1269 – RENT Brainbots and a Thousand Kisses
Scooter tries to name approximately 525,600 Brainbots in far less than a year as he mulls over musicals, theme parks, and kissable constellations.
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Watchalong
Collapsible Technology
https://folddownpro.com/blog/history-of-space-saving-furniture/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/katieglider/collapsible-products
https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/folding-bathtub-history-37294726
Rent Impact
https://thelearnedfangirl.com/how-rent-revolutionized-modern-musical-theatre/
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a26009913/rent-live-musical-meaning-explained/
Rent Movie
https://www.onstageblog.com/columns/2015/10/17/why-was-the-rent-movie-so-bad
Epic Universe
https://blooloop.com/theme-park/in-depth/universal-epic-universe/
https://www.undercovertourist.com/blog/universals-epic-universe/
https://orlandoparkstop.com/tag/universals-epic-universe/
DOWN TO BUSINESS
I’m here to keep you money
Ms. Moneypenny?
Rent
Deep Dark Night United
n/a
PLUGS
Orlando Park Stop Fundraiser; Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline
SPONSORS
Claritin; Dusker; Helix Sleep; Odoo; Air Doctor Pro; AquaTru; Zocdoc; Progressive
INTRO
Changes to my intro routine could be mixing up your routine
What’s that musical about one singular sensation?
I only know A Chorus Line from a recurring WPIX commercial of my youth
Some brainbots may be inflatable
The opposite of collapsible
I guess I have issues with collapsible items
That feeling in your lower cheeks
Not those lower cheeks
Below the Lower Cheeks
“A Little Bit of Levity” would be an amazing musical song title
A trustworthy bowl of hard candy
You have to have faith that it will be good
A metaphor not for everybody about that’s about something not for everybody
Catchphrases that catch nothing
A hole-less butterfly net
Gonna talk about Rent
Support the Orlando Parkstop Fundraiser
It’s all about love
A softer, non-perfect, non-Hollywood love
STORY
Shoutout to Alicia Stella the Parkstop Fundraiser
Musicals come up from time to time
Brainbots in Macbeth or Hamlet have come up before
Brainbots + theme parks + Rent
I saw my daughter 4 times in Rent this past weekend
Going over Rent
So many themes have been mingling in my brain
Explaining brainbots
I’ll try to soften everything as much as I can
A rock musical, according to Wikipedia
Started at New York Theatre Workshop
Jonathan Larson watched that premier from the big farm in the sky
Huge acclaim
A 2005 motion picture
I think this was a Live on TV musical as well?
Larson suggested the East Village setting
Billy Aronson started the concept
Waiting tables at the Moondance Diner
He wrote hundreds of songs over the years
Debuted 100 years after the opera
Semi-autobiographical for Larson
What songs hit me as important
The Voicemail song is quaint now
Brainbots are big all or nothing thinkers
The Rent Brainbot says, ‘You gotta pay the rent on time.”
Sternbot, okay, that’s a good name
Angel meets Tom
I love the usage of Angel
I guess there will be spoilers
Angel has a gravitational pull
I don’t have an Angel brainbot
Angel would be a very positive brainbot
Let me think about Roger and Mimi
3 different relationship stories happening
Mark is connected to every relationship in a sense
Voicemails for parents
I probably named some of these songs differently in my head
Tom and Angel gets an idealized relationship
The first support meeting
“I’ll Cover You” is an important one
How many kisses are they covered in again?
Some songs run towards brainbots and some run away
Kissbot is a fun name
Some people are holding onto things inside of themselves to prevent them being vulnerable and in love
“I Should Tell You” is one of the biggest brainbot songs
DLB (Down Low Brainbot)
“Seasons of Love”
Theatre kids are over it, but it’s great in context
Getting back to the songs
Is this all part of the Halloween song?
We learn more about Maureen and Joanne’s relationship
Mim and Roger – hiding away on the inside
Maureen and Joanne is more external
How much am I projecting? A lot! That’s what makes it so good!
It’s clear that love and attraction is present but so are imperfections
Reviewing our list of brainbots
‘Take Me or Leave Me’ is definitely all or nothing thinking
Angel would be fun to be at a theme park with
And of course we’re inviting BB8 along as a sidekick
Shoutout to Alicia Stella’s coverage of Epic Universe
Starfall Racers – that’ll be very competitive
I’m assuming BB8 is well-adjusted
Constellation Carousel
Angel should lead the ride for this one
Matching brainbots to constellations
The most unkissable constellation
The Great Toad of the Northern Sky
What would relax Sternbot?
Is there a sleepy constellation?
What celestial figure is the best listener?
Pee Wee’s Giant Ear would probably not be the best listening constellation
Scooter’s Forehead, the Grouchiest Contellation there is
The Open Arms of Morpheus
Mark is kind of like BB8
Tom does return to friendship at the end of the show
Maybe Tom is just at the center of the carousel
Other features of Epic Universe
I don’t know anything about Yoshi outside of Mario Kart
Maybe someday they can cover each other with 1000 kisses
The game of grabbing rings off of carousels
How many kisses can you blow when you’re on a carousel?
Every time you see a carousel, pretend everything there is blowing you a kiss
Slowly feel their kisses envelop
A goal of 10,000 blown kisses blown in your life
Holding our brainbots and blowing them kisses
A regal horse, blowing you a kiss
Reminders to love more
SWM+ THANKS
Matt, Isabel, Jen, Lauren, Angelin, Mitchelle, Mark, Benjamin, Jan, Emily, Lori, Simon, Emerich, Tanya, Sarah, An-Lin, Madison, Chad, Heather, Janet, Page, Erin, Brett, Barbara, Debbie, Rebecca, Corey, Rachel, Jen, Huxley
SUMMARY:
Episode: 1269
Title: RENT Brainbots and a Thousand Kisses
Deep Dark Night United: n/a
Plugs: Orlando Park Stop Fundraiser; Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; NAPAWF; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline
Sponsors: Claritin; Dusker; Helix Sleep; Odoo; Air Doctor Pro; AquaTru; Zocdoc; Progressive
SWM+ Thanks: Matt, Isabel, Jen, Lauren, Angelin, Mitchelle, Mark, Benjamin, Jan, Emily, Lori, Simon, Emerich, Tanya, Sarah, An-Lin, Madison, Chad, Heather, Janet, Page, Erin, Brett, Barbara, Debbie, Rebecca, Corey, Rachel, Jen, Huxley
Notable Language:
- Lower Cheeks
- Below the Lower Cheeks
- Trustworthy Bowl
- Catchphrases that catch nothing
- A hole-less butterfly net
- Butterfly Swishers
- Sternbot
- DLB (Down Low Brainbot)
Notable Culture:
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- Moneypenny / James Bond
- “You Never Give Me Your Money” – The Beatles
- Rent
- A Chorus Line
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- WPIX
- Tribles / Star Trek
- “A Little Bit of Levity”
- Orlando Parkstop
- Macbeth
- Hamlet
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- Wikipedia
- Jonathan Larson
- La Boheme – Puccini
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- Moondance Diner
- ‘Seasons of Love’
- BB8 / Star Wars
- Epic Universe
- Persephone / Aphrodite
- The Electric Company
- Pee Wee Herman
- Anthony Rapp
- Super Nintendo World
- Mario Kart
- Snuffleupagus
Notable Talking Points:
- Changes to my intro routine could be mixing up your routine
- What’s that musical about one singular sensation?
