Hey everyone, welcome back to The Main Mic. I
am your host, Harper, and I think we finally
found your co -host. Hi, I'm Mackenzie. Hey Mackenzie,
welcome to The Main Mic. Glad to be here. We're
so excited to have you on the team, and it's
super exciting to finally have someone other
than Zach to talk to. Anyways. How are you finding
the messenger so far? Like, do you enjoy us?
Like, are you having fun? It's really fun. Like,
I enjoy writing. Like, that's my passion in life.
And everybody is really nice, too. Like, it's
really fun. It's a great environment to be around.
So listeners are finding this now, but this is
the first time we've met. But I've heard so many
great things about you with Zach and Audrey.
I think Audrey's the one who introduced. But
they've already spoken about how you're such
a passionate person about your writing and how
you're super into it. And I'm so excited to have
you on the podcast with us. And I'm excited for
you to be our co -host. But why don't we start
with you just telling us a bit about yourself.
I mean, like, have you always been at Johnson
County? Are you a new student, old student? I
started back in 2020, and then I took a three
-year -long break, and I am here to finish this
year, thankfully. Yeah, what's your major? What's
your major in? Liberal arts, but I'm focusing
on journalism. Are you going to go to a four
-year after Johnson County? Yeah, I plan to go
to the University of Texas at Arlington. Ooh,
okay, okay. So like eight hours away by car.
I mean, that's not the worst thing possible.
You can always, what, Florida's a 12 -hour drive,
right? Florida? Yeah. Florida University? Is
it? It's a 12 to 16. Hmm. I thought, wait, is
it in Florida? Yeah. I thought Florida was like
a day drive. Maybe it's just depending on where
we come from. I mean, it always takes me, like,
16 hours to drive to my cousin's, and they live,
like... It depends on what part of Florida. How
do you want to get to Florida? Right. How bad
do you want to get there? Oops. Because I feel
like from Kansas to Florida is, like, at least
20 hours. I don't know. They're Pensacola, so
they're, like, not far down. They're not on the
tongue, whatever you want to call it. Right.
So, I mean, we can just cut this part. I'm kidding,
I'm kidding, I'm kidding. But, yeah, so you enjoy
journalism, of course. Anything else? Like, are
you, I mean, we've talked about you like creative
writing. Do you have any, like, little notes
or, I guess, stories that you've written so far?
I've written about, like, ten stories so far.
Now, they're not finished, so, but. I've been
writing those stories since like 2014. I mean,
that's one way to create your novel, right? Yeah.
Most of them, a good portion of them were like...
fan fiction and then the rest of it is like original
stories from me hey we've all we've all started
with fan fiction and anyone who denies saying
that they haven't read fan fiction or written
fan fiction it's always one of their two you
always read it write it or at least know about
it to like be a part of the wattpad community
or like i swear i've not met a single person
who has not had an interaction with wattpad so
you are yeah I completely understand you. You're
cool. Thank you. What were your fan fictions
written about? Mostly anime shows, so shows like
Dragon Ball Z or Fairytale or even Oron High
School Host Club. That's like my favorite show,
like peak romance right there. I love it. Well,
I'm not sure if you've listened to some of the
episodes of our podcast, but Zach and I do go
heavy on One Piece. I'm catching up on one piece
right now. I'm on, like, episode 960 -something.
You're getting there. You're getting there. It's
such a long road. Yeah, I think everyone on Messenger
is just, we're all a bunch of nerds, so feel
free to share your passion with anime with us.
Yes. I mean, we're, I think most of us are trying
to go to Comic -Con. This coming up, what, it's...
It's in like two, three weeks now, right? Two
weeks? I think so. March 21st to the 23rd. So
that's going to be fun. Do you plan on going,
attending? No, I hadn't actually looked into
it at all. I know that NakaCon is coming up too.
What's NakaCon? NakaCon is the anime convention
in Overland Park at the Overland Park Convention
Center. Oh, right, right, right. No, I've seen,
I mean, I used to live like down the street from
OP convention. So I've seen everyone like showing
up, dressed up. It looks so cool. Have you attended
it before? Yeah, I've been like two or three
times, I think. It's pretty fun. Like it's really
big too, but I really, the vendor hall is like.
The place I love to be, but I hate spending money.
But it's fun. And there's, like, a giant party
at the end of it. And, like, the last one I went
to, they were doing, like, workout dances. Like
Zumba? Yeah, kind of. I don't really know how
to explain it. I don't remember the girl's name,
but she was singing on stage and, like, basically,
like, telling everybody what to do, what the
dances were. But, yeah, it was pretty fun. Like,
everybody was really hype about it. It sounds
hype. I mean, I would love to go. When is that
coming up? Sometime this month. I don't – it
might be, like, this weekend. Really? I think
so. I'll have to look it up. I know it's close.
I'll have to look it up because that sounds like
something I'd attend just for fun. I mean, other
than the animes that you've watched and you said
it's called Akka. NakaCon? NakaCon. NakaCon.
Yeah. Gotcha. Do you like reading any... Where
do I want to go with this? Do you... In addition
to watching anime, do you read mangas? I do.
I do. I just got... That sounded angry. I just
bought a manga. I bought one called Orange. Okay.
And I bought another one, and it was Fairytale
100 Year Quest. I bought the first chapter. Ooh,
so you're kind of in the fantasy. Yes, fantasy,
romance, adventure, all that. I need a healthy
dose of romance in my life, you know? I understand,
I understand. I mean, Zach and I, we've... mentioned
before on the podcast how much we enjoy video
games and how like I mean we we nerd out on certain
games Do you also like video games? I do. I could
nerd out all day on Sims 4. Oh my gosh. 100%.
That's what I was talking about a week ago. I
have so many different families. There's so much
drama. Literally. So many mods in my game because
I bought a PC specifically to play Sims 4. No,
yeah. That's how it starts. It is how it starts.
Like $1 ,200 out of my pocket just to play Sims.
I mean, that's like... the girl dream that's
i did that too like minecraft sims roblox yes
and then you get into the steam games but you're
always stuck on the main core three it's so fun
i'd say my core three are probably sims 4 minecraft
and uh the finals which is a first uh first person
shooter yeah first person shooter i was gonna
say rpg i'm like no but it's fun i love that
game yeah um i mean i i think i've heard zach
talk about it but i don't think i've ever played
it before what game is it it's um it's really
it's similar to like apex legends if you've ever
played that yeah okay and you just there's different
different ways that you can play like you can
do a group one with like three people you could
do one with like five people so yeah i think
the five one is like the platform run where you're
just trying to hold the platform and get it to
your base but it's hard for me i'm not really
that great at first person shooter games but
i still play the finals and apex legends too
yeah i haven't played apex in years but i mean
i used to play it all the time um one of the
games that i have like my FPS gaming addiction
on was I wasn't on the Fortnite bandwagon. I
was actually, unfortunately, on the Valorant.
