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SPEAKER_03 0:41

Anyways, can we get into the episode?

SPEAKER_05 0:42

No, tell us why I was courting Ronnie and I was like, you know, like asking questions, I was like, oh, what do you do for fun? What do you like to do? And then I was like, oh, do you like go out to like bars or anything? Because I was like very into that scene. Yeah. Because I was single and young and making lots of money and stuff. And then Ronnie's like, oh no, I'm not really, I don't drink. I don't go to clubs. I don't go to bars. That's not my thing. And then he got with someone who did security at a gay bar, and he was there every fucking day, all the time. And then there would like post pictures of uh, I think he would get tagged in them, but we were friends on Facebook. So Ronnie was always like acting a fool, being all tipsy and stuff. On and I was like, You literally told me that this is not your thing, but here you are with this one. Damn. That's not true. These are false tips. And then we got together. These are falters. We got together and I was like, Oh, want to go to the bar? He's like, no, because he works there.

SPEAKER_04 1:31

That also sounds like he could be he wanted to be himself with you, and he was trying to be someone else with that guy.

SPEAKER_05 1:37

Oh, that's so sweet. But he should have been someone else for me for a little bit, because that's fun.

SPEAKER_01 1:42

For lure him in, right?

SPEAKER_03 1:44

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:45

Now you're doing it. Hey, we should smoke those Chinese cigarettes today.

SPEAKER_03 1:48

Oh, yeah. You.

SPEAKER_04 1:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:50

Anyways. These were falsehoods. Um my husband. Hey, Ronnie's a little excited about it. He is um he's a liar.

SPEAKER_00 1:58

Oh, them's his fighting words now. He's a little nervous.

SPEAKER_05 2:02

I remember even going to uh telling Ronnie like once we got together as kids like, can you untag yourself from that picture, please? So it doesn't show up on your profile.

SPEAKER_03 2:08

I did. I did.

SPEAKER_05 2:11

So spice.

SPEAKER_03 2:12

Okay, okay. We've been, we've been how long we've been married? Six years and we've been there for 12. Shut up.

SPEAKER_04 2:17

I'm still not over it. I still get jealous, though. It's okay. Oh god. That's good. That's a sign of love.

SPEAKER_05 2:23

Yeah. Sometimes I remember that Ronnie was with like people before me, and I'm like, ugh.

SPEAKER_03 2:26

You get so mad about it. You're like, Yeah, and every time one takes off his little freaking chonies and you see that wonderful tattoo. That's yeah, I see that every fucking day. So okay, yeah. Let's go get it covered. Yeah, let's go get laser removal. How about we do that? Let's do it laughing. Because every time he's oh, and I see it, and I look at it, I go, and he starts laughing because it's so that it's air. Yeah, but I see it all the time. It's go get it. He has a love character and it's matching with somebody else. It's not matching. It's not matching, but they have another Chinese character in that exact position. Anyways. Are we ready? Yes.

SPEAKER_01 3:09

Welcome to your favorite podcast, another grooming podcast. I'm Kat Grainy.

SPEAKER_04 3:14

I'm Nathan Austin.

SPEAKER_01 3:15

I'm Katie Austin.

SPEAKER_04 3:17

I'm Juan Rivera.

SPEAKER_03 3:18

And I'm Ronnie Rivera.

SPEAKER_00 3:20

Wow, we did it, guys. Good job, Kat.

SPEAKER_01 3:23

We're on a roll. Rollin'. Okay, so we're gonna start off with some would you rathers? You have pretty funny ones.

SPEAKER_00 3:31

Uh we'll start with one that's a slightly tamer before we get to you on this.

SPEAKER_01 3:36

Oh, I put that one away, but I mean, I can find it. I don't want to say it, so if he wants to say it, he can.

SPEAKER_06 3:44

That could record.

SPEAKER_00 3:46

Well, hold on. Let me put this back. I don't know why it jumped forward. I found this guy on TikTok back when I was still using TikTok. I don't really use it anymore. Um, but his would you rathers were always super duper funny.

SPEAKER_06 3:58

So would you rather have a machine that could record your dreams or a machine that could download your memories?

SPEAKER_04 4:08

Well, that wasn't funny.

SPEAKER_00 4:09

Well, oh, okay. I'm sorry. I interesting. Proceeds with some of them are really funny. Okay, this one was not funny, but very interesting.

SPEAKER_05 4:21

God. I okay. I think I would rather record my dreams.

SPEAKER_01 4:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 4:26

Because my dreams are so wild and so crazy, and I didn't live those yet. I lived all my what my memories, right? Yeah. But like, wouldn't it be cool to like replay like you flying or like replay you being like a billionaire or whatever the wildest dream you have? Wouldn't it be cool to like be able to watch that again?

SPEAKER_00 4:44

It would be cool because I feel like they they escape me a lot. Like, I'll remember certain things so vividly, and I'm trying to explain them to people, and I can't even explain like the vast like detail, you know what I mean? They were so funny in your head, and you try to explain them, and people are like, just yeah, yeah, you're like, no, it was great. Until except for the nightmares where your husband's cheating on you, and those are not good ones.

SPEAKER_06 5:09

Those are not good ones.

SPEAKER_00 5:10

Not good ones. He would never, he would never. That's why they're nightmares.

SPEAKER_05 5:13

Do I wake up pissed?

SPEAKER_00 5:15

Yeah, and he's mad at me all day for no reason from a fake person inside his mind.

SPEAKER_03 5:20

Well, why'd you do that? I tell him that all the time when I have dreams about him, but he doesn't care. I'm like, you didn't care. You don't care. Every single one of my dreams when he does something like that, he looks at me, goes, whatever, and walks every single time. I'm like, I I like to do it. He probably likes it.

SPEAKER_04 5:33

He probably likes it. Oh.

SPEAKER_03 5:35

You like cheating on me in my dreams? That's what you like. He likes that it bugs you. Yeah, likes that it bugs you. Whatever. I don't even care.

SPEAKER_01 5:43

But I I'm not gonna say, I'm gonna say re replay my memories, because I'm always afraid I'm going to lose because you know, my grandfather had all uh autism. He had all time. It went on undiagnosed a lot back then, yeah. And you know, and my mom's forgetful a lot, and I'm I forget things a lot too, and it's just to be able to bring up those memories again if I do lose my memories. I mean, that's just something I mean that's why I do Facebook a lot because of the memory feature, you know?

SPEAKER_04 6:18

Yeah, yeah, but you know what? Like uh I already have a device that does that. It's called a cell phone.

SPEAKER_01 6:23

I know, but I mean if it so I cell phone can't download, but it doesn't have everything though. No, but it doesn't have every moment my daughter growing, you know, yeah, it does have her growing up, but it doesn't have every moment that my phone wasn't in my hand to record.

SPEAKER_04 6:36

Yeah. It's already kind of cringe though when you're looking at like you're like, look at me, look at my 10,000 photos of this month. And then like I don't I just don't think if you recorded all your memories, it wouldn't be a good thing. You would never be like sitting there, like, let me watch. Maybe you would actually.

SPEAKER_05 6:50

I guess it's just for later.

SPEAKER_04 6:51

Maybe you would actually. It's for maybe later. I might be wrong, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:54

So I go back and forth because I do agree with you where like I have these crazy vivid dreams, and I'm sure that like the vast amount that I don't remember is incredible and crazy. So there's like this part of me that has always thought it would be so cool, but there's so much I don't remember about my life already. Like growing up, you know how you get that overwhelming feeling of like nostalgia, or you know, and like you can't even always really remember that thing that makes you feel that way, barely, right? Like I remember the first time I tried butter pecan ice cream at my grandpa's house, but it was like it's such a like faint memory, and I have these like feelings that go along with the memories, but the memory itself is small, fuzzy, so fleeting, so fuzzy. So I do think for that fact of like you know what I mean, like that feeling uh when I was young, things were different, right? Like you your feelings were different, the way you viewed your parents was different than when you were an adult, you know, like so many things. So, like I feel like if it was just recording, maybe it wouldn't be as special, but like if you could almost like as you're watching relive it, like when you were that age again.

