Hey everyone, welcome back to the Main Mic. My
name is Harper. And I'm Mackenzie. I'm Zach.
And this is the messenger, mic'd up. You never
do that though. I know. That's funny. I'm just
trying something new. It feels so weird just
to be like, hey guys, it's your host. I mean,
yeah, but. So this was take two of that. Take
two. We're keeping it though. Yeah. I liked it.
We're so close to video. Dude, I know. We were,
what, it's been like an hour until you got here.
And we were just setting everything up, trying
different angles, trying different lights. We
have the board up behind. The couch? Yeah. Behind
Mackenzie? No, I was going to say up behind the
camera for some reason. But that doesn't make
sense. And also. Yeah, it's on the wall. But,
yeah. So, it's up on the wall behind Mackenzie.
We have some cameras set up. We have lights set
up. It's hot. We're going to get a fan before
next week for sure. Or we should just break that
window and have the... Well, this thing's broken
now. Like, it won't go up. It won't go up? Yeah,
it broke. Did you break it? I guess so. I don't
know. What'd you do? I tried to bring it up and
then it died. Okay, Harper will fix it. While
she's doing that, Mackenzie, how was your week?
Stressful. It was a lot. A lot, a lot. As is
every week. With us three. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just
tired. I'm like a busy person nowadays. But I
have been officially hired at the messenger.
Oh, you're officially finally like an employee
of us? Yeah. Finally. Break it even more? You
should leave it alone. It looks like it's broken.
We'll send a maintenance repair. Except it'll
take them three weeks to come over like they
did for the light. Right. How was your week,
Harper? Oh. How was my week? Yeah. So, as some
of you guys may know, I did just get a new job.
Like, recently. That job has been shut down.
What? Yeah. So, I currently am looking for a
new way to make money. Like, the whole job is
just, like, shut down. What happened? Just that
location. There's two locations. It just wasn't
making enough money. Oh. I hate to be a little,
like, I don't know, speak bad things into the
world, but I don't think majority of Park Place
restaurants are going to make it. Probably. I
mean, that's a real expensive area. I just think,
I don't know. In Park Place, what, Burger Fight
has been gone. California Pizza Kitchen has been
gone and replaced. Both of them actually have
been replaced. That one ice cream shop, Ice Cream
Bay. It used to be Ice Cream Bay, but it's not
anymore. I haven't been to Park Place in forever,
so I don't recognize any of these restaurants.
There's been multiple, and I mean multiple, ice
cream spots there. So it very much could be Ice
Cream Bay. Let me double check. I haven't been
to Park Place in a long time, but the last time
I was there, Ice Cream Bay was there. Oh, yeah.
It is still Ice Cream Bay. Oh, okay. But it used
to be something else that was ice cream, and
before that, it was something else that was ice
cream. Mm -hmm. And, yeah, because it used to
be one of those rolling ice cream places. Like
Freezing Moo? Yeah. There was one of those over
here. What? They roll up ice cream? Yeah, they're
really thin. I've never tried that, but I've
seen a lot of clips on them. They were just okay,
honestly. It was just ice cream rolled up. You
pay extra for it. You're just paying for the
experience to watch it. It did kind of look cool,
and I do think we should bring that stuff back.
There was one by the mall. There's one in the
mall, is there not? Do they still have the dry
ice? dragon i was gonna say the dragon ball i
don't know no they got rid of that i never tried
the hydrogen dragon ball okay i never tried those
i never did either because i was always worried
that it's like not good for you right there's
a new ice cream place where freezing moo used
to be by the mall on 95th next to kava if you
eat a kava but is it like kava and bibibop and
oh is it a betty race no it's a handles I only
remember that there is an ice cream shop there,
and I thought it was a Betty Ray's. Because it's
between, yeah, Cava and Bibby Bob. And in the
middle, there's just, the whole building's just
blue in the middle. It's Handles now, and Handles
is blue. But it's similar to, what's that other
ice cream place? I don't even know. Can't think.
Andy's? Is it, like, yeah, an Andy's or a...
Silas and Maddie's? No, it's not Silas and Maddie's,
but I do love Silas and Maddie's. I like Silas
and Maddie's. But I think it's Andy's because
you can, like, walk up to Andy's and they have,
like, the windows, right? Yeah, it's like that.
So it handles... And I only know this because
I picked up a DoorDash order. DoorDash are in
the building. But you just walk up to the window
and you order and then you walk to the other
window and they hand you what you order. But...
