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#49: Texas Skinny, California Fat (w/ Stephanie Carolina)
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Okay, so... somehow we started by catching up on life and within ten minutes we were talking about World Pride, Texas, Hilary Duff, Ozempic, Botox, curly hair routines, and whether Jay should just go to Turkey and buy himself a new head of hair. Naturally.
We also get into body image, making new friends as adults, why nobody acknowledged Jay's 10-pound weight loss (he's definitely not bitter about it 👀), and whether being the "friend with the fun plans" is actually a blessing or a curse.
Basically, this episode is what happens when two best friends haven't talked in a while and absolutely refuse to stay on one topic. Enjoy the chaos.
Welcome Back And Catching Up
SPEAKER_00Well, hello, hello, hello. And welcome back to Dose of Delusion. It is me, your host, Jay, and I am blessed with the presence digitally or virtually, of course, with the gorgeous. We're gonna talk about her gorgeous curls in just a moment, but the beautiful Latina Spitfire, Stephanie Lopez. How are you? Tell us everything.
SPEAKER_02Doing well. I've missed you so much. I'm so happy to be called back.
SPEAKER_00Girl, I have not, girl, I have been watching you on social media and I'm like, I miss this girl so much. You look like you're having a time of your life. I am living vicariously through you. And I'm like, I, you know what? I was like, I have to get in touch with Stephanie again. I have to have her back. And I thought, you know, I could just call her and catch up with her, but I'm like, why would I not want to record it? Duh.
SPEAKER_02Maybe other people want to do the same too, right?
unknownObviously.
SPEAKER_00She's so generous.
SPEAKER_02She thinks about everyone.
SPEAKER_00Girl, I don't even want to talk about it. Um, oh my God. Okay. So, first of all, how have you been? You look amazing.
SPEAKER_02Thank you. I've been good. Honestly, it's been a good month. I have missed you, but I will see you next week. So is it already?
SPEAKER_00It is already next week. Oh my god, it is. It's like in four days. Oh my God. Don't remind me. Actually, that trip is gonna be chaotic. Um, I my my whole travels, girl, you're not gonna get five words in this hole. But my whole
Tucson Trip And Chili Debate
SPEAKER_00travels for that trip. Um, so for those of you don't know, listener, we are going on another work trip together. This time we're going to the southwest. Um, and it's gonna be along like 10 days, and it seems to be what?
SPEAKER_02Red or green Arizona thing, yes.
SPEAKER_00What is that? Tell me, red or green Arizona.
SPEAKER_02Red or green is like, do you prefer red pepper or green pepper? And it's like a whole big thing down there. It's a discourse.
SPEAKER_00Okay, so it's funny you said that about Arizona. I know like New Mexico is about all about the green, the green chilies, obviously. But I didn't know that Arizona have like a red or green chili.
SPEAKER_02I hope I'm not messing them up. Maybe I'm wrong.
SPEAKER_00Well, we're gonna figure it out.
SPEAKER_02We'll find out when we get there.
SPEAKER_00It's but it's gonna be boiling hot. It's not boiling hot. Okay, is it hot? Girl, you're you're in, you're you're East Coast like I am, but you we are going with a little bit of a heat wave, aren't we?
SPEAKER_02Tomorrow it's gonna be 102. Thursday it's gonna be 103.
SPEAKER_00You know, I think we're being punished. So do you remember last year around 4th of July weekend? I don't know how it was over there, but for here it was like one of the hottest days of the year. But the issue was it was also like zero breeze. There was no wind. The air was as still as could be. It was 104 fucking degrees. It was boiling hot. It was like uh President Trump's big birthday, 4th of July celebration. All the troops were marching. It was it was utter chaos. It was so hot, and I feel like we're being punished again.
SPEAKER_02The AI data centers.
SPEAKER_00I'm just girl, I'm never gonna stop. I'm I use a water bottle every four minutes using AI. I know you feel like I'm literally obsessed. I am obsessed, but uh yeah, so we're gonna be down a boiling hot Tucson, and my trip is gonna be I'm actually going a couple days earlier. I'm doing a pit stop uh in my hometown just for one night for my one of my best friends. It's her birthday, so I'm gonna surprise her.
SPEAKER_02Uh I hope you make your flight the next day.
SPEAKER_00No, right now, yeah, seriously. I'm literally flying in like on Sunday early afternoon. The dinner is Sunday evening, and I fly out Monday morning right off to right off to Tucson, and then I'll be there for a while, and then I've got another trip planned after Tucson.
SPEAKER_02But um I love that. Where are you going after? Tell me.
SPEAKER_00I'm gonna go to San Diego Pride. I'm yeah.
SPEAKER_02Wow. Why are they doing it in July? What's up with that?
SPEAKER_00I'm not questioning things. Uh I think uh everything got pushed back, even here in DC, Pride was always the first weekend of June, and then it got pushed back to the third weekend of June. So, I mean, it is what it is. But yeah, San Diego Pride is next weekend or wow, in July. And uh, I'm super excited. I'm gonna go spend it with some friends out there. Some friends that came here to DC for DC Pride, and um they're like, come to San Diego, and I was like, boop, boop, boop, boop, I can make it happen, and I'm going straight there from Tucson.
SPEAKER_02So oh my god, I love. Okay.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it's it's I it's I don't want to like jinx it, you know, because I don't know. I just I I have such high hopes and I'm super excited, mainly I'm gonna be in great company, but you know, I don't want to sit here and like, you know, glamorize what is it glamorize I would say? Um romanticize, not romanticized, but it's what I'm looking for. Yeah, I guess. I don't want to sit here and like build this massive thing up in my head and then be let down, but I'm like really hoping to have a really good time. So we shall see exactly, you know, I did see that you were traveling
Heat Waves And Packing Realities
SPEAKER_00down in my neck of the woods. You were in Texas.
SPEAKER_02I was.
SPEAKER_00Why were you in Texas?
SPEAKER_02I was in Texas because my man has to go do something there for work.
SPEAKER_00A little tag along.
SPEAKER_02Yes, literally that's it. He was like, Come with me, and I was like, Okay. And I honestly just felt like I was maybe down there longer than um I'd wanted, but it's only because I didn't have a car.
