Hello, family. Welcome back. We're at episode
82 of Shit, That's Just Life. With your favorite
life coach here, me, Cecil, Cecilia, whichever
one you prefer. I hope everybody's Thanksgiving
was well. I'm ready to tell you about my Thanksgiving.
I'm ready to tell you about all the things that
I encountered this week, this weekend. I'm ready.
Okay, it's been real out here out here in the
UK and Your girl has been moving around Dressing
up Popping now, you know, but it's time to get
started. Let's get more into it. There's so much
on the agenda I'm ready to get to it. Let's go.
Let's get it started Let's get it started. Hey
I said, yee -hee! Woo -hoo! I said, yee -hee!
Okay, so you guys, I have been taking my health
is wealth journey so seriously. Like, it's not
even funny anymore. I've literally cut down on
sweets. I'm going to the gym. I'm fasting occasionally.
I'm looking for more green, so... That's just
my journey. I'm trying to keep up with the calories,
keep up with how much protein, all that. Like
I'm very, not even being strict on myself, but
I'm very much in the zone. I found a good app
to help me manage my food. Like I'm just very
much in the zone. I've recently been looking
into MyFitnessPal, and that is a good app to
help manage your your food food portions and
how much you're eating and all that good stuff
it has a free version if anyone is listening
and curious about how to maintain their health
because health is wealth so we want to stay healthy
i know i want to stay healthy not just because
my birthday is january 5th and it is approaching
but that does have a factor and it will serve
me what a great purpose here But I'm also knowing
that I'm getting older and it's just better to
start the journey while you're young in your
20s than it is to start it later, okay? So I
am thriving and jumping right into my health
and wealth journey, not looking back, feeling
great about it. And that's just how I'm feeling
when it comes to health. I'm feeling good, looking
good, just thriving. Gonna keep going and I'm
gonna keep doing more research on. what your
girl can and can't eat. The only thing about
this journey because everything in life has its
pros and cons. So the cons for this journey for
me is that I get hungry. I get so hungry. So
I've decided to just dive into more fruit as
I get hungry, maybe give me some fruit, have
a little cheese, nothing crazy. But yeah, I've
been eating fruit like you don't know what. every
time I buy fruit it's disappeared because I keep
eating the fruit but it's better than eating
too much junk you know as a snack so I'm enjoying
my journey and I'm just keeping it going because
that is my priority that is one of my focus is
to keep the journey going okay but I'm ready
to get to the agenda and what's on here besides
me and my life But of course, I am going to give
you a life update the health of health is wealth
journey is only part of my life update So on
my end here, like I told you all the home the
car has came out beautifully. Well, it's not
even the decor part. It's the organizing everything
first and then stepping our foot into slapping
color on different walls and doing all that great
stuff, different decorations in different rooms.
It has come out beautifully. Now, I'm trying
to maintain the organization, organizing everything
before I step into decorating, because if I...
Start decorating and things get dirty really
quickly. I might pass out dramatically, but I'll
be fine But I'm trying to make sure everything
can just stay It's a one -a -core before we happen
to decorating but we're getting close me and
the Virgo are being very careful Because we're
like we just cleaned up. We do not feel like
dirty enough to reclaim So we're being very careful
about how we do everything. And for me, cleanliness
is next to godliness. So your girl is always
going to be clean and I'm not going to let it
get dirty. And then I'm going to teach him how
to clean up. But he's a little more clean as
well. He's a lot more organized as well. So OCD
in certain days on certain days. So yes, he can't
get too dirty because then he'll go crazy. So
that's the pros of the whole decorating and organizing
everything. Like I told you, everything has its
pros and cons. But on another note here, you
all, I would like to give my condolences to all
these legends, all these legends that recently
has passed. I'll start with Viola Fletcher, died
at the age of 111. Viola was the oldest living
survivor of the Tulsa race massacre. So I don't
know if you guys know about it. Do your research.
Google Viola Fletcher. You'll be able to get
your education up to part on Viola Fletcher.
Also, Jeff Cliff, great reggae legend. Great.
Harder They Come was a good movie, and I advise
that you guys to, if you want to tune into Harder
They Come, or you want to do your research on
Jeff, I'm sorry, on Jimmy Cliff, then I think
you should. This is our USA great American legends
that I'm just sending my condolences to families,
rest in peace to these people, and it's just,
it was very, very disturbing hearing all these.
