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Just for the record with me Angelina. First things first, thank you so

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Follow us at Underscore FTR pod.
I'm at Angelina on air and this

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episode and for the culture. We're
talking about how aliens are real here on

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Earth and let's talk TV. We're
giving our Barbie film review. In Bitch,

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I had an amazing weekend that went
left real quick. And in today

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in the Bay, I have Fatima
who was founder of the Women's Premier Basketball

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Association. What they're doing with the
league of bringing a women's professional sports to

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Oakland, California. So by all
means, let's get to it. This

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is for the culture, for the
culture, for the culture. This is

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where we pick aheadline and ask if
they sheet or he did it for the

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culture or if other did it for
the culture. Oh what a US Air

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Force officer an X intelligence officials testified
under oath this past Wednesday, which was

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July twenty seventh. Wednesdays today twenty
six Today we're recording at midnight, so

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it's twenty seventh technicique today. Yesterday
was Wednesday, the twenty six six,

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about the recovery of quotes non human
biologics from crashed aircraft? Do do?

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Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Do? Should we play

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the audio? Is there alien audio? No? Not intelligent extraterrestrials something I

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can't discuss in public setting. Why
not? Um? Okay, I can't

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ask when you think this occurred?
If you believe we have crashed craft?

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Stated earlier, do we have the
bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft?

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As I've stated publicly already in my
new station interview of biologics came with

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some of these recoveries. Yeah,
um per of my last email bit I

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guess human or non human biologics?
Non human? And that was the assessment

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of people which recknowledge on the program
I talk to that are currently still on

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the program. This documentary reverences video
photos eyewitness like how would be determined the

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specific documentation I would have to talk
to you in a skiff about Yeah,

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okay, so and you may or
may not be able to answer my last

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question, and maybe we get into
a skiff at the next hearing that we

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have. But who in the government, either what agency, subagency, what

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contractors? Who should be called into
the next hearing about UAPs, either in

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a public setting or even in a
private setting. And you probably can't name

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names, But what agencies or organizations, contractors, etc. Do we need

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to call in to get these questions
answered, whether it's about funding, what

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programs are happening, and what's out
there. I can give you a specific

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cooperative and hostile witness list of specific
individuals that we're in those and how soon

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can we get that list. I'm
happy to provide that to you after the

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hearing. Super thank you, and
I yield back on the fifth of Nebuary.

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My question is, what the hell
is a skiff? No, I'm

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just kidding, that's just some some
mumbo jumbo law talk. I'm like pictures

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or didn't happen? Bit literally,
I mean for me, I'm just like,

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Okay, I do believe that there
is aliens, Like honestly, I

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could believe anything. Like the JV
show, you just always get on me

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because they're like, do you believe
aliens? I mean mermaids are real?

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And I'm like sure, just because
so much of the world, the underwater,

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is not discovered. So who am
I to be like, no,

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that's not non existing exactly, Like
good for you. Literally everything probably exists,

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exactly. I think if there is
aliens, okay, gonna do for

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me exactly? They get me right
now. I'm long guess right now is

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alien gonna do pay for your gas? I'm just like until it's yo,

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we are under attacked, aliens are
coming for us to borrow, and then

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like all of a sudden, all
the lights go out. Then I'm freaking

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the fuck out. Yeah yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah exactly. It's

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like there's been aliens. Yeah,
just because you said in non human whatever,

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like seeing you saw this, it
could be anything. It could be

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a freaking robi bone steak. But
they saw connected to an aircraft that crashed

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and it's like unidentifiable and like it's
floating in the air. Yeah. I'm

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like, you know, the presidents, they they've seen the pictures, you

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know, or someone higher up in
the whatever you want to call it um

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association of whatever. Like I feel
like the pictures are there and they have

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to wait fifty years for them to
release the pictures. But then the aliens

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are going to be like kicking in
with us, and we're gonna be like,

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oh, okay, we already know
what you look like. You look

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like unimpressed. Yeah, but that's
scary, Like, oh my god,

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what if aliens got like a tinder? Would you would you date an alien?

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But I screw an alien? Yeah? How would I screw an alien?

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Oh? Yeah, that's it's kind
of scary. Like look like it's

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just funny because it's like I remember
when we were kids, is We're like,

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there's gonna be flying cars and you
know, aliens are gonna come,

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and now it's like all kind of
happening. It's like, oh yeah,

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it's crazy. The future is crazy. We're literally living in the future.

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We're gonna our Judy Jetson Rack is
that her name? The jets They something

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They do have some sounds of aliens. Oh, oh my god, oh

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my god, oh my god.
I will do this aliens. But love

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is automatic. But this ya,
I'm trying to zucker. Honestly, I

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was trying to find the scene where
like remember where they like are hearing the

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noises and it's like I was like
this whole time we were talking, I'm

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playing audio. I was trying to
find it, but I can't find it

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on you too? No is that? Oh so we are Disney Channel Original

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Girl. Oh my god, girl
the twenty first century. If the aliens

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look like him, sure I do
an alien and the zqual Okay, yeah,

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oh my god. That movie was
so fire. I won't have to

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watch I know Raven her as her
bestie. I remember like just having an

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anxiety watching when I don't know,
when I like showed their house and like

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they're just like, I don't know, they're like floating in space. And

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it was like that little circular too
that they're just living in and then like

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bits and pieces started breaking off.
I don't know that always getting anxiety as

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kid. I was like, oh
my god, gird come down to earth.

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Remember she had like the little disc
earrings, you know, I always

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wanted those. She was fresh,
she was fresh, her girls, you

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know, Oh my god. I
literally thought, you're already no way,

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no way, breaking news. For
the record, this is just zoom zo

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zoom, like Yeah, aliens are
out here. They've probably been out here.

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It's like, do we want to
fuck with aliens? Are they gonna

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fuck with us? Are they gonna
try? But you know what, the

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government probably been fucking with aliens.
But the government is aliens alright, inception,

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you just went through a layer a
little Wow, they are listening to

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us. No sweet just popped up
someone for UFOs are real? Okay?

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Are they gonna pay my rent?
Should we throw a party? Should we

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invite billahadid? Why beladied? I
don't know what is their plan for student

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debt? Literally, I have a
theory about that student debt. He's gonna

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it's gonna be They're gonna wash it
all the way right before, right before

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Joe Biden leaves. Anyways, I
think so oh yeah, oh yeah,

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you keep dreaming, just gonna keep
streaming dreaming. That's another one. You

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guys know, I don't pay hospital
bills. So I'm just like, okay,

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what's the big They'll die with your
studolos, Like, what's gonna happen?

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What's gonna happen? My dad always
says he's gonna have bills, just

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die with the It's not real.
He says, you're always gonna be in

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debt, so why stress over your
studentos. Just die with them. It's

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okay, Yes, Nancy, she's
the most successful person I know. She

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will never pay it off to school, just keeps getting higher and higher.

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Yeah, do it? See what
it feels like. I'm sees the aliens

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are coming. They're gonna save us. Let's talk TV and just quick reminder

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that the Writer's Guild of America is
still on strike as well as the actors.

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They need to do right by these
writers. We linked it in the

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last podcast episode. We're probably do
it again. Just their whole proposal of

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like what they wanted and how it's
old rejected. Oh but I do want

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to give a shout out real quick
to the Rock. You know, while

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everyone is on strike, a lot
of these writers and actors are not making

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enough money to pay rent provide for
their families. So they did start a

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SAG after a relief fund, and
Dwayne the Rock Johnson gave a historic seven

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figure donation. They said, it's
the largest single donation that we've ever received

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from one individual, one individual at
one time. And I was reading some

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other article about like how it's going
to help like thirty to fifty actors and

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writers like pay their rent that month
or something like that. It was a

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huge help to everyone. Big up
to the Rocks, who is from Hayward.

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We claim him, Okay, I
think he was probably like just born

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in Hayward and lived there for a
little bit. But still Heyward Don Dwayne

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the Rock Johnson doing big teams.
We did get a really good movie this

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past weekend, and we're going to
talk about it. Barbie, wait,

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did you see it? I did
see it, and I want to go

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see it again. I know,
Oh my gosh, it was literally so

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good. So for me, like
when I try to avoid all the reviews,

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but the ones I like, obviously
couldn't help it seeing because everyone's posting

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about it left and right. For
me, I feel like I saw the

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majority of it being it's a great
movie. It's a great movie. It's

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a great movie. And the only
ones that were on the other side,

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no one said it was bad.
But there was a few that were like,

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it was really weird. That's what
my boyfriend so irritated with him.

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I'm like, you're just a hater. Everyone keeps saying it was really weird.

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I think it's because like you didn't
expect her to be like in Barbie

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Land like that. She was like
she wakes up and like turns her shower

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on and like no water is coming
out because she's a Barbie Land sonny can't

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take a real shower. She's like
tries to drink her coffee and like she's

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sipping it but nothing comes out.
It's fake. Last, which I think

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that that was dope, especially if
you're someone that like grew up with Barbies.

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I definitely was more of my brat's
air. Uh, but I'm sure

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like even throughout the movie, there's
just like a bunch of Easter eggs to

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like these discontinued Barbies and just like
the Barbie world. So I mean,

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I guess we're giving semi spoilers,
but basically what happens is Margo Robbie is

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stereotypical Barbie. She lives in Barbie
Land, and she starts having these like

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weird thoughts of like she's like,
hey, guys, like why haven't if

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we just died right now or something
like that, Like you guys ever think

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about death? And everyone's like,
witch, what are you talking about?

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Is Barbie Land? Everything's perfect.
One iconic line. I was like,

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Wow, this is gonna be my
new motto. But it's girls' night every

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night, yeah, forever and ever. Yeah, I don't know that's a

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direct call, but yes, every
night is girls' night, bitch. Everyone

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should live by that. So and
they it comes to find out, they're

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like, okay, well you need
to go talk to weird Barbie to figure

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out why you're having these thoughts.
And weird Barbie is the Barbie that you

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would like cut her hair and like
fuck her up with markers. Right,

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That's why she's weird because like her
owner like played with her too hard.

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Yeah. Right, So yeah,
she's just like constantly in a split.

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Yeah yeah, yeah, she did
great. Um, so you know she

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talks to word Barbie and they're like, what the hell's going on. They're

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like, okay, you need to
go to the real world and figure out

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why your owners being weird and putting
these thoughts in your head because it's fucking

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shut out. Yeah, so they
go do that whatever. So so,

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so her going back and forth between
Barbie Land and then the world world,

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and like obviously in Barbie Land like
women, yeah, women rule the world.

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Like Barbies are perfect. Everyone's perfect. I mean, no one ages,

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no one does anything because he's there. Even that's another stuff that starts

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going bad, Like it's like,
oh my god, I have cellulite and

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like I can't stand on my tippy
toes anymore. Like things are starting to

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be not perfect for her, you
know, there's like little signs and then

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like she obviously has these thoughts about
death. So when she goes to the

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World World, she's like shook to
her core, yeah, because she's like

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what atriarchy? Man's disgusting ruling the
world? Like why is the president or

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why are like why why are all
these men rule? Like they go to

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places Mattel, you know, the
owners of Barbie. I'm like it's a

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little farell and like a bunch of
dude. So she's like, can I

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talk to the president? He's like
that's me yea, Like no old man

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here, you know. But so
Ken sneaks in with her to go to

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the World World and Ken is like
creaming his pants. He's like, man,

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role, like what no one tell
me anything about this is the patriarchy?

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Like I gotta go back and tell
the other can about this um So

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that that's pretty much the premise of
it. Um and America Ferre is like

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ends up being Marcot Robbie's owner,
and like they're figuring out why she's like

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drawing her this way and like putting
these thoughts in her head. Um her

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little moment with her with her daughter. So it was the movie was like

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a love letter to womanhood. Thank
you, thank you. The scene there's

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like a really short scene. It's
it's it's like even in the beginning,

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and I swear, like inside I
wanted to like start balling. But the

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scene where she's in the world world
just for a little bit of time.

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She's like sitting at the bus stop
and she sees the older woman and she

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just like stares at her and then
just says, like you're so beautiful because

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she's never seen an older woman in
her life. Yea, and like it,

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Margot. Margot kills it like she
perfect. She was a perfect Barbie.

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But the way she portrayed like someone
who doesn't know how to deal with

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any emotions. It is like this
fake as plastic person and like finally but

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like finally feeling things and like I
don't know, like being in contact with

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stuff that she's never heard of before, Like she never cried before, like

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there's so much stuff in the worldld
that she's like, what the hell is

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this? Like what is crying?
What is doing this? She acted in

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her ass off and like someone like
you could tell she's witnessing these things for

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the first time basically, and she
did that perfectly, like you could tell

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she's someone who wow that. Like
I saw her and I was like,

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this is genuinely your first time crying. The way she looked at that older

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woman and like was so in awe
and then just said, you're so beautiful.

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Yeah. I almost wanted to start
crying because like obviously, like aging

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is a no no in our roles, you know, like it's just it's

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one of the real things that we
have to accept and deal with them.

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It's not it's not real in Barbie
world, because they're just they're all Barbies.

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They're like, I'm young, I'm
hot and beautiful. Like but for

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her to be like a perfect person, sterotypical Barbie to see aging for the

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first time and her first thought is
you're so beautiful. She's not like,

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oh my god, what's happening to
your face? Or what is this?

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Yes, yes, yes, it
was so beautiful. I wanted to like

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start crying right away, and it's
like it's the shortest scene ever. I

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felt that. I felt that.
I really love how they also tied in

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the creator of Barbie. I think
her name is Ruth or something, but

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like they have someone acting to be
the creator of her and then like,

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okay, guys, spoiler or you
know what we do on this podcast.