SPEAKER_03Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_02So I was like, boy, I was like, I would have came down here two days, not this whole week.
SPEAKER_00I know Texas is it's not like there's no city there that's walkable. Like, even if you even if you lived in like the heart of downtown Houston or the heart of downtown Dallas or Fort Worth or even San Antonio, like where I lived, San Antonio, where we go, anyways. Um, you uh it's not walkable outside of what's a two or three block radius of you. It's not it's not great. Where were you at?
SPEAKER_02But listen, we were in the RGV, so grass build area. We still have a SpaceX, you know, all that stuff. Um, the food was amazing. There was not one place we did not go that was like, wow. I literally was like working out every day and I still gained weight. I was like, okay, I have you ever heard? But it was funny because we were down there and um no, listen, no offense to anyone from Texas. There's body tea down there, right? But have you ever heard where someone was like, oh yeah, like I'm Texas skinny but California fat? That's generally I was like, man, this food is good. And the people were so nice. It was just, you know, a little bit annoying because I had um layover, but I feel like that always happens in a lot of airports these days.
SPEAKER_00So yeah, I mean, I'm so used to it. I don't, I don't even, I never plan to be anywhere like on time. I always uh I I have three hours just because I know it's gonna happen. Um Texas skinny, but California fat, that's gonna be me in San Diego girl. I'm not looking forward to it. Dude, even even here, even here in DC Pride.
SPEAKER_02People know you have abs.
SPEAKER_00Okay, first of all, I don't. But let's talk about that for a second. Not my abs because they're non-existent. But okay, so here in DC Pride, you know, I I I'm really happy. I was, and I was out a little bit more confident than normally. And I think that's with the uh the group of people that I had met. So my one of my really near and dear friends, I actually met him in San Antonio, we're San Antonio, San Antonio brothers. Uh, he moved to San Diego, I moved to DC. Uh, he came out for World Pride in DC last year, and uh we had a good time, but uh he came back again this year. Him and his boyfriend came out, and his boyfriend travels here to DC for work often. So he has a good friend group here, and I got introduced to all of his boyfriend's friends who are fantastic now. I didn't want to be like, I'm desperate for new friends, but yeah, I was desp. So I was like, just try to play cool because they were all, first of all, they're all age appropriate. Uh, and they're like, I mean, they're not all super young, like my like other friends that I have. So they're all age appropriate, they were a lot of
Texas Tagalong And RGV Food
SPEAKER_00fun, they were non-judgmental, they were real, they were gorgeous, they were, you know, all different body types, and like I just felt really comfortable and at home. And I'm like, please hang out with me after our friends go back to San Diego. So we're crossing fingers for that. But anyways, how dare you ask me that so soon. Um, but anyways, I had I had a fantastic time with them, and they were just so welcoming, and I felt a lot more comfortable in my skin than I normally do. But some of the parties that we went to and even the bars we're at, I mean, we're talking models, just we're just just abs and glutes and pecs and chiselness. And I'm just like, and I'm looking at my friend Ryan and I'm like, oh my god, like I don't know how I'm even like out in public right now because just I mean, my I think my self-esteem is maybe a little, I have confidence in some aspects, but not others. But I'm just like, but I'm just I'm just feeling myself and having a good time, and I felt really comfortable, even though part of me was like, these bodies are amazing. But the thing that's what I'm saying is the bodies were tea. They were Calvin Klein models as far as eyes could see, but not a single time that I feel like uncomfortable or out of place. Like I still felt very welcome. I didn't feel judged, you know.
SPEAKER_02I never about them as well.
SPEAKER_00It was, yeah, exactly. It was a different vibe. Um, I I developed a little crush on one of them, but I won't say anything, so I want to be their friends before anything. But um, no, it was literally so much fun. But now I have to go, I told that's what I'm sorry, that's what I was saying. So I told Ryan, I was like, oh my god, these bodies, and he was like, girl, he's like, Come to San Diego, it's worse. And I'm like, Well, I guess that's where I'm going. So sign me up. And so now I gotta go to San Diego and be Texas skinny and California fat.
SPEAKER_02So that'll be fun though. Who cares?
SPEAKER_00I'm living my best life.
SPEAKER_02Like, I have a doctor if you want the shot.
SPEAKER_00We talk about that. Yeah. We talk about the like the GLP ones.
SPEAKER_02So I don't know. I feel like people are not doing GLP ones anymore. I think they're doing the threes.
SPEAKER_00Girl, give me the five. I don't know.
SPEAKER_02They're doing the trisepatites because apparently the GLP ones gives everyone like stomach paralysis and like all these other things because it's only targeting one hormone or one thing in your stomach. So only that is getting leveled.
SPEAKER_00What is stomach paralysis? Excuse me?
SPEAKER_02So this is a question that I literally want to ask TikTok. I feel like someone's educated enough where they would explain it.
SPEAKER_00We're about to dissect it.
SPEAKER_02But haven't they always said, like, oh, speed up your metabolism? That's what's gonna make you thin. And then essentially what like these GLPs, I'm not gonna say the number, but GLPs do, is they slow down your intestinal tract to then make you less hungry.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_02So then I'm like, does that not slow down your metabolism?
SPEAKER_00I'm decently familiar with GLPs because girl, I am this close. I am, if if one guy at Pride had given me a dirty look, I would have ordered, give me that GLP 9. I mean, I was that close. I I've been doing a lot of research on it. I've been reading. I would know at first I was worried about like my like pancreas, and I was worried about like my bone density. So I, I mean, I I am on every newsletter. I have I am I am there. But I just haven't clicked purchase. But, anyways, yeah, so I was reading about it. Essentially, it will, it does a lot of things. It helps you like process sugars better and whatnot, but it also does slow down your digestion so that you stay fuller for longer, right? And so I think you're right. Would that also slow down your metabolism?
SPEAKER_02Right? Like, isn't that counterintuitive to what we've learned all through like the take-o 2000s and all that?