So you don't go inside at all? No. Hmm. I don't
know if I love it or hate it. Yeah, they do that
at Andy's. That's what I was saying. Yeah, except
they also have a drive -thru. Does this place
have a drive -thru? No, because it's connected
to that strip of restaurants, Kava and Baby Bop.
I know where that is. Yeah, like by the mall?
Right next to Cheddar's. No, there's nothing
behind it. It's just... except like main highway
street interesting that's an interesting when
do they add that because like it's like a couple
weeks ago recently yeah that's a weird time to
make an ice cream i know but like it's been so
hot so i'm sure they've had a fair amount of
business oh no whenever i used to work at tropical
smoothie cafe surprisingly we'd get a lot of
business in the winter like a lot of business
i still eat ice cream in the winter oh yeah Quit
saying that. I'm pretty sure we're supposed to
beep it every single time you mention it. What?
Beep? Like... The word? No. Saying that that
restaurant tried to kill you. No. Right? We just
kind of do the... Oh, we kind of do the... The
thing we did that we got rid of. Yeah. Anyways,
what's going on this week? There is actually
quite a bit. There's a lot of posters around
the campus. Yeah, I was looking over at that.
So not this week, of course, but in about three
weeks. Because it is October now. It is October.
So we're going to go out of order for this because
there are a lot of events going on. Just general
things happening soon -ish. Yeah. So there's
a pumpkin carving contest. It's October 29th,
10 a .m. to 2 p .m. In the comms atrium. So you
get a first, second, and third prize. First place
is $50. Second place is $30. And third place
is $20. All voters will be entered in a chance
drawing for an additional prize, which is like
t -shirt, cups, and a printer. A printer? That's
crazy. That's kind of insane. Up next, we have
October 14th. So this is going backwards. But
closer to this, there's a meet and greet with
Johnson County Community College trustee candidates.
So the Student Senate and History Political Science
Department is hosting this. I'm pretty sure you'll
be able to ask them your questions and whatnot.
It's in the CoLab at 1130 a .m. on October 14th.
And then there's a, I'm going to call it a Harvest
Fest, even though it's called Harvest Days. Let's
start off with this. E -waste and scrap metal
recycling event. Wednesday, October 8th. So next
week. Officially one week from today. 9 a .m.
to 1 p .m. Train law off ITC. You can drive up
and drop off your... Like, old electronics, any
metal, like, things that you'd usually just,
like, throw out. But maybe other people would
have use for them. You could just drive up and
drop it off. There is a Cider and Sunset, Tuesday,
October 14th. You excited? 4 p .m. to 7 .30 p
.m. at Open Pedal Farm. You can park at the Police
Academy parking lot. And then you take a farm
tour. Play family -friendly games. Sip free hot
apple cider. It's going to be super fun. Okay,
last but not least, we have the Harvest Lunch
for October, at least. Last for October. We have
Wednesday, October 15th at 11 a .m. to 1 p .m.
in the Food Court slash Comms Dining Room. You
can enjoy a farm -to -table meal featuring Open
Petal Farms produce. And then everything else
for the Harvest Days is going to be in... And
that's why we'll be here. That's on a Wednesday.
Yeah. I'm going to do that before we start recording.
That's 11 a .m. to 1 p .m. We should do that.
We'll report on it. We'll tell you how it is.
In two weeks. The Wednesday, October 8th cycling
event is also, I mean, it's not close to this
room, but it's also on a Wednesday. Yeah. But
everything else for Harvest Days is going to
be in November. So we have a November 12th and
a November 3rd through December 5th, but we'll
mention those on a later date. Okay, and then
coming up Wednesday, October 8th. Again, exactly
a week from today that we're recording this,
but it should be this next Wednesday when you
guys hear this. October 8th in the Student Lounge,
GEB 154, from 3 p .m. to 5 p .m. There's going
to be Mocktails, Food, Music, and Activities
at Soberfest. It's... Mocktails, Food, Music...
Just say it. There's going to be Mocktails, Food,
Music, and Activities at Soberfest in the Student
Lounge. Yeah, that's in the Student Lounge. Student
Lounge, GEB 154. Yeah, they're... Their quote
is, we don't need drinks to dance sober. We feel
every beat. And remember, every moment. Dancing
sober is not about missing out. It's about being
present for all of it. So join them and us, because
we may participate in it, at Soberfest. Yeah,
maybe like the last hour. Wednesday, October
8th, 3 to 5 p .m. I mean, we'll be here. Do I
cut the stutter? i gotta keep the stutter in
you gotta seem human i am human okay uh let's
see um we're going back out a little bit in about
two weeks the 23rd of october from 5 p .m is
that three weeks 21 days is three weeks well
i'm like more than three weeks i know but in
my head i'm kind of i guess if you're thinking
about this being posted on friday that's still
like three weeks out It doesn't even matter.
