1428 – Countdown in the Sky | Get Besos in the Sky PI 19

Episode 1428 – Countdown in the Sky | Get Besos in the Sky PI 19

 

SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for the podcaster who’s coming…he’s here to be your friend in the deep, dark night, to hang out with you, keep you company, take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. I’m here to be your bore-friend, your distraction, not so much to put you to sleep but to keep…I don't know, be with you while you fall asleep but at a comfortable distance. So, if you're new to the show, just give it a few tries, see how it goes, 'cause I’m just here to help. I really hope I can help you out get the rest you need and deserve, but I do it in a very different way, and I’ll explain more in the intro coming up here, 'cause I’m full…you know what I’m full of? Full of meanders, man, full…you say, you seem to be overflowing with superfluous tangents.

 

I say, yeah, I could barely…I'm so overflowing with superfluous…supercalifragilisticexpeali…superfluous tangents, even though the sound of it is…I don't know. I’m trying to find a word that rhymes with tangent other than angent. Frangent? No. Words that rhyme with tangent…tangent…man, I’m totally…my head is…my brain is blank. Tangent; a hard word to rhyme with right now. Tangent…the only word I can think of is angent? Unguent…unguent does not rhyme with…anyway, welcome to Sleep With Me. This is what you could expect. What we got coming up next is support. That’s only for people that listen to the show more than one episode a night, more than three or four episodes a week. So, if you're new, you only listen occasionally, or you're only going through a tough time right now or you're not in a position to support the show or the sponsors, you know, you could follow the show on your podcast app of choice. That’s free.

 

It just keeps you up to date on the latest episodes. You could try out an additional podcast app like a independent podcast app that may have more features and just use that for your sleep podcast listening, keep your daytime podcasts and your music in one app. You could comment or like or follow, whatever, do that kind of stuff. Those are nice ways to help the podcast out. You know another way to help the podcast out or other people out? Just let somebody know about the show. That’s a really big help. Then if you're a regular, regular listener and you say, I don't know what I’d do without this podcast, we really could use your help either supporting one of these sponsors or supporting the show directly. Thanks.

 

Intro: 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 is keeping you awake. That could be thoughts on your mind, thoughts about the past, the present, stuff you're thinking about, you were thinking about, stuff you're thinking about…thinking about…planning on thinking about thinking about planning on, it could be words; you say, how could I not…? I thought I was good at rhyming, but now I’ve been humbled by a word, tangent. Superfluous is also hard to rhyme. But you say, that makes sense 'cause it’s a gigantic word, in my mind, at least. Tangent…so, it could be thoughts. Maybe we’ll come back to that tangent on another tangent.

 

Tangerine…I think I’ve tried to do this before, too. I know I’ve said the word tangerine tangent before. Maybe I haven't, but if I was gonna have an eightieth nickname or if I lived in the times when you checked into hotels under…whatever those are called, pseudonyms, other than…I guess by night I could be Noir Chardonnay; by day, Tangerine Tangent. Yeah, I’m…oh, what’s your…? Tangerine Tan…TT. You could call me TT if you wish. Tangerine Tangent’s the name.

 

Not being able to rhyme with the word ‘tangent’ is my game, and going…oh, thoughts, it could be — let me get back to the intro, though — feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally related to those thoughts, feelings that are there, feelings that are just appearing, feelings about stuff, could be physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, in the middle of something, anticipating something, maybe you have guests or you're traveling, you work a different schedule or a different shift or your schedule changed or you just can't sleep or you're helping somebody and that’s getting in the way of your sleep. Whatever it is, the only reason I bring up why you can't sleep is so that you know you're not alone. I realize that’s a different thing to say in a podcast, right? Because we're not directly connected, any of us. But you have let me in close to your ears, and I appreciate that. That is a big step.

 

But the thing is, we are connected, and I’m not speaking just for me. In this case it’s the royal we of all the listeners, and we're indirectly connected and loosely connected, but there’s still a connection in the deep, dark night that we share, and it’s a nice one. I say, man, if all my connections could be indirect and loose, I don't know. But this is a nice one because the people that listen to the show, that come back night after night…if you're new or if you're only listening once in a while, or however…whatever brought you here or whatever brought you back, most of the people listening know it’s not easy when you can't sleep, and that most people prefer to just close their eyes and fall right asleep, right, and…so that they get the rest they need so their life is better tomorrow. They also know that associated with that stuff are some other feelings and experiences that aren't so great a lot of times.

 

It might not be lonely or whatever for you, and you might be going through something very specific, right, that…you say, listen, sleep podcaster, you can't understand where I’m at. What brought me here is not something you're familiar with or have been through, and I’m not even sure I could relate to it. I’ll tell you two things; one, I can see you, and see that you're hurting a little bit there. So, I could still send my caring your way. But the other piece of good news is there’s enough people listening around the world that there really is someone listening right now in this moment who really gets where you're at, who really has been in some place similar, and they're a regular listener and they're caring about you. In this indirect, loose way, they're thinking fondly of you and sending you well wishes. They're rooting for you in the deep, dark night, and that’s important because it feels good for them, and then they know when they need someone to root for them that there’s other listeners out there rooting for them.

 

That’s what connects us, and that…what I mean when I’m glad you're here. I’m not the only one that’s glad you're here, and we all believe you deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need so your life is more manageable tomorrow, that you don't have to dread going to bed or look at it with uncertainty or rigmarole most of the time, though last night my bedtime was full of uncertainty, but it just happens. I say, okay, well, I’ll have to try to rebound today, but I know tonight I’ll go back to my wind-down routine, and hopefully that’ll help me out tonight. So, yeah, I’m really glad you're here and I really hope if this show can help you and you get the rest you need on a regular basis that you could be out there in the world flourishing and move on from the podcast if you need to. Not everybody does. It’s kinda cool to hang out with everybody…but that maybe you get the rest you need so that things are better.

 

If you're flourishing in this world, that means the world we're in is a better place, and we need you in this world. So, that’s why I make the show, and deep down that’s why I think people come back to the show. It is…that’s the foundation. There’s a lot of goofy, silly stuff, friendly stuff on the top of that, and a unique take on…I'm just…everybody that listens to the show is a little bit different in a good way, and that’s another thing that unites us or, yeah, brings us together. So, that’s a couple things to know. The other thing is that most people don't like this show, right, when they first get here. You may have a strong distaste for it, even…whatever brought you here, a search or a recommendation or you just found the show, and that’s okay. This show does take a couple tries to get used to. It is a taste you have to…you acquire a taste for it or you don't, but it does take two or three tries.

 

That’s what most regular listeners say and have said over the past twelve years; at first I didn't like you or the show, or I didn't understand, and this what not what I expected. This is a sleep podcast. I don't get it. What are you…? You know, those kinds of things. I’m tired. Why can't you just put me to sleep right now? Then on the second try they said, oh, this person is kinda genuine and they do want to help. It’s just not…I don't get this. I thought this was a sleep podcast like the other stuff I’ve tried all my life that didn't work. Then on the third time they just kinda woke up the next day and they said, oh, I get it. It’s serious and it’s non-serious and non-serious in its seriousness. So, just give it a few tries and see how it goes. If you never acquire the taste for the show or you decide right now it’s not for you, we have a website set up; sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. On there you could find other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff, because that’ll…you still deserve a good night's sleep even if you strongly dislike me.

 

You don't need to let me know about it because so many people have over the years. I just want you to get a good night's sleep, even if you strongly dislike me. It’s pretty…there’s about eighty parts of my personality that may share your opinion, and I say, that’s okay. So, check out sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. What I do is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents. So, I go off topic, I get mixed up, I forget what I was talking about, and yeah, all that is in service of, one, making a podcast you kinda just barely listen to, a podcast you could listen to when you need to but you don't have to pay attention to it, or you don't have to pay close attention to it. It’s kinda like a TV on in the other room, a show streaming under your pillow, sand passing through your hands, a out-of-focus picture, a friend talking to you on the phone and that you're not…you say, just talk to me for a while.

