1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Hello everybody and welcome to the actual first episode of Kamisa and Mark 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:13,520 Make a podcast. I am Mark. I'm Kamesa. How are you today? I am great. You are great. 3 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:20,040 I am great too. We are doing this right now from the comforts of a hotel room in 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,720 Tom's River, New Jersey. Yeah, we are far away from Florida, but let me explain 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:33,360 why we are doing this from here and not in the safeness of her own home. It was 6 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:39,840 my 40th high school class reunion up here. Yes, we're all we all got a little 7 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,920 older. Every five years that always seems to happen. We always get older, but I 8 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:52,120 can't I can't thank the people who put this together, mainly Kelly and Dina, for 9 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:58,400 doing this and securing the place that we had this in in Seaside at the Ocean 10 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:04,120 View this Saturday night. They got in this like eight months in advance and you 11 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,840 know it was kind of skeptical because I've never been there before, but then 12 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,040 again the place that we held it five years earlier in Seaside never been 13 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:16,160 there either. So what were your think what what did you think of the place 14 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:21,960 first off? First, I thought the place was really interesting. I really liked 15 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:29,320 the vibe in the place. I just did not like the lack of service. Yeah, we had a 16 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:35,480 problem. I'll explain what happened when she explains it like this. We had looked 17 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,920 for our server. We were told, I think it was Kelly who told us that if we sat down 18 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,360 at one of the seats, we would be able to be served. You know, somebody would notice 19 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,360 us. So we were sitting there with two other of my classmates, Chantel and 20 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,320 Mary Ellen. We're waiting for food. We're waiting and we're waiting and I had to 21 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,280 get up a couple of times to say, hey, we're over here. Could you please serve us? 22 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:03,800 Nothing. So I, you know, they had already gotten up. The other two, they had gotten 23 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,920 up and left. So I told Kamisa, let's just go across the street, find some food. 24 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:13,720 Okay. Well, originally we were going to go across the boardwalk, but she didn't 25 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,160 really want pizza. And of course we're going to be doing pizza tonight. I'm on 26 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:24,280 the last night here. But she wasn't into it. And I was honest, I really wasn't up 27 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:29,720 to it. I didn't say anything else, but and so we went across the street on Central 28 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:36,960 Avenue or the main drag. It's not central, by the way. And we decided we're going to 29 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:42,960 go to Stakes Unlimited right across. Now, they're a wonderful place. I've only 30 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,160 really eaten there one other time, but if you remember the Bon Jovi video, the 31 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:52,760 music video for In and Out of Love from the 7800 Fahrenheit album in 1985, that's 32 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,000 when they did the video. Of course, Seaside Heights was a much different place 33 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,920 back then than it is now. Yeah, but that's where they did a couple of scenes 34 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:09,360 from that music video. So we sat down and, you know, we ate pretty well, don't you 35 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:14,800 think? Yeah, we did. I mean, I felt like the cheese steak was great. The fries 36 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,400 were good. Yeah, I know you didn't like that. You thought it was too much bread. 37 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,560 Yeah, it was just a twee too much bread. I, you know, that's why I said you 38 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:30,640 want to split one because I knew one was too big for you. Yes, I, you know, full 39 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:39,200 disclosure, I'm on Ozenpik. So it really limits how much I eat. So yeah, I 40 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,920 do not like sandwiches that are more bread than anything. Yeah, and you get 41 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,360 those situations in some places and I'm not just saying it happens in my home 42 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,760 state of New Jersey, okay, but it does happen in other places as well and you 43 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,920 almost feel like you're ripped off at that point. Yeah. It's a tough 44 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:03,560 choice, but we actually enjoyed it. We had, I haven't had a cheese steak in a 45 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:08,840 couple of hot minutes, but you know, it was really good. You know, we had that, we 46 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,360 had the fries, we basically ate and went across back to where we were and, 47 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:20,160 you know, I got to mingle a little better with the people that were there. At 48 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,720 least I wasn't doing it on an empty stomach. So that worked out very well in 49 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,760 that regard and, you know, we were there till about, you know, this thing started 50 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:34,680 around seven o'clock. We got there about quarter after seven and, you know, we were 51 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:41,520 there till about 11.15, 11.20 when we realized that it was just getting colder. 52 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:47,960 It really was and, you know, I look at her and I said, you, how are you feeling? 53 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,560 She was saying, getting tired and I said, okay, fine, we'll go. You know, by that 54 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:58,880 point we were thinning out and we had another place to go in Maureen's place 55 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:06,200 the next day. So we left and came back here, but you know, it was it was a 56 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,600 fantastic night. I want to clear up something for the people that were there 57 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:16,920 that saw us there and didn't think that this this woman next to me was not 58 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:22,080 having fun. I don't care who you are, you know, you could be the friendliest 59 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,880 person on the planet, but if you're in a room with complete strangers and you're 60 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:32,200 doing your best to, you know, try to fit in, it is not easy. Well, you know, I 61 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:38,600 constantly told Mark that I was fine and that, you know, I was entertaining myself. 62 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:46,640 Yeah, you know, it's, I first off I want to thank those who were concerned and 63 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,760 really want her to fit in and, you know, a couple of them came up to me and she said, 64 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,280 you having any fun? I said, well, you have to understand something. It's a 65 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:59,680 different scenario altogether that when you're the outsider looking in, right? 66 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:05,760 Right. Yeah, you're the outsider looking in. You have, it's a disadvantage. Now, 67 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:12,640 let's just say the roles were reversed. Okay. I'm the guest. I'm the plus one. 68 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:18,240 She's the one part of the class. You know, it's gonna be hard for me to kind of fit 69 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:23,680 in. I'm not gonna lie to you. I mean, I didn't grow up in Mississippi. She did. I 70 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:29,520 grew up in New Jersey. She didn't. And it's two different worlds out there. But, 71 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:34,560 you know, I do my best, but, you know, don't want to be the class dork either. 