Catching Up, Love Island, & Our Search History: "What Are Sticks?"

After some time apart, we're using this episode as an excuse to catch up and talk about random stuff! Today, we're a bit all over the place, but we hope you still love us! 

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Hey, I'm Noelle. And I'm Marissa, but Noelle calls me Pete. I do. And welcome back to Take It Home. And I'm TT. I'm T. If you know, you know. If you know, you know.

SPEAKER_00 0:14

Um, so y'all, funny little story.

SPEAKER_01 0:18

We filmed like half of this episode the other day. Then we had major technical difficulties. Yeah. It was deleted. Blah, blah, blah. Now we're back again. So Yeah. So our SD card for the audio recording just gave out halfway through, which is awesome. So luckily, like we didn't get like all the way through the episode and then it disappeared. It was like halfway through. But yeah, even the half that we recorded didn't really save. So that was our first real like big technical difficulty where we lost an episode. That is true. But that's okay because we're back. We got a new SD card. Yay! And the only thing is our our episode today is just us like catching up. I know. And so we already kind of like caught up. So like we're just gonna see where this goes. Yeah. I don't want to recreate. We don't want to like not be authentic in our conversation. So we're we're just gonna see. This can be just a little combo. Are you gonna say the same smile that you had? Yeah, I think I'm gonna say the same smile because it deserves to be shared. True. But first, but first, sippy of the wiki. Sippy of the wiki. That was fast. That was a little fast. I kind of like it though.

SPEAKER_00 1:30

Yeah, we okay. So, y'all, we've got an interesting sippy of the wiki. We sure do, a really exciting one. It might look like a typical glass of red wine, but it is not.

SPEAKER_01 1:45

It is not. It is non-alcoholic red wine from Curious Elixirs, which is a non-alcoholic beverage brand. Booze-free craft elixirs. They were so kind and sent us a few options to use a sippy of the wikis. And tonight we are drinking their Curious Red Sumptuous Syrah. Yay! Yay! We did already try this the other day, but we're gonna drink it again. Should we pretend like we're having it for the first time? Yeah, let's pretend. Okay. Oh, I'm so excited to try. I've never had a non-alcoholic red wine. Me neither. This is gonna be interesting. Cheers. Cheers. Wow. Interesting. I've never tasted that before. No, I've wow. I was not expecting this. So you guys, it does taste really good. It actually does, yes. What was what were the notes? It's like blackberry. It's tobacco. Let's see. And tobacco. The notes are blackberry, tobacco, and oak. So it's nice. It has like a a little bit of a smoky taste. I think it also has ashwagandha in it. So it does have like mood-boosting, calming properties as well. Yeah. But this is perfect for us in this stage of life. Or if for you guys, if you love to have a little beverage, which I love a beverage, alcoholic or not, but sometimes I don't want to drink alcohol. Yeah. So this would be this is like a perfect thing if you like to pair drinks with your food, or if you want to have like a fun night with friends, but you don't want to drink, like this is such a great option. You know, I was actually thinking about life balance today because um today is pride in New York City, and I went to a pride celebration a day one, and I was thinking about how in the past I either would have done one or the other. I would have either not gone at all knowing that I needed to film the podcast tonight, or gone and not had a single drink. Or I would go say we can't film the pod tonight and get so drunk and stay out until 5 a.m. Today I did a little in-between. I was like, I have to go to Pride. I go with Blaine every year, follow at Blaine's book club and also listen to our sewed with Blaine. They're the best. But I always like to celebrate with them every year. But because the podcast did not work the other day, we had to replan for today, which is fine and that's life. But I was like, you know what? This podcast is a priority, so I'm not going to stay out instead of filming this sode because we really need to get it done. So I had like two drinks and had fun and giggled and then came home. Anytime I just like do drink, two drinks is like a great little balance. It really is. It's like a great little balance. Like it's usually not enough. I mean, and I have been hungover from two drinks before because for who knows what whatever reason. But usually, like if I pace myself and I make sure I'm high hydrated and eat enough, two drinks is not enough to make me feel anything the next day. But it's still enough to like enjoy and maybe get like a little warm and tipsy. I definitely felt a little warm today. Yeah. But it's it's fun. But anyway, curious elixirs. I feel like I really want to get more into mocktails and because I I love I literally have a beverage by me at all times throughout the day, whether it's like obviously water or my coffee, or today I had like an energy drink. Do you remember your water thing? Yes, my carafe. I loved that thing so much. And then it was moldy and I didn't have the proper cleaning supplies, whatever. But you guys, we have a code for you for Curious Elixirs. Yay! It is Home10. You can go to their website and use the code HOME10 to get 10% off an order of $50 or more. Yeah. Go try them out. And there are so many other options besides the non-alcoholic wines. They also have so many mocktail options. An endless, an endless um, let's not selection. An endless selection. So go check them out. Curious Elixirs is awesome town. And wait, what were you gonna say? I was gonna say we have a few more to try as well that they sent us. So stay tuned. We'll probably be featuring some more on the coming episodes. So thank you so much, Curious Elixirs. Thank you so much. Also, their openingslash have a storefront in New York City. So shout out Curious Elixirs. These are some yum, yum, yum, yummy, yummy drinks. Yes, go check them out. Smile of the weeksma, smile of the week, smile of the weeks, smile of the week. So we we did share our smiles the other day, but then they were deleted. So we're gonna reshare them with you because they deserve the spotlight. They do. Um, I guess I'll go first.