SPEAKER_05 8:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:10

Although I don't know if I would want to see everything.

SPEAKER_01 8:13

Well no, but to have those moments and you know, like not everything, your phone's not always in your hand to record these moments and yeah, like the first time I heard my daughter speak, yeah, you know, like that's not a moment that I had recorded because I wasn't expecting it, right? Or I didn't these moments where there's a lot of really special things. There's just a lot of special things, and I was afraid someday I won't remember everything. And yes, there'll be moments, but yeah, it it's not everything. My whole life isn't on this, you know.

SPEAKER_00 8:42

I was so tired uh when I was pregnant with these old, and Owen was so young that there's a lot I don't remember because I was just so tired being pregnant and having a one-year-old. So, like, those are memories I wish I had back. Or so I do, I I think if I really, really had to pick one or the other, I'd probably go with my memories. Just because so much has happened in my lifetime that I don't remember. And I just have these dim little like you know what I mean? Even when I think back to last year, it's like how much stuff am I forgetting or missing, or all right.

SPEAKER_04 9:15

What else we got?

SPEAKER_00 9:16

Well, you didn't give your answer.

SPEAKER_04 9:18

I don't know. I'd rather download my dreams because I feel like my shit would be boring. If it's not if I'm not taking a picture of it or like recording it, or like I don't know. And like I take thousands and thousands of pictures and I never look at them. I'm ever I'm I imagine having like a 24-7 recording of your life. Like you would never fucking like it just seems like it would go to waste.

SPEAKER_01 9:41

I just feel like maybe it's more like of a photographic memory, like I can remember every moment, not like I have a a a computer full of them. I was like, oh, I gotta look up this day at this time kind of thing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 9:53

But imagine like being able to like pop in like a like what would it be a VHS or a CD or a DVD? But like pop like me, like popping it in and like watching my dream of like being Britney Spears' backup dancer. See, that's what I'm saying. Watching myself behind perfect, not like people screen. Like that'd be fucking cool to watch. It would be very cool. I understand memory. I'm super torn memory.

SPEAKER_00 10:14

I am very, very torn. Like, so I don't know. It's tough for me. Yeah, it's a it's a toughie.

SPEAKER_04 10:22

I'd rather record my dreams because I could record.

SPEAKER_00 10:24

Well, you don't even remember your dreams at all. So I'd be super curious what your dreams are even about. Yeah, you don't even like remember you don't remember having anything.

SPEAKER_05 10:32

What if your dreams suck?

SPEAKER_00 10:33

Yeah, what if you picked your dreams and then they're like off? They all suck. Yeah. They're just like your regular everyday. You're right. You never know.

SPEAKER_04 10:41

You know, never know.

SPEAKER_00 10:42

So anyway.

SPEAKER_01 10:42

Never know until you try, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 10:44

Okay. I'll do one more and then you can do your other one.

SPEAKER_04 10:47

As long as it doesn't make me sad.

SPEAKER_00 10:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 10:50

Very important one. Would you rather sprinkle eye crust, not your own, on every single thing that you eat, or drop five drops of urine, also not your own, into every single thing you drink.

SPEAKER_03 11:06

Eye crust or urine? Drink.

SPEAKER_04 11:08

Whose urine is?

SPEAKER_03 11:09

I think drink because I think drink has drowned it out. You can also have a huge drink.

SPEAKER_00 11:14

You know, eye crust is so groaty.

SPEAKER_03 11:16

I couldn't do the crust.

SPEAKER_05 11:18

Everybody's touching the if I can see how like big it would be. I don't know if I would notice either of them.

SPEAKER_03 11:23

Yeah. Yeah. I mean I don't think you would notice either of them. I can chug down a shot like water liquid more than a few.

SPEAKER_01 11:31

But it's also sterile.

SPEAKER_00 11:33

Everything you drink. I imagine eye boogers are probably fairly sterile too.

SPEAKER_01 11:38

Well, that's actually just debris that gets in your eye that you're basically your body's flushing out. So it's, I mean, it could have other things in it as well. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:46

So I I feel like both are gross, but neither of them are like truly like terrible. Because yeah, would you even notice the eye crusties? Like you just do a little pinch, like salt. I bet they are salty.

SPEAKER_04 12:00

That's gross. No, no. Nathan is like hearing that now. Squirt is pee, and I've intentionally done that. So you know what I mean? Like, who cares? Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:10

Five drops in your. I mean, it doesn't, it says in everything you drink, it doesn't say how big the cup has to be. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 12:16

If it's a gallon that I'm drinking this gallon, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:20

And I I'll go with urine, yeah. Because God forbid if you accidentally like tongue to eye crust because it didn't mix in.

SPEAKER_04 12:28

I think it might be salty though.

SPEAKER_00 12:29

I think either of them are salty. P is salty too. Smells salty.

SPEAKER_01 12:33

But like I can imagine five drops of urine in this whole thing, right? You know, 32 ounces. I think yeah, I wouldn't notice.

SPEAKER_05 12:40

I'm going to do you would notice it in water? Or like, I mean, obviously, like with like a soda, you wouldn't be able to tell, but like with water, it has like no taste.

SPEAKER_01 12:47

Five drops? I don't think so. Five drops, no. I think it would be so delicious. If it was like more than that, maybe. Well, urine's already pretty diluted, depending on how much. I just find a really hydrated person.

SPEAKER_00 12:57

How hydrated is this person? And what have they been eating? Yeah. Because if it's asparagus, it's gonna be a no. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 13:04

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 13:06

I know immediately. Broccoli does it too. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 13:09

So from like I love broccoli, and sometimes if I eat too much, I'm like, ooh.

SPEAKER_00 13:12

I know immediately, I could have like one stalk of asparagus, and like if I go to the bathroom like 10 minutes later, I'm like, oh, I just the tiniest bit. I'm I smell it already. It's crazy. I love asparagus though.

SPEAKER_05 13:26

Me too. Are those the trees? Yes. I call them trees.

SPEAKER_01 13:30

I was like broccoli. Yeah, that's more tree-like to me. That's more like a bamboo or something.

SPEAKER_00 13:36

Okay. Now, cats is really funny.

SPEAKER_01 13:39

So I don't know where it is, and I didn't want to read that one. Cat! I know what it is, but like but then there was all the extra details. I know, but where was it? I thought it was inappropriate. It was on Reddit. She thought it was inappropriate.

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SPEAKER_01 14:36

So we're gonna do accountability police, which I'm kind of upset about because I've been.

SPEAKER_00 14:41

Did we have a did we have a thing for accountability? Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_04 14:44

Already what was doing it?

SPEAKER_00 14:46

Are we just doing the police sound? Are we doing accountability police? Yeah, I so like this.

SPEAKER_01 14:51

It's time for accountability police. Wee wee. Right.

SPEAKER_00 14:53

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:54

Okay. It's time for accountability police.

SPEAKER_00 14:57

We don't know what I like that Nathan looked terrified of the police.

SPEAKER_01 15:01

He's running from the popo. Yeah. History.

SPEAKER_00 15:04

So do we remember like what we said last time we were gonna be trying to do?

SPEAKER_01 15:09

Well, mine was uh staying sticking with the gym and eating better, and I have not done either because I've been really bad it's summer and I've just been falling off the wagon a little bit.

SPEAKER_04 15:18

I was just looking at pictures though, and you fucking look like a completely different person.

SPEAKER_01 15:23

I mean, I've lost 120 pounds. I am officially under 200 pounds now.

SPEAKER_05 15:28

That was your like goal, right?

