I made a decision I'll face Sunny sad on. I had a vision by
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, what's up? Everybody?
Where are we? What time is it? How I know we have a
great Thursday Get Special guest episode coming up this week. You guys are gonna
love. I enjoyed every second of it. I'm so glad because you know
when something's so sort of special, like personal. Yeah, spoiler alert.
We had Jonathan Brook, who's my all time favorite singer, on a full
show where we interviewed her. She played songs and I was in heaven.
Stunny was geeking out over. I was so geeking out. You know.
It's just one of those things where it's like, you know, when you
feel like you made a discovery. My sister actually is the one who turned
me on to her back when she was with the Story that was their duo,
and I mean I took to it immediately got and then every single time
she had a new release, I got it right immediately as soon as it
was out. And then you know, fell in love with certain songs and
played them over and over and over and and she has this one album called
My Mother Has Four Noses, which is a which is the soundtrack to a
musical to a play, a one woman show she did, and it's about
it's just it's very sad. But one of the songs is called are You
Getting This Down? And it is just like about it's just so touching And
for a while, I literally couldn't listen to it without crying, so I'd
have to not listen to it because it was just like I had a visceral
response every time and I would just cry. So it was just a really
special thing to be able to go, Oh, I have a podcast that
I could help. I can help spread the Jonathan news to our audience and
hopefully she'll turn us on her audience on to us. Right. She was
so great, she was so fun to talk to you. I got the
chills, and she performed for us, Yeah, which was wonderful. She's
a hustler, like she is not a no getter. No, she's definitely
not a no getter. She's had some struggles and some but you know,
it's like the music business is really it's a tough business, definitely, and
you think a lot of times, you know, for me, I because
I she's had a lot of success, she's had a lot of songs,
and she's had big soundtrack songs and soundtracks, and you always think other people
are, you know, killing it, killing the game. And it's always
interesting to me to talk to other people who are sort of mid level,
you know, have a have a nice social following, but have always had
to struggle. Like she was saying to us that she can't afford you know,
right pr and paying for social media and all that stuff, so she
has to kind of do it herself. And it's like related, Oh yeah,
very scrappy, that's for sure. It was just fun watching Stephanie like
bask in it. It was really really nice. It was really nice.
Made my day. I was nervous this morning, I know, I could
tell. I know I was anxious. I was just like, oh,
I hope, like you know, but she was so sweet. Oh she
was great. She was very interesting and her lyrics are so like moving,
very like smart and you know interesting. Yeah, she's too smart. Like
there's one reference she made that I was like, I'm just gonna pretend like
I foo foods on her. Yeah, she said right, She's like,
you know, the time laps or whatever. She said some word like yeah,
And I wanted to interrupt her to say, like, I wouldn't didn't
go to college, so I don't know none of us. There's out between
the three of us right off high school graduates, high school equivalent scene.
Right, Yeah, we're getting by. Yeah anyway, let us say hi,
toy doct rpe. We got Sarah Sefano, Leslie. I understand why
she's coughing at this point. It's back, It's back, Hayley, you're
in good company. And Amy, Aliciasclante, Kelly Brandt, she's yeah,
your aunt just punch her in a face for her cuteness. Gabby and Missy
still doing the same thing. Missing and I saw a poster. I think
I know. I haven't seen these bitches. They all over up and down
Venice Boulevard. It's everywhere. Kick it away from them. Valerie, Bubba
Fenwick, Polly. We love your pancakes, Athena, love your dancing.