SPEAKER_00Okay, well, here. Um, according to AI, again, burning a bottle of water, uh, stomach paralysis is medically known as gastroparesis, is a condition where the stomach muscles and nerves
Pride Confidence And Model Bodies
SPEAKER_00do not function properly. This impairs the natural contractions that push food forward, resulting in delayed emptying of food from the stomach into the small intestine. Okay, okay, so yeah, I guess I've never heard stomach paralysis. I didn't realize that's what it was called.
SPEAKER_02But I've only heard that about Ozempic, which is what everyone talks about. But everyone that I know that's taking it is taking a trisepatide. And I just say that because there's like different ones. The someone is like on Magovi and someone else is on Manjaro, and then somebody else is on um like someone from a pharmacy online, you know, like they're on that Scott Dysic Majorno.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, we love that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Which I think is hilarious because clearly, I mean, the the the card the Kardashians are like, well, it's just called the Kardashians now because they have their own thing. But um, I thought it was kind of funny that they left it, they didn't edit it out. But essentially, when he opened the fridge at his house and the camera, I guess didn't realize it, but it showed the majorno. And obviously, when I made it to airing, it did everything he gets caught. So they I guess what it is. I guess they kind of had to own it, right? Because it it aired, right? And then now he's a fucking he's a spokesperson, and it's like, man, they the way they capitalize on these things.
SPEAKER_02Selena, uh Selena, Serena Williams, she also like she does the whole thing for like Roe. And her whole thing was always like being so strong and so fit, you know. She's if not one of the greatest athletes in everything, not even just like women athletes, and she promotes it.
SPEAKER_00You know, she um at 46 years old, she's competing again at Wimbledon or just competed. Oh, so I just missed it. All right. Well, um, yeah, she looks amazing. I'm looking at her here. Oh my god, hot mommy.
SPEAKER_02She looks amazing.
SPEAKER_00Well, I okay, so I've been I was seriously looking into the GOP one, but then uh what what kind of stopped me is, and I'm actually a little disappointed, and oh my god, this is such this isn't a come off in so some kind of way. In the last actually, I I I shouldn't say anything. I should see if you notice. Okay, but anyways, in the last uh few weeks, I've I've lost a little bit of weight, right? And it's just from cleaning up my diet and working out and whatnot, and I've lost exactly 10 pounds. Not a single soul on this earth has fucking noticed.
SPEAKER_02And then I thought, okay, I want to tell you there's a there's a quote about that.
SPEAKER_00Tell me.
SPEAKER_02Well, I'm seeing the first 10 pounds, you'll notice.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_02After 20 pounds, other people notice.
SPEAKER_00That's like a lot. 20 pounds is a mass. I feel like 10 pounds is a lot. I mean, I was just like, because at first I'm like, okay, so no one's noticed, but I'm like, I do see these people regularly, and I get it when you know you see them regularly.
SPEAKER_01I do think your face looks slimmer.
SPEAKER_00Girl sliding, thank you. But no, but then well, thank you. But then I'm like, all right, so I do have these friends that were out of town, and I didn't see them actually the entire three weeks. And we just got together on Sunday, so I was like, okay, so I was I was like prepared to walk into their apartment, and I was like already like, no, stop, don't not a single double look. And I'm like, how much a fuck? I mean, I'm gonna have to get the Mariah Carey skinny before somebody says anything. And girl, I'm literally only doing this for vanity purposes. Of course. And this is what happened last time 10 years ago when I got anorexic skinny, is because people didn't tell me until it was too thin until I was too thin. And then it was like, oh my god, it looked like you got to see. And I'm like, Well, you should have told me when I lost 10 pounds that I looked good. Now here I am, 40 pounds underweight.
SPEAKER_02Okay, Ariana, keep an eye out.
SPEAKER_00Have you seen her? Obviously.
SPEAKER_02I actually feel bad. I can't believe she's on tour. Like, I don't know where she's getting energy from.
SPEAKER_00I at first I was thinking, you know what, this is the media. This is the press. This is they're exaggerating it. This is AI, this is whatever. She's not that skin and bones. I mean, may the Lord bless me with that much skinniness. But, you know, I but then I have friends now, she's on tour. So I have friends that are at these concerts, and I'm seeing the videos they're posting on social media that are not AI's AI'd or whatever, and I'm like, girl is thin.
SPEAKER_02Like, how do you feel about the discourse of
GLP-1 Drugs Metabolism And Side Effects
SPEAKER_02people saying that people like the fans that are going to watch her are supporting her in her thinness?
SPEAKER_00What do you mean? Like, how are they supporting her just like as a fan or they're being like yes?
SPEAKER_02Encouraging as a fan because they're like they see that she's unwell and they're still going, and knowing that this she could collapse on stage or something.
SPEAKER_00I mean, I I I I I have mixed feelings about that because one, we are looking from the outside in and obviously her eyes aren't lying to us, but for all we know, she might feel physically great. You know what I mean? We don't we don't know how she truly feels, but what what what do we want people to do? Get up there with the sign and skinny shame her. I mean, I want to be skinny shamed, but should we skinny shame her? Like, is that is that what they're expecting people to do?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I don't know. I I that's how I felt too. I'm like, first of all, like you said, a lot of the videos and stuff that came out could have been edited, so we didn't know what her status was, right? But then when people did start to see it live, I'm like, well, what are you gonna do? Oh, I'm leaving, giving my money for my ticket back. Like, I don't know. Yeah, and then again, she has managers, she has family. Like at the time she had a significant other. Now they've broken up. I don't know if you saw that.
SPEAKER_00We're talking managers, publicists, family, friends, Frankie Grande. Although he's probably saying, Yes, Queen, get skinnier. Um, so there's so much, and you're right, she did break up with a little man the the new man, right? Oh, the oh yeah, Spongebob. Yeah, so okay, he was he was dorky hot though.
SPEAKER_02Okay, I'll believe you if you say so.
SPEAKER_00Wait, you haven't seen the new Spongebob? Sorry, wait. The new the her like her ex-h ex-boyfriend or whatever.
SPEAKER_02She was out with him in Texas.
SPEAKER_00Oh the new man hot.
SPEAKER_02Her ex-man. No, her ex-man that she went out to have dinner with. Do you know what I'm talking about?