SPEAKER_00 7:30

Well, y'all, I was just in Italy and it was amazing, amazing, and I feel grateful uh that I was able to go and spend time with my family.

SPEAKER_01 7:41

Pete asked me to choose a specific thing from Italy, so I'm not just gonna say the whole thing was my smile. And my specific memory that I'm choosing is climbing to the top of the Duomo in Florence, which I had never done before, and I've been to Florence a few times, which I'm very privileged and lucky to say. It's can I say something really quick? Yes. I didn't know that you could do that, and then you told me you did it, and I was like, oh my gosh, that's so cool. Like I didn't know that was a thing you could do. And then like the next day, I had someone come into the store that I work at and talk about how they were on their honeymoon and they their last stop was New York, but they had gone to like other places and they said they climbed the to the top of the duomo. Oh my god. I just thought that was so weird because I was like, it's like that psychology thing where like you don't hear of something and then you hear of it once and then it shows up everywhere. Yeah, we were just chit-chatting, but I thought that was so weird. Anyway, I went up there with Rodney, my boyfriend, who loves heights, which is funny, and I'm kind of scared of heights, so I was a little scared, but he held my hand for a lot of it, which was very sweet. And it was so cool.

SPEAKER_00 8:54

I felt like I was in an escape room because it's not just like normal staircase. It's like you're next to all of these stone walls.