72 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:42,560 So I don't want to feel like I'm putting a bad name on her because of that. So I 73 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:48,560 could understand where she comes from on that regard. It is tough to try to be the 74 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:56,200 the guy that, you know, how to explain that. I mean, well, I think you explained it 75 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,920 well enough. But I mean, you know, you're right. I mean, you know, I didn't go to 76 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,720 school in New Jersey. I didn't grow up in New Jersey. My main objective was 77 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:11,720 honestly, I wanted Mark to have a great time in his reunion. I did not want to 78 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:20,200 feel like he was responsible for me, no, or your happiness. And, you know, I found 79 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:26,000 myself having to do that a couple of times. But, you know, I the basic thing is, 80 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:31,960 yes, I know she wants me to have a good time. But I also have to check back with 81 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,960 her to make sure that she's fine. I mean, you don't want to ignore somebody at the 82 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:43,240 party for two hours that you brought. But I but you didn't ignore me. I mean, I 83 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:48,600 wasn't ignored. I mean, again, I know how to entertain myself. I mean, you know, I 84 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:54,360 was an 80s kid. So, you know, I grew up learning how to entertain myself because, 85 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,600 you know, in the 80s, we didn't have the internet. We didn't have cell phone. We 86 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,920 didn't have social media. And of course, you know, I was the weirdo kid anyway. 87 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:07,720 Yeah. And a gifted program. I'll say that. Yes, I was. I was the weirdo child. Oh, 88 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:12,960 please. And I was like the weirdo in a class full of smart kids. So, yes, I was 89 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:18,040 one of the smart weirdos. Smart. That's a good way of putting it. Smart weirdo. Or 90 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:23,120 is that just dork? That might be just dork. I don't know. But, you know, I was, 91 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,920 I was a weirdo because, you know, I preferred hanging out with people my 92 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:34,280 grandmother's age and other grownups as opposed to hanging out with my peers. I 93 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:40,640 preferred watching PBS and not like the kids shows on PBS like Sesame Street and 94 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:47,280 Mr. Rogers, even though I was and still am a big fan of those shows. Sure. But I 95 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:53,360 also watched, you know, Frontline and McNeil Lair News Hour. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You 96 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,560 know, it was called the McNeil Lair News Report back then. But, you know, I was a 97 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:04,400 fan of those shows too. Yeah. You know, and so that just made me kind of weird. 98 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:09,680 Mm hmm. So, you know, at, you know, so at the reunion, Mark was having fun and 99 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:15,080 chatting up, chatting up his classmates, excuse me. And, you know, I chatted up a 100 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,240 few of his classmates as well. But, you know, while they were all chatting and 101 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,520 getting reacquaint with one another, you know, I was having a great time watching 102 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,320 college football. That's right. They had enough TV screens up there for her to 103 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:31,240 watch, including the Gators. My goodness. Oh, that's a tragedy. The Gators had that 104 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:37,760 game. They were right there with Dennis. Oh my God. Oh my goodness. And they wound up 105 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,680 losing it over time. You know, there was all this concern about Billy Napier's 106 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:47,560 job about a month or so ago. And, you know, I think he's kind of proven that his 107 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:51,840 players, I should say, have proven that he deserves to have this whole year for 108 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,480 himself. And then whatever happens at the end of the year happens at the end of 109 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:00,040 the year. They did not, they played a tough game start to finish. I mean, yeah, 110 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,760 you know, the Gators fought, in my opinion, the Gators fought until the very end. 111 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,480 They didn't just lay down and just roll over. Yeah. No. I mean, you know, it was a 112 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,600 loss to Tennessee, but, you know, they fought. Yeah. They fought like hell. Yeah. 113 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:17,400 So, you know, I was watching that. I was watching Ohio State in Oregon. Oh, what a 114 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:22,640 game that was. Yes, that was such a good game. What an unusual finish. The 115 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,760 quarterback from Ohio State thought he had more time on the clock than he'd had. 116 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,560 And he's trying to run for yardage and when he, God, must have felt like the 117 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,760 loneliest person in that stadium in Oregon last night or Saturday night when 118 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,840 all of a sudden he looks up and there's no time left on the clock. He gets the 119 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:45,200 first down. Yay. But the clock was at zero. So that was kind of a, that was a 120 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:50,560 weird moment, especially when one of my classmates, Terese, she's got one of her 121 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:59,280 triplets. She had triplets and he's, he's at Ohio State now and she's just like, 122 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:05,720 what happened, Mark? What happened? Please tell me what happened. And I said, well, 123 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,720 you know, it's kind of like that Boomtown Rats song. I don't like Mondays. The 124 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:18,400 Silicon chip inside his head got, yeah, you get it. But it was, yeah, I couldn't 125 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,400 believe I was watching that ending. Next thing you know, there are all those 126 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:28,360 Oregon fans on the field. Just having a ball. I'm gonna blast. So yeah, that was, 127 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,320 you know, she was entertaining herself there. I got to entertain her a little bit. 128 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:40,560 We got to go dancing. Oh my God, we are dancing. Yeah. To her all time favorite song. Yes. She loves, 129 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:45,160 she loves her some Whitney. I want to dance with somebody. So I said, okay, 130 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,440 let's dance. Let's go ahead and do that. So we did that for about five, ten minutes. 131 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:55,480 My legs, you know, you thought that I gave up aerobics for a reason. Now I come 132 00:11:55,480 --> 00:12:00,400 back and now my legs were like hurting for the rest of the night. I mean, you know, 133 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:07,600 the way my knees are set up. I can't dance like I used to myself. So if I were only 134 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,240 a weeble, you know, I just fall down, come right back up, you know, bounce right back. 135 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:17,640 But that's neither here nor there. But no, I had a lot of good, it was a good time on 136 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,960 Saturday night. I had a blast. I saw people there I hadn't seen since 137 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:28,280 graduation day in 1984. That's 40 years. And you're trying to put that in perspective. 