What's up, you absolute freaks? Welcome to the
Almost Living podcast. I'm Kaylyn, your host.
Welcome. If you don't know me, I don't really
have too much of an introduction. I am a freshly
23 -year -old girl living in New York, navigating
adulthood, chilling, vibing. There's really not
much to it. I... Yeah. welcome hi how are you
um welcome to this corner of my room if you're
watching the visual version yeah why starting
a podcast is literally the most like the intro
like the intro i have personal beef with the
introduction of a podcast it is always so awkward
this is like the 50th time I have intro'd. I'm
done. I'm not going to do it again. Hi. Welcome.
Uh, hello. Um, I have a few topics written down.
I have some, you know, little things I want to
talk about, um, to get this started off, but
I guess I should start by, I want to talk about
just very quickly my personal love of podcasting
because i don't know i feel like it's just something
that i want to be trans like i just want to let
it be known like i feel like podcasting is so
like the the podcasting world is so overly saturated
like i don't know what it is in the past like
10 years that like everyone and their mama has
a podcast. I feel like everyone in their early
or mid -20s is like, you know what? You know
what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna start a podcast.
It's literally everyone. And so it just makes
for an interesting kind of environment. I have...
Started and stopped this podcast like three or
four times over the course of like the past two
years It has been a journey I like will post
a few episodes. I'll get really excited about
I'll get like really into it and like whatever
and then I just like Sometimes I just get like
I just get embarrassed like I just start thinking
about it and then I'm like, oh my god Maybe I
don't Maybe this is embarrassing And then I delete
it So that's kind of been the case, but we're
back we're back. We're better that we're back.
We're back and we're here to stay Sorry about
the street noises I'm going to try to clip that
out. We're in the we're in the Big Apple, baby
Okay, yes, sorry Hello ADD. Um, yes, the podcasting
space is overly saturated and I feel like that
has been a factor for me of why I Like why I
get embarrassed and why like sometimes I'm like
who cares who gives a fuck who cares what I have
to say like I'm shouting into the void and That's
kind of what a podcast is for the most part like
in general until you like start getting traction
and that's also fine like it's okay and it's
it's fine and it just I need to get over it because
I love the art of podcasting I love podcasts
and that is why I have started this project and
why I keep coming back to it because this is
genuinely something that I love and that I feel
like I need to do I don't know like I feel like
I was put on this earth to be a podcast like
i don't really know i i no i'm just kidding i
but but i i'm being serious like i genuinely
do think this is something that i need to do
because i keep every time i stop i'm like girl
like why did you do that like you you should
just do it like it's fine um and you know i'm
i don't play about this shit like i'm not someone
who's like i'm gonna start a podcast because
i'm funny Because like, do I think that? Yes.
Well, yes, I do think I'm funny. And I, that
is what has caused me, like over the past few
years to be like, hey, maybe a podcast could
be fun. Because like, especially in college,
like me and my best friends would just smoke
so much and get so high and have these like,
just funny conversations. And, you know, just
talk and whatever. But all the time we would
be like this should be on a podcast like we should
have a podcast this should be on a podcast like
we're hilarious and like i feel like that's kind
of what every friend group feels but it was something
that i eventually was like you know what that
wouldn't be the craziest thing in the world to
have a podcast because i'm not someone who's
just like oh i think i'm funny and i think i'm
interesting that is a part of it but i also truly
just love podcasts. Like, when I'm not listening
to music, I have a podcast playing because I
do not like being alone with my thoughts because
my brain is a hellscape. So the way that I deal
with that is by putting on podcasts and never
allowing my brain to form a thought with no background
noise. um so yeah i've just podcasts have been
i don't really know when i started listening
maybe like end of high school why yeah no no
yeah no in high school i started listening to
podcasts because i have written down i have written
down like my topics and everything but um i also
have written down the podcast that i like which
is what i'm looking at um so I don't know if
you guys are familiar with the Tiny Meat Gang
podcast with Cody Ko and Noelle Miller and it
also is kind of a touchy subject because Cody
Ko has done some things if you're online, you
know, if you know, you know. And it really sucks
just because Cody Ko was like one of my favorite
YouTubers. Like I loved his commentary videos.
