Episode 39| Laying Down Tricks

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Happy Hoodoo Heritage Month! I talk about ordering your steps, the inventor of Hoodoo Heritage Month and furries. Cause it is October. Gotta talk about dressing up and spirits.

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Mama Rue
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Podcast:  Mama Rue's Ancestral Musings
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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:34

M-O-W-M-A-Q-W-E, w-e, w-e, that's my name. Mama Q, m-o-w-m-a-q-w-e, w-e, w-e, that's my name. Mama Q, Say it faster or slow, don't really matter, though the U-E gets a minute. Tongue tizzy. Yo, hey, kinda dizzy bro. Who is she? Mama Q? Mama gave birth little ways, no girth 16 years ago. No, I don't want. Mo Q is a line and I tried to align this double end. Tundra petty, hi, it's one of my mantras. Mama Q, I'm the first one in and the first one out. Memphis Tend to Key is my wear belt. Duncan Plain Mayn saying stick it to one topic. I reply your mind is very myopic with Mama Q. You need better optist picking and choosing to copy me. Are you inspired? Definitely. No need to whisper gracefully, I like it better off key. Now let's see. Do you remember me? M-o-w-m-a-q-w-e, w-e, w-e, that's my name. Mama Q, m-o-w-m-a-q-w-e, w-e, w-e, that's my name. Mama Q, hey, hi, it's me. Mama Q. I welcome you to Moments in Q In Q today.

Speaker 1: 1:58

Hawaii, black Business, hudu, hudu. And are you kinky or not? Hawaii, I give you the green of the day and I'm explaining the why of this episode. Happy Hudu, heritage Month whoop, whoop. This month was coined by Mama Roo in 2019. During this month we honor our ancestors, elders and the Hudu traditions that some of us know knowingly or unknowingly. Yes, we should do that a lot, but this month, because the veil is very thin, we can connect with the spirits easier. I will talk about Mama Roo a little bit more. Talk about ordering your steps in more details in comparison to the TikTok I made a few days ago and keep it with the Halloween theme because I love a theme. I will talk about furries Sidebar. My bad for being a day late and a dollar short with this, but I wasn't feeling well. So, yeah, black Business. I highlight a Black Business to bring awareness and my experience with said business, unless I say it isn't a paid ad. I'm open to paid ads, but I definitely want to highlight Black Businesses. There's enough money for all of us to get it. Mama Roo I learned about Mama Roo from Juju Bay's podcast.

Speaker 1: 3:22

From there, I listened to Mama Roo's podcast called Mama Roo's Ancestral Amusions. She has nine episodes, so it's a quick listen. Unfortunately, she hasn't recorded a podcast episode since October 2021. I think she stopped because she accomplished her goal with her podcast. I can't remember verbatim, but it's on one of her podcast episodes If you want to know.

Speaker 1: 3:46

My favorite podcast episode was when she talked about the Lovecraft Country Show. Now, look y'all, I really, really, really dig that series. I also listened to the book. I enjoyed the book as well. I'm kind of finding out the author is racist, but yeah, but it was a bittersweet. I always use that word bittersweet, but I can't think of another way to describe it, but it's like. I loved that particular show, lovecraft Country. I just, unfortunately, when it didn't make it to another season, I kind of understood why, because why would you want to acknowledge magic exists, especially with Black people? At least that's the way I thought about it, but whatever. So, with that being said, yeah, the episodes are quote unquote old, but like three years old, but to me, who cares? The information Mama Rue tells you about is still applicable to today. Anyway, I learned about who Do Heritage Month listening to her podcast.

Speaker 1: 4:51

Do you still want to know who is Mama Rue? Let me tell you. According to her website, she writes I'm a seer, a diviner and, in my early 50s, a wife, mother, grandmother, as well as commander of a feline army. I have been practicing cardomancy for over 30 years. I chose the name Mama Rue because that is the name Spirit Fet me. As for the head and hand part, consider that divination of any kind requires the use of the mind, where the tools used are combined with psychic intuition, spirit guidance or innate acquired ability. It's also where the current's questions is formed. The cards are then shuffled, cut and laid out by the hands, and there you have it. Her information, as always, will be in the show notes Hudu, hudu.

Speaker 1: 5:43

I get to the root of Hudu. Conjure up thoughts that pop into my mind about spirituality. Come on and get this work. Earlier this week, a thought came into my head about my spiritual paranoia, or vigilance, whichever way you want to describe it. Per usual, I put it off. So I couldn't put it off anymore. Then, blam, blam, I made a tick. Talk about it.