- I only know A Chorus Line from a recurring WPIX commercial of my youth
- Some brainbots may be inflatable
- The opposite of collapsible
- I guess I have issues with collapsible items
- That feeling in your lower cheeks
- Not those lower cheeks
- Below the Lower Cheeks
- “A Little Bit of Levity” would be an amazing musical song title
- A trustworthy bowl of hard candy
- You have to have faith that it will be good
- A metaphor not for everybody about that’s about something not for everybody
- Catchphrases that catch nothing
- A hole-less butterfly net
- Gonna talk about Rent
- Support the Orlando Parkstop Fundraiser
- It’s all about love
- A softer, non-perfect, non-Hollywood love
- Shoutout to Alicia Stella the Parkstop Fundraiser
- Musicals come up from time to time
- Brainbots in Macbeth or Hamlet have come up before
- Brainbots + theme parks + Rent
- I saw my daughter 4 times in Rent this past weekend
- Going over Rent
- So many themes have been mingling in my brain
- Explaining brainbots
- I’ll try to soften everything as much as I can
- A rock musical, according to Wikipedia
- Started at New York Theatre Workshop
- Jonathan Larson watched that premier from the big farm in the sky
- Huge acclaim
- A 2005 motion picture
- I think this was a Live on TV musical as well?
- Larson suggested the East Village setting
- Billy Aronson started the concept
- Waiting tables at the Moondance Diner
- He wrote hundreds of songs over the years
- Debuted 100 years after the opera
- Semi-autobiographical for Larson
- What songs hit me as important
- The Voicemail song is quaint now
- Brainbots are big all or nothing thinkers
- The Rent Brainbot says, ‘You gotta pay the rent on time.”
- Sternbot, okay, that’s a good name
- Angel meets Tom
- I love the usage of Angel
- I guess there will be spoilers
- Angel has a gravitational pull
- I don’t have an Angel brainbot
- Angel would be a very positive brainbot
- Let me think about Roger and Mimi
- 3 different relationship stories happening
- Mark is connected to every relationship in a sense
- Voicemails for parents
- I probably named some of these songs differently in my head
- Tom and Angel gets an idealized relationship
- The first support meeting
- “I’ll Cover You” is an important one
- How many kisses are they covered in again?
- Some songs run towards brainbots and some run away
- Kissbot is a fun name
- Some people are holding onto things inside of themselves to prevent them being vulnerable and in love
- “I Should Tell You” is one of the biggest brainbot songs
- DLB (Down Low Brainbot)
- “Seasons of Love”
- Theatre kids are over it, but it’s great in context
- Getting back to the songs
- Is this all part of the Halloween song?
- We learn more about Maureen and Joanne’s relationship
- Mim and Roger – hiding away on the inside
- Maureen and Joanne is more external
- How much am I projecting? A lot! That’s what makes it so good!
- It’s clear that love and attraction is present but so are imperfections
- Reviewing our list of brainbots
- ‘Take Me or Leave Me’ is definitely all or nothing thinking
- Angel would be fun to be at a theme park with
- And of course we’re inviting BB8 along as a sidekick
- Shoutout to Alicia Stella’s coverage of Epic Universe
- Starfall Racers – that’ll be very competitive
- I’m assuming BB8 is well-adjusted
- Constellation Carousel
- Angel should lead the ride for this one
- Matching brainbots to constellations
- The most unkissable constellation
- The Great Toad of the Northern Sky
- What would relax Sternbot?
- Is there a sleepy constellation?
- What celestial figure is the best listener?
- Pee Wee’s Giant Ear would probably not be the best listening constellation
- Scooter’s Forehead, the Grouchiest Contellation there is
- The Open Arms of Morpheus
- Mark is kind of like BB8
- Tom does return to friendship at the end of the show
- Maybe Tom is just at the center of the carousel
- Other features of Epic Universe
- I don’t know anything about Yoshi outside of Mario Kart
- Maybe someday they can cover each other with 1000 kisses
- The game of grabbing rings off of carousels
- How many kisses can you blow when you’re on a carousel?
- Every time you see a carousel, pretend everything there is blowing you a kiss
- Slowly feel their kisses envelop
- A goal of 10,000 blown kisses blown in your life
- Holding our brainbots and blowing them kisses
- A regal horse, blowing you a kiss
- Reminders to love more
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Episode 1269 – RENT Brainbots and a Thousand Kisses
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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for the podcaster who’s here to keep you…keep you money? Makes me think of that Beatles song, but I don't know why that…keep you money. You’re so money. It’s time for Sleep With Me, the podcast…maybe it was Miss Moneypenny? There’s a brief mention of Miss Moneypenny in the musical Rent, which I saw last weekend four times, so maybe that’s it. There’s a reason why I say that, is because it comes up in this episode. So, welcome to Sleep With Me. It’s a podcast to take your mind off of stuff and keep you company so that you could fall asleep, to be your friend in the deep, dark night.
What we got coming up is support so the show can be free for everybody, then there’s a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, and then there will be a bedtime story. Tonight it’ll be about the musical Rent. This is all as a part of a fundraiser for Orlando ParkStop that benefits the Trevor Project, and you could support it by using the link in our show notes. It’s been going on all the entire month of June. So, yeah, thanks for making the show possible, all those bore-friends, sleepy supporters who support the sponsors…we wouldn't be able to do it without any of you, making the show free for everybody. Thanks.
INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be thoughts on your mind, like thoughts about the past, the present, the future, thinking thoughts, physical sensations, thoughts, feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally, too, related to those thoughts or the physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, even bedtime…introductions to bedtime sleep podcast routines when I change up accidentally.
Usually I say thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, but…I don't know. Physical sensations…wasn’t there a musical, One Singular Sensation? I think at bedtime it’s…'cause I don't know what musical that was. I don't know, is it Chorus Line, maybe? But I just feel like at bedtime it’s the opening number not of all Broadway shows, but I don't know if that’s the opening number. So, it would be a big number in a Broadway show where it says One…the only reason I’m so familiar with that is it was playing on WPIX, the commercial for either the movie or the musical or a bio pick related to it when I was on my formative stages of youth. So, it’s just in there. Yeah, for some reason my brain likes to start right when I get in bed.
It could be thoughts, it could be feelings, it could be physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine. All those things want my full attention at bedtime. They really…it’s like, during the day…I guess they are like inflatables. I didn’t realize this, but brainbots…some brainbots may be inflatable or whatever the opposite of collapsable is. They got…oh, you gotta get this collapsicle…collapsicle…bucket or cup or whatever. It folds right up. I say, but it takes…but it’s wet. I don't want to fold anything up that’s been wet. Well, just…you just pop it right out. Anyway, I guess I got issues with collapsable items.
But so, during the day it seems like a lot of the things that keep me up at night lose…they’re low…less inflated, but as soon as I try to fall asleep, they blow right up and they say, oh boy, we need your full attention here. Also it sometimes feels like I’ve been inflating balloons all day. I get exhausted, like that feeling in your lower cheeks. Not lower cheeks; I mean the backside…no, not the back side of your cheeks, either. Your jaw…like behind your jaw, below your ears. Not those cheeks, you giggling listeners. Not those lower cheeks. You all are so cheeky. So whatever it is that’s keeping you awake, I’d like to take your mind off of it and help you fall asleep because you deserve a good night's sleep.
You deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need and your life’s more manageable, a bedtime without rigmarole. What I’m gonna do here is I’m gonna…oh no, wait, wait…oh, the only reason I go through all that stuff…it’s so you know you’re not alone. I realize I may not have been through the same thing that’s keeping you awake at night, but I think I can maybe relate to how it feels. But even if I can't relate to how it feels, someone listening somewhere in the world right now can relate to how it feels and they say, man, I hope this podcast can help you like it helps me, because it’s really helped me get the sleep I need or just made bedtime suck less, especially when he talk about lower cheeks, you know? Below the lower cheeks. I say, that’s called the leg. Below the lower cheeks is called the leg.
I realize you…anyway, let’s…can we just change the subject? Man, once you bring up cheeks with somebody like me, lower cheeks particularly, it’s tough to recover from that. But every time…we need…at bedtime we need a little bit of levity. A Little Bit of Levity; there you go. I don't know if there will ever be…I don't know if there’s been a musical with a song named A Little Bit of Levity, but that sounds like a musical song. I don't know if it would be in Sleep With Me, but there’s a lot of ways we could go with it. Ideally, yeah, a character is named Levity. Maybe there’s already been a song; maybe that’s why it’s in my head. But it could also be about making a recipe. It could be that Levity is like some other being like a Tribble. What if Tribbles were named Levity?
You say, well, a little bit of Levity is already…a little bit of Levity is already too much in the case of a Tribble, which is way too deep a reference when I was just trying to let you know that you’re not alone in the deep, dark night. I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could get the rest you need. I’ll send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’ll use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents, which means my voice is not traditionally soothing and I’m gonna go off topic multiple times into senseless realms or pop-culture references that make only…which I’ve already done. I think I don't even need to explain it.
But it’s all to distract you from whatever’s keeping you awake and just to keep you company, because…and this is a podcast that is not everybody’s…to say it’s not everybody’s cup of tea would be a gigantic understatement. I do like to compare it to different hard candy. Like, let’s just say there’s a place in your world where there’s a bowl of hard candy where you say, okay, I know whatever things I don’t eat or whatever. I know this is a bowl of hard…a trustworthy bowl of hard candy, and the hard candy in there has different shapes and different colors. None of it is labelled. So, you’ve entered into agreement which…wherever this bowl…probably at your imaginary nana’s house. They say, okay, you’re allowed to take one piece of candy but she’s gotta reach in and take it, and I can't tell you what it’s gonna be.
Then you take a piece of hard candy and you put it in your mouth and you say…at first you say, what? This is not…I didn’t expect this flavor from this color and shape of hard candy. You say, I’m not sure if that’s a melon or…where the flavor throws you off. You say, this is an acquired taste, hard candy. But then suddenly you may notice…you say, huh, this isn't half-bad, actually, now that I’m enjoying this thing. But once you stop paying attention…and then you say, okay, no, wait a second, I do like that…that is…no, that’s not a melon. It’s a cantaloupe flavor. It’s a specific melon, I believe, and there’s something breezy in there, but I know ‘breezy’ is not a flavor. So, this podcast is an acquired taste like that which sounds like…you say, that’s just not for…that metaphor? Not for everybody, anyway.
You made a metaphor about…that’s not for any…everybody about something that’s not for everybody about some…and I say, you got that right. That’s a pointless meander. So, just give it a few tries and see how it goes. That’s what many, many, many people have said that are not just regular listeners; they support the podcast on a annual basis and have…for some of these people, ten years. They said, when I first got to this podcast I couldn't stand it, and now they support the show because it takes a couple tries to realize, oh, it is like that…I just needed to try the candy one more time. I realized, oh, it’s not traditionally soothing. It’s got…this candy has pointless meanders in it which if you’re having…you don’t want any pointed meanders in there, anyway. So, just give it a few tries. See how it goes.
If you already loathe the podcast, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou has other sleep podcasts on there that you could check out. Yeah, so what I’m gonna do here is…it doesn't…oh, this is a podcast you just kinda listen to like it’s background noise. You could listen. The intro a lot of people listen to 'cause it’s more of a wind down, but as the podcast goes on…we like to say around here ‘this podcast is always going nowhere.’ Always never getting started. Those are our catchphrases, catchphrases without…catchphrases without…that don’t catch, that catch nothing. Our catchphrases are like those butterfly nets with the hole…that aren't…that have been snipped off, so there’s no…a hole-less butterfly net. More like a butterfly-swisher. So, that’s…what was I saying? Oh, it’s a podcast…most people don’t like it, so give it a few tries. See how it goes.