Elizabeth Williamson. We love all of your kids except for one, and you
know everyone that is hero. All your kids love you. Yeah. I
hope you still enjoy hearing your name. We love saying your name. We
do stop complaining. Rita Rocks the bassonet full of Elizabeth Williamson's newest kids,
whichever ones are still in the Bassonet Jacob, you're so Growley. We love
you, Leslie, stop with the costan people outside of Come on now,
seven eleven getting old, you're tired. People recognize you now and they had
to stay away. Yeah, all your disguises too, Ashley, you're so
chic. Nikki call your girls, Randy may Aimes, you got too many
names, Rachel you're you're almost not a newcomer, but still are Aaron who
does Stephanie Stinker Rinker, Krista gets a strap, and Sandra Snyd easy being
green and Jennifer you should sound up to try it sometime. I had a
huge weekend. Yes I want an update. Huge huge, Okay, So
my nephew Beckett was a bar mitzvah this weekend. Normally I would just say
he had a bar mitzvah, but like the Jews, they like to say,
you're a bar mitzvah. Here's this everything a mitzvah. With that Jews,
this is a mitzvah. That's it's a mitzvah. So my sister in
law, Roquel has been planning this bar mitzvah. This is like her life
right, although she's also my sister in law was one of the biggest go
getters like you and me and Kaylin. Even Jonatha would not relate to my
sister in law. She is just like she doesn't I you would have thought
that my sister in law would have been a bar mitzvah zilla, like just
going crazy and barking orders at people, but she'd She had this amazing event
planner who I want to give a shout out, you know, you know
me. I end up hanging with the I met this event planner and she
and I were just like, couldn't get enough like conversation. Her name's Aaron
and her company is Cabe Magnolia Events, Cabe Magnolia Events. I just have
to give her a shout out because I was like, why is everybody so
calm? This is like an insane an amount of planning. Not I mean,
not that many. I guess maybe like eighty people. That's a lot
though that is still a lot trunk of people. So the thing is,
my sister in law is never going to listen to this, but it was
a lot yeah for family. I went the night before and I was invited
to have dinner with Raquel and not her out of town family. So Raquel
has a bunch of family. My brother not so much. Right. She's
basically me and my and John and the kids, right, don't I know?
Yeah, So I wanted to represent my brother. The night before it
was already going to be a whole kshaw on Saturday, yes, with making
my kids, I mean, it was like it was like a twelve thirteen
hour day. But on Friday, I went to Santa Clarita, showed up,
We had some dinner. It was really nice. I met her family.
Did you and the whole family go or ditch just me? Because I
wanted to. I didn't want my brother did not have somebody somebody, right,
So it was me. It was Roquell and my brother and their kids.
And then it was Roquell's mom, her brother, her brother's wife,
their two kids. You know, there was like a houseful of people.
And then we went to temple that night that night, Friday night, Holy
moly, go went to temple. By the way, all of these things
require outfits. I know, it's just gonna say this is how I outfits.
What I'm wearing right now, you guys can see is dressed up for
me? This is I haven't gotten dressed right. You see a lot of
times on video I'm wearing sweatpants and a T shirt. Yeah me too,
because I don't fit into a lot of my old, like dressier clothes.
So I'm like, well, what do you I mean, what am I
going to go buy a bunch of new clothes for? What? Where am
I going? Target? Right? Not going anywhere? So I'm wearing like
if I put on pants, real pants, like I'm patting myself on the
back like I showed up. Yeah, you know. So anyway, I
had to figure out outfits I had. I had this one pair of pants
that I bought at H and M, like forever ago, that I've just
been hanging in my closet with tags on. Again, where am I going?
So I was like, okay, I'll wear those pants. And then
I bought a shirt that I was like, well, I could use this
for like when my book comes out, and I'm having to like, I
don't know, I'll use it. Yeah, right, I rationalized spending a
little money. So I had a shirt and these pants, and then I
went to temple. Oh my god, so it's a conservative temple. You
know you're an honorary Jew. You know, there's Conservative, there's Orthodox that's
that's way more relate, and then there's reformed, which is what I'm kind
of used to. That's me and my Jewish friends are all like reformed,
Right, So I was thinking conservative, I'm gonna have to be a little
more dressed up. Right. This was like a ragtag team that showed up
for Friday night services because it wasn't It was just my brother, Raquel,
the family, me and then they were probably like fifteen I guess regulars.
They were like, these people looked like they just stuffed out of rehab.
I don't know what was going on, but it was like, okay,
like I get what I'm saying is I didn't need to sweat dressing up for
Friday night services. There were people whose biggest dress up was like a humongous
neck tattoo. I was like, lord, I mean it was mostly like
sneakers. But I was like, all right, you know, yeah,
the rabbi. I love this rabbi. He started talking about twelve step weaving
that into his thing that he was talking about, and I was like,
after he assessed the crowd, yeah, probably, So it turned out that
the rabbi had been sober twenty six years. Because of course I went up
and was like, hey, I love the twelve step stuff, like yeah,
I relate. And he was like, oh, I'm sober twenty six
years and I was like, okay, so this is fun. So I
have only a fun night Friday night, well not so fast Saturday morning?