Speaker 1: 6:04

Now I want to go into more details than the three minutes about laying down tricks, which is not Memphis slang or dirty for you dirty mind people out there. Well, I mean, laying down tricks can be dirty because it involves dirt, but you know where I'm going with this. So laying down tricks is a Hudu thing that involves your steps. So, true to the gospel song, you got to order your steps. I think the name well, I know the name of it. I hadn't said it incorrectly. On my tick talk. I said order thy steps, but the name of the song is order my steps in the Lord. Oh wait, now that I say that, I wonder if that's what it is. Anyway, order my steps, gospel song. Google, look at it, youtube. You know what I'm saying. You'll figure it out from there. So, true to the gospel song. You got to order your steps. Now, of course, that song is about someone asking the Lord to tell them how to speak, act, talk and walk. But you know, almost everything is about Hudu, at least to me, especially when it comes to black culture, I believe that ordering your steps should be taken literally, regardless if you believe in this Hudu stuff or not.

Speaker 1: 7:14

Nowadays I hear more about people putting others in jars versus their foot tracks. I don't know if it's because more people drive or don't live near dirt roads anymore, or if putting people in jars is popular and it's trendy. I don't know, but I know quote unquote back in the days, or currently, people could be worked on by their footsteps. So not only do you have to worry about your personal concerns, such as your hair, saliva, sperm, period, blood, etc. Being potentially used against you. You got to also add your footprints to your list. Now I won't tell you the herbs to make it work or how to do the work Nah, that's not my steal-o.

Speaker 1: 7:57

But I will say be cautious and vigilant when it comes to walking over trash. What might seem like dog shit could be some shit you can't get rid of. Poor choice of words, I know, but you know I love a good double untundra. Walking around the problem, if possible, might be the best bet. Or, as always, carry protection with you If you have no choice but to walk over an object. I remember the first time I learned about foot magic, I instantly became paranoid. I know it sounds quote unquote stupid, but I didn't want to get crossed and you shouldn't want to either. Now, sometimes the use of a shoe can't be a good thing if you want to use it for protection or as a defense mechanism. You know how Monica had said before you walk out of my life. Well, I might want you to walk out of my life.

Speaker 1: 8:46

And speaking of walking, there's this old saying, and I believe it's true, because story time. Let me, um, put my little cursor to remind myself that this is um, after I finish doing story time, go back to my script, okay, so all right. So there's this quote unquote oh, wives tells, which is who do to me where it says that if you give a man a pair of shoes, he'll walk out of your life. Now again, they say man. I have no idea if that means you know man for real, like, um, a cisgender man, or a person who identify as a man, or if they mean man is in humans, because you know they call us humans, men, stuff like that. I have no idea what that meant. But for this particular story time, I'm talking about a cisgender man. Now again, I know, I know, I know.

Speaker 1: 9:40

Most of the time I talk about my horrible exes. Um, no, you know what a lot of times I talk about my boobang love of my motherfucking life at the top tippy, tippy, tippy top and then after that I talk about my exes and stuff. I sometimes believe that I was put here on the earth to tell people what not to do. Okay, and so here I am trying to tell people what not to do. All right, with that being said, supposedly, if you, um give a man a pair of shoes, he will walk out of your life, and, oh my gosh, uh, ex of mine, um, for Christmas I gave a pair of shoes and they also gave me a pair of shoes and well, we're not in each other's lives anymore. Okay, you might not be like, but look, I believe, I believe that some of those things that were um being told that we consider old wives tales, as I say all the time believe that that's who do so.

Speaker 1: 10:38

That could be another way of walking out of someone's life. I know that was a quick story time, but that was the best details I could give y'all. Okay. So, keeping up with music because, again, you know, I like to use music within um the words that I say. Another use could be Ron DMC and Aerosmith walk this way, yeah, literally, because people like to control. All right, use the song lyrics is my kink. So what I mean by that?

Speaker 1: 11:06

Again, I'm not going to tell you how to do it, but again, when it comes to using people um shoes, you could potentially dominate them with using your shoes. Again, that's a form of control per usual. Per usual, you gotta know. I believe you have to know um both sides. You have to know what a person could do potentially to you um, because, like you know, for your defense and then, at the same time, you need to know a way to protect you.

Speaker 1: 11:42

Again, I refuse to give details on how to do things and stuff because, again, I'm not going to be, quote on quote, held liable for that. And even though, at this point in time, not a lot of people listen to this podcast, which I don't know, why not tell your friends this shit is cool. But also, you know, because I whole hardly believe and know for a fact that who do is for our black. Well, I believe it's definitely for black Americans. But at the same time, you know if it's a person part of the African disbar, cool. But I say all that to say that, yeah, who do ain't for the white folks, okay, it's not. I don't care if you want to use the 1% bluh, it ain't for you. So therefore, because I know per my therapist, I can't control others, I can only control me.

