Episode 68: Casey Anthony, True Crime, Gossip Girl, and a Locked Storage Unit: Pop Culture & WTF News

Stefanie and Meredith are back with another hilarious and wildly entertaining episode of This Is My Circus! This week, they dive into everything from unpredictable weather apps to repurposed Biggie Smalls shirts, New TV obsessions, and a truly bizarre news story about a man locked in a storage unit for four days—by his girlfriend! 🤯

But that’s not all! They also discuss:

• The latest celebrity PR crisis involving a former CIA agent 🤔
• Their favorite binge-worthy TV shows and crime documentaries 📺
• Wild government spending reports that will leave you speechless 💸
• An Am I the A-Hole? dilemma that has everyone questioning their… skills in the bedroom 😳
• And of course, their Book Club picks 📚 – including a thrilling YA mystery and a jaw-dropping suspense novel!

Grab your favorite drink, settle in, and get ready to laugh, rant, and maybe even gasp a little with Steph & Meredith! 🎧✨

🔗 Links & Mentions

📚 Book Club Pick for Next Week: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
🎬 TV Shows Mentioned: Gossip Girl, Gabby Petito Documentary, Gross Point Garden Society
📍 News Stories Discussed: Man locked in storage unit: https://abc11.com/post/boyfriend-nc-woman-accused-locking-storage-unit-says-charges-are-bogus/15963850/

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Transcript

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I'm Stephanie. I'm Meredith, and welcome to you. This is my circus. Hey Steph. Hi. Hey girl. How are you? I'm good. It's a pretty day. It is when It's supposed to be like super nasty tomorrow. Yeah. So we are recording on what's today? Tuesday. Tuesday. And this will go out on Thursday? Yes. So Wednesday, hopefully. Hopefully by Thursday. The nasty weather will be in the past and everybody's gonna have a great day. Dylan, you know he only goes to school two days a week. Yeah, Mondays and Wednesdays. Yeah. He got off from work and he said, we might not have school tomorrow. And I said, why? And he said, because of the rain. And I'm like. You're out of school for rain. That's a new one. And he's like, well, it's supposed to be really bad storms. And I was, so I look up the weather, I'm like, well, it's only 20 mile an hour winds. It's not like, it's Yeah. Like super bananas. It is, 80% chance of rain. Yes. Well tomorrow, at, I don't know, nine o'clock or whatever was like a hundred percent chance. Yeah, you're right. I see that now. What app do you use to check the weather? I have, a smart EE app. Do you have WTF? what the forecast or something like that? It's something like that, yeah. Okay. That's funny. Yeah. I use that one. I also use several apps for the weather, and then I just pick whichever one I like the forecast the best. So today's,'cause I have it on the Sweary. Mm-hmm. Side of it, it says cloudy effing. Full poop, but it's the real words. I that, that's a funny one. Especially in the summer when it's so freaking hot. That one's hilarious to listen to. Yeah, I have like three weather. And I just bounce around. But I do have a regular weather app, but you can do the hour by hour or whatever. That's not fun. No, it does not give me like my sweary sarcasm that you enjoy so much. Yes. Mm-hmm. I need a little bit of fun in my life. Of course, I get it from my weather app. We are so old, old and boring. Well, speaking of old, Dylan went through all of his clothes and stuff mm-hmm. And he was gonna get rid of his Biggie shirt. So I took it. I was gonna compliment you on, I feel like I always tell you how cute you look and I'm like, she's gonna think I'm really obsessed with her. And I I am obsessed with you. But, but it's cute the way you have it. Like you have a little It tied. I, yeah. So I went to Pinterest. Yeah, of course.'cause Dylan, I mean, his. Clothes are, yeah. Huge on me. If you cut a strip up the back. Mm-hmm. And then you can tie it so it's not That's what you did. Yeah. Okay. Because I've seen him too, where you take like a rubber band. Yeah. And you do that too. You just like cut like a slice up the middle and then you can use those two pieces to make will not. Well, adorable. I love it. And then how's he gonna get rid of that? He doesn't fit him anymore. Oh yeah. It's like, makes sense. Well, what am I gonna do with it? Like, I'm like busting out of it Mom. Because I was like, that's biggie, right? It's like sacrilegious. You can't do that. and you've made it a little feminine there. I cut the, the, the collar off and I cut the sleeves so they weren't like down to like past my elbows. It looks adorable. Thank you. You're welcome. Yeah, you're welcome. Yeah. Jackson shirts. We had to just recently convince him that he's not a large anymore. Mm-hmm. Yes. That took a lot of convincing. Yeah. well, Dylan had all these like tons and tons. Mm-hmm. He doesn't put anything away. Of course not. And I'm just like, re washing these clothes and I'm like, there has not been enough time. Mm-hmm. In between washing clothes mm-hmm. For all these clothes to be worn. Mm-hmm. So why don't we go through your clothes and just keep the ones that you're actually wearing? Right? Right. Because Jay will do the same thing where its the same thing over and over again, but then he's got a closet full of clothes and I'm like, if you don't like these or you're not gonna wear them, you need to tell me. Yeah. Because I go up there and I think he's got a closet full of clothes. We're good. But no, but I am proud of Jay. Because he's now not only wearing black, he has started wearing some off white, what is it with the all black. Does Dylan wear all black? He used to, he went through that face. Oh my gosh. Then he went through like a super bright color face uhhuh, and I think it really goes with the seasons too.'cause like in the winter, fall, yeah, it goes like darker. Well, that makes sense. But I feel like it's been like for years that Jackson was worn out. No, Dylan goes, definitely goes through phases of like, what does he, and I'm so envious of Jackson because his skin tone and his eyes are so, his eyes are so blue, his skin is so pretty. Like he can do colors I can't do. Mm-hmm. And he's like, I just wanna wear black. And I'm like, oh my gosh. Oh, you care about like, what looks, I, I don't, I just buy it. Yeah. I do care about it. I do