1273 – Paper Mache Tea Time | Multiplex Ep10
Who knew the person who can't be seen would be so sleepy?
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Episode 1273 – Paper Mache Tea Time | Multiplex Ep 10
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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for a podcaster that’s here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. I’m here to be your bore-friend. I’m here to take you on a journey off to dreamland or just take your mind off of stuff with our friends at the…we’re going to a shopping mall. Is that what they’re called? Malls, but it was called a shopping mall, right? They don’t call them…I guess they call them…did you want to go to the shopping mall? That sounds very formal. Would you formal…would you dress in formal…? No, but I may rent some formal wear or purchase some formal wear at the shopping mall. Probably you wouldn't use…stead about the shopping mall unless you were…it was a…right? You may be saying…I mean, I can feel the eye-rolls, and they’re justified, or the confusion. I’m glad you’re here. This is the beginning of a podcast called Sleep With Me.
It’s a podcast that’s here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. It’s very different. It does take some getting used to. Just give it a few tries. See how it goes. Structurally we got support so the show could be free, then a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, then later on there will be a bedtime story to put you to sleep. So, I’m glad you’re here. See how it goes. If you already loathe the show, we’ve got a website; sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou…other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff on there, 'cause I’m still…I still want you to fall asleep whether you like me or not. You still deserve a good night's sleep. But I am glad you’re here, and I hope you give the show a few tries and it helps you out. Thanks for making it possible, my bore-friends.
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; thoughts, things you’re thinking about about the past, the present, the future, feelings, anything you’re feeling…coming up for you emotionally, so anything…any feelings you’re feeling.
So, thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, work schedule, travel schedule, guest schedule, you could be going through something, it could just be situational, it could be different every time. Whatever it is that’s keeping you awake, I’m here to take your mind off of stuff so that you could fall asleep. The only reason I list some of that stuff is because for me, at least on some level, it feels pretty lonely in the deep, dark night when I can't sleep. It’s something I can't quite explain to somebody else, particularly in the moment, but even not in the moment it’s hard for people that don’t get it to understand how it feels. They say, how bad could…? Just close your eyes and go to…why don’t you just go to sleep, then?
So, I don't know, that’s why I take the time to run through that stuff, is so you don’t…you know even if I can't relate to how it feels for you in the deep, dark night, there’s somebody out there that can. I know that. Even if you’re like, Scoots, you can't relate, you haven't been through something similar, you can't understand how it feels…I say, okay, even if I can't relate, someone listening right now can, and they are sitting up in bed just for this moment and nodding their head in a kind, loving, and welcoming way, and they are glad you’re here and they do hope this podcast can help you, or they do want to remind you, if you’re a regular listener, that there are people out there that can relate and they feel for you and they want you to get the rest you need and you deserve.
Also, for the regular long-term listeners, they want you to be able to hold that space in the future for somebody else and send your love and kindness and hope…or just relating to their misery across the deep, dark night. So, I’m glad you’re…that’s what I mean when I’m glad you’re here and what I mean when I say you deserve a good night's sleep. You deserve a bedtime you don’t have to dread. You deserve a bedtime that’s…you don’t…that’s not full of rigmarole, where you can get the rest you need so your life is more manageable, and then where you could get the rest you need so you could be out there flourishing. If you’re getting the rest you need so your life is more manageable, that means our world’s a better place, and that is important, okay? What I do here is I send my voice across the deep, dark night.
I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents, which means I get mixed up, I go off topic, I forget what I was talking about, then I go on a tangent about something unrelated, then I try to remember my first tangent, I go on a second tangent about that, maybe I go on a tangerine tangent about tan…I don't know. Are those called tan…? The things with triangles…why are they called…? If they’re…why aren't they called tri…are they called tan grams or tange grams? I would think that’d be something you send if there was…here’s something…I’d like to not have people use this for free, but if there was ever some sort of social media or messaging system or a platform called…tangerine-related, you’d send someone a tange gram.
I guess it would be…if Sleep With Me was an app, you’d send people…they’d say…you’d say, well, what was the message about? I don't know, 'cause I was going on a…I sent you a tan…a message tangentially related to what I was gonna tell you, but then I went on a tangent and forgot. So, that’s what a tange gram is. That’s…this whole show is; it’s…yeah, I go on tangents, I get mixed up, I start talking about tangerines, then the next thing you know, I’m trying to invent pointless apps. I’m really start…I don't know if you remember when I came up with Midler. It was spelled…but that was seven, eight, nine years ago. I don't even think that was my first pointless app. I have a suite of pointless apps that I’ve forgot…that are so pointless I’ve forgotten most of them. Can you send me a tange gram?
Well, it’s like a postcard, but it wouldn't fit on a postcard. Also, most people that send tange grams also tend to procrastinate or get…and get distracted, both of those at the same time. So, not a lot of…that’s why it was never…they say it couldn't be built to scale because it could never quantify…whatever. I don't know the…it has a unique selling point, I think, I would say. Those are buzz words. But it’s true; you say, nobody…there’s not a lot of usage. tange gram; it’s a state of mind, man. It’s not a thing you actually follow…it’s actually IRL. Most of my tange grams are delivered in person. Unfortunately, the receiver of them…a lot of it is fostered by my social…my comfortableness with socializing, we’ll say, in a positive terminology.
They say…their way of saying ‘tange gram received’…and you hear this all the time on this podcast; they say, I’m gonna…I had someone that did this to me on the phone the other day. I could tell; they just had their…they said, okay, you know what? I got…something came up, and they jetted off the call. That happens a lot IRL, too. That means ‘in real life’. Usually it’s like, you know what? I gotta run over…I gotta check…I gotta…you know. They say, you know what? I’ll be right back. I don't…but I won't be right back. It was nice talking to you; that’s the best way…that’s probably the best way to say it. It doesn't take away the feelings behind that. They say, you know, it was nice talking to you, but I’m gonna talk to some other people. Your tange gram was received; that’s…I guess maybe I could say that.
I could…maybe I can convert that in my mind when they say, you know what? It was nice talking to you. It says, tange gram received. Or we could just say that; instead of ‘message confirmed’, you’d say…you’d send a tange gram and the auto-reply would be, it was nice talking to you. I’ll be using the…whatever. I’ve gotta go get some air. But we’re in the air…extra air…yeah, no, I gotta get less…I mean, I gotta get some…well, this is one of those parties where everything’s delivered to…yeah, I gotta…yeah, it was nice talking to you. Tange gram received. So, I go off topic, I get mixed up, all of it to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. This is a podcast you kinda just barely listen to, kind of like elevated background noise or a TV on in the other room or a out-of-focus picture.