SPEAKER_01 9:02

It feels like you're in a cave. It's not good if you're claustrophobic. Um, because it's just like small hallways and are they like like abnormally narrow? Yeah. I don't, I might would maybe be scared. I'm trying to do that. I think you would be scared. And a lot of there was like long spiral staircases, and that's kind of what one part where I started to freak out because it was just like never ending, and I was like, oh my god, what if something happens? How would I get down? Like it would take me so long. Like, yeah. So it was a little scary in some parts, but I also kind of like a thrill. So it was fun, it was cool seeing something different, and the view from above was really beautiful. I'm used to seeing the view of Florence from right outside of it where you can see the Duomo. So it was interesting seeing the city from the middle, and it was just such a cool experience. I mean, I had so many other wonderful experiences in Italy, but this was definitely a highlight from this past trip. Yay! Yay! Duomo, Duomo! I love Florence. Me too. Ugh, I want to go back to Europe. Well, we will. We will. What's your smile? My smile is last weekend while you were in Italy. I did go home and surprise my dad for Father's Day, which was definitely my smile. I had never surprised anyone like that before. So so I really like I had this trip planned for like probably two months prior. Like, I had it planned for a couple months, and I didn't know if I was gonna be able to pull it off. Like, I don't know. I just felt like my dad was gonna find out somehow, but he was truly surprised. Like, he had no idea. He was so confused. He came home from work and I was sitting just like in like in a different room on the couch. So when he walked by, he was he was so confused. Cute. What was one of your favorite things you did? Um, we went, like on actual Father's Day, we went to this town in Michigan called Caseville, and it's like at the top of the thumb, right on Lake Huron. So we were laughing because as we were driving through, it's like two hours away from where I live. So we took like a little day trip, and it's like a beach town, Lake Beachtown. But like we just started noticing that like almost every business was called like thumb something, like thumb real estate, thumb financial, thumb so funny, thumb car wash, like everything was thumb, and we just kept pointing it out. Thumb wash. My sister and I we we went on onto the beach, and it wasn't like it was it was nice out, but it was probably like in the 60s, so it wasn't like we had like a layout on the beach day, but we did spend some time on the beach, and we took Luna my dog, and she ran on the beach, and that was really cute. But um, so I guess we'll catch up now. We're catching up, which now it's been a couple more days, so we don't have as much to catch up on. It's summer, you guys, and life feels different. Like, I feel like this happens every summer. Yeah, like it life just loses its structure, like things just feel different and more free. And I was thinking the other day, like, I was getting a little down on myself because if you guys have been listening, you know me. I love my routine, I love things. I have been so out of it. I haven't journaled in a long time. Like, really? Yeah, because I've been like wanting to sleep more, but then I was like, oh no, like, is this my new reality? Like, have I lost all of my what I've built? And then I was like, chill, girl. Chill. Because there's like seasons for for everything, you know? Um and yeah, I feel like summer is a season to kind of just like loosen the reins and just live. Um, also, like, I did travel last week and I started, I transitioned into one full-time job. That's kind of where where I've been. Every day is kind of blending together for me because like I've had this certain structure for three years and then now I don't anymore, and I'm trying to readjust and like figure out my new life structure, work-life balance with my new stuff. But like overall, I've been enjoying it and just living. I don't know. Oh wow are you? Um, wait, I had one thing I wanted to say to that. Oh, I didn't realize. Well, I knew that you were changing your routine, obviously, because you have to, but I didn't realize that you like weren't journaling and doing all of the stuff you normally do. Well, I'm not like doing that intentionally, it's just that I've been like go go going and like I've been really tired, so I haven't been waking up as early to like journal and stuff. But like obviously, I'm gonna get back into that. I'm just trying to find groove. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Well, you guys, I went to Italy. That was pretty cool. I am now back. I'm gonna be tour guiding a lot more this summer. I actually tour season. Tour season. I actually nanny tomorrow and Tuesday, but then I'm completely done for the summer. So like a random little two days, and then they're gone. Um, but that'll be good to like see them and say goodbye for the summer and stuff. Rodney, boyfriend, is in Germany for three months. Womp, womp, womp. So that's another update, which is sad, but also in a way, I think it'll be nice because I really want to lock in this summer, lock in on podcasts, a night of new works, and also just like having fun with my friends and making money. I kind of want to take a step back from auditioning right now. Which I know like I have been doing that. I mean, same. But okay, so like I literally before I started my new, like had this like transition, job transition, I was what I was journaling one day and I was like, I know that I was like, I'm going to let my this like overtake my life when because it needs to right now. And then I will like re-find the balance. But I was like, I'm gonna give myself grace to like let this be the center of my life right now, and then I will find the balance. Because like the novelty of it will wear off. I will I'll just get more into a routine and then I'll be able to figure out how I can bring back like going to auditions and doing all this stuff. But yeah, it's so hard when you know you need to step back from your stuff for a while, and like it's so easy to feel guilty about that, but sometimes you just need to. Sometimes you need to in order to move forward too. Yeah, the I'm kind of like, I wanna take a step back until I start missing it. Yeah, which I feel that way too. It's weird, but we're still working on like you know, we're still doing the podcast. You have exciting stuff, really honed in on music right now, too, because I'm getting ready, I'm gearing up for a release. Yeah. So I'm I've been like really putting my energy into that and into the podcast and into my new job and auditions. I've just been like, I haven't been feeling the desire. No, it's kind of exhausting. And I've been submitting to things, of course, when I see things that are fitting, but actually like going in person and singing my 16 bars, no, haven't done that in a while. And that's okay, it'll come back around. I'm like, I'm still focusing on things in a different way. I'm trying to think about a night of new work some more. I'm actually performing in a cabaret. I'm not gonna say what it is now because she hasn't announced me as a guest. So, I mean, I'm sure it will be by the time this comes out. But I'm performing at Green Room 42 on July 19th, and I'm excited to do that too. I'm singing two duets and like background vocals in a couple of songs. So I'm like, I'm actively in the show and I'm excited for that. So I'll be working on that. And yeah, it's I just want to work as work on the things that I have control over right now. The thought of going into an audition room right now, maybe this will change literally in a week, but this very moment, the thought of going into an audition room and singing a 16-bar cut sounds just like not what I want to do. I know. I feel the same way. And like, I guess this ties back to what I was saying before. Like, every there's seasons for everything. Yeah. And I don't know, I've experienced it. Like, ever since I've been out of school and like COVID kind of after COVID and things started to feel like normal life again, I've experienced this wave so many times at this point. But every time it's a little jarring. I'm like, what am I doing with my life? It's scary when you're not full-on pursuing your art and your like or in a new routine, you know? Yeah. And especially when you don't feel like it too. Like it's not just that's the scary part. Yeah. It's like, why why don't I feel like it? But like you have to give yourself grace because usually it comes back around, and if it doesn't, then whatever. I don't know. Like, I don't know. It's it's weird. It's a weird thing to navigate, but it is a weird thing to navigate. It's just hard. Auditioning doesn't feel like actually doing the thing sometimes. Like, I I would like to be learning music in a show. And I used to think that I liked auditioning, but I'm kind of starting to realize I don't think I do. I think I love going to rehearsals and I love performing in shows. Rehearsals. Same. I love rehearsals. I love rehearsals so much. I'm like excited. I have rehearsal tomorrow night for the show, and I'm like, mmm, rehearsal. Like, I'm excited to go and sing and look at sheet music. And yeah, I I miss that. I miss that and performing. And auditioning just doesn't really feel the same as that. It's not the same whatsoever. It's not the same thing. It's like you just have to do it in order to be able to have the experience of being in a show. It's like job interviews. Yeah. You can't compare the job interview to the job. Exactly. I mean, like, I guess in this terms of auditions, like you get a chance to like perform in a certain way, but it's not the same. It's not well, especially when you're like callbacks are a little bit different because you're at callbacks doing things from material from the show and like you're actually doing character work and stuff like that. But like if you're just going in and singing like sheet music to the song you brought, singing from sheet music to the song you brought, it's not, it doesn't feel like I don't know, it's not it's not the same thing.