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I love spoil everything. But in
the very end, we oh, I

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don't, We'll get there. We'll
get there. We'll get there with her

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auto go like talking about the edge
as yet. Uh no, yeah,

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Margo eight down so great. Um
the cameos. First of all, John

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Alifa like popping up I don't know
where, like just the ola. Yeah.

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Michael Sarah, I'm sorry. He
was like the perfect Allen, which

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is like the one other like man
Barbie that they ever created and supposed to

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be like Ken's friend. I don't
know, it wasn't a video. Was

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like literally like the only other male. Yeah, and it's like he could

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fit all of Ken's clothes, Like
he's like literally just like Ken's sidekick bestie.

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And I mean, Michael Sarah is
just fucking hilarious. He played that

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perfectly. Um, I hate this
is such like a like I said,

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this movie is a love letter to
womanhood, like it's so big on feminism,

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so I hate for this to be
my main takeaway. But I'm sorry.

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Ryan fucking Gosling the goat ate down. He stole every scene, Like

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I h everything he said. Me
and I took my friend Christina. We

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like were bursting out laughing. There
was one thing where we literally like were

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like we might have to step out
theater because we cannot control our laughter.

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I think it was a dance number. Yes, yea, the small Parker

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is so funny. I'm sorry.
He was the perfect ken Yeah, like

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he actually deserves um, what is
it supporting actor? Yeah, he needs

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an actor and an oscar for this. I was show good he was,

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and like it's so funny because you
remember that like Ryan Gosling was a Disney

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baby, like because he is hitting
that dance number and it is just so

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hilarious the little stuff he's saying,
like, oh, I was really talked

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about the patriarchy that I found out
it isn't about horses. He has like

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this weird obsession with horses, even
the see where they're like going to fight

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and they're like galloping in like I
was just on my back, um Easter

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Ray who was the president of Barbie. So there's just like the scene in

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the movie where okay, so basically
all the girls Ken comes back and he

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fucks up Barbie Land. The patriarchy
is taking over, and all the other

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Barbies are in on it like they're
they're like they're being they're brainwashed, yeah,

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by the men. So their idea
is to and this is where it's

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like a very obvious, like at
the beginning of the movie, it's very

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complicated. You're kind of like,
what is the plot? What is going

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to happen in this Barbie film?
And then it kind of kicks into gear

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where it's very clear, you know, the Kens took over Barbie Land.

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They January six, that motherfucker,
okay, and they basically took over,

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and all the other Barberies except for
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thing. So Stereotypical Barbie, who
is Margo, has to figure out a

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way to deep program all the other
Barbies first to bring them back, and

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then you know, once they do
that, they'll take over Barbie Land and

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bring it back to what it used
to be so I will say the way

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they distract their kens to deep program
the other barbies. It was just like

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a very obvious sequence, like the
movie very much said men are so simple

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and dumb. These are ways that
we can manipulate them, Like I don't

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know what are some of their like
tactics to deep program the barbies, like

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what is okay? Like you're gonna
go ask this guy about finances because you

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know, guys can't shut the fuck
up if you ask them, like how

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do I manage my money? So
like that's how you're gonna check that one.

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He's a raise. Basically, he's
a raised. Job is to go

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up to the guy and ask him, are you watching the Godfather? But

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the way she says Godfather the line
delivery alone was like Oscar Worthy. Wait,

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I definitely thought of you when that
scene because I love the back and

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it's just like any man, think
of the most annoying man you know that

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will not shut the fuck up about
a movie and like has to over explain

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it to you, like they saw
that scene and they're still ruined right now.

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Like if you ask a man about
The Godfather, his response is one

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going to be longer than the movies
three hour runtime guaranteed. Oh my god,

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are you watching The Godfather? Like
the way she pronounced it, like

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there was no period in between God
and Father, that was genius. Shout

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out to Easter Ray. I mean
she was very like she wasn't in a

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lot. Uh yeah, so good. Okay, let's talk about America forever

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now, by the way, I
love America, you guys. Short side

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story about America Ferrera. But like
when I was really young, I saw

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an interview about her, not about
her, but she was. She was

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doing an interview and they asked her
what age she wants to be forever,

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and she said she would pick thirty. And like literally all my life and

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tells a little girl, I always
wanted to be thirty. And like as

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I grow older, like I have
cousins that are because I me and Chris

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have like older cousins. We're probably
like the only ones our age. Yeah,

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we're like the younger ones. Yeah. So like we grew up around

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cousins that are like a little bit
older, but they always been like coultas.

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But like as I've gotten older,
like my cousins are always making jokes

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about how like they're so old because
they're thirty or like just scared to become

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that age or whatever. I like. For me, I've never had that

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thought, like I've always wanted to
be thirty because of America Frera since I

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was a little girl. Yeah,
so love her down And didn't you link

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up with her or something? Yes, they have because they keep changing the

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name. But she heard Eva Lengoria
like started this UM. It's basically like

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this group for Latina woman and we're
supposed to like come with ways to like

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help people vote, like how we
could get people to the polls UM and

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like every once in a while that
like hop on a FaceTime with us.

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I actually haven't done it in a
long time. I like always signed up

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for the meetings and just haven't got
on UM. But anyways, love her

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down. And I remember before watching
this movie trying not to look at the

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reviews, a lot of people had
a lot of praise for like America Farrs

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like monologue and everything and like how
great it was and how she killed it.

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Yeah, Okay. While I was
in the theater, there was also

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this guy next to me. I
hate when people chew with their mouth open,

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and this guy was snacking during the
monologue. So maybe that's it,

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But honestly, I didn't really do
that much for me. I'm sorry it

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was you know, I liked it. I agreed with everything she said,

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like for sure as properable, But
I wasn't like they moved by the scene.

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I guess I wasn't like, wow, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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give my girl an oscar. Yeah
no, And I feel like they don't

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Hella blew enough that way. I
mean it was a powerful statement, sure,

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yes, nonetheless, but it was
it was even throughout my week,

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I've been like going back to some
of the stuff she said, or just

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my everyday life being reminded of some
of the stuff she said. I don't

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know, maybe the guy did ruin
it for me. I guess I was

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expecting to be like super mood by
her delivery and I'd be like, give

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her an oscar right now. But
I don't know, I gotta go rewatch

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it. I gotta watch it.
Maybe I'm put on my feet of my

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mouth. Yes, I feel like
they needed that character to like kind of

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tie in the real world. Um. Yeah, she was cool. She

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was cool. My favorite parts,
though, were just whenever they were own

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Barby Land, like I wanted to
be there the whole time. That was

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that was the most fun. It
was fun, right, it was so

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like, oh, it was just
it was so pretty to watch, like

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everything was fake and like beautiful and
perfect. And I watched all the fucking

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interviews with Greta Gerwig and like just
what they did to create this world was

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insane. And I even read that
or saw an interview with her save um

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for the backup people or the um
like the extras or whatever. They're all

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dancers, because dancers hold themselves a
certain way, so they're all like very

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intentional and that's just what a barbie
is. Like their their fucking back is

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straight, their heads up, they
are like even if they're just like drinking

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their coffee or something, they're doing
like they they're doing something like a dancer

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would do, you know. So
just the detail that went into this and

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the wigs, the wig, the
wigs, like there were so many wings,

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like just like you don't think about
that, but like I don't know.

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I'm like I have like a drag
mindset now a little bit, just

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from watching Hell of drig Ras.
I'm like, bitch, this should make

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that fair wig costume, Like that
is mother fucking work. Where's the wig

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lady? Yes, and I'm I
don't want to us boiled and for sure,

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but it definitely was beautiful. What
were you going to say about Okay,

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okay, just how um the o
Yeah, the kind was like the

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creator was like, okay, barbe
like Barbie is an idea and Barbie just

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has this moment and she's like,
well, you know, I don't want

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to be an idea. I want
to be the one making I don't know,

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I want to be the person making
the ideas and creating it. So

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like I'm want to be a person
in the real world, Like I want

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to go in the real world and
you know, have an idea and then

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actually put action towards it and make
something and create something. But if I'm

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in Barbie world, I'm just I'm
just the idea. And I was like,

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damn, that is that is life
in a nut motherfucking shell. Like

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you can either have a dream and
do nothing with it, or have a

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dream and like you know, and
and act upon it. You know,

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And that's the scariest, hardest part
of life is acting upon your dreams or

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that little that little was in the
back of your mind but you're afraid what

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people are gonna say, you know, but I mean this woman, Ruth,

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she created this Barbie doll. I
was just watching an interview with her

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too, like the actual woman,
and she, um, it's funny.

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She she she named the but she
made Barbie after her, after her daughter,

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Barbara, And this was like I
don't even know what year, but

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this was like you know, years
ago, fifty years ago or something,

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and it was funny. Her Her
daughter was like kind of mad about it

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because she was like, well like
or she was. She was kind of

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mad at her mom because her mom
was, um always working. She was

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always working. She was, you
know, starting Mattel or not Mattel,

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but like Barbie, and she was
working in and she's like, well,

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why why can't my mom And this
is like in the fifties, sixties,

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I don't know, and you know, why isn't my mom like home with

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me. Well, she's out working. So it's just like it's kind of

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ironic. She got like actually flak
for for being a I don't know a

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future woman who was like has a
job or like it's all about her career,

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such a I don't know a double
standard to think about for women like

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you want to be the mom,
but you gotta be the worker. But

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you gotta like provide for your family, but you also want what is your

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dream into? Yeah, like what
do you America? Did that? I

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know it was a moment. It
was a moment. I really want to

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watch the movie. I really did
too, And again, don't want to

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call it weird, but it kind
of was. It was just like,

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this movie is making me feel things. And maybe because I was with my

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friend and that guy smacking his food, hello loud. I wasn't straight up

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bawling at the end, but I
did. I wasn't getting tearyed and almost

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wanted to cry. My friend out
of the hand was crying her ass off.

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But yeah, there's a scene at
the end where it's like a montage

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of it's not necessarily a Barbie's having
a moment, but and she's having these

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flashbacks, but it's not of her
life. It's like this montage of just

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womanhood, like yes, random women, oh yes, you know, these

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characters probably weren't even in the movie
at all when there were kids and when

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they're growing up and like saying height
to their kids, like you don't even

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know who you're watching so it's like, why am I feeling all these things?

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Why do I want to cry right
now? Watching this montage? It

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was apparent child relationship. It was
different like mothers and their daughters like like

406
00:27:56.599 --> 00:28:00.920
swinging them around or pushing them on
the swing or them. It was like

407
00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.440
just ohn't want to think about It
was like literally just like about being a

408
00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:07.039
woman and like how we just like
go through life. It literally when I

409
00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:10.400
was watching and I was just like, this is life, Like, yeah,

410
00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.359
maybe you're the mother, maybe you're
the daughter, and these are like

411
00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.559
things he got through. It was
just so beautiful and like I'm gonna get

412
00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.359
emotional, but like my friend she's
going through a really hard time because her

413
00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.759
aunt is like as cancer and it
is like passing away. So like that

414
00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:26.680
seemed like fucked her up, and
she like literally texts me she was like

415
00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:29.079
me and my mom was gonna go
watch it again. And then she's like

416
00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:33.880
my mom bawling, like volt just
like going up crying because it's like you

417
00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:36.400
do just think about life in that
scene. I don't know. It was

418
00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.799
just really beautiful, like the only
way I could describe this movie. It

419
00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:41.319
truly was like a love letter to
woman. Yeah, and like womanhead.

420
00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:47.359
Yes, maybe like maybe feel or
maybe just remember like what it meant to

421
00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:52.359
be human, you know, right, but specifically womanhood, yes, like

422
00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:56.480
and that end scene is right,
the montage of all those little different situations

423
00:28:56.640 --> 00:29:00.640
is like that that ship gets overlooked. Yeah, it's like simple exactly,

424
00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:03.240
Like, yeah, it's just like
being a human and all of us are

425
00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:07.440
like connected to humans and other ways, and everyone has different relationships with people.

426
00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:11.000
Like it was crazy. You guys
got to watch it. It was

427
00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.039
truly a beautiful film, but also
like funny as hell. I think I

428
00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:17.960
feel like I was laughing the whole
time, and when I wasn't laughing,

429
00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.480
I wanted to cry. Yes,
like those are the only two mutions I

430
00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:25.039
felt each and every scene. Yeah, it was gorgeous through and through.

431
00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.640
I can't wait to see it again. Yeah, and Margot definitely up there

432
00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:32.400
with one of her best performances.
I think I still think it. Tania

433
00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:37.079
is her best performance. Everyone watched. Iitania if you haven't Tania Harding story,

434
00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:41.400
but this is definitely up there.
And our girl needed a w honestly,

435
00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:44.359
because you know she was she was
going to take us some else back

436
00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:48.400
to back, so she needed this
one and she hit a home run,

437
00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:53.960
so I'm happy for her. Ryan
motherfucking Gosling hilarious. The goat, I

438
00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.519
guess could have used to like obviously, he is the heart throb. He's

439
00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.680
in all the you know rom coms. Yeah, all serious movies. I

440
00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:04.279
haven't really seen sad. Yeah,
and I know there's other ones that I

441
00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:07.920
can't even like think of. So
I played the perfect Ken. Also,

442
00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:12.599
Ken is also named after Ruth,
the creator's son. Yeah. Those kids

443
00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:15.519
cute, um, But yeah,
I can't help I hate to be like

444
00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.279
man, this movie made me take
round Gostling more seriously for some reason,

445
00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.920
just because, like I do love
crazy stupid love obviously the Notebook, but

446
00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:26.359
like here, I'm like you an
act horse, sir, Like you were

447
00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:29.680
cracking me up every time you'round screen. He was like the perfect dummy,

448
00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:36.000
so good. I do love that
too, Like it wasn't I think there

449
00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.880
are some people hating on it,
like I mean all the in cells in

450
00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:41.920
the world, just like, oh
this is it time in and like Ken

451
00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.720
was just there or whatever. But
I do love that. That's the point.