 

I’m not gonna really pay attention. I just need some…a comforting voice here, somebody that wants to help me out and bring me outside of myself a little bit. So, that’s the kind of style of the listening, but you could listen. I’m here to the very end, because the other thing is that this show is not meant to put you to sleep. I’m not here to put you to sleep. There’s no pressure to fall asleep with this show. I’m not…the reason the episodes are over an hour, so you don't have to be concerned with falling asleep. I’m here to hang out with you while you fall asleep and so that you just kinda fall asleep at some point. I’m here…because there’s people listening who can't sleep at all who have unique kinds of sleep issues or are in situations where they can't sleep or working schedules where it’s tough to sleep, or they need a break during the day, or they just listen while they work. I have a compact. I’m here to the very end whether you're awake or asleep. So, you could listen to me, but you don't need to listen to me.

 

You say, okay, I could fall asleep but I don't have to fall asleep. There’s something about that for me that’s…that’s when I fall asleep sometimes. Yeah, when I’m trying it doesn't seem to work for me. So, that’s my job, is just to hang out, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your neighbore, your bore-bie, your boreman, your bores, your Boris Borelaf, your chairman of the boreds, bore-sib, bore-cuz, bore-bruh, your best bore-friend forever, and just chill and ramble on and on and on. So, that’s what I’m here to do. The only other thing I like to tell people about when they first get to the show and go over it every episode is the structure of the show. The show is structured in a pretty specific way to benefit the maximum amount of people it can. So, it starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed in and you say, oh, okay, I could check that show out. Let me try it out.

 

Then after that is support, and the support of the sponsors or supporting the show directly really is for the people that benefit the most from the podcast, that listen the most. So, if you're new, a occasional listener, I say it every time but you really don't have to worry about it. It really come…the podcast and my sometimes vociferousness or whatever when I’m going through that stuff is really directed at the people that listen…some people listen to eight episodes a night five nights a week, right, or they fall asleep instantly every single night. Those are the people who…they say, I don't know what I’d do without this podcast. That’s the people we’re speaking to with the support. When they support the show or the sponsors, the podcast, this free version, it means paying for it’s optional for everybody else and even for most of the people that benefit the most from it. So, it’s a pretty cool deal. If you don't like the ads, you can get an ad-free version on Sleep With Me+.

 

But that’s what benefits the maximum amount of people. Then after the support is a long, meandering intro where I try to explain what the podcast is and I go off topic. I follow a familiar structure every time, but who knows what’s gonna take me off topic? The reason the intro is new every time is 'cause, I don't know, my experience with sleeplessness is that familiarity and variety are what worked for me. Repetitiveness…it does work for some people. Just like this podcast doesn't work for everybody, maybe repetitiveness or maybe Sleep With Me’s repetitiveness becomes something that works for you. But for a lot of people it’s like, it’s gotta be different every time, 'cause my brain, it just starts to point out the repetitiveness. It’s okay if repetitiveness works for you, but that’s why I put the work in to make a new intro every time.

 

Also, the intro is a time not to fall asleep but to wind down, to get ready for bed, to do a chill activity, to just get in bed, get comfortable, pet your pets, look out the window, doodle, stretch, whatever it is, to ease into bedtime as a part of a bedtime routine, and that’s what works for me most of the time and what I’ve seen in studies works for most people, to have something nice at bedtime to look forward to. So, that’s why the intro goes on and on and on. Yeah, and then after the intro will be support, then after the support we’ll be doing our episodically modular series. I think this will be the finale. All told, we’ll be here about an hour. Tangent? Let’s run through…zangent? No. Yangent? No. Angent, bangent, cangent…cangent rhyme with tangent…dangent, angent, maybe fangent. I mean, I guess you could rhyme the ‘gent’ part. Angent, gangent…I don't think I’ll…hangent. So, anyway, I better wrap it up, though. But here’s the thing; I’m really glad you're here. I really appreciate you coming by and checking this show out. I hope I can help you. If it does help you on a regular basis, please consider supporting these sponsors or supporting the show. I’d appreciate it. Here’s those messages. Thanks.

 

Alright everybody, Scoots here, and this is our episodically modular series. I believe it may be the…well, the second-last episode. The most…it’ll be the last episodically modular…ideally that I record today. I mean, that I record today, hopefully. More, probably. This is the last episodically modular episode that I’ll record today, but it’ll probably be the last one in our series. But let me explain…but don't worry, 'cause you say, last episode? I just…I'm a new listener. Don't worry, I got you. I really do. We’ll have a making-of episode come out at some point, I also believe. But yeah, so, episodically modular means that you can listen to these in any order. So, this may be Episode 19. A strange number to end on because…but there is no ending in episodically…you say, well, it’s kind of an ending, a wrap.

 

But if you're just listening to this for the first time or the second time, don't worry, all the other episodes really are prequels, and the great thing is the way continuity works on Sleep With Me…you'd say, wow, these prequels, they don't explain a lot, 'cause I fell asleep and…so, you could listen to them in any order, is what I’m saying. That’s why they're episodically modular. Like, you can move them around. Each episode the characters are supposed to resolve something. I say that in a way that…I expect the characters to do that. They don't always behave. But this one will be as…written to be the last one. We’ll see. There is a catch-up episode that came out two episodes ago, but I think one of the characters will do all the catching-up you need on the story. This is our first combo series I believe we ever did of two different sets of characters. So, it’s kinda nineteen episodes, but it was really nine and nine and then a recap episode, maybe. I didn't think about it ‘til just now.

 

I say, wow, that’s a lot of episodes for one series. I say, yeah, it’s nine Big Farm in the Sky PI episodes, nine Get Besos episodes, and one summary one. Or maybe it was seven and nine or seven and six…I don't know. But I almost said the kid…the things the kids say, but I’m not a kid anymore. There was not six or seven of either one. I mean, unless my math’s off. If there was seven, then there would have had to been…it couldn't have been six. I’m just playing. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. I mean, so…okay, where was I? Don't worry, by the time you hear this, that’ll be irrelevant pop culturally. So…okay, so…oh yeah, I guess that’s all I needed to do, was sum that up for you and introduce…we do have someone from the Greater…I call him our Hollywood international…our Hollywood announcer, but he’s actually from the Greater Los Angeles Area. He means that in a loving…he just doesn't want me to just say…he loves Hollywood, he loves Los Angeles, he loves the Greater Los Angeles Area.

 

But the greatest love of all he has inside of him is saved for people falling asleep. I always tell him, save it for when I…especially anything that may be audible, even on some spectrum that hasn't been discovered yet, I’m aware of it. But he comes all the way here to the Central New York area from the Greater Los Angeles Area because of his love of the listeners of the show. He flies…he travels in a way that’s beyond my understanding, and I don't mean spiritually, though. Who do I say moves in…? Oh, spherical ways; that’s BB-8. He does not…Antonio, I don't think you…do you ever move in spherical ways? He shrugged. He probably has. But where was my point? So, he travels here by I think stored solar and geothermal energy. That’s the best way…oh, and wind…he just gave me a thumbs up. But I haven't seen any solar planes yet, but if there was one, he would travel in it. Maybe he travels by wind energy like in a…do you travel in a Styrofoam plane?

 

Oh no, that wouldn't be good for…a Styrofoam-alternative plane? He just finds me amusing. So anyway, here’s our Hollywood announcer, Mr. Antonio Banderas. The friends beyond the binary, the ladies, the gentlemen, the boys and girls, it’s time to get sleepy with the Big Farm in the Sky PI and Get Besos. Yeah. Wow, that ‘hiya’ is…that’s been around for…I mean, holy moly, what a generous person. Do you want…? Before you go back to the Greater Los Angeles Area, do you want a glass of water? I’m kidding, I’m kidding. We're gonna play…I'm trying to get him to play Goblet. No one in my…but that’s a board game or…but no one likes to play it with me more than once or twice. That says more about me than about them or the game, but I don't…I tend to be quiet, except when I’m squealing with glee when I’m on the verge of victory. Anyway, that’s Antonio Banderas, and this is our series Get Besos, Big Farm in the Sky PI.

 

Hey Diane, it’s Simon. I just wanted to fill you in on things. I think my clients…I'm here. I’m about to report to my clients, and things are gonna take place. But I wanted to tie up some things before they did because…yeah, my clients, Diane, right? So, G and DK, all is well with them. They are with me. So, oh yeah, I’m gonna do one of those sandwiches, Diane, you taught me about, the one you taught me about, because you're so knowing. So, I’ll go good news, not-so-good news, and then an out…attempt at being optimistic of things that are beyond our control and what’s within our control news. Okay, so G and DK are with me. All is well with G and DK. What else do you need to know? The toons, so they went…not only did they go get the other toons from the…whatever world where toons are victorious…it was an illusionary world anyway, Diane. Turns out, it wasn't actually a realm; it was a virtual helmet that Jiff was using until he could design something.