138 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:33,000 You know, was I disappointed that there were some people that did not show up 139 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,480 because they made other plans and, you know, this was planned out eight months 140 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:44,800 in advance. This isn't like her 30th reunion, which was basically planned out 141 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:51,160 what four or five weeks. Yes. Oh my God. We'll talk about that in a bit. But, you 142 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:57,040 know, they all made their plans to go elsewhere and all sorts of reasons why. 143 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:03,880 And I get it. Weddings, vacations, celebrations, blah, blah, blah. But you 144 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:11,560 know what, as I said, all these places that they went to or are going to, they're 145 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:17,040 still going to be there, you know. This is at the day after like my senior year in 146 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,040 high school in which the bomb dropped and like all of a sudden everybody was 147 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:25,760 like, well, could this really happen in real life? Not really anymore. But, you 148 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:32,560 know, never say never either. I, this was just for one night, one weekend, we all 149 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:38,840 got to hang out at Maureen's the next day on Sunday. She entertained 150 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:44,480 herself the book. Yes. I brought a thick novel that I bought from Thrift Books. 151 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:50,080 You know, quick plug for them. I love them. Thriftbooks.com. But again, 152 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:57,080 she doing okay. And she had some of my friends ask her, are you okay? And they 153 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:02,920 said, you know, she told them she was fine. She just, you know, we got to eat there. 154 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:11,920 We had a good time. We really did. And we were there till about, gosh, 6.20. 155 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:19,600 Yes. I thought it was 6.30 myself. Close to 6.30. Yeah. Yeah. We got back in and, 156 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:27,000 you know, for about an hour, I was up and, you know, doing whatever and 157 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,200 you know, everything was all fine and dandy. And I remember talking to my 158 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:40,560 sister online and went down, you know, sat down here in the bed to watch the 159 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,600 giant game. I knew the Mets were on, but I was going to turn back to them 160 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:50,200 eventually. It was the Giants and Bengals had the Sunday Night Game on TV. 161 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:57,320 Next thing I know, it was 10 to 11. I had fallen asleep for about almost 162 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:04,240 three hours. Apparently I was in overdrive and I needed to slow down. 163 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:10,520 So watch the end of that game. Boy, the Giants are going to, how do you give a 164 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,520 game like that away? Well, you know, they can ask the Jaguars for tips. Don't get me 165 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,560 started on the Jaguars. Oh my gosh. Everything that could possibly go wrong. 166 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:26,960 And apparently the 35-16 score that Jaguars lost to the Bears by in London 167 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:32,760 was much closer than that because they dropped apparently four touchdown 168 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,640 passes. You know, I really did not need to know that. Yeah, which tells me this 169 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:44,480 ain't all on Trevor. It is not all on Trevor. And I'm, it's why Jaguar fans are 170 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:52,760 just like stupefied if that's the word. I mean, you know, I will always hold on to 171 00:15:52,760 --> 00:16:00,880 the assertion that the Jaguars got cursed by some kind of swamp witch. Which year? 172 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:08,000 I don't know. Was it every year? I mean, how else can you explain 2018 when we 173 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:14,840 were a heartbeat away from the Super Bowl? I know. I know I was there. We cursed some kind of swamp 174 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:20,160 witch and that's why we just have all these terrible seasons. And except for 175 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:25,600 2022. Yeah, you know, which wasn't bad. You know, hey, one division, one a first 176 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,760 round game, dramatic fashion in the playoffs. And you know, if they had a 177 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,640 little extra time, who knows what could have happened against the future 178 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:39,240 Super Bowl champion, Kansas City Chiefs. But it is what it is. And of course, you 179 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,000 know, last year was the ultimate collapse in this year. It just seems that 180 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:49,720 that has fallen into that. You realize the Jaguars have won just two games, two, I 181 00:16:49,720 --> 00:17:00,840 believe in the last 11. Oh my God. It is hard to fathom. Not what's hard is being 182 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,240 a Jaguar fan. It's kind of like saying you're sorry every day, isn't it? Yes. I 183 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:12,360 mean, you know, right now, the Jaguars are sorry. But you know, I love them. You 184 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:18,840 know, I'm always gonna be Duval till I die. But sometimes. And it's hard to, 185 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:23,920 especially yesterday, because we were at the get together at Maureen's place. 186 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:31,440 And Dina, who was one of the co co founders, if you will, of this of this 187 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:42,320 get together Saturday night, she and her husband are big Bears fans. So I 188 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:47,400 mean, I said, you're given the Bears scored 35 points. That's a that that 189 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:53,520 should be celebrated of anything. And you know, I don't have words 190 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:58,080 anymore for this. I said, you give up 35 points to the Bears. Something is wrong 191 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:04,200 with you. So yeah, it's just it's hard to struggle. But we had a good time 192 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:09,640 yesterday. Yes. And you know, like I said, I came home back to the hotel. I 193 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:15,040 collapsed for about three hours, saw the end of the Giants game. Then we went out 194 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:20,000 to at least I did. I went out to White Castle, which is like, yeah, no more than 195 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,760 about a quarter of a mile down the road from where we're standing, where we are 196 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:28,760 right now. So you know, how we don't have except for one in Orlando, we don't 197 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:35,240 have a White Castle. And so I'm over there. And I said, okay, I'm just gonna get 198 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:41,960 eight burgers and a couple of drinks. All right, no big deal. First off, the 199 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,160 partition that they had used to have they had there for years and years and 200 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:53,200 years and years. They've replaced that with just a regular non window to, you 201 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:59,120 know, kind of it looks like what you come up to almost at every restaurant at 202 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:07,240 this point is and on top of everything else. They have these these fancy 203 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:13,600 machines in which you put a hand in front of it. And you you get napkins. You've 204 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:18,440 seen them, haven't you? No. No. Oh, they're fancy. You just, you know, it's like when 205 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:23,720 you get towel in the bathroom at a public place and it just comes down. Well, 206 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:29,200 this thing wasn't working. So oh my God. Yeah. The tragedy is, okay, can we get some 207 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,920 towels to go with this or napkin napkins and yeah, they they were able to do 208 