Sand’s Day at the Beach | 2019 Live Show SWM+ Sneak Peek

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Bubble Physics

https://www1.phys.vt.edu/bubble/properties-of-bubbles.html

https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/science-of-bubbles/

https://news.emory.edu/features/2020/01/physics-of-bubbles/index.html

Sand

https://undsci.berkeley.edu/sand-is-more-than-meets-the-eye/

https://www.pbsnc.org/blogs/science/the-science-of-sandcastles/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/science/what-makes-sand-soft.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.K_lW.B5tdHPEvt92M&smid=url-share

European sunscreen

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/18/1251919831/sunscreen-effective-better-ingredients-fda

https://www.healthline.com/health/the-best-sunscreen-isnt-from-america

https://www.businessinsider.com/american-vs-european-asian-sunscreen-2023-6

Skipping Rocks

https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/physics/item/how-does-a-stone-skip-across-water/

https://medium.com/modern-physics/unveiling-the-hidden-physics-of-stone-skipping-the-art-and-science-of-skipping-stones-e70fc8d2f608

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/05/1147256396/how-to-pick-the-perfect-stone-for-skipping-according-to-physics

DOWN TO BUSINESS

Thanks to Phoenix Alameda, a great coworking space

No snore shaming

It’s been a rough night for bubble blowers everywhere

Serving up an amuse bouche made of nothing

PLUGS

Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Rusty Biscuit Links; Crisis Textline; Referral Program

SPONSORS

Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Quince; Odoo

INTRO

The live show that puts you to sleep

Get in your chair or poof or big chair and get comfy

Wednesday gets a bad rap

Resting in the arms of Wednesday evening

I had a prepared list of metaphors ready

I was thinking about sand toys

Sand-Themed Episode

Bubble Blowing as metaphor didn’t do well

It’s not a popularity contest, bubble blower

You stay home with Koa

Bubble blowing is different from enjoying bubbles

No one voted for bubble blowing

Kids parties have ruined bubble blowing for the rest of us

The Happiest Bubble on Earth … is you!

The opposite of popularity

Explaining the show

Your designated sand toy bag

What kind of person doesn’t think about bubble blowing’s feelings?

I’ll let the experts in Stockholm do the analysis here

STORY

A guided meditation for sand

I interviewed thousands of grains of sand

This particular grain of sand has a great view

You’re one among many

The eyesight of grains of sand

An almost 360 degree view

You’re waking up to your existence as sand

Waves are touching the shore

I believe that sand breathes

Someone is yelling about taking the freaking kids to the beach

A western-facing water

A tiny ripple on the surface

A bluff is to your east

Houses on the bluff

A positive version of a whine

A variety of kids and tweens

Heading down the stairs to the beach

Kids don’t normally walk this neatly

An adult male buffoon is behind them

Carrying towels in all sorts of ways

He’s got a tray with a bottle on it

A terrible impersonation of a French waiter

This is an uncle

Welcome to the beachside restaurant

The finest sunscreen the world has ever seen

Illegally imported European sunscreen

The famous traincar sunscreen application method

The uncle keeps trying to gamify

European NOAD

The sunscreen is almost like white makeup, but it’ll get absorbed

Don’t go near the water yet

The waiter goes to get the hostess

They start tossing stones into the water

The uncle returns with a mop head wig

Welcome to “Sandy Shoals”

A 6 course menu

The kids just want to swim

Swimming is later on the menu, it’s still too cold

Beach furniture is not treated with respect

Neglected Beach Furniture

Lounge chairs with flat tubes

An electric blue and a hot magenta

Seatbelt-like cloth

First serving – the digging of holes

Picture the beach in your mind

Working up an appetite for the water

One child goes right out to the water

Great digging locations

Study your fingernails and remember to make them clean when you go out for lunch

Begin To Dig

Remembering the first touch of sand

The scrape of nails against sand

Oh, those sounds of digging and scooping!

