April 21, 2025 • 49 mins
In this episode of 'The Mental Funny Bone,' Sarah and Christine blend humor and heartfelt storytelling while tackling mental health issues. They emphasize the importance of attending therapy sessions and share personal anecdotes about their own mental health journeys. They also revisit nostalgic memories of awkward family photos at Olan Mills studios. As they prepare to shift their podcast release days to Mondays, they encourage listeners to provide feedback and share their favorite episodes. Closing out with a preview of their next book discussion, they invite their audience to join them on a new, more challenging journey into mental well-being.
How to find mental health help when you're struggling. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
https://washingtoncountyhumanservices.com/agencies/behavioral-health-developmental-services
https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Services/Human-Services-DHS/Publications/Resource-Guides
Apps - Just search mental health where you get your apps.
EAP programs are a great place to look for help!!
Additional Resources (Sports Related):
https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2020/12/04/mental-health-resources-2/
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Sarah (00:03):
Welcome to The Mental Funny Bone, a podcast where we
strive to create a safe andentertaining space where
listeners can explore mentalhealth topics, find solace, and
enjoy laughter.
This podcast aims tode-stigmatize mental health
discussions and empowerindividuals to approach their
own wellbeing with humor andopenness.
I'm Sarah.
Chris (00:19):
I'm Christine and I am not a mental health
professional.
Neither is my sister.
I would guess that there may belike three or four of you guys
out there are medicalprofessionals.
Thank you for your service,really.
Sarah and I go to mental healthprofessionals.
I, I sometimes, I've beenskipping my appointments, which
is something we'll probablytouch on later in this episode.
(00:42):
'cause Sarah's really, very muchagainst me skipping the therapy
appointments, even though I'mfine.
She's shaking her head.
She's also drinking something.
So when she's done swallowingwhatever she has in her mouth,
Sarah (00:54):
Please don't say swallow.
so my buddy at work, he ha hehas a friend whose last name is
Swallow.
It's actually swallows
Chris (01:02):
talking about it.
Sarah (01:04):
what the hell is, why it's the best.
It's, he like, he had to changehis shit for Facebook'cause
Facebook wouldn't let him puthis name on it as with the last
name, swallows.
But my favorite story is that hegot married and his wife
actually changed her last name.
Like it would be like mechanging my last name to
swallows and my name would beSarah Swallows.
(01:25):
And then you have daughters.
And your daughters have thatlast name.
Chris (01:29):
No,
Sarah (01:29):
not a good idea.
Chris (01:31):
They should get to
Sarah (01:31):
not a good idea.
In that case, the man takes yourname.
Okay.
Chris (01:36):
We're saving everybody here.
Sarah (01:38):
Anyway.
you should never skip yourmental health, appointments,
with your therapist, yourpsychiatrists, whatever, any
doctor's appointments actuallyyou shouldn't skip or put off.
'cause all of that stuff, whenit comes to health is good.
It's good stuff.
Yeah.
We like it.
and there's a thi Okay, yeah.
I'm not gonna go there.
Chris (01:59):
Yeah.
You're all done.
I'm gonna talk.
So I had put off the, going toactually see the psychiatrist
for so long that they were like,you have to come in and talk to
her face to face, or we can'trenew your medication.
I was like.
That's fair.
That's fair.
That's a good way to get me intothe office for sure.
And
Sarah (02:17):
I don't think it's like not a law.
I, it probably is a law, but Ifeel like that's a good way to
get people in the office.
Chris (02:23):
it's nice for us to, it's nice for us to touch base.
She's I haven't seen you in awhile.
I love your shoes.
And I was like, oh my God, girl,they're Roth's.
And she was like, yeah, theyare.
Sarah (02:34):
I like how you say that.
girl, they're Roth's.
Chris (02:37):
Right.
Sarah (02:37):
what says I'm a mom more than Roth's.
Chris (02:41):
nothing.
Sarah (02:42):
I'm with you Roth's.
I fucking love the Roth's and Iwish I had as many Roth's as you
do.
I'm very jealous of your Roth'scollection.
Chris (02:50):
it is one of the joys of my life to, to go into the Rothi
store and be like, I'll havethis one.
Except for I don't want thepointy toed one.
I want the kind of rounded toeone.
And I would like it with adouble strap for the Mary Jane
instead of just a single strap.
Sarah (03:05):
I'd Like, a little bit of toe cleavage, like if we could
make that happen, that would bereally great.
yeah.
I also really, actually wouldlove to be a fly on the wall and
listen to you say to anyone atany time about anything.
Hey girl.
Chris (03:22):
Hey
Sarah (03:22):
Hey girl.
Chris (03:24):
No, it doesn't even come out like that'cause it comes out
like I read, epic fantasy novelsand I'm
Sarah (03:30):
Hey girl.
Chris (03:31):
book club.
Hey girl.
Hey girl.
No, it just doesn't, it doesn't.
It doesn't sound right.
It sounds like I'm on thesidelines at a soccer game
trying to fit in with the othermoms.
that's what it comes out like
Sarah (03:46):
Yeah.
Just, continue to, tell storieswithin it though, because I
think it adds something to it,but don't actually do it like in
a real life situation.
Chris (03:55):
my psychiatrist was like, she gave me like a little
open-eyed kind of look when Isaid girl, she was like, oh,
that's okay.
All right.
Sarah (04:04):
interesting.
just so everybody knows, this ishow this, episode is gonna go.
The entire episode is going tobe like this.
So if you are annoyed at howwe're all over the place
already, you should just stopthe episode and move on to the
next one.
Chris (04:19):
Buckle up
Sarah (04:20):
There's your
Chris (04:20):
friends.
so anyway, I get to, and, shefiles away the, Suburban, soccer
mom, girl in her file folder.
I can hear it happening.
And then she's and we shouldprobably talk about your
anxiety.
And I was like, my what now?
'cause you have to, I don't knowif you do it, but when I sit
down, they give me a paper tofill out.
(04:40):
And oddly enough for thisappointment, I was a little bit
distracted, so I'm just whizzingthrough it.
I'm like, yes.
I do feel overwhelmed.
Yes.
I do have racing thoughts.
I have a DHD.
yes.
She's it's a little differentfrom the last time and we should
probably talk about how muchthat's telling me about your
anxiety.
And I was like, I have to beoutta here in 15 minutes because
I have to do a meeting in yourparking lot.
(05:03):
And she was like, oh.
She's sit down, have a seat.
we're gonna have a little bit ofa discussion.
And I was like, I wish my sisterwere here because, she would
like to, eves drop on thisdiscussion.
I would bet.
'cause I have been doing thesame shit to her for a month
now.
so the, she was, she's like, howmuch are you sleeping?
I'm like, I remember sleeping.
(05:24):
It seemed nice when it washappening.
so she, she was like, I know youseem uncomfortable talking about
the anxiety, so how about wejust ease into it.
I'm gonna give you somemedication that, it might help
like tone it down a little bit.
she's also she's, she also tookmy blood pressure and I was
like, I don't know if you shouldtrust that one, because I am
really like, I was in a hurry toget here.
(05:45):
She was like, that's what yourblood pressure, is.
It's, a response to all of that.
Sarah (05:51):
Yeah, it seems right.
Chris (05:52):
It's fun that I think I know more.
I was like, I wouldn't payattention to these things that
I'm telling you.
I wouldn't pay attention to themachine that just told you I am
an anxious mess.
I wouldn't, let me tell you I'mfine.
Sarah (06:06):
Yeah,
Chris (06:07):
she was like,
Sarah (06:08):
because yeah, if you keep saying it, you will be fine.
I think that's what you havegoing on, because that's what
you keep telling me.
Actually, no, we keepdetermining that you're not
fine, but then you keep comingback to I'm fine.
Chris (06:21):
I'm fine.
Sarah (06:22):
I'll say one more time.
Chris (06:24):
I'm
Sarah (06:24):
You're not fine.
you might be fine.
I feel like your relationshipwith work is not fine.
Chris (06:30):
this is probably accurate, but also something
that I'm aware of and workingon.
Sarah (06:36):
be
Chris (06:37):
I'm aware of it.
Sarah (06:38):
okay.
I was gonna say you went alittle too far with the working
on aware of it.
I think is where we've gotten toworking on.
cause It is, it's, 7:24 PM and Ijust had to instruct you to
close whatever application it isthat allowing work to bother
you.
And I like the fact that youpicked up your cell phone just
(07:00):
now and you were gonna look atit.
Oh,
Chris (07:02):
fuck you piss off, fuck off.
It is my emotional support.
Rubik's Cube.
Sarah (07:09):
I'm so proud of you.
I'm so proud of you.
anyway.
Chris (07:13):
Anyway.
Yes.
I am, I'm aware of the problemand I think that's probably one
of the first steps.
'cause now the problem isstarting to, it's an
unacceptable problem for me.
So it'll eventually get to thepoint where I'm so aware of the
problem that I can't do anythingbut fix the problem.
Sarah (07:29):
Yeah.
And I was actually just readingabout that in the new book that
we're gonna start, how youtypically wait until shit hits
the fan, before you do anythingabout it.
And we're gonna learn how tostart being a little more
proactive about it.
Chris (07:44):
I think that's fair.
I think that's
Sarah (07:45):
And I was, even before reading that, I feel like I, at
this point, I would've said, doyou think that's a really good
idea?
Like you literally just said,it's gonna happen.
So do you think it's a greatidea just to sit back and wait
until shit implodes and then dosomething about it?
I feel
Chris (08:01):
here's the
Sarah (08:01):
if you see the car coming at you and you have the time to
hit the brakes or swerve, I feellike you should do one of those.
Chris (08:09):
yeah.
Yeah.
I think the trick is that I'mfinally realizing.
you're gonna this one?
'cause it is a place that we canstart from for moving forward.
I think there's a part of methat really likes having the
problem.
there's a part of me that reallyenjoys this, that really likes
the adrenaline, that likes thestand up, like that, likes all
(08:32):
of this for some super bizarrereason.
And I think until I can talkthrough like that piece of
bullshit that I will continuecomplaining about it.
like the alcoholic who is Ireally should stop drinking, but
you know what I really doing,going out to bars and having a
good time on.
Yeah.
I really like
Sarah (08:51):
I think it.
has to go back to, I love thatI've become your psychiatrist or
Chris (08:55):
Me too.
I should just, I can't wait toplay this for my girl, Emily.
Sarah (09:00):
yeah, because I think it goes back to your need, to be
good at what you do and to beneeded.
Chris (09:06):
yeah.
Sarah (09:06):
and that's something that hypes you up and that you dig,
but.
It's not good for you, so.
Chris (09:14):
yes.
Sarah (09:15):
Yes.
Yes.
okay.
now that we've figured it out,
Chris (09:18):
right now that's done right, there's, is there, the
problem is it's not like beingan alcoholic, like there are
certain rewards for thisbehavior that are pleasant.
Do you
Sarah (09:31):
for alcoholics, I bet there are big rewards because
you don't, because you drink afew drinks like a bottle of
vodka, and you're like, woo, Idon't feel anything anymore.
I feel like that's a reward.
Chris (09:42):
Life rewards.
I'm not gonna hit rock.
I'm not gonna hit rock bottomworking too much.
no one is gonna, no one is gonnacome along and be like, Hey,
just so you know, everyone hatesyou.
Sarah (09:54):
Yeah.
But that might
Chris (09:55):
wait a minute.
Yeah.
Okay.
now I
Sarah (09:58):
everybody might not hate you, but, what are you
neglecting to get to the praisethat you're looking for at work?
Chris (10:05):
No, I gotcha.
I gotcha.
I see it.
I see it now.
I see the destructive path andthat it is not the same as an
alcoholic and yet not so verydifferent
Sarah (10:14):
No, because, I think it hurts relationships.
Chris (10:18):
yeah.
Yeah.
It doesn't pay as well.
that's the
Sarah (10:21):
yeah.
Yeah.
Chris (10:21):
Yeah.
The
Sarah (10:22):
if we found somebody, if I could get paid for being an
alcoholic,
Chris (10:26):
wait.
we'd never see you.
Sarah (10:29):
talk about fucking purpose.
Chris (10:30):
That girl hit rock bottom so many
Sarah (10:32):
headfirst.
Chris (10:33):
Wow.
She actually hit rock bottom,rented a hole, digger, and then
dug down.
She has a jackhammer in her handright now.
She is recreating rock bottomall the time.
Sarah (10:44):
Oh, that's not fair.
Eh?
Whatever.
Chris (10:47):
but it is funny.
Sarah (10:48):
Eh,
Chris (10:48):
Yes.
these are, these are things thatwill eventually need to be,
Sarah (10:53):
see.
and I'm gonna stop you again,because you say eventually
Chris (10:57):
There's just one little thing, there's just one little
reward that I want.
Now I want to finish thisparticular piece of work that
we're working on that will bedone by Friday.
If we can get to that point,then I will be willing.
There's one big party left forthe alcoholic.
Like I know that you guys areplanning an intervention and I
know that's why you invited meover to mom's house and on my
(11:20):
way I am gonna hit every barjust so when I get to the
intervention, I'm pretty wellloaded up for that ride to
rehab.
Sarah (11:27):
it better be the last intervention.
Chris (11:29):
So that's all I'm saying.
That's all I'm saying is I
Sarah (11:31):
there's a point, there's a point that the family gets to
that they just leave you.
Chris (11:35):
You, you guys love me.
Sarah (11:37):
We do.
And we're not gonna leave you.
We would never leave you.
I feel like our, what is it, theanalogy to the alcoholic has now
turned terribly bad and now ithurts my heart because I
wouldn't leave you as analcoholic either.
Chris (11:50):
I know
Sarah (11:50):
beat you up and shit.
But
Chris (11:52):
I would be sad for
Sarah (11:53):
we'd have some good fights.
Chris (11:55):
get in the car, we're going to rehab.
I don't
Sarah (11:58):
headlocks, it would be great.
yeah.