SPEAKER_01 15:30

That was your that was like my like first goal. And so I think after that I just kind of fell like off track a little bit because I was like, I reached my goal, you know. But I gotta get back at it. And I keep giving myself like deadlines, like, oh, you know, I'm doing this this weekend, I'll start again afterwards. But right now, I think the hardest part for me is because the only time I really have to go to the gym is like first thing in the mornings and sleep is just so you look like a completely different freaking person. It's right here. Yeah. So this year, picture.

SPEAKER_00 16:02

I always for so I think there better be one. There better be one because we see you every day, I forget a lot, but then when like my memories pop up, and then I look and then I'm like, holy shit, she has lost a lot of weight. Like, but I see you every day, so it's like hard to like remember.

SPEAKER_02 16:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:17

Because even then, I honestly didn't even think like you were bigger in my head. Like, I think because I saw you every day for I mean, we've been friends for forever. You were just cat. That was just so I didn't even honestly realize how big you were at that point. And then now seeing you now, and then the pictures from like a year ago, I'm like, wow, you've lost a lot of weight. Like it's like very, very impressive.

SPEAKER_01 16:42

It's just strange to me that I go, I went from wearing like three to five X's, depending on the brand, and now I wear large, you know? It's you know, it's cool, but like I have definitely fallen off the track, and but uh like I was saying, going to the gym, it was the only time I really have is first thing in the morning, and right now sleep because I think it's mostly because Ellie doesn't have school right now, so I can sleep in more. I'm not worried about like getting her up and stuff.

SPEAKER_04 17:07

A wee whiz.

SPEAKER_00 17:09

Oh, Ivan.

SPEAKER_04 17:11

Yeah, he's like, I can't do it with you looking.

SPEAKER_01 17:13

I'm like sure. That's not gay. So, you know. So I gotta get back on track for for next time.

SPEAKER_04 17:24

Yeah, you gotta be accountable. Okay, well, we'll come back to it.

SPEAKER_01 17:26

What was your original?

SPEAKER_05 17:27

I'm under arrest because we have Yeah, what's your new goal? Remember, we had our originals and then we added a new one that we were gonna check in on. But I do you remember your new one?

SPEAKER_01 17:36

Oh my god, I don't know. No.

SPEAKER_00 17:38

Well, do you okay? So working out and eating better, right, is a goal, but do you have like a specific, like maybe set yourself a new weight goal?

SPEAKER_01 17:45

Or well, how long did we go between this? Was about eight weeks, right? Eight weeks. Yeah, so two months. I would like to be down another 20 pounds. I think that's realistic.

SPEAKER_04 17:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 17:56

Okay, so 180. Okay, who's next?

SPEAKER_04 17:59

I guess I don't know. Did I add something else on?

SPEAKER_01 18:02

Well, yours was going fishing, you've been doing that a lot. And you've been doing that a lot.

SPEAKER_04 18:05

Yeah, I got a picture of me with the fish yesterday.

SPEAKER_00 18:08

I thought you were gonna say a picture of Ivan Ping.

SPEAKER_05 18:11

A few. You were always talking about how much you missed fishing, and it's it's really nice to hear you say that you're going like a lot.

SPEAKER_04 18:19

Well, you said I look more tan. Yeah. I was in that shit yesterday.

SPEAKER_00 18:22

Well, was that it for you? Or were you wanted to work out too, right?

SPEAKER_04 18:26

Yeah. Oh, I have been working out more. Not like I want to. I want to work out more at least three times a week, but I'm hitting like maybe one or two times. Two usually. But I'd like to stick to three maybe four times a week.

SPEAKER_01 18:40

Okay. I think that was mine. I was adding more days of working out, five days a week, but nothing. Here's a picture of Ivan.

SPEAKER_04 18:46

I was like, I'm not gonna do anything with this photo, and now we're gonna put it on the podcast. I mean, you can decide. You can't tell he's peeing. You think you'd care? You think you'd care? It's going on Ivan. Sorry, Ivan. I'm gonna send it, I'm gonna send it to Juan right now.

SPEAKER_03 19:00

Oh, and then I'll put some I'll put some pictures of him when he was a widow next to it.

SPEAKER_00 19:03

Aww. They have a whole bunch. So funny. Okay, what about you, Juan?

SPEAKER_05 19:08

Um, okay, my goals were to read 100 books, and I'm at book, uh, I finished 75. Damn. So I'm whoa. I'm gonna kill it. Is it on the book? Good job, good job.

SPEAKER_00 19:18

Yeah, yeah, he got it.

SPEAKER_04 19:19

That's crazy.

SPEAKER_05 19:20

Some okay, uh shout out some books just because I wanted to, I really like some of them. Um, okay, Kiss of the Basilisk. I kind of I sent this to you guys. So this is a very adult book. So, but the story is so it's vulgar as hell. It's almost like oh yeah, I remember you sent it to me. It's like, okay, you know how when you watch an adult film, you fast forward through all the stuff and you just get to the action. Yeah. Like, imagine if the movie you're watching was like had a good story too. So it's like, I want to say it's like it's like porn, essentially. Nice, my favorite. Kiss of the basilisk. So good.

SPEAKER_01 19:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 19:56

So good.

SPEAKER_01 19:57

It's a snake.

SPEAKER_05 19:58

It's a thnay. Um, there's this one book called This Is How It Always Is, and um it's about a trans kid and like their journey, like growing up, but like from the parents' perspective. Um just like hearing like how the parents like handle it and how like just like being supportive of their child and like moving to where they need to move, and like dealing with like all that comes with being like a trans person in the US was like super interesting and like really heartfelt. And I was like bawling my eyes out. I know those are two different yeah, I was like, you read a lot of different genres. Yeah, but I really like that one. Good to have more ideas. So yeah, I love reading. I uh yeah, I go through them pretty quickly. My other one was playing musical instruments. I have yet to play a musical instrument, yes.

SPEAKER_00 20:45

Still, it's because you're trying to get to your hundred really fast, yeah. And then you'll have time for the instruments.

SPEAKER_05 20:51

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 20:53

That's and then the but also you can do that while you're working. But no, no, I mean that. But I'm saying if you like but yes, I'll say you can't play your instrument while you're cutting hair.

SPEAKER_05 21:05

Um, and then my new my new one that I had said was going to the gym. Um I we I we've been three times since the last recording.

SPEAKER_00 21:14

I was gonna be like, yay! I thought you were gonna say three times like this week.

SPEAKER_05 21:17

Before that, I didn't go at all. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:20

So three better than that thing.

SPEAKER_05 21:22

Ronnie signed up.

SPEAKER_00 21:23

That's crazy.

SPEAKER_05 21:25

So we did it a couple times and then just wait, because it's the same thing. We have to wake up before work to do it. So we set our alarm for fucking 4 30 or 5 in the morning. That's what yeah, and then we you know, and then after a while, you're just like, I wanna I'd rather sleep for an hour and a half. Yeah, you know, so it's just really hard.

SPEAKER_01 21:40

That's that's my bigger thing about I'm I'm looking for s I want to try to find someone who will like meet me at the gym. So I was like, Oh, because if someone's depending on me to be there, then I'll be there. But if I I've just gotta go by myself, get myself out of bed and you know.

SPEAKER_04 21:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:56

Just a lot.

SPEAKER_04 21:57

You ever think about though, like just pushing all your dogs? Back one hour?

SPEAKER_01 22:01

Uh I've thought about it. Yeah, I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_04 22:02

Because then it makes the morning really a lot easier, right?

SPEAKER_01 22:04

But then it's working later. That's what I wouldn't want.

SPEAKER_04 22:06

It's a five, nine to five, right?