SPEAKER_00Hold on. Yes, let me get this straight. Let me get this straight because we are we are confused right now. Hold on, hold on, hold on. So Ariana Grande, so we know that she we know that her and her her and her dorky boyfriend are are split. What's his name? Ethan Slater.
SPEAKER_02Ethan Slater are done.
SPEAKER_00All right. Which I will go on the record again to make sure we're on the same page. I said I would. Alright, anyways. Um her new So I don't know if this is fully her new man.
SPEAKER_02I just know she was caught by the paps out eating.
SPEAKER_00Oh well, well, we're talking about Ricky Alvarez.
SPEAKER_02Yes.
SPEAKER_00And he's all right, listener, get over here and look up Ricky Alvarez. Oh my goodness, is she gonna pull a Alicia Keys over here? My God. Ricky Alvarez can Ricky Alvarez. He he is okay, you know, a double wood. But yeah, he's great. Um, yeah, no, I I I've been seeing those, I've been seeing those videos. I'm like, girl, she was so skin tea. It's that it's that Olzempic. I'm telling you, girl, I hosted a conference here uh a few weeks, a couple of weeks ago, and I had um put together our like refreshments table, and I got a lot of refreshments. And I've this is like the fourth time I hope fourth or fifth time I host one of these events. So I'm I have a pretty good judge of how much people eat. And in fact, I'm even pretty good about like buying less because I know there's I'm just I've I've got it down to a fucking science. Well, I think these GOP ones have fucked up my science because I'm about all these snacks. I'm like, hey guys, please, the snacks are free. I mean, there's there's cookies, there's chips, there's pringles, there's there's donuts, there's muffins, there's drizzelicious, there's gummy bears. I mean, the whole thing. And everyone's like, no, we're good, we're good. And then even at lunchtime, I'm like, guys, I I give you an hour and a half for lunch. We're okay. Yeah. And I'm like, are all y'all guys fucking on Ozempic? Like, no one's eating anymore. It's it's ridiculous.
SPEAKER_02Well, apparently, like Walmart um food scientists are trying to, they're adding things like additives to the food because their sales have gone down. So they want the food to be more addictive to counteract the medication.
SPEAKER_00I heard this. I heard about that two years ago where they were trying to make foods to bypass what Ozempik was doing to us. And what I tell you, man, why can't we cure cancer?
SPEAKER_02Right? There's no bottom line with that one. The money's too great.
SPEAKER_00Okay, so sorry. Uh so sorry, I want to go back to the to Rio Grande Valley. So you're in the Rio Grande Valley, food old 956, as they say, when they're down there. I got some friends that live down there. I've been out there a few times. I've been on there in years. I need to get my myself down to get me some good food on that border. Were you on a border town?
SPEAKER_02Yes, I was.
SPEAKER_00Nice. Brown.
SPEAKER_02We also went to what's it called? SBI.
SPEAKER_00You went to the island.
SPEAKER_02Yes.
SPEAKER_00Love that. Okay. Did you um I okay now? Yeah. So the funny thing is about South Padre Island is I have been to that island multiple times, but I've only been north in Port Aranzas. I love it. It's a three hour drive from where I used to live in San Antonio. We do group trips there all the time. Get a really nice Airbnb right there on the beach. It was so much fun. It's super great. The bars are even cool too. The food is awesome. But I've never gone to the South Island or South Padre Island. But I've heard it's amazing.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it was awesome. We walked the beach, we went like out to eat and then And we actually did end it up ended up staying just for like a couple hours though at um Margaritaville. They're like daily pass is super cheap. We were at the pool. I got some sunburn. Which I'm like, ooh. I've only been to two places in my life where I've gotten sunburn close to the equator.
SPEAKER_00So all right. So that is awesome. I'm super excited. I'm glad I saw you in Texas. I was a little jealous. Um but I will be in Texas on Sunday, so I can say hi to my my hometown state. Um, girl, are you ready for Tucson?
SPEAKER_02I'm ready. I don't know if I'm ready for the heat, but I um your skin is really clear too.
SPEAKER_00You think, you know, I've been working on it. I've been working on it. So you know, yes, yes, yes, I have. So I have been upgrading my products. Um, I've been cycling through different sunscreens. So, as you know, you got me that really gorgeous La Roche Prosée double mattifying moisturizer that I accidentally got that had no SPF in it. Then I got another SPF by Neutrogena. Uh hated it. It made my eyes burn. It was terrible. It sucked, any sweat in it. I couldn't stand it. So then I finally went to LaRoche's website and I got their, I got a La Roche SPF. Um, absolutely adore it. And I kind of layer them on. I am doing my trend at night. Uh the thing is, girl, like I'm on the far side of 35. Like I'm pushing, I don't want to say I'm pushing 40 because that makes me feel like that.
Ariana Grande Thinness And Fan Questions
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that's exaggerated. I I'm I'm only a couple years away.
SPEAKER_02We can give ourselves a little love. I'm glad you're on track. Good for you.
SPEAKER_00I I I have to, and I gotta keep up with these, with these beautiful, beautiful men that I keep meeting. And and I do get some comp one thing I do get complimented on all the time, or I shouldn't say it's a compliment because it's like ageist, but I do get like every time I tell someone my age, they're like, no way, could have swore you're 33 or 34. And I'm like, cool. Like I'm glad. I'm I'm glad that at least at least something is giving, giving back. So um I'm really trying to tighten it up and keep on it. And I think here real soon, I am gonna get, I wanna get um, I'm gonna get I think I think I'm gonna do it. Um I need a layup, but it really does train your muscles.
SPEAKER_02But look, I I haven't gone in forever and look at my forehead. You see any lines? You can see a little bit, but barely though.
SPEAKER_00Barely. Right. Let's not do that too much. Practically, yeah, don't don't put them in. Don't put the I think the number one thing that has held me back from getting the tox is hyperpigmentation. So even if you got even if you got little little dark spots where the needles are, even if you got those, you wear a little foundation, no one's gonna see them. I get hyperpigmented really easily. So if I do get dark spots where the needles are, I don't wear foundation. I don't wear makeup. So I just have to walk around with spots all over my forehead.