Actually, it's three weeks. Okay. So in three
weeks, we have the Trick or Treat for Kids, which
is free candy, safe for families, trick or treating,
wear Halloween costumes. You can do friends,
family, kids, students, October 23rd, 5 to 7
p .m., the Calm 155 dining room. Dining room.
Let's go. We'll probably re -mention that. I
might go get free candy. I'd definitely go for
free candy. We should have brought some candy
in from the office. It's okay. I also bought
some more candy for us. I did not buy a bowl.
I went down. Should have bought a bowl. I went
down to buy milk for the coffee because I wanted
coffee and everything's frozen in our fridge.
Freezer thing, yeah. I also turned it off. I
told Mike, but I turned it off because it's at
one right now. So I just put it to off. So hopefully
that'll keep it cool. But not freeze. It might
melt. Like the ice in there? Because if it's
frozen... There's no ice in it. Okay. Okay. When
you said everything was frozen, I'm like, maybe
the inside is frozen too. Because that's what
happened to my fridge. There wasn't any ice around
it, though. That's the weird thing. It just gets
really cold. Yeah, it freezes the milks in there.
At one? At one. That's crazy. I don't think it's
a fridge. You think it's a freezer? That could
be it. Who knows? We'll get it. We'll figure
it out. Let's see. This is also in about three
weeks, October 27th. We will re -mention this.
The First Impressions Workshop for 2025. October
27th, 6pm to 7 .30pm. It is going to be students
and one guest, which is $20 each. Faculty and
staff is $30 each. Business attire is recommended.
You can register online at jccc .edu slash career
events. And enjoy fine dining experience while
learning proper business etiquette. As you should.
Yep. These are real life situations. No, yeah.
You're never going to get that promotion if you
don't go. You have to go to this event at JCCC.
Otherwise, you will never get a raise. You will
never. In any job, any field. I was looking at
this one. It says call for entries for poetry,
creative nonfiction writing, drama fiction. I
don't see, yeah, there's like no dates, but I
think it's just like you submit stuff. Well,
it's for the spring 2026. It's for the magazine.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so. Yeah, start working
on stuff. If you want, you can submit. You're
writing. For details, contact Mr. Bob Sikora.
I love him. He was my professor. Mr. Bob Sikora,
he was my professor for both my communications,
not communications. Public speaking? No. English?
Yeah, my comp. Composition. My brain lagged.
He was both my composition one and two teacher.
So he's great. I love Bob. So message him at
rs or message him at rsikora at jccc .edu. You
spell Sikora. S -Y -K -O -R -A. Yeah. At jccc
.edu. Yeah. Let's go. So if you're really into
writing. You're only limited to three entries.
Yeah. So you can do your name, two to three sentence
bio, your mailing address. So like where you
live. Well, this is where you, when you email.
Yes. You mentioned that. You mentioned your name,
two to three sentence bio of who you are and
what your writing is, your mailing address, where
you live, your email, obviously. What genre of
writing and your student ID. Yeah. And you can
do creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, fiction,
like I just mentioned. You should submit something,
Mackenzie. You should. You write poetry. Why?
Because you write poetry. I don't write poetry
anymore. It's been like three months. You can
still write some poetry. Yeah, I was only writing
it for class. Then write some more not for class.
You should share your story and you should speak
your truth. Do a poetry about car crashes. I
wasn't going there. I was trying to bleed into
our next segment. Share your story. Speak your
truth at the student voices. You're trying to
go into something else. I'm telling her to write
about car crashes. Good segue. I ruined it. No,
just mark it. I'm kidding. I'm not going to mark
it. We're going to keep it in. Fudge, bro. I
said fudge. Continue speaking. Student voices,
open mic. Share your story, speak your truth,
inspire change. October 17th, 2 p .m. to 5 p
.m. at the Craig Auditorium. That says 4 p .m.
What did I say? 5. My bad, guys. 2 p .m. to 4
p .m. That was totally my fault. You can join
them for an open mic night where students can
express their resilience, gratitude, and advocacy
through poetry and storytelling. So it is for
you, Mackenzie. It is not for me. Open mic. If
you don't want to submit something to a magazine,
you should stand up in front of like 100 people
and talk. I do not smoke. Perform. Burning. What's
that sound? Rattling car. Do I get out? Oh, my
God. But I don't. I stay still. And accept my
fate. My car is broken. I stay still. Like me.