SPEAKER_00 20:18

Well, especially at these like open auditions, because it feels like you're just singing into a void at times.

SPEAKER_01 20:24

Yeah. And sometimes it's fun. Like I love singing, so it's fun to go in a room and sing for people, and it's like a little adrenaline rush, and yeah. But it's not fulfilling necessarily. No. So it's just there's a difference. Yeah. And I just don't want to be doing that this very moment. I'm sure that'll change in a few months or something, maybe sooner. I mean, a few months sounds like a long time. Or maybe I'll go and see if there's any auditions in the next month or so that I'm like, okay, I am really right for this. I'll just go to this audition. But I don't want it to be something that I'm heavily prioritizing right now. I have my other projects I want to work on that are in the same field, but just kind of different. And I have control over it. A native new works. Be on the lookout, guys. More info coming. Um, but yeah, haven't really felt like auditioning recently. I guess that's one thing. Um, we've been watching Love Island. Oh my gosh, of course. I love Love Island, you guys. I'm TT. You guys, I cannot actually. Sincere is so insincere. And I cannot Casey scary. Is terrifying his face the other day when he was with TT. He looked menacing. He did. Ew, and when she was smiling at um. Crying. Hello? I don't know. Yeah, apparently apparently this is like her third dating show she's been on. The TT. Oh. Interesting. Yeah. Well, yeah. I love Love Island. It's so entertaining. We're gonna watch it tonight. I know. I'm like, this episode's gonna come out in a couple weeks, and there will just be so much more. Everything will be true. Like because if you don't know, if you don't watch Love Island, it's on six nights a week. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 22:31

So it's a commitment. It is such a commitment.

SPEAKER_01 22:35

I hate to say it's one of my favorite things about summer. I know it's so good. It's just such a vibe. It's such a vibe. I love this time of year. Oh my god. It's like such a long process. So you really feel like you're connected to these people. I was talking to my coworker today about it because they also watch Love Island and they were like, they have friends like who are traveling this summer in like really cool, cool places, like literally Japan, but they're like low-key, like, I wonder what's happening on Love Island, and like trying to like download VPNs to watch it and stuff. Dude, that was I was thinking about Love Island in Italy. I was like, oh, I'm missing a lot of hits. Yes. I like tried to I I kind of caught up a little bit when I came back, but Pete also had to catch me up. Listen. If you are like against see, I have always been a reality TV TV lover. I know it's not everyone's favorite thing. I grew up, I've watched every season of The Bachelor and Bachelorette since I was like 10 or 11. Like, I just love that stuff. Big brother. It's one of my guilty pleasures. So clearly, like obviously I watched Love Island, but nothing has made me feel the way Love Island makes me feel. It's not what I love about it is that it's not scripted or like produced or anything like that. It is 24-hour surveillance. If you've ever seen Big Brother, it's the same thing. They have cameras everywhere and they just kind of show the islanders living. Yeah. And that's what I love about it. Like, people do genuinely form connections, and because it's on so many nights a week, you really get to know these people. And then you just feel like you're in it with them. So like we're always screaming at the TV. Oh my god, the other night watching it. Like I cry, I laugh, I scream, I get mad. Like it just makes me feel so many things. Dude, when Casey came back with TT, yeah. And oh my god, I literally stood up off the couch. I was like yelling at the TV.

SPEAKER_00 24:46

Oh my gosh, it's just so.

SPEAKER_01 24:48

Do you remember when, like, before you started watching it and I pulled you on the band bandwagon? Uh-huh. Do you remember when I was like, this show makes me feel like things I can't explain? Like it makes you feel like you are the person in there. It's just so weird. I don't know. Also, it's kind of psychological torture. It is. They're obviously fucking with those people. It's not produced in the sense where they're like telling them what to say and stuff, but obviously there are producers running the show, adding twists in, doing things that, you know, to make it good TV to get a reaction out of them. But so yeah, it is definitely like psychological torture. I love reality TV, but I could never, never go on a show like that. Yeah. For multiple reasons. I will just enjoy watching it. Yeah, it seems pretty awful. Yeah. And they're so disconnected, they apparently don't even know what time it is when they're there. No, there's no clock. They're not allowed to have paper and pen. So like they can't journal like because they don't want people processing their feelings like through. Oof. They just want to hear people talking, you know, to one another about it instead of like people processing it on their own. And in the little room, that private room, they have them go in. Oh, and like the confessionals, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:07