Even though it’s a podcast, you just kind of listen to it. Uh-huh, uh-huh…like a friend on the phone that you don’t feel any pressure to listen to. Also, this podcast does not put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep. There is no pressure to fall asleep with this show. I’m gonna be here for over an hour so you don’t have to worry about falling asleep. So, what do you call it? Yeah, I’m gonna be here for over an hour to keep you company, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your bore-bestie, your neigh-bore, your bore-bud, your bores, your Borbie, your bore-friend in gen…your BFF fo’eva. I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep.
But if you need to listen to me all night long or you need to listen to me when you wake up…whatever it is, I’m here to keep you company, and then you could fall asleep. So it’s like, you could listen to me or if you need a break during…'cause there’s people that listen to the show to the very end who can't sleep at all. So, I’m here to keep you company whether you’re awake or asleep, whether you’re barely listening while you’re awake or asleep. So, those are two things to know. The other things to know…oh, most people don’t like the show at all, or when they first get here, they’re very doubtful or skeptical. That’s a normal…why wouldn't you be, is my thing. Why wouldn't you be skeptical about this podcast?
If you’ve listened to everything I’ve said so far, that would make me skeptical, and if you were searching for the show or you read a review of it or someone recommended it, you might have a different idea of what a sleep podcast is in your mind, right? You say, I thought this was gonna be more soothing and less creaky, dulcet, less…I get the idea of…are those called tan…? Tan gram, maybe. But why isn't it called a tri gram? That was before I went on the tangent. I said, what are those…what are those…puzzles are with triangles? They’re called tange…they’re something, 'cause I watch a TV show that puzzles are in sometimes, and I say, wait a second…but it’s a triangle, right? I don't know. Tangential; maybe that has to do with triangles. My vocabulary is very…I just said ‘bocabulary’. The word is ‘vocabulary’.
It’s very limited. So, what was my point? Oh, don’t need to listen to me…oh, if you’re skeptical or doubtful, that’s pretty normal because this show is very different. In fact, for most listeners…this is the largest piece of feedback I’ve gotten, probably not that much more than ‘I strongly’… ‘I have strong, non-positive feelings about you’. But the people that don’t send that message…and you don’t need to 'cause you could go to sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou and find something else to put you to sleep intead. But the biggest piece of feedback I get is like, hey, it took a couple tries to get used to, but now I’m a supporter because I didn’t…I had no idea this existed or that I had been looking for it my whole life, but now I know; oh yeah, I just wanted a friend to talk to me that I’m not obligated to listen to or to clean up after.
So, give it a few tries and just see how it goes. You have nothing to lose. Then again, if it doesn't work, try sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou and you’ll see other sleep podcasts on there. The other thing that throws people off is the structure of the show, and the show is structured in a very specific way just to benefit the most amount of people it can. But you can take…you can make adjustments. But this is also just the version that works for the most people. It starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. I fae something silly…I say something filly…I say something silly. The second mix-up was on purpose, I’ll be honest. But so…but the first one was not. The first one’s free.
But so, the beginning of the show is so you feel seen and welcomed in and you say, okay, I might be able to check that show out. I could try it. Then there’s sponsor support so paying for the show is optional. If you’d prefer no sponsor support, you could support the show at Sleep With Me+ or join our referral program and listen to a version without sponsors. Most people would prefer…hey, I’d rather have a sponsor-supported version of the show. Then there’s a long, meandering intro after that sponsor support, separate from the sponsor support. The long, meandering intro is not actually meant to put you to sleep. We’re into it now about fifteen minutes, I think. This intro is meant to ease you into bedtime, not to put you to sleep.
So, while you’re getting comfortable you could be listening to the intro, while you’re getting ready for bed you could be listening to the intro, or while you’re doing a chill activity. This is just what has been shown to work and what’s worked for me personally most of the time, is having a wind-down. So, that’s what the intro is, is a wind-down wherever you are. Now, a small percentage of people skip the intro and a small percentage of people fall asleep during the intro. So, you could see what works for you. If you listen all night or stuff like that, you’re probably better off supporting the show directly. But yeah, so, that’s the intro…‘cause some people just like the…and actually, we’re launching a story-only version. It’s probably out by now.
So, if you just like the stories, you could listen to a version of the show that’s just story versions of the podcast, or you could do that on Sleep With Me+.
But anyway, I’m getting off topic. So, that’s the intro, then there’s support again so paying for the show is optional, then there’s a bedtime story. Tonight will be Multiplex, Episode 10, and then there’s some thank-yous and goodnights at the end. I think that’s everything. Oh, you know what I always forget to mention is a lot of people…what they do is set a sleep timer. So, you could set a sleep timer. Almost every podcast app has a sleep timer, or a lot of phones have it built in, and you just set it for, whatever, sixty minutes. Some people set it for forty-five. Otherwise build a playlist or whatever, whatever works for you. But I just wanted to let people know, yeah, most podcast apps do have a sleep timer. Or you could set it for after the episode ends. Each podcast app is different though, so not all of them have the same features, but that’s what great about making a podcast, is you can listen in a podcast app how you kinda want to listen.
So, that’s just a reminder that…what are those called? Sleep timers are out there. It’s usually like Zs or a clock in your podcast app. So, that’s it. It’s just…the reason I brought it up is when I talk about how people listen and how people prefer this version of the show…we can see a drop-off of a small percentage of like, at forty-five minutes and at sixty minutes who has their sleep timer set. It’s not a huge number of people, but it’s just interesting to kinda share 'cause some people might not know about that option. So anyway, I’m glad you’re here. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive. I really want to help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways we’re able to put the show out for free twice a week.
Alright everybody, this is Scoots. Welcome to another episodically modular episode of our series, Multiplex. This is a episodically modular series about four friends in a shopping mall on an adventure, and the main character…each episode, the main character will catch you up on…or the narrator will catch you up on everything that’s going on. Yeah, I’m really glad to help tell you this story and to introduce our Hollywood announcer who’s here to help, Mr. Antonio Banderas. The friends beyond the binary, the ladies, the gentlemen, the boys, the girls, it’s time to Multiplex. Swish, yeah. Thanks, Antonio. Notice…Antonio, I was so distracted that I didn’t even mention you’re our Hollywood announcer. You come all the way from the Greater Los Angeles Area for your love…because you love the listeners and sleep so much.