I ran out of the car. Well, the burning car.
But it was on fire? I would hope so. You delayed
it by so long. You sat there for like 15 minutes.
You're like, should I leave my car? Should I
get out? For the fire? Is it smoking? Or is it
just hot? Because it's like. overheating maybe
i accidentally turned my heater on and not my
ac you just gaslit yourself into staying in a
carbon monoxide filled car due to the fact that
it's on fire and you're not getting enough oxygen
it wasn't on fire not at first it was just it
overheated and it started smoking i'm like okay
i'm just poking fun at you because you're so
funny for that like actually I got out when I
saw the flames. Like, two seconds after. I was
in shock for a second. And then my cousin, like,
yeah. Let's be glad your cousin was there for
you. No, I still would have got out. I was sitting
there in shock. And then my cousin had to help
me get out of the car. No, he said something.
And I was like, oh, it's real. The Dissociative
Project. The dissociative process you have of
just sitting there like, oh my gosh, if this
is real. I mean, I understand it. Personally,
I wouldn't stay in my car, but. You're okay.
It's okay. I survived. Anyways. Is that it? I'm
pretty sure. The other stuff is like different.
Yeah. That's what we'll talk about later. I had
one. What is it? Speak your truth. Or don't.
No, you didn't already do it. It's a pumpkin
patch visit. Oh, nice. That's happening at the
Lewisburg Cider Mill on October 11th from 12
to 2. Let's go. It says this is a pay your own
way event. Friends and family are welcome. Join
the JC Student Veterans of America at the Lewisburg
Cider Mill to welcome in the fall season. So
you can enjoy a day of pumpkin picking and fresh
cider, tasty treats, and a beautiful farm view.
And there's a pumpkin carving contest. So many
pumpkin carving contests. Actually, no, that's
what you were talking about, I think. Yeah. Because
it looks the same as the other flyer. The Lewisburg
Cider Mill is so nice. I've never been. I've
also never been pumpkin picking or whatever.
That's so sad. That's like a childhood memory
for me. It's like, yeah. So many mosquito bites.
That sucks. Why did you get mosquito bites? We're
walking through a pumpkin patch. It's cold out.
Not always. When you go and it's cold out, there's
no mosquitoes. Yes. And then you warm up with
hot cider. Yeah, that's true. Wearing flannels.
And I don't know if they still do this at...
I don't think I've ever worn a flannel. Or a
flannel. I've not worn a flannel in forever.
I don't know if they still do this at the Lewisburg
Cider Mill, but they, at one point, I remember,
made hot pancakes in front of you. They would
make them to order. It was the best thing ever.
That sounds good. And then you got cider. And
then you went into their little shop and bought
the best root beer ever. I don't like root beer.
Die. No. Gosh. They have a lot of other sodas
besides root beer. But it's nice. And they have
vendors outside. It's like a little like. I love.
What's the word I'm looking for? It's like a
little fest. I mean, yeah. like when there's
people outside selling stuff, farmer's market.
It's like a little farmer's market. Okay. It's
nice. That's cool. How far is Lewisburg? Like
45 minutes. South. In my car? I don't know, man.
I'd be down to take a little road trip, but I
would not be down to like drive 40 minutes. I
mean, no. Driving 40 minutes honestly isn't that
bad. I'll totally go. Because isn't there also,
correct me if I'm wrong, Right next to the Lewisburg
Cider Mill, there's also these little like state
fair looking games where you can like shoot things.
Oh, yeah. They have like little. And then like
you can smash a car is what I remember. A car?
Yeah, like a really old car. I think I've seen
that. I haven't done it. You can do an axe and
chop wood. Yeah. They have like. I want to try
that. Activities. It's not just like walk through,
get cider and look at the shops. There are like
actual like full on activities. Like there's.
There's a corn maze. They have, like, some rides,
I think, to an extent. The sack slides. Yeah.
Oh. I thought that was in Kearney. Is that how
you say that? Kearney? Yeah. I mean, they're
probably everywhere. Yeah, there isn't just one.
Lewisburg Cider Mill is the only cider mill that's
ever existed. Yeah. Cider Mill. I want to go.
I've said I've wanted to go for, like, the last
three years, and I just haven't. But, like, this
might be the year where I just go. Same. I think,
okay, every year there's always like, oh, I want
to do this. I want to go to a Christmas pop -up
bar. But most of them are always like 21 plus.
And this is the first year I've been 21 in December.