I got addicted to that game heavily in high school.
But other than that, like, you know, branching
out to Overwatch or Apex Legends. Yeah, and then
League of Legends. But I barely played that.
Don't worry, don't worry. It was just like...
One of those games that everyone would just play
once it hit midnight because everyone was too
tired to actually put in effort. They say not
to play that game if you watch the show. League
of Legends? Does it have a show show? It's Arcane,
right? Oh, right. Yeah, no. I was thinking if
there was an actual... I've watched the entirety
of Arcane, but I thought you were talking about...
I thought you were saying that there was, like,
a League of Legends show about, like, everything.
Oh, yeah. Obviously, Arcane's an animated show,
but, like, something that wasn't Arcane. Because
that's not, it has characters based off gameplay,
but it's not game itself, is it? No, it's kind
of based on the lore. Yeah. Of the characters,
but they're making new spinoff shows for different
characters. Yeah, I remember that crow at the
end of Arcane, and that's leading into, I forget
his name. But, geez, this would be so much more
interesting if I knew everyone's name in the
League of Legends. But, I mean, do you know why
they say not to play League? You watch the show?
They say that you're not going to like it. They're
saying, like, the show is, like, it's showing
you something different, I guess. I don't know.
The show is way better. It's, like, way better.
Because I thought about playing it, and then
my sister's boyfriend was like, don't do that.
It's not the same. It's not as good as the show.
I'm like, oh, okay. You know what? I'll just
listen to you. I mean, it's true. The League
of Legends is. to me, feels like a game 12 -year
-olds could play. All the characters are basically
based on this map. Have you ever played Skylanders?
Yes, I used to love Skylanders. I can't remember
the name of the one I used to use, but I loved
it. The swaps? Well, I mean... I mean, I used
to use the dragon. I think his name was like
Spyro. Okay. Yeah. And then. I was the octopus.
There's like. I think I remember the octopus,
but there's also like the evil guy. Well, you
said an evil guy? He looked evil. Or was he like
the villain? The tiny. Is it a tiny purple guy?
Yeah. I think he was like purple or like gray
or something. From the first game? Is it? And
he had like a little. I think like a little black
mask on, like just on his, I don't know. Is that
a ball? So she's talking about, oh geez, I know
exactly what you're talking about. Purple character,
black mask, I don't think that's Skylanders.
If not, I think that is, I used to play with
this one. I remember this one. Oh, Stealth Elf?
Yeah, Stealth Elf is like awesome. Trigger Happy
was my guy. Oh, I remember that one. I'm trying
to find that little purple thing that you're
talking about. I don't know if it's a thing.
Is it from a different game? Is that what you're
looking up? Yes. This. This guy. Chaos. That's
his name? The villain? Yeah, I was like the villain.
I couldn't remember what his name was. Oh, I
didn't hear you say the villain. I was like,
I don't know if he was actually. Playable because
he's like the villain. He was playable in Trap
Force. You were able to capture him with a crystal.
Okay. But then in the next game in Imagination,
Imaginators? I think it's Imaginators. He was
an actual figure you could buy. Okay. He was
a sensei or whatever it was in that game. I don't
know. That game was not that good. Fell off after
Trap Force. I remember Trap Force. I didn't play
it. My brothers did, but I played the Skylanders
and the Skylanders Swap. Yeah, Swap was also
awesome. Swap was probably the best one. Honestly,
I did talk to my mom about retrieving all of
the Skylanders that we have back, and she said
that she had to sell them because our Wii stopped
working. I have all of them under my bed. Every
single one. I'm sure our Wii stopped working.
I even have the Bowser and the Donkey Kong one.
Really? That's cool. Because it came with the
Wii U. Oh, that makes sense. I played Super Chargers
on the Wii U and they had custom vehicles and
custom figures that worked as both a Skylander
and an Amiibo. Nice. I remember, well, I mentioned
Skylanders because to me, League of Legends reminds
me a lot like the Skylanders games. I know they're
very, very different, but just think about like
a 2D map of Skylanders is basically in my mind
how... I mean, they both have a lot of characters,
so I guess. Yeah. No, that's not why. The way
they fight is, in my brain, how it is. I mean,
I know Skylanders is more of an adventure map
where you can break things and get coins. But,
I mean, if you're playing League of Legends,
it's like... Okay, in League of Legends, you're
allowed to explore this 2D map with your character
on it. Your character's like a... two 3D map
character, and then it's basically shadowed,
so you can only see what's around your peripheral
vision or what your character can see. Is that
right? I haven't played it in so long. Zach,
correct me. For what? League of Legends. I mean,
okay, hold on. First of all, are you assuming
that I play League of Legends? I am assuming
that you know what it is. Okay, so... I don't
know how you, like the only similarity between
the games to me is that they both have a lot
of characters. But you saying that makes me think
that you've played it before. I have played League.
Duh. Okay. So don't make me sound stupid for
that. But I don't play it on a regular basis.
Well, no, but like anyone who, anyone who has
played a game can like vividly remember like
a board or like. I don't know, maybe I have a
visionary memory where I remember what League
of Legends looks like. I guess they have similar
graphics, in a sense. I just always remembered
Skylanders was also that, at most of the time,
it was a 2D map, and then your character was
3D. Am I wrong about that? Yes. Oh. The entire
map was 3D. Everything was 3D. That is my fault.
And that's still kind of true for League, too.
I mean, they're 3D maps, but you can't... I guess
it's just your viewpoint of it. Yeah, it's a
top -down viewpoint on League, whereas Skylanders,
it's third -person. Yeah. Skylanders was a lot
like... What was it called? Infinity? Disney
Infinity? Disney Infinity. Okay, first of all,
Disney Infinity came out way after Skylanders
did. I know, but I'm saying that I remember those
being similar. Well, yeah, they're similar because
Disney copied it. I've never played that before.
It was kind of mid. Honestly, think of it like
a baby version of Fortnite. No? No, it was Skylanders.
It was Skylanders, but with Disney characters.
I remember building in it too, though, no? I
think you could. That's why. The Lego one, Lego
Dimensions. Ooh. You play Lego Dimensions? No.
That's crazy. That's the Lego version of Skylanders.
That one was goaded. You would buy like figure
packs and then you could play as the figures.
Okay. But it also came with like a vehicle and
like an entire new map. It was really cool. That's
cool. I mean, I've played. The Lego Fortnite,
at least. Yeah, because that's exactly what I'm
talking about. I know it's not the same, but,
you know, it's Lego, you know. Yeah, I guess.
It was fun. Lego Fortnite's not bad, actually.
It's pretty fun. I liked the whole building and,
like, you can make cars and things like that.