Yeah, how long was the service? One hour? Friday night? One
hour? Get in, get out, you know. Yeah. Then we
went back to Rockhell's house and my brother and then I went home, got
home at a reasonable time, went to sleep. Saturday morning, though,
that ship was on like Donkey Kong. You know, we had to be
at temple at nine thirty am. The service was nine thirty two noon and
not a minute less. My god, that motherfucking service was all of two
and a half hours. Holy shit. Okay, so and so now I'm
I had to dress up for that right also, got it. I'm sweating
the kids. We talked about this last week, but you know, now
it's we're at the wire. I didn't forget Xander's pants, but you know,
Friday, I'm running around I'm making sure I get his pants back from
the tailor. I go to the tailor. They have Xander's pants, but
they John's pants aren't ready yet, you know. So it's like, my
god, I'm like, all right, just give me Xander's pants, let
me pay. Then I have to send John. I'm like, make sure
you go because that shit's not going to be open Saturday morning if you fuck
up and don't go pick up your pants. Yeah, Like, I don't
know what you're gonna wear, which, in retrospect, he could have just
warned. It wouldn't have mattered that much. But I'm like, we I
don't have time to be worried, like you know, as moms were the
default parent. I've got it. It's all locked in my brand. Gotta
have the directions, got to know what everybody's wearing, right, Okay,
I know you're going to relate to this. Wake up in the morning.
Okay. So I've said to Sadie many times, like, you know what
you're wearing, right, you know what you're wearing. She's got two dresses
and one of them is like a kind of a shorter dress. One of
them's like a long dress that she bought to wear to Like, I don't
know, so some dance right and it's like a little fancier. She was
going to wear that at night to like the black tie party, right,
Okay, So I'm like making sure because we need to go to Santa Clarita.
If there's traffic, I don't want to be late. Yes, So
I'm like, we're gonna be early if anything, right, And they need
to have you and the kids have to have a different outfit for the morning
and the night. Correct. Okay. The nighttime is cocktail attire, right,
which can mean a lot of things. It's not like it's black tie,
you know, and whatever. I'm not trying to micromanage the kids.
I just want to I'm not like, let me see your closet. I'm
just like, do you know what you're wearing? Yes to the earlier service,
And so for the earlier services, you have to have your shoulders covered.
Okay, Okay, So I would think Elbie's got it down. I
wouldn't worry about Elby. Am I correct? Well, yeah, you're you're
correct. She has a couple of dressy things. She was fine, but
Sadie was like, yeah, I'm all good as locked in and now.
And Xander's good. He knows what he's wearing. Okay, okay, So
cut to the morning. Everything's fine. We've got John's pants, he picked
up his pants. I'm ready, I'm ready to go. I get up,
I know what I'm wearing. People start showing up in the living room
with what they're wearing. Xander's wearing like khaki pants, which I told him
he could and this shirt. So ever, since we got our new washing
machine, uh huh, the old washing machine that was a front loading washing
machine got really moldy. But the good news is I don't know it clean
clothes and it was so then now we have a top loader because I don't
want to deal with the mold. But with the agitator, I don't know
why, but stuff comes out like really wrinkled, and I hang most stuff
to dry because I don't want things shrinking. I have that issue too,
like when then, when when you're washing your clothes, everything gets twisted twisted,
yes, twisted, and then everything is a wrinkled mess. Yes,
yes, yes, So then I spend like five minutes on each item,
like stretching it out and hanging it up. That's what I do, right,
And then still things are pretty wrinkled. Oh yeah, but like I'm
not gonna start ironing. Oh fuck that. No, I'm just like I
put it away and I'm like, well, on some day it me he
she whoever in the house kis pulls out this wrinkled mess let it's on namm
to iron it exactly. I'm not gonna stay here and iron everything and put
it away exactly. Yeah. So Xander comes out wearing a shirt that he
that it's it's day has come for you to wear it, and I'm like,
it's it's so wrinkled, Like I can't even explain to you how wrinkled
it. And it's not like there's no fabreeze. You're not gonna spray some
wrinkle relax down it. No, this thing is so far gone. This
thing looks like it was in a ball and then like somebody sat on it
for like seven hours. I mean, it's so wrinkled. And I look
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Xander comes out. He's wearing khaki pants and this black shortsleeve shirt that is
just completely wrinkled, and he's like, and we're it's almost time to go,
right, And I was like, uh, Xander, absolutely not.
You can't wear that shirt also, and he was like he this boy had
the gall to go. Well, how come? And I was like,
have you seen yourself in a mirror? Right? I was like, it
is so wrinkled, it's crazy wrinkled. And then of course Sadie comes out
and she's like, Xander, that shirt is so wrinkled. But meanwhile,
Sadie has come out in a long in this black dress that was supposed to
be for the evening. And I had made it very clear. I'd ask
or several times, okay, you have something different to wear at night than
you do during the day, correct, and she was like yep. So
I was like, okay, first of all, and I got a drag.