I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to go to
all those Christmas pop -up bars. I'm going to
be super excited for whenever Valentine's Day
and the Valentine's pop -up bars. Finally be
able to properly celebrate St. Patrick's Day
as a fresh 21 -year -old. When is St. Patrick's
Day? March 16th. Something like that. I'll be
able to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. It's like
the middle of March. Mackenzie's been able to
because she's unk. No. I don't actually celebrate
St. Patrick's Day. Not even for funsies? Not
really. Not seriousness, but for fun? Not really.
Eat a potato. I like to wear green, though. It
changes your life. Well, then that's celebrating.
That is quite literally celebrating. I wear green
all the time. But if you're specifically going
out of your way to wear green on St. Patrick's
Day? I do it because I'm a skeptic. I do it because
I'm part Irish. I have like 1%. Irish. Something
like that. We're all 1 % of everything nowadays.
All a hodgepodge of DNA. Yeah. Guys, sitting
in this room, we're all probably like 10th, 11th,
13th cousins. If you go far back enough, probably.
Everybody's related in some way. If you go far
back enough, let's say. If you go back far enough,
you'll find some resemblance somewhere. We're
all related to Abraham Lincoln. George Washington.
I'm also... I'm kind of distracting myself right
now because I'm specifically looking for cheap
clothes I can find on Facebook Marketplace because
I'm going to... It's what you did last time.
Well, no, this time is for a reason. I'm going
to Chapel Roan on Friday. Oh. Chapel Roan! So
I want to have... I mean, I don't care to dress
up for concerts usually. I'm more of a comfort
person because I'm not going to get called up
on stage. You never know. Yeah, what if you do?
What if she literally looks at you and she goes,
Harper, get on stage. Let's hot to go together.
I'd be wearing something like this and I'm like,
are you sure? And she's like, yes. There's someone
dressed up like a pony. There's someone dressed
up. Like a pony. Okay, so the Kansas City dates
are dressed up. You know, Chaperone does themes
for her shows. Kansas City is always going to
be Midwest Princess Pink Pony Club theme. Yeah.
So there are people who wear so many different
outfits. I've seen someone dress up, yes, like
a horse. Like there was a girl. I'm pretty sure
she took her boyfriend. And there was a girl
who dressed up not whenever she toured last and
was in Kansas or had the Pink Pony Club. It may
not have been a Kansas City show. Girl dressed
up like a cowgirl. Right. And her boyfriend threw
on one of those horse masks just as fun. And
I think he wore like a pink shirt or something.
But I was like, that's fun. That's funny because
he can take it off. But for photos like. I don't
know. You're going to be in the pit. I'm going
to be like, H -O -T -T. Well, it's open. It's
at World War I Museum, or II Museum. It's the
open grass field. Oh, like the hill? Yeah. You're
going to be on the lawn? Well, that's the entire
thing. There's a VIP section, but it's literally
just this square off to the side of the stage.
So, do you have to buy tickets? Or does it just
show up? You can just buy tickets to the concert.
for vip and for ga but for the vip i believe
it's sold out and before all her shows she does
this thing where the people who camp outside
of the venue um for whatever time they always
get like she'll give out like maybe 10 vip tickets
the first 10 people in line um But for this specific
venue, they're not allowing that. So they're
like, you can come at 8 in the morning, max.
The first how many ever people to get here at
8 a .m. will give out these wristbands. And I
was telling my mom that. I was like, maybe we
should go and see if we can get VIP. Maybe just
experience it, see if we can get VIP. And she's
like, you can go at 8 a .m. And I'm like, okay,
well, if I go at 8 a .m., I think they'll only
give me one VIP pass. Like, I can't go alone.
I don't know. That's kind of tricky, though.
Yeah, because you're not allowed to be there
before 8, but where is everybody going to be
before 8 o 'clock? Sitting in their cars and
then they just run. No, they're going to find
someplace close that they're not going to run
as soon as it's 8 o 'clock. Yeah, probably. Or
they'll still probably camp out before. They
just don't want people to camp out on the World
War II lawn or World War I. So, like... Figure
it out, I guess. Yeah, I don't know. Why is it
there, though? I thought it would have been,
like, Starlight, maybe. I'm surprised she's not
doing, like, T -Mobile. Or, like, even, like,
the, um. She could sell out T -Mobile. For real.
Or, um, just the lawn in KCK. That would have
made more sense. I don't know about the lawn
in KCK. Which one's that? It's, like, huge. I
don't know what it's called. It's, like, the
amphitheater. Whatever. Oh, the Cardi B concert.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Azura out in the theater at
Standstone. Yeah, the Cardi B concert was there
because I went to that, and it's pretty spacious.