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,000 that, but it was taking a little extra time to make these burgers and all that. 209 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:46,520 But eventually we did. Got out of there and got back and it wasn't much. Four 210 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:54,200 burgers is just starting for me from a white castle, but it was enough. And 211 00:19:54,200 --> 00:20:00,520 eventually by about two in the morning I fell asleep and that was about it. I 212 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:06,000 think I was knocked out before that. Oh, you were well knocked out before then. You know, 213 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:10,840 little did I know how much an overdrive I'd been since Friday morning. And now 214 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:19,880 Sunday night I was like out like a light. But we we managed. We managed, got up. 215 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:29,960 And you know, today was was the start of a good day. I think we we did pretty well 216 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:36,920 with that. Gonna see my sister again. She's come over here and now she will be 217 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:43,280 we'll be going to her place tonight Monday. We're gonna be doing these on 218 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:49,080 Sundays, okay? Because come Sunday morning at about five o'clock, she's got to take 219 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:55,120 her kid to school and then she's off to do teaching things. And I get to drop her 220 00:20:55,120 --> 00:21:03,320 other son off at work and his workplace. And then yeah, it's off back to 221 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:08,880 Plaka for me for what I'm planning to do for the rest of the you know, for the 222 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:14,080 rest of the day. That's that's usually on a Monday, but this is a different Monday. 223 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:20,160 So we're we're gonna try to do this as best as we can. As our podcast is kind 224 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:25,960 of like, how do we put it like Seinfeld? It's a lot about nothing. We're just 225 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:33,480 making this stuff up as we go along here. So we had this little thing called 226 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,400 Hurricane Milton that came through the state of Florida. And first off, anybody 227 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:43,800 who is listening to this and has loved ones in the area in which Milton kind of 228 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:52,080 chewed up land and made water all over the place and really did damage. Anybody 229 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:56,000 who lives in those areas or knows somebody that lives in those areas, first 230 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:04,200 off, I hope things are going to get better for you. I really do because 231 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:10,280 it's kind of hard, especially trying to start up again and especially after 232 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:16,560 Haleen had just gone through and poked its hands out at the area to kind of do 233 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:23,000 some damage as well. I mean, so you know to those people that are in Tampa that 234 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:28,240 are in those surrounding areas, you know, our thoughts and our prayers are with 235 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:35,640 you all. Yeah. I mean, it came in as a Hurricane 3 now as a cat 3. Now cat 3 is 236 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:40,880 anywhere from about 115 to 130 miles an hour. All I know about that kind of 237 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:46,240 speed is A, I've never attained it in a car and B, there ain't no way I'm hitting 238 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,760 that fastball from 60 feet six inches. So don't don't even start 239 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,200 thinking about that. That's just unrealistic. But that's what our 240 00:22:55,200 --> 00:23:01,240 hurricanes have been about in the last 10 years or so. It's been all about how 241 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:09,400 fast and how hard they come in. And we escaped. Well, did you have your 242 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:14,040 power the whole time? Yes, I did have my power the whole time. I mean, she's up in 243 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:22,120 Jacksonville, which got further and further away. Saw rain? Yes. Saw wind? A little. 244 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:26,200 Okay, you can't really see wind, but you could feel it. You could hear it. Well, I 245 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:32,320 didn't really hear it. I more so felt it than anything. The funny thing is, Mark, 246 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:39,840 is that I overprepared for Milton. Oh, I know you did. I know you did. I mean, 247 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,640 you're asking me all these questions. First off, we're worried about our flight. 248 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,880 Our flight was on Saturday morning. Our flight, you know, everything was going to 249 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:57,000 be pending on the whatever damage there might have been from Milton, which was on 250 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:03,920 a Wednesday going into Thursday morning. We didn't know. None of us knew. But we 251 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,040 kind of had an idea that whatever damage was going to happen in Northeast 252 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:13,960 Florida was going to be minimal unless you lived right on the shore. Now, if you 253 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,000 lived on the shore, God bless you. And I hope that that water subsides, you 254 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:25,560 know, subsides pretty quickly. Yeah. But that's the thing. Hurricanes are 255 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:31,880 unpredictable. You don't know what path they are. And I think NOAA and the 256 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:38,400 National Hurricane Center, they do a tremendous job in tracking them down. Yes. 257 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:45,600 Yes. It's just, you know, can't say enough about what they do. So we got 258 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:51,960 through it. But on my end, because I'm further south, I'm about an hour south 259 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:59,240 from here. We lost power. We got the rain part of the rain really pounded us in 260 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:05,320 the evening on Wednesday. But somewhere around midnight, it really switched up. 261 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,760 And now we were getting the winds and we were probably getting the winds to 262 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:16,440 excess like 55, 60 miles an hour. And finally, I guess whatever lines there 263 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:22,440 were or whatever was holding the power snapped. And at 1.43 in the morning, I 264 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,680 had no power. And I had the feeling that, you know, clay electric was not coming 265 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:33,240 out anytime soon in a hurricane. And I get that part. But I'm on the same grid 266 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,360 as a hospital. I hope the generator was working fantastically over there because 267 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:45,760 that would have been, oh, God, that would have been awful. So that we finally got 268 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:53,080 power at about just after nine on Thursday morning, I'd already driven around 269 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,400 to see what kind of damage and other than like tree branches and palm froms 270 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:05,000 dropping. There really wasn't a whole heck of a lot that I could, you know, say, 271 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:10,720 boy, that was damaged. But, you know, amazingly, I did go to work on Thursday. 272 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:18,520 We did have a newspaper to put out at my paper. And I was there till probably, I 273 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:30,920 want to say about eight o'clock. So eight o'clock, I get out. I have no cable. 274 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:38,400 Yeah, they had power, plenty of that, but no cable. Kind of frustrating when that 275 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:49,240 happens. So I had no internet and nothing to watch on TV. And, you know, they said, 276 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,760 we'll be working on that till 1.50 in the morning. 277 00:26:53,760 --> 00:27:04,880 1.50 and came and went. And you know what? What? Still nothing. 2.30 came along. 