 

He did design…I guess 'cause of 3D printing, virtual reality helmets that would fit all of the cartoon characters that were…that are now real beings, and they're with us in Florida as well. But they're doing well. Then because Shriff Nod…Shriff of Noddingham or whatever, they helped bring Jiff in, 'cause Jiff was hiding his Blanko. We couldn't find Jiff. Somewhere…he was somewhere in The Towns, so that’s good. But there’s a lot of other things I wanted to wrap up for you, Diane, here. Oh, where…? Who, what, where, when, why, how; I forgot to even do that. I’m sorry, Diane. Who am I? Simon, Big Farm…I mean, you know who I am, Diane. Simon, Big Farm in the Sky PI. I was hired by Richard Warren and James Cash, RW and James, or Richie. Richie's RW. Richie, Richie, Richie. I was hired by them to help them get Jiff, which now, because of the toons, track down Jiff, find his list. We’ve found parts of his list. We found Jiff.

 

Jiff is with us, and that…okay, some things that my clients also left undone; so, Pithy, Axion, Nafel, and their other son…Pithy…I can't…I don't have everything in front of me, Diane. I apologize. But they're all meeting us where we're about to go, to meet everybody. Also, no one can hear me, you know, Diane. I’m alone right now. Not the real Sisyphus, Diane, but Sisyphus…I don't even know if Richie called him Sisyphus, but the…not the boulder guy, but this version of Sisyphus that I guess Richie created by…oh, because in this…what’s been happening, Diane, is that…oh, we were…Richard, Richie, and James were in purgatory, limbo, the Beige World. They left there in a quest to get Jiff, Jiffy, Jiff Bissos, like kisses, from…like, they've been on quests over and over again to get him, 'cause Richie particularly…but James also seems to have…they feel like he ruined retail, and they wanted to explain to him that retail is supposed to be in person, I believe, and that he’s doing it wrong.

 

Meanwhile, this particular time, I also need to find Jiff, because it was such a thing. It ended up Jiff was trying to restructure the afterlife. Even though he’s a earthbound human, I think in a way based on capital…you know what I’m saying, Diane? I don't know what economies of scale is, but I think that had to do with it. He was gonna have…he was gonna introduce currency to the afterlives, make one overarch…not combine the afterlifes into one thing, but that seems like what would happen eventually, 'cause there’s gonna be currency, actual jobs that you exchanged your time for currency, and work that would also help his retail businesses in the earthbound realm. I don't know. We don't have all the details. But he was restructuring the afterlives. What happened between Jiff and Richie and James’ past behavior…it always tests the resilience of the universe. This kinda gets in…I'll get into that part later, 'cause that’s in the not-so-great news.

 

Okay, but I’ll just give you the short end; a lot of the mythological characters we encountered — or my clients encountered — are waiting for us, because they're not the actual mythological character. If mythological characters were real, Diane…I know you can grasp that idea. These are not the mythological characters that aren't real, but if they were real…these are fictional versions of those characters, Sisyphus being an example, 'cause this Sisyphus was a bit like Narcissus and sitting in a bog or something. Okay, also, the children from…the silver children from the ride at…in Florida at one of the big theme parks, the little, small…what’s it called? Small Children of the Earth or something? Not them, though. Again, fictional versions of those children…they're with the pony lords and pony ladies that are related to Nafel. Also myth…they're all waiting for us, too. I think that wraps up the good news. Is everybody…? We’ve recollected everybody.

 

I think there’s…we sent word to Javert, Inspector Javert, but not…again you say, which fictional…? A new fictional version of Inspector Javert. We sent word to Inspector Javert’s mother. Now I’m realizing I don't know who we sent word to. So, we're…and then I guess we probably need to get ahold of Inspector Javert’s mother. Anyway, we’re trying to get everybody that was created as a result, because the thing is…and this was G and DK’s idea; get everybody together so we can figure this out, because the universe has been so disrupted because of…separately. I mean, I guess I’m involved, Diane, but I’m involved in trying to make it better, too. But I just don't want to give you the…so, the universe is headed towards a hard reset, which means if it happens…which doesn't have to happen, 'cause now we have Jiff…we're gonna have everybody in the same place. But we don't…it doesn't have to happen, right?

 

But if it does, I guess it’ll be reverse…then another Big Bang 2.0 or something where it’ll be a full reboot with hard drive formatting and rewriting. I don't know. I mean, since it’s happening on a spiritual, cosmic level, probably. So, no one…existence will restart. So, it won't end, but everything we know as existence will end and restart, and it’ll play out in a totally different way or the same way. That was the whole thing…my relief…I mean, Diane, you know me pretty well. I was fine with going to a non-earthly, post-earthly realm, but I did want to keep myself. I said, it took my whole lifetime to become who I am and to get comfortable with myself and to really love myself, and I’d like to keep that in post-earthly realms. It turns out, at least for me and a lot of people I’ve encountered, they did. So, I was never comfortable even if I didn't have a choice, but the idea of like, oh no, your post-earthly realm, it’ll be a full reboot. Maybe you'll have…maybe we won't…we’ll reformat your hard drive.

 

Maybe we won't rewrite it. So, you may be a puppy. You may have vague memories of being a puppy. But a full reset will accomplish that for everybody. Well, actually, we’ll never…basically, it’ll be like the data was never there, in a sense, Diane, which I know you get. Now, the only thing to prevent that is…I don't know. Richie…I did get ahold of Richie. He said, don't worry, I got it all…if you've got Jiff, I’ve got it all…and do you have Blanko, his blanket from childhood? If you have…I said, well, Jiff's dressed as Blanko. He goes, no, no, I need my Blanko. Turns out, Jiff dressed as Blanko using Blanko, so…but I don't know if it’s a fictional Blanko, his blanket from childhood, his blanket from childhood or not. But so, we're all gonna meet. Richie, Richard Warren and James, say they have it all covered. Well, James didn't. He said…he rolled his eyes and crossed his fingers. But so, yeah, we're gonna…oh wait, there’s other things, right? They've said…there’s other people here. The mayor from…and somebody from that ship. Oh, Jay Bruce and Larry Vaughn. Frog spaceship. But yeah, I’m just looking at my notes, Diane. So, that’s it. I’m gonna leave it recording, and you'll hear Richie and James…I don't know. Maybe I’ll do more talking, Diane. But thank goodness you're here with me in spirit, Diane, and I’m gonna turn things over to them.

 

Buddy, buddy, buddy…oh, here they come. Okay…oh boy. So, that’s…Simon. You must be Jeep and…Jeep and GK, right? Jeep…you’re Jeep, or are you Jeep? No, it’s G, like the letter G, and DK. No, James, come on. Jeep, can you explain to him? Okay, you're GK…DK. Okay. Okay, anyway, anyway, alright, so…excuse me, Jiff, could you please stand over here? Yeah, I’m glad everybody…can everybody see this thing in the sky? Okay, good, good, good. Simon, this is Jiff. Jiff, can I please have Blanko back? I don't think you had permission to wear Blanko as…oh, what are you saying, Simon? You're not sure if this is a fictional Blanko? I don't…can I just have Blanko, please? Oh, look; that’s…okay, everybody…can everybody stay paying attention here? So, I got big news. Oh, boy. Now, you could see this giant…it’s a flashy thing in the sky, and includes a countdown.

 

That’s counting down to the full reboot, which James and I have…James didn't understand what the full reboot was, so I had to explain it to him, then I had to have multiple people explain it to him, then I needed people to simplify it so I could explain it to him. It turns out it’s not good. I mean, I’ve…and it’s also, by the way, Jiff's fault all of us are gathered here. Now, this isn't like a lot of my other times where I have to convince anybody that it’s Jiff's fault or any…I guess in lieu of any cosmic authority, that countdown, which is count…it’s not too long from now. It’s counting down to the full reboot, which is nice of them. But you could see…now, up there, can everybody…? Okay, can anybody not see? Okay, let me rephrase. Incorrect; I apologize. I was wrong phrasing it that way. Is anybody not understanding that there’s a large machine in the sky counting down? If your neighbor needs to know what the countdown is, please share with your neighbor.