I saw somebody make, like, this giant car to
carry around, like, supplies. And I'm like, how
did you do that? I think Harper's about to, like.
diss the crap out of lego fortnite so i'm gonna
see my way out no my thing is i don't i've still
not played fortnite and i am not saying that
to like not relate to it but i'm saying the one
like lego thing that i can remember playing was
lego star wars so I'm just sitting back trying
to relate to you guys, but I've maybe touched
Fortnite once and put it right back down. I've
not touched it. We did get a bit off topic. I
want to know more about you. Obviously, gaming
is a big part of the Messenger's people. I guess
is what... That's an appropriate word for us.
Like, we're all nerds, like I said. But I want
to hear more about you. So I guess just tell
me about you, like where you grew up, high school,
college, whatever you're comfortable. I did not
prepare questions. I'm fully prepared to listen.
Okay. Well, I mean, I grew up here in Kansas,
born and raised. I was born at KU Medical, so,
yeah. Kansas flowing through my veins. But I
grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, actually. And
I was going to school over there at... Piper
and then I moved over here in middle school and
I went to Pioneer Trail and I went to Olathe
East where I graduated from. So after that I
came here and I did all my gen eds and then I
went to university. So I went all the way to
Langston, Oklahoma to attend Langston University
for journalism and I was only there for one semester.
Do you not – I'm trying to figure out. It's,
like, 30 minutes from OKC, so it's, like, four
hours from here. Oh, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.
So, yeah. It's, like, just pretty close to OKC,
but still 30 minutes out. But it was fun. I had
a lot of fun there, like, socially, but education
-wise. There were just a lot of issues with like
staff and like financial aid coming through.
Like it took a while for them to get my financial
aid and they were like trying to get me to pay.
And I'm like, well, you haven't gotten my financial
aid yet. So I only stayed for a semester. I made
some lifelong friends. I'm happy to say that.
And then I came back here so I can finish and
get my associates. I'm glad that you decided
to continue at Johnson County. Are you, you said
you're going back out to, you're going to Texas?
Yes. Right after? Yeah. So what year technically
will you be graduating? I will be completely
done with school in like 2027, I think. Ooh,
okay. That's in like including your Texas journalism
degree? Mm -hmm. Good for you. Yeah. So this
is my last year here. I'm finishing in the fall.
So 2025, yay. But then I'm going to run down
to Dallas and finish that and hopefully be done
in 27, if not then 28. But progress is not linear
is what I keep telling myself. That, I mean,
it's great advice. It's like my third year trying
to get my associates right now. Yeah. Just can't
get my head around math. I mean, this is five
years in the making for me, so. Yeah. Honestly,
that's like the best thing you can do at the
age we're at right now is just education. To
me, it doesn't really matter how long it takes.
for, like, education to end, per se, like, graduate
from. I just, I don't know. Or maybe that's,
like, just something that I tell myself to, like,
make myself feel better about not really enjoying,
you know, math or, you know. Honestly, that's
really the only one I have beef with. Math. I
hate math. I do, too. I had to take the placement
test when I got here because I guess I had totally
bombed on the math section on the ACT. So I've
taken like three math classes here. And I'm like,
okay, that's a lot. I don't want to take any
more. No, I've taken two and I need to take two
more to be finally finished with math. So I just
like, it's very, I'm trying to find. proper word
for it it's very it gets underwhelming and boring
yeah trying to because I don't want to say it's
it's on the tip of my tongue anyways but I'm
still very into school it's not math that's holding
me back it's just the fact that I have to take
so much math And that's what I'm least passionate
about. So it's really just like I'm staying here
as long as I can. I'm happy to be done with math.
Oh, my gosh. And I was honestly upset I had to
take the placement test because senior year I
made it all the way to trig. And I was good at
trig. And I was like, oh my gosh, I'm good at
this. But I bombed the ACT because it was a bunch
of geometry. I was like, I sucked at geometry.
How much I wish. I suck at algebra. So I'm not
going to brag and say I'm great at something
and that something be math. Geometry wasn't what
I ever struggled with. It was algebra. And to
me, algebra is supposed to be so easy. So I just
doubt myself every time I step into another math
classroom. I'm just like, ah, shoot, algebra.
I suck at this. I've taken algebra at least three
or four times. So you're not alone. Thank goodness.
That's like such a relief hearing that other
people also hate math. I mean, I know it's...
pretty universal not to favor math but um it's
relieving to hear that math is just universally
hated i really feel like you can be good at math
if you have a good teacher i believe so because
like i was definitely intimidated by trig but
i had a great teacher and she like explained
it perfectly and like i got it immediately whereas
algebra i had to take it that many times because
i took it once in like eighth grade didn't understand
anything our teacher was not like actually teaching
us which really sucked i don't know why she was
doing it like that she would like make us watch
videos about algebra that she recorded no i was
like Eh, this isn't really working for me. So
I took it again in ninth grade and I passed.
And then I took it again when I got here. And
then I had to take it one more time when I went
to university. So a lot of algebra. Yeah, let's
hope that you don't have to take any when you
get to Texas. Yes, I hope so. I hope all the
credit chance are over and I don't have to do
much work. I just want to finish. Smooth sailing.
Yes. But anyways, so you go to Johnson County.
Do you have any younger siblings, older siblings
that? Yeah. I love this question. Oh, my gosh.
Everyone is always surprised when I say it. I
have six siblings. Wow. Yes. I have one younger
brother, and I have five older sisters. Dang.
I am the youngest girl. So I am the princess,
the baby girl. I'm a little bit spoiled, I guess.
But I get all the hand -me -down clothes. But
my three of my siblings went here. Yeah, and
two of them are still attending right now with
me. And, like, we always meet up, like, in the
cafeteria. Just chill, walk to class together,
just things like that. It's fun to have them
around. I mean, yeah, I think next year is when
my middle child, I'm the oldest of three, my
middle child brother, he's the one who's going
to hopefully attend Johnson County next. He's
really into music. That's good. I don't know.
Maybe he'll do the whole little brother thing
where he'll act like he hates me. And, like,
I don't know this girl. I don't even know her.
I did that to my brother on, like, the first
day. I saw him walking in the hallway, and I
looked at him. I said, I don't know you. And
he started laughing. I'm like, yeah, I don't
know you at all. Well, I'm glad it's, like, an
older sister thing, you know? Like, I mean. Who
knows? Maybe it'll be me ignoring him, or maybe...