You just love giving. Honestly, your giving spirit oozes out of your pores. Not oozes, actually; I don't like that term. If you don’t mind me saying, your kindness and generosity jet…I don't know if a pore can jetison anything, but you know what I’m saying? It beam…I’ve never heard of a pore beaming or jettisoning anything. I mean, I have heard of a jettising sings…like a pore-clogger, but not like that, because that is…there’s no oozing with you. I mean this in the best…I’m only complimenting you. There’s no sub-compliments right here. There’s something about you. Now, it does…the mic does pick it up, unfortunately, so that is…that’s not…I’m just saying it directly; there’s something about you and your generous spirit that’s palpable, and I appreciate it, and I love that you come on the show and give so much because you just care about the listeners. Thank you. I do care about all of you. Goodnight. That’s Mr. Antonio Banderas, and this is Multiplex. Thanks, everybody.
Good evening, everybody. My name’s Wyatt and I’m here to tell you a tale, a tale of three and four teens. Three teens, and then we became four…I mean, then we met up with another teen. I don't know if you have heard a story like this. It’s a story of great adventure, but the path of adventure did not lead us to greatness or to glory. These are tales never told. But sometimes tales are never told 'cause they…well, it’s kinda like that sleep podcast, you know? The tale kinda petered out at the end. So, I guess this is why it’s a tale. Well, this one is different because — I’ll be honest — it’s a pretty adventurous adventure. I don't know if there’s many other adventures out there that involve so much adventuring…if you’re overusing the word ‘adventure’. But the…this adventure only resulted in us becoming people among people.
I don't know if you’ve ever met somebody like that that basks in the glory of service to others, quiet…well, I guess they quietly bask. You say, how did they do that? That’s what I say about my friends, San and Josie and Boyd. We were all, as teens and children, on a path…not just directed by authority figures in our lives, but internally directed towards pulling up our bootstraps, achieving, acquiring, accomplishing…all the As. Holy apt…they did test our aptitude and they said, holy aptitude. We were all on different paths but towards the top where we…where there was ivy and then beyond that, whatever…the world was going…the world was gonna be our oyster to snack upon. It wasn’t…and this is again why it’s a different story; a lot of other stories, it’s like, oh, this person put me…I didn’t want to.
We all wanted it. Now, when you’re a teen, you can't say the right reasons or the wrong reasons 'cause you’re still figuring out the reason versus reason versus reason. Maybe that’s how you spend the rest of your life. But as a teen, you think you know, too. So, we thought we knew and we thought the wind was at our backs. But this adventure changed all that for us where we said, huh, I don't know, that person that’s just basking quietly…you wonder how they got there. This is an adventure that led there, but it actually is an adventure. It’s never been told before. Recently some of my…I had a public-access television show a long time ago and I would interview between movies pumpkins…autumnal celebration movies we would show around the year, or sometimes they would be science-fiction.
We would…I would have interviews, and part of those interviews were…a lot of them were on circuit of those shows, the autumnal celebration shows. But I would guess they didn’t appear on any of those other shows. But at the time, it was only on my public-access station, so people didn’t really know about it. But now, some people had put the tapes out on the internet, and now people are seeing the interviews and they’re saying, what makeup technique is that? Who is that actor portraying that person? ‘Cause it’s so incredible. I’m here to tell you it wasn’t…I don't know. That’s what the impetus for me to tell these tales is. But more important than that is just, we became people among people, and…but this isn't…I don't think this is even a parable. Or, it’s just the story of how…it’s just our story, how we got there.
So, anyway, there was a shopping mall. There was myself, our friend Boyd, the Corncob Kid — I’m Wyatt — Josie, and then Santos, San and Jose. Josie…yeah, I call Josie ‘Jose’. We were playing mini-golf because I had not gotten a scholarship, which is a part of this path towards greatness I was on. I said, well, I still have achievement ahead of me. I just gotta find the way…it’s like one stair is missing, but I can't step over it. I gotta replace it. But I was feeling down because I had lost that scholarship and it seemed like the path ahead of me had gotten foggy. We were trying to cheer one another…or, they were trying to cheer me up. Then we saw Boyd, the Corncob Kid.
Boyd came through a culvert underneath the road and said, hey, on the other side of this culvert, more or less, is the shopping mall that’s been closed, and inside that shopping mall is Julius J Juice concentrate, which he had on him. He said it’s free for the taking. The mall had been out of business…Julius J Juice has been out of business, but I can sell it on bulletin boards, alt.julius.juice or something. None of this…well, we figured it out. It might not make sense to you, but these cans of juice concentrate could be sold on what would become the internet to all of yous, and for a lot of money because there was no…cost of goods sold; zero. Suddenly there was enough juice there to at least get me started on this path towards filling in the gap between my scholarship and my future.
Boyd said, I’m happy to divide in any way…in a very fair way if you help me get the juice out…the concentrate out of the mall and get it somewhere where I can deliver it to my customers. So, we said yes, and we went into the mall, and something was different in there. I could tell you, as we spent time in the mall, we discovered a few things were different. One, time was different. For every day that passed in the mall, an hour passed in our world that I’m talking to you in. We had planned on spending the weekend away, so we weren’t missed, or we wouldn't be missed for a long time. Twenty-four, forty…a lot of days in the mall. Here’s the other thing; something was different in the mall. The mall had been closed, but a lot of the stores were as they were.
There was food to eat, drinks to drink, and there was people working in the mall. It was…but it was little bit ethereal. Something was different. Then we started meet…we started to realize there was movies playing in the Multiplex, but the movies were on a loop and the movies were old movies of autumnal friends coming out. Then we started to realize that the figures in the films were wandering the mall and they needed our help to get back into their film…but to change the plot of the movie, more or less, so that they would…a lot of them were on non-positive quests in the films, or something had happened and then they said, I don't…their feeling about the world had soured, and their viewpoint, and they had started to behave in a way where they were soured towards others. We had to find ways to change it.
But the weird thing was when we changed it and helped them, then they went back…and then their movie, instead of ending in a low point for them, it became a cereal commercial. Then we met Commander Crunch, the crunchy, crispy commander, a cereal mascot. I guess you’d say anthro…like a giant stuffed animal. Not a animal, though; like kind of a human? Somewhat…you know what I’m saying. Like a animated figure, but it wasn’t animated. Not claymation, either; great question. More of a puppet, but way too human. But I guess you know what I’m saying. The crispy commander, Commander Crunch, said, hey, come on, you gotta help me. You’ll get money for helping me. Don't worry; time’s slowed here.