I think he is funny. Him and Noelle Miller I
think are hilarious. I still love Noelle. um
but yeah anyways the tiny meat gang podcast so
okay kodiko he had a podcast called insanely
chill that he started by himself um he would
just you know be doing what i'm doing talking
to himself for like an hour about random shit
and i loved it and then he started the tiny meat
gang podcast with noel um and then that is has
gotten really successful now They have like a
master company and they have a bunch of other
podcasts like underneath them. Like it's a whole
thing. But I loved their podcast. I and I still
do like it's still like it's like a safe like
comfort thing for me to listen to their stuff.
And actually in high school. I don't remember
what year this was maybe 2019 I went to their
live like New Year's show in DC and I saw them
live it was basically like a live podcast but
they were like doing commentary like it was a
bunch they were playing their music but it was
really fun so yeah those are two podcasts that
I really enjoy I'm not I'm not even gonna try
to act like I don't still listen to them like
I do It just it just brings me back to like a
plate like especially insanely chill When I was
listening to insanely chill or when I started
listening to it I was living Or cuz I yeah, I
tapped into the tiny meat gang before I think
I started tapping into insanely chill I think
because the way that I remember it after I graduated
high school and I was in college for a while
I worked at this botanical garden and they had
a farm and I was working at the farm and I was
working these like early ash shifts like I would
get I would get there by like 6 30 a .m. and
like Yeah, it was like farm shit. Like I was
working outside. It was cold. It was like December
I would be cleaning stalls and like Feeding,
you know pigs and sheep and like all that shit
like just doing random farm girl shit. Whatever.
It was a fun job I really enjoyed it. I love
animals but I would listen to the insanely chill
podcast while I was doing that because like yeah
I was just doing all this like physical like
outside work and I would have a headphone and
I'd be listening to it and so it was just like
it was just it was so nice like it was just so
lovely at like 7 a .m. when I'm tired and I'm
cold like I'm like listening to this podcast
and it was like I was like a part of a conversation
like I was just like talking to a friend So yeah,
those are two podcasts that I really enjoy. Emergency
Intercom, I really liked. I don't have listened
to it in a while. The Read, love The Read. My
sibling introduced me to that podcast last year,
shortly after I moved here. I moved here last
October, which the fact that I've been here for
almost a year is really crazy and I don't know
how to feel about it. But I moved here last October.
It was chill. When I got here, it was warm. It
was nice, whatever. And then winter came and
I didn't know anyone. I did not have a window
in my bedroom or honestly access to any window
in my apartment. So as you can probably imagine,
I was losing my mind. I was going insane. And
the read podcast got me through it. Like, I genuinely
don't know that. Like, I'm not even looking like
it was a very dark time. The sibling rivalry
podcast, I'm almost done with this podcast rant,
sorry. The sibling rivalry podcast with Bob and
Monet is another one that I love. I'm a patron,
I love them, I think they're hilarious. Trixie
and Katya, two more drag queens that have a podcast
that I love. I think it's hilarious. So yeah,
I say all that to say I really love podcasts.
I really, really do, and it's... form of media
that I Consume a lot like probably more than
anything else because it's also like I can do
things while I'm listening to a podcast, you
know, like same with music but like With music
I can listen for like an hour or a few hours
and then after a while. It's like, okay I'm kind
of bored like I have to do it like in sessions.
So once I'm done with my music i switch over
to podcasting and then it's just like you can
do whatever you want to do and like some podcasts
have a visual you can look at a screen sometimes
you don't need to you can just listen and it's
just really nice um and i also i i have ad which
will probably be brought up so much throughout
this podcast and i'm apologizing now because
it's going to get annoying because i am annoyed
by it i am annoyed by me just having it um So
and yeah, I talk about it so much because it
genuinely affects like every aspect of my life
like seriously Seriously, do you guys know that
meme? It's not really a meme, but it's a and
it was like a Twitter interaction where this
person tweeted They were like we did not talk
about how hard Halloween is for the ADHD community
And then someone just responded and they were
like, oh my god, your people can't do anything
That tweet haunts me and I think about it every
day Every time I'm struggling with something
I think about it pops into my head, but that's
how I feel I'm like, oh my god, bitch. I'm like
stop talking about it. Like what can you do?
What can you but? That's really it's real. I
don't know. Um Why did I bring that up I guess
this is something that I wanted to talk about
with ADD and just with so much. Where do I even
begin? Where do I begin, guys? I don't know.