Maybe. If he does something embarrassing, I'm
not going to associate myself with him. Yeah,
I believe my youngest brother, I don't think
he'll attend Johnson County. I think he'll maybe
attend KU, or I think at one point he wanted
to go to... iowa state so that's a good school
though he'll i'm sure he'll figure out what he
wants to do and find a good college for it but
i don't think he'll be attending johnson county
unfortunately um but yeah so dang seven yeah
there's seven of us well big happy family very
big and like you said the hammy downs yeah i
was the oldest i never got the hammy downs and
then a I mean, I got, like, my mom's once I was
at, like, 16. Yeah. But I got, like, three new
outfits for school, and then I'd have to re -wear
those clothes until middle school and when I
discovered thrifting. Yes, I love thrifting.
Hand -me -down clothes aren't always, like, the
best. I still get clothes from my older sister,
but she's smaller than me. She just gave me this
dress. I cannot fit it. So I told her, I'm like,
I'm about to cut it into a skirt. So I'm going
to cut it into a skirt and pair it with a nice
cute top. And like, hopefully it works out. Are
you good at sewing and hemming and stuff? I can
sew. That's cool. I'm not going to say I'm great
at it, but I'm decent. You know how to adjust
things to your size and stuff. Yeah, I can do
that. That's a life skill I need to learn. Yeah,
I mean, fun fact about me, I make my own cosplays.
Really? Yes. Do you have like a cosplay Instagram
account? I don't. I need to make one, but I don't.
Who do you like cosplaying? The first one I made
was a character from this show called Seraph
of the End. I don't remember his name right now,
but he was literally a sword, but he was the
spirit inside of the sword. So you cosplayed
the spirit or the sword? The spirit. And I have
the sword, so that too. You held yourself up?
Yeah. Because there's pictures of him standing
on the sword. I'm like, I could probably edit
that and make it look nice. But I haven't done
it. I usually make my own and then I'll go to
the conventions dressed as whoever I choose.
So, yeah. What else did I do? I did. I was actually
making a Frankie cosplay from One Piece. Yeah.
Because I wanted. Yes, I wanted to do. I just
wanted to be at the convention and just go like
super like and have like cola with me. Like it
would have been so cool. But I haven't finished
it yet. I don't know. I need to make the arm
pieces. So it's just weird because it's, like,
the one I'm cosplaying is Frankie from, I think
it's Water 7. And he's literally just in, like,
a bikini. So I don't know if I'm still going
to do it because, like, that's just a lot. I
mean, you might as well just have the Frankie
outline and then that way you can. put Frankie's
other costumes or outfits, cosplays, onto just
a Frankie base. Yeah. I don't know. I think I'll
still do it because it's specifically for a convention
I'm going to at the end of May, which is all
the way in Houston, Texas. What's the convention?
It's called DreamCon. It's like a convention
for black YouTubers and just content creators
in general. Anybody who likes anime, music, and
gaming. So, like, it's a big nerdy community.
Cool, cool, cool. Well, obviously, everyone's
a nerd here. And I love hearing about the cosplays
that you are going to be creating. But I want
to know, like, You're also a part of our life
desk. Like, you're going to start writing for
us as well. Yeah. So I kind of just wanted to
ask you, like, what got you into journaling?
I've been, okay, well, I've been doing creative
writing since I was a kid. And then when I got
to high school. There was like a random assignment
that I had in like ninth grade that was like
writing about current events. And I was kind
of like, oh, I actually enjoy like finding the
information and writing it, writing an article
about it. And so I started like trying to be
more of like a reporter. So I took like a photojournalism
class, but I'm not very good at photography.
That one wasn't as great, but I've always been
interested in writing in general. And then high
school just kind of transformed that for me,
which makes me happy to be happy. Well, I'm glad
you found your passion. Is there, obviously,
I mean, we've already mentioned that you've written
Wattpads or Quotas? Quotas. Quotas? Yeah, it's
like another site, just like Wattpad. Gotcha.
I mean, what kind of creative writing other than
fan fictions did you get on there? I usually
focus on romance 100%, but I'm doing more of
action nowadays. I've been writing this book
like. since my senior year i think and i've changed
it like a thousand times yeah but it's it doesn't
have a heavy focus on romance which is new for
me because i'm usually writing romance and it's
more focused on the adventure and the action
of the whole story so like um go ahead give us
a snippet i know Basically, since I'm still writing
it, I've been changing a lot of the plot of the
story. But it's basically about these twin sisters
who are the princesses of this kingdom. And the
kingdom gets attacked. And so they have to flee
to another kingdom. And their mother was also
kidnapped. So they have to save their mother
and save their kingdom. Gotcha. Yeah. So it's
just a adventure story about how these two twin
sisters thrive to save their mother and their...
Kingdom? Yep. Yeah, pretty much with a little
romance sprinkled in there because I cannot go
without it. Of course not. What's a book without
at least one love interest? Yes, and I have like...
two love interests in there right now one for
each twin yes i think i'm gonna add one more
just like to spice it up yeah so don't spoil
too much about it but if there's gonna be a third
love interest and there's only two characters
that have main love interest does this mean either
one of them is going to be stuck in a love triangle
or are they twins going to be fighting after
this one character They're not going to fight
after one person. Like one of the twins, her
love interest is like solidified in my mind.
Like they're perfect for each other. That's how
I want it. But the other one, the other twin,
she's going to be the one stuck in the love triangle.
Gotcha. I don't know if that'll spoil it if I
say that. Well, I don't think it's a spoiler.
I want the villain to be. A love interest? The
love interest. Oh, my God. How spicy. Oh, my
goodness. It's like a forbidden love. I love
those. Oh, my gosh. Please tell me, do you write
them in the visual, based off of twin A and twin
B? Do you have two stories going at once, or
is it just throughout an outer perspective of
the entire situation going on? It's like an...
outer perspective like the way that i'm writing
the story it's like a huge focus on the main
plot with little side stories about each character
with their may or may not who they may or may
not end up with so they just have like little
moments in the story right or like with the other
twin whose love interest will be the villain
like little fight scenes where they're like there's
so much tension in the air like oh my goodness
you're evil for that i know i i don't know i've
always read these books that are like messing
with the readers like pulling the heart strings
like that's what i want to do i want to pull
the heart strings of my readers well i mean Geez,
I'm already interested in it. Do you have a title
for it so far? No, I don't. Since I've changed
it so much, it's completely different than what
it was five years ago. So at first it was called
Angels Below. Now it's not even called that anymore
because it's not even about angels anymore. Oh,
was that like the original scheme where it was
going to be like an Angels vs. Devils? Mm -hmm.
Ooh. Yeah, but then I changed it, so now they're
just princesses. And it's still fantasy, so they're
not human. They're a different race. I'm still
figuring out what I want them to be, but I know
that they're going to be half dragon. Okay. So
kind of giving Game of Thrones vibe? Yeah, kind
of. They'll have a dragon form, and then they'll
have, like, a human form, I guess. Okay, cool.
So they are able to transform in and out, or
is it, like, difficult for them to conquer that
power? I'm not sure yet. Ooh. I'm asking too
many questions. I'm getting ahead of myself.