Oh, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou is there if you totally loathe the podcast. Oh, but just barely listen to it. I’m here to be your friend in the deep, dark night. I’m also not here to put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep, and that’s not a big difference. It’s just a subtle difference. I’m here to be your friend talking to you, and then you just fall asleep at some point barely listening to me, or I just make your night better, 'cause there are people who can't sleep at all. So, with this podcast there’s no pressure to fall asleep. I’m gonna be here over an hour to keep you company. Then, yeah, there’s 600…over 600 episodes in the archives you can access for…that are ad-supported. So, if you need them, they’re there for you to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. What else do you need to know?
No pressure…oh, I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your Borbie, your bore-bor, your bores, your bore-bestie, your bore-bruh, your bore-friend in the deep, dark night to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. The structure of the show also throws people off in addition to all those other reasons the podcast may not work for you, and I only say that 'cause most of the people that really like the show, they say, oh, wait a second, I would have never thought to look for this thing that I’ve been searching for my whole life, and now I’ve found it by accident, and I didn’t even realize it ‘til the third try that I needed a friend I could call who would talk to me about almost nothing, barely anything.
I never knew I needed someone with catchphrases that caught nothing, catchphrases that don’t catch, and a podcast that’s always never getting started. Oh man, I forgot…oh, structure of the show really throws people off, but it is intentionally designed to benefit as many people as we can. So, here’s how it works. It starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…say something silly. That way you feel seen and welcomed in. You say, okay, I might check this show out. I might give it a try. Then there’s support from sponsors, and the listeners who support the sponsors make it so we just put it out and you can listen to it whenever you want. If you prefer to skip the sponsors, you could do that.
You could set that up on your own or you could support the show directly and get ad-free episodes, or for free support the show through our referral program and get ad-free episodes, whatever you prefer. Then there’s a long, meandering intro which we’re just meandering to the end of. Some people, it doesn't…it’s a show within a show. It has nothing to do with the support, but some people…I don't know…I don't know. They’re just tired, right? They think the intro is just one big support, but really the intro is where I fail to explain what the podcast is efficiently. I go off topic a bunch of times, but you get to know me a little bit better and you get to be eased into bedtime. You get a transition period.
So, whether you’re getting ready for bed, you’re doing a wind-down activity, chilling out, or you’re in bed getting comfortable, that’s what works, having a bedtime routine to slowly lower the volume on the day. So, that’s what the intro does, eases you into bedtime. There is a small percentage of people that skip it or fall asleep during it, but for most people…it eases you into bedtime. Then again there’s sponsor support, then there will be our bedtime story where we’ll be talking about the musical Rent and brainbots, actually. I don't know, it’s just…and again, if you want to support the fundraiser, you could use the link in the show notes. It’s to benefit the Trevor Project. Check it out. There’s a auction, too. It may be just finishing up 'cause it’s been going on all June.
It’s a annual thing, so then you could get in on it next year, too. That’s at Orlando…that’s Orlando ParkStop. Again, the links will be in our show notes. Then the show ends. But it will be cool. We’ll be talking about Rent and the musical. I’ll be obviously making it about what I thought the meaning is, but really it’s about…it really is about love, and that’s really what this show is about, loving our brainbots and loving being imperfect, and a kinda softer, non-perfect, non-Hollywood, non…of love of just saying bedtime…my bedtime’s pretty good. That’s what’s worked for me. That’s what works for most listeners. I’m only laughing 'cause it’s not good enough for most of my brain. It says, no, no, no.
But yeah, that’s where…and because I know how it feels and I…sending my love, and all these other people that are regular listeners who’s worked so hard and then support the podcast out of love and…so that everybody…say, hey, I really hope this show can help you. So, there’s that. The show ends with thank-yous and goodnights, and that’s everything. I’m glad you’re here. I appreciate you checking this podcast out. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive. I really hope we can help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways we’re able to do it for you for free twice a week.
Alright everybody, this is Scoots and this is…this episode…you’ll be hearing this during our fundraiser which…I’m recording this way ahead of time but it’s gonna be our fundraiser with Alicia Stella, and it’s the ParkStop Stop Hate Fundraiser, and it raises money for the Trevor Project. I don't exactly know what…you’ll hear it in the intro and stuff like that of how we’re looking…how we’re supporting them. I’m recording this ahead of time. Yeah, it’s…it’ll be recorded way ahead of time. So, I was…but I had a episode for…an idea for the episode. So, please, however I asked earlier in the episode, consider supporting this amazing fundraiser that benefits the Trevor Project, and there’s lots of ways. You can support directly or there’s a auction, so there’s a lot of cool stuff. So, yeah. So, this is a episode idea I had.
I did one of these a long time ago where I brought my brainbots…musicals come up on this show from time to time and…or theatre, so I brought brainbots in Macbeth or Hamlet. I can't even…Hamlet, I believe. But this…so, this is gonna be…I had an idea about brainbots, the musical Rent, and theme parks, and we’ll see if we can bring this idea together. But the reason I’m thinking about Rent is I saw four performances this weekend. My daughter was in a cast of Rent, and there was two different casts. I don't know, I always…especially when I’m seeing a musical more than once, it really…the story hits me each time in a different level, and especially seeing different performers doing the roles. So, I’m gonna read about the musical Rent 'cause it’s kinda interesting, this time period, and…it came out when it came out.
Then how people’s non-smiling faces…things causing people to frown then and things causing people to frown now. But the messages in there…some of them will come up when I go through the Wikipedia article, but I feel like there’s other themes in there that really struck me as important, and it struck me as important in a way…when I talk about brainbots, right, which are these…to me, were a kinder word I use…the professional word is maladaptive parts of me or parts of me that never grew up or never…or tools I had as a child that were tools I designed as a child, and those brainbots usually have one single function and they seem to activate at bedtime, a lot of them.