All these great legends passing away. Lastly,
Rodney Rogers was in an ATV accident. So Rogers
had a major spine surgery and then he was paralyzed.
So if you've seen any pictures or photos, you
may notice that he was paralyzed and the complications
from that surgery led to his death. So it was
just unfortunate that we lost Mr. Rodney Rogers.
at such a young age. He literally had to be in
his 50s when I was looking him up. I was like,
okay, this is just crazy. When I went to go check
his date of birth, I was like, this is what I'm
talking about. Too many black men are dying young.
Too many. So like I stated, rest in peace to
all these great legends and sending my condolences
out to their family as well. I also am going
to switch it up here. because that was a sad
moment for me. I want to switch it on up. I want
to talk about my Thanksgiving review. My first
Thanksgiving out here in the UK, because you
know Thanksgiving is an American holiday. It
is not a UK holiday. So I did make my family
over here help celebrate Thanksgiving because
I still am American, although I'm in the UK.
So we had Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was lovely.
We had meatballs that I cooked. We had yams that
I cooked. Like I told you, Momma Dukes was in
the house. She cooked some cabbage. She cooked
some goat meat. And let me tell you, I've never
had goat meat. That was my first time having
goat meat. it takes a little it tastes a little
similar to like chicken or like oxtail and that's
just two different things but they taste a little
similar to both okay the heavy bones remind me
of oxtail the little taste of it was like okay
this kind of tastes like a little chicken but
it was good it was a very very good now before
we started cooking that goat I only provided,
I only had the meatballs. Partially because it
was my boyfriend's, it was his part to get the
extra meat. Like my meat was meatballs. He was
going to get oxtails. Now we get to the butcher
shop and he starts seeing goat meat and chicken
legs, not even chicken legs, chicken feet. Okay.
And I was just like, he was just so. In awe of
everything it was just like we have to give this
we have some I've always loved chicken feet always
loved Goat meat, you know, I love this stuff.
We have to get it. Have you ever had it? I'm
like, no, I've never had it So my brain was just
thinking we're just check, you know, I'm like,
oh, we're just chatting He's just like oh, I
got to have it. We got to try it I was not convinced
that he was gonna actually purchase the goat
meat I was convinced that he was going to put
the goat meat back and grab the oxtail. This
is what my capricorn brain was convinced. So
once we got home, once we showed mother the meat
that was going to be cooked, she was like, oh,
this goat meat has to take a while. Oh, these
chicken bones. I mean, this chicken feet has
to take a while. This can't be done tonight.
My jaw dropped to the floor. I'm like, what do
you mean this can't be done tonight? like today
is thanksgiving not tomorrow we can't cook tomorrow
we're supposed to be eating leftovers tomorrow
like this this is a usa situation here this is
a ritual that we do in the u .s you cook on thanksgiving
you have thanksgiving um leftovers the next day
so i was very much shocked so I almost cried
after I cooked the meatballs and everything and
she was just like we'll just have the meatballs.
No we won't. I will pass out. I will literally
dramatically pass out if we only eat meatballs
as the meat on Thanksgiving. Like I don't live
in a world like that ever. And I'm not even trying
to sound privileged and all that. No, I'm just
grateful for Thanksgiving and the meals that
it provide and the comfort and the love and his
mom was trying to convince me to just be grateful
for my meatballs. And I'm not saying I wasn't
grateful for my meatballs, but I wanted to be
grateful for my meatballs and another portion
of meat. So what she did was she noticed that
I was about to cry. and I was I was literally
about to cry like what are you guys saying like
you're not speaking American language what are
you saying so then she then realized I was about
to cry so she threw on the goat meat and the
goat meat got completed before dinner and I was
a happy camper all over again like that's all
I want simplicity two portions of meat people
Just simple things, you know. So we got the goat
meat going. We had a lovely dinner. I also cooked
corn on a cob. Oh, it was just, it was a blast.