Yeah, yeah. It's okay. We won't spoil the book,
but I'm so glad that you have, like, a passion
level of writing and like you're continuing that
book um do you feel like you'll finish it soon
or is it like gonna be a year's process the goal
is to finish it this year that is the goal because
i mean five years I've been writing it since
senior year like I'm ready for it to be done
I just want to finish it like this whole journal
is specifically for this book like have you been
typing it out or just writing it on paper I've
been typing it as well like I write uh like my
character sheets on paper and then I'll go in
um I'm writing it on Wattpad so there's that
wait give us your user let's follow along with
you I'm so excited okay um My user, I don't even
remember what it is. It's, oh my gosh, I remember
my username, but I'm not going to say it until
after we're done recording. Okay, it's Kingsalee,
so it's K -I -N -G -S -A -L -E -E. Okay. Yeah,
so Kingsalee. Yeah, I've got like. three stories
on there. Okay, okay. So, you know, if you want
to read them. They're not finished, but, you
know, if you want to read them, you can. I mean,
if you ever, after this, I'll give you my username
and we can just boast about how, I mean, I totally
have some cringy Wattpad, like, fan fictions
that I unfinished or, like, aren't finished.
I remember, like, high school me, I had, or it
was probably even middle school. I won't even
say it. It just bled into high school. like the
beginning of it at least um where my fan fiction
I was like writing and I it got big my fan fiction
was I mean I don't know if it's like big but
I mean like big for me is like 63 ,000 that's
like a lot like readers yeah In the pressure
of a middle schooler, that was awful. I was like,
oh, I have to write. I have to. That's a lot,
though. I mean, good for you. I gave up on it.
Do you want to know what it's about? And I hope
Zach listens and then cuts this. Or at least
bleeps it. Do you know? Zach, please, please,
please. This is so embarrassing, I swear. I know
you don't like me, but please. I'm kidding. Anyways,
it was, do you know... Yes. And do you know,
like, how he... Okay, it was about that. Oh,
my gosh. So, I'm pretty sure it was labeled...
Hey, Zach. Thanks for joining us again. Yeah.
Okay, cool, cool, cool. And we're back. Okay,
we had to take a short little pause. We had our
student stories guest stop in and we had to get
them set up in the studio next door. Anyways,
we were kind of just like rambling off the mic
about our past Wattpad lives. It's really a good
way to, I guess, bleed into the next question
I wanted to ask, which are you excited for your
first writing prompt or your first news? I mean,
I have no idea what your first article for the
Messenger is going to be. but i i'm excited to
write it it's um it's about the the um the deca
team which i had never actually heard of before
and then it got assigned to me and i was like
okay this actually sounds interesting so like
i'm actively writing that um so what what's our
deca team or the deca team deca is this group
that is for it prepares leaders and entrepreneurs
in marketing finance and hospitality and management
and it's like a like a worldwide thing also honestly
we can be a little louder again i know that we're
trying we might just be subconsciously being
a bit more quiet next door because we can hear
them yeah but um Yeah, so that's really cool.
Is it interesting learning about things that
you have been unaware of prior? I mean, I didn't
even know what that was until you just gave us
the description. Yeah, apparently they did a
competition recently, so I'll be covering the
results of that competition, basically, and explaining
what it is so people will know what it is and
how they're doing. Well, that's fun. Yeah. Besides
that, are you, like, paired with any other other
journalists or reporters? Have you met any? Have
you met anyone else besides Zach and I? I met,
well, I met Audrey. She did my interview. I haven't
met the editor, the one that assigned it to me.
I haven't met him yet. And then my teacher. he's
i guess he's the one that runs this so oh yeah
um humphrey yeah he's really cool um he's actually
i mean i had a class with zach and that's how
i got the host of this i guess segment position
um i Zach and I, Zach, Baptiste, and I, we all
were in the same podcasting class. Okay. And
so we, all three of us, were on the same assignment
to have like a group podcast together. And I
think it's really fun that Zach wanted to include
me. And I honestly think Baptiste. And he's such
a great journalist, and he will be a great news
reporter or whatever he ventures out to be in
the future. And, I mean, you're going to love
him. You're going to have so much fun. I've met
Baptiste, actually. Yeah. He's in my class. Oh,
right. I think you did mention that. Yeah, he's
in my class. We actually worked together on one
of our assignments. We were doing aggregation
articles for The Messenger. Me and him were working
together on every other week. So he's the one
that gave me the Black -Owned Business Expo story
to do. And I see that he also did it, too. So
I was like, oh, yeah, that's cool. Yeah, that
was last Wednesday? Yeah, I think so. Did you
obviously attend? And how was it? I went. a lot
of people there was a lot of people it was uh
hard to walk and i was with my sister and she
had her baby with her too and we had the stroller
but we had to sit the stroller outside because
it was packed people yeah uh where was it the
mtc or it was in the co -lab in ocb oh yeah i
can see how that can get really packed really
quick really small i'm like okay i mean it was
really cool though there was lots of uh clothes
somebody was selling these really cute desserts
I really wanted to buy one. I should have got
one. Did you get like a business card or something?
No, I didn't. I did get some for the travel agents
that were there though. And then there was a
lady selling popcorn too. It was really good
though. Like the popcorn. Like I'm not big on
popcorn. And she had a couple in there that had
nuts in it. And I'm allergic to nuts. But we
tried like the original one that she had. It
was really good. It was like. sweet but also
salty is it like a kind of kennel corn like a
saltier maybe yeah maybe saltier it kind of reminded
me of um topsy's popcorn yeah oh topsy's is good
it is good i love topsy's well i'm glad uh did
you end up writing your article about it yeah
i did um the one that i wrote it's just like
all the information that was online about it
put together in an article so that people know
where it is what time it is and where or when
it's supposed to be so baptiste's article was
like way more in depth than mine was i mean that's
fun uh did you go to our messenger x expo or
the open house yeah did you go to our messenger
open house I did that's how I got my interview
um I was actually surprised because I was gonna
fill out the application like after I left but
uh Humphrey he was like he asked Audrey like
to fast track my application and just go straight
to the interview I was like okay cool I didn't
expect you to do that but It was cool, and I
did my interview on Monday, and I got hired yesterday.
So welcome to the team. Thank you. Of course,
journalism is such a fun topic, but we do have
very little bits of news that we have to get
to just before I forget. The Johnson County Community
College Theater. We have V -Day. It's at the
Bodker Black Box Theater, March 7th and 8th.
It's a reader's theater. So in honor of V -Day
and International Women's Day, the performances
amplify voices, they share stories, and they
stand against violence towards women. So this
Friday and Saturday, 3 p .m. and 7 .30 both days,
there's free admission. It's first come, first
seated. And donations are welcome. And they're
to support local organizations empowering survivors.