I go into Xander's room. I find which he has a beautiful long
sleeved black like dress shirt. I'm like, how about this one? Oh,
because the first he was like, well, I don't really have anything
to wear. I'm like, so I give him the shirt. I was
like, put this on, and he was like, oh okay. Then
I'm like, Sadie, that's what you're going to wear at night. That's
like a cocktail outright, And she was like, oh okay. So she
comes back out in like a short in a shorter the other dress, which
like, well, why didn't you do that in the first place? Like
we talked, an't get it. Why are we doing this at the time
that we're supposed to be leaving right, you know, because when you talk
to these kids, it's in one ear and out the other. I think
you're not paying attention. No, they're not paying attention. So anyway,
we finally get all of our ship together. We're dressed nice for Temple,
we get to Temple, we get there early, and then we proceed to
be like pretty much in hell. I mean, it was so bad.
It was I've been so long and you know it's Jewish. Listen, I'm
Jewish. I can say this, But a lot of it's like it's like,
how do you even learn the melody to this? Like I know,
I know, and it's it is impressive to see a thirteen year old up
there just reciting and all the stuff that they've worked over, I mean memorize
that part is impressive. And at last about ten minutes, like five minutes,
you're like, wow, this is impressive. The rest of the time
you're like, how what time is it? What time is it? Is
it done? Is I'm starving? All you could think about as you're hungry
you can't wait to get to lunch or whatever. It's times like these where
I'm like, oh, eight D, Like yes, i know it's called
ADHD now, but I know it because I'm like I sit there and I'm
like crawling out of my skin, and I'm looking around at other people,
going is everybody as miserable as I am? Like my brain like I can't,
Like I'm like, okay, just think about something like trying to figure
something out in your head, like make a shopping do something constructive, but
I can't. Yeah, It's like my brain is just like ping ponging,
and I'm like and every two seconds my brain is like this stocks when is
this gonna end? Oh my god, make it stop. And each thing
my brain is going like, oh my god. The it's like not the
main cantor. But there was like another canter who was doing the tourist stuff,
and I was like, this has got to be longer than normal.
But then like a LB does not have a d D. Even though she
was annoyed too, but I could tell that this is a me problem because
I'm looking at Lby and she's looking at me like stop trying to catch my
eye, like I get it, but stop sitting next to me. And
I keep like tapping her and being like this is like really long, right,
even though you know you're preparing yourself going into it, going like okay,
I know it's you know, how long was it? Two hours and
a half hours? Two and a half hours, no bathroom break, no
break, no intermission. O god. Like if you go to a show
at like The Pantagious and that's interesting, right, they have an intermission for
that, but they also have an intermission like there's a point where you it's
kind of like, okay, now everybody gets to take twenty minutes go get
some candy, right, you know whatever, go pee. Yeah, there's
no internet. They should have had an interview like why would you have two
and a half hours straight praying. I don't get it. I know it's
like you're being like you sit there and you go, oh, now,
I know what being like a hostage feels like. Yes, yeah, I
watch a lot of locked up abroad and I feel for these people that are
stuck and like, you know, the being taken away by the the the
the Saudias or whatever in the in the in the Congo, you know,
the tribe whatever and there and they're there for like a year. Yeah,
and you start thinking, Wow, this is what must feel like to be
stuck solitary confined, solitary confinement. I am listening to a podcast like the
next day about this woman who got stuck in Joshua Tree. She was on
a hike and she went off the trail and then she fell and broke her
pelvis and she was laying there and my only thought, because of what I've
been through something a little worse the day before, my only thought was like
what is she thinking about all day? Like how is the time going by
and must be crawling exactly exactly. She didn't even have prayers to listen to.
It's just quiet. It's quiet, nothing but trees and sky. Get
a podcast out there, like yeah, So I'm tortured and Elbi is being
of no help to me because she is just an. She's already an.
She's just like mom, stop yeah, and I'm like, oh, I'm
trying, Like I felt like the little kid, like yes, and she's
the mom and I was like okay, but other bar mits was you've gone
not not like this right, She's like, she whispered to me. She's
like no, this is honestly the longest. She's like three, doing all
these extra prayers because at one point she was like this is it, this
is the end. Yeah, and I was like, yeah, you God,
thank you Jesus, I mean sorry God, yes, thank you God.