278 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:12,960 Guess what? What? Nothing. 3.30 came along. Called them up again. Guess what? 279 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:22,040 Still nothing? Still nothing. It wasn't until about 4.15 in the morning. I finally 280 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:27,880 got my cable and the internet back. And, you know, I was able to get out what I 281 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:36,120 needed to on Facebook and get out and go to bed after that. But it just ruined my 282 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:42,240 sleep patterns. I did finally, you know, woke up at 9.45 on Friday. I had a 283 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:49,120 long day on Friday. You know, we did have one of our high school teams playing 284 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:55,680 football that night, which I'm glad they did. I'm glad they got that out of the way. 285 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:06,000 So I had to go into work at about 3. I was there till about 5.45 or whatever. I 286 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:11,440 left, went over to the bowling alley to pick up some results so I could type 287 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:18,360 those in in the newspaper, went home, got dressed up to work out for about an 288 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:30,920 hour, came back, made my dinner, showered, packed up my stuff. And then went back to 289 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:39,440 work because I had an 11.30 deadline. But what I had left was rather easy. And I 290 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:45,080 got to leave probably about one in the morning, head up to her place. I knew 291 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,080 she'd already packed. She'd already been, you know, this is the well-prepared one 292 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:55,040 over here on my side. Yeah, not always, but well-prepared enough. I have to say 293 00:28:55,040 --> 00:29:03,240 that. So we got, so I got about an hour of sleep. I think it was an hour. I don't 294 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:09,880 remember. Turn around, drove to the airport, got there at about 4.45 in the 295 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:16,840 morning, something like that. And then got picked up, had to go through the 296 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:22,280 security part. Not only lasted about, get this, only lasted about five minutes. You 297 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,960 know, if you're gonna do it, do it like really early in the morning when not a 298 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:29,920 whole lot of people are flying themselves. But we got to wait around 299 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:37,080 a little bit and then we boarded the plane, took off, got to Nashville and for 300 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:41,880 the record, okay, for the record, I hate connector flights. I absolutely despise 301 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,680 them. Fly me from my destination where I am to where I'm supposed to go. I don't 302 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,400 want to stop anywhere. But on this particular flight we had to stop in 303 00:29:51,400 --> 00:30:00,000 Nashville. So we're there for about two and a half hours. I mean, I had things I 304 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,280 could get done, so I wasn't completely bored. But I think it was the sticker 305 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,800 shock that got Camisa. I think it was all the products that were there, that, you 306 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,920 know, all the, all these restaurants in Nashville at the airport, we've never 307 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,200 heard of before. I don't think I've ever heard of some of these places, have you? 308 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:25,160 No. No. So she goes and said, you know, I'm gonna go get this, you know, I'm hungry, 309 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:31,280 you want something? Okay, fine. So she comes back and I swear to you, I thought 310 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,000 she was white as a ghost and that takes a lot for Camisa to be white as a ghost. 311 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,520 Tell them how much it all cost you for what was it, two sandwiches, two sandwiches 312 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:49,280 and a drink. How much? $25. $25. It was $25. Geez, I'm trying to remember exactly 313 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:56,160 what I said. It was like, oh yeah, I said, I felt like I got robbed, you know, I was 314 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:01,440 in the middle of a robbery, I didn't even have a mask on. I mean, it's just unbelievable. 315 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:08,080 $25. What are you guys at the airport having a hard time keeping your 316 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:16,360 business going? Seriously. I mean, what are you doing over there? I mean, I know it's 317 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:22,320 the airport and I know that things are a little more expensive at the airport, but 318 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:30,160 my god, two sandwiches and one drink. Yeah, so that sandwich that she brought 319 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:40,000 back, that was the only thing I had from about 9 p.m. Friday night until we went 320 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,600 across the way because we were getting served at the place of our reunion. 321 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:49,800 That was the thing because I was hungry and I wanted something to eat and I was 322 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:55,480 looking forward to having a cup of lobster bisque. Yeah, I didn't know she was a 323 00:31:55,480 --> 00:32:00,480 huge fan of lobster bisque. Oh my god. These are the little things that you find 324 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:06,720 out about your mate. So yeah, it was just, I couldn't believe it. 325 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:13,920 I'm thinking to myself, why is it just, is it hard to get service when you ask 326 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:21,400 twice? And we're showing her. I'm showing her where we're sitting. I'm showing her. 327 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:27,480 Nothing. But you know, the people over at Stakes Unlimited just could not be nicer. 328 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:34,920 They were fantastic. They're an institution. So, and I got to kick out of 329 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:43,480 the fact that the brothers who ran the one brother, the steak place that's 330 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:48,480 across the way, that's his other brother. Oh my god. And they're in competition with one another. 331 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:59,520 Oh my god. I got a kick out of that one. So, but we were fine after that. Yeah. And we, 332 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:04,320 we had, you know, like I said, had a good time at this place. So, we were good. We, 333 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:11,000 we, we had a good time and all that. And we will be back in beautiful Northeast 334 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:17,440 Florida. This time tomorrow evening. Well, tomorrow, tomorrow night, we will be back. 335 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:23,720 So, we, we'll, we'll get back to doing this whole thing on a, on a, on a Sunday. Okay. 336 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:29,160 We're just doing this on a Monday. Now, it's something here and I got to see if it's still here. 337 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:39,760 Okay. It was a question on one of my Facebook page group pages. So, I got to go ahead and find 338 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:48,600 it as best as I can. But it was on one of my channel. I'm not going to say which one, but it 339 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:56,320 has to do with my Sirius XM channel thing here. And I got to go find it because I found it to be a 340 00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:04,720 very interesting question. Maybe you don't out there. But it basically is what song, what song? 341 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:12,160 And it doesn't have to be a 70 song. All right. Or a 1970 song. It doesn't have to be that. What 342 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:25,040 song reminds you, or it is, what song reminds you of your first love? Oh my God. So, of course, 343 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:32,800 this would not be the 70s. Understood. Understood. Would not be the 70s. So, for me, 344 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:42,080 it would be Whitney Houston's How Will I Know. Okay. So, what about that song? I don't know. It 345 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:53,680 was just the overwhelming feeling and feeling that way for the first time. Sure. Because for me, 346 00:34:53,680 --> 00:35:04,840 growing up in Greenville, Mississippi, I am not considered traditionally beautiful. No. No. I 347 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:19,040 mean, I wear big glasses. I wear big glasses. In school, I was kind of really skinny and tomboyish 348 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:28,720 and smart. But, you know, I wasn't really pretty. And so, you know, growing up in Greenville, you 349 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:36,160 pretty much had, you were a girl, you pretty much had to choose between being smart or being pretty. 