SPEAKER_01 22:08

Yeah, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 22:09

I'm gonna s I'll send that to you one more time. This other one. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 22:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 22:12

I don't know. Four thirty is pretty early. Yeah. Yeah. I wake up at 4 30 to go to the to go fishing, and I'm like, I really, really, really want to go fishing. But I still like when I open my eyes, I'm like, fuck. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:26

I press the snooze button so many times.

SPEAKER_04 22:28

Actually, I've been having a hard time sleeping lately. Like, I don't know what it is, but like you're almost 40. Yeah, and like, um, whatever. It's okay.

SPEAKER_01 22:36

Katie, are you done? Yeah, I'm done.

SPEAKER_04 22:39

I was gonna say, because I I I got up at 420 um to go fishing, but like I barely got an hour of sleep. So like the fishing was difficult because well, and you were kayak fishing instead of boat fishing. And I was excited to go fishing.

SPEAKER_00 22:54

No, yeah, that was a big workout.

SPEAKER_04 22:57

Uh I was excited to go fishing, so like I'm just like laying there, like trying to go to sleep. I think my ADHD is just like my brain is just I cut off caffeine. Did you get it? Yes, I accepted it. I cut off caffeine, yeah, and I cut off all this stuff, and like, I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 23:11

I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 23:12

Almost 40. Maybe it's because I'm almost 40, I guess. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 23:14

Actually, after this episode airs, he'll probably be 40, right?

SPEAKER_04 23:17

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 23:18

Nathan's 40.

SPEAKER_04 23:20

I'm 40 years old. But you know what I did get myself? Oh, uh, what are we talking about right now? Because my mind is jumping in. Accountability, police sense, Katie.

SPEAKER_05 23:26

Bring it up, bring it up. It has to do with it, right?

SPEAKER_04 23:28

Yeah, I got uh I got a big truck. I am not a truck guy. I got into this.

SPEAKER_01 23:35

You're becoming more of a truck. I'm over there.

SPEAKER_04 23:37

We go to Toyota, right? Because I love I love Toyota, right? And I'm getting in like all their other cars, and he's like, Oh, we have a Toy Dre over here, and I'm like, I'm not a truck guy. And I get it, and I'm like, oh, I'm a truck guy. You know?

SPEAKER_00 23:51

Well, so to be fair, we have a we do checks all the boxes. We do, because we were like, what would we use a truck for? But then the more we thought about it, like our poor van, one time we piled how many pounds of rocks into our poor old van. It was like scraping and like it's like making jetty carry all your yeah. So I was like, we need a a truck, like this is fine, and it's it's a nice big one.

SPEAKER_04 24:16

And it's just it's it's like this like cool brown color. And I at first I hated it. I I was looking at this black one, and then the more I thought about this other one, I got it on discount too because it was at the Super Bowl. So like should have been more money. Yeah, no, because it was covered in a wrap and they put 5,000 miles on it. All they did was just drive around the Super Bowl area for that whole week. And they so they put five, so they put 5,000 miles on it, but they still give me all the fucking new car stuff. Oh nice. Even though it was had 5,000 miles on it. That sounds like a bad thing, but it came with a discount, a big, pretty sizable discount. It's like the top of the line TRD Pro. It looks fucking sick, it has a nice sound system. I don't know, it just like I don't know, it makes you feel like a big boy. You look so happy too. I know he does, he's glowing. I know. I'm like really happy. I'm like, Katie was like, Well, what is the thing that you want the most, right? And I was like, and I'm turning 40, it's a 40th gift to myself. And like Katie was like, Well, what is the deciding factor? And I was like, I just want a car or vehicle that like makes me happy. Because like, you know.

SPEAKER_00 25:22

He's been driving around our 2007 Toyota Sienna, and I've been driving our Tesla because I'm like, it's my car and it's safer. And don't you want me to be in the safest car?

SPEAKER_04 25:33

And like forever since we've had it, she's always been like, This is my car.

SPEAKER_00 25:36

And I'm like, he's like, that's fine, but like he was like, I want something that I enjoy driving. Like, I this old hoop-dy van. So I feel him.

SPEAKER_04 25:47

I really and I I think if I was following just my heart, I would have gotten a um a Land Cruiser, which is like their SUV one, but um, I couldn't, it's just I there's things I couldn't do on it. So it was a little bit of a compromise, but it still checks all the boxes, it's big for the kids. We tried to look at the we tried to look at the Tacoma because that's originally like it's a small compact. I use quotation marks because now they're huge. Yeah, but like when I think of a big truck, I think douche. You know what I mean? So like no offense to truck or small peans. Yeah, and uh that's always been in my mind, but so I was like, oh, Tacoma is a smaller truck, so but we brought Owen.

SPEAKER_00 26:25

It's not as douchey.

SPEAKER_04 26:26

We brought Owen and he can't even sit in the back. His his knees are his knees are so small his knees are already touching the seat with it, like not all the way back. There's just not a and if we got in the tundra and he's like, Oh, this is way better, dad. Get this one. He's like, This one's cool. And I'm like, the 13-year-old thinks it's cool, like it must be pretty cool. Yeah. The other day, I'm like sitting outside waiting for K for Katie to come out of her class, and this girl smiled at me. And I'm like trying, I mean, I'm not this weird, right? But whatever. I like I I'm sitting there and I can see her at the corner of my eye, like walking up, looking at me, and I just look up at her and she smiles, and I'm like, oh damn, it's the truck.

SPEAKER_01 27:03

I don't know. I smile at everyone.

SPEAKER_04 27:06

But like I don't look at people like that because I don't want to be creepy. You know what I mean? But I don't know. It just makes me feel nice. Yeah. Like you can see, I'm freaking smiling like crazy. I'm like, I'm a truck guy now, I guess. Well, I think he had a little uh everyone that I ever thought was a douche for having a big giant truck, I forgive you.

SPEAKER_02 27:25

I didn't forget.

SPEAKER_05 27:27

I'm sorry. Before we move on, is the kayaking this is the kayaking where you row like this or like this?

SPEAKER_04 27:33

No, so this one, these ones have pedals.

SPEAKER_00 27:35

Oh it's a pedal drive.

SPEAKER_04 27:36

So we basically pedaled we must have pedaled those things like 10 miles probably. So how do you change direction with just like you just like a little rudder that you use your the that is like with wires that go through, but then I do love it, yeah. We were so spent though, like we were our legs were so spent that we ended up we you always do have a paddle just in case we ended up like paddling your way in because we were whooped, yeah, yeah, because it ended up being 93 degrees, and we're like, oh my god, like we're like just trying to get back to the to the freaking car. You know, that's when I was like, I'm so sunburned. I called Katie, I was like, I'm so sunburned. I've never been that red before, but I think it was just my skin like trying to cool me down.

SPEAKER_01 28:21

Yeah. Okay, back to accountability, please, Katie.

SPEAKER_00 28:25

Um, so I think one of my goals was I wanted to start reading again because I had been in a reading slump. So I actually have read two books. Thanks. They were both paperbacks, so I had to drag them with me everywhere. I did, so I sent you the name of the last book. I just finished it, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Oh, it's on my list. And I actually really liked it. Um, I thought it was like a really interesting premise because it's about a woman who dies and she goes to like the afterlife and like the way that she describes it, I was like, you know what? That would be sick if that's how it was. Because it was like you're judged based off of like when you get there, you could either be judged based if you're like, oh, I was Christian, so I'd like the Christian God to judge me, then like that judge, you know, or if you're like, I wasn't religious at all, then just the universe judges you, or if you were, you know, like depending on your religion, you could have that God for that religion judge you, and then you might get into like heaven or paradise or whatever it is, depending on, you know, or if you did wrong, then however it is that that religion, you know.

SPEAKER_04 29:30

So I thought that was the very deal, right?