So if you guys want to check that out. I think
I have free time and I will be attending after
class. So, yeah, you guys check it out. It's
free admission. Right. Like mine as well. Like
something fun to do on a Friday and Saturday
night. Yeah. College students love free things.
Literally, guys, you guys ate up, no pun intended,
the free food that we ate. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
I'm kidding. I'm kidding. But yeah, no, I just
wanted to mention that before we got too sidetracked.
And pretty much, I'm not going to say that's
all the news we have, but all events that are
coming up that seem pretty cool. Of course, we
have some of like the safe spring break. There's
a whole, there's multiple events going on for
that. So there's like a decorate your own backpack.
And then there's a yoga day. It really just depends
on leading up to the spring break day itself.
But I mean, that's next week's episode to talk
about. But if you are wanting to keep up with
Johnson County Community College and just like
the events that are going on, there are many
websites, but johnsoncountyjccc .edu slash events
is. Where we get ours, I'm honestly interested
in this March 11th, there's an African and Caribbean
Student Association bake sale. Oh, that sounds
fun. Yeah, no, I've seen flyers everywhere, and
the food posted on it looks so, so, so, so, so
good. So I know they have, like... obviously
it's a bake sale so it's like each individual
student is going to be selling their own version
of whatever they come up with. There's going
to be foods and desserts and just like treats
and snacks. So I think I'm going to show up to
that one. Definitely. I've got a major sweet
tooth. Oh my gosh, same. I mean, spring is coming
up, so we do have a lot of bake sales coming
up. I'm not sure if they'll be back to back to
back, but I know for certain that we have at
least three. I think one or two in March and
then one or two in April. But it also might be
spread out. one a month so it might be march
april and may because i know we have the um african
and caribbean student bake sale and then there's
also a um developing diversity bake sale and
that's march 12th so okay that's pretty close
there are a couple bake sales coming up And I'm
really excited for it because I always like looking
at all the foods. I'm like a window shopper for
food. I'm like, I wonder what that tastes like.
Oh, no, I can't. I can't buy another sweet treat.
I love sweets, though. Like, the bad thing for
me is, like, I cannot have milk or cream cheese
or any dairy like that. You're lactose intolerant?
Yes. No. I know. So like cheesecake, all of it.
I can't have it, but I still eat it. I mean,
it makes sense. Yeah. It's so good though. I
have to eat it. It's so good. Like I got to satisfy
the sweet tooth. Duh. Yes. I can't imagine anyone
who doesn't have a, if you don't have a sweet
tooth, I don't understand. But if you have a
sweet tooth and you go against its wishes to
have a sweet treat. I'm so concerned for you.
Like, what do you mean that you're craving a
sweet little chocolate truffle and then you're
not going to get yourself a little chocolate
truffle? Oh, now I need some desserts. Ooh, I'm
so down to go get some chocolate cake or I don't
even know, like a donut. Oh, my God. I live downtown
Overland Park, so I'm right next to like two
or three bakeries. lucky i just wake up and i
go i mean i'm close to crumble cookie and nothing
but cakes too nothing but decades is so good
i love cake cake is probably like number one
on the list and then like then you got cookies
and cupcakes and Yeah. And then like I like to
bake too. I really want to make an apple pie.
Really? I really do. I made these like little
for fall. I made these little apple pie but they're
muffins kind of deal. So I mean they reminded
me of an apple pie. Basically it's just the bottom
half is muffin cake. mix whatever and then you
cut up your own apples soak them in cinnamon
brown sugar and like turn it into like the syrupy
kind throw them on top and then you put the crumble
on top that sounds really good have you have
you ever had um perkins they have a apple cinnamon
muffin yes they have an apple cinnamon muffin
it's like the best thing in the world it's so
good it's so big If I'm being, it's big? Yes,
it's like. Size of your face? Yeah. Oh my gosh.
Dude, no, I only recently saw Perkins Cafe when
I was up in Lawrence. Do we have one in Overland
Park? I don't think there's one anymore. The
last one that I knew about was off of Santa Fe.
But they closed that one down. And the closest
one that I know of is in, like, Gardner. I mean,
it's not too far of a drive. Yeah, Gardner's,
like, what, like 20 minutes? Yeah, about like
30, 20, 30 minutes. Yeah. I'm looking up Perkins
Restaurant and Bakery. Yeah. The closest one
is in Gardner, and then we have Lee's Summit,
Gladstone, Independence, and Lawrence. I've been
to the one in Lawrence, and I've been to the
one in Independence, and I've been to the one
in Gardner. Out of those three, which is your
top favorite? Or are they all the same? Probably
the one in Gardner. I like that one. I don't
usually go out to Gardner a lot, but. usually
when i'm eating perkins i go immediately when
they open yeah what time is that i don't remember
what time they open it's really early though
like 5 a .m 6 a .m yeah like six early bird exactly
like maybe not an early bird but just a night
owl who stays up So it's like a little midnight
snack. What do you mean? Might as well get some
breakfast and then go back to sleep for the rest
of the day. Yeah, this is my dinner. Yep. I mean,
that's – I would do that too, if I'm being honest.
I loved doing that. I haven't done it in so long.
Yeah. Because, like, school. School, yeah. So,
but breakfast, favorite meal of the day, 100%.
Is the muffin? Breakfast in general. Oh. Favorite
meal of the day. I mean, I feel you. Me too.
I like going to this. My friend actually introduced
me to this place. It's called Pegas. I think
I've heard of that. It's just like a little family
diner, but it's breakfast. I just get their waffles
and Nutella on it. So it's like Florida waffles,
like Floridian. So it has all the fruit. And
then it's just so good. I'm making myself hungry.
I was like 12 minutes away. This looks good.
It is good. They have a dinner and breakfast
menu all day. I mean, I think they close at,
like, maybe 6 or 5, something like that. 8 p
.m. Really? Yeah. Oh, my gosh. That's actually
such a relief. You can go there for dinner, too.
Maybe I'll go there before I go to class tomorrow.
I mean. That sounds good. They also have, like,
those little pies in the, like, like a little
diner window, and they have, like, pies there.
Ooh. I had their, I think it was, like, a chocolate.
chocolate swiss pie or something that sounds
good i mean my favorite pie is apple pie 100
but like i want to try other ones because like
i'm like just now getting into eating pie really
yes it was not like a big thing for me like i've
had um i've literally only had apple pie and
sweet potato pie Sweet potato pie is so good.
It is. It's really good. But I want to try more.
So have you never had pumpkin pie then? No. Really?
Really. Oh my God, you're lying. Never had it.
Gosh, I should have asked if you had cherry pie
first because now it's a less dramatic question.