So I turned 23 this year in June, and I'm a Gemini,
hello. And I don't know what it is about this
birthday, but usually growing up when you have
a birthday, your parents will be like, hi birthday!
do you feel any different? like do you feel older?
and like usually it's like no I feel exactly
the same because it's just a new day something
about this past birthday I felt older I really
really felt it and it's it's just been crazy
like and birthdays are also a very interesting
time for me I am someone who gets So violently
sad around my birthday and so stressed out. It's
never something I'm looking forward to and I
don't even know who does look forward to their
birth like Always all maybe when I was like young
young but like I Don't really know and I think
also it may just be like growing up depressed
and Because I feel like I just like didn't ever
even think that I would make it to like 18 so
like now being 23 like every year I'm just like
oh fuck like we're really here we're really in
this bit like we're really present um it's just
crazy but yeah I always am sad around my birthday
and just around my birthday whatever and this
birthday was no different And I just I felt aged
like I genuinely and I also think it might just
be like this being my first year in New York,
but like I Feel like I've aged like ten years
No, that's an exaggeration five. I really feel
like I've aged mentally five years in The near
year that I have lived here like it has just
been so much it's been so much and I honestly
think I need to make an entire episode just about
like my journey here and just like everything
because it's just been crazy all and it's it's
wild but I Do feel like with turning 23. I'm
I've just been realizing things. This has been
the year of realizations one of them being Guys,
this is it's there's just there's life things
that need to be changed. I am Realizing Really
connecting with the fact that the early bird
does get the worm Whoever whoever came up with
that shit whoever branded that that uh You know
whoever whoever said that they weren't not lying
and it's really hard to like come to terms with
because My whole life I have been a night owl,
like always. In definitely all of high school,
I was always staying up, you know, late, like
2, 3 a .m. was like a normal night for me, like
a normal just like, not even like, oh, I'm staying
up, like that was just like the time that I would
go to bed. I would pull an all -nighter like
every once in a while. But yeah, just I've always
loved the night. I don't know why. I think it's
just like... it's like quiet like I don't know
like everyone's like in their house it just kind
of feels like you have like the world to yourself
um and yeah it's it's always just been something
that I like I just love the night I thoroughly
enjoy night time um and I and in college like
it was fine it was a vibe like I was you know
whatever I could stay up late and I could roll
out of bed at 1 p .m. and it didn't really matter
and whatever. This has been something pretty
recently that I am just like coming to terms
with where I'm just like, if I want to do all
the things that I want to do in like a timely
manner, like I just have to get up early. I have
to. I cannot just roll out of bed at noon. I
can't roll out of bed even at 11. Like, I don't
know, dude. I don't know. And it's just really
hard to, like, come to terms with because you
can't be both. You can't be a morning person
in a night person. And if you are, you're getting,
you know, four or five hours to sleep at night,
which I don't think I can do. That's not something
that I am ready to do in my life. I'm just not.
Sleep has always been really big for me. Like,
and i also am just a big sleeper like i was thinking
about this the other day one time in college
i slept for almost 24 hours i don't know what
else to say i don't know what to follow that
up with i slept for almost 24 hours and it was
a very low point like i um i think i I went to
bed at some point, like pretty early, like maybe
like eight, nine, very early. Went to bed, woke
up the next day. I remember I woke up, I looked
at my phone and it said seven. And I was like,
I'm confused. It says seven on my phone, but
it's like dark outside. Like if it was seven,
then it would be bright. Like that's like full
daytime. Like the sun would be out. it was 7
p .m. it was fully 7 p .m. and I was like are
you fucking kidding me and I don't remember if
I had class that day I don't remember if I had
any think like any like i don't i don't know
and it doesn't even matter but sleeping for almost
24 hours is crazy and i don't know what what
is wrong with me why i did that i haven't done
that ever like that was i think the one and only
time but like yeah i can just sleep and sleep
and sleep and sleep it's like really a problem
and so that's also that's why it's kind of hard
for me like having to come to terms with just
this like life change that i have to undergo
because If I want to be a morning person, it
seems that I am going to have to go to bed earlier
to be able to get as much sleep as I want to
get. Like, I don't know. I don't know, guys.
It's really, like... It's really hard. It's really
fucking hard. Because I love night, but you can't
stay up late and then get up early. It just won't
work. At least... You can. But here's the thing.
I am a smoker. I started smoking in college.
I didn't do anything until I got to college.
And all of my friends and my peers were all stoners.
So naturally, it became something where I was
like, hmm. I'm interested in trying and then
I tried it and we can, I probably won't talk
about this right now, but at some point I will
talk about my first time smoking. It was terrible.