Speaker 1: 12:29

With that being said, I am only going to talk about well, per usual, I only like to talk about things as far as like a defense mechanism to bring awareness and stuff like that. I don't like to um have a lot of details and most of the time I like to at least have people um, know, again for defense purposes, so that they can defend themselves, you know, if need be and stuff. Um, I don't want to. I don't like to encourage people to do things to other others. I know that sounds contradictory, because I will do things to others, but again, for me, I do it for protection, defense. Okay, I always believe in getting my leg back.

Speaker 1: 13:15

Anyway, like I said, all seriousness, this is a spooky season in our midst, so keep your head on the swivel and be vigilant when you navigate these spiritual and physical streets. You never know how many footprints will be in the sand if you got your face buried in the foam. Are you kinky or not? I'm a proud kinkster of the BDSM community. Let me tell you about this lifestyle to see if you want to come over to the dark side. We got candles.

Speaker 1: 13:46

People barely talk about being a furry. Barely Get it. I know it ain't Sunday, but I couldn't resist it, okay. So, again, keeping up with the Halloween theme, talking about furries, the next Thursday episode I will talk about pet play. Now, a lot of people, they confuse, not confuse. They use pet play and furries, sometimes interchangeably, and they are two different things.

Speaker 1: 14:19

Okay, so furries are anthropomorphic, while pet play isn't. Now, if you don't know what that word means, no biggie, I'm going to explain it, okay. So imagine Chuck E Cheese walking around in public and not just at the workhouse. That's what anthropomorphic means. It basically means that you see the human side of an insect, animal, etc. Okay, so that's what that means, and pet play is not that. Now, again, the reason being is because when people do pet play which again I know you will learn at the next episode but when it comes to pet play, the humans, they become the pet. So it's kind of like opposites, if that makes any sense. So, yeah, but we're going to talk about furries, all right, and so another way you can think about this.

Speaker 1: 15:16

Even though Chuck E Cheese was first thing that came in mind, the second thing that came in mind was the way that some of the mascots that we have on the collegiate or professional level, how, if it's an animal, insect, whatever it walks around and stuff, and of course there's a human inside the costume, but just like you know, for example, my alma mater were owls. Like why do we have a person in the costume walking around? Because I mean, yeah, owls do walk, but they fly. So, yeah, hopefully that makes sense, and again, not since such a intelligence, but yeah, all right. So furries don't have to be sexual, because you know, chillings can also go to furries, conventions and stuff. But this one, again, because it's an adult podcast, I talk about the adult side of things, but yeah, whatever.

Speaker 1: 16:14

So did you know that furries have conventions? I mean most things that people are interested in have conventions as well. So, coming up, there's a furry convention in San Antonio, texas, from October 13th through the 15th. So I know that's quote unquote last minute, but if being into furried them is your thing, check it out and let me know, or you know, just Google about it. What have you? Okay, I've never been to a furry convention at all. Being furry is not a kink of mine at all, but you know, whatever. So this furry convention I'm talking about is called Alamo City.

Speaker 1: 16:55

Furry invasion is family-friendly. So, again, if someone has a child with them, you know whatever, they can go and walk around and even dress up, and it's not like All out there, because, again, I've been to kinky btsm conventions not family-friendly at all at all and stuff. Um, it's for 18 and up, but if it comes to the hotel parties which I used to go to, it's definitely 21 and up, but again, bdsm is an adult only type of thing, whereas furries can be family-friendly type of thing. Now, with this particular Furry convention that I learned about, just like you're learning about right now, they do have adult stuff. There's a section for within the convention and also after hours, just like most establishments are. It's only for like 18 and up, if I'm not mistaken.

Speaker 1: 17:52

So, yeah, so, um, rolling stone wrote an article about furries, so okay, so there's another convention called the Midwest furfist, and that's outside of shide town. The convention has been going on for more than 20 years. Continuing with talking about the article, in 2005 about a thousand people showed up and then in 2020, 12,000 people showed up, so it looks like the furry wave is catching on, alright. So let me tell you about the history with furry dumb. It started in about the 1980s at a sci-fi convention. So, um, what happened was and I didn't get a chance to Get the name of it, but some way somehow it was a sci-fi convention and there were a group of people who I think it was like they were into anime and I guess they dressed up as it and then some way somehow furry, dumb Became to be and they kind of broke off, so yeah.

Speaker 1: 18:48

So now, um, if being a furries is your thing curious, curious about it or whatnot you got to have a fur sauna. If you want to be a furry, because you know fur plus persona and there are different types of furries, so you don't have to just limit it to like being like the quote-unquote regular known Kind of furries, like cat, dogs and stuff like that. You could be a bunny, a fox, a cat, a wolf, etc. Okay, so, after you have figured out your fur post, yeah, your first sauna. You draw your first sauna, or you can commission someone to draw for you. Then you can have someone manufacture your furry costume. Obviously, it can get expensive, which is why some furries just do the ears and the tails.