Have you had cherry pie before? girl no i need
to try them i need to try them i don't know if
it's like a me family thing but because of my
grandpa his favorite was cherry pie so we would
always have cherry pie around thanksgiving it's
like it's it's like sweet and sour but not like
that makes sense like yeah it's like sweet because
of the sugar and sour because of the cherries
I've had like a cherry tart. I think that's what
it's called. Which, I mean, I feel like tarts
are very similar to pie. I believe so. I think
tarts are a bit more dry, or at least from my
experience of eating tarts, they're just, I don't
know. But in retrospect, I do prefer pies. Girl,
we're going to have to have a sit down one day
and I'm going to buy like four pies. So you've
only had what? You said apple pie and sweet potato
pie. You've not had anything else? No. Oh my
gosh. I wasn't like a big pie person. You would
see me eating more cake. I'm going to get you
some pumpkin pie. I'm going to get you a cherry
pie. Those are my top two. And then we're going
to get you maybe a key lime. Oh, you know what?
I've had key lime pie. Okay, cool, cool, cool.
Have you had like chocolate pie where it's just
like a chocolate pudding pie? No. Okay, so instead
of buying you one, I'm going to get my grandma's
recipe and I'm going to make it for you. Ooh,
that sounds good. Homemade pie. I'm excited.
And it's actually like, I'm not going to be one
of those people who are like, yeah, it's my grandma's
recipe. And it's like absolute, it tastes like
so bad. Luckily, my great grandma was a baker.
So I got some good recipes. My Nana, yeah, it's
Nana Dot who's the baker, and all her recipes
got passed down. So I literally last night just
made her banana bread. So, I mean, I kind of,
like, overcooked it. But also my power went out.
Oh, I've been hearing that a lot. A lot of people's
power went out. Well, yeah. Okay. So listeners
know that we record on Wednesday and then post
on Friday. So last night was like the Tuesday
going into Wednesday and we had that blizzard,
like the random blizzard. It was so wild. Like,
what do you mean? It was like raining all day.
And then we had like, it was actual blizzard.
Like there was like wind and no. So, so many
of the power lines near my apartment, like literally.
lightning like it went and then went oh like
three of them back no i'm not gonna say back
to back but like every hour so the first one
it was at like nine o 'clock or something and
it like i want to say like just it buzzed and
then it just like did a little bit of like a
little lightning thing i thought it got struck
by lightning if i'm being honest but um when
that happened i'm like i'm losing power tonight
I know I'm losing power tonight. So I quickly,
I made banana bread. I was like, these bananas
are going to go bad. And if I don't have an oven
tomorrow, I need to at least have an oven tonight.
Because I know myself, I will eat, I'll eat better.
I just, I'll eat better. But if I can bake it,
I will. So that was like around nine o 'clock.
And then my lights would flicker like every 30
minutes. And that's when I texted the group chat.
I'm like. I'm losing power. Like I know I'm losing
power. And by that time it was like 1030 or something.
And then lights were flickering even more than
the second power box did the whole thing. And
that was scary because my apartment, there's
like this little pole in the building next door.
It like sticks out and there's like a wire that
runs from the pole to that pole. I saw, like,
it's right outside my window. So I saw that this,
like, electrical pole thing that's normal for
the city or whatever connected to this, like,
I think it's a salon that's right next to me.
And it has, like, this little pole that's stuck
out. And I think it's for internet possibly.
But it has, like, cords, like, next to it. So
the electricity from the pole went to that little
internet, like. tiny little pole and then it
like I felt like electricity in my brain I swear
oh my god I'm not messed up because of it if
anything I got superpowers and I'm not aware
of it yet but um no that like it it did scare
me enough to at least uh I did call um I tried
calling Evergy because I did lose power and then
they didn't answer because it was too late at
night. And then I called non -emergency hotline
and then they didn't answer because they're closed.
And then I called a firefighting house and they
didn't answer. So I went to my last resort and
had to dial 911 because one of the power cords
was like flying in the wind. Oh, yeah. And that
was super scary. well I mean I'm glad you're
safe I'm not dead my apartment was freezing in
the group chat I was texting I'm like guys I'm
not going to school today all my professors canceled
however I don't feel like getting out of my bed
until my apartment is warm because I got out
of my apartment freezing got back in my bed No,
I didn't get out of my apartment. You know what
I mean? I got out of bed. My apartment was freezing.
I got back into bed. My cat was starting to snuggle
me. And he never goes under blankets. I assume
because he just doesn't like burrowing. But he
doesn't go under blankets. And he was cuddled
up next to my stomach the entire time underneath
the blanket. So I knew he was cold, too. And
I was like, I got to keep my baby warm. So, yeah.
I don't. I don't think our power went out, but
I was gone all night because I was working. So
I didn't get home till, like, 11 o 'clock. Dang.
So I'm driving in it. Oh, yeah? And it's, like,
really windy. Like, my car is being pushed around.
I'm going really slow. Like, I'm sliding on all
the slush because they didn't treat the roads
because of the rain. Mm -hmm. Yeah. Which I saw
them treating the roads because I was still awake
at, like, 2. one in the morning so i saw the
trucks coming through my neighborhood i'm like
okay so good they're treating the roads i'll
be okay in the morning um yeah like it was just
it was really bad it was really bad and like
my job i have to go outside i have to um throw
trash into the dumpster so I go outside and it's
like this was before it was like really snowing
but it was just raining really hard and it just
felt like I don't know it was like hitting my
face and it it hurt it hurt really bad I'm like
this is just like a lot of wind and water in
my face literally no it was it was awful like
well like Kansas weather 100 but like the fact
that we had a rainstorm the entire day a blizzard
and also tornado watches yes that's that's embodiment
of kansas right there exactly i was just sitting
at home and i'm like this is like kind of giving
tornado weather like it's kind of scary Okay,
I'm going to text Zach real quick, and I'm going
to see how long he wants this recording to be.
Okay. But, yeah. I mean, until then, we can talk.
Duh. Right? No, yeah. Oh, but I was, like, getting
to my story. Yeah, I woke up, and finally my
power got back on at, like, 9 .30 or 10 in the
morning. So it had been out since – for at least,
like, nine hours. So I woke up, and the thermostat
was dead. And then – Once the power got back
on, I looked and I saw it was 53 degrees inside.
I know. Freezing. Like, I mean, it would have
been warm in, like, days ago, you know what I
mean? But snow, it just, it felt freezing to
me. Like, to me, I leave, like, I'm, like, 64
degrees minimum in my apartment. Mm -hmm. Like,
maybe 71 max. I like to keep it at, like, 70,
73 maybe, just between there. Yeah. No, yeah,
my, I, I don't run cold, but, like, I'm used
to, like, the still. I honestly get colder when
there's, like, air flow onto me from the AC itself,
even if it's trying to warm me up. Yeah, that's
how I feel, but, like, I like to, I like to be
hot. I don't know why, but I like to be hot.