SPEAKER_00 29:32

Yeah, it was really cool. I hope that's real. Yeah, I thought it was really, really winning, really, really interesting. But it's also like then they have like um they do have hell and they have like um demons. I don't think is the right, I think they call them demons, but they're just you know, essentially like people. But so it is a romance, it's a fantasy romance. Um, so it does get Does the character end up banging demons? A demon, yes. And it's hot. He's got wings and horns and a tail. So many options. Yeah. Anyway, I thought it was a good book. I enjoyed it. It was it was different and uh a different fantasy than what I normally read. Um, and then I also wanted to continue working out, and I have been very good about it. I usually go between three to five times a week to poll classes. Um, I'm super, super happy with my progress and how it's been going. And um, so I'm definitely proud of my progress. It's been nice. I feel really strong. I feel, you know, I've been eating really good. I get up and make breakfast and lunch for me and Nathan every day. That's usually pretty healthy.

SPEAKER_04 30:47

And we got a pole in our backyard too now. So I'm like, I'm and a little couch I just bring out and sit it in front of the pole while she like practices. I'm like, life is good. I got my truck right there.

SPEAKER_01 30:59

He's just living it up, guys.

SPEAKER_04 31:02

Drinking a course.

SPEAKER_01 31:03

You gotta put the pole in the back of the truck now.

SPEAKER_05 31:05

So okay. Oh, damn. Um, you posted a little clip of of you on your close friends. You're like so good.

SPEAKER_01 31:14

Thank you. She's really good. Thank you.

SPEAKER_05 31:16

You're like holding yourself up with just your thighs. I was like, that's crazy.

SPEAKER_00 31:20

It's not easy. I can't do it. It's it's harder than I thought. So there's like a running joke of like, it's it's so much harder to be mediocre at like pole dancing than like you would assume.

SPEAKER_04 31:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:32

Like, I'm like, I'm just mediocre and it's so hard.

SPEAKER_04 31:36

I don't think you're mediocre.

SPEAKER_00 31:37

I well, I feel really good doing it.

SPEAKER_04 31:39

I think for the normal person, you're you're pretty good.

SPEAKER_00 31:42

I see some girls in class, though, where I'm like, damn, I want to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_01 31:47

It's okay. I could never I never reach the top of the pole. And I give I gave I stopped going mostly because of schedule conflicts, but um and expense, but I could never reach the top of the pole. Like because you have to climb it, it's one of the things. Not with that attitude, cat. I tried, I really tried. I got like almost. I got like two feet away.

SPEAKER_04 32:06

Is that a separation of my eyebrows right here? On the camera, I do look.

SPEAKER_05 32:10

Oh, you kind of see in a real life. It's a gangster.

SPEAKER_00 32:13

It's like just thinner there. Maybe, yeah. I didn't know. His eyebrows are thin asleep. Maybe it's getting old. Anyway, yeah. So getting old, his eyebrows are gonna fall.

SPEAKER_05 32:22

When you practice, do you practice like moves or like do you are you like building a routine?

SPEAKER_00 32:26

Or like so it depends. Like regular poll classes, they'll teach you tricks, but depending on the teacher, some are more musically inclined than others. So sometimes they'll be like, they'll teach you like four or five different tricks that all kind of flow into each other. And so that can be fun because you know it builds like a very small routine. Um, but poll classes is mostly about learning tricks, and then um, this particular studio, then they have um flirty fitness, which is like oh the heels stuff, right? Yeah, so you wear your heels and you dance, but they're really easy to follow, so it's not like if it's your first time, you can follow their moves, they are relatively easy. Um, but it's a lot of like um why I can't cardio. It's a lot of cardio, and then they have biography. So every month they have one song, and for biography, you'll come in and you'll learn a dance routine to that song for the entire month, and then the next month they'll do a new song, new routine, new choreography.

SPEAKER_02 33:25

Cool.

SPEAKER_00 33:26

So um, you can do any of them. They have other classes too, but those are the only three I really take. Um, so it's nice because then like the moves I learned from like biography, I might be able to practice in my poll class, or that's the other one I wanted.

SPEAKER_01 33:41

I think that screams more douche to me, though. What is it? Is it SUV? It's a land cruiser.

SPEAKER_04 33:47

It is really nice, they're very expensive.

SPEAKER_00 33:50

But I love the classes. I I genuinely really enjoy it. I like going.

SPEAKER_04 33:55

I'm glad you found something that you really like.

SPEAKER_00 33:57

I'm never like, oh, I gotta go. I'm like literally we got home from I think it was Denmark. We flew home from Denmark, and we got home at six, or maybe it was uh pet quest, I can't remember. It was like six p.m. by the time we got home, and I was like, I gotta a class at seven. Bye.

SPEAKER_06 34:14

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_00 34:15

I was like, oh, I'm not gonna be worried about jet lag, or I was like, get me to class. I haven't been to class. I need to go.

SPEAKER_01 34:22

And it's funny because when we first went to the introduction, she's like, I don't think it's gonna be for me kind of thing. Yeah. And she's like, I don't want to have to be like confined to like a scheduled workout thing. And then she was she was like, I love it.

SPEAKER_00 34:34

I was like, I didn't realize it would be so confident building and like so um like literally first class, and I was like almost emotional because I was like, I love this, I feel so good doing it, and I feel so good about myself. And I've never found and it's interesting because just recently I was talking to Isold's therapist, um, because I usually go to therapy with her, and we were talking, I was talking about sports for middle school and how I want Isold to do sports in middle school. And Isold was like, I don't know, you know, and we're like going back and forth.

SPEAKER_04 35:08

No, the she was like, definitely do sports.

SPEAKER_00 35:10

No, I know, but I'm saying so that that was Isold that was like, I don't know. But the therapist was like, no, Isold, you should really do sports because as somebody with ADHD, you should be wearing yourself out every day. Like you kind of need it for your brain um to get good sleep and to like relax yourself and to like like you need to find a sport that you really like. And then she was like, I've never been formally like truly diagnosed with ADHD, but now that I have a child with ADHD and I had to fill out all of her paperwork and like answer the questions, and I was like, Oh, that's me too. Oh, that's me too. Oh, that's me too. And then I was kind of like, oh, okay, that explains a lot. But even the therapist was like, Oh, well, that's probably why you and your husband are dog groomers because it's such a physical job and you guys both have ADHD. And I was thinking, like, I've never said like I have ADHD, but I go to most of her therapy sessions meets us and assumes she's like, Oh yeah, this is this girl's definitely got ADHD. And she was like, That's why you guys are dog groomers because it physically wears you out every single day. And I was like, Oh, oh.

SPEAKER_05 36:17

But we are all weird then, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 36:19

You know what though? That kind of makes sense, right? Yeah, like the reason she she was she said it with a lot of uh conviction, yeah, right? She was just like, Oh, you guys probably have this job because it wears you out. Like, that's what ADHD people need a job that wears them out. So that makes a lot of sense.

SPEAKER_00 36:35

Like, I just wouldn't be able to do a desk job probably.

SPEAKER_01 36:38

Oh god, I would go insane. Yeah, I would go insane.

SPEAKER_04 36:40

Dude, I would go insane at behind a desk.

SPEAKER_01 36:42

I was freaking going insane when I was on maternity leave. I was like two days in and I was like, I can't do this. Yeah, I gotta get out of the house. Anyway, even on the weekends, I have to get out of the house. I just can't be at home sitting. All right. Well, that was a good accountability, please.

SPEAKER_00 36:55

Yeah, we'll come back in a few months.

SPEAKER_05 36:57

I will play my my instrument. I will, I will, I will.

SPEAKER_00 37:00

By the year today.

SPEAKER_05 37:02

Maybe I'll go home and just blow on it just to say you did it.

SPEAKER_00 37:05

You're gonna blow it. Just give it a blow. Ronnie's like, yes. He's gonna blow something.

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So, guys, it's time for our next terrier. So it's time to Learn Debreed! And today is the Parsons Russell Russell's Terrier.