It was some good stuff. We had salsa. It was
so good. Tomato sauce. We had a lot of food going
and it was just three of us. Like that was my
type of party though. Like you're supposed to
get stuffed on Thanksgiving. You're supposed
to enjoy each other. you maybe even want to tell
each other what you're thankful for if you want
to. It was only three of us, so I did that. Now,
typically back in the USA, the family is a lot
huge, a lot bigger, so I would not say what I'm
thankful for at the table because it would be
so many people at the house. But since over here
it was just three of us, I was like, okay, so
I can say what I'm thankful for. It's only three
of us. But if it was much more, a few... a whole
family reunion, I would not have said anything
like that. I just would have been thanking people
for bringing food, thanking people for being
there, and that would be it. But I told them
what I was thankful for, and they kept eating.
They said nothing after that. They didn't say
anything they were grateful for. They were like,
we barely even do this holiday. So I thought
it was pretty funny. I was like, it didn't dawn
on me till I was upstairs eating the dessert.
I was like, hold on. I was the only one that
said I was thankful for something this holiday.
Okay. On this lovely holiday. Okay. Okay. All
right. All right. All right. So I had no problem
with that. I just only noticed it afterwards.
But after all of that, it was just such a great
time for Thanksgiving. ate so well um i didn't
even get to properly go to the gym the next day
like i planned on eating then hitting the gym
the next day no i couldn't do anything until
after the anniversary party that i told you guys
about that anniversary party was on that following
saturday because you know thanksgiving was on
thursday resting on friday uh anniversary party
was saturday so the anniversary party was saturday
Had a blast at the anniversary party like I had
no idea that it was going to be like that and
I think Neither then neither did my boyfriend's
mother. I think she thought it was not an anniversary
party I think she thought it was a wedding because
she kept saying I'm one of the bridesmaids And
I'm like I love you, but I think I read that
invitation properly and it says anniversary party
But once we got to the place She was very happy
and excited to mingle with her friends with her
family. She was just excited So we got to the
venue everybody was dressed now one thing I did
miss and I didn't fully get to read because all
I read was just the the preview of the invite
and then I got the rest of my information from
my boyfriend and his mother. They kept telling
me this is going to be a black and white party.
And I'm like, okay, I'll get my black and white
together. So I get there. This party was a blue,
black and white party. Now there's no huge difference,
but your girl loves blue. I would have for surely
been in blue. Okay, I'm talking about I would
have thrived in blue. I thrived in black too.
Don't get me wrong, but blue is definitely my
color so I Got there people were in blue and
I was a little heartbroken because I wasn't in
blue But I was like these people look beautiful.
I'm looking beautiful as well with my black,
but they had they blew on Everybody was looking
great. They had their black on their white on
everybody was looking great like not in a million
years that I think that everybody was about to
show up and show out and enjoy themselves like
they were they did at that anniversary party.
So let's get down to the party details. Once
I get more into the party, we grab our plates,
we take pictures, and we sit down and we eat.
Now I had no idea that people from South Africa
Dance so much Like I'm talking about after we
were eating they were up dancing after we prayed
They were up dancing after they had speeches
They were up dancing it didn't stop like these
people know how to burn some calories seriously
like real deal calories and I started dancing
and getting into it as well I had to even take
my shoes off on the dance floor just to have
a good time because maybe the dogs was barking
after a while because these shoes are for fashion
purposes. You can walk but you cannot be walking
for hours. You gotta know when to put your feet
up. So I'm in my good shoes. I'm partying with
them. I finally take them off so I can really
get down and dirty on the floor. I started having
a blast. Like, I started recording people, taking
pictures of the aunties, taking pictures with
the aunties. Like, the fashion sense was out
of this world. Everyone came on their best dress.
Like, seriously. You know, everybody came ready
to kill, ready to slay the room. Maybe they searched
for those outfits. And the makeup... everybody's
makeup every woman that had makeup on looked
gorgeous okay wasn't no sloppiness or nothing
everybody every makeup had a nice blend to it
I was looking at details people okay I was paying
attention to the details they had two wine bottles
set at each table with with the thank you cards
for coming in well actually was like thank you
treats for coming to the party. It was a beautiful
situation. The anniversary party was a half anniversary,
half birthday. So the two couple birthdays are
like around the same month. and they didn't get
to properly celebrate. So also they had the anniversary
party considering that they had both approaching.