 

On that machine in the sky are…it looks like one big button and then a smaller button off to the side. Well, I know because we took the…oh, by the way, thanks for taking our magical space frog, Larry and Jay. But we flew up there, and so…by the way, I can't…so good to have Blanko back. Blanko, you're really gonna be impressed with papa. Blanko, can I be papa now? Could I be your papa for a time? Oh, you don't have to say anything, Blanko. I know. It’s good to rub you on my face. Richie, I’m sorry. Yes, James? I’m talking. I’m having a moment with Blanko. Yeah, but the countdown is going, so why don't you have your countdown or your moment with Blanko…Blanko. Why don't you have a moment as papa? Sounds so nice, doesn't it? Just like…well, it’s not a good…yeah, okay. Can't believe you've been keeping up with your shows. Well, I mean, I got to. When they come out, I gotta be…I can't be…okay, so I just spent…so, the countdown is still going on. G and DK, Simon, could you come a little closer?

 

‘Cause…so, Simon, I’m gonna try to use the technique that you were trying to teach us. So, the good news is there’s two buttons up there, but one’s not quite the same as the other one. The big one is…you can press it to make the reboot start immediately. That’s why Richie and I are down here, right? We didn't get out of the ship. The second button, the sign’s a lot smaller, but…and it says Pause. But then there’s a long thing next to it. I didn't want to get out. I was just…I didn't want to get…Richie told me…James, I’m listening even though I’m stroking Blanko, Blanko, my blanket. Could I call you baby Blanko? Okay, what were you saying, Richie? Well, I had to keep you in the ship so you wouldn't accidentally press the full reboot, but there’s a bunch of words up there that…you could explain that part. I mean, I’ll supervise. Yeah, what Richie did was Richie read it and explained it to me. Thank you, Richie. James, it’s no problem. I’m your best…your…I'm your best friend.

 

That’s what I have to do, though now I have Blanko to care for in a different way, and we’ll decide about…okay, go ahead, James. Okay, so, next to it…so, it’s a…it’s says…it’s a pause button, right? But it’s a pause-everything-in-existence button, so don't press…it says basically…it doesn't just pause the countdown. I guess when you get…when you read it, you understand it. It says…so, if we press Pause on there, it will pause existence enough to kinda put it back in order, I guess? At first I was hoping it would give us time to figure out all the stuff, but Simon, G and DK, you seem to have done that. Also, the only way you could put…you do the pause is if you put the keys to the afterlife in that little box there. But basic…go ahead. G and DK, you're talking, not interrupting me. I understand you have something…okay, go ahead. I’m listening, and I’ll try to rebroadcast. Okay. So, it’s like the weather. Exact…oh, that was a great way of explaining it.

 

So, basically…how do you understand it and I didn't quite understand it? Oh, 'cause you're earthbound. So, yeah, the thing about the pause, at least theorizing, right, is that if we pause it…it’s kinda like the weather, right? Everything…I think everything will flow back to normal. There is a downside to that, right? That’s what G and DK are saying. So, we’ll get to the downside ‘cause of Simon’s methods. But if we do pause it, the existences up until about whenever we started this journey…it’s not like it’ll reset to that, but everything will flow back to where it’s supposed to be, like the weather. A natural flow, right? Does that make sense? Richie, are you listening? James, there’s nothing natural about the weather. It does…the weather just does what it wants to do. Okay. Okay, G, DK, can you help me? Okay, yeah. So, it’s like…okay, so, if it’s all Jiff's fault, as you've been saying, Richie…well, no, James. I mean, you did…Simon, you, other people may have contributed to Jiff's success.

 

Okay, but the thing is that this is kinda like…Jiff has tried to invent a weather machine. Jiff could never invent a weather machine. No, this is a metaphor for…Jiff's inventing something like a weather machine that makes metaphors? So, Jiff has been trying to restructure an entire post-earthly existence. He’s trying to control the weather, and now the weather has to return…if you disrupt the weather, you need a full reboot. Well, weather could use a full reboot, so maybe that’s a good thing. Okay, could you tell Blank…could you ask Blanko quietly or have a long conversation, a private conversation, about the weather? Maybe Blanko needs to know about the weather. You're right, James. Thank you. So, he was trying to bring order to the chaos, okay, and instead it brought chaos to the…yeah, no, I get it, I get it. You're right; it’s hard to explain.

 

So, if we pause things, as far as we know…I mean, it’d be nice if we had some sort of spiritual official around, but I think Richie's previous activities…that’s right, James, we did…I mean, I don't think…we had…we do have the employees of various things. Right. Can anybody that’s gathered here understand…? I’m glad everybody got gathered here, 'cause this is when we get to the…more theory. Luckily G and DK are really good at this, and Simon. We’ve been talking. So, if everybody’s fictional, it will be like a soft reboot, we believe. We're not sure. Now, we're not sure, but I don't know how to explain it in any other terms than that. But if you didn't know you existed before now, you won't exist…'cause some of you are parallel or multi-parallel characters. So, some of you are mythological versions of mythological characters. Some of you are fictional versions of fictional characters. Oh, there’s Javert. Oh, good, good, good. James, why is Javert standing on top of the flying frog?

 

Oh, because, James, I promised Javert he could press the button for us. Okay, why didn't you tell me? Oh, I…James, come on, you just don't…Blanko, that’s Inspector Javert, the person that’s just a little bit like me. You know, some of my good qualities up there, guided…not quite as many as mine. Okay, wait, so you told Javert he could press what button? The Pause button, James. I gave him the keys to the afterlife. Also, I gave him that…the drive. How’d you get those things? Oh, I have them. I mean, Javert has them now. Okay, so Javert’s gonna put the keys to the afterlife in that slot. Hey, Javert, you can hear us from up there? It’s very clear? Okay. So, you're gonna put the keys to the afterlife and press the Pause button. We just gotta iron a couple more…I'm sorry, 'cause we're trying to figure out the post…what’s gonna happen to everybody here, and you, Javert. I’m sorry, what? No, no, we never…your mom’s not fictional. Okay, you seem to have a lot on your mind, Javert.

 

Oh, and you think that…Richie, are you paying attention? Yes, James. What am I paying attention to? Javert shouting right now. Inspector? Inspector? Could you please…? What are you shouting about? You're gonna hit the reboot button early? Well, why would you do that? On whose authority? Okay, who’s…? James, have you ever heard of that…? Yeah, that’s…okay, well, I don't…I didn't give you permission, Javert. I don't deserve any permission. Oh, I am proof that…I'm sorry, what? What? Excuse me, Javert, I have my childhood blanket here, Blanko, and these are…I don't think Blanko likes hearing you talk to me this way. Poor Blanko, hearing papa referred to as the cause or the…would you say the symbol of all that’s wrong? Blanko, don't worry, he’s just upset. Don't worry, Javert, I get it. You know, you feel like something towards me because you have some of my qualities but not all of them. You reject all my qualities.

 

That’s why you're rebooting it, 'cause I’m…no, no, not many people on Earth or post-Earth are like me at all, Javert. Most people are not like me. I’m pretty unique. I’m a distilled version of…I have the…kinda like you. You went on a quest. You were singular with your quest, and you didn't succeed. Remember, I was very successful. I don't know if you heard. I was one of the titans of retail industry ‘til Jiff changed the rules like he’s trying to do here. So, it doesn't behoove…James, is that a word? Behoove you, Javert, to reboot everything, because it won't do anything any…that button doesn't even…I mean, don't press the button. It won't work. You know what? That’s what I want you to do, Javert. It’s exactly what my plan was. Probably Jiff's plan, too, to just reboot everything, reboot the whole…wait, can you…? Richie, can you talk to Blanko about the things he said about you? Javert, I get it. You're upset.

 

You're upset with the state of things, the history of the world, the history of humanity, people like me that…yeah, I’m…it’s not just Richie. I did, a lot of times, do what I wanted instead of thinking what was best for the rules or the case. But rebooting things will only…well, here’s the thing; G and DK, I could hear you. Thank you. Here’s the thing, Javert; I thought you were Inspector Javert. Yeah, you are, right? Yeah. So, you're basically gonna delay the…I thought you were…I mean, I knew you went to see your mom, but I was hoping you would return to us. I was surprised that you were gonna press the button, 'cause I thought you'd be on the case or something. Which case? Oh, well, I guess it doesn't matter, because if you reboot things, you won't be on the case anymore. But the natural flow of things will probably return to something like what…your…and I get it; your job is not to accept the way things are. Your job is to inspect, right? You're not there to inspect Jean Val…or accept Jean Valjean.