SPEAKER_02But you wouldn't be a little nervous. The needle is so small. So you are higher on the Fitzpatrick scale. I was gonna say Fitzgerald because of baby fits, but uh so you are like prone to hyperpigmentation a little bit more, but the needle is genuinely so small that you wouldn't deal with that. And then if they ever do different areas in your face, they'll change the syringe completely.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_02So what can cause bruising is the bluntness of the um of the needle. So once it's been punctured multiple times, it's not as sharp.
SPEAKER_00They'll get a new needle.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Well, I'm I'm I'm probably gonna get it um during my off season from traveling. So you should expect to see me um on the first trip of next year and be like, oh my god, who is this 12-year-old?
SPEAKER_02You're gonna be like, oh, I can't wait. Actresses in the period pieces. It's Gerald, so no reaction.
SPEAKER_00No, I I cannot wait. I I'm super excited uh about that.
SPEAKER_02Um just do your research.
SPEAKER_00But yeah, I oh well, I guess I should do research beyond TikTok, right? So no, uh you know what? I wish, you know how colleges every now and then, like there was this college, I think it was Texas AM down in well, Texas, where they had like a humanities course or a social studies course, um, and it was on Selena History.
SPEAKER_02Oh, I think it's a good idea.
SPEAKER_00Right? Like for credit. And and they cycle through things every now and then. Like there should be one, like, because it is like you know, gonna be a part of history, we should do one on like short form media, TikTok or whatever.
SPEAKER_02We should.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, we should just create it. Let's create it. Let's really close. Let's create the POI so let's boom. Which I I got that girl, I already got an instructor, you right there. You and I, boom, we're teaching TikTok 101. Perfect. It's gonna be amazing. Yeah, TT TT101. Tell me one professor, Professor Lopez. I love that.
SPEAKER_02TT McDonald's. Call me Dr. Professor.
SPEAKER_00Exactly. Um speaking of tour though, guess what is happening? Just over
Hilary Duff Tour And Ticket Anxiety
SPEAKER_00a month away.
SPEAKER_02Tell me.
SPEAKER_00Little Miss Duff, little Miss Hillary Duff. Remember, she's August 2nd.
SPEAKER_02I forgot.
SPEAKER_00Girl, I did not forget. Wait. Well, okay, so I didn't. I did forget a little bit. I did forget a little bit, and then she just it's because she announced her tour, the whole world went crazy, all the millennials went crazy, some of the fake Gen Zines went crazy too, but whatever. I guess, I guess I'll allow it. Um, I guess I forget. Well, it's because I forget that I forget how I didn't realize how how big her career was. Yes, like I kind of grew up with her, but I also forget that she was still relatively popular, even like as I grew up and moved on, right? So she was still doing other things. Like I didn't discover the TV show younger until after it aired. And so all the people that were literally younger than me watched that TV show younger. You know what I mean? So there are some of the yeah, some of the older Gen Zs. Wait, you've never heard of the TV show younger?
SPEAKER_02No.
SPEAKER_00Okay, girl, you have to watch it. It is I know it's from Lizzie McGuire.
SPEAKER_02I'm gonna watch it. I will report back.
SPEAKER_00Okay, yeah, so you have to watch it. It's a great premise. It has Sutton Foster, which she's gorgeous. She's uh, I think she was originally like a Broadway star. Uh and then she had her, I think that was her first big debut was on the small screen, you should say. And I forget the OG premise or the fine details, but something happened where she was like ended up having got divorced or what I and ended up having to go back into the career field. But it had been decades since she had done anything. So while while she had the education, she didn't have the experience and she was older. So someone was like, easy, just lie about your age. And she was like, sure. Not mind you to us. Yeah, so to us the viewer, she does look another third, yeah. Hillary Duff was her coworker, boss, assistant, whatever, I don't know, and um throughout the entire series, super great. Oh, I have to watch so all that to say that there is like the older Gen Z also grew up with Hill. So I'll allow it, I'll allow it. But, anyways, so she announced her whole world tour, everybody went crazy, and then yeah, that was it. Well, now the tour started. So now I'm seeing her all over social media again. So I was like, holy crap, I forgot that we have this concert to go to, and now I'm back to playing Hillary Dev every morning. She did drop another album, so she dropped that album called uh Oh my god, I cannot remember what it's called. Oh, I'm so embarrassed right now.
SPEAKER_01She's gonna call you a fake fan.
SPEAKER_00She is gonna call me a fake fan. And watch this. No, I got this because the reason why I forgot is because she dropped another album. So the album that she came back with called called, I'm trying to pull it together. Luck or something. Luck or something is one she dropped this year, but she also dropped another one. She took a page out of Taylor Swift's book and she re-recorded seven of her greatest hits, and the album is called Mine, kind of like Taylor's version, right?
SPEAKER_03Aww, and she owns the counter?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so she recorded seven of her greatest hits, and it's just called Mine, and it has her best songs, and it has Wake Up, So Yesterday, What Dreams Are Made Of, Sparks, Come Clean, Why Not, and With Love. And they sound amazing. They sound slightly different than the original. Obviously, she's older, her voice is different. It sounds amazing, and it's her seven most popular songs that she recorded, and she owns the full masters. So yeah.
SPEAKER_02I'm gonna go listen to that tonight. You're pretty beyond so many things.