Okay.
so have your party on Friday
Chris (12:03):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes.
Sarah (12:05):
um, for everybody who's listening, it's Wednesday, so I
feel like we can give you twomore days.
Chris (12:10):
right?
I feel like I, I'm gonna stopand see my dealer,
Sarah (12:14):
as you're not driving, that's fine.
Chris (12:15):
how I gotta drive to the therapy place.
Sarah (12:17):
Oh,
Chris (12:18):
Now we're mixing up the analogies.
Yeah.
I'll be fine.
Yes.
I do recognize that this is an,this is unsupportable and, not
good for me.
And regardless of how manypeople are going to pat me on
the back, it will never beenough to fill whatever kind of
thing I'm trying to fill withthat sort of praise.
(12:39):
Like it'll never be enough.
To, to, convince me that I'm aworthwhile human being if I
can't convince myself of thatfact without that praise.
Sarah (12:49):
Amen.
Preach.
Chris (12:51):
yeah, we're working on it here.
We're working on it here.
So let's talk about, while we
Sarah (12:56):
I'm gonna, hold on, I'm gonna stop real quick'cause I
have my email up here, mypersonal email, and it looks
like you sent me an invitearound seven o'clock for August
6th.
Chris (13:07):
Oh, yeah.
eventually, yeah, Becca, youshould have one too.
So we're gonna record somethingapparently on August 6th.
Sarah (13:13):
what?
I thought it was a rec record.
I thought it was an invite forthis recording,
Chris (13:17):
It was supposed to be,
Sarah (13:18):
I just go into the studio thing, like I don't even need an
invite anymore.
I've learned that we're year in.
granted, I just learned that tworecordings ago, but that's what
I thought it was, and I openedit up and I was like, August
6th.
Chris (13:31):
I was here all by myself and I thought maybe you guys
couldn't get in.
So I sent you an invitation fornot
Sarah (13:37):
August 6th at 4:00 PM Not even the right time.
Chris (13:41):
shut up.
the best
Sarah (13:42):
I was like, I'm thinking shit.
she could barely commit threehours ago to this time, and
she's trying to send me afucking meeting invite for
August 6th.
The
Chris (13:56):
That's, I know.
I'll be free.
I know I'll be free.
Sarah (13:58):
This fucking girl.
Chris (14:00):
This bitch.
God damnit.
Hey girl, you got the timewrong.
Sarah (14:04):
Hey girl.
Hey girl.
Hey.
Wrong time, wrong day, wrong.
Everything
Chris (14:10):
Stopping being wrong.
Sarah (14:12):
okay?
Chris (14:13):
Alright, so let's go right from me being wrong into,
and us having the, thatdiscussion about, how my mental
health is, potentially getting,problematic.
and let's talk about how yousent me this video and it hit
some sort of nerve inside of meand the video was about how
(14:34):
we're all pro mental health andwe're all pro, take care of
yourself and we're all about allof this until,
Sarah (14:44):
Mental health matters.
Hashtag or the hashtag givesfirst.
Whatever.
Chris (14:48):
something and until it, it impacts something.
So until I'm so like overwhelmedwith shit that I can't respond
to your text message.
So you're like, Ugh, what abitch.
Or until I say I wanna makeplans with you, and then I have
to cancel them because I havethis crippling anxiety that
won't let me leave the house.
And I think that it is importantfor us to remember that in our
(15:11):
support of mental health, thatsometimes it's messy.
Like sometimes people who havemental health issues do things
that are pretty shitty andpretty fucked up.
And you need to separate out themental health issue from the
person and understand that, ifI'm gonna be brave enough to
(15:32):
say, Hey, I gotta go to thepsychiatrist during this
meeting, then I don't think youget to be surprised when I also
then say three days later I needto take a half a day off.
that, this shouldn't surpriseanybody.
Like this shouldn't, be weirdand it shouldn't be like, can we
really trust her with stuff now?
Like it's a pretty critical timein this project.
(15:52):
And she went ahead and fuckedoff for the entire four hours of
the afternoon yesterday.
it's important that we keep thatmessage alive too, that yeah,
sometimes this gets messy andsometimes it's, hard to deal
with.
And just like other healthissues, sometimes it gets in the
way of who we are and who wewant to be.
And we don't intend that to beinsulting.
(16:14):
And somebody who, is missing anarm isn't gonna be able to go
mountain climbing with you.
So when you invite
Sarah (16:20):
there's someone
Chris (16:20):
when you
Sarah (16:21):
some overachiever out there.
Chris (16:23):
granted, all abilities, all times.
There are some people who havecrippling, social anxiety that
aren't gonna wanna go to thatsuper crowded concert with you.
And it's not.
It's not anything to do withyou, and it's not anything to do
with their, disability.
It's just that's just too muchfor them.
And there are some people withcrippling social anxiety who
(16:44):
will go, but
Sarah (16:47):
Most, at least in my own experience, I don't want to be
that way.
Chris (16:52):
I
Sarah (16:52):
I'm not like, Hey, you know what would be awesome is if
all my friends got to go to thisreally fun concert or this
really awesome band that Itotally love and I couldn't
because I couldn't handle beingaround that many people.
Chris (17:03):
Oh, you know what I, Exactly.
Exactly.
Sarah (17:07):
We don't want to be so sad that we can't talk to you
Chris (17:10):
I don't.
Sarah (17:11):
phone.
Chris (17:12):
I don't wanna be so overwhelmed with everything else
in my life that looking at yourtext makes me sad.
because, and it doesn't make mesad because I'm not happy to
hear from you.
It makes me sad because I don'thave the ability right now to
process that, put it into mylife, even though it feels like
I have nothing else going on.
these are re, these arerealities.
And sometimes it's not, I thinkmaybe this is it to finish up
(17:35):
this topic, like beating a deadhorse here.
and to segue into what MelRobbins is pedaling.
and I then I'll be done.
I'll be
Sarah (17:43):
not allowed to talk about Mel Robbins.
Go ahead.
Chris (17:46):
That's it.
sometimes it's messy.
I.
Sarah (17:49):
Yeah.
And it can't just be until it'ssomething that matters and it
matters all the time.
And if we're gonna help eachother, we have to, be a little
patient with each other.
And just like I said a littlewhile ago, if you were an
alcoholic, I wouldn't leave you,I won't leave you because of
your mental health either.
Chris (18:07):
I know I'm working on it.
Not as actively as I should, butI'm working on it.
Sarah (18:12):
Here's something that you might want to leave me for
though.
I've noticed this in the past,if you were recordings and maybe
in the past like few weeks andpictures I see of myself, I feel
like I have a lazy eye.
Or a lazy eyelid or this eyeseems to be smaller than this
eye.
Do you see what I speak of?
Chris (18:33):
I think it's your eyelashes
Sarah (18:35):
I don't, but look at this is a different shape.
Like when did this happen?
I don't
Chris (18:41):
everybody's eyes are like that.
Look
Sarah (18:43):
but to this extreme, like I feel like I'm completely
lopsided.
Chris (18:47):
Now that you pointed out, it might be a little bit more
than I,
Sarah (18:51):
It's like quasimoto status and I don't even have a
sty.
Chris (18:55):
are you having a stroke?
Sarah (18:56):
That's, I, that's what I noticed it in a picture a few
weeks ago and I was like, Jesus,what the fuck is happening to my
eye?
And then I just now was like,wait a second.
That eye's doing that thingagain.
I don't know if it's doingsomething or if that's just the
way it always is.
Chris (19:12):
you know what can fix it?
Botox, I'm sure of it.
Sarah (19:15):
Me
Chris (19:16):
or you make an appointment with an actual
doctor.
Sarah (19:19):
Nah,
Chris (19:19):
Ah,
Sarah (19:20):
nah,
Chris (19:21):
Becca.
Becca.
I'm just gonna note that 20minutes ago, I think we've
marked where, where she waslike, oh, it's important you
don't miss any of youremployment.
So
Sarah (19:31):
it's important that I don't miss My, doctor.
my my Botox doctor appointments.
Chris (19:35):
Not Botox.
Go to the real doctor, dummy,
Sarah (19:39):
Oh, yeah.
I have those appointments allthe time.
Chris (19:41):
go to the eye doctor or go to the brain
Sarah (19:44):
I'm going, let's see, the eye doctor's in June, I just
checked because I need some newglasses.
Chris (19:49):
that is 1, 2, 3.
That's three months away.
Do
Sarah (19:52):
Yeah.
I'm one of those people who, whoplans those in advance?
Chris (19:57):
oh, I just show up.
do you remember my collegefriend who ended up with a brain
tumor after being at the eyedoctor?
Sarah (20:03):
No.
alright.
so that's enough about myeyeball.
I will, I'll consult withsomeone about it tomorrow.
I don't know, I have to take mycar to get my tires looked at
tomorrow.
Maybe they'll know what's wrong
Chris (20:14):
Ask the mechanic, he'll know,
Sarah (20:16):
Hey, so while we're at it, can you tell me why this,
anyway.
Chris (20:21):
Hey, thanks for rotating my tires.
Can you look at my face?
Sarah (20:23):
Yeah.
So that's, that'll be fun.
I can't wait to do that.
We have that.
And then, the air conditioningguy or the heating guy, I think
whatever the furnace people are.
Yeah.
The HVAC people are coming.
And I get anxious when that guycomes to the house because he
wants to like talk and hang out.
Chris (20:42):
you work at home.
Of course you're there for himto talk and hang out.
Sarah (20:45):
And I'm like, dude, I don't, no, nope.
And then I play the dumb wife.
I'm like, you're have to call myhusband.
You're gonna have to call my
Chris (20:55):
for you.
Sarah (20:56):
You're gonna have to call my husband.
Chris (20:59):
That's one reason to get married.
Becca.
Just FYI.
Sarah (21:02):
Yeah.
To blame someone else or sendthe annoying people to the other
person.
Chris (21:07):
A hundred percent.
Sarah (21:09):
okay, so let's, let's talk about Friday.
Chris (21:12):
Yay.
Oh, we had so much fun.
Oh, you guys missed it.
Sarah (21:15):
Yeah.
And
Chris (21:16):
not all of
Sarah (21:17):
miss it.
and were there, thank you somuch for coming out.
We had a blast.
I love that bar.
So I'm, I don't know if Charliewill ever listen to podcasts,
but, I do love that bar.
I wish it wasn't, 30 minutesaway from me,
Chris (21:30):
me too.
Sarah (21:31):
but, the bar is nice.
I did a, we did a green teashot, which is The, first time
I've ever done one of those.
and that bartender was cute.
Chris (21:41):
Yeah.
He was,
Sarah (21:42):
And,
Chris (21:44):
really young,
Sarah (21:45):
yeah,
Chris (21:45):
letting anyone bartend these days.
Like all the bartenders arereally young.
Sarah (21:50):
like 30.
Fuck somebody.
Somebody said something today ona meeting about being 50, and I
was like,
Chris (21:57):
Bitch,
Sarah (21:58):
I am literally now only three years away from that.
Fuck.
Chris (22:05):
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's terrible to be three yearsaway from 51 4.
Sarah (22:14):
Okay.
yes.
So thank you for everybody.
It was a wonderful weekend.
I had, Friday we got tocelebrate, the Mental Funny Bone
and us doing this for a year andwe're figuring it out.
and, the Walkers showed up.
Bobby and Lori showed up, andthen on Sunday, Bobby took a
picture of, the podcast.
He was listening to it in thecar, so that was awesome.
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They just showed up'causethey're great friends.
And, Bobby had never listened tothe podcast, so we chatted and,
now he's listening to it.
I did tell him to listen to theJigs Butthole episode and the
Pope episode.
Those are my two favorites.
Chris (22:52):
one.
Sarah (22:53):
I think those are The, two that I did my most crying
because of laughing.
Chris (22:57):
we'd like to hear from you guys.
if you could hit us up at gastrogirls, at gmail.com and tell us
what your favorite episode was.
I'm interested in that.
Sarah (23:05):
Yeah, I'd like to, know
Chris (23:06):
would like to know
Sarah (23:07):
I would like to know too.
And while we're on
Chris (23:09):
And, why is it your favorite episode?
Is it because I'm funnier thanSarah?
Sarah (23:13):
Never.
No.
Chris (23:15):
No.
Huh.
Sarah (23:16):
it just because we talked about jigs, hiss butthole and
just because saying jigs, hisbutthole is funny, or we talked
about the, or we talked aboutthe thing that carries the pope
around
Chris (23:26):
The pops rickshaw.
Sarah (23:27):
I have to tell you, nothing delights me more than
listening to our own podcast inthe car and crying as I'm
laughing.
Chris (23:34):
We should do it.
thank you guys for listening.
We do really appreciate it.
but if you didn't, we would justlisten to these over and over
again.
Sarah (23:41):
we'd have a bazillion downloads'cause it would just be
us downloading it over and
Chris (23:45):
Oh, crying.
Sarah (23:46):
over again.
yeah, and I rewind it and listento things again'cause they're so
funny.
Chris (23:52):
I hilarious.
this podcast is hilarious.
All right.
Sarah (23:56):
Yeah.
So tell us, tell us whatepisodes you like and, along
those same lines, we would alsolike to ask you for some input.
we have spent a year talkingabout ourselves and doing good
things for our mental wellbeing,which is fine and we'll continue
to do that.
We're not gonna stop doing that.
But, we would also like you guysto shoot us an email and let us
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know things that you wanna talkabout and we can start venturing
into, different material.
Chris (24:23):
Yes, I think that would be fun.
anyway.
Gaster girls, G-A-S-T-E-R girls,GIRL s@gg.com.
Sarah (24:36):
Well done.
Well done.
I
Chris (24:37):
Thank you.
Sarah (24:39):
so then I guess we'll take that and go into, material
or No, you have a gastro story.
Chris (24:44):
I wanted to talk just very briefly about our
adventures at Olin Mills.