Also, you’ll be helping your community because, hey, what if one of these autumnal figures just started wandering around town and they were still in their frowny-faced mode? That probably wouldn’t be good for anybody, either. I’ve got a plan, and…some of this…I don't know, I’m feeling forgetful right now. But it was like, okay, we can help you, we’ll get paid, and we’re doing the right thing. We had already…our disbelief had already been suspended long before this, so the idea of meeting a living cereal mascot…we had already met people from movies and we had already gone through every plausible reason to when we said, nope, our…at this point we’re suspending our disbelief. You never make that a conscious decision. I don't think you can.
Kinda like drifting off into dreamland; it just ends up suspended…more like you go into a state of that. But we were definitely in that…we were all in. Then we kept helping. We helped somebody find some pipe cleaners, and we helped the Count du Chocolate be the greatest waver in London, I believe, and then we had gone to sleep. When we woke up, we heard another movie, obviously. I still think we heard more than one movie, but now my memories are…then we said, wait a second, are we supposed to go to the mall first or the movie first? But you know what we did is we went to the snack bar first. It was stocked and everything was there. That was what we were used to. Now, we were teens, right, so there was enough for us to…hot dogs for breakfast, but that’s fine.
Nacho cheese, the breakfast of champions, with nachos, popcorn…and we went into this…to another one of the theatres, and a movie was playing. This movie’s about someone…the person who can't be seen. Now, the funny thing is all of us knew about the person who can't be seen, but oh boy, we had never seen this…we had seen clips from the movie. We had seen modern versions of the movie. We had seen it on Scooby-Doo and other things like that, but holy cow, we never saw this movie before. It felt like we watched it five hundred times, to be honest, because the person who could not be seen…and I’m in no position to judge anybody, but we had already seen a lot of these movies. You’d say, okay, yeah, put them…where you’d say, least likely to make me smile, we’ll just say.
You say, come up with a list of all the autumnal…people associated with the atumnal season, and give me the least…people who are the least likely to make me smile. You’d put the person who can't be seen…let’s just say you only had a list of ten. I’d say…well, ten…okay…before this, I’d say. Before seeing the movie, I’d say, put…probably a ten…they’re probably the lowest. There’s plenty of people way higher. You’d say, the Count…even the Count du Chocolate, you’d say, is probably higher than the person who can't be seen. I mean, they’re just going around, what, taking coins from people and finding out…listening in on people’s conversations? Okay, yeah, that’s not as bad.
A person…even Frankie, 'cause Frankie was so powerful…you’d say, okay, but Frankie…nice on the inside or wants to be nice, but just…but you say, yeah, no. Or the mommy, she kinda had power, almost. Physically, you’d say, well, meeting the mommy would be quite a surprise. Yeah, the person who can't be seen…anybody…I’m just thinking honestly out loud here; anybody…I think if I was putting a top-ten list…that would be lower. I can't really think…a wolfy-poo? No, that’s higher for sure. Swamp buddy; that would be higher, too. Whoa boy, you watch this movie a few times and you’re talking close to number one of the person least likely to make me smile ever, especially after watching this movie. We were throwing our food at the screen. That’s how strongly we felt about it.
Now…and I don't know what was happening. Maybe it was the soda. They did have, strangely enough, the cola that gives you a jolt on-tap, which I had never even heard of before. But holy moly, were we…each of us…and we each had a different reaction that was strong, because this person who can't be seen…I don't know. You think about the song Redemption Song or the idea of redemption, or you say, well, let me think of a quality that I like about this person. You say, oh, I don't know. I mean, they found out the ability to do that? Some of it was funny at first the first time you watched it, 'cause you say, okay, this person’s really grouchy. You would use four…no, not four-letter words. One, two, three…plus four…to describe them, because that’s just how they were.
They were not nice at all; ego, selfish, and eventually as the movie went on, their behavior continued to escalate, and their view of the world, and their view of their place in the world. ‘Cause the first time we watched it, they just seemed like…some people say this; I’m a disruptor. Oh boy, I disrupt. I think maybe if this person was born in the modern times…oh yeah, I’m just disrupting things. But you’d say, oh, I don't know if there’s anything to smile about here. So, by the time we were strongly projecting our feelings about it, we said, how are we gonna…what are we gonna do? Should we try to find another movie? Because how can we possibly help someone we all feel strong loathing for? Josie said, I don't…I’m not…I don't want to help them.
We all kinda thought the same way, but I think it was like, okay, but how would we help this person? We kinda strategized. We had a little bit of experience and we tried to pick a turning point in the movie. I guess we were kinda charged up to solve this one ahead of time. But the more we watched, the more perplexing it got. It’s like, okay, at least in the other movies there’s kind of a sense of…and maybe this was just 'cause we were teens? I don't know, that we could reason with the person, and we wanted Frankie…we wanted to help Frankie because Frankie had tried to help other people and they said, no, no, no, you’re too much of an amalgamation. We prefer you don’t help us anymore. We’d prefer you do stuff for us, but we don’t want to say thank you. So, then Frankie made that noise like when Frankie’s grouchy.
The mommy, she kind of had…she had had people that were kinda rivals, in a sense, I think. We said, okay, we get it; your rivals made a move on you first and you want to regain that. We don’t know about that, but we understand your feelings. I don't know, is this where you go from being a child to an adult, maybe? I don't know. Then the Count also had a tale that we really could relate to, and the film maybe less so, but at the same time, not totally. But yeah, the Count wanted to be close to people but the Count’s…the curse of chocolate kept the Count from being able to do that. Like I said, even other movies we were thinking about at the time…we said, why couldn't we have got one of those movies? At least we could…because this person, they just seemed to say, I love chaos, man.
I don't…I’m not gonna…they say, okay, this is how much you owe us to stay here. Nah, I prefer not to pay you. Okay, you’re a guest in our home. Nah, I prefer…please don’t wear…here’s a perfect example from the movie. It didn’t get a lot of attention. It may have even only been…they say, hey, I know we hung out together, person who can't be seen. I know you want to come stay at my house and I got a lot of feelings about that, but here’s the one thing; I just got these new rugs in. They got this new thing, wall-to-wall carpeting, and I prefer…maybe this was a commercial in the middle of the…? I don't remember. But they said, just don’t come in with muddy…just take your shoes off. Then the invisible person doesn't do that, because you can see their footprints. But you say, who would do that?