care. I don't know why I, I, nah, you just wing it. I'm like, oh, that's cute. Well, hopefully this works.'cause I don't like trying on clothes the store. Oh, I don't either. I'm the queen of returns. I just the best. Yeah. Or buyer's remorse wants that. But I, listen, I don't even really hardly ever go to a store. Everything's online Of course. And I can just like Yeah. Ship it back. Exactly. Exactly. But I, yeah, I'm. Try to look. I got so little going for me colors I cannot control. So if I can find colors that work compared to fit or whatever, I can do that. But anyway, yeah, Jackson's got this comp, like he wore pink really well and black. Yeah, that's a boy thing I think. I think so. But I do love that. Thank you. Yes, my biggie. Biggie. Did you like Biggie and Tupac? I did. Me too. Yeah. I never like got, I was not really. So I like Kendrick Lamar, and Drake. Same. And I'm like, I, I mean, I'm not in a gang. I'm not beefing with either of them. Can I like both of them. And I've had some people, it didn't nothing to me. I know. And some people are like, you can't like them both. And I'm like, well, guess what? Guess who does? I said when the OG rivals were going, I didn't pick a side then. Right. But loved them equally. Um, yeah, I don't know. I, yeah, I'm not, mm-hmm. I know. Me neither. Just like music I do too. With a good beat. Let the beat drop. and I like TV lately. Oh, you been watching anything? Good? I actually have, what have you been watching? So, a lot. I started literally last night watching Gilmore Girls. I'm obsessed. Wait, gossip Girls. Gossip Girl. Why can't I remember the name of it? I was like, I think you already said watching that. Yeah. What is it? Gossip Girl. Yeah. And I love it. I know. I actually just, I rewatched it. Yes. Like when we started talking about it. Yeah. Like I rewatch it, like start to finish loving it So far. And I'm only on like the second app. and I also watched the Gabby Petito thing on Netflix. I did not. Oh, it is heartbreaking. Mm. It is good for awareness. Mm-hmm. Education and to kind of honor what she went through. Mm-hmm. But it pissed me off so bad. Just, yeah. on Peacock, there is a, it's only, there's only two episodes out. Mm-hmm. So far, but it's called the Gross Point Garden Society. Okay. And it's about this little garden club, but. It's like the Breakfast Club, but like adults. Oh, okay. But it's also murder mixed in and a little, a little bit everything. Like drama, there's like affairs. Yeah, it's, it's got a little bit of everything. Okay. So that's on Peacock, the gross point. Mm-hmm. Murder Garden Club. Yeah. Garden Society or Garden Club or whatever society. We should call our podcast a society. I feel like it's way too high class for us. I saw a notebook that said, do you know how depressed I was when I realized that this is my circus and these are my monkeys? I started giggling. Yeah, I saw something. We need what? Because we have both discussed. I like people, but I reach a limit. You reach a limit before me. It's a pen that you wear and it tells people where your social battery is. And like I could see me in a conversation, just be like, yeah, what mean? That all the way down, all the way down, all the way down like red, like get away. Well, you had mentioned that the Gabby, the, the documentary was just instant angry. Mm-hmm. Um, what made me instantly angry mm-hmm. This week, and it's only Tuesday. Mm-hmm. Is seeing, casey, the Anthony's on TikTok. Oh, I heard that. And she's got like 40,000 followers. Like who is following a baby killer. Right. I saw that. And then I saw Furious. Yeah. I saw somebody at, had a screenshot of her tattoo trying to figure out what it was. I don't know if it ever was like, do we feed into it and follow her? I'm not following her. No. Oh. But I wanna know the drama. People keep like screenshoting stuff. Yeah. But she had said I'm not even going to her page. I'm not even going confused. No. Like I am so. Livid that this woman comes on here. Mm-hmm. Saying that she, she's reintroducing herself to the world and she's gonna be giving legal, tips because she's been in the law industry. Who's gonna take advice from her? Oh my gosh, idiots. And that this is a platform that she can speak for her daughter. Kiss my mother. Flip. Flip. She should not ever be able to say the words daughter. She shouldn't be allowed like a platform for anything. No. She needs to crawl back under the rock she came out of. Mm-hmm. And never come out of it again. Again. Ever. Yeah. I'm sorry. Like that, like was my rant for, for the, for the few minutes. That's okay. I'll go to another one. You're allowed? Yeah. Part one. Yes. Yeah, she's something, she needs to just go away. And just that whole, how did I not know something was off with her from the beginning, you know, like, okay. So when she was taking them on the tour of Universal, when she worked there, like, come on. Well, all the stuff that I watched that they, they knew she was, yeah. Like they were like on the ride for the ride to see how far she was gonna it, I guess. Yeah. But it's just like, oh, tell all the details about the baby. I was so mad. I know. Sorry. No, I get it. It like infuriated me. Like infuriated. Yeah. I said it with you. There's been some Madeline McCann stuff everywhere too. I've seen. Oh, I have not seen anything. I haven't watched any, but I've seen some. Because you watch all these other. Terrible, terrible Murder shows. You might like this one. Yeah. Or disappearance. So it's, it's somewhere I I have not been able to watch documentaries lately. I don't know why. Like, uh, I watched the Gabby one and that's really all the, the only one I've watched lately. They're not in, I'm not keeping my interest there. I've not been. Able to find anything that's like, given me a mm-hmm. Excited to watch it kind of thing? No. I sent you the, the screenshot of the, um, Drake and Kendrick. Yes. I didn't even know that there was a documentary out about their rivalry or Yeah. Whatever their feud. But I just can't, like, I just go right past the documentaries. Yeah. I don't know what is wrong with me lately. Well, I think we're just in a phase where we need to be entertained. Yeah. So that's why I'm glad I found. Gossip Girl. Did I say the right one? It's a brand new show, isn't it? Awesome. It's so, yeah. You said you liked Blair? Yes. Okay. Yeah. You