It was awful. It was literally the scariest moment
of my life. I have never... I think that was
my first moment where I was like, oh yeah, that
was a panic attack. Like, without a doubt. It
was crazy, but... that's for future um that's
for another time but um yeah i started smoking
in college um you know when i first started out
i was like oh it's just on the weekends you know
just do it on the weekends and then on the weekends
turned into every day and then every day turned
into multiple times a day and then you know that's
just been a thing and um I've had ebbs and flows
when it comes to my smoking practices. Right
now, I am also coming to another big girl adulting
realization, and it's that I probably should
not smoke every day. And that's been really,
really hard. That's been really difficult. here's
why that is connected to my sleep because when
you smoke and then you go to sleep like say you
smoke at night your vibe and whatever you may
even sober up a little bit but you go to sleep
weed like fucks up your sleep which is great
which is awesome we love that it fully wrecks
your sleep because it causes you to not go through
REM And REM is where you dream. That's mainly
what people know it as. But it's also, you dream,
you also process memories. You process low -key
emotion. You're doing a lot of processing when
you are in REM. It's extremely important. It's
not just like, oh, if I smoke, I just don't have
dreams. You're not dreaming, and you're also
not processing. things that happen in your day
whatever you're not like storing memories like
and that's why when you smoke every day like
your short -term memory is shit because it because
of literally how it affects your sleep like it's
crazy but what i've noticed is that when i smoke
at night no matter how much sleep i get i wake
up and i'm tired like so that has been something
that I have slowly been noticing and having to
actually like confront and come to terms with
because it's just it's not it is not good it's
not productive it's just so hard and this is
I don't know why like I don't know what's happening
guys but like being 23 and like being in New
York, like I am entering a time in my life where
I'm like, I have to be productive. Like I am
running out of time. And part of it is like,
girl, you need to calm down. Like you're not
on your deathbed. But also another part of it
is like, wait, I am like... These are the years
like these are like I just like I have to like
carp a DM like I have to seize the day I have
to take advantage of time and like Do what I
want to do like I cannot let every day pass me
and I feel like when I'm smoking every day That's
what happens. Like I just like am in a haze The
days blend together Time is moving by so fast.
I'm not remembering and it's just like really
scary it's really really scary and that's crazy
too because i did not i started smoking at i
was like probably yeah i was probably like 18
and on 23 it's been five years it's been five
years and that's not even that long like some
people a lot of people that i know started smoking
at like 13 14 which is wild and like i'm so glad
that i was like a goody two shoes up until college
because This is this is one substance that I
am trying to like get under control I can't I
can't you know, I cannot imagine what I would
be like if I started smoking at like 14 like
also like the brain girl Girl, um But yeah, I
I've really Very recently with just this past
birthday. I have been so conscious of passing
time and I do get very anxious about it and it's
you know, not the best and it is something I
need to like get under control, but Yeah, I don't
know. It's just been it's really been haunting
me and I'm just like You gotta get up. I'm like
There's just so much to do like there's just
so much to do like I have to start my podcast
which hello It started there's there's that but
I have to learn I have to learn Three languages
I have to go to Brazil I have to Become a master
at crocheting I need to start drawing like there's
just so much I have to do and so it's just like
All of these things guys, they're connected they're
connected like it's a trifecta like Weed addiction
ADD What else sleep, I don't know It's just a
lot it's a lot um And it's just it's really rough,
but Yeah, I it's just something like I've never
thought about my age as much as i have in these
past few months and i do really hate it because
it is so fucking stupid like it's not logical
at all to to feel this like all feelings are
valid but it is not logical for me to be like
oh my god i'm getting older and i'm running out
of time like year 23 calm down my brain is not
even fully developed but It is scary like it's
obviously I'm the oldest I've ever been and it
just feels really really crazy like something
about 22 like I moved here and I was 22 and something
about 22 just feels so fun and flirty and it's
like and that even took me a while to be comfortable
with because when I first turned 22 I was like
oh my god I'm 22 I was 21 before and now I'm
22 but then it got to a point where I was like
22 is so cute yeah like how old are you like
i'm 22 i'm 22 and now it's like ain't shit funny
anymore because i also i one of my co -workers
um who's 20 i remember when i my birthday was
here um he was like how i was like he was like
how old are you how old did you just turn i was
like 23 and he was like damn And I was like,
I should really beat you up right now. Like getting
your first damn in response to your age, but
it was like, it was like funny, but it was also
just like, it was like, girl, it was like, you're,
you're, in three years holler at me, cause you're
gonna be in the exact same position as I am in.