They have very strong belief systems and belief in their own ability, and I just thought it was interesting, some of the themes…how the themes of Rent run not in opposition or contradictory to my brainbots, but that offer them a different glimpse of how to live life. This is what music and art kinda do anyway. So, let’s read through just in case you aren’t familiar with Rent, or I can re-familiarize myself with some facts, and then we’ll go from there. This could have…I’m gonna try to…this is about fundraising for the Trevor Project, and while the mission of Rent was parallel to that, it’s gonna bring maybe…I’ll try to soften everything as much as I can and make it as sleepy as I can, but I’m not perfect. So, Rent is a rock musical. This is from Wikipedia, so again…and it’s RENT in caps, all caps.
But it’s a rock musical; this is according to Wikipedia, 'cause I don't know…what does rock musical mean? Let’s just double check. Musical theatre work with rock music. Music, lyrics, and a book by Jonathan Larson. It’s loosely based on La Bohemee by Puccini which is an opera from 1896 which was based on a novel from 1851, Scenes of Bohemian Life. It tells a story of a group of artists trying to create life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village in the thriving days of the bohemian culture of Alphabet City, dealing…and a lot of the characters are dealing with HIV and AIDS. It was first started in 1993 at a workshop off Broadway, the New York Theatre Workshop, and that’s where it premiered in 1996. Jonathan Larson was watching that premiere from the big farm in the sky.
Then the musical moved to the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway in April of ‘96. It was very acclaimed. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony for Best Musical, it was one of the longest-showing shows on Broadway, and was there on Broadway ‘til 2008. It also…there was several national tours. It was a motion picture in 2005, and I believe there was also one of those…what are those…? Live on TV ones, but I’m not…I’m pretty sure about that. Okay, so, let’s see. In ‘88, Billy Ronson wanted to create a musical based on Puccini’s La Boheme, and then Jonathan Larson began composing. The two composed together on Santa Fe, the song that would become Rent and I Should Tell You. Larson kinda was the one who suggested the East Village setting and feel.
It was just down the street from where he lived in the village, and he also came up with the show’s title. Ronson was not sure about that title, but then Rent said…hey, the word ‘rent’ also has more than one meaning. In ‘91 he asked if he could take it…Larson asked Ronson if I could take…move forward with this, and there was pretty big expectations. Larson had big dreams about this, a rock opera for the MTV generation. Okay, and then Larson was focused on it, waiting tables at the Moondance Diner. Over the course of the years, Larson wrote hundreds of songs, made many changes to the show which in the end contained forty-two songs, and then moved forward.
The ‘94 version had versions of songs that never made it to the final version, and the workshop version did have some of the original cast, Anthony Rapp and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Mimi, and Anthony Rapp played Mark. The show debuted a hundred years after Puccini’s opera. Let’s see, the first preview of Rent was a sing-through of the musical in Larson’s memory. That was January 25, or that would have been January 26, 1996. Sources…La Boheme…oh, they show the kinda differences between the characters. But Mimi, Roger, Mark, Maureen, Angel, Tom, Joanne, and Benny are the main characters. Let’s see what else we need to know. It was semi-autobiographical, according to this, for Larson.
He was working waiting tables as he was trying to make this, and so, that’s kind of…sacrifices stability for art and shared some of the same hopes and fears of his characters. Let’s see what else we got here. There’s a lot in the Wikipedia article. I don't know if I want to go through the plot or anything. Let me see if I can find the songs because I think that’s the most important thing about the brainbots. So, yeah…so, from here we’ll go…huh, where should we go with this? Let’s go…let me read through the songs and then see which songs hit me as important, and then maybe we’ll circle back? I don't know. We’ll just see how it goes. That’s how Sleep With Me works, right? Alright, so first is a Mark, Roger tune-up song, then there’s these voicemails which seems quaint now.
I mean, we still have voicemails, but not ones that are played out loud. That’s kinda the theme of the parents. Then another tune-up song, then the song Rent. That kind of has to do with…so, I guess that would…if we did say…this was not one of the new themes I got out of it, but I would say Rent, in this sense, from a brainbot’s perspective which is different than the musical…'cause a brainbot is…came from a place…a brainbot is a all-or-nothing thinker, so the brain…this would be the…I don't know what the right word is. The rent brainbot; it’s like, yeah, you gotta pay the rent. It’s gotta be paid on time. That’s our…one of our jobs, and this must be done. So, I don't know, we’ll come back to that one. I don't know. So, that would be like, what ride would my rent…rent brainbot…faux-responsible brainbot?
But that doesn't sound very nice, even though that is…well, maybe we’ll think of a name for it, but it’s…I don't know if rent…it is a brainbot that’s sternly responsible, I would say, but…sternbot. Yeah, sternbot. Okay. Yeah, let me take some notes on another page here, because I don't want to lose this. This is stuff we’ve never done before. Oh yeah, the sternbot has a kind of very all-or-nothing view of responsibility and stuff like that. Okay, You Okay Honey is when Angel meets Tom. I really like the usage of Angel…and especially when I’ve seen this…I saw three full performances and then the second act a fourth time. I don't know, I like it when something is hidden in plain sight, and Angel…the name Angel…and a callback to Angel. But Angel…so, Angel probably is the one…I guess some of this will be spoilers.
Angel really is — in the show — the glue or the mag…more of a magnet that brings things together. Then, I don't know, it’s…Angel has a gravitational pull, but not just…not from just personality. Because even in this first scene, I really…I was really breaking it down 'cause I’ve seen it. Angel’s first action is to check in and help Tom, then they develop a romantic connection, but it’s…even that’s developed in a playful way. So, Angel’s ability to help people through play…and then Angel has priorities 'cause Angel’s going straight to a meeting. Angel and Mark are both positive and they’re both…so, they kinda share that, but that becomes a very important part of all the themes, you know, on the surface of the story but also obviously underneath.
Hard to quite sleepify, but it’s true; it is…it lends itself to the reality of the story but also the ability…anyway, I’m talking too much about theory, not Angel. So, Angel…I do not have an Angel brainbot. But so, Angel is very focused on…Angel has an ability to bring everything and everybody together, but also is focused on caring and participating, and participating in life. So, yeah…okay, so, Christmas carols…okay, then tune-up three, One Song Glory. So, let me think about Roger and Mimi. So, Roger is a rocker and Mimi lives upstairs. So, it’s kind of like there’s these three different relationship stories happening between Tom and Angel, Roger and Mimi, and then Joanne and Maureen with Mark on the…and Mark is…I know Mark’s connected to every relationship in a sense.