Well, she's from Missouri, so I think she wants
to specifically have a Midwest Missouri theme.
Okay. And she's really into having her own...
She really likes picking out venues that resemble
festivals, you know? So a lot of outdoor arenas
or places that won't pack you in and, you know,
have heat on you. She's really into, like, having
free space. That makes sense. Yeah. That's nice.
Because, I mean, arenas or stadiums can be dangerous
with overcrowding. Outdoors can still be dangerous
with overcrowding, though. I mean, look at the
Travis Scott concert. Well, that was a barred
area, though. yeah but and also people rushed
in yeah but that could still happen travis scott
like just didn't stop yeah he kind of like they
said he incited it yeah he he's like oh someone's
dying yeah let him die let him die actually i
don't think he documentary he really just didn't
care no if someone asked at like one point he's
like is everything good and then like two seconds
later like people were screaming like literally
being crushed and he just moved on Which is crazy.
No, yeah. But anyways, no, yeah. I was scrolling
on Facebook Marketplace because I'm trying to
look for an outfit specifically for the concert
coming up. And when I was scrolling, I saw this
little ad posted for it. Not for Chapel Rhone,
but on Facebook Marketplace. And it says, free
stolen skateboard. What? Yeah. So a kid stole
a skateboard and it's probably just... Like,
I stole this. I don't want it anymore. I don't
want it, though. Like, it's not tied to me. Get
your fingerprints on it. Why would you put on
there that it's stolen? I mean, I think it's
just a joke or maybe it's his friends or someone
that he actually did steal it from. You know,
I'm not really a Chapel Rowan fan. The door is
right there. The only song I know is Hot To Go,
literally. Oh, wow. You probably know. One of
her most popular songs. Right. Have you tried
listening to any of her other music? Mm -mm.
Personally, I'm not a fan of her new song, The
Subway. I was literally about to say Subway's
so good. Well, it's good. It's just not my favorite.
I like the end where it's like she's got away,
and then she got away. I like that little change
to it. That's my favorite part. It is a pretty
repetitive song. Yeah. So is HT. Yeah. My favorite
is... So is that your favorite song? Of hers?
No. I don't know. I don't really have a favorite
of hers. I just kind of have her on a playlist.
I think mine specifically might be California.
Or... I really did like... I mean, Pink Pony
Club is just really good. Yeah, I like that whole
album. And then on top of that... I liked her
a whole other album. So I really liked California,
and I also do really like The Giver. Sorry, Kenzie
made me yawn. I'm so glad I didn't get caught
in that yawn chain. Kenzie, why are you tired?
Because I was up from 7 a .m. yesterday till,
like, midnight, and then I went to sleep and
woke back up at 4 in the morning. And then I
didn't go back to sleep until 7 in the morning,
but I had to be up in 45 minutes so I could get
to class. Why are you covering your mouth? Sorry.
I apologize, Queen. That sucks. Absolutely. I
have something that I just remembered that I
wanted to ask you if you knew about. What? And
this can be cut, possibly. I don't know if it's
against the rules. Anyways, moral of the story,
because I don't know what's cut. I just told
Zach to hit Mark. Yeah. So EA was bought. EA
and Sims was bought for $55. Nope. Sims is going
down to base game, which is really unfortunate.
We are huge Sims. Not Zach, but Mackenzie and
I, the two hosts of the show, while Zach is just
our producer. Yeah, okay. And is on every single
episode. Just FYI. Because you won't get us a
guest. I have. Okay. Never mind. I'm not going
to go on that tangent. We'll talk about that
after the episode. Anywho. We are big nerds and
geeks in here. We love anime. We love video games.
We are pretty much losers. Pretty much? We're
the epitome of losers. If you Google person who
plays video games and still technically lives.
This podcast will show up. still technically
lives with their parents while community college
and xyz not saying community colleges for losers
i'm just saying wait cut no i'm keeping that
literally cut that um no i'm just saying we would
pop up underneath like like typical stay -at
-home gamer that's yeah yeah Okay, anyways, so
I mentioned that specifically because I just
thought it was, that's something that needs to
be mentioned. I'm so mad about Sims being bought,
EA being bought. But yeah, I wanted to mention
that, A, because we're nerds, B, because we're
also in journalism, and on top of that. This
is real world news. This is real world news,
and I didn't technically. mention any politicians
names i mean i did but like it will be cut we'll
see what makes it um but yeah no i just wanted
to mention everything is politics everything
is politics video games is politics i so there
was a sims crash out right before the sims bought
got bought after the update after the update
and everyone is now mentioning how That was probably
a test run because everyone's saying that, or
it's not everyone saying, it has been confirmed
that Sims is getting rid of all their expansion
packs. Even the ones that you bought, you're
not getting refunded for it. Any add -ons, kits,
et cetera, it's literally just going down to
base game. Anyways, support Paralives. I thought
that game got canceled. Did it get canceled?