Like don't play with me, 20. 20 calling saying
damn at a 23 year old is crazy, but it's truly
like our brains are just so melted from like
we're like losing sight because like truly even
sometimes I do that we're like I feel like I've
had co -workers just in the past where like I
meet them and you know, we vibe and like I'm
thinking that they're like my age and then you
know i'm like how old are you and they're like
oh you know i'm 29 and like sometimes in my head
i'm like wow i'm like you look really good or
you look really young and it's like 29 is not
old it is not old and that's crazy like i sometimes
have to catch myself and be like girl you're
about getting like 29 or like even someone in
their 30s they're like oh i'm 33 it's like wow
you look so good it's like 33 is not old that's
not old But genuinely like we are just our society,
especially as a woman Especially as a woman let's
put those thinking caps on because I don't play
when it comes to I Yeah everything everything
stems from the patriarchy aging as a woman is
so scary because our youth is just looked at
as like everything and men are allowed to age
and get older and wrinkle and be ugly but as
a woman you have to look good all of the time
you cannot age you cannot look old whatever I
don't know um it's just it's been really it's
been it's been a journey and I'm just I'm just
I'm rolling with the punches life is just yeah
it's crazy it's it's really crazy but it also
is like you know what i'm doing pretty well for
myself because 10 years ago when i was 13 and
when i genuinely did not see a future for myself
past past 18 i would have never like if you would
have told my 13 year old self that i would be
here living in new york vibing like on my own
and living my life and being independent and
free, I would not have believed you. I would
have been like, show me proof. Give me a photo.
So it's really crazy. And I don't know. I have
to sit sometimes and pat myself on the back.
Bitch, you did that. You did that. And it's crazy.
It's crazy. OK, this is random. And it's something
quick and whatever. I just want to talk about
it. Pet peeve. Pet peeve! Because I have had
this said to me a few times recently and it really
gets under my skin and I'm just curious how other
people feel about it. But... Someone... People
saying that you look tired I think is so fucking
rude. It's so incredibly rude and I think as
a society we need to stop doing it um because
it's not nice it's not nice and i am unfortunately
an over thinker and i will never forget i will
think about that until the day that i die and
it's been said to me multiple times like people
see me for whatever reason they're just like
you look tired it's like you might say that and
not say that with intention of being mean But
it doesn't fucking matter because what are you
saying when you say that? What do you mean? What
are you, what are you, what are you meaning by
that? And also, what do you want me to do about
it? That's my thing. Like, I had someone tell
me that I look tired and that I also look like
I just woke up. And I did just wake up. I woke
up probably an hour before that was set to be
an hour and a half maybe um also i'm sorry i
keep sometimes i'm like looking over while i'm
talking i need to like be conscious of the fact
that i'm holding a microphone and the microphone
is not a prop and i do need to speak into it
to be picked up hopefully this audio is good
if it's not i don't know what i'm going to do
with myself but yeah i had that person i had
this person be like you look like you just woke
up and I was like what the f - like yeah I did
now what like what it genuinely baffles me it's
so like confusing and intriguing like also I'm
gonna position myself differently because my
foot is asleep oh my god I am on the loudest
beanbag known to man. Sorry y 'all Hopefully
it's not really annoying. But um Yeah, what do
you want me what do you what do you want me to
do about that? And what are you saying when you
say that? Because when someone tells me that
I look tired all I'm hearing is that I look ugly
I look ugly. I look fucking like I just like
That's the only thing that you could possibly
mean when you're saying that. And what do you...
Okay, you look tired. I am tired. I am tired.
It's 9 a .m. What do you want from me? Where
do we go from here? Like, it is genuinely so
baffling. Stop saying that, people. Don't say
that. I... Even if someone brings it up and is
like, I'm really tired, like going like... Yeah,
you look tired like how do you not see that that's
a rude as fuck and you shouldn't say that but
I'm also just vain and I'm just like Don't don't
make a comment on my appearance that isn't Inherently
positive. Sorry. I Don't like that. Um Okay,
let's talk about movies It's the movie hour Let's
talk about it. Um I have seen three movies in
theaters in the past, like, few weeks. Also,
am I gonna spoil anything? Yeah, I probably will.