SPEAKER_00 38:05

Find it and pass it over to you.

SPEAKER_05 38:07

Did you know that's a apparently a millennial thing? When millennials mess up what they say, they like mock themselves.

SPEAKER_00 38:13

Oh. If that's a millennial thing, makes it feel like that.

SPEAKER_05 38:17

That's like I was like, we all do that all the time.

SPEAKER_00 38:19

Well, the younger generation just doesn't do anything because they're so scared of being recorded and posted it online.

SPEAKER_04 38:25

No, don't do that.

SPEAKER_00 38:26

You don't they No, that's that's why they say they don't dance at clubs.

SPEAKER_04 38:29

Yeah, but we don't I don't want to fall into that trap of I'm not saying they're not wrong.

SPEAKER_00 38:33

I'm saying it sucks that all of us are doing stuff like that that we're so worried about being made fun of.

SPEAKER_04 38:38

I think in sometime in the future coming up here, it'll reverse and clubs will be popular again. Because I think uh Gen Z Gen Z, like uh the the ones that work with us, they're getting tired of this like unsocial, always on your devices. I think they're actually like pushing their phones away more than millennials out now, like they're denying it.

SPEAKER_00 39:00

Well, I hope like for our kids, I really try to teach them like who fucking cares? Just be you. Who fucking cares if somebody makes fun of you for it? Fuck it. So I mean, I hope that they adopt that, you know. Like when we go, when we were at that wedding, the kids were all dancing, they didn't care. Yeah, we're like dance.

unknown 39:18

Dance.

SPEAKER_00 39:18

Well, at the dances too at their schools, they're not supposed to have their phones.

SPEAKER_02 39:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 39:23

So like our son said, like they actually dance, but they're not supposed they're not supposed to have their phones. Yeah. So they can just focus on the dance and have a good time.

SPEAKER_05 39:32

I remember going to the fucking club with my digital camera in my pocket.

SPEAKER_00 39:35

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_05 39:36

That's so crazy. Anyways, go ahead, Kat.

SPEAKER_01 39:41

Okay. The breed traces its ancestry to a strain of the fox terrier developed by Reverend John Russell in the south of England. It was renowned for its working ability and hunting instinct. The Parsons Russell Terrier was introduced to America in the 1930s. It was admitted into the AKC miscellaneous class in 1998 and was originally recognized as the Jack Russell Terrier. In 2003, the Parent Club requested that the name be changed to the Parsons Russell Terrier. The sturdy, rugged, compact terrier designed to hunt fox above and below ground. It is well balanced and squarely proportioned, with a moderate bone and a slightly arc uh slight arc over the loin. The protective coat can be smooth or rough, the feet are round, the tail is docked, the parson has a flat skull, a strong ring rectangular muzzle, small V-shaped ears held close to the head, and almond-shaped eyes.

SPEAKER_04 40:41

Cool.

SPEAKER_01 40:42

They're cute. I like them in the rough, definitely.

SPEAKER_04 40:45

I wonder what the reason they changed their name is.

SPEAKER_01 40:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 40:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 40:49

I'm sure there's a reason online.

SPEAKER_04 40:51

Yeah, find that out, Katie. So the Parsons, um, I looked it up. Uh the Parsons has not won Westminster, but I feel like they deserve it.

SPEAKER_05 41:03

They are really cute. Was Wishbone? Do you guys remember Wishbone?

SPEAKER_04 41:08

I do. But a lot of things. It was a fantastic show.

SPEAKER_01 41:13

Also, that dog was a parson, right? Yeah. So he wasn't Rock Russell back then.

SPEAKER_04 41:18

Oh, they're they're they sit at number 121 out of 208. I thought they'd be more popular. I mean, they're mid-range, right?

SPEAKER_01 41:27

I feel like their popularity has declined. But uh it looks pretty steady, but I feel like um remember uh Frasier, the dog Moose. I feel like that kind of gained popularity we in the breed and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_00 41:39

Yeah. Well, that's what I was just gonna say. There was Moose on um Fraser. And then there was um, I think it was the same dog starred as Skip in the movie My Dog Skip. I love that movie. My dog Skip. Love, love, love, love, love. It says battle scars are welcome for this breed. Oh, yeah. They so they are a very hyperactive breed.

SPEAKER_04 41:59

So cool.

SPEAKER_00 42:00

Yeah, it says they're remarkably high prey drive, so they're incredible jumpers and diggers, so they will escape. Yeah. If you're not careful.

SPEAKER_01 42:08

Well, they're also so intelligent. You watch shows like Wishbone and uh Frasier and My Dog Skip, and that that dog is those dogs are so well trained and so versatile. They need a job, I feel like they're one of those breeds that just really needs to be exercised both mentally mentally and physically. Okay, what do you think? Uh the let's start with fastest champion. I think they're fast as fuck. Yeah, I'm gonna go with 25. No, not that.

SPEAKER_04 42:37

I'm gonna do like 22. Okay, I'm gonna do 20.

SPEAKER_01 42:41

Okay. The fastest champion, which is number three, is 2507. Bam! Boom. The fastest non-champion is 2577. Damn, so they're not far off. No. Good joke. There's actually there's a lot of them. There's a lot of them who there's over 50. There's 50 dogs on here who do fast.

SPEAKER_04 43:00

Oh, one of our listeners said that uh we talked about her dog because her dog is the miniature schnauzer. Uh Joker. Joker the miniature schnauzer. But she's like, she was like, oh, I got him before I knew about um ethical breeding. And and but her schnauzer looks like a like a proper schnauzer.

SPEAKER_00 43:19

She sent us photos, so we'll have to post it.

SPEAKER_04 43:20

I think it's a white schnauzer, but I think you white schnauzers are acceptable in other countries. Yeah, so I mean, I don't I can don't have eyes on him, but he looks from the pictures you sent me. I'll make sure and I'll get those to you uh so you guys can see it. But it it looks like a schnauzer to me. He's a fast guy. She says he's been number one for um quite a long time. I think nice.

SPEAKER_01 43:42

But Parsons are really cute. Um, I really like our friend Susie has one, and she's hella cute. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. She does. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 43:49

Okay, so this says No Betty, though. Uh for you know, so for the name, right? Because there was Reverend John Jack Russell. That's where the Jack came from originally. Originally, right? But it says by the late 20th century, the name Jack Russell was being applied to a wide array of mixed breed and short-legged terriers. So to deficiate the specific history, long-legged, square-bodied hunting terrier that Reverend Russell originally bred from common look-alikes. They officially renamed it Parson Russell in 2023.

SPEAKER_01 44:25

So Parsons are the longer legged ones. There is another breed, right? What is it? That's shorter legged, and I think they're really cute. I think they're those are just the Russell's terrier, right?

SPEAKER_00 44:34

Let me see.

SPEAKER_01 44:35

I don't I just don't want to say the wrong. Yeah. It's the Russell's terrier. Yeah. I I kind of like them a little better. I like the little tiny legs.

SPEAKER_00 44:44

Yeah. So the sorry I'm trying to pull up photos.

SPEAKER_05 44:46

So there's a Russell Terrier and then a Parsons Russell terrier.

SPEAKER_00 44:49

Yeah. Yes. Okay. So the Parsons. I love the Russell. I think the Russell is so cute.

SPEAKER_04 44:53

I know, but we should wait to talk about it when it's time.

SPEAKER_01 44:56

Yeah, we'll get there. But they are they are hand-stripped breed, the Parsons. Um I mean, I guess you can use them in competition, but I don't think it's kind of like similar to a border, right? They have a similar, like their body's just real striped. They don't have much. Yeah. And light, light uh furnishings on the belly to but not mean really.

SPEAKER_00 45:15

But they are a very high drive. I do think they can be, because they are so high drive, I think sometimes they can they're very terrier-y, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_04 45:24

Definitely not terrier-light.

