That was crazy. Did you watch the video?
If I actually I've been, hopefully it's OK.
But my, my dear friends who havebeen sending me stuff, I've been
just watching and not responding.
Yeah, because I think that'll beOK.
I know you're watching the rodeo.

(35:41):
I feel like you can trust that if I've seen it, I've watched it
and I enjoyed it. But mentally, there's no there's
nothing to say back. If I'm not answering you, it's
because I physically can't. I got worried recently.
No, I know, but I'm just tellingyou.
I'm I'm telling you right now, Ido not.
I don't purposely ignore your texts unless for some reason I'm
really busy and cannot respond. I've been kind of other people

(36:04):
actually shaky. I know what I've tried cuz.
Don't you feel like we went a long time without the are you
mad at me? Are you mad at me?
And I think recently I'm like I'm what is the Aries and not
Aries, Cancer and Leo. I'm boiling water again.
I'm like about to overflow. So now, like, I'm like, OK,
Nora's probably upset with me. No, no, no, I'm not.
I'm not. I'm not upset.
Don't worry. OK, I'm taking that off my

(36:26):
plate. Yeah, don't worry.
I'm very. I'm also.
We're in three weeks. We're never gonna have to think
about this. Again, and I don't know exactly
what's gonna happen in three weeks, but it's gonna be I was.
Hoping it was a little sooner, but I'll take three.
That's fine, but. I think what's the exact date?
It's what's in three weeks. I'm thinking of.
Why Shashonna? Oh, that's nice.
My schedule. Let's see 1/2.

(36:49):
Jewish holidays? You have no idea Starting I'm
going to Google how many actually can you do it on your
phone? Starting How many Jewish
holidays are there? September 21st is when this work
schedule should be done. When In this month or in the
year? Can you Google in a year, how
many Jewish holidays are there? Are you going to Syria?
Yeah. In one year, how many Jewish

(37:11):
holidays are there? I know the answer.
Too many. Well, there are several.
Let's get a friggin number. Generally 14 to sixteens.
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur. I can name all of them.
Oh, go ahead. Yom Kippur.
Yash. Hashanah.
Passover. Hanukkah.

(37:36):
Shabbat. Yeah, Shabbat.
Every Friday. Wait, this is not.
This isn't going to be fun for anyone.
Pira purum, pura purum purum Hanukkah.
Hanukkah. I already said OK Shimeni.
Asterit. That one I don't.
Sukkot. Sukkot.
I can't really close Sukkot. You'd actually love Sukkot.

(37:59):
You want to know why you build? Actually, I don't know why you
would like this, but. Tell me.
You build kind of like a shack full of made of.
Oh, oh, I know this. Yeah, fruits and vegetables and
and fun things and you sit in it.
My my mom will tell you that we were kind of raised.
And Perham is like Halloween. That I know, that I know, and I

(38:23):
feel like there's always a lot of coverage in New York when it
happens. Perham.
Yeah, I feel like people post a lot of New York, like seeing it
this, it being celebrated, that guy like New York, Nico, he like
always. Fuck this, New York.
Nico, you don't have a New York Nico.
Who should we have him on? I don't know.
I need to get some. He's kind of he, he's, he's

(38:45):
famous for loving New York, OK? Same, I love this.
Picture of Kermit. Sorry, I was just about to
search him for you. Oh, we also are withdrawing our
support for Al Sharpton. I did not know what you were
going to say. You've never seen.
We did. Not we did not.

(39:06):
No we did not. But send that to me.
We did not know about Al Sharpton's past.
I had no idea. I had literally no idea.
I unfollowed him. I unfollowed him as well.
Al enough. Actually, let me make enough.
We know what you did. We know what you did.
We heard all about it. If you're looking for an AL to
get on board with Al Roker. OK.