So, okay, what should I talk about first? Let's
talk about weapons. Let's talk about weapons,
because that was my favorite. Yeah, if you don't
want to get spoiled, skip ahead a few minutes.
I'm gonna see, I'm gonna try to put like timestamps
in for my topics. We'll see, I can't make any
promises, but yeah, skip ahead if you don't want
to get spoiled because I'm gonna talk. I'm gonna
talk freely. So yeah, I saw Weapons a few months,
a few weeks ago. And for the record, horror is
my favorite genre of movies. I just love scary
movies. I don't know... I don't know what it
is. I always have. And maybe it honestly runs
in my genetic code, because my mom is really
into scary, creepy stuff. Like, and my mom...
There's a baby screaming outside. Shut up! I
doubt that it's getting picked up, but that's
really annoying. See that right there what we
can talk about this in the future but kids, bro
Y 'all got that y 'all got that I could never
oh my god, I'm so annoyed. Okay. Um, yeah, my
mom is crazy and She like she not only likes
scary movies and likes true crime and likes all
of that But she like will fully go in person
to some creepy -ass shit. Like my mom has been
to Cecil Hotel which, like, if you guys know
about that, like, a lot of... it's haunted, apparently,
like, whatever. My mom has gone to the site of
where Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building was.
Yeah. Yeah. That Jeffrey Dahmer, the one that
was, like, murdering people and dismembering
their bodies in his apartment, she went there.
There's nothing there anymore. I'm pretty sure
it's just, like, a flat field, and I don't think
they can... build anything because of the history
but yeah i say a lot to say my mom loves really
scary shit so maybe she just instilled that in
me i don't know but i love horror i've always
just i love the suspense i love being creeped
out i love being scared like something about
it maybe it's the adrenaline i don't know i really
enjoy it so for me and with movies like like
i said i have ad so sitting down and watching
something is genuinely like Going to war for
me. Like you have to put a gun to my head. Like
I It's so rough I Usually am NOT someone you
can like hang out with and just be like Oh, do
you want to see this like brand insert like Miranda
movie? Like no, I can't I can't I have to be
extremely interested in a movie to even think
about sitting down and watching it So usually
it's only horror that I am like really into I
saw the trailer for weapons a little while ago.
It looks really interesting And it came out in
theaters and I was like, let's go see this shit
And I saw it alone I've seen it twice the first
time I saw it alone Did I smoke before yes, I
did What are you gonna do about it I wanted to
make it fun Guys weapons was so good I really,
really, really liked it. I really, really, really
enjoyed it. I thought... I thought the... Where
do I begin? As someone who likes horror, I can
recognize that there are so many bad scary movies.
There are. Maybe more bad than there are good,
if I'm being for real. There are so many bad
scary movies that just have shitty plots, shitty
acting, and they're just relying on jump scares.
Weapons was not that. Weapons had a fantastic
storyline. The plot was so interesting. It was
something that I have never seen before in a
movie, truly. And it was a non -linear storytelling,
which I feel like I don't really see a lot in
movies, but it would like... you would be looking
at the life of one person, and then they would
have some sort of interaction or come into contact
with someone else, you would, like, whatever,
and then... I don't even know how to explain
it, like, it wasn't... it wasn't, like, past,
present, future storytelling, like, it would
bounce around, like, you would see... I don't
even, like... things would happen, and then it
would show you... What occurred before? To lead
up to that and it would show you that from the
perspective of someone else like if that makes
any sense at all Probably does not but it was
so fun to watch. It was so fun to watch I was
on the edge of my damn seat I was like this is
amazing. I am so locked in like I Just had so
much fun watching it. Like it was so fun. Um,
and Genuinely was scary like, genuinely was scary.
It was a mix of, like, gore with, like... I don't
even know. I don't... I just feel like you have
to watch. Like, I can't even... I don't even
want to, like, spend the time, like, really getting
into the nitty -gritty. Just watch the fucking
movie. Okay, just watch the movie But I thought
the jump scares were really good and not even
just because I was high like Genuinely because
even watching it back the second time high again
But watching it the second time already knowing
what was gonna happen. I still Was so like that
movie did such a good job of creating suspense
such a good job I just thought it was fucking
fantastic. I thought it was brilliant. I thought
it was funny. I loved the opening scene or like
after there's a little bit of narration on it's
an opening scene showing all of the children
in this town running out of their front doors.