Yes. Did you hear any of that? We'll see. Okay,
anyways, guys. Let me look this up. Paralives.
Play Enzoi. Release date. December 8th, 2025.
What do you mean? Seriously? Paralives is an
upcoming live simulation game by Paralives Studio
for Windows and Mac OS. The game, heavily inspired
by The Sims, features house building and management
in a small town. It is scheduled to release early
access on December 8th, 2025. Hmm. Last time
I saw, the game was, like, completely canceled.
They were like, yeah, we're not doing this. And,
like, a bunch of people had, like, pre -ordered
the game. And I don't know if they got their
money back when they did that, though. But I
guess if it's coming out, then it doesn't matter.
The confusion may stem from the cancellation
of another life simulation game, Life by You,
which was developed by Paradox. An interactive
official cancel was in 2024. Huh. Okay. Paradox
is still in development. Wait, what is Paralyze?
Paralyze is way better. You can customize everything,
and it's amazing, and I'm in love with it. Looks
like I know what you guys are going to play.
Don't even get me started. Yes. Oh. Yeah, no,
I definitely was confusing it with Life by You.
Oh, that looks good. I still, like, I'm going
to play Enzoi. Anyways, what are you guys doing
tonight? Working. Yay. And quitting my job. Yay.
Harper, what are you doing? Not working? No.
I'm so glad you mentioned that. I don't have
a job anymore, but I might have a job after this.
I know. Yeah, you had a long, extensive phone
call with somebody before we started recording.
Yeah. That was my old SRO, school resource officer
from Blue Valley North. He's amazing. I love
both of our Blue Valley North resource officers.
Yeah, I've been besties with them. I don't think
I ever talked to mine in high school. You totally
should have. They're really cool people. I talked
to mine because we got a complaint put on us
and they sent our SRO to my house. Okay. And
because we were playing loud music, I was having
a movie night with my friends and it was outside.
I had a projector and I projected Cabin in the
Woods onto my house. Oh. Yeah, it was pretty
fun. And then we all, like. Are you saying you
got in trouble for that? Not that specifically.
Oh, okay. We all split off, and we all got in
our cars. And three of my friends were in one
car, and they were, like, blasting Disney music.
Like, very loud. And so somebody called the SRO.
Or, well, somebody called the cops, and our SRO
from Olathe East came. And I recognized him.
I'm like, oh. And I spoke to him. He was like,
we got a complaint, a noise complaint. I was
like, oh. Because I was walking outside, walking
down to my house because we were parked up the
street. And he came and walked up to us. I was
like, yeah, we got a complaint. I'm like, oh,
yeah, that's our friends in the car. We can tell
them to turn it down. I think he did go up there,
though. But he was cool. Yeah, he was cool. He
got shot, though. At the school shooting that
happened. Oh, my God. Okay. I'm so sorry for
that person. I don't know how to respond to that.
Right. He was like a hero on TikTok or whatever
because they were putting him on TikTok and everything.
I think he made a TikTok from the hospital bed,
too. I don't know. That's funny. But, I mean,
that's cool. I mean, I'm glad he was protecting
people. Yeah. Yeah. Tonight. What are you doing,
Zach? There's a theater party here. Oh, really?
Can I come? You can. If you want to. Is there
food? Yeah, there will be. Bad. Yeah, it's called
the Bodker Bash. It's... This is the third year
that we're doing it now. Just, like, quotations,
beginning of the year, like, theater party, just
to kind of get to, like, know everybody, like,
new to the program or, you know, just, like,
there's going to be karaoke, costume, like, contest,
just fun events. Sounds fun. That's what we need.
That's what we need. For the messenger? Yeah.
We need the messenger bash. Yeah. We should do
a messenger Halloween party. That'd be so much
fun. Yes! Our Halloween, I already had a really
large freak out about this last episode, I think.
Halloween's on Friday. We can totally have a
costume party. I will skip work. On Halloween?