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 26:08

So, yeah, and they don't have any clocks, so they don't know what time it is. The producers just like tell them when to go to bed, and then the lights wake them up in the morning. They don't know, like, I don't know if the how much sleep they get they get. Definitely not enough. Probably not enough. If you really think about it, if you're you have nothing else to do, no technology, nowhere to go. You're just there like 100% of the time. Imagine how close you can get to someone so fast. And that's why I think like, I don't know, emotions are just so intense there for them and heightened because that's all just going on. That's all that's going on, and they're spending so much time with each other. So it's just crazy. Dude, it is so crazy. I cannot imagine what it's like to be there. Also, I feel like they're never they don't go on the beach. Do you ever think about that? I don't think they can, but why? Like they're not allowed? Yeah, I don't think so. I think it's like outside of the villa. Well, that's what I'm saying. Like you're in Fiji and you're not allowed to go on the beach. Yeah, they're just like trapped in the villa. I'd be so sad. Well, they do get one day off a week, so I don't know. Maybe they go on the beach when I would need to go in the ocean if I were there. I'd be so sad to just be looking at it from afar off. Yeah, I mean, I've never seen someone go in the ocean. I'm assuming that they're not allowed to do that. Yeah. Oh, which is crazy. Yeah. They barely even swim in the pool. I was thinking about that the other day. I was like, do they swim? Like, I wonder if it's because they have to keep the microphones on. It has to be so hot, right? The microphones are probably waterproof because they're always doing those challenges with like Oh, true. But I don't know. Maybe it's just one of those things. It's like if a pool is in front of you every single day, like, are you really gonna swim every day? I feel why do I feel like I would? But also I'm not in that situation, so IDK. IDK. Um Isn't it weird that they're there right now? Like they're there right now. Yeah because they're it's like one of those- Who's there? Is and somebody not there that we thought was because it's I mean, I don't know. Maybe if there's a dumping tonight, I don't know how far in advance they filmed the episodes, but dude, do you think Carl's gonna come back? I do think Carl's gonna come back. Me too. If you guys don't watch Love Island, I'm so sorry. This is probably boring, but you should start watching. Wait, you should watch it. It's so good. Even if you don't think you like reality TV, it'll make you feel things. It is kind of like crazy. They I could just never, I could never. I never watched reality TV until I lived with you. Wait, what's going on with The Bachelor and The Bachelorette? I don't know. There was supposed to be a season, but it got cancelled because something controversial that I can't even remember at this point.

SPEAKER_00 28:50

What was it? Oh, oh, someone was abusive or something.