452
00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.400
There was no like relationship. She
like didn't love he said, we

453
00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.039
want to be a boyfriend. Girlfriends
like, kenn, what does that mean?

454
00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.680
Girls? Girl, She's stupid.
I know. The end, she's

455
00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:00.680
like apologizing. She's just like,
maybe it isn't girl's ride every night.

456
00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:06.640
You're like and then he like he's
always trying to kiss her and she never

457
00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:12.559
wants to kiss up. She was
like that I love, but she didn't

458
00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:15.759
really like it was more like on
a friend note, because I remember he

459
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.200
tries to kiss her and she's like
a friend, don't push it. Yeah,

460
00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:23.319
no, it's great. Go watch
Barbie. I literally I'm probably gonna

461
00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.079
go watch it again, maybe this
weekend so I can get a good cry

462
00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:30.839
properly this time. Wait, one
thing I wanted to add, So the

463
00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.400
end, like you were either bawling
or fighting back your tears, right,

464
00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:38.319
very emotional. Just picture you in
the theater crying, and then all you

465
00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:45.400
hear is and I'm that like a
bobby Literally this this person was working.

466
00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:48.039
He was walking a little last and
I was like, yeah, I was

467
00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:51.519
like, I'm over here bawling,
and then you just hear NICKI Minaj and

468
00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:55.039
I spice man. He spaked me. When I get bad, I'm an

469
00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.519
La Rodeo drive. I'm in New
York. Medicine. That was hilarious.

470
00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:00.559
I was like, good, how
am I supposed to feel things? They're

471
00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:05.480
about to shake my motherfucking ass at
a hell of funny. So if you

472
00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:13.079
want to laugh, cry and spark
something, go see Barbie. I said,

473
00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:16.880
bitch, if you wanted to go
to Taylor's, just tell her brother

474
00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:21.000
you want to go to Taylors.
You said that. Oh hell yeah,

475
00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:23.960
man, right, I said,
I said, I said, I said,

476
00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:30.559
bitch, bitch, not me and
Chris just filling an earthquake right now?

477
00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:35.799
I thought you shook the table,
you know what over here? I

478
00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:40.039
don't know if like there's sometimes this
room just be shaken. I don't like

479
00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:45.160
that. But that was definitely an
earthquake because I'm going to Twitter dot com,

480
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.920
where it is basically earthquake dot com. That's where you go to see

481
00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:52.839
if there was earthquake, you guys. I literally got back on Twitter like

482
00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.720
five years ago because my dad said
that's where you get the news first,

483
00:32:55.839 --> 00:33:00.480
and I was like, damn,
that's so right. Yeah, I'm not

484
00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:04.240
googling the news right now to see
if there is an earthquake. Twitter going

485
00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:08.640
on X is that what it is
now? I don't know. Yeah,

486
00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:13.599
I literally tweeted earthquake like twenty seconds
ago and already has like six likes.

487
00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:17.160
So but I'm trying to see other
people joining Oh this someone I did,

488
00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:22.119
you tweeted that and you got six
likes, like immediately, Oh my god.

489
00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:28.519
So people are probably like, You're
like, oh, let's see,

490
00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.200
yeah, someone else just tweeted at
Twitter falls off hells. Are we going

491
00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:37.720
to check for earthquakes? Chris is
deep in his Twitter scroll right now.

492
00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:39.680
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm
like, honestly, what are the streets

493
00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:45.400
saying about this earthquake? I'm just
refriend in New York? Did he fell

494
00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:49.799
the earthquake? Now? Go to
sleep? But I love him so much

495
00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:58.039
I miss him. Just kidding.
Um. I had a very annoying weekend.

496
00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:04.160
You do. It wasn't annoying that
it was okay. Friday, I

497
00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:06.920
don't remember. I think I just
got off Berkeley and like went home and

498
00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:12.559
whatever, carred on the move my
life. Saturday very eventful day. So

499
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.320
it was my best friend's birthday this
past Monday, so obviously she wants to

500
00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:19.440
celebrate on the weekend. She has
a part time pilate's instructor, so she's

501
00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:23.079
all about that fitness life. So
she made us all go to a soul

502
00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:28.119
cycle class and then the plan was
sole cycle and then brush and she like

503
00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.719
maybe get the bike right next to
her. And honestly, I haven't worked

504
00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:35.000
out in a minute. So I
was a little nervous because I've done cycling

505
00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:37.039
classes before, not a soul cycle, but I've been to a cycle bar

506
00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:40.719
Berkeley's your first soule cycle class.
I've never been. This is scary.

507
00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:46.599
Well, okay, so my friend
is instructor at Cycle bar Berkeley, which

508
00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:51.599
is basically sole Cycling Berkeley, and
that one kicked my ass. But it

509
00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:53.119
was lit like I remember the lights
one out. It was like only red

510
00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:57.480
lights and like it was intense.
I remember, like you played bad Bunny,

511
00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.880
Like that shit was lit like it
was like a club. But I

512
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.840
I also died. But I remember
when I went to his class, I

513
00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:06.639
definitely was hungover, so pursual,
It's like all was not hungover. I

514
00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:09.079
was like, I woke up,
drink my Wrning coffee, had my little

515
00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:13.960
protein bar, drink some water.
I was like, whatever, let's let's

516
00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.320
get ready to die. I meet
up with them. It's na yea,

517
00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:21.960
my best friend, her mom,
her step dad, her little sister,

518
00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:24.519
her cousin who I'm all like super
close to her sisters, so cute.

519
00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:29.199
She bought us all like, um
the wristbands and the headbands and like different

520
00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.400
colorful ones, so we all got
to pick. I was like, oh

521
00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.440
my gosh, this is so cute, so we go in. Honestly,

522
00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:37.639
I fucking killed it. Yeah,
Like it wasn't until the probably like close

523
00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:40.519
to the end. He kept making
us turn the resistance up like until we

524
00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:45.760
like basically cannot move our legs anymore. And every time like but then he

525
00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:49.519
started preaching. Bro. He was
like, one more time to the bride.

526
00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:52.679
Then he'd like, how many times
you're probably the friend that people always

527
00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:55.119
come to you, like, you
know, with their problems, but once

528
00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:59.840
time someone's asked how you're doing,
well, you're doing You're the strong friend.

529
00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.800
Just preach And I'm like, I'm
looking around, like is he talking

530
00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:07.440
to just me? Oh my god, I don't know. We're gonna Sunday

531
00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:12.440
service. I was ready to haul
off the bike go up there and start

532
00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:16.840
confessing my sands like it was a
moment. But then like in between like

533
00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:21.519
motivating us, he'd be like,
preach it down and put it up to

534
00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.639
the right one more time, and
like it was like, oh my god,

535
00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:25.679
fuck you, bro, I cannot
go to the right anymore. So

536
00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:30.199
that part I think we all wanted
to die. But then and then you

537
00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.920
know, at the very end,
you get to put it all the way

538
00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:34.480
back to left and you're cycling.
And after that, like I was ready

539
00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:36.159
to go, and then it was
like, oh, okay, class is

540
00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.519
about to be over, and I
was like, oh, oh, I'm

541
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:42.800
gonna go thirty more minute. Literally
yeah, So I'm so happy that.

542
00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.719
I was like, oh, that
wasn't hard at all. Like I mean,

543
00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:49.719
I'm an easy sweater, but you
didn't anticipate it being over and you're

544
00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.480
like, oh shit, that was
it? Just go again right like I

545
00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.440
thought I was gonna Like my thought
was I'm gonna die, I'm gonna throw

546
00:36:54.559 --> 00:37:00.960
up, I'm gonna have a terrible
time. Yeah, Grandma's boy. Um,

547
00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:07.000
we just wanted to kill revolution new
high score. What does that mean?

548
00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.920
Oh yeah, yeah, is that
good? Yeah? That is that

549
00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:15.000
good. I don't know exactly that
was mele cycle. Vico is so ready.

550
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.400
Um. And then we go to
this little brunch spot. I forgot

551
00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:21.639
what it's called, but um,
it was like the most perfect mill like

552
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.039
I have. I had like a
bomb ass poke ball that they had there.

553
00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:29.280
Nadia's mom was like, let's buy
two bottles of prosecco so we have

554
00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.199
that. I love her Brenda,
I know, in the stuff that obviously

555
00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:42.719
paid for everything. Then so everyone
was ready to go. So I had

556
00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:46.519
to go to the Paramore concert that
night. Um, I mean I definitely

557
00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.480
wanted to go, but like no, I mean like I couldn't do anything

558
00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:51.800
else, Like we had to start
getting ready for the Paramore concert. Yes,

559
00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.920
yes, all right, right,
so like Bredge's ending, her little

560
00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.079
sister is also going. So I'm
like, oh my god, Colly like

561
00:37:55.480 --> 00:38:00.559
park at my job, you know, so you're car safe. So we're

562
00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.719
like a little short on time,
I know, Naudio, we kind of

563
00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:04.800
wanted to shop around. So I
was like, okay, I have to

564
00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:07.079
go the Parrama concert, Like I
have to leave at five. It's like

565
00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.400
two pm now. But there was
an anthropology so I was like, I

566
00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:13.239
definitely want to stop at anthrow and
this is one of Polo Alto. This

567
00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:16.159
is I held a nice anthropology vig. Luckily I was like semi bro because

568
00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:20.599
I would have wasted all my money
there because there was like a whole second

569
00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.960
floor that had like the whole home, Like the furniture is there, like

570
00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:28.480
all the stuff I usually see online, don't get Okay, these hoops are

571
00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:31.360
from anthropology. All my hoops honestly
are from anthrow. So it's a clothing

572
00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:37.079
store, jewelry store. They have
handbags, they have like nice as candles.

573
00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:40.480
But there's there's anthrow apology, then
there's anthro living, so they have

574
00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:45.719
like a whole home to course action
okay, okay, and like it' very

575
00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:47.400
it's like very like West down on
Pottery Barn. It's like on the level

576
00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:51.599
of those kind of stores. And
usually I feel like when I go at

577
00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:53.559
least like the one in Oakland,
like there's some home stuff like the candles

578
00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:57.480
and pillows, but like not everything
that you see online. And I feel

579
00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.679
like this one had the ship you
see online, but there was a whole

580
00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:01.639
second floor where they had the home
stuff. They had a whole bridal section.

581
00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:04.519
My best friend, by the way, is like getting married. I'm

582
00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:06.760
her maid of honor, so like
we like went to go like at some

583
00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:08.920
of the dress is actually like it
was cute and it was her birthday,

584
00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.960
and I was like Okay, I
didn't buy anything. Yeah, I'll picked

585
00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:14.159
something out and I'll buy it for
you. Here it's I got a like

586
00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:16.800
an expensive as candle and like some
eye mask or something. Yeah. Um,

587
00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:20.480
but yeah, it was dangerous being
in there. I want to go

588
00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:25.039
back. We where's the one in
no clint Um, I feel like it's

589
00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:29.519
oh, I guess Berkeley's when I
went to Okay, Okay, I've been

590
00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:32.679
a cafe m no, Okay,
I heard so much about it. Good

591
00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:35.840
brunch pot. Yeah. Like around
there, there's like a bunch of cute

592
00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:38.559
shops. Apology is definitely over there. Cool. Anywhere where you feel like

593
00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:42.159
I'm in a white town, there's
probably an anthropology around the corner, like

594
00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:44.840
you could just smell it. Like
I feel there's a pottery barn somewhere.

595
00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:46.000
I know there's a West Time.
Oh, I know there's an throw the

596
00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:51.280
very nearby. Go into the Star
one day, you'll you'll love it.

597
00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:55.519
But yeah, definitely everything is overpriced. Um oh but my um little estimations

598
00:39:55.559 --> 00:40:00.440
of prices was a point because nay
fiance was like, I really want this

599
00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.639
coffee table and they're waiting how along
for the girl to come back, and

600
00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:05.000
he was like how much do you
think it is? And I was like

601
00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:09.360
twenty three, which it was twenty
four dollars. I was so closed.

602
00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:13.400
And then there's a super cute green
chair I wanted, and I was like,

603
00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:15.039
how much do you think it is? And everyone was guessing and I

604
00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:19.239
was like five hundred, bitch,
it was four sixty eight. Oh my

605
00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:22.440
god. Okay, wait, I
know my anthrow prices. Wait wait,

606
00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:25.440
my dream is to go on the
prices, right, I would kill it,

607
00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:30.320
but I was like, I live
on anthropology on the app, so

608
00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:32.480
like I've probably just seen all the
wasn't know how much it is. Yeah,

609
00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:36.880
the data in your brain, so
if it's like anthro edition prices,

610
00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.440
right, I was murder ring because
I was like, yeah, I'm guessing

611
00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:43.199
everything right in this bitch, let's
go. I didn't even need that lady

612
00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:49.159
to come back with the price.
That would have been me so finished.