 

You're there to inspect him, right? Is that my understanding of things? You're driven to be an inspector, not an acceptor, right? Right, 'cause if you were an acceptor, then you'd press that button, 'cause you'd accept that things are just gonna repeat. It’ll just look a little bit different, and you won't be there. So, in some restart world — I think you're grasping what I’m saying — there may be no Inspector Javert, but maybe there’s ten Jean Valjeans. Sorry, I didn't say…Jean Valjean. Sorry. I don't normally say things that fast. Okay, so, that’s what’s gonna happen. But, I don't know, I was thinking G, DK, and Simon and I, and Richie and Blanko, that if you're actually an inspector…so, there’s two things up there. I don't know why that drive is up there, but that drive…why is the drive up there? Nobody knows. Richie may know. But so, inside that drive…and maybe you've heard about this guy, Moriarty.

 

Also, there’s somebody in there more archetypal than Moriarty, and there’s an entire realm or world in there or potential worlds, I think nearly limitless. Wait a second…and you could go in there and check…like, you could be inspecting either Moriarty, who…just like Richie, I think you're probably pretty proud of your prowess, huh? So, are you better than Data and Sherlock Holmes or their equal? You believe you're more driven than either one. Okay, I would agree with you on that, 'cause…since you're up there. So, you could go into that drive, leave this world, which is just gonna repeat, right? That world, we don't even know what’s going on in there. But I do know Moriarty and someone that wears red Spandex and Elasticene is in there. Maybe they're working together, maybe they're not working together, but they probably could use…excuse me, 'cause G and DK have their hands raised, but…yeah, we’ll get right back to you, Javert. Okay, G. Okay, DK. Okay, I understand.

 

Okay, great news, I believe. So, G and DK theorize that everybody here can go into the drive, too. Now…or you could choose whether you want to go into the drive or not. Everybody can decide on their own, because probably what’ll happen we if we…if you go into the drive, it’s outside of the stream of time, or it’s its own world. I don't think it’ll pause with the pause. I don't know why I think that, honestly. I just have a feeling, and my feeling’s right. But you'll have to all base it on your feelings, cartoon characters, mythological mythological people, fictional fictional beings, also all the people that James thought had passed on to other realms that had not passed on to other realms. So, you're fictional versions of earthbound beings that did not pass into earthbound realms. We never even covered that. So, all of you could either wait and see what happens with the pause, but I believe that the chances of you existing after the pause are…everything will…it’ll be like one of those movies where everybody’s back in their beds or their rooms, but it wasn't a dream.

 

It was after a dream sequence, but that wasn't a dream sequence. I know, this stuff doesn't make any sense and it makes sense at the same time. Thank you, Nafel. That’s great to…I think you should definitely go in there, Nafel. Maybe there’s visiting hours or something. Maybe…you know. But so, you could go in there and it’s a whole…it’s a rules-based realm, but the rules may be so deeply embedded…what do I mean, Jiff? I mean it’s…well, it’s based on a fictional version of a fictional technology, so there’s the original drive from the show, then there’s Richie's or whoever…I don't even remember who imagined it, but it’s extremely unlimited potential and unknown, which is gonna be tough for everybody to face something unknown. But it’s better than…okay, everybody talk among yourselves. We do have very…about not very…just a few minutes left where we have to make a choice.

 

But the other thing is you could establish…is there anybody that doesn't want to go that has anything…? Can you discuss it among yourselves? If you don't want to go, raise your hand and talk to one of your neighbors and see if you can work something out. Okay, there’s a few of you, and your neighbors could explain kinda what’s gonna…'cause I don't think I have time to cover…oh yeah, you're working together like a community already. Alright James, Blanko wants to know exactly what’s going on here. Why doesn't Javert press the button? Well, I think Javert is gonna not press the button. Okay, well, we don't have very much…James, you've been wasting a lot of time. Now the time is almost up. Okay, excuse me one second, Richie. So, we had…just have…everybody, can you wrap up your conversations? As you wrap it up, for the people that raised your hands, give me a thumbs up if you're…you feel like you're gonna be okay with everything.

 

I realize this isn't an ideal situation, but most of you exist beyond human understanding anyway, or your existence is also beyond human understanding. So, I feel like there is some extra intelligence and collective unconscious action. Yeah, it seems to be. A lot of thumbs up now. So, here’s the thing, Richie; could you tell Blanko that your plan seems to have worked? Oh, Blanko already knew that part. Blanko just wanted to know how you didn't get in the way of it working. Okay, well, because originally we were gonna do the pause, which meant that all our fictional friends and Nafel and everybody else, silver children of the world, everything, they were gonna probably de-exist, I guess, in a sense. But now Javert’s gonna go into the drive, and…independently, Javert? Javert shrugged. But with this community, they're gonna go into the drive, even though it’s a very uncertain situation and everybody probably has strong feelings about it, but different than human earthbound feelings.

 

But most…a lot of them may have been based on earthbound beings. It’s interesting, Richie; I’m trying to explain things in human terms or post-earthly human terms to non-post-earthly humans or…I'm not trying to…it’s…you're probably…there is some greater intelligence here, but there is no authority figure. Yeah, I think that was the thing we were stuck with earlier. So, anyway, so we’ve got to…so, they're all gonna go in the drive, I guess. If you could just tell Blanko that Inspector Javert is gonna go in the drive, try to inspect Moriarty or Red Spandex Elasticene. Elasticene, James. Okay. Everybody else is gonna go into the drive based on your…'cause you know that the drive is gonna stay somehow outside of the slip of time. So, yeah, everybody, you can start going in the drive. It is this kinda thing where you just kinda look…there’s a in-port? Yeah, Javert, why don't you show everybody? See? So, Javert just went in there. So, they're all going in the drive now.

 

Then alls we're gonna have to do is press Pause. I’m sorry, Jiff had a question. Jiff, did you have a question? Okay, so, you might want to inspect the Pause button? Why? Oh, you want to inspect the pause button with me? Oh, I don't…I think this is to try to get alone with Blanko or something. Okay, well, why don't you leave Blanko with G and DK? Okay. They do seem really nice. Again, I’m sorry that James called you Jeeves and Donna Kay. I’m sorry about that. But here, you could…could you hold Blanko for me? Blanko likes to call me Papa. Tell him Papa will be back soon. Okay, come on, Jiff, you can't take Blanko again. So, we're gonna fly up there on the frog. Oh, James, you're gonna say goodbye to Nafel; okay, good. So, what is a thing, Jiff? James is busy saying goodbye. He’s a little watery-eyed. Yeah, I mean, I think they…they didn't really have a lot of time to spend together, but James has strong feelings about cloud-based beings he’s attracted to. Okay, so, what am I looking at?

 

Yeah, there’s a big button and then there’s a little button. Kinda looks a little bit like…yeah, the wires are…looks a little bit homemade. I don't know why they’d make the Pause button not as big as the reset button. What do you mean you're gonna go in the drive, Jiff? Why are you having me look at this? You don't…you think it’s important? Wait, you're going in the drive? I don't…oh, oh boy. James? Oh, bye, Nafel. Yeah, good to meet…Jiff's…James, Jiff…alright, James, I’m gonna need you to compose yourself, because the time’s about to run out. But I just found out another piece of information. Okay, what is it, Richie? Jiff went in the drive. Okay, I don't know if one person’s gonna disrupt…maybe that’s for the best. Okay, but I…okay, but before Jiff left he said to look at the button. Oh, Simon, G, and DK are coming up in the frog. Oh, it’s all of us. Oh, and the after…people that were…everybody from…that runs…okay. So, I know the answer to this, all of you, but I think just as a…where’s Blanko?