like her like in future seasons? I, I, I, I don't dislike her now, but right now I like Serena more. Mm-hmm. Okay. It could change. Mm-hmm. Okay. Well speaking of, Blake. Yeah. Did you see she just hired a former CIA agent to help with her PR crisis right now. Now she went at, the other dude. Yeah, the guy from the movie. Yeah. forgot, totally forgot his name. You'll to look it up. Justin Bo. Bo Bo Bologna. Don't know him. Justin B. Yeah. So she went at him because he hired, Johnny Depp's PR person, when this all started over the summer. Okay. And she's like, this just proves he's guilty. She went in on him because he hired a PR person and now she hires. This ex CIA dude. Mm-hmm. Nick's Shapiro? He is the ex deputy. I've heard his name. Yes. He's now working with Blake. He is more of a political PR crisis person. So this is really weird that it's entertainment Yes. Situation. I'm thinking maybe the CIA, like the tactics and the manipulation and the way that they can Yeah. Approach things from a CIA standpoint, I guess. so, videos that mentioned Blake on TikTok. Have been muted. Ooh, a lot. If it's going in on her, people have been seeing that their videos are getting muted or they're losing views. So what was Shapiro's role before? So he, I do have a list of things that he has. Okay. He's worked on, he has been known to lie and manipulate the public. So what CIA? Yeah, some of the things. Um, he has worked on Obama administration response to the H one N one pandemic. Sandy Hook Elementary. I. Situation, situation, Gulf oil spill, Boston Marathon bombing, Japan, earthquake, cyber attacks, data breaches and the natural disasters, earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes, all that for the government. Okay. Okay, so. The connection to where this falls in. Under that, the only thing I can think of is the manipulation, the cia a tactics. Mm-hmm. to use mm-hmm. During litigation because now the judge has required both parties to submit everything, all text messages. Wow. Voicemails, everything. He wants all it. Wow. Yeah. That seems I don't wanna say overkill, but just like a big reach. Big. I don't know, something. It, it's not, yeah, I'm missing something here. It's weird. It is very weird. I don't know. Weird. I, I got nothing. I'm missing the connection on why that would be your go-to. Yeah. But like you said, we'll find out. We, we'll find out. We'll find out. Might even find out by the time this app drops. Yeah. So, anything else been going on with you? Mm, how I've been feeling. I'm okay with your journey. With my journey. I'm okay. It takes a little bit of time to actually see results, which, you know, I want instant results. Um, but I'm physically feeling better, so that's good. It's just getting to the point where the medicine's actually doing what it's supposed to. Yeah. Thank you for asking. I'm doing okay. Yeah, we'll get there somehow. We're leaving tomorrow during the rain apparently. It's my nephew's wedding that I've been talking about this weekend. Oh, cool. So we're going to, Hilton Head nice. And, they're getting married in Bluffed in South Carolina down there, so I am excited for. All of the things. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Mm-hmm. I'm crossing my fingers. It's gonna be a lot of fun. No, it'll be no drama. No drama. No drama. But if there is record, absolutely. Absolutely. I'm gonna take my little mics just in case. Hi. Hi. The cake. Had'em in the cake. had'em at the little tables, whatever. it is gonna be a very elaborate, full affair, full on thing, formal, like yeah, I am excited for it. And they are just the sweetest couple, Brooke and Jordan, and they've been together for many years, so I am happy for them, excited for them. And a little bit jealous that they're going on vacation next week. Yeah, yeah, the honeymoon. I've just been kind of trying to get all that together in my head because, you know, when you travel with your family, I. Brian will pack his stuff, but I have to make sure it's packed. Yes. Or he'll take like one t-shirt, three pairs of shorts and three and a half socks. And I'm like, what are we doing? Yeah. And then Jackson will do his best, but same thing. But with it being the formal events, you know, you gotta take the shoes and the undergarments for the ladies. Stresses and stuff, you know, all the things. Yeah. So my mind's just already on, trying to get all that in order. Mm-hmm. Hopefully I'll have some good stories to tell you Yes. Next week. But I'm excited for them. Yeah. That's all I've really had just been kind. Trying to lock into that. Nice. Yeah. Cool. Yeah. well, did you hear about the lady that locked her boyfriend in the, storage unit? No. On purpose. He was stuck in there for four days, but he had his cell phone. This is what I don't understand. Okay, so this is from a, b, C news, right. Uhhuh. And she's arrested and in jail right now for attempted murder. Mm-hmm. So I'm gonna read you what was on the A BC News Channel website. Okay. It says, A North Carolina woman is charged with attempted murder after allegedly locking her boyfriend in a storage unit where he was stuck for several days with no food or water before being rescued by police. Robin Deaton, 52 of Matthews was arrest. I know it's close. I know of Matthews was arrested on attempted murder and kidnapping charges. The Monroe Police Department said that she was booked into jail early Thursday after a manhunt by police. Do you know her? I used to live in Monroe. I know, but you know the lady? No. Okay. I mean, I might, I don't know if that's her married name. I don't know. The boyfriend, Gary is saying that all charges should be dropped and it was all a misunderstanding. She did not lure me into the back of the unit or nothing. All this is just a bunch of bull crap. Oxid Dean said, I guess it's, uh, his last name. Mm-hmm. They need to get their stuff right. It's just a bunch of bogus charges. I mean, she shouldn't be up there charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping. He told W's SOC, that the course of events did start the way police claimed. Oxide said he and Deaton were at the Cooper Storage Unit in Monroe on February 20th. He said that at some point Deaton left to go get food for the couple, and while she was gone, he fell asleep in the unit. When she got back, she yelled, but he didn't