SPEAKER_00Girl, you're gonna absolutely have to. It's gonna be amazing. I cannot wait. I'm beyond excited. I did invite to okay. I have an issue with this, and so tell me if I'm if I'm being overly generous for the wrong ways again. Is one, I think maybe it's the way I was raised or like not growing up with a lot. So whenever I am doing well or being successful, I always want to share it. Like I'm never a hoarder, you know, I'm never gonna be Elon Musk. Like, I if if I'm doing well, everyone around me is doing well. You know what I mean? I would rather, yeah. So, but also I realize that in some friendships of mine, now we're getting into therapy. I'm sorry. In some friendships of mine where I will like be overly generous, overly generous, and then maybe I don't do it expecting anything in return, but maybe a small part of me like does, and I don't get it, and then I get upset, yada yada yada, or especially with new friends. The point that I'm trying to say is I invited these new people that I met, right? And I was like, Do you guys like the two that I kind of like was most fond of? And I was like, Do you guys want to do Hillary Duff? And they're like, Oh my god, yeah, we should go. I was like, I was like, you should definitely come. And I was like, I have a friend from New Jersey coming into town. And I was like, I was like, but I have six tickets. I was like, so and they were like, yeah, awesome. He's like, well, give me your number. I was like, cool. And we exchanged numbers really quick, and then I was like, Jay, we gotta plan Hillary Duff. He's like, Yeah, for sure. And then so I was like, all right, well, I'm gonna remind him. Actually, I was in literally, literally, I was gonna wait until July 2nd. So it's one month away, and I'm gonna be like one month out. But then I'm like, Am I am I bribing him for friendship? Like, is that what I'm doing? Because I'm obviously not gonna charge him for these tickets. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_02I don't view it that way, but that's just because I know the type of person that you are. My only caveat with like everything that you said is if you start to notice that the people that you're doing a lot for, like, of course, you shouldn't be doing things to expect something in return, but there should be a certain level of reciprocation, right? And if you see that they only come around for like that kind of stuff and not for like, hey, let's just go get a coffee at you know, your corner Wait, wait, I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_00I think I think that's where I would where I meant to go with it was maybe not am I bribing them for friendship, but like, is it like it's like if I'm like, hey, let's not forget about Hillary Duff, are they only going to be my friend because they're gonna get Hillary Duff in a return? You know what I mean? Like, is my time and energy appreciated, or would I have to give them?
SPEAKER_02I think it's too soon to see, just because it's so fresh, but I would definitely monitor it so that they don't feel like, oh, we're only gonna hang out with him when he has cool events going on. He's our event friend.
SPEAKER_00Exactly. Exactly. I don't want to be that person. I don't want to be, I don't want to feel I don't want to feel that way either. I think I think I have a lot to give sometimes. Sometimes it's too much. I don't know. I don't want to feel that way. Um, but I'm super excited. August 2nd. That's a great way to put it. Others just say crazy. Um girl, oh, what you said? Like you said, I'm so multifaceted, what'd you say?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah, I did. Okay.
SPEAKER_00And I said that's a great way to put it. Can you hear me sniffling? Oh my god, let's let's go back to the ride real quick.
Pride Flu And Friendship Intentions
SPEAKER_00No, I'm at I'm on the tail end of a sickness, like flu. So I, this pride, was a good boy. And for anyone listening or investigating me, I've always been always been a good boy for anyone investigating me. Freeze swapping. No, no, I did nothing with nobody, not so much as a make out. I was in good company with good friends. I was partying, I was having a time of my life. It was lots of naps, lots of late nights, not lots of micro naps so I could stay awake because I'm on the high side of 35. Um, and and these people that I met, I genuinely want to be their friends. I don't want to just plow my way through this friend group. You know what I mean? I didn't make out with a single person in the three days of partying. Tell me why I get the literal flu. Literal flu took me out for four solid days, couldn't get off the couch, went to work for one day. That was miserable, spent the whole weekend at home, and now I'm barely feeling better. Like next year or in San Diego, I should just be a big you know, if I'm gonna get sick anyways, like what's the point?
SPEAKER_02Honestly, like I was promised or something else. I don't know what.
SPEAKER_00I I I don't know what either. I'm a I'm a good person. Maybe I'm not, who knows? Um, but yeah.
SPEAKER_02Someone's fine hex on me.
SPEAKER_00Can they please like put a pin in my lower back of my voodoo doll? Relieve some tension. If you go too low, he might just let's get some acupuncture going on there.
SPEAKER_03Seriously.
SPEAKER_00Oh my god. So tell me about this new
Curly Hair Routine Product Breakdown
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SPEAKER_02Thank you so much. I'm actually gonna record a video of it, so it's gonna be on my TikTok if you guys want to see. Um, that's a little plug. Sorry.
SPEAKER_00Your videos are so much better than mine. I did a video last night. Go ahead. I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_02No, tell me, you did a video last night on Costco menu items.
SPEAKER_00I would date. So instead, how about you watch this hair care video?
SPEAKER_02Have you ever had um, you know, I've never had the chicken bake yet?
SPEAKER_00Girl, yeah, I'm obsessed with Costco. I we talked about this.
SPEAKER_02I know. We went and got Costco's and cookies.
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SPEAKER_00Oh my god, yes.
SPEAKER_02Uh yes, okay, okay, let's get back to the hair. Sorry. Um, but I've been trying to do, which actually is so funny. I couldn't find my tripod, so I used the container. I'm gonna also film an empties video. I'm so funny, but I've been using this brand to do.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_02And this is called Big Papa. Ooh, we can use a big papa. It's I usually jump will weigh down my hair, but this is like amazing. I don't know what they put in these products. It's like I've been using, they have um, it's called like Afro Balm, and it's like a pomade. And I put that in, and it like literally leaves my hair shiny. So I start off with that, my hair really like drenched after a shower. Then I'll put in mama's moisture, and that's superb. And then I'll put in this. I use like my prayer hands, which that's what it's called, and like you sort of kind of create like a cast, but dude, it literally gives me like ringlets. And then I just use my brush. And the brush has like um these little things on the side. I literally just go like that, I scrunch it out about my day. I still have to figure out how to define the front a little bit more, but like some days it does its thing and someday it doesn't.
SPEAKER_00So well, it looks it looks flawless, it looks amazing. It looks the first, like I said, it was the first thing I noticed when you came on camera. Listener, if you guys want to go check out the TikTok and look at her hair, it is bouncy, it is shiny, it is glamorous, it look, it looks like you just got it done. Yeah, it looks like you just got it done. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02No, so like I don't know if I you remember when we met, it my hair was pin straight. I used to originally get keratin. So I got keratin for five or six years. It was more so just like I will do so many things to not have to do something extra in the morning, even though I'm an early bird. It's like, why wouldn't I want to just wake up? I could take a shower, get out of the shower, my hair would just dry, like basically styled. It was amazing. But my hair was maybe down to my waist. My hairdresser, I'm not kidding, she's like in her 80s, she's like, I have back pain. I your hair is too long. I can't redo it. And I was like, dang. So I sort of kind of had just had to pivot and like go natural. And when I went to my other hairstylist, she actually cuts my hair. I was like, Oh, do you do keratin? She's like, I do. She's like, I think you should just leave your curls. She's like, You like have really cute curls. And I was like, Oh, okay. My curls had basically grown out. So it was like curly and then it was like straight. So I let my hair get maybe secure and I did like a chop. I had a bob.