 

Oh, down…okay, down there. Okay. I just prefer it if…I don't know if Jiff's…Jiff's in the drive, but I don't…so, can one of you keep an eye on Blanko? I just…okay, thank you. So, I totally understand all this, but I want to make sure that…and I know this is all part of my…the way I’m working things out. But Jiff did say there’s something off about this button and this sign. Go ahead, G and D…it looks handmade. It looks like it was quickly made. It’s a little bit obvious, but at the same time, based on our…okay, it may be the work of a super genius? No, I didn't do it, though. Another…? I don't know about any other super…oh, fictional super genius, so one that’s not real. Like, I’m real. I’m an actual super genius. You're talking about an imaginary super genius. Okay, James, could you…can you figure out…can you help figure…help them figure things out? I mean, I already..no, I don't…I just…I'm just here to listen. Okay, so, you're saying Moriarty…no, no, I’m not saying…I mean, what?

 

So, Moriarty made…Moriarty made this button somehow? Maybe there’s some sort of…well, that would mean the drive…oh, because when we put the Elasticene and Spandex in there, it may have effected the one-way seal? Or, yeah, just some unexpected results? Okay, so what do you mean? Okay, so you have a theory. If it caught Jiff's eye, maybe there’s no pause needed? Then if we pause it, basically…oh yeah, it does…why would the drive be up here and the keys…? Okay, so let’s separate those things. But if we do, we won't be able to press Pause. Okay, so let me review before…so, you're saying maybe Moriarty made this Pause button because it’s the vicinity of the pause button and the two drives. But maybe it actually…maybe it doesn't do anything? Okay, but if we press it…oh, it would open the drive totally. Oh, okay, 'cause those wires…so, it would give the keys to the afterlife to either Moriarty or the person in the red Spandex and Elasticene. They would come out of the drive.

 

Then they’d be able to press the button or not press the button. Or, oh, the countdown stopped. Oh, like we're solving things together so that the universe doesn't need to do a full reset. The only thing that’s not solved…okay, so let me give the keys…the countdown stopped. Right, just as I planned. So, yeah, Blanko, who do you think we should give the keys to the afterlife to? No, no, no, I think the council…maybe Simon should hold them until the council figures out…'cause everybody from the conference is still around. Oh, there’s Lilith. Hey, Lilith. Those are real people, post-earthly beings, and people involved…all the fictional…all the beings we created are in the drive, or that were created as a part of our messing around, right, G and DK? Or Simon could find anybody else. But there’s…we’ve reduced the…the reason the timer stopped is we reduced the disruption to existence. So, we’ll give the keys…Simon, take the keys to the afterlife.

 

Work with the council. Unfortunately that means that Richie and I probably have to go back to the Beige World, huh? Let’s watch the time, because we still have a couple minutes. Richie, you want to not go to the Beige World and stay here in Florida? It started moving. Okay, James, that’s not funny. I could take Blanko, though. Okay, so, let me just review how we're leaving things here. So, all the beings we created went into the drive, correct? Yes. Simon will…everything with the restructuring of the afterlife will work out because of my planning. Then the keys will end up with the right people because I made sure Simon has them to give them to the right beings. Correct. So, everything…and the clock has stopped. It seems to be fading, even. Yeah, it does seem to be fading. We gotta get this frog into the drive. You definitely forgot about that. I think maybe…it may be okay to keep Blanko. No, it’s definitely okay to keep Blanko. See? No movement on the clock.

 

So, yeah, I think maybe…I'd probably put the frog in there, or maybe we’ll take the frog back to the Beige World, set it on autopilot. Maybe we take the drive with us. It’d be pretty safe in the Beige World. Okay, the clock didn't move. So, I think we resolved everything. Simon, you're here kinda with G and DK. You'll go back to your existence. It looks like everything will get sorted out here in Florida. Florida; sorry. Yeah, I guess those are just temporary…is that…is that what temporal displacement is? No. Oh, okay. Well, Richie, you still have something you want to say, though. Yeah, James. So, what about Jiff? Yeah, well, Jiff chose to go into the drive. Unfortunately it’s…it didn't seem to be so much of a…it might be a good thing. We’ll go back to the Beige World. Jiff will be in this realm, and we’ll all be back where we're supposed…I mean, I guess that’s where Jiff's supposed to be. Otherwise the clock would still be counting down.

 

I mean, I don't…I'm sure Jiff will probably be very successful in that it’s a very rules-based world underneath it all. So, he’ll be very successful there, and maybe this experience will guide him forward. But he has all those other beings there who know him well enough now to help him find his way in this new world. But we don't…it’s actually beyond our…we can't anticipate what that world’s like. But I know Jiff. He’ll probably work things out in his favor. Okay, so, I’m sorry, what? So, Jiff's just gonna be in the drive. We’ll go back to the Beige World, and everything’s solved. Okay. You know, James, I have Blanko and you have me as your best friend in the Beige World, so that part’s fine. It’s not like I’m not willing to do what’s best. Just keep a eye on the sign, too, for me while I talk. Let me know if it moves, okay, James? ‘Cause I’m totally…I'm…this was all part of my plan up until it would end in the Beige World, where we're supposed to be, and have Blanko there to help comfort you and help me relate to you better.

 

I’m very grateful for all these things, that I get to be your best friend, and that I have Blanko, and Richie, that the entire experience won't be restarted or…if we mistakenly paused it and then Moriarty and Red Spandex took over, that would have not been good. So…that G and DK realized…explained your part of the…that part of the plan you made to me. Yes, it’s very lucky you had extra help. But the point is, James…so, Jiff's in that drive? Yeah. Anything could happen in that drive? Yeah. So, it could be that Moriarty or Red Spandex are running things, and that would be…and then Jiff gets there, and he’s just outsmarted constantly by Moriarty. That would be terrific. I mean, fictionally that might be. No, I’m just kidding, James, because…what did you say about him being successful? Well, we don't know…we have no way of knowing what the drive is, 'cause it’s a double-fictional drive of technology beyond our understanding.

 

But if it’s some sort of hard drive, even if it’s nearly unlimited and has nearly limitless potential, it’s gotta be based on some kind of rules. Jiff, even in this afterlife restructuring attempt, was a rules-based attempt. So, if he’s in a universe governed by unseen rules…like the weather. Yeah, like the weather, I guess. You're right. Like rules you don't understand, but Jiff doesn't follow the rules. Well, he bends the rules. What if he’s bending rules in that afterlife? Yeah, you're right, it could have a impact on that…on the world inside the drive, but the natural…maybe there will be…I don't know, maybe the Shriff of Noddingham or Moriarty or Javert will…James, they…did you say something about Jiff being successful, too? What did you mean by that? Is there retail in the drive? Well, I don't know if there’s retail in the drive. Well, James, what do you mean? Well, it’s a form of existence we don't have any knowledge of, so it could be anything. It’s unknown.

 

But it’s gonna have retail, probably brick…I mean, ideally brick-and-mortar retail. We don't know there’s brick and mortar in there. James, James, James. So, it could already be like the way Jiff's trying to reformulate the world, and he’s going into a world where he’s finding out the rules and not following them? Yeah. And he’s making a weather machine. Yeah. And what do you think is gonna happen if he’s successful? I don't think I can return…knowing he could be successful, I can't return to the drive. I mean, I need…I mean, I can't return to the Beige World. Blanko, I want you to go with G and DK. I’m sorry, Blanko, but I can't…okay, so what are you saying, Richie? You want to go save everybody in the drive from a possible…I guess version of what we just went through but within a drive? We have no idea what’s in there. Everybody in there other than Jiff is a fictional being. It’s a fictional…double-fictional drive. I mean, I guess that’s not good for Jiff.

 

We didn't have a chance to tell him not to go. So, I do feel bad for Jiff. Right, because when we go there, he won't be successful at disrupting retail. We’ll go there. Once again I’ll have to say, Jiff, what were you thinking? Brick-and-mortar retail, James and I already figured it out. We didn't need you. Don't you see the consequences of you being a weather know-it-all? So, we have to go into the drive to save Jiff or the world from Jiff? We have to go in the drive to prevent…to get Besos, James. It’s that simple. Okay, but could…? Well, Nafel’s in there, so we could go get Besos. Maybe we cross paths with Nafel. Silver children of the world, James, they’ll be singing to us as we go in, songs of us stopping…when they're shopping…when you're shopping with Nafel in this hard drive and the silver children of the world are buying things at…I mean, James, we could start again as long as we get Besos. Alright, what if we take a extended break, though?