hear her because he was asleep and she left locked the unit assuming he was no longer there.'cause he fell asleep in the back of the unit somewhere. I think it's a unit.'cause I mean any storage. I mean I felt like 10 by 10 or 10 by like, I mean you, you would think, right? I don't know. Hello? Look around. She thought I had gone with an ex-girlfriend, so this is where the drama comes in. Okay. That's what it all boils down to, and I hadn't, she said that she came the next day, but I sleep hard and I fell asleep and I had been up working for a couple of days. So he said that she came back and he still slept through her. Where are you? INE said that he called him slept or passed out from lack of nutrition, or was he on something? Read that too. No, INE said he called emergency services instead of it. Okay, so he had his cell phone, right. Uhhuh. He was in there for four days and he didn't call until day four. He didn't call anybody else. Yeah, I got it. Okay. So he said that he had no service in the unit and the only, that was the only call that would go through laws. Why wait four days? No idea. And you had your cell phone? So I did a quick search on the book of face to see if, because I do know some ox and downs and like I said, I lived in Monroe, didn't grow up far from there. I don't know him or her, but she That doesn't, that she's got some filters. Oh yeah. Going on. Yeah, because I saw that. Yeah, him too. Yeah. I think, well, that was 2018. Yeah. But here's what the detectives say. Right? Okay. Okay. So, they reached out to the police for a statement. Detectives have followed the facts of the case, corroborating evidence to support charges charging DN with kidnapping and attempted murder. Charges have been filed and the case has been turned over to Union County District Attorney. Now, they said that. They said that she got pissed off and basically like slammed the door shut and locked him in there. That's what he told the police when they, okay. They got there. Okay. And he's saying, no, no, no. That's not what happened. She went to go get food and I fell asleep for two days. Right? Like. Oh my gosh. Ash's now saying that he went to try to get her released on Thursday morning. if they want to trade me for her, I'll go in there and sit. Just whatever she needs to get out. She's got two kids. I mean, it's just a bunch of bull crap. He's like, I'll just go in there and take another big nap. I'll be fine. My gosh. How, how did he like you? I thought you could only go three days without water, but he had a phone. I know, I know. But move it past that. Maybe. Maybe he door dashed himself with his phone, food and water, but out. How the food get inside. They put it under the thing, it was like liquid. Mm-hmm. And they put it under the door in the little vent. Was it tortilla? Yeah. Yeah. Yep. They, that's maybe that's what I, I, I'm picturing the tortilla from like Mr. Potato Head and Toy Story. Yes. That flattens out and goes. Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah. There's a, there's a lot of questions there. A lot. I need answers. I need. She might be, they might be listeners. I'm just saying that's not even our way. I am like I, I need more info. Somebody give me more info. Robin and Gary, like the real info. We want to know all the things and why was there a question of the ex-girlfriend? Right. Where'd she come from? Like why was that all of a sudden, I thought you were, and Robin, we've all been there. We know you're really pissed. So the first time I heard this right, I heard this on, I don't know, whatever, TikTok or something. Mm-hmm. The day it happened. Mm-hmm. They found him where he called into the police and mm-hmm. My first thought was like, well, what did he do? Yes. That's what I like. We know girl, we know he did something. Did he mention the ex? And you know that they're gonna try to get the least amount of women on that jury? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Like not guilty. Yeah, I volunteer. I'll be on the jury. Drop all charges. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Yeah. So I'm just saying that is, that's a crazy story, right? I wanna know so many details. And did his phone not die? That's what I'm saying, like how like he had a phone in there to call police on day four, but mine wouldn't make it one day. Mine either, but I'm just thinking, yeah, he's got an Android maybe. Maybe. But you had a phone this whole time, but the only call that would go through was 9 1 1 and you had it this whole time. Come on. He had to have been on something I'm saying maybe like he had, I'm just making up stories now of that's what we do. Totally. A legend. Yeah. Do not hold me to this, but maybe he was on something and attacked her and she like, oh yeah, maybe self-defense. Robin, here's your, yeah, there you go. Your reasonable doubt. I got you girl. You know, we should give out legal advice. No, I'm just kidding. No, nobody asks us for any kind of legal or medical. No, I mean, okay. What's the most used medical advice you give Dylan? Like, put ice on it. Suck it up buttercup. Well, that too rubs some dirt in it. Yeah. Some ibuprofen. Yeah, that, that's me. That's me. Drink some water. Do you? Oh, is that it? Yeah. Well, he's like, mom, like I've been having like a real bad headache. Sometimes if I'm working out, mm-hmm. Are you drinking water? Yeah. And he's like, not really. And I'm like, drink water. Yeah. It's probably dehydration. Right? That's, see, that's great advice. This is what I'm saying. And he drank water and I haven't heard a complaint yet. I mean, you could be a doctor. I should, I also tell Jackson to stretch a lot. Like make sure you stretch. Yeah, like stretch out. I don't know why we are sitting here doing this when we can be, because this is fun. That's why we're here doing this. You're drinking water so you don't get a headache now, aren't you? Yes. Yes I am. Well, I've got our Doge updates. Oh God. There's been so much going on lately. I know. I am ready. Okay., 120,000 to find out why prisoners want to get outta jail. I better like use of that money would be to find out why some prisoners want to stay in jail. I think we could probably figure that answer out too. All right. 