(39:30):
Yeah, that's a good Al to get on.
That I love him. Al Roker.
He has 1,000,000 followers. Did you see Judge Judy was on
Amy Poehler's podcast? Oh, I saw.
I cannot wait. Till in that hat.
Sorry, I know I saw that little sassy hat.
Judy Little. We should have a show like Judge

(39:50):
Judy. Like judgey.
No, no, like more on the line. Like I want to be freeing
people. I want to be waving 1000% stuff.
I want to have real cases. Yeah, lawyers.
Yeah, but I don't want. Freedom.
Freedom. Gerlander Freed.
Gerlander, freed freed Gerlanderfreed freed Gerlander I guess.

(40:11):
Sounds like. You had a car accident, I
wonder. And more like the good guys.
You know, I've reached out to Michael the ball to have.
Fun, I know you. He did not respond.
He's playing hard to get. Michael, come on, come on.
We need the. Ball, we need the.
Ball in here, we need the ball. This is a good episode.
Another one I feel good. About Margot's staring from Wow,

(40:37):
Margot's being really. Staring.
I'm looking at the jog. He's asleep, but now I'm looking
at him. There's a lot of animals in my
house right now, and something I've learned about what have you
been calling it, Animal House, Animal Farm or National?
Geo. It's Animal Farm National Geo.
I'll tell you something something I've noticed about

(40:57):
myself. I learned about myself every day
right we're. Learning more and more.
We learned something new. Something I've learned about
myself is I have been hoarding animals and my life has always
revolved around animal logistics.
And it has since I was a, a kid when my dad, my dad and my mom

(41:18):
were divorced and my, my dad came by and dropped off our two
cats and we're like, here you can have them like, and my mom
was like, these aren't my cats. These are your cats.
And she was like, well, Nora really, really likes them when
I'm moving. My mom was like fuck, so she got
given to cats and that was like the start of the animal

(41:39):
logistics. Yeah, in college I had so many
different animals. I think I had like 8 pets
throughout all of college. That's really crazy because most
people have no pets fall in college.
I had a cat in my dorm room freshman year like you were
allowed. No, no, I got a cat.
I went, I went to Springfield, MA, which is the scariest part

(42:00):
of Massachusetts you could possibly go to.
I saw an ad that they were giving away kittens and I was
like, that is what this this fucking dorm room needs.
You just went and got. 1 And I went and I got there and I was
with some friends and they're like, how many do you need?
And I was like. One should we go?
One, this is for a dorm room. Like what do you?
Think. Don't be crazy.
Don't be crazy. Anyways, he's like, all right, I

(42:21):
got like, I got like 10. Like I can get you like 1 and
you can 10 and they're all like siblings.
Whatever. I was like, OK.
Did you pay for it? No.
So we ended up, it's pretty good.
And then when we were leaving, the house was so scary, but as
we were leaving, my friend's carbroke down, the battery on her
car broke down. So we actually ended up having
to stay with these people, not overnight, but like for a really

(42:44):
long time with the cats and liketheir house was really scary and
we were in the middle of nowhereand whatever.
Anyways, I had a cat. I had a fresh cat freshman year
and then I had another cat. I had a hamster and some fish,
and sophomore year I had another.
Cat, hamster and some fish. Yeah, it's kind of like.

(43:10):
Hamster Ransom By senior year I had and this is a whole new cat.
This is 3 cats out cuz the otherone's crazy.
I gave away. I gave away the other cats,
dude, and I know there's someone.
I know there's someone in our little circle here who might get

(43:30):
a little pissed off by the story.
Guess what? You're a fucking loser.
How about that? You know who you are and.
You know who you fucking are. And if you think it's you, it's
probably you. It's definitely you.
You would. All think, oh, there's.
No way to talk. About me.
We're not. We're not talking about you.
We're talking about you. That's good, that.

(43:52):
Was good anyway. Get that off our chest.
I just want to make it very clear, none of the animals were
abused or anything. It was just that they, I has a
very special relationship with all I've, I I I passed them to
other people in different situations where they would have
better lives. Yeah.
And then for some reason, I ended up getting more kind of
transferring in. It was kind of like a shelter.