Sarah (24:51):
Yes.
Yes.
I believe that Becca.
does not know what Olin Millsis.
Chris (24:56):
Becca, I am so sorry for you and your generation of
children.
Sarah (25:00):
I'm, while you're doing this, I'm going to go on the
Facebook and try to find theOlin Mills picture that you
posted, Christine, and send itto Becca.
So go ahead and
Chris (25:09):
see if you could find not only the one where I am holding
you as a baby like
Sarah (25:15):
but the one where you're in the background, shadowed in
the
Chris (25:18):
where I am shadowed like Olin Mills.
Becca, back in the day was, away that you could tell your
children without saying it outloud, which one you loved more.
Sarah (25:28):
100%.
Chris (25:29):
would do, Olin Mills was a photography studio and you
would take your children there.
And they would pose them inweird and bizarre ways with
weird and bizarre backgrounds.
I'm sure you have seen thesepictures on the internet, like
there would be a meadow and infront of this picture of a
meadow is a fake fence.
And then there would be like adad with a mullet and a goth mom
(25:51):
and three weird kids, in thesepictures.
So there was a, there was anonly mills in Southland Shopping
Center, so
Sarah (25:59):
Behind the, old country buffet, or what was that?
Is that what that was called?
Chris (26:04):
yes, I think before it was the old country buffet,
Sarah (26:07):
may have been the Oland Mills.
Chris (26:09):
but it was like tucked in the back.
So your mom had to drag yououtta the car and try to get you
from the parking lot to thestudio without getting dirty.
And for me it was impossible.
I would pick up dirt faster thanRoomba.
it, I just, and she would braidmy hair and do it all nice.
And by the time I got inside,there'd be like four hairs all
over.
and then Sarah would turn uplike a little beautiful, blonde
(26:31):
afro to angel.
Sarah (26:32):
when did she ever do anybody's hair?
I now feel like I, have to findmy school pictures because there
was never, the hair in every oneof my school pictures is
hideous.
Chris (26:47):
there were braids.
I, she sat, I'll show you theschool picture.
The school pictures were bad,Becca.
'cause we were outta her controlfor a long period of time before
they took the pictures.
I feel like ever gased herstory, I'm just telling it
directly to Becca these days.
Sarah (27:00):
Yeah, it's fine.
Chris (27:02):
just to explain to her like, the life of Olin Mills.
Yeah, like we, we had my momwould put, I had piggy tails,
like one on each side.
And back in the day they hadthese, they had these, giant
chunks of yarn and you wouldjust tie a giant chunk of yarn
in a bow around a child's piggytails.
And you would call that dressedup.
And that's how we would get ourpictures taken.
(27:22):
So cute.
So cute.
yeah.
But for this one session, I hadto be like maybe nine, eight or
nine, and Sarah's maybe three orfour.
And she is, she looks like
Sarah (27:33):
That's just
Chris (27:34):
not that one.
Not that
Sarah (27:36):
that, this is the example of what my hair looked like in
every elementary school picture.
This is one of the worst,
Chris (27:44):
true.
Why
Sarah (27:46):
it was always pulled up like that.
And you know what, now I'velearned, that's why this is
receding.
Chris (27:51):
Because your mom
Sarah (27:52):
That started, that shit started in kindergarten.
Go ahead.
I can't find the olden mills oneyet, but I found that one
Chris (27:59):
So Sarah's eight-ish.
No, I'm eight-ish and Sarah'sthree or four.
And she is a adorable littleblonde, afro blue-eyed baby,
like adorable.
She looks like
Sarah (28:11):
Afro,
Chris (28:12):
the hair makes her look like she is wearing a halo all
the time.
All the time.
And she is.
She appears to just be so quiet,mostly'cause she's shy and
afraid of doing things.
But there's the one where I'mchoking her.
I'm grabbing onto the back ofthat shirt.
Look at my hair, Becca.
Sarah (28:31):
Yeah.
It's terrible.
Chris (28:33):
My mom did her best and that's what it turned to From
the car to the Olin Mills.
Is Olin Mills written on thatpicture?
Please tell me It
Sarah (28:41):
oh, I found it.
Yeah.
Olin Mills is on this one.
Chris (28:45):
look at this shit, Becca.
Look at it.
Look at it.
Oh no, it went away.
yeah, she's got, so I'll justdescribe the picture.
we are both wearing blouses moreappropriate for a 40-year-old
attorney.
my mom has pulled my hair backbecause, it's so unruly.
You can clearly see I'm going toneed a significant amount of
orthodontic care in the nearterm.
Sarah (29:06):
And your eyes are crooked.
Chris (29:09):
one tooth, one tooth is, directly straight out.
And, she, Sarah's got like poofysleeves and her
Sarah (29:15):
love that
Chris (29:16):
nice.
It is so real.
It is so real.
And she's got like littlebarrettes in her little blonde
afro.
Looks amazingly done.
And she's got her chin, her handup to her chin and she's just
looking like I'm the prettiestgirl that ever existed.
And what my mother chose to dois have her in the foreground
(29:38):
and then in the background,unlike a shadow, you can only
see half of my head.
Sarah (29:42):
Yeah.
It was the good half though, andit was the front.
I feel like It maybe it wasn't,maybe they should have gone
Chris (29:48):
one of the sides.
and then you would go back, likeyou wouldn't see them then.
Like they didn't have proofs.
You would have to go back.
Sarah (29:56):
yeah, that
Chris (29:57):
one, I'm wearing a terrycloth dress.
That dress is made ofterrycloth.
If Becca, I feel, I also feelsorry for you'cause you've never
worn anything made ofterrycloth.
Sarah (30:07):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Chris (30:07):
so sad.
But that's what my mom pickedfor me.
Sarah's wearing a littlecommunion dress.
She looks like a littleprincess.
I'm choking her in that picture.
Like I'm pulling as hard as Ican on the back of that smiling.
Sarah (30:18):
I was resilient.
Chris (30:20):
good thing.
so yeah.
And then you, and you would goand your mom could pick the
picture where you're in thefront or
Sarah (30:27):
This is the picture Olivia will talk about later in
life.
Hey, remember that picture wheremom made us all wear penguin
outfits with fuckingturtlenecks?
Chris (30:36):
do you think it was the mom?
Do you think it was the mom?
I'll tell you right
Sarah (30:40):
I'm sorry, everybody.
You're just gonna have to go toYouTube.
Chris (30:43):
you gotta look at it on YouTube.
It's so funny.
yeah.
And your mom could pick the onewhere you're in front, Becca, or
she could pick the one whereyour brother Max is in front.
I.
That's how they tell you whichone they love more.
Sarah (30:56):
Yeah.
Chris (30:56):
I don't know why I'm so obsessed with getting praise
from people that aren't myparents.
I don't know
Sarah (31:02):
do I.
That's weird.
Chris (31:04):
Emily, if you could just listen to this episode, this
will save us a lot of time onFriday,
Sarah (31:09):
Really strange.
Chris (31:11):
thank you.
I'll send her a note.
so that is my experience at OlinMills.
They, I would get, you would getso excited for it'cause it like
you were like the center ofattention and the guy would take
your pa Oh, so fun.
Olin Mills day was so fun andyou could almost guarantee that
someone would feed you outsideof the home.
Sarah (31:30):
yeah.
Yeah.
We can go to Mickey
Chris (31:32):
Nita would be busy.
So we would leave there, whichis right by the fast food.
We would drive home and we'dwait for Jumbo to get home and
then we would have to convincehim to spend the$8 it was gonna
cost to take us all out to eatat McDonald's.
Sarah (31:47):
that shit was expensive.
Chris (31:49):
Eight bucks.
Family of four, Sarah would onlyeat chili from
Sarah (31:54):
dude was probably making 15,000 a year.
Chris (31:57):
Eight bucks.
Sarah (31:58):
Legit.
Chris (31:59):
So there you go.
That is it.
That is our Olin Mills.
That is my Olin Mills story.
I thought about it over theweekend and I was like, this, I
can't believe that we couldn'tcome up with better hairstyles
for the children.
I guess there's no YouTube to goto.
Nita
Sarah (32:14):
Nobody was instructing you.
I can just, I have made up thememory of standing in the
bathroom, our small littlebathroom at Simo and mommy
trying to fix my hair and me, Iknow unbelievably not standing
still or listening to anythingshe's saying and her just taking
(32:35):
the brush and hitting me overthe head with it and saying,
fine.
You wanna look like that's whatyou'll look like.
Just get out of here.
I can see it.
I can, that's what I have madeup, but I'm not sure I made that
up.
I'm pretty sure that happened.
Chris (32:50):
I don't know.
I don't know.
I had sticks in my hair a lot,and my hair was long.
Sarah (32:54):
Yeah.
you always had long hair.
I always had short hair.
Chris (32:57):
it was supposed to be in like a braid or tied up, or it
was supposed to be off my face,tomboy style.
in order to get it there, youhad to brush it and I, it had
sticks in it, so Nita would tryto get the brush through.
It was wavy, straight, and itwould just not brush very well.
yeah, I think we both got lumpedin the head with the hairbrush a
couple of times.
Sarah (33:15):
Yeah.
And I was, mommy got real intoOrphan Annie.
Chris (33:19):
Oh yes.
I don't know why.
I don't know why this is a hair.
This is a hairstyle.
She was like, these childrenlook adorable.
We will get them super tightperms and we will cut
Sarah (33:33):
and
Chris (33:33):
all over.
Sarah (33:34):
you can see like at least like your hair always has some
sort of volume or a little bitof something to it.
My hair, it's so straight thatit's absurd.
So the amount of perming thathad to happen to get the Orphan
Annie hairstyle, oh, you knowwhat?
I want our listeners to sharetheir, Olin Mills pictures with
(33:56):
us too.
Chris (33:57):
Oh, please.
Oh, please do that.
Oh, please send them to gastrogirls@gmail.com.
Sarah (34:01):
if they're not only males, like just send us fucked
up school pictures.
make us know that we're notalone.
Chris (34:07):
the only ones.
Like
Sarah (34:09):
That's all we're asking a lot from our listeners.
I can't wait to be sad like in acouple months, in a few weeks
when we don't get anything
Chris (34:18):
gonna be like, come on guys.
The hell.
Sarah (34:21):
but the fuck.
Chris (34:23):
why do you wanna disappoint us?
We're on the edge already as itis.
All right.
Let's talk about this book.
Sarah (34:29):
Okay, before we do that, I have one thing.
let's see, we had, two moresupporters show up on Buy Me a
Coffee, and that's Andrew, myfriend Andrea.
Thank you for your support and,Lori, why can't I say her
fucking last name?
Lori Black.
Chris (34:46):
Lori Black who got married to someone.
Thank you, Lori.
Sarah (34:49):
Oh, for the love.
So yeah.
That's awesome.
And I was really happy thatmommy and daddy got to see
people, from our past on Fridaytoo, and I thought that was
pretty
Chris (34:59):
was really fun.
Sarah (35:00):
that they got to catch up with people.
And I'm pretty sure they wereexcited about it too.
So
Chris (35:05):
It was adorable.
Like all of Friday was adorable.
Sarah (35:08):
it was, we had a really good time and we made nanny
dance.
Chris (35:12):
Oh my God.
Sarah (35:13):
wowed on The dance floor.
Chris (35:14):
Can we give a shout out to the band?
Whose name I don't remember.
Sarah (35:17):
Old school.
Old school.
Chris (35:20):
Oh my goodness.
I was sweating,
Sarah (35:22):
Poison.
put Poison.
Never trusted a big but tosmile.
Yeah.
They busted out the good shitafter you last left, Becca?
Chris (35:30):
Sorry, Becca.
Sarah (35:32):
Yep.
Chris (35:33):
I like big butts and I cannot lie.
Sarah (35:35):
did they play that one?
I don't even remember that one.
Chris (35:38):
we were walking out, like we were on our way out and I was
like, wait, it's my theme song.
Sarah (35:44):
Yeah, they did.
They did my two favorite.
They did, they did ice, baby andPoison by Beliv.
Devo.
So I was very happy with that.
I think there was a gentleman onthe dance floor that was trying
to dance with your mother.
our mother.
Yeah.
It was weird.
I'm not sure.
I vaguely remember.
Anyway, okay, so again, thankyou everybody for coming out on
Friday.
We had a ton of fun.
(36:05):
Yay.
Chris (36:06):
yet.
All
Sarah (36:07):
Can't wait to do it again next year.
Okay.
Chris (36:09):
about the switch.
I'll be quiet, I promise.
Sarah (36:12):
so the, let Them book, we're gonna let them put it back
on the shelf.
We love it.
It's a great book.
It really is.
I know that it's very popularand please continue to read it.
Finish it.
It's great advice.
We are deciding to shut itthough and move on to another
book, and that is simply becausewe have, we're feeling as though
(36:34):
we're just repeating a lot ofstuff.
So we have another book we wannaget into.
The next book is A Little MoreSy, which I know man Nerd's,
sister loves, and it is calledBreaking the Habit of Being
Yourself, which sounds like astab to the heart man.
how to lose your Mind and createa new one.
So pick it up, read along withus.
(36:55):
We're not starting it today.
I did read the introduction andthere were a few things that,
gave me anxiety, the mention ofphysics several times,
Chris (37:07):
No, it's awesome.
It was the only thing that keptme turning the page.
I'm like, tell me more.
Tell me more about the quantumstructure of my body.
Sarah (37:14):
There's gonna be so much, that I'm gonna have to ask
questions about, but so muchthat I think is really cool and
like talking about studies andthat's really the kind of shit
that we wanna get into and talkabout.
And, I also think that this oneis gonna be as far as us
following along and doing whatthe book is about and following
(37:35):
the lessons, I feel like thisone's gonna be a bit more
challenging
Chris (37:38):
Yeah,
Sarah (37:38):
in a good way.
Chris (37:39):
I think.
you're right.