You want like you want some sort of somebody to give you, like
like you know that there's the lights coming at the end of the time,
like okay, this is they're wrapping it up. They're wrapping it up,
and then they don't wrap it up, and then it wasn't and then you're
mad at the person that told you that I thought you was roughing. That's
what I was saying. Elbe. I'm like, elbe, this thing had
more false endings than the movie AI or bi Centennial. Man. I was
like, Okay, it's start. It's this has got to be it,
right, this is the closing prayer. No. Then he'd be like,
turn to page four ninety seven and I'm like, how are you fucking kidding
me? What? And then I would look at oh beat like accusatorily,
like you just told me this was wrapping up, and she's like she's giving
me like, I don't know, are you looking at me? This guy's
looking over here? What do you want from me? Like she's like,
I've never seen this before. We're whispering. We're in the front row,
so I gotta keep it, like yeah, you gotta look like you're interesting,
right, yeah, sit up straight and watch and like the only good
part was like and this is funny because later so my sister in law gives
a speech and it was good, Like it was like made me cry.
My brother gave a speech and it was funny. It's my brother. So
I was like, oh, this is the best part. But there's speech
is her speech had to have been like two minutes, and my brothers was
like two minutes. Right. Then they bring up this guy who's like the
congregation guy. I don't know he's the head of the congregation, he's just
a guy. Yeah. He comes up. His speech goes on for like
seven minutes, and it's chock full of like announcements about the temples, like
none of these fucking people are ever coming to temple again exactly how these people
are from out of town? Like are you kidding me? Like we need
to know about And then tomorrow afternoon we're going to be showing a movie in
at twelve and it's been rated. A lot of people are saying, it's
shut up. Oh my god, we've been here. This is the tail
end of this. Oh. I was like, you do you have to
be kidding me with this, Like I saved the announcement. Hey, if
anybody wants to stay for announcements afterwards, if hebody gives a fuck about coming
to temple here again, yes, stay for announcements because I didn't right,
where's the tomato on the road? And also there's like little kids there too.
I was like, if this is hard for me, how was this
for like six year olds that we're having to call. But they were,
honestly, if I'm being honest, being better behaved than I was, like,
well, how was your kid? How was the twins? Like?
They were fine, They were fine. They were resigned to it. At
some point they were just like, I mean, they didn't look happy.
Was there any way you could put like an earbud in one ear in the
pack? Oh my god. They were really like Nazis about the about the
phones. Wow, these people really don't want anyone to be on their phones.
It's like Germany right now. So honestly, the Rabbi was just like,
phones away, I don't want any phones, Like, turn your phones
all the way off. Like they were really in not being distracted by your
phone. I was like, yeah, you probably get a lot of people
who are like pulling out their phones. Yeah. It was so boring.
Okay, so that ends. Then they just got a chime in that.
I went to a school. It was like a small We had like seventy
five kids in our in our grade, and like four fifths of all of
them were Jewish. So I'm our entire middle school year was bar and bought
mitzpels every single Saturday was a different bar or so for every single Saturday of
every weekend of eighth grade, me, a twelve thirteen year old boy with
bad add was having to sit through every single one of these. Really,
yeah, so I feel your pain, Stephanie. I was going, every
single Saturday sucks. Oh my god, it's actually being an eighth grader,
like every Saturday. Yeah, your whole Saturday's taken. Elbe was kind of
used to it because she's the same thing because of Jewish camp she had.
There was a period of one year around that year where she every weekend,
same thing, so she's used to it. But she told me, out
of all of the ones she's been to, she's like, I've never seen
this many prayers, It's never gone this long. I'm like, my brother
and sister of that are not that Jewish, like, so, wow,
that's amazy. I don't know, but it was kind of feel your pain.
Yeah. So, and like I was saying, it's frowned upon.
I'm sure Klan you know this, like to just go to the party,
Yeah, you can't do that, so it's bad form, right. Yeah.
Although I did notice later at the party that there were quite a few
people the Chalice's house was there or yeah, or hadn't come in the morning,
you know, you had to work. Yeah. Anyway, we had
to go up on stage on the ba and do a prayer which we'd been
rehearsing. Bar who at a don't I humbara Like. We had a whole
thing that we kind of memorized, and then the only thing that was good
in my brain. So they had a bunch of different people I would say,
like six people that had to go up and do this same thing.
It was this Torah prayer. So I got into a thing in my head
where I was like, Okay, I'm gonna be We're gonna be better than
those people. Oh, those people are good. We're not gonna be as
good as those people. So that was like a little bit fun. It
felt like a challenge, but each of them was so long. Anyway,
then we got up and we did our thing, and then we were done.