SPEAKER_00I remember both of those actually. So I remember your when I first met you, the long hair, because your bun was the size of a toe to curl a spare tire. And then after that, when I saw you the next time, it was when it was super short when we were in Salt Lake City in June of last year. So I saw both. I do remember both of those.
SPEAKER_02You did, and now it's growing out, and I'm like enjoying this journey. We'll see, we'll see if I ever go back to Caratin, but that's where I'm at right now.
SPEAKER_00Well, I I think it looks amazing. I I, as um um a person of no hair on my head, I I always make it a point to notice and compliment. Girl, you know what I did the other day, and I feel so silly. I I don't it's
Ponytail Hat Fail And Bald Logic
SPEAKER_00too far to show, but so every now and then I like I just I'm I don't know, I have an issue. I'm always trying to be something funny or whatever. Anyways, I'm on Amazon or I'm on an app scrolling, and then I have like an Amazon uh advertisement, and it was like it showed uh a ball hat, uh a ball cap with the ponytail. And I was like, oh, and Ariana's touring. I'm about and I go to it, I click the link, it opens up Amazon, and I'm like, oh my god, it's like $12 for this a fucking hat with a ponytail. Yeah, fucking buying it. Dude, I ordered that shit so damn fast. I'm like, I can't wait till it gets here. I'm gonna pop it on, I'm gonna walk around like my neighbor's apartment, and I'm gonna Okay, girl, so I got it. And I didn't tell anybody either because like I'm just trying to be like the class clown, right?
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_00And so I get it, and it gets in the mail, so I come home and I rip open a package and I pull the hat out, and there's the hat with the big slit in the back of it. Or I guess this is the back of the hat. So the slits like right here. Yeah. So I'm like, all right, so I'm I'm like, well, that's where I attach the hair to. So I go back to the envelope and I'm like, fuck, they forgot the hair. And then so I go to Amazon to return it. And as I take a second look at it, I realize it's just the hair so that girls can wear with their ponytail. And the hat and the girls can wear it with their ponytail.
SPEAKER_02And I was like, The moment you said that certified, I know what this is.
SPEAKER_00Certifiable dumb bitch.
SPEAKER_02And I was like, we'll get you a 30H plus down. I have a I just saw TikTok for a manufacturer out of um like China, and it's 260 grams of thickness. You can have a whole, yes, thick hair, long, 30 inches.
SPEAKER_00My gosh.
SPEAKER_02Yes, you should do it.
SPEAKER_00I just thought it'd be funny, a little gag to walk around and put it on and you know, you like my hair?
SPEAKER_02Do you know what the guy's from the black eyed peas?
SPEAKER_00Yes, long straight hair. Imagine I wish I had hair like that. If I had it once again, when 10 years ago, when I crash dieted and became 165 pounds, six foot, six feet, 165 pounds, zero muscle. Um, I your body said I gotta let go of something. I lost all my hair.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_00It literally said goodbye, hair. Uh black eyes.
SPEAKER_02Could you take a trip to Turkey?
SPEAKER_00Let's see who we're talking. What?
SPEAKER_02Could you take a trip to Turkey?
SPEAKER_00Okay, so I I I don't think I would want to do that. One, first of all, let's talk about the reason why. Okay, the w the number the number two reason would be because just like if I get Botox and I will probably get like an upper lid left one day, I don't need it to be like I don't want people to know. Well, I tell people obviously because I can what? Never shut the fuck up. But people will know because I tell them, not because they noticed it, right? So it's not like I'm balding and all of a sudden I get I fix it. Like I have no hair. So if I came back with hair, what kind of fucking chia pet am I? You know? The number three reason is I swear. Literally, oh, we gotta talk about peptides in a second. The number three reason would be because I um if I'm gonna drop fifteen thousand dollars, it's going to be on like lipo and veneers. All right.
SPEAKER_02Honey, that's how much did you say?
SPEAKER_00Like 15k, right? 15,000.
SPEAKER_02Turkey, it's literally like it's fifteen hundred. It's fifteen thousand in New York.
SPEAKER_00How much does a turkey first of all turkey? Turkey is now Turkey, by the way.
SPEAKER_02So you say in Spanish. Come on.
SPEAKER_00Turkey. Well, they don't speak Spanish in Turkey. So all right, so hair transplant turkey package. This is Reddit, so keep that in mind. Oh, I'm telling you. I think I spend more on Ubers. I spent more on Ubers. You do.
SPEAKER_02You spend more on Taco Bell.
SPEAKER_00Girl, girl, I'll go with you.
SPEAKER_02They have, dude, they have a crazy vintage like fur and all market. I want to go.
SPEAKER_00Oh, in Turkey. I thought you're saying Taco Bell.
SPEAKER_02I was like, take me to you. You were like, what? I'm telling you, it's so cheap over there.
SPEAKER_00$35, $3,500. Uh, people say on average, $3,500.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_02So you can't do that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm seeing $2,000 right here.
SPEAKER_02But that also includes your hotel state, by the way. Transportation.
SPEAKER_00Right here. So it says reputable clinics in Turkey charge two to four, two, two to four thousand dollars. If you want to include hotel and airfare, you're looking at about four thousand to five thousand. That is nothing. It's not okay. But even then, the number one reason why I don't want to get hair is see, when I had hair, I was in an era where a basic, you know, standard barber cut was five dollars and ninety-five cents. If I went to a a black barber, I'm talking $9 and change. And if I went to a fancy barber, I'm talking $12 and change. I and I used to get a haircut once a week because I liked my hair on point all the time. Now people are spending $60, $80 plus tip on a haircut.
SPEAKER_02It's insane. I'm sorry. Men are getting robbed. Robbed. I pay $60, $70 to get my hair cut, and I don't need it done as frequently. So I'm sorry. These barbers, they all want to be driving their G-Wagons. They want to be the baddies. That's what the issue is. But see, I won't get it.