613
00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:52.599
Like obviously, I'm feeling like a
new woman after that whole cycle class because

614
00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:54.239
I actually haven't worked out in a
long time. Like I really was feeling

615
00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:57.800
so refreshed. We stopped at Blue
Bottle, got me some good coffee,

616
00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:00.519
got spent time my best friends family, Like I'm feeling good, and I'm

617
00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:02.880
about to meet up with my best
my other best friend, Christina. We're

618
00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:07.480
getting ready for Paramore, like and
mind you, I'm rushing right because I'm

619
00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.119
like, fuck the concerts, like
we have to leave AD five. I

620
00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:10.119
want to make sure I get there
the same time as Kaliyah, so like

621
00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:14.679
a letter and all this good stuff, and me and Christina are both like

622
00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:17.039
why, like we're on Hispanic people
time, like, so I was like,

623
00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:20.920
which we need to leave AD five? Like four, I'm on the

624
00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:22.840
way. So I'm like still using
like the sweat in my hair to do

625
00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:25.559
a slickback pony. I like change
it to my olpha real quick. But

626
00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:30.239
I throw the cutest outfit together.
Hello last minute. I have this Kendrick

627
00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:35.000
Lamar a T shirt from his concert, but it's very like not appropriate for

628
00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:40.159
anything because it's um from the mist
Moral and the Big Steppers tour, an

629
00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:45.280
album, and it's basically representing the
song we Cried Together. The front of

630
00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:47.400
the T shirt like is basically two
people fucking and on the back it says

631
00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:51.119
fuck you fuck me yes. So
I can never wear it anywhere and it's

632
00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:52.360
all blocks. I'm like perfect.
It's like hip hop but it's me,

633
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:55.199
but it's black. We're going to
a rock concert. I wear my booty

634
00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:59.559
short set. I planned on wearing
too Beyonce, and then I had just

635
00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:04.199
bought these black booties, so I
have my black boots like everything, like

636
00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.000
like my makeup, because I'm perfectly
I'm paring on my strip blashes. They

637
00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:08.440
land right away. Like that is
when you know it's gonna be a good

638
00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:12.679
day. When you put your strip
flashes on on the first try, You're

639
00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:15.599
like, the possibilities are on this. I'm gonna go take over the world

640
00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:17.519
now, yeah, get ready,
hello quick, I look good. My

641
00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:21.760
outfits bomb. Christina's in a better
mood, like and my I told me

642
00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.960
my Frankristine, and she's like going
through stuff because like her aunt that she's

643
00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:25.400
super close to is, you know, really sick right now, so they've

644
00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:28.360
just been like going through it.
She's like, oh my god, I

645
00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:30.239
really need this night, and honestly, I'm not gonna lie. So originally

646
00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:32.960
I invited an idiot, but I
had a feeling like her fiance probably has

647
00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:36.239
plants for her, She's probably not
gonna be able to make it. So

648
00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.039
she was first. I was like, hey, I got extra ticket to

649
00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.039
para, where do you want to
go? But I had a feeling she

650
00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:40.960
was like, oh, I let
you know, plant are tentative, So

651
00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:44.639
I kind of feeling she wasn't gonna
make it. So I'm already thinking about

652
00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.360
my backups, so I think I
hit up Chris. Yeah, and then

653
00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:51.760
I hit up my cousin Alexis and
like yeah, christ and he had to

654
00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:53.440
work. And then it wasn't until
I feel like that night when you told

655
00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:55.840
me how to work, I was
FaceTime of Christina just to make she's she's

656
00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:59.159
okay, and I kind of mentioned
it to her, but I'm thinking she

657
00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.280
doesn't want to go out because of
everything she's dealing with, you know,

658
00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:02.440
like she wants to be a family. But she was like, oh my

659
00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:05.679
god, no, but that's what
I need, Like I don't want to

660
00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.199
go, and I was like,
I was like, okay, I just

661
00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:08.719
need to wait for two more nos
and then it's you so like and then

662
00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:10.920
Chris asked me that morning like no, I have work, and I was

663
00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:17.519
like, no, worries you?
Oh good? You were you? It

664
00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:22.920
makes some honey Criss actually stupid to
even ask you. And then my cousin

665
00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:23.719
laws Is right away was like,
oh, my god, I really want

666
00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:25.159
you, but I find I was
like, oh, say less, that's

667
00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:28.559
fine. So it's like boom.
I was like everyone said. Now we're

668
00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.159
actually just waiting for Naudio to say
no because she told me like she would

669
00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:35.599
see right. So I'm like so
excited to take her scene out. I

670
00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:37.599
pick her up, like everything is
perfect. She has like joints world for

671
00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:43.360
us. I have our little stuff, like we have the playlist we're like

672
00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.719
seeing in our hearts. That were
like, we're gonna come out of this

673
00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:50.639
concert better women, right, Like
we're gonna like be like funck the world.

674
00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:54.800
Like because Paramore's lyrics when you're going
through anything in life, we'll hit

675
00:43:54.880 --> 00:44:00.119
you deep, you know, whether
you're dealing with a shitty relationship, a

676
00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:04.480
job, just life in general.
That drive, like every lyric was hitting.

677
00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:06.360
We're like, Wow, we're gonna
be like we're gonna walk out this

678
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:09.679
concert new people. Like we've been
we've both been going through some stuff.

679
00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:13.440
We're like, this is what we
mean. So we're on the bridge.

680
00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:16.159
She's on her phone with her coworker
that's also going to meet up with us,

681
00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:19.480
and she goes, bitch, blah
blah blah, just got an email

682
00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:23.519
saying the show is canceled. I
said, bitch, did you get from

683
00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:28.239
who? Hayley Williams? Take it
master like you because she's like she's like

684
00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:30.239
asking me to confirm, and I'm
like, well, who did you get

685
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:35.599
an email from? Like what?
So my first thought is go immediately to

686
00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:39.039
their Twitter, their Instagram, see
if they posted anything themselves. Sure enough,

687
00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:45.039
they put on their official account.
Here's my thing. I get things

688
00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:47.480
happen. Like they said, someone
got sick. Like I'm all about putting

689
00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:52.239
your health first, whatever it is, even if someone passed away or whatever,

690
00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:55.400
Like I totally get it. But
they did it two hours before the

691
00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:59.079
show even starts, like an hour
and a half. Like that is so

692
00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:05.320
wrong. Yeah, and it's like
someone was sick like when ye right,

693
00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:08.119
this must be food poison because how
long did you know you were feeling well?

694
00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:12.719
Also? Who? Yeah, if
it's not Haley Williams, Bitchies show

695
00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:16.119
can still go on. Yes,
not to dis you know Josh and especially

696
00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:20.639
Taylor York you know, love him
writing the songs on that guitar. But

697
00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:25.079
who it was a sick one.
I want to know, bitch. Me

698
00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:30.880
and Christina were distraught. I was
like having the greatest day. I was

699
00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:35.000
like, wow, soul cycle like
brunch and made it just in time.

700
00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:37.639
We're like on time. We're like
gonna be there before the show even starts.

701
00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:42.400
Look at us go and door.
Friends were through the roof. We

702
00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:45.880
wanted to cry. We wanted to
cry Hailey Williams, No, it ain't

703
00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:52.360
fun hard times yea, yes,
literally smash over. We're like, where

704
00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:55.119
are we even gonna go? Like, where are we gonna do now?

705
00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:58.679
We just want to go home,
and we're like, let's go her how

706
00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:00.400
the cork runs, go get some
drinks, were like, yeah, we

707
00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:02.239
should drink about this. We're like, let's go to Niedos. The Chris

708
00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:06.000
was working um at events, so
like he wasn't gonna be able to see

709
00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:09.519
us. Yeah, when he came
by stress, I'm like, you could

710
00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:13.320
come, but I'm not in my
right state of mind right now. Yeah

711
00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:19.800
he was. He was Stressedna for
sure became. He had a good time.

712
00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:22.480
We got drinks afterwards. It was
cute, it was, but it

713
00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:27.320
was very much like why Like even
when we're Christine were out, were like

714
00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:30.599
if we're just drinking to drink,
like what is happening? What are we

715
00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:32.719
doing? We should go home,
you know. Yeah, yeah, we

716
00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:36.679
had stopped a bad oak after and
I didn't getting drunk and texting this guy

717
00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:40.800
that's like so stupid. Luckily he
did not text my drunk ass back.

718
00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:46.320
Your girl went in the archives just
texting. People shouldn't be texting for no

719
00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:53.639
reason, not even wanting to drink. Like nothing excitings happened. We have

720
00:46:53.760 --> 00:47:02.039
this unnecessary hangover. Hard times.
Hard times, yeah right, with Chris

721
00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:07.079
pulled up to our table, I
just kept singing hard times because that's what

722
00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:13.480
we're having. That's suck. So
did they ever figure out a rescheduling when

723
00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:15.559
it's going to be You're not gonna
go? Yes, they rescheduled it to

724
00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:20.840
a Monday. The culture was Saturday. They rescheduled to a Monday. Definitely

725
00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:22.639
can't go. I mean, I
think if I talked to Travis are my

726
00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:25.519
like second boss, he would let
me track it once I tell him,

727
00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:30.079
like, how so shitty how it
got rescheduled. But it's like and it's

728
00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:32.639
after Wasmatask too, It's like August
seven, so okay, so it's still

729
00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:37.360
like up. But there was a
lot of people that were like, man,

730
00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:39.840
we flew from LA. We drove
from LA, or like I definitely

731
00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:44.840
cannot get a Monday off, Like
I like it associating and like how early

732
00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:46.599
they did it, Like people were
literally exiting the toll, Like Khalia of

733
00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:50.519
my sister that I mean, my
best friends sisters was supposed to meet up

734
00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:52.440
with was already in the city.
Like we were on the bridge, she

735
00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:53.960
had already crossed, Like we just
made it. Chris, you to me,

736
00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:57.760
like you know that emergency X could
do just before the bridge, and

737
00:47:57.840 --> 00:48:00.159
we were able to do that.
We were so close to like being in

738
00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:02.719
San Francisco, it's like, hey, are you gonna refund my whole bridge

739
00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:07.039
too? Yeah? Yeah yeah,
And like yeah, luckily we're in the

740
00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:08.679
bay. But there's so many people
that came from somewhere else to come see

741
00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:13.440
them right right right? Or yeah, like people like parents who like got

742
00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:17.880
a sitner for the night. Oh
oh literally your friend right yeah, well

743
00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:23.639
the co worker literally got a citner
for the night, right Yeah, that's

744
00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:25.960
why she was like, no,
we're still going out. Yeah, we're

745
00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:31.000
drinking. Right, So, like
I said, I'm all for you know,

746
00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:32.920
you gotta cancel show. You got
a cancel show. But like an

747
00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:36.840
hour and a half before he's cut
out of pocket and she was looking cute.

748
00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:39.440
You guys all were looking cute a
waste, and it's like we were

749
00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:43.480
looking cute for the Paramour concert.
Like outside of that, like us,

750
00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:45.679
I'm mad Oak and ETOs, It's
like, who are these goth bitches?

751
00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:49.920
What are they doing? Who is
that raw rabbit? And then the worst

752
00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:57.280
part, yeah, literally yeah yeah, we're drinking, O Mad Oak.

753
00:48:57.599 --> 00:49:00.639
Obviously I'm not trying to drive home
drink. I crashed our Chris's house.

754
00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:04.039
So the next morning, Chris is
already I gotta go to work, girl.

755
00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:07.519
I woke up and I was like, you're leaving three in the morning.

756
00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:13.199
I had to work at nine in
the morning, six hours. I

757
00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:17.199
definitely stopped in and I got ready. But the worst part, my job's

758
00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:22.840
still in my like paramore clothes,
my little black booty shorts is out of

759
00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:29.360
pocket as black T shirt and these
boots made for walking. So I could

760
00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:31.079
have called my car's at my friend
Christina's house, so I could have called

761
00:49:31.079 --> 00:49:34.559
a lift art to go get it. But while I'm leaving and the lifts

762
00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:36.679
driving, I realized I don't have
my keys, and I'm like, I

763
00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:43.239
know exactly where they're at there in
Christina's cupholder in the passenger side. Never

764
00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:45.760
I had asked you the night before, like are my goladd leave my glass?

765
00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:46.599
Santos. Oh yeah. It all
came back to me that, like

766
00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:51.280
I put everything in that cupholder in
Christina's car. So I messes Christina,

767
00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:54.960
but she's at work. So I
had to go to her job with the

768
00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:59.159
walk of shame looking like I've belong
on East fourteenth bitch. And it's so

769
00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:01.599
funny because I know she was watching
me because she goes, no one's here,

770
00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:06.199
cool, no one's here. So
I come, bitch, the whole

771
00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:08.440
outside is packed, everyone has a
table, and I'm hurt the way her

772
00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:12.280
job works, like it's mostly outside, there's a small inside, so you

773
00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:14.760
could like I basically I'm like,
okay, I'm just gonna be line it

774
00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:16.760
to the door right there, like
head down, like no one can see

775
00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:19.920
me. And I have to walk
through like people's tables to go there,

776
00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:22.679
and i'd be line it there and
it says like, please use the other

777
00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:24.719
door. I'm like no, no, I gotta like walk found these other

778
00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:28.440
set of tables and like I finally
got her, She's like I just saw

779
00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.400
that whole thing. You just be
lined it and like I could just see

780
00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:34.440
everything that's going on in your head, and I'm just like so embarrassed.

781
00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:36.920
And Christina obviously puts it on extra
thing. Like right when I'll walk in,

782
00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:42.159
she's like, who's this horror walking
in? Like I'm just like telling

783
00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:45.599
her, like, excuse my horror
friend. You guys, I'm like,

784
00:50:45.960 --> 00:50:51.280
I hate yeah, because she knows
I'm hating this because it literally looks like

785
00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:55.559
walk of shame. But she is
a real one. I got there,

786
00:50:55.639 --> 00:51:00.119
like obviously, I'm super hungover.
She makes me the Patters and Sandley Andrew

787
00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:04.239
everyone go there. It's so bomb. She's made me a bombas bond me

788
00:51:04.320 --> 00:51:07.039
sandwich. I love me a bond
me. She made me Vienneme's iced coffee.