 

The clock did not stop moving; it’s fully faded away. Everybody seems to be dispersing. Right, so we have to go get Besos. Alright. So, Simon, we're gonna leave things with you. G and DK, Blanko…Blanko. Blanko, goodbye. I love you very much, but I have to go get Besos. Well, first we’ll rest for an extended period. Yeah, let’s just rest for a very long time, maybe years, maybe…whatever we need. Well, James, you could rest. I’m gonna go in the drive. But we just…we’ll wait ‘til…we may be in the drive for quite some time before news gets back out. Probably, if the news gets back out from the drive, then…to Earth, even. You imagine? The shopping mall…anchor stores are back, James. I can just see the headlines. Richie Warren changes everything again. Retail is back, baby. Besos has been gotten. Oh, what a dream. But it’s not a dream. That’s the whole thing about this whole thing, Richie, is that…James, what better place to mess around with existence than a fictional, fictional hard drive? You're right. I don't think…other than the Beige World…a one-way one that may be somewhat broken…alright, let’s go. You're my best friend. I trust you. Oh, James, you really do need a best friend. Okay, goodnight, buddy. Buddy, buddy, buddy, goodnight. I love you, Blanko, G and DK, Simon, and everybody here. So happy to rest with all of you. Goodnight.

 

[End of recording]

Transcription performed by LeahTranscribes

Get Besos / Big Farm in the Sky PI

 

Rhyming Dictionaries

https://www.woodpecker.com/blogs/roots_of_rhyming.html

https://preludemag.com/issues/2/wallace-stevenss-place-in-the-history-of-english-rhyming/

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/40136/what-the-history-of-rhyming-dictionaries-reveals-about-literary-snobbery

 

6-7

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/09/29/what-does-6-7-mean-the-tiktok-meme-explained/

https://www.georgetown.edu/news/six-seven-meme-linguistics/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/words-what-does-6-7-mean

 

Weather Self-Regulation

https://ncas.ac.uk/learn/what-causes-weather/

https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/weather

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/weather/atmosphere/global-circulation-patterns

 

Hard Drive History

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/history-hard-drives/

https://horizontechnology.com/news/hard-drives-from-hard-drives-a-brief-history-of-a-lasting-technology/

https://www.wincservices.com/blog/history-and-evolution-of-hard-drives/

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

I’ll be here with you while you fall asleep 

(At a comfortable distance)

Overflowing with superfluous tangents

Tangent is hard to rhyme with

 

PLUGS

Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline

 

SPONSORS

Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Coyuchi

 

INTRO

Planning about thinking about planning on

I thought I was good at rhyming

Humbled by a word

I’ve definitely said Tangerine Tangent before

By night, Noir Chardonnay

By day, Tangerine Tangent

Indirectly and Loosely Connected

I can see you

Someone listening really does get where you’re at

The world is a better place when you’re flourishing

That’s the foundation

A lot of goofy, silly stuff on top

You either adjust to this show or you don’t

Nonsense in its Serious Nonseriousness

sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou

I’m here to be your borefriend

Chillin’ and Ramblin’

Explaining the show structure

Varied Repetitiveness

The Wind Down

Tonight is the finale of Get Besos in the Sky PI, I think

Running through rhymes with Tangent

Can gent rhyme with tangent?

 

STORY

This might be the last episode of the series

But don’t worry, you can listen in any order

All the episodes are prequels, technically

My characters don’t always behave

I guess it was 9 Big Farm episodes, 9 Get Besos episodes, and then 1 recap

There was neither 6 or 7, but I didn’t say that

Don’t worry, by the time you hear this, that will be totally irrelevant culturally

Our announcer from the Greater Los Angeles Area

He comes all the way to the central New York area because he loves the listeners

Antonio, have you ever moved in spherical ways?

Soaring on geothermal wind energy

Do you travel on a styrofoam alternative plane?

Antonio’s introduction

That, “Hyah!” has been around for a while
I’m trying to get Antonio to play Goblet

No one likes to play it with me more than once or twice

PI checks in

All is well with G and DK

I’m going to do one of those sandwiches you told me about, Diane

Good news – G and DK are ok

The Toon world was just a virtual world

Jiff put virtual reality helmets on the cartoon characters

The Shriff of Nodderingham brought in Jiff

Answer the 5 W’s

We found part of Jiff’s list

Pithy, Axion, and Nefell are going to meet us

A different version of Sisyphus

Some background information

Jiff was trying to restructure the afterlife

I’m not sure what economies of scale are, but I think that’s what it was

Introducing currency to the afterlives

RW and JC have tested the resilience of the universe many times

The mythological characters we’ve met are more like fictional versions of those beings

The little silver children from “Small Children of the Earth”

The pony lords and horse ladies

They’re all waiting for us

We sent word to a fictional version of Javert’s mother

We’re just trying to gather everyone that’s been created

The universe is headed towards a hard reset

What we know as existence will end, but existence won’t end

I’m okay with it, I guess

We do have Jiff’s childhood blanket, Blanko

RW and JC say they have it covered (kind of)

Thank goodness you’re here in spirit, Diane

RW and JC take over

You must be Jeep and DK!

G, not Jeep

Simon (PI), please give me Blanko

RW has an announcement

Counting down to the full reboot

Turns out, that’s not a good thing

A countdown is nice, though

On the countdown machine in the sky are 2 big buttons

It’s so good to have Blanko back

RW has a moment as Blanko’s papa

JC takes over

The countdown continues

There’s also a bunch of words in the sky

There’s a button that pauses everything in existence

It’ll pause it enough to put everything back in order

But you can only do the pause if you put the keys to the afterlife in that box over there

It’s like the weather

Everything will flow back to normal

Just like the weather

Natural Flow

Trying to explain a weather metaphor

You can’t reboot the weather

Richie, why don’t you quietly explain weather to Blanko for a while

It’ll be like a soft reboot

We’re not sure what’s going to happen to all of you

Javert is shouting at them

Javert wants to hit the reboot button right now

Javert, please don’t speak that way in front of Blanko

RW sees part of himself in Javert

But RW knows he’s a somewhat unique individual

It doesn’t behoove you to reboot

We get it, Javert, you’re upset

Rebooting things won’t solve these problems

Javert, I thought you’d be on the case!

An Inspector, not an Acceptor

What if you reboot and then you’re gone, but there’s 10 Jean Valjeans?

Why is that drive up there? Nobody knows

Inside of that drive is a Moriarty

(And also a red spandex guy)

Potentially limitless worlds inside that drive

Maybe you could go in there and inspect Moriarty

G and DK theorize that we can all choose to go into the drive

The drive won’t pause with the pause

But it’s your call if you want to do that

You could go in there

A fictional version of a fictional technology

Extremely Unlimited Potential

Decide for yourselves

Does anyone not want to go?

A lot of extra intelligence and collective action

Richie, tell Blanko that your plan worked

Javert will go into the drive

And some other characters will, too

Somehow, the drive will stay outside of the slip of time

Javert demonstrates how to enter the drive

Jiff has a question

Jiff wants to inspect the Pause button

RW thinks Jiff is going to try to take Blanko

Tell Blanko that Papa will be back soon

JC, RW, and Jiff head up to the machine

JC tearily says goodbye to Nefell

Jiff says he’ll go into the drive

RW tells JC that Jiff went into the drive

Simon, G and DK join them

Something is off about this button

It looks quickly made

The work of a fictional supergenius

Wait, Moriarty made this button?

But how?

Did the Red Spandex Elasticene Guy break the seal on the drive?

Maybe no Pause is needed?

Let’s review

Ohhh. Pressing Pause opens the Drive!

Wait! We’re solving things together, so the Universe doesn’t need to stop

Who should get the keys to the afterlife?

Maybe the Council should decide

We reduced the disruption to existence

Simon, take these keys to the Council

JC and RW probably have to go to the Beige world to reduce disruption

All the beings they created went into the Drive

It’s definitely okay to take Blanko with them

Let’s take the frog back to the Beige world

I bet the drive will be safe in the Beige World

Everything will get sorted out in Florida

Is this Temporal Displacement?

What about Jiff?

Jiff chose to go to into the Drive

Maybe that’s where Jiff is supposed to be

As long as we have each other (and Blanko), we’ll be ok

RW is grateful for JC (and Blanko)

And also grateful that existence won’t be restarted

What if Jiff bends rules in the Drive?