350 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:44,640 Yeah. And for me, I'm kind of lazy. So, you know, the maintenance to go into being pretty just didn't 351 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:51,520 work out for me. I see. I don't, I really am not, I really was not feeling that at the time. No. But, 352 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:59,760 you know, when I got to junior high, and of course, you know, the puberty fairy comes by. 353 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:05,920 Yeah, it's amazing how it just flies in and flies out. Yeah. It changes all the chemistry within 354 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:13,600 you. Yes. So, you know, not gonna mention his name on this podcast. No. I'm not gonna mention mine, 355 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:23,440 McGowan. Yeah. Not gonna mention him on this podcast, but you know, just that seeing him and, 356 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:31,680 you know, trying not to say something that would make me sound stupid. Oh, 357 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:37,520 we're gonna say a lot of things on here. Yeah. And, you know, try, I mean, I'm just saying this to 358 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:43,520 him because I was like, you know, maybe like 12. Okay. So, you know, trying not to say things that 359 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:54,240 would sound stupid or saying things that would not make me overly smart, which I know super dumb 360 00:36:54,240 --> 00:37:01,040 idea. Right. And, you know, I tried that once. It did. Yes, I did. I tried that once. I tried 361 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:06,880 dumbing myself down to make myself more attractive to a boy. Young ladies do not do this. Please 362 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:12,720 don't. It's not. It's not that attractive. Honey, it's not worth it. Because if he's scared that, 363 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:18,880 because if he feels like if he feels emasculated because you're smarter than he are, or you're 364 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:24,560 better than better at something than he is, honey, he is not the one for you. Don't do that. Yeah. 365 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:31,200 Don't do that. I did that once and I had a headache. No, being dumb hurts your brain. It does. So, 366 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:37,120 get back to the song. Yeah. So, get back to the song. So, basically, it was just every time I 367 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:45,120 saw him in the hall, every time I got a note from him in my locker, I just heard this song and I 368 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:52,240 was just like, oh my god. And, you know, that is absolutely one of my favorite Funko Pops too. 369 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:57,920 Okay. Is the, is the How Will I Know Whitney? Yeah. Yes. Because I also collect Funkos. 370 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:06,800 Mm-hmm. Mine's a little different. I was late to the ball in terms of falling in love and feelings 371 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:14,240 and all that. And I didn't get my first girlfriend until I was 19. Really? Yeah, no. That's how late 372 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:22,320 I was. And let's put it this way. The girls I wanted to date when I was in high school, you know, 373 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:30,160 the same girls that were at this reunion for the most part, they just simply didn't want anything 374 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:34,960 to do with me. I'm going to be honest. I was a different person back then. Much different. Much, 375 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:42,000 much different. I was Switzerland. So, I was everybody's buddy. Nobody had that kind of an 376 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:48,480 interest in me. See, I would have had an interest in you. Yeah. But again, when I was 18 years, 377 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:56,960 when I was 17 years old when I graduated, you were eight. No. Stop it, you. Stop it. Well, hey. 378 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:07,760 But I finally got to date somebody when we met in chemistry class at OCC, Ocean County College, 379 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:17,920 in 1986 because yours truly failed biology. Yeah, I did. I wasn't very good at biology. I took it 380 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:24,320 because it was more of a challenge than chemistry. I'm good with numbers. I could do mathematics. I 381 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:32,560 can basically figure out things doing that. But I was not very good at biology yet. I took it 382 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:39,360 to challenge myself to see if I would pass. But boy, it may as well have been learning Greek. 383 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:46,400 And I didn't do well. And so I, you know, it goes back to one of the most humiliating and 384 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:53,360 humbling days of my life, May 29th, 1986, which I graduated went through the whole process. And then 385 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:59,040 when it came time to get my diploma, my actual diploma back up in one of the buildings there. 386 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:07,440 Yeah, no, I didn't. It said I didn't pass. So I wasn't, I wasn't officially graduated. So I took 387 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:15,360 a chemistry class. And that's where I met this young lady who was 17 at the time. And she was a 388 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:23,920 senior at Monsignor Donovan High School. And we just hit it off right at the end of that, that 389 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:32,080 six week period. And we went out for just over a year when it was all said and done. I don't think 390 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:39,280 her parents were all that keen about me, but it never was, you know, it is what it is. And one 391 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:46,240 night we were just sitting there, you know, just lying on a bed. And the song Always and Forever 392 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:52,480 came up by Heatwave. That is one of the all time ultimate love songs, if you ever heard it. It's, 393 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:59,040 you know, it's just a beautiful song from Stark to finish. And I said, you know what, if, if, you 394 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:03,200 know, of course, I was talking foolish at that time, and I was thinking, you know, 395 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,720 my first love is going to be the one that I marry. Because that's what you hope for. 396 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:15,040 Yeah, I had the same thoughts about this guy. And now today, if you asked me that, it would be a 397 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:22,400 resounding hell no. No. But yeah, this is, you know, like I said, this was somebody that I had 398 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:28,800 gone through enough with with her and heard this song. And I said, yeah, that's it. That's the 399 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:34,880 wedding. So I had, you know, and I've got all these thoughts in my head. And boy was I blind. 