So they had the anniversary party and the birthday
and they missed their birthday situation during
their birthday party celebration. They missed
it. So it was just a nice idea to have both in
one. I'm just grateful that everybody showed
up and showed out. Thought I was gonna be something
more like sit back lay back. Mm -hmm. No, I'm
like if we have a wedding I need all these people
here every single one of these people. I need
them at the wedding They're not boring. They're
they're not showstoppers. They actually show
steppers, okay They came in they stepped they
loved it. They enjoyed themselves. I enjoyed
myself and It was just great. Like, it was great
vibes, great people. So many different people
as well. I was able to speak to different people.
A lot of people from different cultures were
there. I met people from Tanzania. It doesn't
stop. Kenya. It was just so many cultures in
there. A lot of them were mentioning that they
had been to the United States, but they wasn't
sure which state. So they would Just name off
different cities But they wouldn't name out the
full state. So it was one he was like, yeah I've
been near Hollywood Boulevard. It's like okay.
So you've been to California God, okay, so they
was named off like the different parts of the
city and Some of them were named in the city
but different parts of the cities as well and
then they couldn't name the state They was like,
I'm not sure what state we were in, but we went
here, you know? So it was nice to hear that they've
traveled in and out of America. They like America.
A lot of them saying, hey, they plan to go back
to America. So I thought it was pretty lovely
on my end here to see all of them just be in
and out and have different. Different culture
and a different perspective of every place that
they've been to so a lot of them had different
perspectives about America a lot of different
And I have my own perspectives about where they
came from as well. So it's just a lot of perspectives
there everybody having a great time, but That's
not all I want to talk about today I just wanted
to give you guys update on my life on my journey
so far in the UK Like I stated that anniversary
party was to the roof. We had a blast, okay?
I love just seeing family come together like
that. Like, I don't get to see it too often,
especially not without fights, because in the
U .S., somebody always fighting. So, it was lovely
to see. everybody there enjoying themselves whatever
issues they had they put it to the side they
showed up they were loving on each other they
were dancing with each other bringing gifts for
each other and supporting each other so that
was just beautiful and it was just so enlighting
to see you know so on that note I'm gonna switch
it up here and get into one of the next topics
why don't I So, on my next agenda here, I have
the show of the week. Shit, that's just life,
show of the week. It was the Kevin Hart's Acting
My Age, his comedian show, his comedy show. He
just did, he just done this comedy show, Acting
My Age, it's on Netflix and I started watching
it. I'm talking about, this is one of the best...
Comedy shows that he's done one of the stand
-up great stand -up shows. He's done on Netflix
my Best one from Kevin Hart the one that I love
from Kevin Hart was the best one was laugh at
my pain After that I haven't really I've watched
all the other ones, but that, Laughing My Pain,
was the one. Acting my age helped me see that
he's coming back. He's coming back on that comedy
route. He's coming back to where he's always
been when it comes to him just being related
to his family, making his family the meal of
the show, and just really talking about the natural
process of growing in life, especially. by age,
you know, especially with age. So I thought it
was hilarious. It was a nice laugh needed. I'm
going to advise anyone that's listening to this
part to tune in to the Netflix series with Kevin
Hart acting my age. I'm talking about you will
love it. He talked about different aspects of
health as well. He talks about how some of his
friends don't take it as serious as he does.
And sometimes he actually Over does it He sometimes
he starts to think because he's taking care of
his body that he's actually aging backwards like
he talked about a time where he did a race with
a professional NFL player Professional professional.