SPEAKER_00 45:26

They're I would, yeah, I would say they're not terrier light. I, you know, like I think they're really great dogs. I think they're super cool. But yeah, like you definitely want to, like I said, right? They're escape artists, they're, you know, like they can jump really tall. Like, I think they're very instinctual breed, which I think like terriers that are very terrier-y are super instinctual. Yeah. So I think they are more terrier heavy. So just anybody who's they're they're not a yeah, they're not a nod. Not like our last episode with our sweet little Norwich Norfolks. All right. That's the person. The person.

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SPEAKER_01 46:49

So coming up soon in two weeks, we are going to be at Superzoo. Uh so we are going to be at booth um 1406. And please, please stop by if you're at Superboot Zoo's. I'm so excited. At Superbooth. Superbooth. It's gonna be a super booth at SuperZoom. Um, so we are gonna be there. All of us are gonna be there. Or be square. And we're gonna have uh giveaways and raffles and all kinds of fun stuff and games.

SPEAKER_05 47:26

Games and games. That was really, really manly.

SPEAKER_00 47:30

Well, he's got a truck now, yeah. Um so we got some fun facts, right, from WPA about Superzoo. So, you know, we thought we'd chit chat about a few of them. Superzoo was actually founded in 1950. That's crazy. Which is crazy, yeah, by the World Pet Organiz Pet World Pet Association, WPA, um, under the name Animal Crackers Incorporated. Animal Crackers super funny. Um, so making it the pet industry's oldest and most enduring trade show in North America now in its 76th year. So I think that's crazy.

SPEAKER_05 48:08

Oh, yeah, because last year was the 75th year, and we were like 75 years.

SPEAKER_04 48:11

That's but I was like, I don't believe that. Well, but then there were some pictures.

SPEAKER_00 48:14

I'm thinking like in 1950, what were they doing there? Yeah, like that's insane.

SPEAKER_04 48:19

What were you doing? When you think about it, they're probably doing all the same, it was probably a lot of the same stuff. They had booth to show and like products and like yeah, but it just seems crazy to me.

SPEAKER_03 48:27

And you know, yeah, you do all that with like out social media. It's like here's a letter, please show up at this time, this date, trusting everything's gonna go, bringing all your crap. Like that's crazy.

SPEAKER_04 48:39

Capitalism, capitalism was happening then too.

SPEAKER_05 48:42

Also, I didn't apparently it hasn't always been in Vegas. Oh, it moved to Vegas in 2004. I wonder where it was before. I wonder if it was like traveling or if it was just like somewhere else. But I'm glad it's in Vegas now. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 48:53

Yeah, it's definitely nice.

SPEAKER_01 48:55

So it's held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, and it's uh over it's 350,000 square feet of show.

SPEAKER_05 49:04

That is wild.

SPEAKER_01 49:05

So they have all sorts of things, and it's not just grooming. They have uh just a grooming is a small portion of it, but they got small animals, they got fish, they got birds, they got one year they had ostriches.

SPEAKER_00 49:16

So we we talked about it being called Animal Crackers, right? Which is hilarious. I vote to change it back to Animal Crackers, actually. Um, but it says they renamed it Super Zoo in 2000 to mark the 50th anniversary, reflecting the event's evolution from a regional gathering into um the most comprehensive pet product marketplace for all segments of the pet industry.

SPEAKER_01 49:41

So well, then they said they they liked it in Vegas because it was built for trade shows. It had world-class hotels, uh direct flights, um, in pretty much every major city from every major city, which makes sense. It's a big hub.

SPEAKER_05 49:57

It's a it's one of to it's one of the cheapest shows to like go to, I feel. Yeah, like travel wise, they can get a flight like Southwest. I mean, I don't know about anymore. But like under $100. Southwest don't to Vegas, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 50:09

Flights to Vegas, you could get a fucking cheap ass flight to Vegas.

SPEAKER_05 50:12

And then I stayed at Excalibur a couple years ago and it was literally $35 a night. Like that's crazy. You can like go to Super Zoo and it's like in the middle of the week, so you don't have to pay like weekend prices or anything, right? So it's like I I love it.

SPEAKER_00 50:24

And because it's on the strip, you have so many options where it's not like, oh, I have to rent a car or so many food, yeah, food, public transport transportation.

SPEAKER_01 50:32

It's all so easy and accessible.

SPEAKER_00 50:35

You can eat anything, you can eat cheap, or you could all the way up to like Michelin star restaurants, all right there, and you never even have to leave the building.

SPEAKER_01 50:44

No, like tech you technically you don't have to leave the building to walk to other places in the hotel, like I mean, to other hotels. Right. It's all connected. Air conditioning.

SPEAKER_05 50:55

At least me. Yeah, you guys go to the strip and stuff, but like I don't think I've ever even left.

SPEAKER_01 50:58

No, I mean, well, you were at Excalibur.

SPEAKER_05 51:00

Oh, I'm holding just to commute home, I guess.

SPEAKER_04 51:04

Uh yeah, but you can't you walk to Excalibur though inside?

SPEAKER_05 51:08

Because there's like a mall that underground that connects them, right? There was there's a yeah, you it's all connected. There's a tram that goes back and forth.

SPEAKER_01 51:14

Yeah, everything's like inside because it's hot. It's a desert, right? So, but you can get anywhere just by they're all pretty much all connected on the strip, which I find so cool. But it's also a big thing for vendors, right? You're attracting so many people um to your booths, right? Um, not only like other pet professionals that can distribute your stuff, um, but you have um the quality, it's got all these, all the people are pre-qualified. They have to stand up, you know, sign up for this, right? Not everybody can come. It's not really focused on the phone. It's not for the public. Yeah, it's not focused towards pet parents, it's focused to other people in the industry, in the pet industry, and you're basically working to market together.

SPEAKER_00 52:00

Which I do kind of like, right? Like, not that I mind at other shows when there's like regular people that come and check it out. Because I do think it can be dormies. I do think it can be important, right, for your average person to come in and see what we do, um, you know, and see like the stuff. I do think that can be really cool. But it is nice that we also have a venue like this where it's only people in the pet industry are allowed to attend and you have to prove that you are. Like if you're a dog groomer, you have to prove that you're a dog groomer. You're not just like a pet parent that wants to come to this event. So that is kind of nice that the only people there are people that work in the in some sort of animal industry. So that is kind of nice.

SPEAKER_01 52:39

Yeah. Because it could be someone like who wants to expand. Maybe as a groomer, right? You're looking at other people who have other like pet stores and pet shops or distributors, and maybe we can, as groomers, continue to get them like on our side. Maybe they want to open um a grooming shop, a grooming center in their shop, or they want to start selling products to groomers and carry shampoos and stuff. So I think it's a good opportunity for networking as well.

SPEAKER_00 53:10

And there's a lot of education, it's a really big educational event. So, like, there's not just dog grooming like classes, there's also um accredited veterinary continued education. There's like Whoa, really? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 53:26

That's sick.

SPEAKER_00 53:27

So, like that actually, this year is the first time that they're doing that. And so it's like a brand new partnership with US vets. So they're bringing clinically grounded like learning to retail grooming and veterinary professionals all under one roof. So they do retail stuff, they do obviously they do grooming, we're teaching. Um, and then this year they are adding veterinary professional classes. So I wonder if you have to prove that you're a vet to take those classes because I'd be super interested in seeing what they're teaching just because I love to learn.

SPEAKER_05 54:00

Yeah, I was looking at the at the education schedule, and there was one, it's a vet teaching it. I think it was like pet nutrition for groomers.

SPEAKER_00 54:08

Oh, I see that. Yeah. Uh education and nutrition, wellness, digital marketing, staff development, inventory planning, so uh profitability. So there's like a lot of different options. And then the show floor itself has a lot of like talk sessions that you don't like, those aren't paid for classes, but you know, like as I know a lot of groomers will do demonstrations at different booths, and um, so same goes for other industries as well. They're doing talks and different demos out on the floor that are free to attend. So there's a lot of opportunity to learn at these events.