400 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:41,760 Also, you planned out your wedding too. Yeah, I was blind as hell. You know, it was, 401 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:50,480 it was darker than a dark night was apparently. Oops. Oops. Okay. Little did I know that, yeah, 402 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:56,480 you know, things were going to go sideways. And the thing is, you know, 403 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:05,360 you know, the thing is, you know, we, she and I maintained a very good friendship 404 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:14,640 all these years later. I just haven't really talked to her in a number of years. But she, 405 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:19,600 she'll always be close to me because, you know, you never forget your first good or bad. 406 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:24,480 You don't forget your first. I don't know how you feel about that. 407 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:31,600 I mean, I will, I mean, I will never ever, ever, ever forget him. But 408 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:42,160 sometimes when I think about it in those quiet moments, like in the middle of the night, 409 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:48,400 I probably wish I would have done things differently. Oh, well, I think we all do in 410 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:56,000 some relationships. Yeah, we do that. But then I try not to think about that a whole, whole lot. 411 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:01,680 Listen, I understand that all too well. With her, I can never have 412 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:13,200 a hatred or a bone of hatred toward her. She was always kind to me. It was not an easy decision 413 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:19,680 because, as I said, it was not, I don't really think it was quote unquote her decision. I think 414 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:26,480 her parents put some pressure on her to, and I think faith had something to do with it too. 415 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:33,360 Catholic school girl, Jew, I don't think. Also, it sounds kind of like, are you their 416 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:41,760 God? It's me, Margaret. Yeah. Yeah. The way you mentioned that, yeah. And unfortunately, 417 00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:49,360 I think they forced her to give up me. And she wound up going out with some other guy, 418 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:54,560 and she wound up marrying him. And they're still married, believe it or not. So I give them credit. 419 00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:03,280 But I don't, there's always going to be feelings there, no matter what. And I don't, 420 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:08,640 the difference is I don't try to act on them. I had to move on, whether I liked it or not. It 421 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:17,360 took a long while to get over that first heartbreak. But yeah, you, I'll always, with your first, 422 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:22,480 you're always going to remember a lot of things. So that's, you know, that's kind of that whole 423 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:28,880 deal with that. And I've moved on, obviously, it was almost 40 years ago. So I kind of moved on from 424 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:37,600 it, you know, summer of 1987, I've kind of moved on from all that there was about it. But she'll 425 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:45,200 always have a place in me, no matter what. There's no hard feelings. And she's just, you know, 426 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:50,800 she was, she was a sweetheart. I still think she is to this day. So even though I haven't talked to 427 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:56,560 her in a long while, I mean, you know, I do have hard feelings, to be honest, I have hard feelings. 428 00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:04,720 But maturity is realizing that this person does not really mean the best for you. 429 00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:12,400 This person will always be a part of the story of you. But, you know, again, maturity and wisdom 430 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:20,640 is realizing that this person is not the person for you. No, no, that, you know, it's just not it. 431 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:27,440 No. And to this day, I always kind of wonder what would have happened at that particular point 432 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:32,960 had we just continued on and all that maybe my life is different at that point. Maybe I'm not so 433 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:41,680 jaded, but hey, it's taken me a while to figure all that out. Hey, you know who's on tour, by the way? 434 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:47,840 Who? Oasis. They're going to be on tour. Aren't the tickets like super expensive? Yeah, I got a friend 435 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:53,120 who is in a lottery for those tickets and she just got into the lottery. So I guess the next 436 00:45:53,120 --> 00:46:01,280 phase is coming up. So she's like over the moon over that. They should have odds with Oasis. Like 437 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:08,400 what are the, you know, so and so odds on if they fight the two brother, the two Gallagher 438 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:15,920 fathers fight in the middle of a concert or the odds of them fighting like between stops on the tour. 439 00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:26,560 They already have admitted they will not do a, they will not do interview sessions together. 440 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:32,240 Okay, because they know they're going to step over one another and it's going, they think it's 441 00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:37,680 going to be ugly. So they're apparently going to be doing these interview sessions, Noel and Liam 442 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:47,440 apart. Okay, I know. Why bother if you're just going to be like, okay, it's it's still super 443 00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:56,960 competitive. These guys are in their fifties. Come on. Okay, I guess. Oh my goodness. But you know, 444 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:02,960 I'm always going to have Wonderwall no matter what. Still one of my all time favorite songs. 445 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:11,200 I love that song and Champagne Supernova is another great song by them. But you know, 446 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:18,880 you know, that was the 90s. Yeah, that was the, that was like 95 96. 447 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:28,720 All right. So let's change tracks here. All right. Halloween is in two weeks. Gotcha. So I will not 448 00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:36,320 bore everybody out there about how I grew up not celebrating Halloween. That's, that's another topic 449 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:41,280 for another time. Understood. Yeah. So we're not even at Halloween just yet. Yeah, I know. But Halloween 450 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:47,680 is in two weeks. I know that's the harsh reality. Yes. So I so as I've said in our previous episode, 451 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:56,160 I am a teacher. And at the school I teach at one of our annual traditions is that the daycare, 452 00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:03,040 the little babies that attend our campuses daycare, the daycare babies, yes, yes, my daycare buddies. 453 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:11,520 Um, we have the daycare has a costume parade. So all the little babies wear their Halloween 454 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:18,000 costumes and they parade throughout the campus. Right. And you know, all us teachers stand outside 455 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:27,600 our classrooms and we give out candy and things like that. And you know, some years, um, as faculty, 456 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:34,880 we will dress up in costumes. Like in years past, we have all dressed up as characters from Harry 457 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:42,800 Potter. So you know, I was the plants professor one year. And I have an excellent picture of that. 458 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:50,560 This year, we are doing inside out and I will be sadness. You're gonna be sadness. Yes, I'm gonna 459 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:58,640 be sadness. I mean, you know, I'm kind of chunky like sadness. And I have the glasses. So you know, 460 00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:05,920 I have my I have my blue wig. I have my little thick gray sweater. I have blue leggings. Yes, 461 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:13,200 I will go all out. All right. Now, speaking of Halloween costumes, so you know, Spirit, 462 00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:23,280 uh, Halloween store as well as some other places have like these questionable costumes. Yeah, 463 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:33,200 as to not infringe on the copyright of the original character. So what I'm going to do, Mark, is that 464 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:41,680 I am going to give you a costume name. Okay. And you tell me what who the character is. I'm gonna 465 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:46,800 do my best. All right. First one. Where's the stripy dude? 466 00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:55,440 For first off, the where the kind of gives it away that has to be Waldo. Okay. Yes, 467 00:49:55,440 --> 00:50:02,400 you are correct. It is where's Waldo. All right. Okay. Next one. Purple pain. 468 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:10,480 Purple pain. No, it's purple. Purple. P. U. P. P. L. E. Pain. Well, I'm going to 469 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:17,680 guess that purple is kind of like purple. And I'm going to go and guess the late great prince. Yes. 470 00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:23,120 Yes. This is the prince costume. All right. Okay. Next one. Blue speed mouse. 