(44:15):
It's kind of nice. Kind of like what's happening
right now, actually at my house.By senior year I had hamster,
cat and a Bunny. The bunny's.
Crazy the Bunny. Bunny's crazy.
The Bunny entire little apartment with a it had a, you
know those Princess things that go over the bed?

(44:37):
Yeah, that's. Nice, so I could.
Hide under it the way that my roommate wanted to kill me when
the Bunny chewed through her Maccharger.
Either way, I could not pay for it.
Like that's just. A bummer.
That's just how it is. She's like, why is it out?
I'm like, she's a free. Bird.
She's an animal. I'm not going to cage up
anything at all. She's the Princess of Bows.

(44:59):
Yeah, so now I'm dealing with logistics with this animal, but
I'm always having animals aroundand involving other people with
them. Like right now I'm like
constantly trying to put like, push my animals and my house off
to my neighbors being like, I just need to run out to the
store for a couple minutes. Like, can you please?
And they're like, no, like we'renot even supposed to have dogs
here. Like what's going on in your

(45:20):
house? And you're like, I'm just
kidding, girls. I'm like, I literally would just
like put the animals in front oftheir house and be like, there's
someone, there's something out in your house, you better go
watch. I left a surprise.
At. Those door surprise, they really
don't want it. Wow.
That's how it goes. You always think when you have a
pet, everyone wants your pet, but they just don't.

(45:41):
They don't like, I always think,like, who wouldn't want to watch
stinking? It's like probably a lot of
people don't want the response. That's why they don't have pets,
because they don't want the responsibility of a pet.
Yeah, it's just so crazy becausewhen you have an animal you
love, you're like, don't want togo and do anything.
You love this animal like we'll do anything.
It's a community animal. And then it's like randomly the
neighbors don't want to watch the dog and it's like, don't

(46:03):
want to then why we a bike? And don't want to have the bike
in your home? It's like, why do we live
together? You're not going to help me out
when I need it. OK.
We're at 46 minutes and I think.We can wrap it, huh?
I think it rocks. I think it rocks.
I want to say something, but I shouldn't say it.

(46:24):
But there's a loser online that needs to stop being a loser, and
that's what I'm going to say. We know that we just just said
this, but. There's a loser who needs to be
stopped and he needs to think about can I go on this for a
little bit? Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. No, I don't care.
In today's world right now, think about what impact you're

(46:45):
making on the world. Think about what you're just
wake up. Think about who you're impact
impacting, who you want to help out.
Where is your activism going? Think about it.
Think about that when you wake up in the morning.
We're not against you being caring so much about one 'cause
we're worried the 'cause you care about.
Is not actually an issue, it's. Not actually an issue when

(47:07):
there's really real stuff going on and you're actually haven't
said. Anything about you're creating
another issue for someone else in a in actually a realm of
issues that are it really occurred.
Because you have some issues. So you, so I want look inward,
look inward and then look back out.
And I, it is taking me everything in my mind and my

(47:29):
power and my body. Like even when I'm on all of my
sleeping meds, I'm like, should I just comment?
And I don't? Yeah.
But just know that if you're listening to this, which you're
not. Or you are.
You never know. You never know.
You're gonna hate listen. We are really annoyed with you.
OK? Really, really annoyed with you.

(47:51):
I. Really.
So when you like in Texas, be like, what the fuck is this
about? Because this is like one of
those classic things where like,you know, when something's
happening to you online. So it's like your whole world,
but like no one else knows what's going on.
That's kind of this for us. It really is our whole world,
yeah. It's more like on top of
everything in both of our worlds.

(48:12):
Then it's like we open our phones and OK, there's that
again too. There's that again.
Just trying to have fun online. Love you guys.
Love you, we love you. I love you.
Bye.
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