SPEAKER_01 28:56

Who was it supposed to be? It was the Bachelorette, like the the woman who the season she was gonna be the bachelorette. The bachelorette of Mormon wives? Yes. Oh my gosh, right. I guess being aggressive. Like she threw a chair at her partner or something. I don't know. Um, so they canceled this. I don't know if it got canceled or postponed. So I have no idea what's going on with that. Um but damn, that's kind of crazy town. Did you watch Big Brother Big Brother with me? I've never watched it. That should be starting soon too, because that usually starts in the summer. Should I watch it with you? Yes, but you gotta commit to it. Okay, how many how often does it come on every day? Big Brother's on three times a week. Okay. So it's like I think it's like Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays or something like that. Would you like want to watch it with me, or is this something that you need to know? No, I want to watch it with you, but like I have to be committed. I don't want to get behind, you know? So like we gotta get we gotta commit. How many months is it on for? I think you'll like it. It's a long time. I think it goes probably like through it's like July through September. Okay. Like it always ends sometime in the fall. Okay. Like early fall. I'm like, what happens when I go to Germany for a week? You have to catch up. I don't know. I'll start watching it with you. Okay. Guys, Big Brother is so good too. It's like it's kind of like Love Island without the the love part is not the the point. They're competing for money, but wait, whatever happened to that one guy who was kind of emotionally cheating on his girlfriend from home with someone in there. Oh god! Did they break up and roll on? I don't remember. Big brother, cameras on them 24-7. So obviously, everything you say and do can be put on the show. But you know what's crazy about Big Brother? They have like a website, or I think it's like a website, or maybe it is all like on Hulu or something. Big Brother After Dark. You can watch the cameras, like surveillance, like you can watch it in real time. Oh so like they're constantly being watched. But there was this guy in there who was low-key emotionally cheating on his partner. Um, it was just like really odd. And I don't know, I don't remember who it even was or what happened after that, but crazy. I wonder if there's if he's still with his girlfriend or if they broke up under that. I also wonder. Another scenario where you can get so close to people because you're just like in a house with them for so long, and then like stakes are high. And are they they're doing more challenges? I mean, I guess there are challenges on Love Island too. What is I don't understand what is the point of Big Brother? How do you win? So they're competing for I think it's $750,000. They compete to like whoever wins wins the money. Basically, what they do is there's a head of household competition. So they they have all different kinds of competitions. There's a good like mix of different kinds. So they have like mental challenge ones, they have like endurance, like physical endurance competitions, puzzles, different things. So different people will have different strengths. There's a head of household competition. So then whoever wins that challenge is the head of household. Head of household has to nominate two people for eviction and they get put on the block. Ooh, and then whoever's nominated, they compete in another competition called the power of veto. And then so the two people who are on the block compete, and then other random names are drawed. So not everyone competes in that one. Whoever wins the power of veto can either take someone off the block or keep the nominations the same. So obviously, when you're nominated, you want to win the power of veto so you can take yourself off the block. And then the head of household, if that happens, has to name a new nominee. And then everyone anonymously votes who they want to go home, and that person gets sent home. But there's a lot of twists. Every year they come up with like new things. There was like one season there was like a battle back, or not a battle back, there was like a third competition thrown in there where there were like three nominees and then there was like a third competition. It was crazy. It's something different every the whole like thing they say is expect the unexpected because there's so many like unexpected things. But that's interesting. It's interesting too because it's you don't only have to be good at competitions, you have to have good social game. You have to like people make alliances, and that's like you can literally win the game without having won any competitions, like if you have a good social game. Wow. So do you think you'd be good in Big Brother? I don't know. I don't know. I've thought about it. I think so. I think I would have a good social game. I don't know about the competitions, but like the competitions are so crazy that how would you ever know if you could be good at a competition? Because like, how do you practice that? You know who'd be good on Big Brother? Who? Spencer Krimsky. That's so random. Why social socially? Because I feel like he's good at playing games and stuff, but he's also just so likable. You know, like he's he definitely is. Yeah. I feel like he'd be good on Big Brother. Yeah, you have to like be, you have to like play, but it's a lot of lying too, like, or like deceiving. So good social game isn't it's kind of like being on everyone's good side, but not playing because then at the end, the people who actually vote for the person to win is your former housemate. So like you have to play a good, honest game, too. You know how people um make jokes about or memes and whatnot about um learning rules for a card game. Yes, that's how I feel right now. I'm like, do do do about Big Brother? Yeah, I'm like, I'm like so confused. Really? Yeah, I feel like it's pretty straightforward. Maybe I'm just tired. You guys. Um, well, you'll understand it when we watch. I'm excited. Something else exciting that's happening in the lives of Pete and Noelle right now is that our fridge has multiple different kinds of desserts. Yeah. We've got ice cream, we've got blackberry tart, we've got cupcakes, we've got cheesecake. And I have ice cream. Did you already say that that? Well, I have like I think I have like my own ice cream. And we have all of these like um Hershey's chocolates. So this was our dilemma. We were talking about this before we started filming. You were like, I have cupcakes and cheesecake. And I was like, we also have blackberry tart that Sarah made us last night. And we were like, well, fuck, which one are we gonna eat? And I was like, Well, what is gonna perish first? Like, we need to eat all of this. I think we should just have a little buffet and have little bites of everything. We could do that. We need to try. So, one of the cheesecakes I got us, it's new. Actually, it's not new. Apparently, it's a flavor that they used to have all the time at Eileen's, but they haven't in a long time. It's um uh pecan caramel. Oh, interesting. Yeah, so I'm excited to try that. And then I just have one of the normal ones. We have to have the cheesecake. I feel like that goes bad pretty fast. Yeah. I got that yesterday yesterday. All right, well, let's have like a little dessert sampler and wash Love Island and drink my mocktail. Yeah, that sounds lit. That does sound lit. Okay, you guys, let's watch that. What else do we talk about? Should we do something silly? Never have I ever How do you play? Never have I ever on a podcast with two people. Should we just say things we haven't done? Yeah, and then the other person says if they've done it. Yeah. Um ever broken a bone. I've never done that either. Okay, cool. Um never have I ever had an entire can of soda. Oh well, I have. I want to like try to learn something new about you. Never have I ever I don't know. I feel like you know the things I haven't done, and I know the things you haven't done. And um never have I ever. I have never driven a car by myself. I've never been in a car by myself. You've never even been in a car by yourself. I've never thought about that. Because I don't drive. Well, actually, I kind of was because I I've like parked, I've like moved a car before. So I guess I You did? When did you park a car by yourself? I I was on vacation with my ex and his family, and one of them asked me to like move their car. It was I can't remember. It was like a situation where everyone was like driving a car and like moving it. They so basically I had to move a car from one parking lot to another down the road. Were you scared? Yes, I didn't want to do it, especially because I was driving someone else's car. I didn't have a license. I hate driving. Why did they make you do that? I don't know. I think they just wanted me to do it. I don't know. But like other people everyone else was also driving a car, so like it had to be done. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 38:22

I don't remember, but like how many people were there? How many cars were there?

SPEAKER_01 38:27

It was like, yeah, it was it was us and then cousins, like aunts, uncles, parents.

SPEAKER_00 38:35

I like don't understand what situation you're in. I don't really understand either. Like, why were you with so many people? Your family and your boyfriend, and you all had to move a car, and no one else could move this car except for you.