SPEAKER_01 54:47

Well, I'm excited for some of the grooming education too, because um WPA has started doing like start to finish.

SPEAKER_04 54:53

And I think I heard there's this like really cool couple that'll be there teaching that class, one of those classes.

SPEAKER_01 54:59

But a start to finish class, that's awesome.

SPEAKER_05 55:01

Thursday from one to five, I think.

SPEAKER_01 55:03

Yeah, I think so. But like, no, it never got to see that because I feel like a lot of information is not it's hard to present through a slide because you can't see it, right? But I feel like the beginning is the most important, one of the most important parts of a room. So yeah.

SPEAKER_00 55:21

So I mean, I do really love that they're doing that and try to speak into your class. Um, so I I agree. I think that's like really innovative of them to have a classroom where we have a tub and a blow dryer, and we can show them start to finish, because that's I agree, is like so so important, and that's what's missing a lot is that education.

SPEAKER_04 55:41

And if you're sitting there thinking like you don't like honestly, it's it's really valuable seeing the beginning because a lot of times when we go teach, you know, the one of the main things that people lack on is prep. Yeah, and it's a but it's hard to learn.

SPEAKER_00 55:59

It's super hard to learn that just by hearing, hey, do this. But like watching it in real time is a huge difference.

SPEAKER_05 56:06

Also, something new that they're doing this year is that you said innovation uh innovative. They have the innovation stage this year where they're doing the like 30-minute demos with different people coming on, and it's gonna be on the big stage. So I'm really curious to see what that's like what that's like and what it's about. Yeah, I'm excited.

SPEAKER_01 56:22

It's not also about just visiting booths and going to the education classes, but they have networking events which are awesome.

SPEAKER_04 56:30

Which is pretty much why I like it though. Like you know, you get to get there and you just everyone you meet is a dog person or a cat person, and you just vibe, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 56:38

It's all bird person. There are the beach party I'm so excited for, and there's other uh events that they have for retailers and stuff, and I'm excited to check out what they have in store this year.

SPEAKER_04 56:49

Yeah, the events are honestly oh good.

SPEAKER_05 56:51

You were gonna say I was gonna say get in line early so you can watch Nathan be best friends with the guy that's always in the front of the line at the beach party every year. Nathan is man besties.

SPEAKER_01 57:01

Well, usually I get I get it. Nathan makes friends with everybody, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 57:04

And then uh remember when the one guy got really weird? When was that?

SPEAKER_01 57:07

Uh what guy?

SPEAKER_04 57:09

Remember, he's like, I'm not gay. And like I was egging him on. What did I say? And I was like, Oh, whatever you whatever you're into, bro.

SPEAKER_00 57:16

And he's like, I don't remember that at all.

SPEAKER_04 57:19

He defended his wife in the process. I think it's because he said he lives in a community that like has a lot of gay people, and I was like, I could tell what he was saying, but I'm like, Yeah, man, I don't judge you. You're you do what you do, and he's like, I'm not gay. And you're like, okay. Yeah, what more power to you, buddy. I was just trying to fuck with him because I get joy from that.

SPEAKER_01 57:40

But and you were drunk.

SPEAKER_04 57:41

Pre-game, baby.

SPEAKER_01 57:42

But usually one of us, I do it a lot, but we'll go, I'll go sit out there and hold a spot for everyone. And then people are always mad that there's hella people coming.

SPEAKER_00 57:51

But we'll we'll normally we'll normally at the beginning we get lots of drinks straight up, and then our whole table is like covered with alcohol because the free alcohol is only like for the first hour or two. Two hours, I think it's till nine. Yeah, so you got and the lines get crazy.

SPEAKER_04 58:05

And pro tip, guys, ask for two drinks. It's free, it's free, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 58:09

But we tip, we give them a nice big tip. And tip them, yeah. Yes, tip tip those people, they're DS.

SPEAKER_05 58:15

But tip them, give them a dollar, give them two, give them a dollar.

SPEAKER_00 58:17

It's a good deal. Yeah, so we give them a nice tip at the beginning to deal with our shenanigans, and then away we go.

SPEAKER_05 58:24

Yeah, a warning. I'm really excited. Yeah, I'm super excited.

SPEAKER_00 58:27

The party is awesome. So they do have a mobile app that will help like create a custom schedule across like all the education sessions, the meetings, networking events. So, you know, that's super, super helpful. It gives, you know, you can look at the entire show because it is such a big show. You can look up all the booths, you can, you know, look at a map. So getting the app is like definitely super, super helpful. I would highly recommend downloading that before you get there. And then for anybody who's never been to Superzoo before, I just thought it might be helpful to like explain the like process of getting into the event. So they normally have like multiple different like booths and different areas that you can get your badge from. So they normally have like one if you've already like pre-signed up and you have all your stuff set, and you just like on your you'll get like an email with a little thing that you can scan and it'll print out your badge. I feel like they don't they normally check your ID?

SPEAKER_05 59:28

I think so. I think it's gonna check your ID.

SPEAKER_00 59:31

You do have to show them your ID and then they make sure it checks your badge, it matches your badge because we're not able to get each other's stuff normally. Um and then they have other ones like if you don't have your little, you know, your scanner, or maybe you're not signed up yet, or whatever, then you can go and put in all your information and they or they can look you up or whatever, but still same thing. They have to see your ID before they'll print you out a badge, and then um the badge will let you into different places depending on the event.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:04

You have to wear the badge for the party too.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:06

Yes, you have to you have to wear it for the party. They they have to make sure no normies make it in, you know.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:11

So oh, and the theme is here for the party's 80s, right?

SPEAKER_01 1:00:14

I don't think they've had themes before, have we?

SPEAKER_05 1:00:16

I thought I was just I thought I was just like tropical beach, like every time. Yeah, just like beach wear. That's the vibe.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:21

Yeah, it's nice being at a beach though. Yeah, it's a little Vegas.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:26

It's pretty and they have live music.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:28

Fairwear, bathing suit. I go swimming, I ain't playing. I'm drunk swimming.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:32

So I like to try to get a picture with as many dog groomers as I can. Like we did it, I think, one year. I try to do it every year. We got a really good picture when you're listening to this and you want to be in a picture with a bunch of groomers that like at the party while we're all drunk. Yeah, and like I want a big one, maybe I could print it out and put it on my salon or something. I'll post it on social media, obviously, but um just if you're a groomer and you're thinking about going to the beach party, try to be in a picture with us.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:58

Okay, yeah, I think so too. I think we should put up like meetup spots like on our story or something.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:06

We usually try to get we usually try to get the uh the um table right next to the don't tell if we're gonna steal it.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:12

No, don't tell, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:14

If you steal our spot and you're a dog rumor and you listen to the podcast, I'll be so upset.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:18

And we'll block you from ever watching any of our stuff. Yeah, but we're in there in the beginning, anyways.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:21

I'm usually the first person on the podcast.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:23

Yeah, usually cat or somebody will go and like get in the line.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:26

It was Jeanette last year, right? And she got stung by the biggest.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:28

No, that was two years ago. She did get stung by the week.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:32

I did it last year. I was sitting out there for like two hours. Yeah. So we're serious.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:38

So see you there.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:39

Yeah. Yeah. So we would love for you to come to our booth, play some games, maybe be on the podcast, and just talk to us, chat with us, whatever. Just come see us. Buy some merch. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we have merch for you. And we have giveaways and all kinds of things. So please come to our booth. We are in booth 1406 at Superzoo in the grooming center, grooming area. Grooming marketplace. Grooming marketplace. So please come find us and we will catch you next time. Have a great day. Bye bye.