I mean there's, I did although Ilike the science part, I enjoy
that.
there's a lot of stuff in herethat is gonna take a little bit
of me being like, okay, it'sbased in science.
'cause I feel like he's gonnahave to convince me that there's
a study that actually says that.
I feel like we're getting intoyou remember when we were
reading Dan Harris's book andhe's talking about, he's talking
(38:01):
about Eckert Toll and EckertToll is like blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah.
and immediately I was like, I'mnot listening to a good thing
Eckert Toll says.
so I think this guy might belike, same Sameish.
but
Sarah (38:13):
what I was getting as I was reading the introduction.
I felt like this was one where Iwas reading the introduction and
there was some sciencey stuffthat I was like, cool, and then
I turned the page and there'd besome shit that I was like, I'm
not sure I buy that.
Chris (38:26):
I don't think you can cure cancer just by thinking
about it,
Sarah (38:28):
Yeah.
So there's definitely there.
This'll be interesting.
It will be very interesting'cause I think there's a lot of
stuff in here that we, agreewith and think is cool, and
there's some stuff that we'reprobably gonna need a little bit
of convincing about.
So I I like that.
Part of it that will be a littlemore challenge.
(38:51):
And then the third part of it isall about the meditation
practices and how to do, it's abook of three parts.
So the first two is just likethe background and all of the
stuff we need to know to getinto part three.
Which part three is the how to,
Chris (39:06):
Meditation never tells me I'm doing it right though.
there's very little rewardimmediately when you're doing
meditation.
Like at least if I'm running ona treadmill, I'm getting like a
little bit of endorphins, right?
Like me meditating and sittingthere and talking to myself
about it.
I understand that if I keepdoing it, the cumulative effect
will be that I can potentiallychange the chemistry in my brain
(39:27):
and
Sarah (39:27):
ding, ding.
Chris (39:28):
But there's a very, no one is there oh my gosh,
Christine, you are so good atmeditating.
Look at
Sarah (39:35):
this is the challenge.
This is the challenge.
Chris (39:37):
I understand.
Sarah (39:39):
so yeah, so I think this one's gonna be a bit more
challenging on all sorts oflevels.
Like my ability to say placeboand not place bo, like that's
gonna be super challenging.
asking you like about atoms andphysics and
Chris (39:56):
together.
Sarah (39:57):
that's, it's gonna be tough.
But I am very excited about it.
Chris (40:00):
Listen, Becca's graduated in a couple weeks.
she can look this stuff up for
Sarah (40:04):
yeah, she could look it up as
Chris (40:05):
You'll be fine, Becca.
You're gonna be our scienceteacher now.
Sarah (40:08):
Yeah.
Chris (40:09):
to the end of your internship.
you now teach us about atoms.
Sarah (40:13):
there you go.
An A-A-T-O-M-S not like
Chris (40:17):
ad like a boy, Adam, we don't wanna know
Sarah (40:20):
Hey.
Chris (40:20):
you, do
Sarah (40:22):
Side note.
I thought of this thinking aboutBlink 180 2.
It's 180 2, right?
Not 180 4.
It's 180 2.
Chris (40:29):
Psalm 41 is what you're thinking
Sarah (40:31):
Jesus.
I can't stand the numbers.
Don't I hate Matchbox 40.
I don't know.
It don't give me the numbers.
You B 50, I don't know.
Chris (40:41):
Shut up
Sarah (40:41):
anyway, so Blink 180 2, the reason I'm reminded is
because we said this is howfucked up my brain is.
We said Adam, it's a DAM, and itreminded me of Adam's song,
which is a Blink 180 2 song.
And Becca, it is also one of myfavorites.
so anyway, there is a memoircoming out from the, lead singer
(41:06):
of Blink 180 2 that I am.
Chris (41:09):
Memoir.
Sarah (41:11):
I interested.
he had cancer and went throughsome really crazy shit.
in addition to being in a rockand roll band in the nineties,
is that what it's called?
Rock and Roll Band?
I feel like my
Chris (41:23):
sure.
They're p they're the punk.
They're like the
Sarah (41:25):
yeah, there we
Chris (41:26):
not the beginning, but they're like an extension of the
real punk.
They existed in the seventies.
Sarah (41:31):
And I saw him interviewed on Good Morning America
Chris (41:36):
why do you watch the news?
You
Sarah (41:38):
because there's shit like this on it and I was fascinated
and his hair was all fuckingwacky and awesome and I loved
it.
And, anyway, so I feel like I'mgonna pick up that book and read
that too.
'cause
Chris (41:50):
know, they're coming in concert this summer to
Washington, Pennsylvania.
Sarah (41:54):
are they.
Chris (41:55):
Yeah.
There's a music festival inWashington, Jimmy Eat World.
Do you remember?
They're from Mesa.
Sarah (42:01):
Becca, are we gonna go?
I feel like you should look thisup and, we should make plans to
go,
Chris (42:06):
I have tickets.
Sarah (42:08):
what the fuck?
Chris (42:09):
It's, I didn't think anyone else would wanna go with
me.
Sarah (42:12):
What?
All right, Becca, let's makeplans.
Fuck her.
Me and you.
We'll
Chris (42:19):
on Saturday.
Sarah (42:20):
It's multiple
Chris (42:21):
on Saturday.
Yeah,
Sarah (42:22):
Sh.
All right.
what is the date?
What's the date?
Chris (42:26):
I don't have any idea.
it's some festival.
I'll send you.
David sent me the link Iprobably just gave my, somebody
was probably scamming me and Iprobably just gave my money to
somebody in Indonesia who puttogether
Sarah (42:37):
I'm thinking we're going off again.
Chris (42:40):
all the bands I like and were like, Hey, there's a
festival.
It's right by you.
What are the odds?
Sarah (42:44):
the fire festival is happening again.
Has, have you guys heard this?
Yeah.
Chris (42:49):
I think I bought tickets to it.
Sarah (42:50):
Again,
Chris (42:50):
gonna be in Washington, pa.
Sarah (42:52):
and it's the same dude running it, like the same dude
who was in jail.
And from what I, this was inpassing.
I heard on the news that again,there are signs that it's not
actually going to happen.
Like it's literally the samething is happening.
How I don't, ladies andgentlemen, this is why we learn
(43:13):
history.
This is why we need to know thatthings have happened bad in the
past, so we don't do them again.
I know some people are opposedto it, but really it will, it
saves us all in the long run.
I really wanna talk to thesestupid fucks that bought tickets
(43:33):
to the second Fyre Festival.
That won't not fucking happen.
Chris (43:37):
it's the four Chord music festival.
So that's real.
It's real, it's in the paper.
Sarah (43:43):
Oh, okay.
Chris (43:45):
It's in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Do you remember the PittsburghPost
Sarah (43:48):
Oh, that's a fancy one.
Yeah.
All right.
Okay.
Yeah, we're gonna have to makeplans to go to that.
So I've gone off on a thousanddifferent things.
yeah.
So we're gonna start a new booknext week, and chapter one is a
bit long.
I'm looking at them'cause Idon't know if you could see,
I've marked all the chapters offbecause I do better when I can
visually see how many pagesthere are to read,
Chris (44:11):
You're almost done.
You're almost done.
Reader, baby.
Sarah (44:14):
I think maybe we talk about the first chapter next
week.
Chris (44:17):
Yes, I'm in.
Oh, you know who else is gonnabe at the Four Chord Music
Festival?
Sarah (44:22):
Who,
Chris (44:22):
Stacey's mom.
what's the name of that band?
Bowling for?
It's not Bowling for Soup.
That's a different
Sarah (44:28):
but, Ooh.
Chris (44:29):
Or maybe it's Bowling for Soup.
And I thought that they sang,Stacey's Mom.
Sarah (44:33):
When you say, hold on, Alexa, who sang Stacey's song?
Stacey's Mom, Michael Pollockand John Bellion Sang Stacey by
Quinn.
92.
No, that's wrong.
Alexa.
Who sang Stacey's mom?
Chris (44:47):
it's bull it's not bowling for soup.
Sarah (44:50):
was sunk by Fountains of Wayne.
Fountains of Wayne.
Chris (44:53):
It's bowling for soup.
That's coming
Sarah (44:55):
you could have literally told me, I will give you a
billion dollars if you couldtell me who's saying Stacey's
mom.
And there is nothing.
There is no, I wouldn't haveeven no fountains of Wayne.
I don't even know this.
You could tell.
Tell me Fountains of Wayne andI'd be like, you're full of
shit.
'cause I don't even,
Chris (45:14):
Rebecca, the intern knew and she didn't even grow up.
Then she was there Bowling forsoup.
Do you know what?
Bowling for Soup sings
Sarah (45:22):
No.
Chris (45:22):
A, they sing this theme song to Phineas and Ferb.
Sarah (45:26):
Oh, yay.
Yeah, I like
Chris (45:27):
So maybe they'll play that.
And they also sing, 1985, likeBruce Springsteen, Madonna, way
before Nirvana.
Sarah (45:37):
I like, okay.
Yeah, I
Chris (45:39):
I'm singing on that episode.
We're gonna release to otherpeople.
Sarah (45:42):
I am, I'm gonna have to, yeah, we're definitely gonna
have to go to that.
Chris (45:46):
I'm excited.
Sarah (45:48):
I think of Fountains and Wayne, fountains of Wayne and I
think of Calvin and Hobbes.
The little kid from the Calvin.
Is Calvin the kid, and Hobbes isthe kitty.
Chris (45:59):
is the, Hobbes is the tiger.
He's not a kitty.
He's a tiger
Sarah (46:03):
so when you say fountains of Wayne, I don't know why I
feel like they logo should bethat little kid, like peeing in
a puddle into a fountain.
Chris (46:12):
into a fountain.
yeah.
Sarah (46:14):
Okay.
And the last thing that we needto talk about today is, we have
been, doing our releases onThursdays.
up until the last few.
Okay.
It's been a little bit diceythere the last few weeks.
so we will be changing that.
So if you are one of the onesthat we've been disappointing on
Thursdays, we are going to bedropping new episodes on
(46:35):
Mondays.
Now, I have decided that I do alot of napping and TV watching
on Sunday, so it's probably agood time for me to get shit
done so we could get thingsreleased on Mondays.
Chris (46:46):
Love it.
I'm here for it.
Sarah (46:47):
Okay.
Chris (46:48):
Amen.
Sarah (46:49):
I have,
Chris (46:49):
make my life easier'cause then I can start forgetting
about the episode on Thursdayand when it gets to be Sunday,
be like,
Sarah (46:56):
then you could worry about it on Sunday,
Chris (46:58):
oh no.
Sarah (46:59):
that's way easier to worry about it, I feel like.
Chris (47:02):
Yeah, it'll relieve a lot of anxiety.
Maybe I won't need to take thosemeds.
After all, I'll talk to thepsychiatrist and see if that's
really what's doing
Sarah (47:09):
Yeah, you should.
You should.
It has nothing to
Chris (47:11):
I'm fine.
Sarah (47:13):
okay.
is there anything else?
I think we have covered all ofthe insanity.
I said I think it'll be a shortepisode and here we are at 58
Chris (47:21):
were wrong.
We were wrong.
But you guys got a good gastrostory of the week.
if you can imagine like aseventies Nita with a wig,
dragging us through the parkinglot at a Southland Shopping
Center into the Oland Mills
Sarah (47:35):
yeah.
Chris (47:35):
asking questions about The Hobbit and probably trying
to read while they were takingmy picture.
Sarah (47:41):
And I was probably biting you.
Chris (47:43):
Obviously you were being some sort of menace.
Sarah (47:45):
did mommy wear a wig?
Chris (47:47):
Yeah, and I didn't know, but she kept it in the bathroom
under the sink and I don't know.
'cause you're little and I'mbored.
I was digging through there andI thought it was a mouse and I
pulled it out and I was like,what the hell is this?
Sarah (48:00):
She did not wear a wig
Chris (48:02):
You'll, you ask her.
You ask her.
Also, I forgot to show you guys,
Sarah (48:07):
again.
Let me see the new tatty.
Oh, it's pretty,
Chris (48:10):
Isn't she nice,
Sarah (48:12):
I like it.
Chris (48:13):
Becca?
Isn't she pretty
Sarah (48:16):
I like you very much.
That's fun.
'cause that's where I was gonnaget my next one coming up this
way.
Chris (48:22):
great?
I wanna, here's the thing, Ihave a ton of them, but I can't
see most of them except for thisone that looks like I got it in
prison.
and, I was like, I want one Ican look at all the time.
Sarah (48:31):
Yeah.
I have these on my, I wanna getYeah,
Chris (48:34):
Oh, yeah, Becca.
Yes.
Working on the sleeve.
Sarah (48:38):
All the arms and they're all black and I want more.
I wish they were free.
Chris (48:44):
Yeah, this was, this was a bit of an investment that I
didn't realize when I made theappointment.
Sarah (48:48):
Yeah.
Chris (48:49):
Because the girl is good and she's Hey, my time is worth
this much per hour.
And I was like, that is a lot.
Sarah (48:55):
Do we manufacture the ink in the US
Chris (48:59):
I'm not sure.
Sarah (49:00):
be something else that's gonna
Chris (49:02):
It's probably gonna, don't think about it too much.
Don't think about it too much.
You're, you have a bit ofprivilege and you don't have to
think about it, so don't,
Sarah (49:09):
I know.
makes me even more sad.
Chris (49:12):
It does Me too, saying it out loud hurts.
Me too.
Sarah (49:15):
Yeah.
Chris (49:15):
right.
On that note, I got a newtattoo, so I'm gonna go and,
Sarah (49:19):
Put some Vaseline on
Chris (49:20):
to eat.
Starving.
Sarah (49:22):
Okay.
Sounds good.
All right.
love you.
Bye.
Chris (49:25):
didn't you, is there a catchphrase you wanna put at the
end of these
Sarah (49:28):
I was try.