789
00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:09.960
She like parted me some coke like
something with bab bulls. She like

790
00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:14.360
cooks me up with the whole mill
to feel better. We're chilling. She's

791
00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:15.280
like, let's go back to my
house on my brake so I could drive

792
00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:17.079
you to your car because I still
have to go to the station and finish

793
00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:21.599
a couple shows. So like we
go to her apartment and she knows I

794
00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:23.199
look like a horse, so she
gives me like slides to put on to

795
00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:27.199
get out those stupid ass booze and
like some backup shorts. She gives me

796
00:51:27.239 --> 00:51:29.480
a little alephit to change into because
she doesn't have to come into work,

797
00:51:29.639 --> 00:51:32.000
just in case I see anyone like
rolls us some joint. She makes me

798
00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:37.000
a bomb ass smoothie, like she
literally took care of me. I felt

799
00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:38.920
so much better after leaving, Like
the smoothie does something to me. The

800
00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:46.639
smoothie was bomb not gonna lie,
Yeah, she really is. I know.

801
00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:52.760
It was like almond butter and like
blueberries, bananas. She put like

802
00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:53.760
a little bit of cinnamon powder at
the end. I don't know what,

803
00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:57.239
but it was. It was the
best smoothie I ever had in my life.

804
00:51:58.559 --> 00:52:02.519
And I love like anything but an
Anna's and like almonds. Perfect friend

805
00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:07.960
women supporting as that whole meal,
the names, iced coffee, the smoothie,

806
00:52:08.039 --> 00:52:14.360
the joints. This horror WK.
Yeah, slut shaming me. What

807
00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:22.960
do you always say yesterday's eyeliners?
Correctly. I was struggling and I was

808
00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:24.239
like, but she said, no
one was here. She's like, oh,

809
00:52:24.280 --> 00:52:28.960
I that no one that you know. I look like the books are

810
00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:32.639
bill. I was like, outside, there's not one open table, and

811
00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:37.000
like my asticks are basically out in
these shores, like as I'm sitting down,

812
00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:43.320
It's just it was not like a
look that should tell of funny.

813
00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:50.039
Actually this horwalking and he just like, excuse my hor friend. You guys.

814
00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:52.639
I was like, fuck you,
I hate you. I hate this.

815
00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:54.960
I hate everything. What I did
do, though, was I door

816
00:52:55.000 --> 00:53:00.239
dash two vitamin waters and that definitely
helped me. Really, the guys,

817
00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:05.880
there's literally a grocery store on my
street. I was I was not walking

818
00:53:05.960 --> 00:53:12.159
in those booths anywhere down the street
from a store seven eleven. I know,

819
00:53:12.199 --> 00:53:15.960
because I got to seven leven.
Bag, I like drunkenly walked down

820
00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:20.519
your stairs and I'm like, well, like a fish out of water.

821
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:22.440
The energy vitral water, you guys, that really brings your girl back,

822
00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:24.960
because you know, when you're hungover, you're not craving water like you know

823
00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:28.440
you need water, but you know
like your mouth is just like nasty,

824
00:53:28.719 --> 00:53:32.320
like you need something like sugar,
yeah, a little sweeteners. And I

825
00:53:32.480 --> 00:53:35.960
hate any kind of like flavored water
because I do love water, like I

826
00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:38.880
don't want I hate sparkling water.
I hate any like yeah that's like half

827
00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:43.679
flavored. I feel like but like
wait, wait water, No, I

828
00:53:43.760 --> 00:53:46.519
only get the yellow on the energy
line. And I recently realized that actually

829
00:53:46.519 --> 00:53:50.599
has caffeine in it. Oh what
I know? And I can't believe I

830
00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:52.880
didn't. First of all, it's
called energy, and like right on the

831
00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:57.039
bottles says caffeine. One day,
I was just examining the bottle. I

832
00:53:57.079 --> 00:54:00.440
was like, oh shu, there's
caffeine in this bitch. You don't know

833
00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:01.880
how many vitam waters I drink in
my life. Like my family they know,

834
00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:05.320
like if I haven't vitamin water,
they're like actually hung over because she

835
00:54:05.320 --> 00:54:07.000
has a vitamin water, Like they
know that is my go to. I

836
00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:15.360
do that. Oh my god,
there's literally here doesn't say caffeine. I've

837
00:54:15.440 --> 00:54:17.400
never seen that. I was shocking. I was like, oh, I'm

838
00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:22.199
an they called energy tropical situation.
It's all like helly caffeine, but sixteen

839
00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:24.840
milligrams of caffee. You guys,
we are in the studio. There's literally

840
00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:28.960
a yellow vitamin water. I'm not
hungover today, but I just happen to

841
00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:31.320
have that. Vitamins B three be
five, B six beats. You don't

842
00:54:31.320 --> 00:54:34.599
have it because I know there's caffeine. I didn't have time to stop at

843
00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:37.320
a coffee shop and literally like was
up gas station. I was like,

844
00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:40.760
I'll just get this vitamin water because
that's caffeine in it. Oh my god,

845
00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:46.039
here or like my other like my
other good friend Hannah, anytime we

846
00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:47.760
were going through it, like about
to start up period. Well, we'll

847
00:54:47.760 --> 00:54:51.840
have hot cheetos vitamins water. Yes, Why did you just smell it?

848
00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:54.840
Because I honestly there's something about this
this smell because I used to drink this

849
00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:58.239
too, like in middle school,
middle school, and I didn't know how

850
00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:00.679
to caffee either. It was like
middle school or high cool. I did

851
00:55:00.960 --> 00:55:04.519
this yellow got the yellow one too. You gotta read the fine print caffeine.

852
00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:07.360
I was shook. It reminds me
of like high school. I was

853
00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:10.400
to bring you back to a love
that smells do that this one and then

854
00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:14.119
the purple and like the triple X
one I used to get old. Yes,

855
00:55:14.159 --> 00:55:15.840
you know, I don't think with
any other one except for this one.

856
00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:17.800
And my friend Hannah is the one
that put me on because whenever we

857
00:55:19.079 --> 00:55:22.320
used to work with me, when
I was at the front desk, whenever

858
00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:23.199
we like started our period, she
was like, no, you gotta do

859
00:55:23.199 --> 00:55:27.840
the hot Cheeto and vitamin water duo, and I never went back. So

860
00:55:27.960 --> 00:55:31.679
now whenever I'm in a bad mood
and or hungover vitamin water hot Cheetos,

861
00:55:31.719 --> 00:55:35.400
that will bring you back. You
guys, I'm dead. It's literally right

862
00:55:35.440 --> 00:55:37.679
here, the yellow Energy one.
You gotta read the fine print. I

863
00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:43.239
was so shook when I read caffeine
makes sense. It called is the energy

864
00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:45.920
one Energy Energy Energy? Wait,
we were we even talking? Oh?

865
00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:49.679
So I door dash it. Yeah, two bottles because I know one one

866
00:55:49.719 --> 00:55:52.559
in a v NF and I swear
I was like slept through it and drank

867
00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:55.559
those two and I had enough energies
to make it to Christina's job and call

868
00:55:55.639 --> 00:56:00.199
that lift. And yeah, I'd
finished my drove to the city, finished

869
00:56:00.199 --> 00:56:06.159
my shows, came back and just
went to sleep. And what a beautiful

870
00:56:06.199 --> 00:56:09.360
Sunday. Yeah, it's like it's
the weekend started off great and then oh

871
00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:14.719
went downhill. But it doesn't matter
because we're gonna go see Taylor on Saturday.

872
00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:22.199
We are seeing tay Ta. So
yeah, Chris's outfit is cute AF,

873
00:56:22.400 --> 00:56:25.039
so make sure you're following us on
Instagram because I don't have an outfit

874
00:56:25.119 --> 00:56:28.599
yet. We're gonna try to get
it last minute. But Chris send me

875
00:56:28.639 --> 00:56:32.719
pictures of his outfit and it's giving
the skirt, the skirt, every the

876
00:56:32.800 --> 00:56:36.480
details, like all of it,
all of it, the earrings, the

877
00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:39.719
sunglasses, the teacher. I'd be
great. I'm gonna add some ribbons to

878
00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:44.159
it. Coming soon. You'll see, You'll see, You'll see what I

879
00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:46.960
mean. You'll see what I mean. You'll see what I mean. Yeah,

880
00:56:46.960 --> 00:56:51.280
I literally have nothing, like nothing. It's okay it just wear something

881
00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:54.840
pink. But Beyonce, I will
be Yeah, I just I just thought

882
00:56:54.880 --> 00:56:59.440
all that shit too. I'll try
to get it together. You guys,

883
00:56:59.480 --> 00:57:01.679
we'll see see. But yeah,
we're gonna be at Taylor. Our sees

884
00:57:01.719 --> 00:57:07.599
are not bad, so I mean
we're not like touching her, but we're

885
00:57:07.639 --> 00:57:10.639
not on the nose leaves. Finally, hello for once. Excuse me.

886
00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:20.280
I mean we never were never I
would never And oh my god, Wild

887
00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:23.000
has just been like going crazy,
like our whole station has like transformed to

888
00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:28.440
being a full on Taylor station.
My boss literally was like, if you

889
00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:34.039
think it's too many Taylor breaks,
it's not Taylor Army. Every break is

890
00:57:34.119 --> 00:57:37.639
Taylor and we're doing it big on
while like we're having an after part Tay.

891
00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:43.280
Yeah, so I will be hosting
the after partay on Wild after the

892
00:57:43.360 --> 00:57:45.599
concert, So be listening on your
way out when you're sitting in that traffic

893
00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:50.199
starting up fine frame. We're doing
like all Taylor songs. It's like it's

894
00:57:50.199 --> 00:57:52.840
all Taylor mix. I love it. Yes, but now I'm super excited.

895
00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:59.360
And me and Chris will be at
Swifty Clara so oh period, we'll

896
00:57:59.400 --> 00:58:00.920
be in section one h three.
If you see us, say what's that?

897
00:58:02.840 --> 00:58:19.800
This is Today in the Bay.
What's your host? And Jelina Today

898
00:58:19.880 --> 00:58:22.000
in the Bay, don't forget on
socials. You can find us at Underscore

899
00:58:22.119 --> 00:58:27.440
FTR pod. I'm at Angelina on
air, and I am so excited for

900
00:58:27.599 --> 00:58:32.880
this Women's Premier Basketball Association. It's
a Bay Area basketball league and I feel

901
00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:37.360
like, you know, we're just
talking earlier how women's sports is really coming

902
00:58:37.440 --> 00:58:38.639
up, but even these past few
years, I feel like there's been big

903
00:58:38.679 --> 00:58:44.519
talk about getting a women's team in
Oakland. So we're gonna talk more about

904
00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:46.639
the league. But I'm here with
the two behind it Alla team and Shelley

905
00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:51.039
Shelly. You're actually part of a
brand that was really instrumental in getting gets

906
00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:52.440
started. Correct, Yes, Okay, okay, So yeah, we're gonna

907
00:58:52.440 --> 00:58:54.760
talk about all about that of a
team. I do want to start with

908
00:58:54.880 --> 00:59:00.320
you because you're a real hooper.
Yeah, basketball has been part your life

909
00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:02.079
kind of forever, so kind of
tell me your journey first with the basketball

910
00:59:02.280 --> 00:59:05.760
for sure. Well before we just
started, I want to thank you so

911
00:59:05.920 --> 00:59:08.760
much for having us here today.
Is an amazing experience, So thank you.

912
00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:13.320
But just to give you a little
background into my story, you know,

913
00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:15.719
basketball saved my life in so many
ways, and you know, just

914
00:59:15.880 --> 00:59:19.280
with my upbringing in itself, it
was really my outlet to be able to,

915
00:59:19.960 --> 00:59:24.519
you know, navigate through that space
and just remind myself, like life

916
00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:28.880
there's ups and downs, but like
regardless of how everything's going, like,

917
00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:30.199
there's certain things that I can control, and when I was on the court,

918
00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:35.039
I could control those things. So
that was literally like my escape.

919
00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:38.039
So you know, growing up in
Oakland, I had the opportunity to meet

920
00:59:38.119 --> 00:59:42.480
a lot of amazing people that have
helped me stay on course, you know,

921
00:59:42.559 --> 00:59:45.599
within my journey, and you know, Shelley being one of those people.

922
00:59:45.559 --> 00:59:49.280
Did you play in high school?
I played in high school, I

923
00:59:49.400 --> 00:59:52.519
played in middle school. I ended
up going to Juco out here in San

924
00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:57.639
Francisco City College of San Francisco and
then transferred around a bit, trying to

925
00:59:57.760 --> 01:00:02.239
kind of like figure out my my
basketball life. And you know, I

926
01:00:02.320 --> 01:00:05.800
think my junior year, I sit
down and have a talk Michelle, and

927
01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:07.679
I'm trying to figure out what it
is I'm trying to do moving forward,

928
01:00:07.800 --> 01:00:09.960
you know, because I'm just like
basketball, I want to be able to

929
01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:13.679
do this, but I also want
to figure out what else is my purpose?