And then from there on it was like, oh, now I'm really
suffering. I'm not even having any anticipatory like feelings of some thing. Now
it's just all dead, dead air in one air and out the other.
So then there's like a little lunch, But then we're in Santa Clarita doing
this, and we have to go back to the valley change and get ready,
and then we have to go back to Santa Clarita for the evening party.
What time are you heading back home? Like, so now it's like
twelve thirty one o'clock. We get home at like let's say we get home
at like one thirty, don't you guys eat at the thing. We ate
at the thing. Then we come home. Then we have to be back
there at five thirty to do pictures. Holy, So we lay around for
a while, just chill. Then we have to walk the dog. Then
you know, me and my anxiety about like I'm like, well, people
is going to be alone all night? Yeah, I hate that, and
so we're gonna have to. We walked her at like four and then we
left at four thirty to make sure we were there by five thirty. And
then we got there and then we had to do like a lot of pictures,
you know all that. It's like a wedding, it is, yeah,
and then the place was beautiful. My sister in law like went crazy
with this event planner named Aaron and I don't remember her last name. Maybe
it's Kade, but Kade at Magnolia Event Planners look it up because I kept
saying to my sister in law. I was like, oh my god,
like this is insane, it's so and it ran like clockwork, and she
was like, it's all my event planner Aaron, who was just like the
super cool woman who used to work in TV. Apparently she did the wedding
for Trista and Ryan, the first Bachelor couple. Wow did she work b
ABYC. I don't know, maybe she did. What's her name, Aaron?
Who it is? I know? E? R I N. I'm
gonna ask her. I'm gonna text her and ask her her last name.
Okay, hold on, I'm texting her right. A lot of people,
there's a lot of people in television that used to work in television to be
that, especially the women that worked in publicity and pr they are now A
few of them are now like event planners, which is interesting. It's like
a job like they leave television because there's nowhere to I mean, after like
ten years of working there, you just you get little incremental raises and you
never you know you're going to be like the vice president or the president whatever.
Then you have some kids, and you want more flexibility. She left
TV she had kid and he left TVs. So she becomes like an event
planner. It's perfect. Yeah, you know, like Suzanne could be event
planner and she works. You know a lot of those they have that those
skills because they put on events right for the company. So, so my
sister had a lot of ideas and then she said that Aaron just elevated her
ideas and made them happen. And it the whole thing was beautiful. It
went without a hitch. The evening party was really fun. And the thing
that I was going to tell you, so John's my brother went to Syracuse,
and John went to Syracuse and I did not go to Syracuse. But
so my brother is a bit younger than John, right seven, like eight
nine years younger than John. So but so they both have friends. Oh,
okay, her last name is Deglano Senti, Lenna Senti. Yeah,
she's Italian. She's Italian. I wonder if that's her maiden name. I
wonder if she worked at ABC. I don't know. Okay, but anyway,
so some some conversation about Syracuse started happening, and Elbi was Elbi was
with me and she was in it. She had been doing really well,
she's been doing well after this breakup. But they started talking about Syracuse,
which is where her boyfriend is at school, and Elbi says, uh,
like tough topic for me or so thing like don't love this topic. And
then and she's kind of kidding, but John gets like, oh no,
like you know, but what's he supposed to do? He went to see
he's bonding with people who all went to Syracuse, so he's like so then
he overcompensates by going, oh, yeah, my daughter went through a breakup
and the guys at Syracuse and I'm sure Elbe so in anyway, Elbe gets
kind of bummed out. She's trying not to, but she's just like Also,
she had gotten like no sleep the night before. She had insomnia and
she was up until six in the morning, Oh my gosh. And then
she couldn't sleep in between the temple and the evening, so she was really
tired. And you know what, So what happened is what happened, is
what happened. She just started getting like teary like and then I said I
was like, oh, I was like, I'm sorry, Like you got
a little triggered from the and she was like, yeah, it's just it's
fine, you know. But then she's and I said, well, you're
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yeah, you're she's she's like a little bit getting a little tiery, you
know, and I want her to get back in the party spirit. So
I was like, how about a cocktail. I just want to say that
I was watching myself from out side of myself, and I was like,
who are you because if you guys, remember you, We've raised our kids
alongside you guys. I remember many years ago, it would have been around
the time of like the Super Bowl that Jennifer Lopez. Yes, I remember
when I was a little like I was a little like, oh my gosh,
our poor kids, like I need to see like pole dancing, you
know. And I just remember that somebody was we were so we got on
this topic of drinking and somebody was saying that they drank with their like eighteen
year old daughter, and I remember being like pearl clutching, like how dare
you? Like that's you're corrupting your kids, like you shouldn't be teaching while
there I was. I was like, you you need a cocktail and she
was like really, I go, let's get you a drink prod or house
to the bar. I was like, do you And they had like a
signature cocktail that was like teetoes, which I know all the kids drink teetoes.