Speaker 1: 19:37

Now, when in my ex local kinky community I knew people who were furries and they were also into Pet play, one of them was a cat and another one was a wolf and Stuff, and so they always were the ears and the tails. And you know, because of that, that's um, how? Because they were the ears and the tails, that was their fur persona and that's how they identified with the arm furry part of it. Now, one of them I always saw also would do pet play where this person's husband was the owner and they were a cat and so, like I said, even they just like maybe what two, three years ago got married I can't remember, I'm not cool with them anymore, but anyway that was when they were getting to pet play. One of them, like I said, was a cat and of course would wear the ears, but that's when they would get down on the ground and walk on all fours, meow and stuff like that. They even did a kinky class in my local community about pet play. So, again, like I said, some people can be into both, but they're two different things, all right. So the reason that most of the time people get ears and tails is because the costume can be expensive and y'all it can get a hotter than Memphis Tend to Key in October in that costume.

Speaker 1: 21:08

Okay, now when it comes to your tails, oh my gosh, the tails can be butt plugs with the furry tail on the end or like a regular tail. Now, yeah, if you did not know, yeah, like some butt plugs are not the quote-unquote warren ones where you know, you just stick it on your butt. I mean not on you, stick it in your anus and stuff like that. There's some butt plugs that have jewels on the end of it. Some have on tails on the end of it, like yeah. So it's not just like. I mean of course it's three-dimensional, but in this sense it's not just like one-dimensional, where the butt plug is just that. It can be like real cutesy if that's your thing. So that's what I meant by the different ways.

Speaker 1: 21:49

But, um, most of the time when I saw them because they were the only ones that I remember there were furries and or inset pet play and stuff. But most of the time when I would see them, they would just have the tail out with whatever clothes that they have on and stuff like that. Okay, so again want to just remind you that there is nothing wrong with you being a furry. If you're doing it for the kink or if you're doing it for vanilla, it's not my thing. I just like to bring awareness to the different types of kinks that exist out there because, who knows, you might be curious about it. All right, um, I do want to let you know, at least in my experience. I knew of someone when we did go to Chucky Cheese that was freaked out by Chucky Cheese walking around in the establishment. So just be mindful that there are some people out there that might be freaked out about it.

Speaker 1: 22:45

And going back to the Rolling Stone article, if you didn't know, when you do wear your furry costume, of course it gets hot in there so you might have to take your top off. But you know there are shows out there that always show kids screaming and freaking the out, freaking the fuck out. I don't know why I decided to like edit myself with that. That was weird. Sometimes they freak the fuck out when they see like the human takes their top off. But yeah, so again, if that's something that you're interested in, please take breaks, cool down and just know that you might not be able to see with that on, which is why at least some of the mascots that I've seen, sometimes they have a person, like again with my mascot of my alma mater, there was always somebody walking with them to go places, because it's very difficult to see.

Speaker 1: 23:40

So if you go to a convention and you are dressed like, that again might be hot, might be stinky too, no matter like how much deodorant and things that nature you put on like, yeah, it just might be hot in there. You know what happens to our body when we get super hot stars sweating profusely and we're not hydrating, etc. Etc. So again, those are one of the many not to like steer your way, but that's like one of the many reasons that, when it comes to people participating in fairied them, where they usually just do the cat and the ears, now I remember and this is like the vanilla my now I'm not saying this is about to be another story time. Now I'm not saying that the person who did this with the story that I'm about to talk about was a furry, but like I don't know, this thought I did just popped into my head of about you know, the vanilla ways of me experiencing furry don't okay. So there's this.

Speaker 1: 24:37

So back in the day is my worthless brother. He's nine years younger than me, so he was into Barney, so I can't remember which birthday it was, but Barney came into town and the dude that we found and of course this was pre-internet. So I have no as I say this out loud I have no idea how my family even found this person, but came through to the house in the bunny in the Barney costume or whatever like that, did a little dance song voice, everything like that. And I remember we talked to him afterwards and yeah, he was saying how freaking hot it is being in that costume and stuff like that. So yeah, so that's the cool thing at least that I think it is when it comes to some of these things that our kinks is again.

Speaker 1: 25:28

You can be hidden in plain sight and stuffs where you know people could be into furries and all the adult things that come with it. But like you just see it and you're like, oh, these are just some quote-unquote weirdo stressed up like this, or you know they're doing this for a game, blah, blah, blah. You know. Next thing, you know, I remember seeing a movie I can't remember what movie it is and you know, next thing, you know, you know furries out out on the beach getting it on. So yeah, alright, I've talked long enough, q out.