930
01:00:13.719 --> 01:00:15.159
What else am I looking to do? Because it's kind of like all

931
01:00:15.199 --> 01:00:20.199
you've known forever, that's literally been
my identity. Like for so many people

932
01:00:20.239 --> 01:00:23.119
that have played basketball throughout their lives, this is literally who they are,

933
01:00:23.400 --> 01:00:25.480
right. I played basketball in high
school. I was trash. I was

934
01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:30.239
like big average, are you digingbo
mentality? It's like basketball's life, and

935
01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:32.079
it just it does teach you other
things outside the court. You start thinking

936
01:00:34.000 --> 01:00:37.920
about those things, you know exactly, so I get a little bit basketball

937
01:00:38.039 --> 01:00:40.599
Like, Okay, maybe basketball it's
not my life because I was trash,

938
01:00:40.719 --> 01:00:45.719
but no, But I mean again, it's taught me so many life you

939
01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:50.000
know, skills, and it's helped
me to you know, be within this

940
01:00:50.079 --> 01:00:53.360
space that I'm at now. So
you know, when I started my professional

941
01:00:53.480 --> 01:00:58.719
career, Um, I wasn't in
the best situation. I literally, you

942
01:00:58.800 --> 01:01:00.599
know, I'd say this a lot. If you can make it in the

943
01:01:00.639 --> 01:01:01.639
Bay you can make it anywhere.
So I had to I had to bring

944
01:01:01.719 --> 01:01:05.639
that mentality with me while I was
overseas because I was just like, this

945
01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:07.400
is something I really want to do. This is what I want to pursue,

946
01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:10.239
and I want to you know,
create longevity within this. So,

947
01:01:10.760 --> 01:01:15.559
you know, fast forward six years
down the line, I'm looking to create

948
01:01:15.719 --> 01:01:19.360
something in the Bay Area here because
I'm like, again, basketball has given

949
01:01:19.400 --> 01:01:22.800
me so much and we don't really
have anything like this out here in the

950
01:01:22.880 --> 01:01:28.880
Bay Area or in you know,
California for that matter. That's really looking

951
01:01:28.960 --> 01:01:32.239
to create opportunities for women to you
know, thrive on and off the court.

952
01:01:32.719 --> 01:01:37.079
So we created the Women's Premier of
Basketball Association last year. I was

953
01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:39.760
playing top league in Mexico during this
time, so it was a little bit

954
01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:44.599
of a had to juggle a lot
of things to be able to still put

955
01:01:44.679 --> 01:01:47.679
my all into creating this league.
But still, you know, nurture my

956
01:01:47.800 --> 01:01:52.039
own individual goal, which is,
you know, I'm blessed to play this

957
01:01:52.360 --> 01:01:55.960
you know game still so created the
Women's Premier Basketball Association. We started with

958
01:01:57.039 --> 01:02:02.960
six teams last year had an amazing
outcome because obviously it's new. If something's

959
01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:06.519
new, no one's going to really
like buy into it unless you know,

960
01:02:07.079 --> 01:02:13.719
you really hold some sort of um
how can I say this unless people respect

961
01:02:13.760 --> 01:02:16.280
you in the community and reputation.
Yeah, it's just like it's hard to

962
01:02:16.280 --> 01:02:20.559
build something. But I had a
lot of amazing people support me, Shelley

963
01:02:20.960 --> 01:02:24.960
don Refology, them supplying us with
you during that time and you know,

964
01:02:25.119 --> 01:02:29.800
helping us to kind of create this
collaborative space between our coaches or players,

965
01:02:29.960 --> 01:02:32.400
you know, everybody else that's on
our staff. You know, fast forward,

966
01:02:32.440 --> 01:02:37.519
we're in our second season. We're
literally doing you know, amazing things

967
01:02:37.599 --> 01:02:40.519
this year, and we're continuously building
on these opportunities to help not only our

968
01:02:40.559 --> 01:02:45.199
players move on to the next level, but we're helping our officials. Like

969
01:02:45.320 --> 01:02:47.079
Shelley has done an amazing job,
you know, last year, she's been

970
01:02:47.119 --> 01:02:52.119
able to help all of those officials
that have been within Refology, you know

971
01:02:52.480 --> 01:02:54.119
a hand a couple of them have
been able to move on to NBA and

972
01:02:54.239 --> 01:02:59.079
w NBA and you know, G
league opportunities and you know players within our

973
01:02:59.159 --> 01:03:00.920
league, they've been able to move
on, and you know, some they've

974
01:03:01.440 --> 01:03:06.320
started their first year as playing professionals, and then you know, coaches have

975
01:03:06.400 --> 01:03:07.960
been able to move on, and
our trainers have been able to move on.

976
01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:12.000
One of our trainers is now working
with the Seattle Storm just from one

977
01:03:12.039 --> 01:03:14.960
year of being From one year of
being will slow down just a little bit

978
01:03:14.960 --> 01:03:17.760
because I know you're so no,
we're gonna get there. We're gonna get

979
01:03:17.760 --> 01:03:22.320
there because overseas, was that something
that kind of switched with you to start

980
01:03:22.400 --> 01:03:25.480
this league? Like what did you
learn going over there and then coming back?

981
01:03:25.519 --> 01:03:29.079
Like what was that shift for you? Literally, you have to love

982
01:03:29.119 --> 01:03:31.559
it. If you're going overseas,
you have to love basketball, because if

983
01:03:31.679 --> 01:03:35.559
not, it's going to be a
rude reality check, like there's going to

984
01:03:35.800 --> 01:03:37.480
be things that aren't going to go
your way. So it's just like,

985
01:03:37.599 --> 01:03:40.559
Okay, I have to pivot.
I'm gonna have to make an adjustment.

986
01:03:40.760 --> 01:03:44.719
But at the end of the day, I got to make sure that whatever

987
01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:47.840
I'm doing, it's going to benefit
me. Because every year you're going out

988
01:03:47.880 --> 01:03:52.239
and you're playing overseas, like and
a lot of women, it's like that's

989
01:03:52.360 --> 01:03:53.440
kind of the only thing you have
to do. I mean, we talk

990
01:03:53.480 --> 01:03:57.599
about share a woman as far as
the representation and media is bad, and

991
01:03:57.719 --> 01:04:00.519
like don't get to start on the
pay gap. There's also like let's talk

992
01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:03.119
about like just how high it is
for women just to go straight pro like

993
01:04:03.320 --> 01:04:06.679
what you have to go throughout.
It's so hard because it's especially like after

994
01:04:06.760 --> 01:04:13.000
you finish your collegiate careers, the
college doesn't owe you anything. They don't

995
01:04:13.039 --> 01:04:15.679
need to try and help you get
overseas, especially like for players that you

996
01:04:15.760 --> 01:04:20.320
know, don't get an opportunity to
you know, a WNBA training camp,

997
01:04:20.440 --> 01:04:25.760
so they're literally stuck in this place
where they're just like I don't know what

998
01:04:25.840 --> 01:04:28.960
to do. They're making poor business
decisions. Like for me, I spent

999
01:04:29.039 --> 01:04:30.760
like two grand my first summer trying
to figure out what it is I was

1000
01:04:30.800 --> 01:04:34.079
going to do professionally because I'm like
going to this camp, I'm going to

1001
01:04:34.159 --> 01:04:39.519
this clinic, I'm going to this
combine, praying that someone picks me up

1002
01:04:39.519 --> 01:04:43.000
and sees value within me. But
I think the beautiful thing about this league

1003
01:04:43.119 --> 01:04:46.119
is as opposed to going to these
combines and you have to perform at your

1004
01:04:46.159 --> 01:04:50.480
best in three days and you're competing
against eighty other players, Right, you

1005
01:04:50.599 --> 01:04:55.000
have a ten week season here where
you're actually able to see your growth,

1006
01:04:55.440 --> 01:04:59.239
you're learning, you have other people
here that support you during this time,

1007
01:04:59.320 --> 01:05:00.920
and they're really at the end of
the day, they want you to succeed.

1008
01:05:01.000 --> 01:05:04.360
So they're going to do everything in
your power and their power to pour

1009
01:05:04.480 --> 01:05:09.199
into you so that you can come
out on top. And obviously once that's

1010
01:05:09.239 --> 01:05:12.400
done, you get to pay it
forward and just continue to help the community.

1011
01:05:12.880 --> 01:05:17.800
That's what were the like conditions,
like hooping overseas. Enough, we

1012
01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:20.559
already talking about the pay gap,
but even just before going pro and having

1013
01:05:20.599 --> 01:05:25.480
to do that legal so I'm not
gonna lie like unless you are unless you

1014
01:05:25.559 --> 01:05:29.280
have w NBA on your resume,
Like, it's really hard to find a

1015
01:05:29.840 --> 01:05:31.880
program that's going to pay you what
you feel like you're worth. Yeah,

1016
01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:36.159
and then you're competing against other people
that have experienced So my first job I

1017
01:05:36.239 --> 01:05:40.400
was in All Salvador. I was
on the worst team. Literally, this

1018
01:05:40.559 --> 01:05:42.960
was a rebuilding stage for them because
they were trying to figure out, you

1019
01:05:43.000 --> 01:05:45.679
know, what they're going to do
keep their team in or are they just

1020
01:05:45.719 --> 01:05:47.760
going to throw away the hope program. So I go out there and living

1021
01:05:48.079 --> 01:05:53.639
in Santiago de Mario. They didn't
even have doors on the house that I

1022
01:05:53.719 --> 01:05:56.719
was living in, and obviously that's
not safe, yeah, bringing in imports,

1023
01:05:57.159 --> 01:06:00.239
you know. So they ended up
moving us to the Capitol. And

1024
01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:02.920
I think again, like I said, you have to love it. I

1025
01:06:03.000 --> 01:06:06.519
think I only made two hundred and
fifty dollars my first year or my first

1026
01:06:06.719 --> 01:06:11.199
season playing there because the club brand
out of money. Wow. But I

1027
01:06:11.280 --> 01:06:14.440
mean, like there were bugs in
the house I was living in. Literally

1028
01:06:14.480 --> 01:06:15.840
I didn't have my own room,
we didn't have hot water. I mean,

1029
01:06:16.039 --> 01:06:19.239
luckily I got along with my teammate
thought was there because our beds were

1030
01:06:19.280 --> 01:06:24.519
literally six inches apart. So I
saw her every single day and we had

1031
01:06:24.599 --> 01:06:28.400
to just get through it together.
But again, that's why I'm just like,

1032
01:06:28.679 --> 01:06:30.039
you have to really love it,
because if you haven't experienced like that,

1033
01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:34.360
anybody would have been like, I'm
cool. Yeah, that's insane.

1034
01:06:34.519 --> 01:06:36.880
Like how did people are like forced
to have to do that though and go

1035
01:06:36.960 --> 01:06:41.000
through it? And like that's why
we needed these leagues you guys have created.

1036
01:06:41.239 --> 01:06:43.480
So tell me how did you link
up with Shelley? How did this

1037
01:06:43.559 --> 01:06:45.800
partnership start? We were just talking
about this on our drive up. So

1038
01:06:46.639 --> 01:06:50.239
again mid my junior year, trying
to figure out what I'm doing because like

1039
01:06:50.840 --> 01:06:56.199
I'm in college, didn't have the
best collegiate career. I was averaging like

1040
01:06:56.280 --> 01:06:59.760
three points per game. So I
mean, if you're looking to play,

1041
01:07:00.159 --> 01:07:02.880
I don't think anybody's going to really
invest in a player that's scoring three points

1042
01:07:02.920 --> 01:07:11.199
per game. So I'm just like
nick upon a local to do that.

1043
01:07:11.239 --> 01:07:14.360
They don't need a paint or you
can do all that stuff. So I

1044
01:07:14.480 --> 01:07:17.519
was just like, Okay, I
went I met up with Shelley. She

1045
01:07:17.599 --> 01:07:21.480
was holding a like a clinic over
at Bishop O'Dowd. That's where she went

1046
01:07:21.840 --> 01:07:25.239
um. And you know, she
was doing these clinics during the summers to

1047
01:07:25.320 --> 01:07:29.199
like help other officials, you know, work on the mechanics and just kind

1048
01:07:29.239 --> 01:07:31.360
of get them set for you know, the upcoming season, whether it's college,

1049
01:07:31.679 --> 01:07:36.559
high school, or the pros.
So I sit there, I watched

1050
01:07:36.599 --> 01:07:40.679
the entire time. I didn't know
what to expect, right, And Shelley

1051
01:07:40.679 --> 01:07:43.760
and I have a really good conversation
afterwards. She took the time to like

1052
01:07:43.840 --> 01:07:46.079
speak with me, because like I
was just in awe that someone would take

1053
01:07:46.119 --> 01:07:49.360
the time to just meet with me, not knowing me or anything like that.

1054
01:07:49.559 --> 01:07:54.159
Afterwards, after everything you just went
through your tale, it's like,

1055
01:07:54.480 --> 01:07:57.400
yeah, I'm just like, so
I sit there and talk with her,

1056
01:07:57.679 --> 01:08:00.679
and you know, she's telling me
about like what else she does. She

1057
01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:02.679
was like, I'm in real estate. You know, I do officiate,

1058
01:08:02.800 --> 01:08:08.599
but I think the most valuable thing
I hold is that I'm multidimensional and whatever

1059
01:08:08.679 --> 01:08:11.960
I'm doing, So she's creating other
avenues, you know, she's not just

1060
01:08:12.079 --> 01:08:16.399
relying on one thing. So that
was like my biggest takeaway that summer and

1061
01:08:17.079 --> 01:08:20.079
going to my senior year, I
was just like, Okay, like something

1062
01:08:20.119 --> 01:08:23.319
else I flipped the switch. Something
else turned on, and I was just

1063
01:08:23.399 --> 01:08:27.720
like, I need to start thinking
about this in a different like way because

1064
01:08:28.000 --> 01:08:30.600
at the end of the day,
like I don't have a safety net.