Then Josie was really…the thing, because then there was a bike…it was in a town in England, right, and bicycling was a thing there. They had this beautiful canal and…well, one, the person who couldn't be seen would ride the bike around town just to bug people, but not their own bike; other people’s bikes. Then what they would do is…'cause you’d see a bike moving…no…a person that can't be seen on there. At first it was like, oh boy, but then people started to be like…but then they would get off the bike, especially if people were chasing after them. But they let the bikes go into the canal. This wasn’t…this was a canal that was muddy, so once the bike got in there, it’d be stuck in the mud or kinda ruined, because it wasn’t a stainless-steel bike.
Josie…and there was this one particular bike, right…and I think this is kind of…at this point it became the same story, but I think this was…Josie’s story and the movie story kind of sandwiched each other, for me, at least, 'cause Josie had lived a life where…with a lot of focus and wanted a bike, one of those bikes with the streamers on the handlebars and a basket and, I believe a banana seat. So, Josie said…saved for a long time and worked and said, okay, well, if it can't be provided for me, I’ll find a way to earn money and get my bike with a banana seat and tass…are those what they’re called? Streamers, tassles on the handlebars…you know what I mean, coming out, and a basket on front. The thing was we had bikes, right, and for a time, Josie would have to borrow one of our sibling’s…said, well, I’m gonna get my own bike.
I’ll find a way to earn it and deliver the morning paper. Back when we were kids, there was two newspapers a day. One of them got delivered in the morning. You would have to get up before school, like an hour and a half before school if you were Josie, and deliver the newspaper, then come home from school and deliver the newspaper. But Josie did that, because the bike Josie wanted was a high…it wasn’t just some run-of-the-mill bike like that. It was a…Josie did the research. Said, well, I just don’t want a…that looks good. I want a bike that’s good quality. So, Josie got that bike. Then, not long after that, the bike was gone, if you know what I’m saying. Someone had borrowed the bike without permission, and it had taken Josie a long time to earn that bike and save for that bike.
I think that as we watched the movie, Josie decided without telling any of us…and this had not happened yet in our adventures, but Josie, during the first time the person who can't be seen was gonna take the bike, Josie went into the movie to stop them from taking the bike the first time. But what was strange was that we couldn't see Josie in the movie. We saw Josie…we didn’t know we could do this, and we weren’t able to after this. We were hitting the screen, you know? But Josie went into the screen of the film. But as far as we could tell, other than some…we could hear Josie but we couldn't see Josie. Josie became the person who could not be seen. But much like in our other experiences, Josie couldn't change…it was like Josie was…suddenly the puppeteer became the puppet?
I don't know if that makes any sense to you, but that’s kinda what happened. So, Josie was in the movie taking the bike, Josie was in the movie riding…Josie was…became the person who couldn't be seen, and…now, here’s a thing; so, this was early in the movie, right? Now, we knew one thing from our experience was if we…when we helped the other buds, autumnal…they became our autumnal buds. When we put them back in the movies, if we were wrong and we put them back in the movie without fixing it, they would come back out. But they would come back out after the movie had reached its conclusion, which was never good for any of the buds. But we said, well, Josie’s real and she’s gone into this movie. So, we had no…so, we were strongly yelling at the screen and yelling for Josie.
Also, there’s a lot of action in that movie. We noticed that there was a lot of jumping and staircase-ing and stuff like that. At some point…it wasn’t ‘til…whatever, I’ll explain it I guess after, because I’ll just get it over with. Eventually Josie came out of the movie at the very end, just like in the other experiences. Josie had come out, but Josie had…was limping a little, more than a little. But in the movie — I don't know, this is all kinda like a dream, so it’s really hard to explain — Josie had…'cause one of the…the person who can't be seen…it happened in the movie; they are going up and down the stairs of the inn, going in and out of windows…eventually they go to their friend’s house with…who had the carpet, and they were also a MD. They had taken care of the person who can't be seen.
I don't know if that’s a poultice, but they put something on…whatever, if you strain something. But then, again, the person who couldn't be seen kept causing more and more chaos. So…okay, so Josie came out of the movie. So, Josie had…was…had a limp now. We said, are you okay? Josie said, no, no. I’m pretty sure the A to the C to the L of mine is…I’m gonna be okay right now. We said, wait a second, what? Josie said, yeah, that’s…I don't know if…pretty sure I’m gonna lose my scholarship because I’m not supposed to engage in any activity where I could strain anything or…but Josie said, for the time being, in the movie…I got it okay, so I can…I just have a slight limp right now. We’ll have to deal with it later. Josie was still in…not suspension of disbelief, you know what I mean?
But a thing of like, I just can't think about it right now. Let’s just…let me just…let’s just not talk about it anymore. Yes, I have a limp. Yes, it probably means…but Josie said, it doesn’t matter 'cause I’m changed. Oh, 'cause you got a limp now? Josie said, no, no, no. Josie kinda walked through that our impressions of the movie were actually somewhat correct and that this person in the movie was maybe not…Josie’s like, I’m still at a loss of what to do and if this person…we should help them. We can help them…I don't…we said, well, what do you mean you’re changed? Josie said, think about the movie. Josie said, I’m not totally in denial about what happened and why I’m limping. I’m changed and I’m…I am parsing my feelings about it, too, so I don't want to talk about it any more than that.
But as far as I could tell, this movie…this person was questing after something, this breakthrough, and…I don't know. I’m just reassessing everything. I think I’m changing. We said, okay, okay, we get…we don’t…we said teenage stuff. I don't know. Okay. We said, is there anything else you learned? Josie said, yeah, the person who can't be seen, right…Josie said, it’s…she was like, maybe…I thought maybe it was the quest for it that made them behave that way, or maybe the formula…and she said, something…being invisible, not being able to be seen…Josie’s like, I want to say it creates the desire for chaos, but it’s not that. It’s like some…does it activate something latent? Josie’s like, I guess this is what changed for me. I just can't put it quite into words.
I think we all have experienced this in our school days; it’s a selfish, fully-selfish act that doesn’t seem selfish at all. We were like, what? Josie said, being invisible, to want to be the one person in the world that could never be seen, is…think about how…‘selfish’ might be the wrong word, but that’s the only word I have for it. It’s like a frowny-faced selfishness, right, that I could just go through the world and never be seen. But in order to achieve that…maybe this is what they mean when…remember that college class we tried to take that was so confusing? Talking about duality…that at the same time you have to have this grandness, that it can be achieved, and that you deserve to achieve it.
This is what it was like being…I think I’m finally…you know, someone that’s not nice on the playground, right? Then you find out, oh, well, they…someone was not nice to them first. Then, we’ve all seen people’s…whose grown-ups are like that. There was people that when they were on the playground, no one was nice to them. Then they grow up and they are the ones…and they say, oh boy…just like…kind of like the other…this isn't his reasoning but it’s part of it, is like…I’m not saying that this is what he’s doing. Am I…? Keep going, Josie, we said. I don't totally get it. It’s an ability not to see. Like, the invisibility causes their ability not to see.