471 00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:35,120 Blue speed mouse. Yes. Oh, boy. Blue speed mouse. Blue. 472 00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:44,240 Mouse. Yes. That sounds like a Tom and Jerry thing. No, no, it's not. Jerry's not blue. No. 473 00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:53,280 No. Blue speed. Then that can't be speedy Gonzalez. No. No. No. Blue speed mouse. 474 00:50:54,960 --> 00:51:00,160 Okay. I'm not even going to try a third attempt here. Okay. It's Sonic the Hedgehog. See, 475 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:07,280 yeah, I didn't I'm not a Sonic the Hedgehog kind of guy here. So I couldn't help there. Okay. Next one. 476 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:23,360 Money wise clown. Money wise clown. Yikes. Money wise clown. Sounds like crusty. No. No. No. 477 00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:32,400 Okay. This one you got me on. I'd probably have heard this, but go ahead. Penny wise from it. Oh, 478 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:39,200 from it. Okay. Again, I wasn't following it as much. Okay. Next one. You're probably going to get 479 00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:50,880 this one. Comover leadership wig guy. Does he have the most beautiful rallies going? Is it that guy? 480 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:58,000 Yes. Is it, you know, somebody who praises him calls him the most wonderful, beautiful person on the 481 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:05,200 planet. Yes. That sounds like Trump to me. Yes. Yes. It is it is him. All right. Next one. 482 00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:14,400 Podcasters for Trump, baby. Not us. Not us. No. No. No. No. No. No. Okay. Go on. Next one. Okay. 483 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:23,840 Next one. Wizard boy. W I Z Z R D wizard boy. That has to be Harry Potter. Yes. It is Harry 484 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:32,160 Potter. Okay. Okay. This one's a little tough. Okay. This one's tough. The rice is strange. 485 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:40,960 The rice is strange. Yes. Is not the leader of a Chinese restaurant, is it? No. No. No. No. The 486 00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:50,000 rice is strange. Boy. It's not Jerry Rice. No. No. No. No. That I don't know. You're going to 487 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:59,200 challenge me on that one. Okay. It is a Minnie Mouse costume. All right. I do not know where 488 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:06,160 they got the rice is strange from for a Minnie Mouse costume. Yes. They just could have said 489 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:13,120 pretty mouse or girl mouse. Right. I don't I don't know where they got this from. I yeah, 490 00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:19,680 that just totally throws me off. All right. Give me one more. Okay. Last one. Pew Besant 491 00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:22,320 frog of silent war. 492 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:35,360 Pew Besant war frog. Yes. Of silent war. Yes. Oh boy. Definitely not Kermit. No. No. 493 00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:44,240 Not crazy frog from axel F thing. No. No. No. Frog frog. Ribbit ribbit. No. I do not know. 494 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:51,360 I'm going to read to you again. Pew Besant frog. Okay. That's a pre preteen frog. 495 00:53:53,440 --> 00:54:01,760 That would be pre. Pew Besant. Pre. Bebesant. Okay. Pew Besant frog of silent war. Silent war. 496 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:11,840 Is it obvious? Kind of sort of. But one part of it kind of throws throws the whole thing off. 497 00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:22,560 Oh no. I can't see it. The Michigan the Michigan rag frog from the WB. 498 00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:32,800 I know. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Oh Donatello or. Yes. Yes. Yes. The frog totally throws you 499 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:41,920 off. Yeah. I believe me. I'll go for a pizza. I don't know. It's about it. Okay. All right. So 500 00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:47,600 yeah that kind of because they can't really go by the names of these people or characters. So 501 00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:54,000 you know they're copyright things. Yeah. I like this this podcast and stuff. Okay. Okay. One final 502 00:54:54,000 --> 00:55:04,400 one. All right. Let's make it quick. Juice demon. Juice demon. Yes. Juice demon. Yeah. 503 00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:15,680 Orange. No. No. Apple. No. Juice demon. No. I'm going to say that something to do with a like 504 00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:27,760 power. Not a power aid but a. No. Yeah. No. Go on. Beetle juice. Juice demon. I get it. I get it. 505 00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:34,720 All right. All right. So we always try to finish it out by going somewhere back in time musically. 506 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:41,120 We're going to look back at the top six songs from this week every week in a different year and 507 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:49,280 since it was my 43 union. Let's go back to this week in 1983. How's that? My senior year. Third 508 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:55,520 grade. Third grade. I was I was a senior and we were actually listening to these songs because 509 00:55:55,520 --> 00:56:01,680 they were actually really cool, cool songs back then. So so here's what the Billboard Hot 100 510 00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:09,280 had as a top six songs from this date in 1983. Number six, the fix one thing leads to another. 511 00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:16,480 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Number five, arguably the greatest country music duet in history. 512 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:27,520 What? You know this song written by the Bee Gees. What is that? Kenny Dolly. Oh my god. How do you 513 00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:32,960 not know that? Oh my god. Well, I didn't know the Bee Gees wrote it. Oh my god. I love islands in the 514 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:38,240 stream. Oh my god. We go on to be a number one song two weeks later. Number four, one of those 515 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:48,880 ultra smooth songs of the time by a group called Spandau Ballet. Oh, I love true. So true. Oh my god. 516 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:57,120 Yes. Yes. Number three came from the number one album in America this week in 1983. The album called 517 00:56:57,120 --> 00:57:04,960 Syncraticity and I played this cassette, The Death. I love this song, especially that first line 518 00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:14,720 about a little black dot on the sun. Yeah. It's a king of pain. Oh, three. Yes. I don't know that one. 519 00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:19,840 You do. Oh, believe me. You'll know when you hear it. And then interestingly, the top two songs 520 00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:25,600 in America were written and produced by the same man. We lost him in 2021, but he'll his music will 521 00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:32,720 always still be there. The guy who was Meatloaf's sidekick, Jim Steinman. Number two was Making Love 522 00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:39,040 Out of Nothing at All by Air Supply. Okay, I know that one. And then the number one song, 523 00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:43,280 the biggest hit for a Welsh lady whose real name was Gainer Hopkins, by the way, 524 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:49,680 but we know her as Bonnie Tyler. Okay. The song Totally Clips of the Heart. How do you not forget 525 00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:56,640 the late summer of 1983 without that song? I'm telling you. So, yep. And that's our look back 526 00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:03,840 to this week in 1983. Hey, we made it through the first one. Okay. Okay. Yeah. We'll get, 527 00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:09,440 let's do this again next week. Of course, we'll try to post this as soon as we can by tomorrow 528 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:13,760 or by tonight. Who knows who knows what we will get it and we'll try to post these things. 529 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:20,000 These podcasts on Sunday night or early Monday morning, it is dependent on who is awake and 530 00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:28,480 it was not, but we will do so. So until then, I am Mark and I'm Kamisa and thank you for listening 531 00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:35,280 or getting through this whole hour with it. And we will be back for volume two or episode two 532 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:41,200 next week of Kamisa and Mark Makeup Podcast. So until then, you have a wonderful week. We'll see 533 00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:47,760 again this time next week. Bye everybody. Bye.