They play the song is called Beware of Darkness,
I believe. Good song. After I listened to it
in the movies, I was like, wait, this song kinda
lit and I have it in my legs. But they were playing
this song in the background while these kids
were running out of their house. And the dichotomy
of a creepy visual with a semi -happy sounding
calm Upbeat song was really cool and I loved
it And I just thought it was so well done. I
just thought it was fucking well done. I thought
the jump scares were really good I thought it
was creepy. It was scary The gore was done fantastically
and I thought the the end scene of Gladys the
witch who is like the antagonist of the story
Being chased by all the children and then them
eating her corpse Sorry spoil I thought it was
just so fucking good. So brilliant. I thought
it was so fun to watch. It was just great I really
liked it. So go see weapons. I really liked it
So that's why you should see it The next movie
that I saw was together and I had high hopes
for together. I was really excited about it Actually,
I mean was I that I was I was semi excited. I
hadn't heard too much about it, but I just heard
people saying that it was a movie about a couple
and that it was scary and that couples were watching
it and were like breaking up because of it and
so I was like I'm sold like this sounds interesting
like what what could this possibly be and together
was a movie, again, spoil. If you're still here
and you're not wanting to spoil, I don't know
what to tell you. Together was about this couple
and they... basically the theme of the movie
was codependency. That's basically what the movie
was trying to talk about, was people who get
into a relationship and then become codependent,
which for me, that's really scary. That really
scares me. So I was like this is a great concept
for a scary movie because that's fucking terrifying
But basically Throughout the whole movie they're
having these certain things happen or they'll
be having sex or whatever is going on and they
start to Mesh together like their their bodies
are becoming one essentially and it's a cool
concept but after like the seventh time of it
happening, it's just like Okay, I don't really
give a fuck I don't really care and I don't know
why I'm expected to care or why I'm expected
to act like this is interesting fun cool creative
it's really stupid and I just I hated it. I Me
and the friend that I watched the movie with
we left the movie theater and we were like Okay,
so that was a waste of time. That was not anything
like it was a movie where I left and I was like
wait nothing happened like nothing happened and
There was a point in the movie kind of towards
like the beginning middle where they were like
hiking or they were outside and they fell into
this cave and This was just a crazy part for
me Also, it's it's Dave Franco. He's the like
boyfriend and then I Don't know her name off
the top of my head I'm not gonna lie. Um, but
they're married in real life, which is fun. Isn't
that cool? So yeah, also that's also another
reason why I could not enjoy the movie Dave Franco
should never be in a serious role. He can't do
it He just can't. I could not take him seriously.
But anyways. They're hiking, they fall into a
cave and it's night time and it's like pouring
rain. Why do these motherfuckers set up a fucking
fire and are like getting comfortable and finding
a place to rest up for the night? And they're
like, yeah, we'll just we'll just get out in
the morning and we'll figure it out in the morning.
I just find that to be so unrealistic. Like in
what world would you be hiking somewhere and
fall into a cave and instead of trying to get
out right then and there, you're like making
a fire and making a little bed and you're like,
oh, we'll just get out in the morning. I'm not
staying here. I am absolutely not sleeping here.
Like what are you talking about? I thought that
that was really crazy and just so unrealistic,
like, no. In what world? If I was dating someone
and we were fucking hiking in the middle of the
forest for some reason and we fall into a cave
and they're like setting up a fire, I'd be like,
bitch, I'm breaking up with you and I'm also
getting out of this cave right now because I'm
not sleeping here. Are you insane? That's wild
but Yeah, it was just a really stupid movie.
Nothing happened. It wasn't scary. It wasn't
even creepy The jump scares were made everything
was made and then the ending was really stupid
at the end. They just merged into one like Person
so it was giving like non -binary tease like
just like a person Just them mixed together and
then it was it was just stupid. It was really
dumb. Um The next movie that we're gonna talk
about the last movie I saw two nights ago and
it was the newest Conjuring and I'm a little
scared to state my opinion because they have
like a cult following like it's like a very big
series and I will say I have not seen any of
the movies um I went to go see it with a friend
and he was like you need to watch like at least
the first two Conjuring's first three or whatever
the fuck so I started the first one watched about
20 minutes of it. The drum scares that I saw
were good, I think. But I just got bored. I got
sidetracked. Hashtag ADD. And I was just like,
I don't want to do this anymore. So I started
watching something else. So, yes, I will... I
will... Be open and transparent about the fact
that I went into the last Conjuring movie with
no context no knowledge of any of the lore Like
never seen any of the movies and didn't see the
Annabelle's didn't like whatever didn't see any
of them But I really didn't like it guys I really
didn't like it I'm like hunching I really did
not enjoy it. I did not like it. I don't know
what, I hated it actually. And it was also long.