That’s what happens with the adults or even the other characters we’ve helped, is that they grow up and they say, well, this…these people weren’t nice to me, so now I’ll find a way to return that to them in adulthood or people like them in adulthood or anyone that’s…in this case I think it’s…I’m not saying this is the cause or the effect. Maybe another way to say it…so, they can't see anything. They’re invisible but they cannot see. Alls they see is their importance, right, the importance of how they feel and that their motivations cannot be understood. Especially with this person who can't be seen in this movie, they were like, my motivations cannot even be grasped by someone like me, Josie said. There’s no way you can understand this, how brilliant I am and how I need to be seen and never seen. You can't grasp it, Josie.
This is what it was like in my head in that movie, and luckily I retained myself, so it was like I was…if it’s not…I was having a tri…is that…? If you’re watching a duality happen…but anyways, the Cloak of Invisibility is what will enable this. We were like, wait a second, so you’re saying that invisibility is really also…or at least…so, it created this self-deception? Yeah. The person was not seen, but that was also an un-truth. Or, to them…and we were all like, yeah, man. Maybe it was the cola that jolts you, and we were just…had crested, 'cause we had to sit around for a while and we kinda went in and out of naps while the movie continued to play.
We just wanted to stay close to Josie and use ice and stuff, even though, again, the time in the movie was different than the time where we were which was different than the time in the real world. So, Josie’s thing was feeling better, but still Josie had a limp, right? Then we kind of looked at our seats of the theatre and we saw on each of the seats an invitation. We knew we had been invited by obviously the invisible…the person who couldn't be seen. It was a invitation to tea and it was for high tea with…at Tammy's Tea Traders, which was another shop. Then we looked at the things and we debated a little bit, but we were so…I don't know, we were baffled in deep thoughts. We said, we might as well go, right? This has gotta be from the person who wouldn't be seen. Were they listening to us? Does it matter?
Then we kinda talked about it, 'cause we said, well…so, if we go into Tammy’s…Tea Time with Tammy's Tea Traders or whatever it was called, right, why is the person who can't be seen inviting us to tea? Who knows? Maybe it’s somebody else. Maybe it’s a worker that needs help, or maybe…I don't know. So, we…but we were like, okay, well, how do we deal with this? ‘Cause we also had a fiery spirit, I would say. We were like, maybe we take this person who can't be seen…and we said, okay, the Tea Traders would be pretty easy 'cause we got…there’s tons of loose tea there, right? So, we started to think, okay, what’s sticky we could throw on…? We’ll just cover them in tea, loose tea and sticky stuff, then you’ve been teaed…instead of teaed with…instead of feathers. We had already been to…what do you call it?
The Crafty Lady’s Craft Shop. So, we went there, and actually they had the stuff to make paper mache, which was pre-mixed, which is just like watery glue, I believe. We said, okay, that’s perfect. So, there’s no way this person is gonna be invisible to us, right? Because that would be unacceptable. So, we said, okay…so, we grabbed some buckets of that. I guess the person that couldn't be seen could have been listening to us the whole time, but I guess we didn’t really care anyway. Huh, that’s interesting. But yeah, whatever. Spoiler; they weren’t listening to us. So, we went and we got a few buckets of paste, watery paste, and we kinda kept it at our sides. Then we made a plan and we left it a couple stores down. We said, okay, we’ll just…somebody say they gotta go to the bathroom, and we’ll do it that way.
So, we said, okay, that’s our plan. Other people just start looking at the tea. We said, yeah…we were kinda trying to predict the future but make a plan. So, we get to Tammy's Tea Traders. Now, the difference between…it was actually like the tobacco shop in a sense, 'cause they had…it was a show place for tea. So, there was giant, glass jars of loose tea, and you could buy…and it always smelled like tea. The mall used to be a place full of smells, and not just waffle cones and soft pretzels and Cinnabon, you know? But anyway, so, we go in there and in the middle of the store is a table set up with tea settings, five tea settings, and…like one at the head of the table and then two sides of the table. Our plan was for a couple…to be casual and…but a couple people to grab and just move the big things of tea.
It was actually…San said, okay, I’ll just pretend I’ve always wanted to do that, and even if…and so, the person who couldn't be seen…now, just…well, I’ll just explain what happened. So, we go in. They’re gonna make an appear…make an appearance, you know. San goes…so, we pretended…it was a bit like a movie where we started a fake conversation, Boyd and San did. So, they walked into the scene conversing, but it was a fake conversation about…oh yeah, I can't wait to show you. They got these big glass things of tea. They’re huge. So, I went in one side of the place, just kind of looking confused while those two were in a animated conversation, and Josie was with me. I was kinda helping Josie along. Then I pulled out one of the seats for Josie to sit down. I already got a sense of a presence, but those two were hamming it up.
They got two of the big jars of tea. They said, look at these things. They were big, these big glass cylinders of tea. You’re talking, I don't know, one foot…? What is that, radius pie squared? Yeah, radius pie…so, you know, one foot of…and three feet tall. San takes one down, hands it to Boyd…this is tea, eh? It’s old tea, I guess. They’re like, man, it still seems like new. So, they took those down and they put it…and then this happened to be great timing by Boyd. He said, actually, I gotta…before I have any tea, I gotta take a pee. We all laughed, and that’s when we heard other laughter, but Boyd had already left to go get the paste. That’s when we saw one of the teacups go up at the head of the table. Josie was right next to the head of the table and surprised. The person who couldn't be seen said, have a seat.
I’m happy to have you for tea. Then I sat down next to Josie and San said, okay…but San was holding both things, and San said, I kinda want to keep some…so, are you the person that can't be seen, I guess? San was really good at improving. So, San put the two things down and was almost fake-talking in the wrong direction of the person who couldn't be seen, even though because of the teacup, you could see where they were. Then they tucked a thing in their thing and they…San was like…whatever, I can't even remember now. San was saying, oh yeah, I’ve always wanted to have some of the…as a kid…we’ve come to this mall our whole…but San was like, usually we help a worker first, but last time we met somebody…do you know there’s other…?