We've tried a few and I justcouldn't get anything.
Like
Chris (49:33):
we're not gonna make fetch happen.
Huh?
Sarah (49:35):
love, love you by seems to be the one that just it's
good.
I actually am going to put thatabove the door.
Our door, it says, Love you.
by.
Chris (49:45):
I like that.
That's cute.
Sarah (49:46):
Okay.
Love you.
Bye.
Chris (49:48):
All right, love you.
Bye.
It's the stop button.
Welcome to The Mental Funny Bone, a podcast where we
strive to create a safe andentertaining space where
listeners can explore mentalhealth topics, find solace, and
enjoy laughter.
This podcast aims tode-stigmatize mental health
discussions and empowerindividuals to approach their
own wellbeing with humor andopenness.
I'm Sarah.
Chris (00:19):
I'm Christine and I am not a mental health
professional.
Neither is my sister.
I would guess that there may belike three or four of you guys
out there are medicalprofessionals.
Thank you for your service,really.
Sarah and I go to mental healthprofessionals.
I, I sometimes, I've beenskipping my appointments, which
is something we'll probablytouch on later in this episode.
(00:42):
'cause Sarah's really, very muchagainst me skipping the therapy
appointments, even though I'mfine.
She's shaking her head.
She's also drinking something.
So when she's done swallowingwhatever she has in her mouth,
Sarah (00:54):
Please don't say swallow.
so my buddy at work, he ha hehas a friend whose last name is
Swallow.
It's actually swallows
Chris (01:02):
talking about it.
Sarah (01:04):
what the hell is, why it's the best.
It's, he like, he had to changehis shit for Facebook'cause
Facebook wouldn't let him puthis name on it as with the last
name, swallows.
But my favorite story is that hegot married and his wife
actually changed her last name.
Like it would be like mechanging my last name to
swallows and my name would beSarah Swallows.
(01:25):
And then you have daughters.
And your daughters have thatlast name.
Chris (01:29):
No,
Sarah (01:29):
not a good idea.
Chris (01:31):
They should get to
Sarah (01:31):
not a good idea.
In that case, the man takes yourname.
Okay.
Chris (01:36):
We're saving everybody here.
Sarah (01:38):
Anyway.
you should never skip yourmental health, appointments,
with your therapist, yourpsychiatrists, whatever, any
doctor's appointments actuallyyou shouldn't skip or put off.
'cause all of that stuff, whenit comes to health is good.
It's good stuff.
Yeah.
We like it.
and there's a thi Okay, yeah.
I'm not gonna go there.
Chris (01:59):
Yeah.
You're all done.
I'm gonna talk.
So I had put off the, going toactually see the psychiatrist
for so long that they were like,you have to come in and talk to
her face to face, or we can'trenew your medication.
I was like.
That's fair.
That's fair.
That's a good way to get me intothe office for sure.
And
Sarah (02:17):
I don't think it's like not a law.
I, it probably is a law, but Ifeel like that's a good way to
get people in the office.
Chris (02:23):
it's nice for us to, it's nice for us to touch base.
She's I haven't seen you in awhile.
I love your shoes.
And I was like, oh my God, girl,they're Roth's.
And she was like, yeah, theyare.
Sarah (02:34):
I like how you say that.
girl, they're Roth's.
Chris (02:37):
Right.
Sarah (02:37):
what says I'm a mom more than Roth's.
Chris (02:41):
nothing.
Sarah (02:42):
I'm with you Roth's.
I fucking love the Roth's and Iwish I had as many Roth's as you
do.
I'm very jealous of your Roth'scollection.
Chris (02:50):
it is one of the joys of my life to, to go into the Rothi
store and be like, I'll havethis one.
Except for I don't want thepointy toed one.
I want the kind of rounded toeone.
And I would like it with adouble strap for the Mary Jane
instead of just a single strap.
Sarah (03:05):
I'd Like, a little bit of toe cleavage, like if we could
make that happen, that would bereally great.
yeah.
I also really, actually wouldlove to be a fly on the wall and
listen to you say to anyone atany time about anything.
Hey girl.
Chris (03:22):
Hey
Sarah (03:22):
Hey girl.
Chris (03:24):
No, it doesn't even come out like that'cause it comes out
like I read, epic fantasy novelsand I'm
Sarah (03:30):
Hey girl.
Chris (03:31):
book club.
Hey girl.
Hey girl.
No, it just doesn't, it doesn't.
It doesn't sound right.
It sounds like I'm on thesidelines at a soccer game
trying to fit in with the othermoms.
that's what it comes out like
Sarah (03:46):
Yeah.
Just, continue to, tell storieswithin it though, because I
think it adds something to it,but don't actually do it like in
a real life situation.
Chris (03:55):
my psychiatrist was like, she gave me like a little
open-eyed kind of look when Isaid girl, she was like, oh,
that's okay.
All right.
Sarah (04:04):
interesting.
just so everybody knows, this ishow this, episode is gonna go.
The entire episode is going tobe like this.
So if you are annoyed at howwe're all over the place
already, you should just stopthe episode and move on to the
next one.
Chris (04:19):
Buckle up
Sarah (04:20):
There's your
Chris (04:20):
friends.
so anyway, I get to, and, shefiles away the, Suburban, soccer
mom, girl in her file folder.
I can hear it happening.
And then she's and we shouldprobably talk about your
anxiety.
And I was like, my what now?
'cause you have to, I don't knowif you do it, but when I sit
down, they give me a paper tofill out.
(04:40):
And oddly enough for thisappointment, I was a little bit
distracted, so I'm just whizzingthrough it.
I'm like, yes.
I do feel overwhelmed.
Yes.
I do have racing thoughts.
I have a DHD.
yes.
She's it's a little differentfrom the last time and we should
probably talk about how muchthat's telling me about your
anxiety.
And I was like, I have to beoutta here in 15 minutes because
I have to do a meeting in yourparking lot.
(05:03):
And she was like, oh.
She's sit down, have a seat.
we're gonna have a little bit ofa discussion.
And I was like, I wish my sisterwere here because, she would
like to, eves drop on thisdiscussion.
I would bet.
'cause I have been doing thesame shit to her for a month
now.
so the, she was, she's like, howmuch are you sleeping?
I'm like, I remember sleeping.
(05:24):
It seemed nice when it washappening.
so she, she was like, I know youseem uncomfortable talking about
the anxiety, so how about wejust ease into it.
I'm gonna give you somemedication that, it might help
like tone it down a little bit.
she's also she's, she also tookmy blood pressure and I was
like, I don't know if you shouldtrust that one, because I am
really like, I was in a hurry toget here.
(05:45):
She was like, that's what yourblood pressure, is.
It's, a response to all of that.
Sarah (05:51):
Yeah, it seems right.
Chris (05:52):
It's fun that I think I know more.
I was like, I wouldn't payattention to these things that
I'm telling you.
I wouldn't pay attention to themachine that just told you I am
an anxious mess.
I wouldn't, let me tell you I'mfine.
Sarah (06:06):
Yeah,
Chris (06:07):
she was like,
Sarah (06:08):
because yeah, if you keep saying it, you will be fine.
I think that's what you havegoing on, because that's what
you keep telling me.
Actually, no, we keepdetermining that you're not
fine, but then you keep comingback to I'm fine.
Chris (06:21):
I'm fine.
Sarah (06:22):
I'll say one more time.
Chris (06:24):
I'm
Sarah (06:24):
You're not fine.
you might be fine.
I feel like your relationshipwith work is not fine.
Chris (06:30):
this is probably accurate, but also something
that I'm aware of and workingon.
Sarah (06:36):
be
Chris (06:37):
I'm aware of it.
Sarah (06:38):
okay.
I was gonna say you went alittle too far with the working
on aware of it.
I think is where we've gotten toworking on.
cause It is, it's, 7:24 PM and Ijust had to instruct you to
close whatever application it isthat allowing work to bother
you.
And I like the fact that youpicked up your cell phone just
(07:00):
now and you were gonna look atit.
Oh,
Chris (07:02):
fuck you piss off, fuck off.
It is my emotional support.
Rubik's Cube.
Sarah (07:09):
I'm so proud of you.
I'm so proud of you.
anyway.
Chris (07:13):
Anyway.
Yes.
I am, I'm aware of the problemand I think that's probably one
of the first steps.
'cause now the problem isstarting to, it's an
unacceptable problem for me.
So it'll eventually get to thepoint where I'm so aware of the
problem that I can't do anythingbut fix the problem.
Sarah (07:29):
Yeah.
And I was actually just readingabout that in the new book that
we're gonna start, how youtypically wait until shit hits
the fan, before you do anythingabout it.
And we're gonna learn how tostart being a little more
proactive about it.
Chris (07:44):
I think that's fair.
I think that's
Sarah (07:45):
And I was, even before reading that, I feel like I, at
this point, I would've said, doyou think that's a really good
idea?
Like you literally just said,it's gonna happen.
So do you think it's a greatidea just to sit back and wait
until shit implodes and then dosomething about it?
I feel
Chris (08:01):
here's the
Sarah (08:01):
if you see the car coming at you and you have the time to
hit the brakes or swerve, I feellike you should do one of those.
Chris (08:09):
yeah.
Yeah.
I think the trick is that I'mfinally realizing.
you're gonna this one?
'cause it is a place that we canstart from for moving forward.
I think there's a part of methat really likes having the
problem.
there's a part of me that reallyenjoys this, that really likes
the adrenaline, that likes thestand up, like that, likes all
(08:32):
of this for some super bizarrereason.
And I think until I can talkthrough like that piece of
bullshit that I will continuecomplaining about it.
like the alcoholic who is Ireally should stop drinking, but
you know what I really doing,going out to bars and having a
good time on.
Yeah.
I really like
Sarah (08:51):
I think it.
has to go back to, I love thatI've become your psychiatrist or
Chris (08:55):
Me too.
I should just, I can't wait toplay this for my girl, Emily.
Sarah (09:00):
yeah, because I think it goes back to your need, to be
good at what you do and to beneeded.
Chris (09:06):
yeah.
Sarah (09:06):
and that's something that hypes you up and that you dig,
but.
It's not good for you, so.
Chris (09:14):
yes.
Sarah (09:15):
Yes.
Yes.
okay.
now that we've figured it out,
Chris (09:18):
right now that's done right, there's, is there, the
problem is it's not like beingan alcoholic, like there are
certain rewards for thisbehavior that are pleasant.
Do you
Sarah (09:31):
for alcoholics, I bet there are big rewards because
you don't, because you drink afew drinks like a bottle of
vodka, and you're like, woo, Idon't feel anything anymore.
I feel like that's a reward.
Chris (09:42):
Life rewards.
I'm not gonna hit rock.
I'm not gonna hit rock bottomworking too much.
no one is gonna, no one is gonnacome along and be like, Hey,
just so you know, everyone hatesyou.
Sarah (09:54):
Yeah.
But that might
Chris (09:55):
wait a minute.
Yeah.
Okay.
now I
Sarah (09:58):
everybody might not hate you, but, what are you
neglecting to get to the praisethat you're looking for at work?
Chris (10:05):
No, I gotcha.
I gotcha.
I see it.
I see it now.
I see the destructive path andthat it is not the same as an
alcoholic and yet not so verydifferent
Sarah (10:14):
No, because, I think it hurts relationships.
Chris (10:18):
yeah.
Yeah.
It doesn't pay as well.
that's the
Sarah (10:21):
yeah.
Yeah.
Chris (10:21):
Yeah.
The
Sarah (10:22):
if we found somebody, if I could get paid for being an
alcoholic,
Chris (10:26):
wait.
we'd never see you.
Sarah (10:29):
talk about fucking purpose.
Chris (10:30):
That girl hit rock bottom so many
Sarah (10:32):
headfirst.
Chris (10:33):
Wow.
She actually hit rock bottom,rented a hole, digger, and then
dug down.
She has a jackhammer in her handright now.
She is recreating rock bottomall the time.
Sarah (10:44):
Oh, that's not fair.
Eh?
Whatever.
Chris (10:47):
but it is funny.
Sarah (10:48):
Eh,
Chris (10:48):
Yes.
these are, these are things thatwill eventually need to be,
Sarah (10:53):
see.
and I'm gonna stop you again,because you say eventually
Chris (10:57):
There's just one little thing, there's just one little
reward that I want.
Now I want to finish thisparticular piece of work that
we're working on that will bedone by Friday.
If we can get to that point,then I will be willing.
There's one big party left forthe alcoholic.
Like I know that you guys areplanning an intervention and I
know that's why you invited meover to mom's house and on my
(11:20):
way I am gonna hit every barjust so when I get to the
intervention, I'm pretty wellloaded up for that ride to
rehab.
Sarah (11:27):
it better be the last intervention.
Chris (11:29):
So that's all I'm saying.
That's all I'm saying is I
Sarah (11:31):
there's a point, there's a point that the family gets to
that they just leave you.
Chris (11:35):
You, you guys love me.
Sarah (11:37):
We do.
And we're not gonna leave you.
We would never leave you.
I feel like our, what is it, theanalogy to the alcoholic has now
turned terribly bad and now ithurts my heart because I
wouldn't leave you as analcoholic either.
Chris (11:50):
I know
Sarah (11:50):
beat you up and shit.
But
Chris (11:52):
I would be sad for
Sarah (11:53):
we'd have some good fights.
Chris (11:55):
get in the car, we're going to rehab.
I don't
Sarah (11:58):
headlocks, it would be great.
yeah.
Okay.
so have your party on Friday
Chris (12:03):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes.
Sarah (12:05):
um, for everybody who's listening, it's Wednesday, so I
feel like we can give you twomore days.
Chris (12:10):
right?
I feel like I, I'm gonna stopand see my dealer,
Sarah (12:14):
as you're not driving, that's fine.
Chris (12:15):
how I gotta drive to the therapy place.
Sarah (12:17):
Oh,
Chris (12:18):
Now we're mixing up the analogies.