I would not go to work. Yeah, I'm skipping. literally
on that friday night or not really night but
like afternoon i'd say like yeah maybe a three
to three to six yeah seven thirty seven yeah
i would three to six thirty leave work early
or not go to work no yeah i think that we'll
mention it to mike Because we really do need
all of the messenger staff to just meet and get
to know each other. I would say we need something
before that, too, in case people can't necessarily
make it on that one day. Maybe an after party.
An after party. Like a week later. We should
do a Halloween party. And then a Thanksgiving.
A Friendsgiving. Yeah. Message giving. I'll shut
up, I guess. So close. I love the enthusiasm.
No. I'd say just like a regular meetup. Thank
the messenger. Thank the messenger. Thanks -ter.
Journalist giving. I don't know. Journalist thanks.
Why don't we just call it co -giving? Co -workers
giving. Co -giving. Then it's called Thank the
Messenger. Final say. Like The Messenger, it
can be The Giving. Like The Giving? No, that's
called The Giver. That's The Giver. Close enough.
No, it's not. The Giving, The Giver. That's a
goaded book. Never read it. I really, I always
laugh at the titles whenever I see it because
there's two books that I'm aware of. There might
be more books. Of that series? Yep, and it's
called The Giver and The Receiver. Yeah. The
giver and the receiver. And then the third book
is called. I think we can move on. I think we
get the point. What's the third book called?
I don't know. Is there a third? I know there
was a second because I remember hearing about
it after. And I just remember it, like, sucked.
I didn't even know there was a second one. Compared
to, like, the first. Okay. Oh, no. I'm, like,
totally off. The giver, Catherine. What the?
The Giver book series. The Giver, Gathering Blue,
The Messenger, and Sun. Yeah, The Giver, Gathering
Blue, Messenger, and Sun. Messenger? Messenger!
Us guys. We did it. I need to read those books
because I've only ever read The Giver because
it was for school. Yeah, it was required. And
then we watched the movie afterwards. Yeah, the
movie was alright. Did you also do... I believe
in you. I did the one and only Ivan. What's the
one with... The Outsiders. Stay Golden, Ponyboy.
The Outsiders. Did you just say that? Yes. My
bad. You're good. We had to read that. We read.
I was thinking, so I wasn't listening. The Outsiders
is so good. It is good. So we listened. We had
an audiobook playing while we read in class so
our teacher didn't have to read to us. I spoiled
the book for everybody. Really? By accident.
How? Because I was sick one day and then I came
back the next day and without thinking I was
like, did this character die already? You were
young. Let's not blame me for that. Why would
you do that? Seventh grade. Oh, that's true.
Anywho. But yeah, no. Those were, like, the books.
Also, that teacher hated me regardless, so I
might have just done it for the bit. So there's,
like, because of Winn -Dixie, there was The Giver,
there was The Outsiders, there was... For our
art class, we watched The Wolf Children. The
anime movie? Yep. I've never heard of that. But
I've never got to finish it because we had to
end class early. Finish it. I've always wanted
to. I literally have no idea where to watch it.
I can't believe you've seen Wolf Children. I've
never even heard of it. You need to watch it.
I don't watch movies. Not even the One Piece
movies? I've watched a few of them. Watch them.
The One Piece ones? Those two. Just in general.
Everywhere that it's posted, I have to pay money
to watch it. Look, is there Crunchyroll? I will
give you my Crunchyroll so that you can watch
it. I'll just watch it. I don't know. I'm guessing.
There's not a lot of movies on Crunchyroll. I
don't think it is. They only just added some
of the other. Because Crunchyroll only had like
three One Piece movies. And they only just now
added like another three. All right. But we are
kind of running out of topics. I've mentioned
everything that I wanted to mention. There's
not infinite topics. Well. There are, if we keep
going. There are infinite topics, but we are
limited. Not about journalism. We are limited
topics here. All right. Is that your podcast
name? Limited topics. The opposite of mine. Censored
topics. Anywho. But yeah, next week. We think
we'll be able to see you. We should be. I hope
so. We're so close. We have everything set up.
It's just... We just need to work on the cameras
in a little bit. The lighting. And a fan. We
need a fan. Oh, my God. So glad it's not hot
in here right now. And a bowl. Bowl. We need
a shelf. Yeah. Harper Buys a shelf. Why do you
guys... I literally just lost my job. It was
your idea. Oh, my God. Anyways. You guys have
a good rest of your evening. Thank you so much
for tuning into this episode of The Main Mic,
hosted by The Messenger. You guys have a good
rest of your evening. Goodbye! Bye! See you later!
See ya! After a while, crocodile! Au revoir!