And maybe it was that San had had…didn’t need tea because so much of the cola that jolts you…but, whatever. Then Boyd came in and Boyd had another brilliant idea, which was Boyd was whistling. So, I took one of the jars and I just pretended I was holding it between my hands, and Boyd was whistling. Then Boyd came straight in with one of the buckets of paste, threw it at the person who couldn't be seen, and then we threw tea leaves on them. But they…this is the thing; the immediate sound was…after them spitting out tea and paste, 'cause apparently their mouth was open…luckily this is the kind of stuff you give to toddlers, the paste, and tea is something for everybody. But they…first they started laughing hysterically, but not…oh, in the movie there’s a lot of hysterical laughter, but it’s not hysterical.
It’s like that word, man…a…cull. You know? This was actually real laughter. You just covered me in…just like if we were doing it to ourselves. Actually, Josie and San and I, to a lesser degree, all had tea leaves on us. So, it was…they were laughing, the person who couldn't be seen, which really threw us off. They said, why don’t you sit down for some tea? Please join me. I have…then we said, okay, but this is just so weird. Did you…? They had sandwiches. They said, yeah, I’ve been preparing stuff all along. Sit down. Enjoy yourselves. I’m ready for you. Then we said, what do you mean? They said, I’ve been working keeping the mall clean. Don't worry, I’ll fill you all in.
Sit down. You’re my guests. I don't know, there’s something about it where we did sit down. I’ll take a break now and tell you more later, but we sat down to tea. It was after that height of laughter and thrill and all the cola that jolts you a few hours before…we sunk into a quiet state. It was like, wait a second, you’ve been…my internal dialogue was saying the invisible…the person who couldn't be seen has been cleaning the mall? It almost makes sense. Wait a second…so, I don't know. That’s where I guess I’ll stop my tale for tonight. I’m glad you’re all here with me, and I’ll be telling you more soon. Goodnight.
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Multiplex
Tangram
https://www.tangram-channel.com/history-of-the-tangram/
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/puzzles/tangrams.htm
The Invisible Man
https://screenrant.com/invisible-man-1933-movie-no-cgi-invisible-special-effects/
https://collider.com/invisible-man-anxiety-leigh-whannell/
Universal Monster Movies
https://movieweb.com/dark-universe-all-the-canceled-movies-monsters/
https://collider.com/dark-universe-universal-what-happened/
Papier Mache
https://stocktonrecycles.com/_rcylst_dyk/the-history-of-paper-mache/
https://www.mylearning.org/stories/the-art-and-craft-of-papier-mch-/1009?
DOWN TO BUSINESS
A journey off to dreamland
We’re going to a shopping mall
Is it called a shopping mall or just a mall?
You probably wouldn’t use Usted at the shopping mall
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
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INTRO
Feelings or feelings
Guest schedules
Someone out there listening right now can relate
Less of a Rigamarole
Why are they called Tangrams?
I was gonna send you a tange gram but then I got lost on a tangent
I have a knack for coming up with pointless apps
Midlr was my first pointless app
Unique Selling Point: It’s unquantifiable
It was nice talking to you…
Tange Gram received
Message Confirmed
I’m your Bore Friend Fo Eva
Why wouldn’t you be skeptical of this podcast?
Why isn’t it called a Trigram?
Say Something Silly
STORY
Time for Multiplex
Thanks for that intro, Antonio
I was so distracted by Antonio I barely introduced him
His kindness and generosity oozes out of his pores
No Sub Compliments Here
A palpable generous spirit
Wyatt introduces
Walking next to the path of greatness
Overusing the word Adventure
Becoming people among people
Quietly basking in the glory of service to others
The world was going to be our oyster to snack upon
We thought we needed to prepare for the world of Ivy
Pumpkin Autumnal Celebration Movies
I interviewed stars from those shows on my public access TV show
Discussing makeup techniques and acting choices
Following Boyd through a culvert to the mall for juice concentrate
We discovered a few things in the mall
Time passes differently in the mall
Movies are playing in the multiplex
Autumnal friends are wandering around, asking for help
Souring towards others
Like a puppet but also human
The Crispy Commander, Commander Crunch
Helping people, doing the right thing, and also getting paid
Helping the Count du Chocolate be the greatest waver in London
Should we go to the mall first or the movie first?
Going to the snack bar first
We are teens, so we snacked a lot
A movie about a person who can’t be seen
Holy cow we hadn’t seen this one before
Least Likely to Make Me Smile
We all had very strong negative reactions to the person who cannot be seen
It’s hard to find Redemption in this person
This person is very grouchy
They would probably be a disruptor in modern times
How can we help someone we all feel strong loathing for?
It’s just hard to understand this person’s feelings
We could understand the motivations of the other people
This person just loves chaos, man
Maybe this was a commercial for wall to wall carpeting?
The invisible person didn’t take their muddy shoes off on the carpet
This took place in a town in England
Stealing bikes for fun
Josie was getting so bother by these rogue bike ridings
Josie had lived a life with a lot of focus
Saving up for a bike with a banana seat and tassels
Josie delivered papers before and after school to save money
Josie went into the movie to stop rogue bike ridings
We didn’t know we could do this!
Josie became the Person Who Could Not Be Seen
This is new
Suddenly the puppeteer became the puppet?
Josie is stuck in the film
We weren’t sure how to proceed with this
There’s a lot of action in that movie
A lot of jumping and staircasing
Eventually Josie came out of the movie, limping
A-C-L is messed up
Josie got really injured in the movie
This might endanger Josie’s scholarship
Josie doesn’t want to talk about it anymore
Josie has been changed by this experience
Not being seen…creates the desire for chaos?
It activates something inside
A fully selfish act that’s not selfish at all
Invisibility causes their ability to not to see
Invisibility takes away empathy?
A very self-centered perspective
Watching Duality Happen
Invisibility creates self-deception
We maybe needed to take a nap
We wanted to ice Josie’s knee but she still had the limp
The invisible person left us a note inviting us to Tea
Tammy’s Tea Traders
Debating this invitation
Baffled in Deep Thoughts
Or maybe it’s a worker that needs help?
How do we deal with this?
Our Fiery Spirit
We could cover the person in loose tea leaves if need be
We got papier mache ingredients from the Crafty Lady craft shop
Spoiler alert: The invisible person wasn’t spying on us the whole time
A few buckets of watery paste
Making a plan to make sure we see the person who cannot be seen
The Tea Trader is kind of like a tobacco shop
A show place for tea
Starting a fake conversation
Walking into the scene, conversing
Putting on a show for the invisible person
San and Boyd are Hamming It Up with the Tea
Big Jars of Tea
Boyd has to pee before the tea
Boyd leaves to get the paste
A floating teacup right next to Josie
San is really good at improv
The Cola that jolts you
Boyd throws paste and tea on the person who cannot be seen
Spitting out tea and paste
They start laughing hysterically
Genuinely laughing with … joy?