But so, Roger and Mimi’s One Song Glory…I don't know, let me think about this. Then we had Light My Candle with Mimi and Roger, which is very…it’s a cool song 'cause I relate to it as somebody that had to change my…I had to get sober. But it’s also a very flirtatious song that makes your back sweat. So, then there’s voicemails from parents, Today for You, Tom…Tom Collins is Tom’s name. Roger, Mark, and Angel…oh, but yeah, that’s the only problem, is some songs I probably named differently in my head. You’ll See, Benny, Mark, Roger, Collins, and Angel, Tango: Maureen…okay, so one of the things, I guess, is we do kind of get a idealized relationship with Tom and Angel. We don’t learn a lot about their relationship.
We just see them kind of as more fully realized, as equals in their relationship, and it really being just a loving relationship. But the Roger-and-Mimi relationship and then the Joanne-and-Maureen relationships are a little bit different. Okay, let’s see, Tango…so, Tango: Maureen offers that first version of that, 'cause Joanne and Mark…'cause Mark had dated Maureen in the past. They’re kinda relating to the up-and-down relationship with…that you have when you’re in love with Maureen. Okay, next up is support, and this happens at the first support meeting, right? Then Out Tonight is sung by Mimi. Another Day; Mimi, Roger, and ensemble. Will I? Steve and company…Christmas Carolers, Santa Fe, I’ll Cover You…okay, so, I’ll Cover You is an important one.
I can't remember if it’s…I think those…so, the most important ones are I’ll Cover You…just when we’re talking about brainbots. Man, every time I change things, though, the page jumps. So, I’ll Cover You is a song about…so, that’s…I guess that is where we see the idealized love that Angel and Collins have, or Tom, however you want to say it, and that…'cause they’re covering each other in 1,000 kisses or 10,000 kisses? I can't remember how many kisses there are. Maybe we could look at the lyrics for that. I don't think we have to get into every song. So, then we have Christmas Bells Are Singing, Over the Moon with Maureen, La Vie Boheme Part A, then I Should Tell You, then back into La Vie Boheme. That’s the end of the act one?
No, I guess I Should Tell You…so, some of these go…run towards brainbots and some run away. I guess that’s why this musical is so good. It goes back…so, we had Rent which would be sternbot, then I’ll Cover You, and the fact that love will…is the most important thing. That ends up kinda being the message that I took away from it, and love in the present moment and love of imperfection. I jumped way ahead there, didn’t I? We were just finishing up Act One. So, yeah, I’ll Cover You is…that’s not a brainbot. That’s like a…what should we call it? A kiss…that one could be kissbot. Yeah, there we go, kissbot.
Then, I Should Tell You runs contrary where it’s like that…particularly Mimi and Roger, but a lot of people are holding onto things and holding onto things inside themselves or what they expect of others to prevent them from being vulnerable and in love, I guess. So, this is a simplified…so, please don’t…if you’re a expert on this stuff, I’m just winging it here. So, they’re telling…that song is kinda them, and it gets repeated. Like, I should tell you or I should have told you the truth, but I just can't let this down. Or, I don't know, to me…and again, this is just my take away.
This is not a intellectual or actual artistic interpretation, but that it’s like I can't…it is about love and acceptance and that love is acceptance, almost, and these characters…just at this stage in the show…and actually in a relatable way, it’s like, man, you gotta shed a few more tears in order…or the things that cause a few more tears before you’ll be able to let this go and accept that, yeah, it’s okay to love and be loved as imperfect people and people with…I don't know. I mean, and that’s definitely something that my brainbots cannot accept. So, I Should Tell You is definitely one of the most brainbot-y things in the play. ‘Cause actually, the rentbot is…they’re full of this youth, right, and this artistic youth perspective.
Each character kinda represents that in a different way, too, of like, yeah, we’re supposed to pay rent but we don’t…we have strong feelings about it. So, I Should Tell You is more of…the brainbot is saying, don’t tell anyone. So, what’s a way…what’s a good name for that brainbot? I Should Tell You…down-low brainbot? No. I don't know. DLB; down-low brainbot. There we go. Just DLB for short. But don't worry. So, right now I think the kissbot…we’ve got the kissbot and the sternbot and the DLB. Okay, I’m trying to get back to the songs. Okay, then we have Seasons of Love which is one of the…I guess a song that was used at least after this musical in a lot of auditions and stuff like that, and that…just my experience 'cause I don't…I haven't had this experience.
I’ve just heard it from others, is people in…theatre kids are over it, but in context it’s…in the musical it’s great. But I think that we might not need that one. But Seasons of Love is…well, it’s more of…it’s fits thematically. What am I…? I don't know. I’m putting you to sleep, right? Okay, then we have Happy New Year…Voicemail 3, Happy New Year, Take Me or Leave Me, Seasons of Love B or a reprise, kind of…okay, Without You, Voicemail, Contact, I’ll Cover You, Halloween, Goodbye Love, What You Own, Finale, Your Eyes. Okay, what was the other song…? I don't know. Where are we? Let me see what time we’re at. So, I think that…I guess it’s like…the Seasons of Love is the song I’m thinking of. Like, how do you measure a life…in these amount of minutes, but it’s really about love.
But so…but I think the two things…let’s see, the two brainbot-y things in this second act are these…they come pretty quick, is Take Me or Leave Me with Maureen and Joanne, and then Without You with Roger and Mimi, but Seasons of Love is kinda tucked in the middle there. But there’s also…I thought there was one more thing in there. Maybe it’s Without You. Seasons of Love, Contact…well, I don't know the names of the songs. It’s not important. But so, I don't know, the songs that really showcase what’s starting to happen…oh, wait, I know now what happens is right after…on Halloween. So, maybe it’s all part of the Halloween song. Oh, I guess that’s Goodbye Love. Okay, what was my point?
So, my point is that at some point in the second act what happens is that…or, so we learn about…more about Maureen and Joanne’s relationship, and that one…I guess it’s the external versus the internal, maybe? I don't know, at least…okay, this…I just can only talk about my experience, right? So, for me, Mimi and Roger was more about this hiding away on the inside, internal secrets, or things I had to keep that I should tell you, right? Maureen and Joanne more represent to me the external, right? Joanne and Maureen are in love, but Take Me or Leave Me is kind of Maureen’s attempt to say, hey, this is who I am. This is what I’m like, and I’m a little bit over the top.