Hopefully it’ll be contained to the Drive

Please don’t tell me there’s retail in the Drive

RW can’t stand if Jiff somehow dominates the world of the Drive

RW won’t return to the Beige world if he knows that Jiff could be successful in the Drive

RW wants to save the Drive from Jiff

A double fictional Drive

We have to go into the Drive to get Besos

Maybe we’d cross paths with Nefell again

Why don’t we take an extended break before we do this?

RW bids goodbye to Blanko

We’ll rest for a very long time, maybe years

RW will bring back brick and mortar retail

Retail is back, baby

What better place to mess around with existence than in a fictional, fictional hard drive? 

Goodnight, buddy

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1428

Title: Countdown in the Sky | Get Besos in the Sky PI 19

Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Coyuchi

Notable Language:

• Tangent
• Noir Chardonnay
• Tangerine Tangent
• Nonsense in its Serious Nonseriousness
• Can gent rhyme with tangent?
• Styrofoam Alternative Plane
• Restructuring the Afterlives
• Blanko
• Natural Flow
• Behoove
• An Inspector, not an Acceptor
• A fictional version of a fictional technology
• Extremely Unlimited Potential
• Elasticene
• Imaginary Supergenius
• A double fictional Drive

 

Notable Culture:

• • sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
  • Chillin’ and Ramblin’

• Get Besos in the Sky PI

• • 6 7
  • Antonio Banderas
  • BB-8 / Star Wars
  • “It’s a Small World”

• Les Miserables

• • Jeep

• Stranger Things

• Sherlock Holmes
• Robin Hood

 

Notable Talking Points:

• Planning about thinking about planning on
• I thought I was good at rhyming
• Humbled by a word
• I’ve definitely said Tangerine Tangent before
• By night, Noir Chardonnay
• By day, Tangerine Tangent
• Indirectly and Loosely Connected
• I can see you
• Someone listening really does get where you’re at
• The world is a better place when you’re flourishing
• That’s the foundation
• A lot of goofy, silly stuff on top
• You either adjust to this show or you don’t
• Nonsense in its Serious Nonseriousness
• sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
• I’m here to be your borefriend
• Chillin’ and Ramblin’
• Explaining the show structure
• Varied Repetitiveness
• The Wind Down
• Tonight is the finale of Get Besos in the Sky PI, I think
• Running through rhymes with Tangent
• Can gent rhyme with tangent?
• This might be the last episode of the series
• But don’t worry, you can listen in any order
• All the episodes are prequels, technically
• My characters don’t always behave
• I guess it was 9 Big Farm episodes, 9 Get Besos episodes, and then 1 recap
• There was neither 6 or 7, but I didn’t say that
• Don’t worry, by the time you hear this, that will be totally irrelevant culturally
• Our announcer from the Greater Los Angeles Area
• He comes all the way to the central New York area because he loves the listeners
• Antonio, have you ever moved in spherical ways?
• Soaring on geothermal wind energy
• Do you travel on a styrofoam alternative plane?
• Antonio’s introduction
• That, “Hyah!” has been around for a while
  I’m trying to get Antonio to play Goblet
• No one likes to play it with me more than once or twice
• PI checks in
• All is well with G and DK
• I’m going to do one of those sandwiches you told me about, Diane
• Good news – G and DK are ok
• The Toon world was just a virtual world
• Jiff put virtual reality helmets on the cartoon characters
• The Shriff of Nodderingham brought in Jiff
• Answer the 5 W’s
• We found part of Jiff’s list
• Pithy, Axion, and Nefell are going to meet us
• A different version of Sisyphus
• Some background information
• Jiff was trying to restructure the afterlife
• I’m not sure what economies of scale are, but I think that’s what it was
• Introducing currency to the afterlives
• RW and JC have tested the resilience of the universe many times
• The mythological characters we’ve met are more like fictional versions of those beings
• The little silver children from “Small Children of the Earth”
• The pony lords and horse ladies
• They’re all waiting for us
• We sent word to a fictional version of Javert’s mother
• We’re just trying to gather everyone that’s been created
• The universe is headed towards a hard reset
• What we know as existence will end, but existence won’t end
• I’m okay with it, I guess
• We do have Jiff’s childhood blanket, Blanko
• RW and JC say they have it covered (kind of)
• Thank goodness you’re here in spirit, Diane
• RW and JC take over
• You must be Jeep and DK!
• G, not Jeep
• Simon (PI), please give me Blanko
• RW has an announcement
• Counting down to the full reboot
• Turns out, that’s not a good thing
• A countdown is nice, though
• On the countdown machine in the sky are 2 big buttons
• It’s so good to have Blanko back
• RW has a moment as Blanko’s papa
• JC takes over
• The countdown continues
• There’s also a bunch of words in the sky
• There’s a button that pauses everything in existence
• It’ll pause it enough to put everything back in order
• But you can only do the pause if you put the keys to the afterlife in that box over there
• It’s like the weather
• Everything will flow back to normal
• Just like the weather
• Natural Flow
• Trying to explain a weather metaphor
• You can’t reboot the weather
• Richie, why don’t you quietly explain weather to Blanko for a while
• It’ll be like a soft reboot
• We’re not sure what’s going to happen to all of you
• Javert is shouting at them
• Javert wants to hit the reboot button right now
• Javert, please don’t speak that way in front of Blanko
• RW sees part of himself in Javert
• But RW knows he’s a somewhat unique individual
• It doesn’t behoove you to reboot
• We get it, Javert, you’re upset
• Rebooting things won’t solve these problems
• Javert, I thought you’d be on the case!
• An Inspector, not an Acceptor
• What if you reboot and then you’re gone, but there’s 10 Jean Valjeans?
• Why is that drive up there? Nobody knows
• Inside of that drive is a Moriarty
• (And also a red spandex guy)
• Potentially limitless worlds inside that drive
• Maybe you could go in there and inspect Moriarty
• G and DK theorize that we can all choose to go into the drive
• The drive won’t pause with the pause
• But it’s your call if you want to do that
• You could go in there
• A fictional version of a fictional technology
• Extremely Unlimited Potential
• Decide for yourselves
• Does anyone not want to go?
• A lot of extra intelligence and collective action
• Richie, tell Blanko that your plan worked
• Javert will go into the drive
• And some other characters will, too
• Somehow, the drive will stay outside of the slip of time
• Javert demonstrates how to enter the drive
• Jiff has a question
• Jiff wants to inspect the Pause button
• RW thinks Jiff is going to try to take Blanko
• Tell Blanko that Papa will be back soon
• JC, RW, and Jiff head up to the machine
• JC tearily says goodbye to Nefell
• Jiff says he’ll go into the drive
• RW tells JC that Jiff went into the drive
• Simon, G and DK join them
• Something is off about this button
• It looks quickly made
• The work of a fictional supergenius
• Wait, Moriarty made this button?
• But how?
• Did the Red Spandex Elasticene Guy break the seal on the drive?
• Maybe no Pause is needed?
• Let’s review
• Ohhh. Pressing Pause opens the Drive!
• Wait! We’re solving things together, so the Universe doesn’t need to stop
• Who should get the keys to the afterlife?
• Maybe the Council should decide
• We reduced the disruption to existence
• Simon, take these keys to the Council
• JC and RW probably have to go to the Beige world to reduce disruption
• All the beings they created went into the Drive
• It’s definitely okay to take Blanko with them
• Let’s take the frog back to the Beige world
• I bet the drive will be safe in the Beige World
• Everything will get sorted out in Florida
• Is this Temporal Displacement?
• What about Jiff?
• Jiff chose to go to into the Drive
• Maybe that’s where Jiff is supposed to be
• As long as we have each other (and Blanko), we’ll be ok
• RW is grateful for JC (and Blanko)
• And also grateful that existence won’t be restarted
• What if Jiff bends rules in the Drive?
• Hopefully it’ll be contained to the Drive
• Please don’t tell me there’s retail in the Drive
• RW can’t stand if Jiff somehow dominates the world of the Drive
• RW won’t return to the Beige world if he knows that Jiff could be successful in the Drive
• RW wants to save the Drive from Jiff
• A double fictional Drive
• We have to go into the Drive to get Besos
• Maybe we’d cross paths with Nefell again
• Why don’t we take an extended break before we do this?
• RW bids goodbye to Blanko
• We’ll rest for a very long time, maybe years
• RW will bring back brick and mortar retail
• Retail is back, baby
• What better place to mess around with existence than in a fictional, fictional hard drive? 
• Goodnight, buddy