They had sandwiches for us
We’re sitting down to tea
We’re thrown off by the invisible person
This whole time, this person has been cleaning the mall?
To be continued
SWM+ THANKS
Paige, Erin, Brett, Barbara, Debbie, Rebecca, Cory, Rachel, Jen, Huxley, Catherine, Morgan, Leslie, Danny, Tom, Courtney, Lindsay, Tabitha, Joe, Matt, Bill, Barry, June, Amy, Nicholas, Vidya, Bea, Katherine, Brian, Jennifer
SUMMARY:
Episode: 1273
Title: Paper Mache Tea Time | Multiplex Ep10
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; Bedtime Stories with Netflix Junior
SWM+ Thanks: Paige, Erin, Brett, Barbara, Debbie, Rebecca, Cory, Rachel, Jen, Huxley, Catherine, Morgan, Leslie, Danny, Tom, Courtney, Lindsay, Tabitha, Joe, Matt, Bill, Barry, June, Amy, Nicholas, Vidya, Bea, Katherine, Brian, Jennifer
Notable Language:
- Usted
- Tangrams / Tange Grams
- It was nice talking to you…
- Message Confirmed
- Bore Friend Fo Eva
- Say Something Silly
- No Sub Compliments Here
- Pumpkin Autumnal Celebration Movies
- Non-Positive Quests
- The Crispy Commander, Commander Crunch
- Stainless Steel Bike
- Jumping and Staircasing
- ACL
- Tammy’s Tea Traders
- Our Fiery Spirit
- A few bucket of watery paste
- The Cola that jolts you
- Man-Na-Cal
Notable Culture:
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- Bette Midler
- Tange Gram
- Midlr
- Multiplex
- Antonio Banderas
- Scooby-Doo
- “Redemption Song”
- Tammy’s Tea Traders
Notable Talking Points:
- Feelings or feelings
- Guest schedules
- Someone out there listening right now can relate
- Less of a Rigamarole
- Why are they called Tangrams?
- I was gonna send you a tange gram but then I got lost on a tangent
- I have a knack for coming up with pointless apps
- Midlr was my first pointless app
- Unique Selling Point: It’s unquantifiable
- It was nice talking to you…
- Tange Gram received
- Message Confirmed
- I’m your Bore Friend Fo Eva
- Why wouldn’t you be skeptical of this podcast?
- Why isn’t it called a Trigram?
- Say Something Silly
- Time for Multiplex
- Thanks for that intro, Antonio
- I was so distracted by Antonio I barely introduced him
- His kindness and generosity oozes out of his pores
- No Sub Compliments Here
- A palpable generous spirit
- Wyatt introduces
- Walking next to the path of greatness
- Overusing the word Adventure
- Becoming people among people
- Quietly basking in the glory of service to others
- The world was going to be our oyster to snack upon
- We thought we needed to prepare for the world of Ivy
- Pumpkin Autumnal Celebration Movies
- I interviewed stars from those shows on my public access TV show
- Discussing makeup techniques and acting choices
- Following Boyd through a culvert to the mall for juice concentrate
- We discovered a few things in the mall
- Time passes differently in the mall
- Movies are playing in the multiplex
- Autumnal friends are wandering around, asking for help
- Souring towards others
- Like a puppet but also human
- The Crispy Commander, Commander Crunch
- Helping people, doing the right thing, and also getting paid
- Helping the Count du Chocolate be the greatest waver in London
- Should we go to the mall first or the movie first?
- Going to the snack bar first
- We are teens, so we snacked a lot
- A movie about a person who can’t be seen
- Holy cow we hadn’t seen this one before
- Least Likely to Make Me Smile
- We all had very strong negative reactions to the person who cannot be seen
- It’s hard to find Redemption in this person
- This person is very grouchy
- They would probably be a disruptor in modern times
- How can we help someone we all feel strong loathing for?
- It’s just hard to understand this person’s feelings
- We could understand the motivations of the other people
- This person just loves chaos, man
- Maybe this was a commercial for wall to wall carpeting?
- The invisible person didn’t take their muddy shoes off on the carpet
- This took place in a town in England
- Stealing bikes for fun
- Josie was getting so bother by these rogue bike ridings
- Josie had lived a life with a lot of focus
- Saving up for a bike with a banana seat and tassels
- Josie delivered papers before and after school to save money
- Josie went into the movie to stop rogue bike ridings
- We didn’t know we could do this!
- Josie became the Person Who Could Not Be Seen
- This is new
- Suddenly the puppeteer became the puppet?
- Josie is stuck in the film
- We weren’t sure how to proceed with this
- There’s a lot of action in that movie
- A lot of jumping and staircasing
- Eventually Josie came out of the movie, limping
- A-C-L is messed up
- Josie got really injured in the movie
- This might endanger Josie’s scholarship
- Josie doesn’t want to talk about it anymore
- Josie has been changed by this experience
- Not being seen…creates the desire for chaos?
- It activates something inside
- A fully selfish act that’s not selfish at all
- Invisibility causes their ability to not to see
- Invisibility takes away empathy?
- A very self-centered perspective
- Watching Duality Happen
- Invisibility creates self-deception
- We maybe needed to take a nap
- We wanted to ice Josie’s knee but she still had the limp
- The invisible person left us a note inviting us to Tea
- Tammy’s Tea Traders
- Debating this invitation
- Baffled in Deep Thoughts
- Or maybe it’s a worker that needs help?
- How do we deal with this?
- Our Fiery Spirit
- We could cover the person in loose tea leaves if need be
- We got papier mache ingredients from the Crafty Lady craft shop
- Spoiler alert: The invisible person wasn’t spying on us the whole time
- A few bucket of watery paste
- Making a plan to make sure we see the person who cannot be seen
- The Tea Trader is kind of like a tobacco shop
- A show place for tea
- Starting a fake conversation
- Walking into the scene, conversing
- Putting on a show for the invisible person
- San and Boyd are Hamming It Up with the Tea
- Big Jars of Tea
- Boyd has to pee before the tea
- Boyd leaves to get the paste
- A floating teacup right next to Josie
- San is really good at improv
- The Cola that jolts you
- Boyd throws paste and tea on the person who cannot be seen
- Spitting out tea and paste
- They start laughing hysterically
- Genuinely laughing with … joy?
- They had sandwiches for us
- We’re sitting down to tea
- We’re thrown off by the invisible person
- This whole time, this person has been cleaning the mall?
- To be continued
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