I’m a little bit…I’m a imperfect…I am who I am and I’m not perfect, and I do get and give a lot of attention, and I do prefer the spotlight a lot of the time. But also, isn't that what you love about me? So, do you want to be with me or not? But I’m definitely not ever gonna be perfect. I don't think that part’s said in there. But what I really like about this part of the…Act Two is that there’s a lot of tension, to me. You say, Scoots, how much is this stuff you just project…? I’d say, how much of this is projected on the musical? That makes it a good musical, okay? 100%? I don't know. But so, I don't know, there’s just this tension in here.
Even…I mean, the tension…this is how good the musical is because the tension was there even on the fourth time I watched it within forty-eight hours, of like, hey…it’s clear all four of these characters are…that there’s love and attraction and connection present, but there’s also the same imperfections that they’re being asked to accept is also what’s preventing them from accepting it. In the end, I think there are much more bigger, important themes within the musical than these. But when we talk about brainbots, the messages really come down to…it’s really important to live your life today and to love today, and loving kinda means loving imperfection or realizing you’re worthy of love and everyone’s worthy of love.
Again, these may be only my imaginations, but when we talk about brainbots and Sleep With Me, I think that’s really…it’s really what it comes down to. So, basically with the rest of our time…let’s see. So, we got sternbot and kissbot, DLB. I don't know, I think we need a couple more brainbots, like positive bots. We got kissbot. If we had 10,000 kiss…is it 1,000 kissbots? I don't know. I’m just trying to think of anything else that’s gonna make it more theme-parky, but…well, I guess…no, because even though the song…I’m not a theatre kid, so I can say Seasons of Love is a bot. We’ll think of a name of it. Then we have Take Me or Leave Me, which again also offers this viewpoint to me of this all-or-nothing thinking. I can see the exasperation of, hey, just decide here, because I can't change who I am for you.
So, you either gotta decide 100% or 0%. But it’s more…it’s different than that. That’s what a brainbot’s interpretation of it would be, versus, hey, could you just risk that love is not all good feelings all the time and it’s also wading into this imperfectionism? Okay, so we have sternbot, kissbot, DLB, Seasons of Love…Seasons of Love…what kind of brainbot…what would it call it? Well, we could call it angelbot, I guess. We’ll just call it Angel, 'cause Angel would be the one…Angel would have fun…it would be fun to be at a theme park with, too. Then the kinda Take Me or Leave Me, that’s all-or-nothing bot. I think that bot would be called zero, because it’s like a switch. I say, they’re all or nothing, man. Zerobot. Then we’ll just…let’s just say we’re inviting BB-8 along as a sidekick.
Okay, so let’s just pretend here that we have sternbot, kissbot, DLB, Angel, zerobot, and BB-8, and we’re all headed to a theme park together. Actually, Alicia Stella kinda is really well-known for coverage of Epic Universe which is not open. It’s a theme park that Universal is working on opening. So, let’s get a list of Epic Universe rides. Okay, so, I just hit that…Google it…and let me see if I can find this on Alicia…theme…whoops, that’s the wrong button. Okay, so, yeah, we could go to orlandoparkstop.com, and we’re gonna open it up. Let’s just see what possible…so, there’s…well, let’s just look. So, we have one ride which is two rides next to each other called Starfall Racers. So, that would be very competitive.
So, I think that would be fun if there was a way where it was like, you could…we had the theme park rented out. We could put kissbot, Angel, and BB-8…I’m just presuming BB-8’s well-adjusted. But so, those three could go on one of the Starfall Racer coaster. It looks like there’s a green one and a yellow one. Then sternbot, DLB, and zerobot would go on another ride. They would go on their coaster, and that one seems kinda themed to…it’s not…there’s not a lot of details out yet but that it’s space-themed and stuff like that. That’s in the celestial park portion of the thing, I think. Let’s see what else we have here. Yeah, it’s got its own sort of portal entry, so they could…we could go side-by-side. There’s a entry tunnel and a roof, and that looks really fun. There’s also…after that we could also go on the carousel ride.
It’s a covered carousel. It may be called Constellation Carousel, and it seems like a lot of it’s gonna be shaped after constellations. I think Angel should be the one to lead, not just because Angel has a celestial-type name, but that Angel…because Angel would know better than me how to match the different brainbots with constellations. But I think that would be cool. I don't know, throwing it out there; is Persephone the most kissable constellation or is it…for Aphrodite? Angel would probably know better than me if those are even constellations and put kissbot on one of those, or maybe Angel would do the opposite and say, okay, the most un-kissable constellation is…I don't know, is there a toad? The great toad, you know, of the northern…whatever. I don't know if there’s a toad.
There’s probably…I hope for all toads’ sakes…I mean, there’s Toad Land. There’s gonna be toads at another part of this park, but I would say that maybe kissbot could ride a toad. It might be better. Then sternbot would have to ride…I don't know. Would sternbot ride…? I’d say something warm but not too hot. So, not Sol. S-O-L; not S-O-U-L…or, you know, anything too like that. But maybe…I don't know. What would relax sternbot enough to say, maybe we don’t have to do everything perfectly and by the book according to the authority figures? Maybe there’s some points in there we could…maybe we just don’t have to think about it in a all-or-nothing way. Yeah, so, sternbot would be on the most relaxing…I don't know. What’s the most relaxing…? Yeah, I guess without…it could be a sleepy constellation.
Okay, then DLB…that’s like, keep it all inside, man. Don’t let it out. Don’t let people see what’s on your insides. So, I was thinking of the dude from Electric Company for a second, but he’s…that’s a deep reference. He was an example of human…what is that called? Not autonomy, but anatomy. But I’ll definitely say whatever…who would you tell…what celestial figure is the best listener and seems loving where you could let your guard down, right? I have no clue. You say, the great ear. Oh boy, that ear from…didn’t Pee-wee Herman have a fake, giant ear at one point? I don't know, but maybe there could be a Paul Reubens as Pee-wee…I would definitely put that as…I would name…if I was naming constellations, Pee-wee’s Ear would not be top. But Angel would know.