SPEAKER_01 38:48

Because everyone else was also moving a car. So no one drove together, like no one shared a car. Well, there were like I don't remember. I don't know, I'm confused. I just know it happened. Where were you? Unless I dreamt it. Did you dream it? No. No, I swear it happened. I was also at like a water park, I think. I pet a baby sloth. At a water park? Yeah. In Michigan. Like, did I dream this out? This is a screen. No, no, no. Um, what the hell? Yeah, it's like a safari like themed water park. So they had other things to do there. Mm-hmm. And they had a little baby sloth you could hold and tap. That's so cute. That's one thing I didn't get to see in Costa Rica that I was dying to see. A sloth. Yeah. That would have been cool. They're up really high in the trees most of the time. But I saw little monkeys. Monkeys. Um, never have I ever welded. I have welded. I will leave it at that. Um never have I ever. I have one. What? Never have I ever seen out of both of my eyes. That's so true. Have you done that? Yes. Cool. Never have I ever. I was gonna say had blonde hair, but that's not true.

SPEAKER_00 40:27

You have had blonde hair.

SPEAKER_01 40:28

I have had blonde hair.

SPEAKER_00 40:29

Look at my name up on up. Look, is that my name up on that list?

SPEAKER_01 40:37

I dyed my hair blonde for those of you who may not know in high school. Because I got the role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the Musical, my junior year. Congrats! Thanks. And I was committed because I was like, I'm not wearing a shitty wig in front of my entire school. So I was like, God dye my hair blonde. That's so funny. Yeah. Oh damn, Pete with blonde hair. Did you dye it brown after that? Or did you just let it okay? I had to dye it back. And then it was like black. It like was like jet black. And then it kind of faded. Damn. Yeah, and then it faded. And then for a while, kind of like up until college, like it didn't grow back for a while because I I let my hair grow really long and it was kind of like a reddish brown. Like it had a lot of red undertones because it was blonde underneath, and then eventually it all grew out. Isn't that weird that everything that's on my head was like not on my head in high school? All the hair on my head. I guess same. It's weird that to think that the ends of your hair were once up there. Up here. Same with your nails. The end of your nails were once. I'm getting a haircut in a couple days, and now I'm like sad. Because those ends will be bad. Like it's a part of you, and then you just cut it off. Yeah. They've seen so much. Like, I wonder how long the ends of my hair have been on my head. You could probably actually figure that out. I guess it depends on how fast your hair grows. Yeah. Wait, right? I'm right, right? Yeah, because it comes from your head, the top of your head, and it goes down and it grows and grows. Is this episode bad? I don't know. I don't, I don't know. If it is, sorry. This is what you're getting. Because this is the second time we're filming.

SPEAKER_00 42:37

We're like a little Dululu right now, I think.

SPEAKER_01 42:40

Or I am at least. What if these ends of my hair have been on my head for like 10 years? No way. I feel like my hair doesn't grow that fast. I think my hair grows like 10 years. My hair grows like an inch and a half every three months. How do you know that? Because like that's how often I normally get my hair dyed, and then that's how much my roots will show. Oh, you have like roots. I mean, I have roots too, but you can't see them. So like I would never have any way of measuring that. I'm like counting. Okay, I'm gonna say I have eight inches of hair right now. Or is that like not a lot? Eight inches. No, it's way it's like way longer than that, I think. I'm looking up eight inches of hair. Like okay, actually it's not I probably have like twelve inches of hair. Or ten? Uh okay. Twelve. And like how many do I have?

SPEAKER_00 43:51

This is so stupid. Okay. You guys. If I have ten inches of hair. Bro.

SPEAKER_01 44:01

Um an inch and a half every three months. Uh uh, how do you figure that out? Okay, 1.5 times 10. So, like, I think I've had this hair for 15 months. Which is just over a year. Yeah. Dude. Um, wow. If you know things about hair, let us know if that's right. I'm about to look up hair lengths to see like how long my this is why my Google search history is so weird. Wait, you know what we should do? Can we say some of the weirdest things in our searches a good one? Wait, can I say one of mine from the past? Yeah. What are sticks? That's one of my favorites. I did Google what are sticks because I I was like genuinely curious. Like, what is a stick? Do sticks come from the trees? Because yeah, they do. Like when you look at a tree, it doesn't look like it has sticks on it. Dude! Wait, how do I find my history? Well, the last thing I searched was how to find safari history iPhone. And before that, eight inches of hair. Eight inches of hair is crazy. Okay, wait, let's take turns saying funny things. Earlier today, I searched tingle in small spot on shin. Because I had a tingly spot on my shin. I searched is Mercury in retrograde. Women get stingray. Can stingrays give back massages? Oh yeah. Conch fritter.

SPEAKER_00 45:43

I searched, is I said, is a fat pussy a comp a compliment?