Yeah.
I'll be fine.
Yes.
I do recognize that this is an,this is unsupportable and, not
good for me.
And regardless of how manypeople are going to pat me on
the back, it will never beenough to fill whatever kind of
thing I'm trying to fill withthat sort of praise.
(12:39):
Like it'll never be enough.
To, to, convince me that I'm aworthwhile human being if I
can't convince myself of thatfact without that praise.
Sarah (12:49):
Amen.
Preach.
Chris (12:51):
yeah, we're working on it here.
We're working on it here.
So let's talk about, while we
Sarah (12:56):
I'm gonna, hold on, I'm gonna stop real quick'cause I
have my email up here, mypersonal email, and it looks
like you sent me an invitearound seven o'clock for August
6th.
Chris (13:07):
Oh, yeah.
eventually, yeah, Becca, youshould have one too.
So we're gonna record somethingapparently on August 6th.
Sarah (13:13):
what?
I thought it was a rec record.
I thought it was an invite forthis recording,
Chris (13:17):
It was supposed to be,
Sarah (13:18):
I just go into the studio thing, like I don't even need an
invite anymore.
I've learned that we're year in.
granted, I just learned that tworecordings ago, but that's what
I thought it was, and I openedit up and I was like, August
6th.
Chris (13:31):
I was here all by myself and I thought maybe you guys
couldn't get in.
So I sent you an invitation fornot
Sarah (13:37):
August 6th at 4:00 PM Not even the right time.
Chris (13:41):
shut up.
the best
Sarah (13:42):
I was like, I'm thinking shit.
she could barely commit threehours ago to this time, and
she's trying to send me afucking meeting invite for
August 6th.
The
Chris (13:56):
That's, I know.
I'll be free.
I know I'll be free.
Sarah (13:58):
This fucking girl.
Chris (14:00):
This bitch.
God damnit.
Hey girl, you got the timewrong.
Sarah (14:04):
Hey girl.
Hey girl.
Hey.
Wrong time, wrong day, wrong.
Everything
Chris (14:10):
Stopping being wrong.
Sarah (14:12):
okay?
Chris (14:13):
Alright, so let's go right from me being wrong into,
and us having the, thatdiscussion about, how my mental
health is, potentially getting,problematic.
and let's talk about how yousent me this video and it hit
some sort of nerve inside of meand the video was about how
(14:34):
we're all pro mental health andwe're all pro, take care of
yourself and we're all about allof this until,
Sarah (14:44):
Mental health matters.
Hashtag or the hashtag givesfirst.
Whatever.
Chris (14:48):
something and until it, it impacts something.
So until I'm so like overwhelmedwith shit that I can't respond
to your text message.
So you're like, Ugh, what abitch.
Or until I say I wanna makeplans with you, and then I have
to cancel them because I havethis crippling anxiety that
won't let me leave the house.
And I think that it is importantfor us to remember that in our
(15:11):
support of mental health, thatsometimes it's messy.
Like sometimes people who havemental health issues do things
that are pretty shitty andpretty fucked up.
And you need to separate out themental health issue from the
person and understand that, ifI'm gonna be brave enough to
(15:32):
say, Hey, I gotta go to thepsychiatrist during this
meeting, then I don't think youget to be surprised when I also
then say three days later I needto take a half a day off.
that, this shouldn't surpriseanybody.
Like this shouldn't, be weirdand it shouldn't be like, can we
really trust her with stuff now?
Like it's a pretty critical timein this project.
(15:52):
And she went ahead and fuckedoff for the entire four hours of
the afternoon yesterday.
it's important that we keep thatmessage alive too, that yeah,
sometimes this gets messy andsometimes it's, hard to deal
with.
And just like other healthissues, sometimes it gets in the
way of who we are and who wewant to be.
And we don't intend that to beinsulting.
(16:14):
And somebody who, is missing anarm isn't gonna be able to go
mountain climbing with you.
So when you invite
Sarah (16:20):
there's someone
Chris (16:20):
when you
Sarah (16:21):
some overachiever out there.
Chris (16:23):
granted, all abilities, all times.
There are some people who havecrippling, social anxiety that
aren't gonna wanna go to thatsuper crowded concert with you.
And it's not.
It's not anything to do withyou, and it's not anything to do
with their, disability.
It's just that's just too muchfor them.
And there are some people withcrippling social anxiety who
(16:44):
will go, but
Sarah (16:47):
Most, at least in my own experience, I don't want to be
that way.
Chris (16:52):
I
Sarah (16:52):
I'm not like, Hey, you know what would be awesome is if
all my friends got to go to thisreally fun concert or this
really awesome band that Itotally love and I couldn't
because I couldn't handle beingaround that many people.
Chris (17:03):
Oh, you know what I, Exactly.
Exactly.
Sarah (17:07):
We don't want to be so sad that we can't talk to you
Chris (17:10):
I don't.
Sarah (17:11):
phone.
Chris (17:12):
I don't wanna be so overwhelmed with everything else
in my life that looking at yourtext makes me sad.
because, and it doesn't make mesad because I'm not happy to
hear from you.
It makes me sad because I don'thave the ability right now to
process that, put it into mylife, even though it feels like
I have nothing else going on.
these are re, these arerealities.
And sometimes it's not, I thinkmaybe this is it to finish up
(17:35):
this topic, like beating a deadhorse here.
and to segue into what MelRobbins is pedaling.
and I then I'll be done.
I'll be
Sarah (17:43):
not allowed to talk about Mel Robbins.
Go ahead.
Chris (17:46):
That's it.
sometimes it's messy.
I.
Sarah (17:49):
Yeah.
And it can't just be until it'ssomething that matters and it
matters all the time.
And if we're gonna help eachother, we have to, be a little
patient with each other.
And just like I said a littlewhile ago, if you were an
alcoholic, I wouldn't leave you,I won't leave you because of
your mental health either.
Chris (18:07):
I know I'm working on it.
Not as actively as I should, butI'm working on it.
Sarah (18:12):
Here's something that you might want to leave me for
though.
I've noticed this in the past,if you were recordings and maybe
in the past like few weeks andpictures I see of myself, I feel
like I have a lazy eye.
Or a lazy eyelid or this eyeseems to be smaller than this
eye.
Do you see what I speak of?
Chris (18:33):
I think it's your eyelashes
Sarah (18:35):
I don't, but look at this is a different shape.
Like when did this happen?
I don't
Chris (18:41):
everybody's eyes are like that.
Look
Sarah (18:43):
but to this extreme, like I feel like I'm completely
lopsided.
Chris (18:47):
Now that you pointed out, it might be a little bit more
than I,
Sarah (18:51):
It's like quasimoto status and I don't even have a
sty.
Chris (18:55):
are you having a stroke?
Sarah (18:56):
That's, I, that's what I noticed it in a picture a few
weeks ago and I was like, Jesus,what the fuck is happening to my
eye?
And then I just now was like,wait a second.
That eye's doing that thingagain.
I don't know if it's doingsomething or if that's just the
way it always is.
Chris (19:12):
you know what can fix it?
Botox, I'm sure of it.
Sarah (19:15):
Me
Chris (19:16):
or you make an appointment with an actual
doctor.
Sarah (19:19):
Nah,
Chris (19:19):
Ah,
Sarah (19:20):
nah,
Chris (19:21):
Becca.
Becca.
I'm just gonna note that 20minutes ago, I think we've
marked where, where she waslike, oh, it's important you
don't miss any of youremployment.
So
Sarah (19:31):
it's important that I don't miss My, doctor.
my my Botox doctor appointments.
Chris (19:35):
Not Botox.
Go to the real doctor, dummy,
Sarah (19:39):
Oh, yeah.
I have those appointments allthe time.
Chris (19:41):
go to the eye doctor or go to the brain
Sarah (19:44):
I'm going, let's see, the eye doctor's in June, I just
checked because I need some newglasses.
Chris (19:49):
that is 1, 2, 3.
That's three months away.
Do
Sarah (19:52):
Yeah.
I'm one of those people who, whoplans those in advance?
Chris (19:57):
oh, I just show up.
do you remember my collegefriend who ended up with a brain
tumor after being at the eyedoctor?
Sarah (20:03):
No.
alright.
so that's enough about myeyeball.
I will, I'll consult withsomeone about it tomorrow.
I don't know, I have to take mycar to get my tires looked at
tomorrow.
Maybe they'll know what's wrong
Chris (20:14):
Ask the mechanic, he'll know,
Sarah (20:16):
Hey, so while we're at it, can you tell me why this,
anyway.
Chris (20:21):
Hey, thanks for rotating my tires.
Can you look at my face?
Sarah (20:23):
Yeah.
So that's, that'll be fun.
I can't wait to do that.
We have that.
And then, the air conditioningguy or the heating guy, I think
whatever the furnace people are.
Yeah.
The HVAC people are coming.
And I get anxious when that guycomes to the house because he
wants to like talk and hang out.
Chris (20:42):
you work at home.
Of course you're there for himto talk and hang out.
Sarah (20:45):
And I'm like, dude, I don't, no, nope.
And then I play the dumb wife.
I'm like, you're have to call myhusband.
You're gonna have to call my
Chris (20:55):
for you.
Sarah (20:56):
You're gonna have to call my husband.
Chris (20:59):
That's one reason to get married.
Becca.
Just FYI.
Sarah (21:02):
Yeah.
To blame someone else or sendthe annoying people to the other
person.
Chris (21:07):
A hundred percent.
Sarah (21:09):
okay, so let's, let's talk about Friday.
Chris (21:12):
Yay.
Oh, we had so much fun.
Oh, you guys missed it.
Sarah (21:15):
Yeah.
And
Chris (21:16):
not all of
Sarah (21:17):
miss it.
and were there, thank you somuch for coming out.
We had a blast.
I love that bar.
So I'm, I don't know if Charliewill ever listen to podcasts,
but, I do love that bar.
I wish it wasn't, 30 minutesaway from me,
Chris (21:30):
me too.
Sarah (21:31):
but, the bar is nice.
I did a, we did a green teashot, which is The, first time
I've ever done one of those.
and that bartender was cute.
Chris (21:41):
Yeah.
He was,
Sarah (21:42):
And,
Chris (21:44):
really young,
Sarah (21:45):
yeah,
Chris (21:45):
letting anyone bartend these days.
Like all the bartenders arereally young.
Sarah (21:50):
like 30.
Fuck somebody.
Somebody said something today ona meeting about being 50, and I
was like,
Chris (21:57):
Bitch,
Sarah (21:58):
I am literally now only three years away from that.
Fuck.
Chris (22:05):
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's terrible to be three yearsaway from 51 4.
Sarah (22:14):
Okay.
yes.
So thank you for everybody.
It was a wonderful weekend.
I had, Friday we got tocelebrate, the Mental Funny Bone
and us doing this for a year andwe're figuring it out.
and, the Walkers showed up.
Bobby and Lori showed up, andthen on Sunday, Bobby took a
picture of, the podcast.
He was listening to it in thecar, so that was awesome.
(22:37):
They just showed up'causethey're great friends.
And, Bobby had never listened tothe podcast, so we chatted and,
now he's listening to it.
I did tell him to listen to theJigs Butthole episode and the
Pope episode.
Those are my two favorites.
Chris (22:52):
one.
Sarah (22:53):
I think those are The, two that I did my most crying
because of laughing.
Chris (22:57):
we'd like to hear from you guys.
if you could hit us up at gastrogirls, at gmail.com and tell us
what your favorite episode was.
I'm interested in that.
Sarah (23:05):
Yeah, I'd like to, know
Chris (23:06):
would like to know
Sarah (23:07):
I would like to know too.
And while we're on
Chris (23:09):
And, why is it your favorite episode?
Is it because I'm funnier thanSarah?
Sarah (23:13):
Never.
No.
Chris (23:15):
No.
Huh.
Sarah (23:16):
it just because we talked about jigs, hiss butthole and
just because saying jigs, hisbutthole is funny, or we talked
about the, or we talked aboutthe thing that carries the pope
around
Chris (23:26):
The pops rickshaw.
Sarah (23:27):
I have to tell you, nothing delights me more than
listening to our own podcast inthe car and crying as I'm
laughing.
Chris (23:34):
We should do it.
thank you guys for listening.
We do really appreciate it.
but if you didn't, we would justlisten to these over and over
again.
Sarah (23:41):
we'd have a bazillion downloads'cause it would just be
us downloading it over and
Chris (23:45):
Oh, crying.
Sarah (23:46):
over again.
yeah, and I rewind it and listento things again'cause they're so
funny.
Chris (23:52):
I hilarious.
this podcast is hilarious.
All right.
Sarah (23:56):
Yeah.
So tell us, tell us whatepisodes you like and, along
those same lines, we would alsolike to ask you for some input.
we have spent a year talkingabout ourselves and doing good
things for our mental wellbeing,which is fine and we'll continue
to do that.
We're not gonna stop doing that.
But, we would also like you guysto shoot us an email and let us
(24:18):
know things that you wanna talkabout and we can start venturing
into, different material.
Chris (24:23):
Yes, I think that would be fun.
anyway.
Gaster girls, G-A-S-T-E-R girls,GIRL s@gg.com.
Sarah (24:36):
Well done.
Well done.
I
Chris (24:37):
Thank you.
Sarah (24:39):
so then I guess we'll take that and go into, material
or No, you have a gastro story.
Chris (24:44):
I wanted to talk just very briefly about our
adventures at Olin Mills.
Sarah (24:51):
Yes.
Yes.
I believe that Becca.
does not know what Olin Millsis.
Chris (24:56):
Becca, I am so sorry for you and your generation of
children.
Sarah (25:00):
I'm, while you're doing this, I'm going to go on the
Facebook and try to find theOlin Mills picture that you
posted, Christine, and send itto Becca.