1065
01:08:30.600 --> 01:08:32.119
I don't have to I don't have
college to go back to anymore. The

1066
01:08:32.239 --> 01:08:35.359
real world legan. So I need
to like literally kind of picture all on

1067
01:08:35.399 --> 01:08:39.119
this. I got to figure out
Yeah, yeah, and Chilli, what

1068
01:08:39.359 --> 01:08:43.159
was your brand? That just so
um about fifteen years ago, I started

1069
01:08:43.199 --> 01:08:47.680
a company called Raphology, and really
I was working college women's basketball Division one

1070
01:08:47.840 --> 01:08:51.039
for twenty years and you're from here
too. From here, Corn and Raisin

1071
01:08:51.079 --> 01:08:59.039
Alam and I went to high school
Saint Jose Hey, so very local and

1072
01:08:59.399 --> 01:09:04.319
always to help anyone that is looking
to pursue something at a higher level,

1073
01:09:04.520 --> 01:09:06.960
or even just to get better at
the level that they're at. And when

1074
01:09:08.039 --> 01:09:12.399
Fatima intersected with me, this maybe
seven eight nine years ago something like that,

1075
01:09:13.039 --> 01:09:15.359
she came up. Every summer would
run a summer league where we could

1076
01:09:15.520 --> 01:09:20.000
pass along really good training to referees
that couldn't necessarily get out and spend the

1077
01:09:20.079 --> 01:09:24.399
money to go to all of these
camps where they might get seen and picked

1078
01:09:24.479 --> 01:09:27.800
up at higher levels. So what
I did was I started refology, and

1079
01:09:27.880 --> 01:09:30.760
I brought the higher level training that
I was getting and also participating in and

1080
01:09:30.880 --> 01:09:38.000
giving in the Division one space,
and I brought it down to the locals.

1081
01:09:38.520 --> 01:09:43.079
So we would bring in folks every
week from different areas from Monterey all

1082
01:09:43.159 --> 01:09:45.319
the way up to Sacramento and beyond. They could bring their crews and we

1083
01:09:45.439 --> 01:09:49.000
just pass along the great information.
So that's what Fatima came up and witnessed.

1084
01:09:49.319 --> 01:09:51.720
Of course, my first thing was
to try to recruit her as a

1085
01:09:51.760 --> 01:09:56.880
referee, which she's actually pretty good. Again, she still got that in

1086
01:09:56.960 --> 01:10:04.279
her back pocket of all of this. And but because you want good people

1087
01:10:04.279 --> 01:10:08.600
when you're reffing, you really good
people around you, because it's it's a

1088
01:10:08.680 --> 01:10:13.880
trust you work as a team out
there. When pandemic hit, I actually

1089
01:10:14.239 --> 01:10:16.279
got a phone call. I had
been retired, went on. I worked

1090
01:10:16.319 --> 01:10:19.479
at the w for a few years, but I consult currently through my third

1091
01:10:19.560 --> 01:10:24.159
side coaching company, my business partner, Don Veden and I we consult NBA

1092
01:10:24.279 --> 01:10:29.000
teams and players and coaches on all
things officiating related. Okay, and so

1093
01:10:29.239 --> 01:10:32.399
I get this phone call. And
I really had still been offering some refology

1094
01:10:32.439 --> 01:10:36.359
clinics and things, just really for
fun and charity. And I get this

1095
01:10:36.439 --> 01:10:41.600
phone call asking, Hey, there's
a women's pro game we need some refs

1096
01:10:41.640 --> 01:10:43.479
for. Can you come out and
referee? I said, well, I

1097
01:10:43.680 --> 01:10:45.159
don't even think I have stripes anymore. If they don't mind me in a

1098
01:10:45.199 --> 01:10:50.560
refology shirt share, i'll show up. So I dug out the old pants

1099
01:10:50.640 --> 01:10:55.199
and went out, and Fatima was
playing, and I saw all the women

1100
01:10:55.319 --> 01:10:59.479
that I had, many of the
women that I had refereed all their college

1101
01:10:59.560 --> 01:11:03.359
career, um several that were there, and I just thought miss right.

1102
01:11:04.920 --> 01:11:11.640
So when Fatima was looking to really
rebrand and start something fresh that had a

1103
01:11:11.720 --> 01:11:15.520
unique approach. I said, absolutely, but we have to rebrand and encouraged

1104
01:11:15.600 --> 01:11:20.560
her to really step outside of the
box and start fresh, get her branding

1105
01:11:20.680 --> 01:11:25.640
set and launch as a new league
with a new mission, and I'm just

1106
01:11:25.720 --> 01:11:29.760
happy to support her. And part
of that then motivated me to start the

1107
01:11:29.840 --> 01:11:32.760
nonprofit Blast Equality Collapse that we can
help fund. Part you know, our

1108
01:11:33.119 --> 01:11:38.760
premier partner is the Women's Premier Basketball
Association, but I also through the nonprofit,

1109
01:11:38.920 --> 01:11:44.119
helped train and develop in a have
incorporated refology now into the nonprofit all

1110
01:11:44.159 --> 01:11:47.640
the way down to youth sports as
well as some other sports. The tagline

1111
01:11:47.680 --> 01:11:53.960
for um Blast Equality Collab is leadership
Development. So from the bottom of my

1112
01:11:54.039 --> 01:11:59.079
heart, I believe referees are leading
the way in creating fair playing environments or

1113
01:11:59.159 --> 01:12:02.640
facilitating the creation of fair playing environments. They have the opportunity on the daily,

1114
01:12:03.359 --> 01:12:08.680
hundreds of times each game to ensure
their embodying equality. So what better

1115
01:12:08.760 --> 01:12:14.119
way to practice this by partnering with
an association that wants to collaborate. All

1116
01:12:14.199 --> 01:12:18.600
players, coaches, and referees are
eligible and participate and have a voice in

1117
01:12:18.880 --> 01:12:23.960
all of the training. We do
things transparently, so there's no nothing hidden

1118
01:12:24.640 --> 01:12:30.920
behind creating this opportunity where these women
get to play professional basketball at a professional

1119
01:12:30.079 --> 01:12:32.520
level. And I love so important, yes, and I love that you

1120
01:12:32.600 --> 01:12:34.479
both of you guys are from here
because I mean, you just look at

1121
01:12:34.760 --> 01:12:39.880
Oakland losing all these professional teams and
a five year span. It's so sad,

1122
01:12:40.039 --> 01:12:41.880
and it's like, well, who
has Oakland's back? You know,

1123
01:12:41.880 --> 01:12:45.039
because like sports definitely belong in the
city, and you know, like I

1124
01:12:45.119 --> 01:12:46.359
said earlier, like women's sports.
I feel like right now, I mean

1125
01:12:46.399 --> 01:12:49.640
it's a long fight and we're like
not even closed still, but I feel

1126
01:12:49.640 --> 01:12:54.199
like something really is special happening right
now. So I love that you guys

1127
01:12:54.239 --> 01:12:57.840
are from here and like just creating
this pathway. How has the league already

1128
01:12:57.880 --> 01:13:02.239
impacted athletes? I mean, again, just to touch on last year,

1129
01:13:02.359 --> 01:13:05.840
we were able to send at least
ten of our athletes overseas. For some,

1130
01:13:06.199 --> 01:13:10.319
you know, this is their first
opportunities that like making their dreams a

1131
01:13:10.399 --> 01:13:14.920
reality. So we were able to
do that. Moving into our second season,

1132
01:13:15.079 --> 01:13:18.079
like, we're working on making sure
we increase that number this year,

1133
01:13:18.159 --> 01:13:23.640
but we've also been able to,
you know, help more players get opportunities

1134
01:13:23.880 --> 01:13:27.680
through you know, whatever it may
be. If they're looking to in their

1135
01:13:27.800 --> 01:13:31.159
professional careers, looking to move forward. We're trying to create more networking opportunities

1136
01:13:31.399 --> 01:13:36.479
to ensure that. Shelley's obviously pick
some of them up for you know,

1137
01:13:38.239 --> 01:13:45.199
officiating opportunities as well. But again, I think the women in this league,

1138
01:13:45.279 --> 01:13:50.359
they're getting an opportunity to be supported
by their community. They're feeling empowered,

1139
01:13:51.479 --> 01:13:55.920
and we're creating a competitive atmosphere for
them to just come out here and

1140
01:13:56.039 --> 01:13:59.000
play and do the things that they
love. And how does the league work?

1141
01:13:59.039 --> 01:14:04.159
Exactly like getting to play season starting, so we have so before the

1142
01:14:04.199 --> 01:14:08.479
season starts, we go through a
tryout. So you know, this year

1143
01:14:08.560 --> 01:14:12.159
we had about forty five players come
and try out with the league. Starting

1144
01:14:12.199 --> 01:14:15.560
with six teams last year, we
were able to expand to eight this year,

1145
01:14:15.640 --> 01:14:18.039
so we added on team name teams, so we had about four or

1146
01:14:18.079 --> 01:14:24.800
five returners per team with obviously forty
five other new players coming in. And

1147
01:14:24.840 --> 01:14:30.039
then we had some late register late
people that registered looking for an opportunity to

1148
01:14:30.079 --> 01:14:32.680
be in the league, So we
did a draft right after the tryout,

1149
01:14:33.239 --> 01:14:40.079
we selected teams, started out with
practices leading up to the actual games which

1150
01:14:40.119 --> 01:14:44.600
started on June third, So literally
whoever was able to make tryouts and you

1151
01:14:44.640 --> 01:14:46.439
know, they were able to show
that they could play at this level because

1152
01:14:46.479 --> 01:14:53.439
we have players literally that have graduated
from university, players with w NBA EuroLeague

1153
01:14:53.439 --> 01:14:56.840
euro Cup experience playing in this league. So we want to make sure whoever's

1154
01:14:56.920 --> 01:15:00.359
here, they're able to compete and
they're all still going to have fun at

1155
01:15:00.359 --> 01:15:04.640
the same time. Yeah, And
alongside all of the tryouts, we also

1156
01:15:04.800 --> 01:15:13.760
hosted our inaugural Blast Equality Embodied Referee
Leadership Summit Leadership at the intersection of basketball

1157
01:15:13.800 --> 01:15:19.520
plus officiating and alongside the Women's Premier
Basketball Association Fatima Cameo Williams from GEMS in

1158
01:15:19.600 --> 01:15:24.720
the Gym, James Rockefeller from VJTV. We brought in some amazing guest speakers

1159
01:15:25.800 --> 01:15:30.640
to kick off the summit series,
including none other than Dusty Baker, who

1160
01:15:30.800 --> 01:15:34.920
was our keynote, as well as
NBA Championship coaches w NBA Championship coaches to

1161
01:15:35.520 --> 01:15:40.239
really present to any of the coaches
players that want to participate, but for

1162
01:15:40.399 --> 01:15:44.560
the group of referees that are becoming
part of the Embodied Referee Designation program,

1163
01:15:44.680 --> 01:15:47.720
that's really going to go across the
country. At this point, we're creating

1164
01:15:47.760 --> 01:15:55.600
a new space so that we can
provide these opportunities. Having this organization here

1165
01:15:56.000 --> 01:16:00.520
gives the opportunity for currently last year
we had twenty five referees on we now

1166
01:16:00.600 --> 01:16:05.000
have close to thirty five are participating
in the Embodied Referee program, coming from

1167
01:16:05.079 --> 01:16:10.119
as far as Handford to try to
work these games. We've got some folks

1168
01:16:10.159 --> 01:16:13.000
that are out of state part of
the program because they want to be part

1169
01:16:13.000 --> 01:16:15.720
of our training program that are looking
at how can they get out here a

1170
01:16:15.760 --> 01:16:21.560
couple of times a summer to participate
and serve in this capacity. So it's

1171
01:16:21.600 --> 01:16:28.680
really a high level training program for
our officials and it's instrumental in being able

1172
01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:32.000
to ensure that the women are getting
to play at a professional level. And

1173
01:16:32.079 --> 01:16:35.359
when they come from the backgrounds they
come from, they don't necessarily want to

1174
01:16:35.399 --> 01:16:41.199
just if they want to continue playing
their professional career overseas, that's great.

1175
01:16:41.239 --> 01:16:45.159
But some of the women have professional
jobs, but they still want to play

1176
01:16:45.319 --> 01:16:48.359
professional basketball here. They don't want
to play necessarily in a rec league or

1177
01:16:48.399 --> 01:16:53.279
a pro am change my whole life. They want to continue to play at

1178
01:16:53.319 --> 01:16:58.359
the highest level they can possibly play
and what's so instrumental in the nonprofit and

1179
01:16:58.399 --> 01:17:03.239
the messaging that we're teaching and through
all of our training and collaboration with Fatima

1180
01:17:03.319 --> 01:17:09.279
and the Women's Premier Basketball Association,
is that leadership skill. Most women when

1181
01:17:09.359 --> 01:17:14.079
they end their playing career somewhere and
they enter corporate America, there isn't a

1182
01:17:14.159 --> 01:17:16.720
ton of opportunity for them to continue
in the habits that got them hired.

1183
01:17:17.319 --> 01:17:23.079
They may end up learning golf or
something that fits in with the traditional corporate

1184
01:17:23.159 --> 01:17:28.079
way, but here's an opportunity for
corporations to get behind also sponsoring. We

1185
01:17:28.199 --> 01:17:32.520
have one premier partner in the nonprofit, Team Schuler Compass real Estate. He's

1186
01:17:32.560 --> 01:17:38.039
done a He's made an incredible offer. He and Nicole Schuler have made an

1187
01:17:38.079 --> 01:17:41.560
incredible offer to any of the women
that want to get licensed in real estate

1188
01:17:41.680 --> 01:17:45.520
while they're playing overseas. Once their
license till reimburse them those fees and they

1189
01:17:45.600 --> 01:17:50.640
can start building their clientele while they're
overseas or grow their their client their client

1190
01:17:50.720 --> 01:17:56.039
base here now. So we're looking
for more partnerships in that space that allow

1191
01:17:56.119 --> 01:18:00.800
the women to continue to develop those
strong leadership skills that they get through playing

1192
01:18:00.119 --> 01:18:03.720
high level sports. Yeah, I
think it's the Harvard Business Review years ago.