Why did he think he can win that race? I don't
know I couldn't tell you by the way that he showed
the his ways of how he stretches when he's you
know really amped up and ready to ready to race
somebody i knew he wasn't about about to win
that race i was like these these are the stretches
that you did you did those stretches specifically
right okay well you're not about to win that
race but hey nice try a for effort but it was
hilarious so i'm going to advise anyone listening
tune in It's a hilarious situation. It was just
a good laugh for me. The next show that I'm trying
to get into will be the documentary of Sean Diddy
Combs. That's just not even a question. I want
to know more. I want to watch it. I want to see
how they put this production together. I'm very
curious of how this production is going to come
out. Out here in the UK, I have to wait to see
it. If I was in the US, I would be watching ASAP
right now, but it's okay. In the UK, we are a
little back on time over here, so it doesn't
come out till the 6th, I think, over here. So
I'm gonna hope that I can watch it, maybe even
the 5th. I'm gonna try to see if I can find a
web line that's gonna let me see it early. I
don't know. But we're gonna get into it once
I finally watch it I'm can't wait to pot about
it once I finally get to see how this production
came about But like I stated this was just episode
82. We're growing every day I'm excited about
bringing more guests onto the show. I have to
prepare As always, and I'm loving the process
of preparation. So I'm preparing to bring on
some guests for the show. I'm preparing to talk,
get down and dirty, ask questions, get their
honest opinions on certain situations, on certain
topics, especially when it comes to school topics
and just life decisions. Like I stated, that's
my journey. I love you all. Thank you for tuning
in. On the end of this episode, I have a loving
lady that is going to give us a nice song that
she's rapping. A nice lyrical song. Lanay Venay
is her name. Lanay Venay. It's actually her name.
I say Venay. Lanay Venay. is her name, and I'm
gonna let you guys listen to her. She's gonna
take us out on this lovely, lovely Wednesday.
I hope you all are having a great week. This
is just episode 82 of Shit That's Just Life.
Before I head out, of course, what do I do all
the time? I leave you with a piece of advice.
So, on that note, darling, I will leave you with
a piece of advice as your favorite life coach
here. Piece of advice. you have two choices you
can use your energy for worry or to worry or
you can use your energy to believe okay so enjoy
create manifest heal grow and don't forget to
glow during the process okay so Don't use that
energy to worry. That's what I would advise.
Use that energy for everything else. Creation,
manifestation, healing, growing, glowing. This
all sounds fun and it's actually all better for
your life. It's better for you, your health,
your mental health. Okay? That's just my piece
of advice. I'm out of here. It's your favorite
life coach here. I'm headed out. Deuces. Love
you all. Bye. I want more fuck -offs to press
outlets. I want more out -of -pockets. I want
more bad -built, bleach -blonde, butch bodies.
I want Whitey on his moon and the fuck about
my pockets. I want his hands off my grandma's
social security check. I want his kid out from
behind the Oval Office desk. I want more Ayanna
Pressleys. I want more AOCs. I want more Angela
Rives. I want more Joanne Reads. I want more
politicians to meet me on the south side, more
parking lot pimpin' on your timeline. I want
more reverence on my TV screen, American reclames
and bell -bottom jeans. I want more halftime
shows that dismantle American dreams. I want
more rappers to find more reasons for Kendrick
to be. I want more of what gets and keeps the
people going. I want Jake's B613. I want Liv's
and Rowan's. I want real life clapback, economic
pushback and resistance. I wanna let the people
know that we ain't coming like no bitch. You
can't be honest. You can't be honest. You can't
be honest about the truth. The crime when we
mean me, we say community. And it can't just
be niggas that agree with you. We're going to
have to get to a space where we put ideology
first. Charging a new way forward isn't something
we just say in political campaigns. It's a way
of life. Over the top, and genocidal actions
of a government. That does not mean that I hate
street people. I also recognize that she lived
in Ontario. I want Kamala to stand with Gazans,
still want more Jasmine Crockett. But more than
anything, I want APEC out from both of their
pockets. I want the CBC to be clear and free
of Zionist dollars. Yeah, just because I can
share space, that don't mean I can't clock it.
I want more space for intersectionality. I want
black genocide to be taken just as seriously.
I want more citizen journalists. I want more
media literacy. I want more critical thinking
skills, and that means I need more niggas to
read. I want more politicians to come from the
South Side. Keep parking my pimpin' on your timeline.
I want people to sacrifice convenience and just
for a little, but I need them to mean it, because
I want mutual aid and organizing to bring us
right back to the church, but none of that 2010.
i need a fully decolonized word i want more protocol
in place for a stolen election i want this administration
uprooted and all their indoctrination rejected
i want their base to finally get the picture
even after all the overexposure if i get a seat
at that table trust i'm planning to flip that
bitch over yeah time is one of our biggest teachers
and things change people change and priorities
do too so it's okay for you to change your opinion
and your perspective When you get new information,
that's what we call growth. Thank you.