So go ahead and
Chris (25:09):
see if you could find not only the one where I am holding
you as a baby like
Sarah (25:15):
but the one where you're in the background, shadowed in
the
Chris (25:18):
where I am shadowed like Olin Mills.
Becca, back in the day was, away that you could tell your
children without saying it outloud, which one you loved more.
Sarah (25:28):
100%.
Chris (25:29):
would do, Olin Mills was a photography studio and you
would take your children there.
And they would pose them inweird and bizarre ways with
weird and bizarre backgrounds.
I'm sure you have seen thesepictures on the internet, like
there would be a meadow and infront of this picture of a
meadow is a fake fence.
And then there would be like adad with a mullet and a goth mom
(25:51):
and three weird kids, in thesepictures.
So there was a, there was anonly mills in Southland Shopping
Center, so
Sarah (25:59):
Behind the, old country buffet, or what was that?
Is that what that was called?
Chris (26:04):
yes, I think before it was the old country buffet,
Sarah (26:07):
may have been the Oland Mills.
Chris (26:09):
but it was like tucked in the back.
So your mom had to drag yououtta the car and try to get you
from the parking lot to thestudio without getting dirty.
And for me it was impossible.
I would pick up dirt faster thanRoomba.
it, I just, and she would braidmy hair and do it all nice.
And by the time I got inside,there'd be like four hairs all
over.
and then Sarah would turn uplike a little beautiful, blonde
(26:31):
afro to angel.
Sarah (26:32):
when did she ever do anybody's hair?
I now feel like I, have to findmy school pictures because there
was never, the hair in every oneof my school pictures is
hideous.
Chris (26:47):
there were braids.
I, she sat, I'll show you theschool picture.
The school pictures were bad,Becca.
'cause we were outta her controlfor a long period of time before
they took the pictures.
I feel like ever gased herstory, I'm just telling it
directly to Becca these days.
Sarah (27:00):
Yeah, it's fine.
Chris (27:02):
just to explain to her like, the life of Olin Mills.
Yeah, like we, we had my momwould put, I had piggy tails,
like one on each side.
And back in the day they hadthese, they had these, giant
chunks of yarn and you wouldjust tie a giant chunk of yarn
in a bow around a child's piggytails.
And you would call that dressedup.
And that's how we would get ourpictures taken.
(27:22):
So cute.
So cute.
yeah.
But for this one session, I hadto be like maybe nine, eight or
nine, and Sarah's maybe three orfour.
And she is, she looks like
Sarah (27:33):
That's just
Chris (27:34):
not that one.
Not that
Sarah (27:36):
that, this is the example of what my hair looked like in
every elementary school picture.
This is one of the worst,
Chris (27:44):
true.
Why
Sarah (27:46):
it was always pulled up like that.
And you know what, now I'velearned, that's why this is
receding.
Chris (27:51):
Because your mom
Sarah (27:52):
That started, that shit started in kindergarten.
Go ahead.
I can't find the olden mills oneyet, but I found that one
Chris (27:59):
So Sarah's eight-ish.
No, I'm eight-ish and Sarah'sthree or four.
And she is a adorable littleblonde, afro blue-eyed baby,
like adorable.
She looks like
Sarah (28:11):
Afro,
Chris (28:12):
the hair makes her look like she is wearing a halo all
the time.
All the time.
And she is.
She appears to just be so quiet,mostly'cause she's shy and
afraid of doing things.
But there's the one where I'mchoking her.
I'm grabbing onto the back ofthat shirt.
Look at my hair, Becca.
Sarah (28:31):
Yeah.
It's terrible.
Chris (28:33):
My mom did her best and that's what it turned to From
the car to the Olin Mills.
Is Olin Mills written on thatpicture?
Please tell me It
Sarah (28:41):
oh, I found it.
Yeah.
Olin Mills is on this one.
Chris (28:45):
look at this shit, Becca.
Look at it.
Look at it.
Oh no, it went away.
yeah, she's got, so I'll justdescribe the picture.
we are both wearing blouses moreappropriate for a 40-year-old
attorney.
my mom has pulled my hair backbecause, it's so unruly.
You can clearly see I'm going toneed a significant amount of
orthodontic care in the nearterm.
Sarah (29:06):
And your eyes are crooked.
Chris (29:09):
one tooth, one tooth is, directly straight out.
And, she, Sarah's got like poofysleeves and her
Sarah (29:15):
love that
Chris (29:16):
nice.
It is so real.
It is so real.
And she's got like littlebarrettes in her little blonde
afro.
Looks amazingly done.
And she's got her chin, her handup to her chin and she's just
looking like I'm the prettiestgirl that ever existed.
And what my mother chose to dois have her in the foreground
(29:38):
and then in the background,unlike a shadow, you can only
see half of my head.
Sarah (29:42):
Yeah.
It was the good half though, andit was the front.
I feel like It maybe it wasn't,maybe they should have gone
Chris (29:48):
one of the sides.
and then you would go back, likeyou wouldn't see them then.
Like they didn't have proofs.
You would have to go back.
Sarah (29:56):
yeah, that
Chris (29:57):
one, I'm wearing a terrycloth dress.
That dress is made ofterrycloth.
If Becca, I feel, I also feelsorry for you'cause you've never
worn anything made ofterrycloth.
Sarah (30:07):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Chris (30:07):
so sad.
But that's what my mom pickedfor me.
Sarah's wearing a littlecommunion dress.
She looks like a littleprincess.
I'm choking her in that picture.
Like I'm pulling as hard as Ican on the back of that smiling.
Sarah (30:18):
I was resilient.
Chris (30:20):
good thing.
so yeah.
And then you, and you would goand your mom could pick the
picture where you're in thefront or
Sarah (30:27):
This is the picture Olivia will talk about later in
life.
Hey, remember that picture wheremom made us all wear penguin
outfits with fuckingturtlenecks?
Chris (30:36):
do you think it was the mom?
Do you think it was the mom?
I'll tell you right
Sarah (30:40):
I'm sorry, everybody.
You're just gonna have to go toYouTube.
Chris (30:43):
you gotta look at it on YouTube.
It's so funny.
yeah.
And your mom could pick the onewhere you're in front, Becca, or
she could pick the one whereyour brother Max is in front.
I.
That's how they tell you whichone they love more.
Sarah (30:56):
Yeah.
Chris (30:56):
I don't know why I'm so obsessed with getting praise
from people that aren't myparents.
I don't know
Sarah (31:02):
do I.
That's weird.
Chris (31:04):
Emily, if you could just listen to this episode, this
will save us a lot of time onFriday,
Sarah (31:09):
Really strange.
Chris (31:11):
thank you.
I'll send her a note.
so that is my experience at OlinMills.
They, I would get, you would getso excited for it'cause it like
you were like the center ofattention and the guy would take
your pa Oh, so fun.
Olin Mills day was so fun andyou could almost guarantee that
someone would feed you outsideof the home.
Sarah (31:30):
yeah.
Yeah.
We can go to Mickey
Chris (31:32):
Nita would be busy.
So we would leave there, whichis right by the fast food.
We would drive home and we'dwait for Jumbo to get home and
then we would have to convincehim to spend the$8 it was gonna
cost to take us all out to eatat McDonald's.
Sarah (31:47):
that shit was expensive.
Chris (31:49):
Eight bucks.
Family of four, Sarah would onlyeat chili from
Sarah (31:54):
dude was probably making 15,000 a year.
Chris (31:57):
Eight bucks.
Sarah (31:58):
Legit.
Chris (31:59):
So there you go.
That is it.
That is our Olin Mills.
That is my Olin Mills story.
I thought about it over theweekend and I was like, this, I
can't believe that we couldn'tcome up with better hairstyles
for the children.
I guess there's no YouTube to goto.
Nita
Sarah (32:14):
Nobody was instructing you.
I can just, I have made up thememory of standing in the
bathroom, our small littlebathroom at Simo and mommy
trying to fix my hair and me, Iknow unbelievably not standing
still or listening to anythingshe's saying and her just taking
(32:35):
the brush and hitting me overthe head with it and saying,
fine.
You wanna look like that's whatyou'll look like.
Just get out of here.
I can see it.
I can, that's what I have madeup, but I'm not sure I made that
up.
I'm pretty sure that happened.
Chris (32:50):
I don't know.
I don't know.
I had sticks in my hair a lot,and my hair was long.
Sarah (32:54):
Yeah.
you always had long hair.
I always had short hair.
Chris (32:57):
it was supposed to be in like a braid or tied up, or it
was supposed to be off my face,tomboy style.
in order to get it there, youhad to brush it and I, it had
sticks in it, so Nita would tryto get the brush through.
It was wavy, straight, and itwould just not brush very well.
yeah, I think we both got lumpedin the head with the hairbrush a
couple of times.
Sarah (33:15):
Yeah.
And I was, mommy got real intoOrphan Annie.
Chris (33:19):
Oh yes.
I don't know why.
I don't know why this is a hair.
This is a hairstyle.
She was like, these childrenlook adorable.
We will get them super tightperms and we will cut
Sarah (33:33):
and
Chris (33:33):
all over.
Sarah (33:34):
you can see like at least like your hair always has some
sort of volume or a little bitof something to it.
My hair, it's so straight thatit's absurd.
So the amount of perming thathad to happen to get the Orphan
Annie hairstyle, oh, you knowwhat?
I want our listeners to sharetheir, Olin Mills pictures with
(33:56):
us too.
Chris (33:57):
Oh, please.
Oh, please do that.
Oh, please send them to gastrogirls@gmail.com.
Sarah (34:01):
if they're not only males, like just send us fucked
up school pictures.
make us know that we're notalone.
Chris (34:07):
the only ones.
Like
Sarah (34:09):
That's all we're asking a lot from our listeners.
I can't wait to be sad like in acouple months, in a few weeks
when we don't get anything
Chris (34:18):
gonna be like, come on guys.
The hell.
Sarah (34:21):
but the fuck.
Chris (34:23):
why do you wanna disappoint us?
We're on the edge already as itis.
All right.
Let's talk about this book.
Sarah (34:29):
Okay, before we do that, I have one thing.
let's see, we had, two moresupporters show up on Buy Me a
Coffee, and that's Andrew, myfriend Andrea.
Thank you for your support and,Lori, why can't I say her
fucking last name?
Lori Black.
Chris (34:46):
Lori Black who got married to someone.
Thank you, Lori.
Sarah (34:49):
Oh, for the love.
So yeah.
That's awesome.
And I was really happy thatmommy and daddy got to see
people, from our past on Fridaytoo, and I thought that was
pretty
Chris (34:59):
was really fun.
Sarah (35:00):
that they got to catch up with people.
And I'm pretty sure they wereexcited about it too.
So
Chris (35:05):
It was adorable.
Like all of Friday was adorable.
Sarah (35:08):
it was, we had a really good time and we made nanny
dance.
Chris (35:12):
Oh my God.
Sarah (35:13):
wowed on The dance floor.
Chris (35:14):
Can we give a shout out to the band?
Whose name I don't remember.
Sarah (35:17):
Old school.
Old school.
Chris (35:20):
Oh my goodness.
I was sweating,
Sarah (35:22):
Poison.
put Poison.
Never trusted a big but tosmile.
Yeah.
They busted out the good shitafter you last left, Becca?
Chris (35:30):
Sorry, Becca.
Sarah (35:32):
Yep.
Chris (35:33):
I like big butts and I cannot lie.
Sarah (35:35):
did they play that one?
I don't even remember that one.
Chris (35:38):
we were walking out, like we were on our way out and I was
like, wait, it's my theme song.
Sarah (35:44):
Yeah, they did.
They did my two favorite.
They did, they did ice, baby andPoison by Beliv.
Devo.
So I was very happy with that.
I think there was a gentleman onthe dance floor that was trying
to dance with your mother.
our mother.
Yeah.
It was weird.
I'm not sure.
I vaguely remember.
Anyway, okay, so again, thankyou everybody for coming out on
Friday.
We had a ton of fun.
(36:05):
Yay.
Chris (36:06):
yet.
All
Sarah (36:07):
Can't wait to do it again next year.
Okay.
Chris (36:09):
about the switch.
I'll be quiet, I promise.
Sarah (36:12):
so the, let Them book, we're gonna let them put it back
on the shelf.
We love it.
It's a great book.
It really is.
I know that it's very popularand please continue to read it.
Finish it.
It's great advice.
We are deciding to shut itthough and move on to another
book, and that is simply becausewe have, we're feeling as though
(36:34):
we're just repeating a lot ofstuff.
So we have another book we wannaget into.
The next book is A Little MoreSy, which I know man Nerd's,
sister loves, and it is calledBreaking the Habit of Being
Yourself, which sounds like astab to the heart man.
how to lose your Mind and createa new one.
So pick it up, read along withus.
(36:55):
We're not starting it today.
I did read the introduction andthere were a few things that,
gave me anxiety, the mention ofphysics several times,
Chris (37:07):
No, it's awesome.
It was the only thing that keptme turning the page.
I'm like, tell me more.
Tell me more about the quantumstructure of my body.
Sarah (37:14):
There's gonna be so much, that I'm gonna have to ask
questions about, but so muchthat I think is really cool and
like talking about studies andthat's really the kind of shit
that we wanna get into and talkabout.
And, I also think that this oneis gonna be as far as us
following along and doing whatthe book is about and following
(37:35):
the lessons, I feel like thisone's gonna be a bit more
challenging
Chris (37:38):
Yeah,
Sarah (37:38):
in a good way.
Chris (37:39):
I think.
you're right.
I mean there's, I did although Ilike the science part, I enjoy
that.
there's a lot of stuff in herethat is gonna take a little bit
of me being like, okay, it'sbased in science.
'cause I feel like he's gonnahave to convince me that there's
a study that actually says that.
I feel like we're getting intoyou remember when we were
reading Dan Harris's book andhe's talking about, he's talking
(38:01):
about Eckert Toll and EckertToll is like blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah.
and immediately I was like, I'mnot listening to a good thing
Eckert Toll says.
so I think this guy might belike, same Sameish.
but
Sarah (38:13):
what I was getting as I was reading the introduction.