I know people drink tetoes, but I know that that was like the
first by the way, that's like the first thing she got drunk on or
I had to get a call from the parent when she went to Lake Arrowhead
Oh yeahmember and she was hung over and I did a whole Patreon about it.
I was practically crying. I was like so sad. I didn't know
what to do. It made me so anxious, like my daughter got drunk
and now here I am pushing alcohol. I was like, you're too sober,
that's the problem. But you know, you know, nobody knows your
kid the way you know your kid absolutely, and you she's proven that she's
trustworthy. She's proven that she's not you know, getting wasted and drunk on
the weekend. So she's not never. No, she's a responsible kid,
she doesn't she I don't think she's had a drink in a like a long
time. And the reason I say that is because I would know because at
the times that she has gone to a party where she knows she's going to
have a drink or two, she uber's right, So I know that she's
been working, yes, going out with like a girlfriend here, or they're
going shopping, so she hasn't let her hair down, right, and she's
been you know, she's been a little feeling down, you know, yeah,
and we all know alcohol makes things better, right, It's a good
way to deal with your that's you, right exactly. So it's so funny,
and she was so funny about it. She was just like okay,
and I was like, what, what do you want. She goes,
I don't know what should I get? And I was like, let's go
look at you know. And then I see this drink that's Tito's sprite,
like some muddled raspberries and something else, and I was like some lime juice.
I was like, how does that look? And she goes that that
looks good. I was like, okay, so I order her one of
those. Oh so right before that, though, John was up at the
bar with me. I go, I'm gonna get i'll Be a drink.
He goes, I think that's a great idea. He goes, look,
you know how I was raised waspy family. We were having a beer at
home when we were fifteen. He goes, if it was up to me
and not you, I would have been introducing the twin. They would have
had a beer at home now. And I was like, well that's not
so fast. Like Elb's almost nineteen, you know. So he's like,
I'm fine with it, So you get el Be a drink. She really
did cheer up. That was like at dinner and it's not like she was
like okay, but I want to make sure I drink it on an empty
stomach. And then like don't eat much food, you know, you know.
She was like, Okay, I'm gonna have it. And then she
had dinner and I was like looking at her across the table, I was
like, you want another drink? Was one drink? Right? It's not
funn So she was like really, like I was, do you want the
same thing? And she was like, yeah, it was really good.
But if she said I'd like a scotch straight up neat. So I'm sure
I'm being judged by our audience. But whatever, it was a super gated,
a much more fun night. And she had another drink and then later
she came up to me we were outside. She then she started having like
a good time. She did was not acting even the slightest bit tipsy.
She was just like much more relaxed and having fun. And then she went
outside with Sadie so they could do Instagram pictures. Took a bunch of really
cute pictures, and I was outside and she was like, mom, how
much alcohol do you think was in that drink? And I said, I
don't know why. I like probably a shot, you know, And she
was like, just because like I feel really good, Like this is a
good amount of alcohol to have like I don't feel like, oh God,
I'm gonna get drunk, or like I don't feel like I'm gonna have a
hangover, but I also like feel like I'm having fun because I want to
remember that. That was like good. Yeah, so you taught her,
had a drinks. Yeah, and then I let her drive home because you
know it's better drivers, way more relaxed. Yeah, she was ready for
bed after that, but she was really tired, and then she had to
work the next day. She worked on Sunday. Yeah, but she probably
wasn't hung over anything, right, No, No, she had the two
drinks. Yeah, but I remember going to weddings when I was young and
like sneaking drinks on people, Like that's where a lot of kids get drunk
for the first time. Right at weddings, ever happens where there's just like
alcohol flowing and you steal like some champagne off the table. You know what,
I didn't really go to any after those bar MITSA was that I talked
about, and they didn't have a Yeah, they didn't have much booze flowing
at those things, right right, right, Well, but you know again,
you and John know your daughter. You know what she's capable of you
know what she you know what she can handle, and it's up to you
guys for that. I mean, it is illegal, it's technically illegal.