I say, Angel, what’s the best…which celestial being or constellation is really gonna be a good listener for DLB to ride? ‘Cause I guess the goal…all these things would be like, we’re already in the musical, man. This has already been figured out. But the goal would be to leave the theme park in the same state of…that you leave when you leave a musical. You say, okay, well, that was quite a variety of experiences but now I really want to have a take away that I today should love and let myself be loved, even if sometimes you gotta do that for yourself and be…say, hey, I am worthy of love and I’m not perfect. I’m doing the best I can. So, I don't know. Okay, so then Angel…I don't know, what…do we say which one…? Kissbot, we said. What…which…?
I guess it would be cool if Angel was riding the sternest of the…the grouchiest of all…you say, Scooter’s Forehead, is that a constellation I don't know about? Yeah. You’d say, the Furrowed Brow. I think that would be…Angel would…I’d say, this brow is unfurrowing. We’ve been doing ride testing for six months, but suddenly this brow is unfurrowing. So, that’s who Angel would ride. Zero…Take Me or Leave Me…can't accept other people. So, who is the most…what…? So far I’ve come up with none of these, but we’d find a constellation that’s the most open. Open…the Open Arms of Morpheus or any other constellations that have a open embrace of love. I mean, is this a thing, too? We’d need more constellations that are just like, yeah, I can love you, and maybe my love will help you kind of be more loving.
As you love yourself, you do change, too, but we don’t have to be so strict in our…if we expect somebody to be 100% perfect, we’re just gonna end up…see, Mark never said that. Mark was running solo most of the show or all of the show, and Roger does call…so, I think…well, Mark’s kinda like BB-8 now I’m thinking about it. I don't know. They remind me of one another. Mark had a striped scarf on. I think that Anthony Rapp is kinda the quintessential Mark, so I don't know what that means for…oh, and then we have zero. Who would zero…? Oh, that’s…sorry, zero. I forgot you had a name. So, I guess another way to do it would be that zero could ride something that’s plentiful and organic, that shows organic plentitude instead of some sort of ones-and-zeroes plentitude.
‘Cause at least in this version, it was slightly updated. I mean, just in some of the content. But…yeah, that Maureen kinda…Maureen’s performance, leap of faith…and that one’s very dreamlike…and jump over the moon. That’s another hidden message in there. I think I got it, but…at least at one of the shows. But yeah, that’s in the end what is being asked of all the characters, right? The biggest leap of faith is kinda taken by Tom and Angel, and then being asked kind of for Roger and Mimi, 'cause it’s like they feel much closer to the big farm particularly at this time period that the musical was created, and so…but I mean, at the end, Tom kinda returns to friendship and making this return leap of faith, and in a sense, Tom becomes the…so, Tom could show up at this one just as the…whatever, the center of the carousel.
Okay, let’s see if we have any other attractions we could look up real quick. There’s gonna be a fountain show, dining locations, there’s gonna be a part of the park with Multiplex. I don't know, there’s a Donkey Kong ride. I don't know, or what snacks would the characters get? I don't know what else…I think the carousel’s pretty good, like Super Nintendo World. Bowser…they’re gonna have Bowser’s place, Mario Kart, and, yeah, this Donkey Kong attraction. I think there’s something with Yoshi, too, but I don't really know Yoshi. It’s funny; I don't know anything about Yoshi. I mean, I know I like playing Yoshi on Mario Kart, but I don't know much else about Yoshi. Looking forward to learning more.
But yeah, I think this is a nice place to just put all these characters on the carousel, and they’re circling around and around, up and down. Music’s playing. Eventually they…because this is just a dream sequence, they could cover each other in 1,000 kisses. That would be…actually, 'cause that could be the game. ‘Cause once upon a time, I think, way before my time…and obviously you can't do this in reality, I don't think, but there used to be a game where if you were on a carousel, you’d try to grab rings or something like that off of hooks. Now, I don't know if you got a prize or what happened, but that could be…there could be…you could blow a kiss. I think that would be the contest, that we could get them…I think this would be good. Angel could easily get this hyped up, and this is something we can try to replicate.
I don't think we could do 1,000 kisses, but that’s the thing. From now on, this is…moving forward, this is the take away from the entire episode. How many kisses can you blow when you’re on a carousel? I mean, right? And then how many kisses could you catch? ‘Cause that would be both sides of it, right? Okay, you…and this could be…just all take place in your mind, right, if you’re not comfortable blowing kisses to strangers or…but at a theme park, I don't know if you could get 1,000 kisses in. Maybe if you rode it…I bet you could get…I think you could get a hundred kisses in, maybe. Is it 10,000? 1,000 kisses? 10,000 kisses? But yeah, set a goal for the rest of your life. You say, I’d like to give out 10,000 kisses.
Blown kisses, not kisses…real kisses. I mean, you could kiss…you could just do it where you’re kissing your own bicep or your shoulders before you get on and while you’re on. I mean, you gotta…I think you gotta hold onto the bar, though, or whatever that thing…the pole. But what if you’re doing that in your mind, too? Okay, there’s…here we go. Here’s another way to do it. Every time you see a carousel, pretend all of the…everything on the carousel is blowing you a kiss and you’re catching those kisses. That could be a meditative thing you run in your mind. I don't normally do those, but imagine a carousel spinning, and as each carousel character — in this case, celestial figures — passes, a kiss flies off their lips and you’re catching it with your hand or your cheek.
You could just slowly move your cheek side to side and you feel their kisses, and each kiss is you accepting their love and accepting that you’re lovable, and that’s pretty nice. You do that as you circle and circle, and realize that that’s what some of us need, or some of our brainbots need. BB-8…I don't…BB-8, you don’t need more kisses? You’re getting enough? Okay. But zerobot and DLB and sternbot…and then maybe we could hold them in our arms and let them…show…model for them and then show them…oh yeah, look at all those…blowing you kisses. Look at that. It could be at other parks, right? There goes Snuffleupagus blowing you a kiss. There’s the Lego seahorse blowing you a kiss. I don't know what that is. A pink elephant just blew you a kiss. There’s a regal horse…blew you a kiss, too. It’s pretty nice.
So, yeah. I don't know. I hope you enjoyed this episode…very different, but hopefully with a message that, yeah, it’s not easy to soften ourselves. Or, not easy for me in this way, and I appreciate the reminders coming from Rent and coming from Alicia Stella and Orlando ParkStop and the Trevor Project to love a little bit more and to love kinda through action, and sometimes that’s what works for me aside from all this, is sometimes that softens me to let my heart love and be loved. So, 1,000 kisses to all of you. Goodnight, everybody.
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