SPEAKER_01 45:51

Because some random guy asked, told me I had a fat pussy wanted to know if it was a compliment. I'm like, well, one, I felt degraded after he said that, but then I was like, I hope it's at least a good thing. Now, okay. Conch without shell. Conch without shell. Conch without shell. Conch. Conch. Conch shell. Why did you do conch without shell multiple times in a row? I think I was looking at pictures of it. Because if you've ever if you've never seen it, you should look it up. It's scary. Conch without shell. Conch without shell. Cafe panna hours. Can I eat potato chips with a hurt stomach? With a hurt stomach. Can lack of sleep cause diarrhea? I Googled conch fritters as well. What are cankles? Did you not know what they were? No.

SPEAKER_00 47:00

Oh my I Googled what is Elon Musk's Venmo account? I was gonna request him.

SPEAKER_01 47:06

There's no way he has a Venmo.

SPEAKER_00 47:10

I want to find it and I want him to Venmo me.

SPEAKER_01 47:13

What did the Knicks win? It's like embarrassing. What? Can I grow another tooth at 28? And then after that, can a fifth wisdom tooth grow years later? Can I grow another tooth at 28? I thought that I was growing another tooth. What was I made for lyrics? That's funny. I couldn't remember how the second verse went. I was like, it was pissing me off. Take it! How many miles long is Central Park? How what is the answer? 2.5. How long is Titanic musical? What do British people call swimsuits? What do they call swimsuits? Swimming costume. No. Apparently. Swimming costume? Apparently. That's so cute. Can Hasidic Jews drink Poland?

SPEAKER_00 48:14

Why did I look up Poland?

SPEAKER_01 48:17

Dude. Can more than one person join a Zoom link? Like a why is holding hands romantic? Grooving.

SPEAKER_00 48:29

Grooving?

SPEAKER_01 48:31

Grooving? Why did you search grooving? Shrek's outhouse. Dude. Does Sabrina Carpenter have filler? What did it say? She has to. Where did it go? Sabrina Carpenter has never publicly confirmed using dermal fillers, but aesthetic specialists and online comment com commentators widely speculate that she has had minor subtle enhancements. I don't know why I looked that up. I think I was just because I was like, she looks so good. I mean, she does. I searched how does a vasectomy work? Cowgirl sex position. Does putting your feet on the grass have health benefits? It's true. Putting your feet directly on the grass offers several proven physical and mental benefits. Isn't that crazy? That is crazy. How many servings are in a block of parmesan cheese? Capri Sun. Dude. I love Capri Sun. Does Trader Joe's have ibuprofen? Does it? No, I don't think so. Will someone get notified if you screenshot their Instagram story? It's no, right? Yes. That's all I can find for now. Screenshotting. I don't remember. I'm a little lad who likes berries. Berries and cream. Okay. Hey, for those of you who have OCD, you'll relate to this. Why did I wake up so tired? Why did I wake up so tired? Um, lupus, lupus, lupus, lupus, loop, lupus, positive ANA test, autoimmune, autoimmune, lupus symptoms, lupus symptoms. Can lupus kill you? Is lupus hereditary? Can you use a $2 bill? Celebrities with lupus, celebrities with lupus, wrist pain, wrist pain, arthritis symptoms, arthritis symptoms, positive ANA, positive ANA, positive ANA. I'm a little lad who wants berries. Can Tums help bloating? Lupus symptoms, lupus symptoms, positive ANA, nausea and shills but no fever, nausea and shills but no fever. Yep. Google is not a doctor. Does appendicitis feel like cramps? Early appendicitis symptoms. Early appendicitis symptoms. What did that say? What do I do? Wait, what do I do?

SPEAKER_00 50:54

Oh, what do I do in the blue moon tonight?

SPEAKER_01 50:56

Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_00 50:58

Um, let's see if I anything else interesting. Ammonia, ammonia, what is ammonia? Chin lipo cost. What is chicken salt made of?

SPEAKER_01 51:08

Chicken salt. That's pretty much mine. Yeah. Okay, you guys. It's about time for us to go watch Love Island and eat our dessert platter. Um, I hope this episode didn't suck. I have no idea what we talked about. Same. Um, but we will be back next week with probably a more put together episode. But you know, sometimes it's fun to chat. I don't know. Um, what's the take home? The take home is The Take Home is sticks come from trees. And hair.

SPEAKER_00 51:50

Like, if your hair is 10 inches.

SPEAKER_01 51:56

Dude, I don't know what I'm trying to say. If your hair is 10 inches and it grows an inch and a half every three months, then your hair at the bottom of your head is probably 15 months old. I like this take home. Okay. You can follow us at take it home pod on Instagram and TikTok. Or yes. Dude, what? Or, but there's nowhere else. And or yes. You can follow us, you know, in the podcast platform wherever you listen to podcasts, subscribe, do all the things you can to help us. I'm sleeping. And also, um, don't forget, you can use code HOME10 on Curious Elixir's website for 10% off an order of $50 or more. And you should do that because it's yummy, yummy, yum. Because it's yummy. And yeah, we'll be back next week. We come out with a new episode every Thursday. I'm using my other hands.

SPEAKER_02 53:03

Goodbye.