700,000. To find out the exact phrase Neil Armstrong said when he walked on the moon, was it one small step for man or was it one small step for a man and they never actually figured it out? How are you going to figure it out? So that's, that's$700,000 that went to that, and they had no resolution to it. Wasn't it recorded? Like did it, wasn't it televised? It was. So why can't they figure it out? I don't even want to go down this because Brian says that we haven't even walked on the moon. I heard that as well. And now I heard that there's one somebody up there now and they're gonna collect moon rocks or something, I don't know. Um,$103,000 to find out if Sunfish get more aggressive if you give them gin or tequila. I got nothing. Like I What do you think would be, I think tequila would make it more aggressive. Oh yeah. Gin's just like gonna chill'em out. That's when they go to the, well either gin and juice or that's when they're at the uh, speakeasy. They might have some gin. I heard there's a speakeasy in Charlotte there. It's speaking of things in Charlotte. Should I apply for that job? I am not kidding. Like I think you would be freaking awesome. Ah. I might do it. I might do it. I think you would be an awesome queen. Well, thanks. So what we're talking about, I had tagged so the girl that runs that business mm-hmm. Her mom lives my neighborhood. Okay. And her mom had shared the job, opportunity. Okay. So she does tours, like bus tours mm-hmm. that are themed. And this one's themed on Bridgeton. And my immediate first thought was Meredith. I think I could pull it off. I think so too. And you get to write the script with them, of, yeah. Of the tour, of the different landmarks. Yeah. So I tagged Meredith in this mm-hmm. This posting, because I'm like, dude, this is like your calling. This is it. This is what I've been practicing all these terrible accents for. So it's only, it's a Friday, Saturday, Sunday gig. Yeah. For the tours. Yeah. And. But I think it would be so much fun. Those tours are two hours long. Mm-hmm. But even just to go on the tour itself, I think it would be cool. Oh yeah. And then I told you that I could do the wait staff because you get to test the food. Yeah. Because they want you to be able to tell the, the people what the all, all the things taste like. We totally should. And like, you know, the wait staff would have to be knowledgeable about like allergies, and I'm very well versed in food allergies right up your alley too. So I just thought it would be such a cool thing for you. Well, I come in, you need to wear the the queen dress. See? And they give you a crown. I could bring my own. It is. It is your calling. Well, when you first tagged me in it, I was like, well, I don't know if I could be queen, but I think you would be a good queen. I don't think I would be a good queen because I felt like you have the, you could, you're very, you could look very haughty. Very, yeah, very elegant, very mindful, very dmu. I am none of those things. Same. So how is this to be a queen? My hot bus? My accents are not it. Like I can't do an accent. You. Okay, I'll, that's your forte. I'll put in my, I'll put in my application. What kind of apple, what are my references and I don't know, but we can as chat, GPT. Okay. Yeah. I watch a lot of bridger. Yes. I watch a lot of bridger. You can send in a voice. That's a good idea of reading the script. We can write a script for you, Uhhuh. And it says you, if you're snarky, it's even better. I mean, I would need your help with that. Yeah. Because sometimes I'm not super quick. Okay. Okay. I can dress up and be the person at Earpieces. Yeah. Yes. And I'll use the accent. Yeah, I need you to gimme some snarks as you're being the wait staff. So as you're serving these people, you say something about Wanka, they're like, listen, bro. Right. Well, there was a lady that commented on it, like Meredith, I put in a good word. That's one of the ladies that I dog sit for. Oh, okay. So I'm not sure the connection there, but I was like. The Lord wants me to do this. I'm saying if there was ever a sign for you to be a queen, that was it. Okay. I'll think about it. Seriously, I think it'd be a fun, fun thing to do. I too, I mean, what else do I have to do on Friday and Saturday? Like acting long. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. I didn't mean to interrupt your No, I, okay. I am. That was way more important than the, the Doge updates. Listen. It. I saw it and it was like light bulb. It was 100% and it wasn't the only one that thought it, so. Okay. We'll see. I'll let you guys know. Back to back to the, yeah, sorry. Okay, so we just got done with the Sunfish. Mm-hmm. Are they becoming alcoholics? 1.4 million in contracts to physically observe mailing and clerical operations in the Department of Education. So they're just observing. They're just sitting there chilling, watching people work. Yeah. department of Education, 3 million to create a report to show that prior reports were not utilized in the school system. So Brandon would always laugh about this, right in corporate is they have meetings about meetings. They have to eliminate meetings. Yeah. Oh, it's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And sometimes. My schedule is so insanely crazy with meetings that it's like, well, I'll, I'll throw you on a cc, come as you can. I'm like, yeah, I can't get my work done because I'm attending these meetings. So I've just started not going to a lot of them. 4.6 million in the Department of Education to coordinate Zoom and in-person meetings,$4.6 million. Yeah. 43. I mean, our teachers get paid nothing. Um, right. And, but you know, right. We have, well, okay, so my question is, what is that money being, so is that the salary of people that are coordinating or Right. I know. We don't know, but it's just like it went in somebody's pocket. Oh yeah. I know. I forgot that. I forgot. That's really what's going on., 43 million on a gas station in Afghanistan that had no customers. Tess is ridiculous.$20,600 for a drag show in Ecuador.