I felt like this was one where Iwas reading the introduction and
there was some sciencey stuffthat I was like, cool, and then
I turned the page and there'd besome shit that I was like, I'm
not sure I buy that.
Chris (38:26):
I don't think you can cure cancer just by thinking
about it,
Sarah (38:28):
Yeah.
So there's definitely there.
This'll be interesting.
It will be very interesting'cause I think there's a lot of
stuff in here that we, agreewith and think is cool, and
there's some stuff that we'reprobably gonna need a little bit
of convincing about.
So I I like that.
Part of it that will be a littlemore challenge.
(38:51):
And then the third part of it isall about the meditation
practices and how to do, it's abook of three parts.
So the first two is just likethe background and all of the
stuff we need to know to getinto part three.
Which part three is the how to,
Chris (39:06):
Meditation never tells me I'm doing it right though.
there's very little rewardimmediately when you're doing
meditation.
Like at least if I'm running ona treadmill, I'm getting like a
little bit of endorphins, right?
Like me meditating and sittingthere and talking to myself
about it.
I understand that if I keepdoing it, the cumulative effect
will be that I can potentiallychange the chemistry in my brain
(39:27):
and
Sarah (39:27):
ding, ding.
Chris (39:28):
But there's a very, no one is there oh my gosh,
Christine, you are so good atmeditating.
Look at
Sarah (39:35):
this is the challenge.
This is the challenge.
Chris (39:37):
I understand.
Sarah (39:39):
so yeah, so I think this one's gonna be a bit more
challenging on all sorts oflevels.
Like my ability to say placeboand not place bo, like that's
gonna be super challenging.
asking you like about atoms andphysics and
Chris (39:56):
together.
Sarah (39:57):
that's, it's gonna be tough.
But I am very excited about it.
Chris (40:00):
Listen, Becca's graduated in a couple weeks.
she can look this stuff up for
Sarah (40:04):
yeah, she could look it up as
Chris (40:05):
You'll be fine, Becca.
You're gonna be our scienceteacher now.
Sarah (40:08):
Yeah.
Chris (40:09):
to the end of your internship.
you now teach us about atoms.
Sarah (40:13):
there you go.
An A-A-T-O-M-S not like
Chris (40:17):
ad like a boy, Adam, we don't wanna know
Sarah (40:20):
Hey.
Chris (40:20):
you, do
Sarah (40:22):
Side note.
I thought of this thinking aboutBlink 180 2.
It's 180 2, right?
Not 180 4.
It's 180 2.
Chris (40:29):
Psalm 41 is what you're thinking
Sarah (40:31):
Jesus.
I can't stand the numbers.
Don't I hate Matchbox 40.
I don't know.
It don't give me the numbers.
You B 50, I don't know.
Chris (40:41):
Shut up
Sarah (40:41):
anyway, so Blink 180 2, the reason I'm reminded is
because we said this is howfucked up my brain is.
We said Adam, it's a DAM, and itreminded me of Adam's song,
which is a Blink 180 2 song.
And Becca, it is also one of myfavorites.
so anyway, there is a memoircoming out from the, lead singer
(41:06):
of Blink 180 2 that I am.
Chris (41:09):
Memoir.
Sarah (41:11):
I interested.
he had cancer and went throughsome really crazy shit.
in addition to being in a rockand roll band in the nineties,
is that what it's called?
Rock and Roll Band?
I feel like my
Chris (41:23):
sure.
They're p they're the punk.
They're like the
Sarah (41:25):
yeah, there we
Chris (41:26):
not the beginning, but they're like an extension of the
real punk.
They existed in the seventies.
Sarah (41:31):
And I saw him interviewed on Good Morning America
Chris (41:36):
why do you watch the news?
You
Sarah (41:38):
because there's shit like this on it and I was fascinated
and his hair was all fuckingwacky and awesome and I loved
it.
And, anyway, so I feel like I'mgonna pick up that book and read
that too.
'cause
Chris (41:50):
know, they're coming in concert this summer to
Washington, Pennsylvania.
Sarah (41:54):
are they.
Chris (41:55):
Yeah.
There's a music festival inWashington, Jimmy Eat World.
Do you remember?
They're from Mesa.
Sarah (42:01):
Becca, are we gonna go?
I feel like you should look thisup and, we should make plans to
go,
Chris (42:06):
I have tickets.
Sarah (42:08):
what the fuck?
Chris (42:09):
It's, I didn't think anyone else would wanna go with
me.
Sarah (42:12):
What?
All right, Becca, let's makeplans.
Fuck her.
Me and you.
We'll
Chris (42:19):
on Saturday.
Sarah (42:20):
It's multiple
Chris (42:21):
on Saturday.
Yeah,
Sarah (42:22):
Sh.
All right.
what is the date?
What's the date?
Chris (42:26):
I don't have any idea.
it's some festival.
I'll send you.
David sent me the link Iprobably just gave my, somebody
was probably scamming me and Iprobably just gave my money to
somebody in Indonesia who puttogether
Sarah (42:37):
I'm thinking we're going off again.
Chris (42:40):
all the bands I like and were like, Hey, there's a
festival.
It's right by you.
What are the odds?
Sarah (42:44):
the fire festival is happening again.
Has, have you guys heard this?
Yeah.
Chris (42:49):
I think I bought tickets to it.
Sarah (42:50):
Again,
Chris (42:50):
gonna be in Washington, pa.
Sarah (42:52):
and it's the same dude running it, like the same dude
who was in jail.
And from what I, this was inpassing.
I heard on the news that again,there are signs that it's not
actually going to happen.
Like it's literally the samething is happening.
How I don't, ladies andgentlemen, this is why we learn
(43:13):
history.
This is why we need to know thatthings have happened bad in the
past, so we don't do them again.
I know some people are opposedto it, but really it will, it
saves us all in the long run.
I really wanna talk to thesestupid fucks that bought tickets
(43:33):
to the second Fyre Festival.
That won't not fucking happen.
Chris (43:37):
it's the four Chord music festival.
So that's real.
It's real, it's in the paper.
Sarah (43:43):
Oh, okay.
Chris (43:45):
It's in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Do you remember the PittsburghPost
Sarah (43:48):
Oh, that's a fancy one.
Yeah.
All right.
Okay.
Yeah, we're gonna have to makeplans to go to that.
So I've gone off on a thousanddifferent things.
yeah.
So we're gonna start a new booknext week, and chapter one is a
bit long.
I'm looking at them'cause Idon't know if you could see,
I've marked all the chapters offbecause I do better when I can
visually see how many pagesthere are to read,
Chris (44:11):
You're almost done.
You're almost done.
Reader, baby.
Sarah (44:14):
I think maybe we talk about the first chapter next
week.
Chris (44:17):
Yes, I'm in.
Oh, you know who else is gonnabe at the Four Chord Music
Festival?
Sarah (44:22):
Who,
Chris (44:22):
Stacey's mom.
what's the name of that band?
Bowling for?
It's not Bowling for Soup.
That's a different
Sarah (44:28):
but, Ooh.
Chris (44:29):
Or maybe it's Bowling for Soup.
And I thought that they sang,Stacey's Mom.
Sarah (44:33):
When you say, hold on, Alexa, who sang Stacey's song?
Stacey's Mom, Michael Pollockand John Bellion Sang Stacey by
Quinn.
92.
No, that's wrong.
Alexa.
Who sang Stacey's mom?
Chris (44:47):
it's bull it's not bowling for soup.
Sarah (44:50):
was sunk by Fountains of Wayne.
Fountains of Wayne.
Chris (44:53):
It's bowling for soup.
That's coming
Sarah (44:55):
you could have literally told me, I will give you a
billion dollars if you couldtell me who's saying Stacey's
mom.
And there is nothing.
There is no, I wouldn't haveeven no fountains of Wayne.
I don't even know this.
You could tell.
Tell me Fountains of Wayne andI'd be like, you're full of
shit.
'cause I don't even,
Chris (45:14):
Rebecca, the intern knew and she didn't even grow up.
Then she was there Bowling forsoup.
Do you know what?
Bowling for Soup sings
Sarah (45:22):
No.
Chris (45:22):
A, they sing this theme song to Phineas and Ferb.
Sarah (45:26):
Oh, yay.
Yeah, I like
Chris (45:27):
So maybe they'll play that.
And they also sing, 1985, likeBruce Springsteen, Madonna, way
before Nirvana.
Sarah (45:37):
I like, okay.
Yeah, I
Chris (45:39):
I'm singing on that episode.
We're gonna release to otherpeople.
Sarah (45:42):
I am, I'm gonna have to, yeah, we're definitely gonna
have to go to that.
Chris (45:46):
I'm excited.
Sarah (45:48):
I think of Fountains and Wayne, fountains of Wayne and I
think of Calvin and Hobbes.
The little kid from the Calvin.
Is Calvin the kid, and Hobbes isthe kitty.
Chris (45:59):
is the, Hobbes is the tiger.
He's not a kitty.
He's a tiger
Sarah (46:03):
so when you say fountains of Wayne, I don't know why I
feel like they logo should bethat little kid, like peeing in
a puddle into a fountain.
Chris (46:12):
into a fountain.
yeah.
Sarah (46:14):
Okay.
And the last thing that we needto talk about today is, we have
been, doing our releases onThursdays.
up until the last few.
Okay.
It's been a little bit diceythere the last few weeks.
so we will be changing that.
So if you are one of the onesthat we've been disappointing on
Thursdays, we are going to bedropping new episodes on
(46:35):
Mondays.
Now, I have decided that I do alot of napping and TV watching
on Sunday, so it's probably agood time for me to get shit
done so we could get thingsreleased on Mondays.
Chris (46:46):
Love it.
I'm here for it.
Sarah (46:47):
Okay.
Chris (46:48):
Amen.
Sarah (46:49):
I have,
Chris (46:49):
make my life easier'cause then I can start forgetting
about the episode on Thursdayand when it gets to be Sunday,
be like,
Sarah (46:56):
then you could worry about it on Sunday,
Chris (46:58):
oh no.
Sarah (46:59):
that's way easier to worry about it, I feel like.
Chris (47:02):
Yeah, it'll relieve a lot of anxiety.
Maybe I won't need to take thosemeds.
After all, I'll talk to thepsychiatrist and see if that's
really what's doing
Sarah (47:09):
Yeah, you should.
You should.
It has nothing to
Chris (47:11):
I'm fine.
Sarah (47:13):
okay.
is there anything else?
I think we have covered all ofthe insanity.
I said I think it'll be a shortepisode and here we are at 58
Chris (47:21):
were wrong.
We were wrong.
But you guys got a good gastrostory of the week.
if you can imagine like aseventies Nita with a wig,
dragging us through the parkinglot at a Southland Shopping
Center into the Oland Mills
Sarah (47:35):
yeah.
Chris (47:35):
asking questions about The Hobbit and probably trying
to read while they were takingmy picture.
Sarah (47:41):
And I was probably biting you.
Chris (47:43):
Obviously you were being some sort of menace.
Sarah (47:45):
did mommy wear a wig?
Chris (47:47):
Yeah, and I didn't know, but she kept it in the bathroom
under the sink and I don't know.
'cause you're little and I'mbored.
I was digging through there andI thought it was a mouse and I
pulled it out and I was like,what the hell is this?
Sarah (48:00):
She did not wear a wig
Chris (48:02):
You'll, you ask her.
You ask her.
Also, I forgot to show you guys,
Sarah (48:07):
again.
Let me see the new tatty.
Oh, it's pretty,
Chris (48:10):
Isn't she nice,
Sarah (48:12):
I like it.
Chris (48:13):
Becca?
Isn't she pretty
Sarah (48:16):
I like you very much.
That's fun.
'cause that's where I was gonnaget my next one coming up this
way.
Chris (48:22):
great?
I wanna, here's the thing, Ihave a ton of them, but I can't
see most of them except for thisone that looks like I got it in
prison.
and, I was like, I want one Ican look at all the time.
Sarah (48:31):
Yeah.
I have these on my, I wanna getYeah,
Chris (48:34):
Oh, yeah, Becca.
Yes.
Working on the sleeve.
Sarah (48:38):
All the arms and they're all black and I want more.
I wish they were free.
Chris (48:44):
Yeah, this was, this was a bit of an investment that I
didn't realize when I made theappointment.
Sarah (48:48):
Yeah.
Chris (48:49):
Because the girl is good and she's Hey, my time is worth
this much per hour.
And I was like, that is a lot.
Sarah (48:55):
Do we manufacture the ink in the US
Chris (48:59):
I'm not sure.
Sarah (49:00):
be something else that's gonna
Chris (49:02):
It's probably gonna, don't think about it too much.
Don't think about it too much.
You're, you have a bit ofprivilege and you don't have to
think about it, so don't,
Sarah (49:09):
I know.
makes me even more sad.
Chris (49:12):
It does Me too, saying it out loud hurts.
Me too.
Sarah (49:15):
Yeah.
Chris (49:15):
right.
On that note, I got a newtattoo, so I'm gonna go and,
Sarah (49:19):
Put some Vaseline on
Chris (49:20):
to eat.
Starving.
Sarah (49:22):
Okay.
Sounds good.
All right.
love you.
Bye.
Chris (49:25):
didn't you, is there a catchphrase you wanna put at the
end of these
Sarah (49:28):
I was try.
We've tried a few and I justcouldn't get anything.
Like
Chris (49:33):
we're not gonna make fetch happen.
Huh?
Sarah (49:35):
love, love you by seems to be the one that just it's
good.
I actually am going to put thatabove the door.
Our door, it says, Love you.
by.
Chris (49:45):
I like that.
That's cute.
Sarah (49:46):
Okay.
Love you.
Bye.
Chris (49:48):
All right, love you.
Bye.
It's the stop button.
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