But yeah, I just I had a moment of like, listen, I
know, I know, right, I'm a recovering alcoholic. I'm not going
to do something. I'm not going to like start something in her, right,
I know who she is. She does not have an addictive personality,
you know. Yeah, I would say that of the reason I wouldn't want
John to give Xander a drink is because he's a lot more like me.
He can go a little crazy with the sugar he gets like he's a little
more compulsive like me, and Elbie's just not. It's annoying, right,
Albi will bring like get a bag of chips, Like she'll get in the
mood for something, whatever it is, candy or chips and eat, Like
she'll open a bag of chips, eat like a little bit, and then
I'll find it full basically on the side of her bed like a week later.
Yeah, Like she'll just forget about it. How do you forget about
like chips or candy or chocolate or a bunch of her friends after her breakup,
sent her chocolate and candy and stuff. It's still sitting in our country.
I just never ate it. Just never got in the mood. Yeah,
my kids get in the mood for candy. My kids will go to
like the there's a cookie place that just opened up. It's kind of popular.
I don't I can't remember. Rumbles, yes, crumbles, And so
when it first opened, they were over there all the time. And they'll
come home with the box of them, and then they eat one and a
half and then they just the cookies just sit around. And it's not like
they got the shitty ones. They got the good, the good cockies.
They probably spent like twenty five l four cookies, right, and and you
know, and then there's like me Adam Olga walking around going like now what
who's gonna eat these? You know? Not us? Right, they just
end up going just getting stale, or Phil gets to him whatever comes first.
Right. But yeah, yeah, so I don't relate to Elby in
that way at all, which is why I felt very relaxed about her having
a drink. Plus we're with her, of course, what's going to happen
Like she's with her parents, you know, right, it was just kind
of a funny milestone. No, it's nice, it's yeah, it's it
was cool. That's cool. Yeah. So all in all, so it
was a good. Yeah. I was like, that was our whole weekend.
Though Sunday I was just dead. Yeah. I bet, I bet,
I bet your sister in law and your brother were exhausted. It was
funny because apparently they were having a brunch the next day. Oh my god,
but I wasn't invited to. Our family wasn't invited to it. My
sister in law, she listened to this, would probably say other she'd probably
be like, if you had wanted to come, that would have been fine,
But she'd never she never told us about it. But the funny thing
is like other people, like from her family, from her side of the
family, were like, Okay, so we're going to see you at the
brunch tomorrow, And then I had to keep going no. They're like why
why not? And I was like I didn't want to throw her under the
bus. And we weren't invited. So I was just like, oh,
I think that was just for the out of town guests. And they're like,
no, definitely not, because so and so is coming and I was
like, yeah, well, we have a lot going on tomorrow, so
we're just not probably it's just not gonna happen. So I'll just say goodbye
now, like it was so lovely seeing you, and then i'd i'd see
the next person to say, but we're going to see you at the brunch
tomorrow. We're going, okay, And rock Hell's mom was like practically in
tears that she wasn't going to see us, and she was like, oh,
and I said, I don't think. I think it's just for the
out of town guest. She was like, oh no, let me go,
let me talk to Rocket, And I was like, no, no,
no, no, it's fine, Like we couldn't we really couldn't come
anyway. It was so funny. Yeah. Yeah, so they had a
whole thing the next day. She's wease wow. Yeah. I gotta say,
man, though, the Jews they really do it up. Love them,
respect them, nothing but love and respect. It's because they run all
the banks, yes, but also they have all the money, you know
what I mean. Yes, But the other thing that I love is that
they they like, you know, they take to get us canceled Friday,
like they all take you know, the Sabbath, you know Friday too,
that is the Sabbath, right, yeah, to uh you know, regroup,
be with you know in the moment with the family, turn off the
electronics. You know. It's just a like a healthy way of life.
I feel like, you know, they there's well, the Jews are all
about community, but so are the Italians. You know what they have that
old joke. It's like same guilt, different holidays. Right, We're all
kind of this. It's a similar thing. We're all very family oriented.
Yes, yeah, me, except that the Italians are. I wish I
was more connected to the Italians. There's not a big community Italian community out
here, but there's uh like that. But the Italians are not as organized
as the jew Well in some ways, they're very organized, that's true.
And criminal organizations, right, there's Jewish mafia doesn't do too bad either though,
that's true. Yeah. Well yeah, I mean, listen, if
you're an observant Jew. But I most Jews that I know are not like
going to temple every Friday night, but are really observant, right right right,
But yeah, yeah, well, like my dad said, you know,
uh, respect two things in life, Jews and books. That's what
that was? That was this tagline on its dooms don't I'm just kidding.
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