1193
01:18:04.239 --> 01:18:08.000
I'd probably have to look on my
very first tweet ever. But the

1194
01:18:08.199 --> 01:18:13.319
studies come out and they say over
ninety of women in the C suite positions

1195
01:18:13.439 --> 01:18:16.199
played sports, and I think my
tweet said something like I wonder if they

1196
01:18:16.239 --> 01:18:20.840
could say the same for the men
but in those same positions. But it's

1197
01:18:20.880 --> 01:18:26.159
becoming more and more important, and
businesses know, and we need those businesses

1198
01:18:26.239 --> 01:18:30.359
behind growing these organizations because the Women's
Premiere Basketball Association is giving that opportunity for

1199
01:18:30.399 --> 01:18:35.520
these women to keep developing those strong
leadership skills that make them so successful and

1200
01:18:35.840 --> 01:18:41.239
help transform a corporate culture in ways
that are very needed right now. No,

1201
01:18:41.359 --> 01:18:44.159
that's amazing. It's like changing the
way it's all like coming up in

1202
01:18:44.199 --> 01:18:46.079
basketball and still being able to do
what you love, still being able to

1203
01:18:46.119 --> 01:18:47.479
have a career if you want to. You know, you don't have to

1204
01:18:47.520 --> 01:18:51.760
go through these give up my whole
thing right right now. I love that.

1205
01:18:53.399 --> 01:18:55.840
I still eat it up a game, But every time I see the

1206
01:18:55.880 --> 01:18:57.720
cliffs, I'm like, oh my
gosh, it's like so lit. Tell

1207
01:18:57.760 --> 01:19:00.119
me about like that atmosphere and fan
base that has grown just in this little

1208
01:19:00.119 --> 01:19:03.760
bit of time still, Oh my
goodness. Um, I appreciate everyone this

1209
01:19:03.880 --> 01:19:09.720
season that has come out and has
continued to support us. It means a

1210
01:19:09.760 --> 01:19:15.119
lot because obviously we rely heavily on
our community, but you know, this

1211
01:19:15.279 --> 01:19:18.319
season, we've had more high school
students come out. You know, we

1212
01:19:18.479 --> 01:19:24.199
have more college and high school interns
a part of this because they love being

1213
01:19:24.239 --> 01:19:27.920
around this atmosphere and just the mentorship
component that you know, really comes with

1214
01:19:28.039 --> 01:19:31.239
it from all the players, you
know, interacting with them and just trying

1215
01:19:31.279 --> 01:19:35.000
to help them be better as well
as they're helping us, you know,

1216
01:19:35.159 --> 01:19:39.399
become better as well. So I
just love that sisterhood that we're creating.

1217
01:19:39.560 --> 01:19:45.439
But the fans, they've been amazing. I can't thank them enough. But

1218
01:19:45.680 --> 01:19:50.000
I'm definitely looking to increase our fan
base and get more of the cities that

1219
01:19:50.239 --> 01:19:54.159
you know, are supporting or backing
these teams, to have them come out

1220
01:19:54.199 --> 01:19:57.560
and just see what their teams are
doing. You know, yes, yeah,

1221
01:19:57.680 --> 01:20:00.760
and we have to have you come
out because I've even gotten out and

1222
01:20:00.800 --> 01:20:03.800
shot the ball again. I haven't
played in years because I'm rapping one.

1223
01:20:05.479 --> 01:20:11.000
You probably sash like not too good. We could do a little around the

1224
01:20:11.039 --> 01:20:13.960
World or something. I could try
that. I actually I'm the in game

1225
01:20:14.000 --> 01:20:16.439
host for the Santa Cruise Worri is
the g League team. The one's done

1226
01:20:16.520 --> 01:20:19.520
like we do shoot around and I
don't make it to like the fifth track.

1227
01:20:21.800 --> 01:20:26.239
I'm not your announcer for them,
but he's actually doing some announcing for

1228
01:20:26.399 --> 01:20:29.479
us this season. Oh really,
Yeah, so we have we have a

1229
01:20:29.560 --> 01:20:33.119
lot of great people within the community
a part of this because they truly believe

1230
01:20:33.319 --> 01:20:39.239
in league. Yes, I can
definitely have to come out. Oh yeah,

1231
01:20:39.279 --> 01:20:41.359
no, I definitely know, like
asap, I need to come out.

1232
01:20:41.720 --> 01:20:45.159
Have you as a guest announcer?
Yes, I would love that,

1233
01:20:45.680 --> 01:20:49.600
was off on the mic. Where
do you see the league five years from

1234
01:20:49.640 --> 01:20:57.560
now? That's a great question.
Um, I mean I would even say

1235
01:20:57.680 --> 01:21:00.920
two years from now because I really
liked to dream big. I mean,

1236
01:21:00.119 --> 01:21:03.960
that's why I'm in this space,
you know. I really want to make

1237
01:21:04.000 --> 01:21:08.880
sure that all of our players are
coaches, everyone that's on our staff,

1238
01:21:09.079 --> 01:21:13.520
they're paid because I want to create
jobs within the community and I want people

1239
01:21:13.600 --> 01:21:17.039
to see value in what we're doing. Because again, like there's no women's

1240
01:21:17.079 --> 01:21:23.680
sports here, there's no sports teams
out here in Oaklands, and I mean,

1241
01:21:24.119 --> 01:21:27.039
again, this is so important because
if I had something like this growing

1242
01:21:27.159 --> 01:21:30.399
up, my life probably would have
been different. But we're continuously making those

1243
01:21:30.520 --> 01:21:34.159
positive impacts in the community that we
have now, especially with the next generation

1244
01:21:34.199 --> 01:21:40.159
of athletes, Like I think that's
important. So within the next two years,

1245
01:21:40.760 --> 01:21:43.039
I want to make sure everybody in
this league is paid, and I

1246
01:21:43.119 --> 01:21:45.960
want to be able to expand to
different locations so that we can continue spreading

1247
01:21:46.000 --> 01:21:49.399
this vision throughout the rest of the
nation. I'm so excited for you.

1248
01:21:49.680 --> 01:21:51.680
I love what you guys are doing. Like I just know I have a

1249
01:21:51.760 --> 01:21:56.119
good feeling like sports is coming back
to Oakland, and just like women's sports,

1250
01:21:56.199 --> 01:21:59.359
it has to. There's so much
space and opportunity right now. So

1251
01:22:00.079 --> 01:22:02.279
I mean, I really want people
to just buy into that dream so we

1252
01:22:02.359 --> 01:22:06.000
can again make it a reality.
Yeah, sell up and let us sell

1253
01:22:06.079 --> 01:22:10.000
Like where we can follow you,
where we can buy tickets. How do

1254
01:22:10.119 --> 01:22:14.920
we support it? So follow us
on at wool, Instagram, Women's PBA.

1255
01:22:15.760 --> 01:22:18.880
Our website is Women's PBA dot com. Do you want to highlight that

1256
01:22:19.000 --> 01:22:24.199
we are doing uh Skills clinic for
high school girls next week? I just

1257
01:22:24.359 --> 01:22:29.279
dropped the fire last yesterday. Within
twenty four hours, We've already had fifty

1258
01:22:29.319 --> 01:22:30.840
sign ups and now I was just
I was capping it at fifty. So

1259
01:22:31.640 --> 01:22:35.119
that's going to be happening right before
All Star Game next week. So that

1260
01:22:35.279 --> 01:22:39.000
again we're showing that we're giving back
to the community and we really care about

1261
01:22:39.000 --> 01:22:42.239
the next generation of athletes. I
love it. Yeah, give them a

1262
01:22:42.279 --> 01:22:45.520
follow ups. What instagram is Women's
Women's PA. All right, I'll be

1263
01:22:45.600 --> 01:22:48.159
reposting. We'll post it on the
website too well. Nine for Night dot

1264
01:22:48.199 --> 01:22:51.199
com. But so have you guys
came through today and I'll definitely be at

1265
01:22:51.199 --> 01:22:55.199
the next game. Thank you,
I appreciate you. I guess is anything

1266
01:22:55.199 --> 01:22:59.840
else you guys want to tell your
fans in the Bay area or interesting little

1267
01:23:00.079 --> 01:23:03.840
in support of Fatima's goal of trying
to get the players paid and the coaches

1268
01:23:03.880 --> 01:23:09.079
and the participants and all the folks
working, we um collaboratively. Actually,

1269
01:23:09.159 --> 01:23:11.760
Fatima, Donna and I went out
and raft at the San Leandrew Boys and

1270
01:23:11.840 --> 01:23:16.399
Girls Club for a six week program
every Tuesday's entertain race. Some funds also

1271
01:23:16.479 --> 01:23:20.720
help their program, So we're we've
got a small purse already set up for

1272
01:23:20.880 --> 01:23:25.920
the championship weekend August fourth, through
six. We've got some matching donors for

1273
01:23:26.039 --> 01:23:30.920
that, and we're kicking off a
campaign with hundred X Causes, which is

1274
01:23:30.960 --> 01:23:34.319
another nonprofit that believes in the work
that we're doing. Where we're going to

1275
01:23:34.479 --> 01:23:38.840
we'll have some more information on that
here out next week, but we're hoping

1276
01:23:38.880 --> 01:23:43.000
to tap all of our networks in
being able to raise funds for the nonprofit

1277
01:23:43.079 --> 01:23:47.039
so that we can grow the person
the end of the summer for the Championships

1278
01:23:47.319 --> 01:23:50.239
weekend. Yeah, now that's super
dough and I can't say how much like

1279
01:23:50.319 --> 01:23:54.760
instrumental the Boys and Girls Club was
like to me and like all my friends,

1280
01:23:54.800 --> 01:23:58.239
like especially the athletes, Like there's
a lot of you know, boys

1281
01:23:58.279 --> 01:23:59.960
and girls I grew up with that
you know, on the same block.

1282
01:24:00.119 --> 01:24:01.199
A lot of them would like get
into trouble, but like going to the

1283
01:24:01.239 --> 01:24:04.119
Boys and Girls Club and like to
play basketball after school, like not trying

1284
01:24:04.159 --> 01:24:06.920
to be in the streets or I
remember one of the guys there. Because

1285
01:24:08.079 --> 01:24:10.039
the Boys and Girls Club, a
lot of them are younger, like so

1286
01:24:10.199 --> 01:24:12.000
you feel like, you know,
those are your friends. It's not like

1287
01:24:12.159 --> 01:24:14.800
you know, these older people yelling
at you that don't understand you where you

1288
01:24:14.840 --> 01:24:16.239
come from. I remember one of
the guys dre end up being a coach

1289
01:24:16.239 --> 01:24:20.399
for like AU program, and like
I remember just everyone coming back like so

1290
01:24:20.520 --> 01:24:23.880
mad at him because they weren't touching
ball until like two weeks. He was

1291
01:24:23.920 --> 01:24:27.000
just havn't have like run straight.
But it just kept them out of so

1292
01:24:27.079 --> 01:24:28.800
much trouble. Like you know,
they really care about the U. So

1293
01:24:28.800 --> 01:24:30.920
I love that you guys are like
going to the boys and Girls club because

1294
01:24:30.920 --> 01:24:32.439
I, like I always say when
I make it, like those are the

1295
01:24:32.439 --> 01:24:34.960
first people getting my money if I've
ever become rich, Like I have to

1296
01:24:35.039 --> 01:24:38.720
go, like give them money.
Enough fun about it too, if they

1297
01:24:38.800 --> 01:24:42.600
start. They restarted this program and
it was it's the first time they've done

1298
01:24:42.600 --> 01:24:45.560
it in a number of years,
bringing back in a competitive program. And

1299
01:24:45.119 --> 01:24:49.520
we watched the players and it was
boys and girls playing on teams. Yeah,

1300
01:24:49.600 --> 01:24:56.239
we watched them develop in the six
weeks incredibly. Just having the opportunity

1301
01:24:56.439 --> 01:24:59.319
and many of those players don't even
play on high school teams, but just

1302
01:24:59.479 --> 01:25:02.640
to see them because there's only so
many spots everywhere or what level you're at,

1303
01:25:03.000 --> 01:25:08.399
to see them be able to create
the competitive environment there and actually have

1304
01:25:08.560 --> 01:25:11.560
them come out and support a few
of them came out to watch FA team

1305
01:25:11.600 --> 01:25:15.199
of player. Yes, have some
fun, so you know we're impacting young

1306
01:25:15.239 --> 01:25:18.960
girls lives, but also the young
the young boys as well that are really

1307
01:25:19.039 --> 01:25:23.520
just want to see people competing at
high levels. Right. I love what

1308
01:25:23.680 --> 01:25:26.439
you ladies are doing and I can't
wait to see the future of this league.

1309
01:25:26.640 --> 01:25:29.279
Thank you, Thank you so much
for sotophoby and thank you for having

1310
01:25:29.399 --> 01:25:33.359
us. Thank this was fun.
I appreciate you absolutely for everyone locked in.

1311
01:25:33.520 --> 01:25:41.319
Please know that this is California's first
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1312
01:25:41.399 --> 01:25:45.279
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1313
01:25:45.520 --> 01:25:49.319
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1314
01:25:49.399 --> 01:25:53.439
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1315
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1333
01:26:59.399 --> 01:27:03.800
week. Okay, I love you, Bye bye. Whoa that gave him

1334
01:27:04.039 --> 01:27:09.680
has one? Oh my god?
A new high score? What is high

1335
01:27:09.680 --> 01:27:14.880
scoring? New high score is a
bad? What does that mean? That

1336
01:27:14.960 --> 01:27:27.720
break it a ricket? Even if
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01:27:27.880 --> 01:27:45.560
want the WACKI just want the acid, Just want the WACKID, Just want

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01:27:45.600 --> 01:28:00.399
the wackid, Just want the WACKI. The Double Choral Way