But if I get too hot, I'll just turn on the fan,
like, and that's good enough for me. I just kept
piling more blankets on. That's how I was raised.
It's like, if you're cold, just keep piling blankets
on. We're not turning on the heat. Yeah, I have,
like... I have like two comforters yeah I mean
I don't use them at the same time but if I get
too cold then I'll put one of those on or like
I have like 20 throw blankets that I could use
me too me too me too no yeah I have like this
giant I think it's like an UGG blanket I got
it for Christmas um and It's been like my go
-to blanket for my bed. I know it's like super
soft too, isn't it? Because it's, oh my gosh.
No, it's so comfortable. And my voice is getting
scratchy. I need some water. It's fine. But ultimately
it's like, that's my go -to blanket. And then
I throw a quilt on top of it to trap the heat.
And then sometimes I'll have like my, like my.
what's it called like you literally just said
it i mean the comforter the comforter okay my
comforter is really like light and fluffy so
it's not like warm um like it's very much just
fluffy but filled with air um so i don't use
it often unless it's like summer and i'll use
that instead of the quilt but even the quilt
traps cold air too sometimes so yeah really just
depends on that ugg blanket i like quilts i haven't
had one in a long time but like The comforters
are just like not that great anymore. No, I know.
Like I go and I'll go get one from like Target
because I bought a new comforter when I went
to college. It was, like, it's not even that
thick. Literally. I'm, like, how is this going
to keep me warm? And, like, it was so cold when
I went to university. Like, it snowed bad one
time. And, like, it was raining bad, too. And
I'm in Oklahoma. So, like, I don't know anything
about Oklahoma weather, for real. I'm assuming
that it was, like, just like Kansas, but maybe
worse. The tornadoes were, like. I don't even
know how to explain it. It was just weird. I
mean, I'm not knowledgeable about Oklahoma weather
either, but, I mean, I understand that it's,
like, a different setting than Kansas, of course.
Yeah, a different setting. Yeah, no, like, I
have this one that's at my mom's house, my original
comforter, but it's a queen. Like, my bed wasn't
a queen, but the comforter was. And my bed now
is even smaller, so I'm like... I'm not going
to take a queen -size comforter to my apartment.
Yeah. My comforter, I think it was meant for
a twin -size bed. But, I mean, it's still pretty
big. I feel like they focused more on the size
of the comforter, more of the thickness of the
comforter. Oh, for sure. So it's not even that
thick. It's just like, I need a little more than
this. I would love to get a quilt, though. Oh,
yeah. I mean, the quilts that I have are, like,
passed down from family to family. I've had one
of those. I don't know what happened to them,
though. They're probably, like, sitting at my
grandma's house or something. Like, we had so
many quilts, but, like, I have no clue what happened
to them. Like, I haven't seen a quilt since I
was, like, 10. Mm -hmm. My grandma has this,
or I guess it's, like, my great -grandma's quilt
that she handmade, and she... My grandma gave
it to me, and so I had it in my room, and then
my cat started, like, tearing it up kind of,
so I had to put it away. I'm just sad because
it's gorgeous. Cats always, like, tear up stuff.
I always wanted a cat, though. You've never had
a cat? No. They're so cute, though. I love them.
I've had, like, five dogs. Yeah, I come from
a dog family, 100%. Nobody's really like, oh,
yeah, I want to get a cat. No, I want a cat.
Really? I want a cat. Cats are the best, honestly.
My cat, Oscar, he's my favorite thing ever. He
actually was originally adopted by my mom. But
funny enough, I adopted my mom's favorite cat.
His name's Gilbert. I adopted Gilbert, and then
he kind of clung on to the entire family. And
then my mom's like, I want another cat. And so
we went, and she adopted my now cat, Oscar, and
he attached himself to me. So we kind of swapped
cats on accident. But I'm not mad about it. Gilbert's
happy. He's a big old orange cat. I like orange
cats. Big old orange cat. He has a white on him
too, but he begs to go outside no matter what.
And it's really irritating because we live close
to a big old highway. Not highway, but like College
Boulevard, like what Johnson County is on. Right.
So you're close to like 435. Yeah. So that whole
deal is like. I worry about him wandering too
far into a certain direction or wandering into
College Boulevard or, like, the side of us is
also, like, a forest, so he could be eaten by
coyotes, too, or a hawk or something. Yeah. But,
I mean, he's fat, so I don't think a hawk could
pick him up, but maybe a coyote. But, yeah. We
got him chipped. We got him dewormed, defleed,
whatever. And then we got him, like, a little
tag and whatnot. Because somehow, like, he'll
just sneak out. He'll sneak out. We'll lock all
the doors behind us. And then we'll look as soon
as we're out and safe and sound. And he's just
standing right in front of us. And he's like,
where are you guys going? It's, like, irritating.
But it's get used to it. There's, like. All these
cats on my street. In my neighborhood. And they
just come and go as they please. There's like
so many of them. I don't know how many there
is. But there's a lot. Probably like a big old
family. Right. And they like. They jump on my
neighbor's windowsills. I'd be so scared when
I see them do that. Because they're like. The
way that it's set up. They jump onto the railing
by the front door. And then it's like. Maybe
like a. two foot maybe more than that like a
really big gap to the windowsill and they jump
up there and it looks like they're gonna fall
and I get so scared I'm like oh my gosh please
don't fall but they always make it onto the windowsill
and then my neighbor lets them into the house
through the window that's so scary it's very
scary and there's like two or three cats that
do that like every night and I'm like okay you
guys are scaring me so I'm gonna stop looking
at you yeah no that's right my my cat Oscar he's
uh thankfully a very timid cat and likes to stay
indoors so I'm grateful that I don't have to
be one of those people that open my apartment
window to let him in because that'd be really
scary But, I mean, yeah. But we are coming up
on time. Okay. And I honestly, I look forward
to seeing you next Wednesday. Yes, this is fun.
It is so fun. And it's fun to finally have a
co -host, like a second person to talk to. Trust
me, I was getting tired of Zach. Yeah. I can
feel the tension in the room. But, yeah. No,
all jokes aside, Zach and I don't hate each other.
As much as he says we're not friends, we totally
are. But, no. Yeah, I loved getting to know you.
You're such a cool and fun person. Thank you.
And I'm excited for the future. Yes, this is
going to be fun. This is going to be awesome.
Yeah, I mean, do you want to help me with the
outro? Sure. I mean, how should we do this? I
can say that's all for today. And then you can
be like, you guys have a good rest of your day.
And then we both say bye. Okay. All right. I
mean, that's all that we have for today. You
guys have a great rest of your day. Bye. Bye.