SPEAKER_00That is why I've said it once I've say it again. Going bald is the most physically responsible thing my body has done for me.
SPEAKER_03So I I won't take it.
SPEAKER_00Silverline, silver lining. Um, okay, hey, let's um let's uh let's shift gears here. In the in the season of pride,
Ask Daddy Advice On Finishing
SPEAKER_00in the season of pride, let's finish off with some with some with some advice columns. Okay. So this one is for instead of ask Abby or dear Abby, it is ask daddy. This one says, and by the way, I haven't read these. Ask Daddy. Is this why gay guys are ghosting me? All right, here we go. It says, Dear Daddy, so my question is rather odd, and I've never met anyone or heard of anyone in the same boat as me besides women. Is it normal for me not to orgasm during sex? I love having sex with guys. I'm a bottom and I am good at what I do. The pleasure I get from it is amazing, but I haven't had a sexual partner make me finish yet. This is the kid's show. I don't know what it is. I definitely know that I'm at least 98% gay. Did you know that doctors are now asking you, asking men, probably women too, when they'll ask you if your your sexuality and if you say straight or or gay, they'll ask you what percent?
SPEAKER_02I've never heard that before.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_00How do you know? This is new. I also could be spreading misinformation, but I did hear about this from a few different sources. Um, yeah, they'll ask you what percent. And so I guess my physical stuff.
SPEAKER_02Let's see what the doctor asks me.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. Report back. Um, all right. So it says I definitely know that. So what is your response to him? To I haven't finished reading the column, bitch.
SPEAKER_02Oh, I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_00It says, All right, I definitely know that I'm at least 98% gay and I've had success with with toys and and flashlights and other things, but when it comes to bottoming, it's like my side, my front side switches off. Um cool. Wait, is this the answer? Oh no, and it goes, all right. So what do you think the issue is?
SPEAKER_03I don't know.
SPEAKER_00You don't have any gay friends, or you're not being very oh my god, I'm so sorry, I'm all over the place. Did you know how the parties I was at? Uh during what? Oh no, I wasn't telling you. Okay, sorry, shifting gears for uh shifting gears. Okay, yeah, tell me.
SPEAKER_02So we're at a party.
SPEAKER_00I was at a party and pride party, and somebody was having an ally party, so it was a big gay party, and you all these gay guys brought their straight ally friend. And it was probably one of the sweetest things ever, but what I did find what I thought was super cute, it was almost like when when when girls bring their their dudes to a baby shower and they all congregate in one area, that's kind of how it was. So you had like all of us were being, you know, extra gay indoors and you know, drinking and doing shots and just talking to talk and walking to walk and all the stuff that you know gays do, period, and then again during Pride, and you just had on the balcony like nine straight dudes just you know, probably talking World Cup. I don't know. But it was uh I thought it was a really, a really neat idea. Yeah. And immediately I text what well, well, you know, you know, my my my straighty friend, Jordan. So I immediately text Jordan. I was like, you should be here. Um I thought that was super, super cool. Swing LA party. Um, you know what? Real talk, I don't care about what's happening with this boy. That was a really dumb question. And I think the answer is to find other ways to answer.
SPEAKER_01Oh, I mean bring toys to the bedroom, honey. Find a way to finish.
SPEAKER_00Okay, so all right, fine, okay, fine. So Daddy says, Hi, Declan, excuse me, hi Declan. The problem may be more common than you realize. Duh. First, you're not alone, and there are guys in your and you're in your same position, but there are also tops who want to be safer. But I can't get over the finish line while, you know, wearing protection, um, which tends to inhibit um stimulation. I also know a lot of bottoms who put all of their erotic energy into pleasuring their top, and they get all the sexual gratifaction. Gratification, I'm smart. They seek because they know they're they're hot enough to make the top reach orgasm. Some bottoms prefer to even wear other type of gear. Um, that way they don't re uh reach orgasm, that way they can only please uh please their top. Um, then he goes on and on and says, What I recommend is um if the guy ghosts to you because of this, let them go. Instead, lean into company of those who don't care if you achieve blast off, as he says. You might also consider seeing a more patient man, especially those who regard uh intimacy as a way to connect rather than a way to just get off. You may sacrifice quantity for quality, but that's one of the things that makes uh porn a pleasant distraction. Um that was a very thought-out answer. Yeah, I don't think I would have given that good of advice.
SPEAKER_02You would have, you would have prompted Chat GBT.
SPEAKER_00It is what it is, but anyways, um Stephanie. I am uh what
Tucson Countdown And Social Plugs
SPEAKER_00do you call it? I actually can't wait to see you in just five days. Wait, where are you? Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
SPEAKER_02Or a few days more than that.
SPEAKER_00A few days more in a week. Oh yeah, it's literally a week away. Um I can't wait to see you. We can figure out red or green. What are you a red or green girl?
SPEAKER_02I don't know. I'd have to try. I think we're gonna have to go out on the scene, try some food, and then report. What do you think?
SPEAKER_00Watch me by the time you see me on Nozempic, and I'm like, I don't eat. You're like, I don't eat.
SPEAKER_02I'm sorry. You're like, I can just have the tip of the pepper.
SPEAKER_00I'll I'll try my hardest not to turn sideways around you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, be careful. I hope they don't like have like any floor, like wooden floor. You might fall through.
SPEAKER_00Literally, I mean, I'm I I'm bringing a parka because if it dips below 101, I'm gonna freeze to death. That's how skinny I am. Yeah, so it is so terrible. Um, all right, from one Scoony King to another. I love you. I miss you.
SPEAKER_03Love you.
SPEAKER_00Stephanie, let them know where they can find you and where they can see this hair video you're gonna make.
SPEAKER_02I'm on TikTok. Jay's gonna input my handle right here. And um Stephanie Carolina find me anytime.
SPEAKER_00Awesome. And listener, you can find me, my personal Instagram at BJ Allday, or you can follow the pod on TikTok at DoseofDelusion. Can't wait to see you guys soon. Take care. We'll talk to you later. Bye bye.
SPEAKER_01Bye.