$446,700 to promote atheism in Nepal, and 1.7 million for a retirement study in China. I've got nothing. I've got nothing either. But there we are. Um, so I don't know if this has been put into effect or not, but supposedly President Trump was going to sign an executive order to make English the primary language. Did you hear that? I thought it was, it, it is not. I remember learning a school that it's not, what is it? We don't have one. Oh. But I saw this post that was really funny is that, you know, 46% of you guys don't know the difference in there, there and there it is stupid that we have all these words that are the same words spelled mm-hmm. A bunch of different ways. Yeah. But, or the same or different words spelled the same way. Yeah. Like red and red. Yeah. And polish. And polish. Yeah. I could go on and on, but I'll stop. And yeah. And I'm not horrible at language arts. Mm-hmm. It was like my better Right. School, right subject. Right. But with Dylan having dyslexia. Oh yeah. It was a trip. Realizing how Yeah. Absurd some of this stuff is. So, yeah, our English language is weird. It is very weird. Okay. And I said that I can't I said I can't learn a second language. Mm-hmm. Like, my brain just doesn't absorb it. And I did download the Babel app because there was a, a lifetime membership Oh. for like$125 or something. Okay. And so I was like, well, I'm just gonna download it. So it's great. And I got through like the first lesson, but I keep having to go back because I'm afraid that I'm not, like, once we move on, I'm not gonna forget the first lesson. So I'm like, I, I've been on the first lesson forever and I've already finished it, but I'm like, I'm gonna forget it. And then it's just like this vicious cycle. And. How long did it take you to do one lesson? Not long. I mean, I mean, like an hour or two days. I mean, I, I just have it set for like 10 minutes a day or 15 minutes a day or whatever it is. So I can finish. Are you doing Spanish or what language? Spanish, yeah. And then if I don't do it for like a day or two, I forget it all. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So I was gonna say like, you need to set yourself a time or a reminder in your calendar. I know. Block your time and do like 10 minutes and then you can do maybe like a recap. Yeah. And, and, and keep building on it. I know. It's just, I have such a bad memory. That's neat though. I've always wanted to try that. Boy a lifetime for 1 25 is good. Yeah.'cause like, just like for the annual thing, it was like 80 or something like that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And it's got, I don't know, like 15 or 20 different languages. Not that. I can't even get the second. Yeah. Right. No, we're, we're still stuck on, the second I struggle, so Jackson is doing Spanish right now. Okay. He did Spanish and middle school, but I mean, no, it was middle school, Spanish, don't get me wrong. It was just whatever. So he seems to be doing well. His grades fine. So we were watching a movie the other night called McFarland, USA. Mm-hmm. And it takes place in California with a lot of, hispanic people and Jackson was like, I can translate for you. And I was like, okay babe. And the coach's name was Coach White and they were calling him Blanco, and he was like, that means white. I was like, I got it. Like I read the crayon. He said, Blanco. Right, right. We know that one, right? We got that one. We got that one. Well, yeah, it's, it's, I don't know. It's going very slow. Yeah, but, well, I think you don't have enough confidence in yourself. Confide, they go so slow. I think. Spanish people speak really fast because that's their language and they can understand each other. I'm gonna be there to be like slow. I need to learn the word for slow. Opposite of Onlay? No. Onlay. Onlay. I actually caught, Nicole Eaton on a live today with another, person on Instagram. Mm-hmm. And she had said that. She's very type B if it's not in front of her. Mm-hmm. It's like outta sight, outta mind. Mm-hmm. You know? Yeah. Yeah. If I don't have it and I do like a paper, like something uhhuh to write on mm-hmm. I got like, the electronic calendars and stuff just don't work for me. Yeah. So she said that she's been doing a bullet journal. Mm-hmm. And it's like, well that's a good idea. So, today I pulled out one of my notebooks. Yeah. And so we have like the monthly. So I can check off the box for every day and then a daily one. Nice. So we will see how that works out. Okay. If it keeps me on track. Oh, you're just throwing confetti over here. Um, celebrating. I, I like both. I can do a paper or I like having it. On my phone, I just, it ev you got that with you, right? Like that's the plus side. As long as I can check things off though, like, as long as I can. But I then download a new app called Structured and it's supposed to help me remember to do my tasks, like to drink water, to, take my medicine, to drink water, to do my moisturizer, what, you know, all that kind of stuff. That's not important, but it needs to be done. And, I need to change the reminders'cause I'm not getting any reminders. So I get to the end of the day and it's like, okay, it's time to wind down. And I'm like, so I need to make it so I get my alerts. You have like notifications off? Yeah, I must, I might, which is so on brand for me, like. All my notifications are off. All my ringers are always off. Like, well, it's because you are, you're always on Do not disturb always a hundred percent. And that it won't give you your notifications. That's on Perfect. Well, but I do have some of my people that can get to me. Anytime you're in, you're in my people that can get to me anytime. You made the cut. Mm-hmm. I love you. Don't abuse it. I'll take you right off of the list. Okay. No, but so, but you know Jackson. Yeah, my close people can get to me. Everybody else, you'll just have to wait until I look, until I decide to look. But yeah, I'm sure it's, I'm sure that's what it is. Yeah. Oh, well. Whoops. Yep. Well, I can't wait to hear how that goes though. We'll see. It's today day one. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I haven't marked anything up yet. Oh dear. I just made it like an hour before you got here. Okay. So that's why. Yeah. So, okay. We'll see how tomorrow goes. Yeah. All right. Cool. Okay. You ready for am I the A-hole I am. All right, Steph, what have you given me? What am I the a-hole for thinking I was great in bed until my wife admitted she's been faking it. So this one hurts. I 34-year-old male have been with my wife, 32 female for eight years, married for five. Can I just stop you right here? Yeah. She just didn't wanna be mean, I guess, and like, but then she got like so caught up in it that she couldn't say anything. Homie, she might have been trying to tell you and you just weren't picking up what she was putting down. Okay. I always thought our sex life was solid. She seemed into it. I put in effort, and honestly, I thought I was pretty good in bad. Then last week we were having a deep conversation about our relationship. Oh, don't have those. There's, there's your solution. There's where you went wrong. There's where you went wrong. We were just talking about things we could improve and out of nowhere she drops. What did he say before this? Mm-hmm. I should probably tell you, I've never actually had an O with you. I laugh because I legit thought she was joking and she wasn't. Turns out she's been faking it our entire relationship. Eight. Beeping years. I was stunned. I asked why she never told me and she said, I didn't wanna hurt your feelings and that it's not a big deal. Not a big deal. I've been walking around thinking I was a sex God. Well, that's your own fault. While she was out here giving Oscar worthy performances. I was gonna ask, maybe she should be Queen Charlotte, if she's that good to convince him for eight years, five years, eight years. I don't think it takes much convincing for a guy to believe it. He is a sex God. Okay. I won't lie, I felt like a complete idiot. I told her I would have rather known sooner so we could, you know, fix it. But now I just feel embarrassed, frustrated and kind of betrayed. I get, she didn't wanna make me feel bad, but I also feel like she took away my chance to actually learn and improve. Dude, you're 34. You got some time left, bud. Like, was I that bad that she thought I wasn't even worth it? So am I the a-hole for being upset or am I overreacting to something that apparently doesn't matter? Okay. So many questions. Mm-hmm. I have. Mm-hmm. What was the response was, was he the a-hole? not. Okay. I don't think he's an a-hole for being upset. I think that I wanna know what he was telling her she could approve on before she threw this out. Yeah. That's a good point. That's a great point. I wanna know what was said that like this came out right, because she's been holding that in for a long time that Yeah, I am. There had to have been something laid down that she was like, ha, that's what I'm think Trump. Yeah, you're probably right. And that ended the conversation. Yeah. Be she won. Yeah. Might literally be the end, I mean. You're, she, she probably just started like, oh, well, it's just one time. Like, it's the first time he is nervous. Whatever. Maybe it'll get better. I don't know. Don't come for us for sex advice either, apparently. I, okay. So I've got so many questions for both of them. Yeah. I, I want. I don't want like detailed details, but I like, I need more than what I, he thought he was a sex guide staff. That right there tells me pretty much everything I need to know. I think he's a big douche bag. Yeah, it sounds like it. And I, again, Uhhuh said right before this, yeah, because I feel like he probably said something really, really dumb right before this. I understand why he's upset and it's probably very embarrassing for a man to hear that. Yeah. Are they talking about just the actual act or is it like everything? Like he has never Yeah. Brought her ever, ever with anything. Right. Like, ha does he not warm up the engine before? Just start sticking the keys in. They go for the ride. Yeah. Yeah, they didn't really give many details. I feel like this was like her. Gotcha. Almost not. Gotcha. But, okay. So after eight years mm-hmm. Like, things can, yeah. Like that's like, that's like almost, you know, that's the kind of the time where you're, everything's kind of going stagnant a little bit. Yeah. And I don't know, but it's been, it had never happened. Yeah. It's not like it always had happened and then it stopped. Yeah. Well, I'm saying if everything else is kind of like slowing down, they're kind of getting into this like stagnant mm-hmm. Area of their relationship. Mm-hmm. And she's like, yo, I, you at least you got to Yeah. Take the car for the ride and have fun in the ride. I didn't even get there like Right. I again, was it an aggressive conversation or was it like a. Truly heart to heart. Like I don't see a dude having like this heart to heart about this. No. Okay. They were, uh, this is what happened. You're right. They were arguing about something else. Probably something totally. Or not even arguing, but like, we need to sit down and have a talk about our finances or whatever. You haven't done the dishes. Yeah. Is what I'm seeing. We need to talk about. It's like head, like he was floating, like his head. Like why? Yeah. We need to figure out. He probably tried to save it. Like we need to figure out why we aren't. I don't say dude doing that at all. Brian does it. Does he? Yeah. He'll be like, we really need to do better. I'm like, who is we? Go ahead and say it, and it usually stops right there. But yeah, like I could see and then I would flip and then I would be like, you know what? Yeah. Guess what? Mofo right. She took off the gloves. Yeah. I think he's trying to play it like he's this. Mm-hmm. I don't know. I don't believe what he's putting out there. I don't think he's the a-hole. But I think he's the douche canoe, and I don't think she is either. I think she was just, she was trying to protect him. Yeah, protect his feelings. And she really loved him and was like, okay, well I can handle that myself. Like that's not right. Like my whole right. Right reason I'm with him. Well, and women don't always need that. Not all women, but you know what I mean, like it's not our top priority. Right. It's the emotional and the close, the intimacy itself. So if that, if they're losing that, I can see her being like, yo. Yeah, the same organ. A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Yeah. All the way to O is not working. Yeah. they need some therapy, not the A-hole, but I think that there's more to that than Yeah. He's on. Yeah. You wanna talk to our bookies? Yeah. So if you're not a bookie, peace out. Bye. Go learn how to read, still leave us a review. Well, they can't'cause they don't know how to read. Yes. They, they know how to read. They just don't want to. It's a choice. They're making a choice. Okay. I won't take your choices away. I love you anyway. Yes, we do. All right. So for our book readers, yes. We, decided