It was two hours and 15 minutes, which once you
get over... For me, the sweet spot of a movie
is an hour and like 40 minutes. That's a perfect
movie length. Two hours Mmm, if you have a lot
to say, okay Anything above two hours of it.
All right now we're now we're doing a lot and
so it was two hours and 13 minutes Which I didn't
realize until like the very end because it got
to a point where I was like I googled it because
I was like I need to see how long this movie
is because I'm going crazy, but um, I Just I
just did not I thought I thought the acting was
mid. I thought it was just like Really? Like
I feel like if I was like a 40 year old like
white father with like a Few kids, I don't like
I could see myself enjoying it. I don't know.
It's something about it. Just gave very like
not even like family movie, but something where
they're trying to appeal to the masses, but I
am not the masses in question. Like, I like a
movie that's gonna be thought -provoking, that's
gonna, like, make me think, that's gonna be,
like, a think piece. And for me, it was just
kind of a basic, scary movie that was very formulaic.
And the interesting thing is that while the jump
scares all did get me, like, I was in that bitch,
like, ah! Like, fully screaming, like, at a lot
of the jump scares. I still expected all of them.
Like, I knew that they were coming. Like, when
someone walked into a room and they panned on
a specific object, I was like, okay, I know that
object is gonna start moving or some weird shit
is gonna happen with that. Or, you know, when
they're in an attic and they're like looking
around, it was like, I know someone is gonna
pop out and I know, like, there's, you know,
there's music playing, there's like a... Like,
I know when it's coming. it was still scaring
me but it was just like I was just like I am
expecting all of this like it is it was so predictable
and I that's something I can't do in horror because
that to me is like bad horror where it's just
like I should not watch a movie and be like a
scare is coming in 12 seconds you know like I
shouldn't know that you you there's a way And
I feel like weapons of this really well where
they you can build us you can build suspense
in a movie and make someone feel uneasy and make
someone feel scared and feel like something is
coming, but you Should make someone feel that
way Like it should be like oh Something is coming,
but I don't know when and I don't know what You
know what I'm saying, but with the conjuring
I was like something is coming and I I'm 99 %
sure it's gonna be this and it's going to be
very soon. You know what I'm saying? It was so...
And for this to be the last movie in the series,
I was just like... It didn't do what it did.
I don't know. And then I also just... The graphics
were insane. in a bad way like there were like
there was a lot going on it was kind of gaggy
like and i don't know if it was in a good way
but annabelle was in the movie or like some doll
that looked like her there was like some guy
in their basement with a an axe like some sort
of like lumberjack type i don't maybe not lumberjack
some like big giant man but it was cgi but it
was so bad like it was like that CGI where it
wasn't scary. I was just like, what is this shitty
video game? It's 2025. If you're using effects
in your movies, that shit needs to look good.
And even with a gore, the gore didn't look that
good. And in weapons, weapons had gore and weapons
had blood and ripped open skulls and everything
looked really real. I was like, I feel like I
need to be looking away. This is something that
I shouldn't be seeing. With the conjuring I was
like This doesn't look This is not this isn't
scary. Like I just Like the jump scares got me
but it was not scary. It wasn't scary. It wasn't
creepy It was so predictable to me and it was
so like bad like I just really I think I Don't
know. I don't know. I feel like I would have
to say the conjuring is worse in terms of just
like So predictable and so like they were following
a template for like what a scary movie about
like a haunted houses or like haunted people
but Yeah Sorry guys, I hated it I Didn't like
it, but maybe I'll go back and watch like the
older stuff Because the first Conjuring that
came out in 2013 like from what I saw the 20
minutes that I watched I was like, okay Like
for 2013, like for 12 years ago, like okay, you
know, but right now it's like you can't have
like a shitty bad like unscathed, like it's 2025.
You have to lock in. You have to. But I am also
a horror buff. So I feel like I have very strong
opinions about that. With that, I think I'm gonna...
Bring this to a close. I've been talking for
almost an hour That's wild um well We're at the
end of this. I hope you guys enjoyed I hope that
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