we didn't like the book this week. And Life's too short for bad books. Yes. So we left it. So we did not read the book we were supposed to read. Nope. We started to, it was the Good Girl, I think. Yes. Both tried it. Both failed miserably. Yeah. At getting through it and we listened to it. Mm-hmm. And I couldn't get past the different accents. Yeah. And the. Slowness of the book. I just, I, there was nothing about it that kept me, everything was telling me to be slow. Yeah. So if you read it, yay. Hope you liked it. Good for you. Yeah. But if you didn't send us Yeah. And, and send us some other book recommendations, on what you might have been reading, because we do wanna talk about some things that we have been reading a little bit. Yes. you wanna start or you want me to start? Uh, you can start. Okay. So, I have recently discovered an author named Holly Jackson. Okay. I did read the The Good Girls Guide to Murder. And I'd been seeing this book and it's got a picture of a young, teenager on it. And I was like, because it's a new, a Netflix series. Yes. Yeah. And I was like, Ugh, that just doesn't look like whatever. But it kept coming up, so I was like, I'll give it a go. Loved it. Mm-hmm. Loved it. Loved. so it is Teenagery, I can read the blurb. But so I've read Coupled by her, including some of the series and then one outside the series, one outside the series that I really liked was the. Reappearance of Rachel Pierce, I thought, yeah, that was good. That is very good. Lots of twists and turns and all of these seem to have lots of, you know, different paths, different twists that unexpected, So should I read the blurb or now? Yeah. Okay. So this is for a Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which is the first book in the series. Pretty unpopular high school senior. Andy Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, PIP sees how the tragedy still haunts her town, but you can't shake the feeling. But there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child and he was always so kind to her. How could he have possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, PIP decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project at first, just to cast out on the original investigation, but soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal's innocent. And the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger. Then the next one in the series is called Good Girl Bad Blood, and I've just started that one now. So if you're looking for something easy read, ya Yeah, definitely young adult, but still murdery, but still some had a lot of the. Qualities that we enjoy with the twist, the ya, um, and Moda. Um, but but still an easy read. Definitely check out Holly Jackson. She's got several books that, fit that criteria. Yeah, I do enjoy her books. Yeah. So what you got, I read Where The Darkness Goes by Kirsten Modlin. Mm-hmm. I like her. I do too. I've read other books of hers and enjoyed all of them. Yeah. so this one. Is Thriller slash Romance. Mm-hmm. and I thought it was awesome. The twist at the end. Did not see. Go nice. Alright. Tessa Becker has several reasons to never return to her hometown. She will have to face the man who shattered her heart. She's terrified to confront her ailing mother's condition. That is where the murders happened. Tessa Becker must return home for one reason and one reason alone. Someone else is dead, and it's time to finally learn the truth. Ever since the first murder, Tessa once charming and safe, hometown has been infected with suspicion and fear. Back then, accusations were made in whispers, but without proof, the killer still walks free, and now it's possible they've struck gun. If things weren't complicated enough, Tessa finds herself forced to stay with the one man she had hoped to avoid years ago. Garrett Campbell held her heart until he crushed it. Now he's a stranger and he's also her brother's best friend. An all too familiar place filled with secrets and devastating loss surrounded by people with memories she'd rather forget. Tessa will have to discover the truth about what happened back then and the threatened poses to the town and the ones she loves most before it's too late. It was good. It was good. What would you give it? I would give it probably like an eight and a half. Okay. Yeah. Nice. I thought it was a great book. I thought the characters were awesome. Yeah. Again, did not see the twist coming at the end. Mm-hmm. That's always so much fun. Yeah. When you don't have any idea how it's gonna Yeah. Happen. And it wasn't slow, there was no lag in the book. Yeah. It, it continued to go. So I thought it was great. Good. Yeah. Good. Okay. Add, add that one to my list. Yeah. now we do have a book for next week. Yes. Okay. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager. And I have read books by this author before and I enjoy most of'em. There was like one or two that I was like, Ugh. Yeah. But, I have read this book before as well, so I I have too, but it's been a while, so, yeah. All right. So, the blurb. Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family's lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of liquor, she passes a time watching Tom and Catherine Royce, the glamorous couple who live in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing a tech innovator. Tom is rich and a former model. Catherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake, Casey saves Catherine from drowning. And the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other, the longer Casey watches, it becomes clear that Catherine and Tom's marriage is not as perfect and placid as it appears. When Catherine suddenly vanishes, Casey becomes consumed with finding out what happened to her in the process, she uncovers eerie, darker truths that turn a tale of voyeurism and suspicion into a story of guilt, obsession, and how looks can be very deceiving. I. Remember this one just after you read that and I enjoyed it, so I did too. I am, I'm excited to read it again. Wouldn't you read it the second time? Catch the Yeah, yeah. Nuances that you don't the first time. So that will be next week. Okay. And I think that's it. I think so too. Alright, well we love you guys. Please leave us a review, subscribe, do all the things, and we will talk to you next week. I love you. Bye. Bye.