A downward dog dig

Different digging techniques

The moment you reach water in your sand dig

I can only assume that’s how a marsupial digs

Now we’re gonna build some sand castles

But first we must build consensus

Different types of sand castles

Wet sand dripping like wax

Fetch your sand castle molds

Let’s start with Ryan’s hole close to the shore

Hollywood-Style Sand Castles

Litlte Mermaid Style

Miranda wants to decorate the castle with feathers

And sticks and stones

Don’t stray too far looking for decorations

Beachcombing Area

Aunt Sandy’s Beachcombing Experience

She liked to collect old fireworks

Working on sand castle forms

Ryan builds a tidal canal for his castle

Sophia is drizzlign sand on her Little Mermaid castle

I’ve never successfully made a sand castle sand castle

The tide has started to come in

The center of the castle becomes a mud bog

What a day we’re having here!

Aunt Sandy proposes bubble blowing

But I guess it’s time for swimming

Swimming Expectations

The crystal clear water of Lake Teri

You gotta get out past the rocks

Crawl like a primordial fish creature that wants to get back to their ooze

Aunt Sandy eases into getting wet

The Mango Method

Repeatedly jumping in and out of the water 30 times

Perfect water stasis temp

The kids want to play a game

There’s no fair way to play Marco Polo

We’re not gonna play freeze tag either

Frankenstein in the Water, the game

In water between your knees and thighs

Walk with your legs and arms totally straight, as fast as you can

That’s supposed to be fun?

Walking and groaning

Aunt Sandy pretends to be inept and maybe loses her mop wig

Let’s play “Dolphins in the Water” aka just swim around

A fun contest idea

Grab those buckets full of water balloons

These water balloons floated on the water

Family & Friends Water Balloon Toss

Little Ted goes in the middle

Throw it up straight in the air

You just have to wait to see who it’s gonna hit

The gentle, warming waves pick up

It’s like being on a chairlift

Now we can play regular water balloon toss

Water balloon duels

This ain’t Aunt Sandy’s first trip to the beach

A conspiracy to pelt Aunt Sandy with water balloons

Then they all start getting Aunt Sandy

Time for our second application of sunscreen

Aunt Sandy had detected a change in the water

A storm is brewing and she can feel it on the air

Time for some serious rock collecting

Time for rock skipping

Some kids just aren’t good at skipping rocks and that’s okay

Look for the maroon rocks among the gray

A subtle red

Pile up these red rocks

No skipping rocks yet!

Undeniable Weather Changing

Everyone knows a storm is coming now

Skip a rock to make the rain go away

The more skips, the later the storm will come

Aunt Sandy keeps messing up the skipping math

The thunder and rain begin

Time to clean the beach up

2 minutes and 11 seconds to clean up

The waves were now crashing

The air begins to cool and release

The children are lined up at the outdoor shower, soaping their nails

Screen doors banging open and closed

Sink into the warm sand with the cool air around you

Take that storm in 

Chattering about indoor games

You drift off

A multitude of sand experiences

Bumblebee Butts

And that will bring us back to waking here

This is a birthday party show for this location

I have gifts for everyone

Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to keep doing live shows

Explaining the Dream Door Society

The founding members of the Dream Door Society

Thank you for coming to the live shows

SUMMARY:

Episode: 

Title: Sand's Day at the Beach | 2019 Live Show SWM+ Sneak Peek

Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Rusty Biscuit Links; Crisis Textline; Referral Program

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Quince; Odoo

Notable Language:

• Sand-Themed Episode
• The Happiest Bubble on Earth
• A western-facing water
• Buffoon
• The famous traincar sunscreen application method
• European NOAD
• Neglected Beach Furniture
• Seatbelt-like cloth
• Begin To Dig
• A downward dog dig
• Hollywood-Style Sand Castles
• Little Mermaid Style
• Family & Friends Water Balloon Toss
• A subtle red
• Undeniable Weather Changing
• Bumblebee Butts
• Dream Doors

Notable Culture:

• Harry Potter

• The Little Mermaid

• • Lake Ontario

• Monster High

• Frankenstein

Notable Talking Points:

• The live show that puts you to sleep
• Get in your chair or poof or big chair and get comfy
• Wednesday gets a bad rap
• Resting in the arms of Wednesday evening
• I had a prepared list of metaphors ready
• I was thinking about sand toys
• Sand-Themed Episode
• Bubble Blowing as metaphor didn’t do well
• It’s not a popularity contest, bubble blower
• You stay home with Koa
• Bubble blowing is different from enjoying bubbles
• No one voted for bubble blowing
• Kids parties have ruined bubble blowing for the rest of us
• The Happiest Bubble on Earth … is you!
• The opposite of popularity
• Explaining the show
• Your designated sand toy bag
• What kind of person doesn’t think about bubble blowing’s feelings?
• I’ll let the experts in Stockholm do the analysis here
• A guided meditation for sand
• I interviewed thousands of grains of sand
• This particular grain of sand has a great view
• You’re one among many
• The eyesight of grains of sand
• An almost 360 degree view
• You’re waking up to your existence as sand
• Waves are touching the shore
• I believe that sand breathes
• Someone is yelling about taking the freaking kids to the beach
• A western-facing water
• A tiny ripple on the surface
• A bluff is to your east
• Houses on the bluff
• A positive version of a whine
• A variety of kids and tweens
• Heading down the stairs to the beach
• Kids don’t normally walk this neatly
• An adult male buffoon is behind them
• Carrying towels in all sorts of ways
• He’s got a tray with a bottle on it
• A terrible impersonation of a French waiter
• This is an uncle
• Welcome to the beachside restaurant
• The finest sunscreen the world has ever seen
• Illegally imported European sunscreen
• The famous traincar sunscreen application method
• The uncle keeps trying to gamify
• European NOAD
• The sunscreen is almost like white makeup, but it’ll get absorbed
• Don’t go near the water yet
• The waiter goes to get the hostess
• They start tossing stones into the water
• The uncle returns with a mop head wig
• Welcome to “Sandy Shoals”
• A 6 course menu
• The kids just want to swim
• Swimming is later on the menu, it’s still too cold
• Beach furniture is not treated with respect
• Neglected Beach Furniture
• Lounge chairs with flat tubes
• An electric blue and a hot magenta
• Seatbelt-like cloth
• First serving – the digging of holes
• Picture the beach in your mind
• Working up an appetite for the water
• One child goes right out to the water
• Great digging locations
• Study your fingernails and remember to make them clean when you go out for lunch
• Begin To Dig
• Remembering the first touch of sand
• The scrape of nails against sand
• Oh, those sounds of digging and scooping!
• A downward dog dig
• Different digging techniques
• The moment you reach water in your sand dig
• I can only assume that’s how a marsupial digs
• Now we’re gonna build some sand castles
• But first we must build consensus
• Different types of sand castles
• Wet sand dripping like wax
• Fetch your sand castle molds
• Let’s start with Ryan’s hole close to the shore
• Hollywood-Style Sand Castles
• Litlte Mermaid Style
• Miranda wants to decorate the castle with feathers
• And sticks and stones
• Don’t stray too far looking for decorations
• Beachcombing Area
• Aunt Sandy’s Beachcombing Experience
• She liked to collect old fireworks
• Working on sand castle forms
• Ryan builds a tidal canal for his castle
• Sophia is drizzlign sand on her Little Mermaid castle
• I’ve never successfully made a sand castle sand castle
• The tide has started to come in
• The center of the castle becomes a mud bog
• What a day we’re having here!
• Aunt Sandy proposes bubble blowing
• But I guess it’s time for swimming
• Swimming Expectations
• The crystal clear water of Lake Teri
• You gotta get out past the rocks
• Crawl like a primordial fish creature that wants to get back to their ooze
• Aunt Sandy eases into getting wet
• The Mango Method
• Repeatedly jumping in and out of the water 30 times
• Perfect water stasis temp
• The kids want to play a game
• There’s no fair way to play Marco Polo
• We’re not gonna play freeze tag either
• Frankenstein in the Water, the game
• In water between your knees and thighs
• Walk with your legs and arms totally straight, as fast as you can
• That’s supposed to be fun?
• Walking and groaning
• Aunt Sandy pretends to be inept and maybe loses her mop wig
• Let’s play “Dolphins in the Water” aka just swim around
• A fun contest idea
• Grab those buckets full of water balloons
• These water balloons floated on the water
• Family & Friends Water Balloon Toss
• Little Ted goes in the middle
• Throw it up straight in the air
• You just have to wait to see who it’s gonna hit
• The gentle, warming waves pick up
• It’s like being on a chairlift
• Now we can play regular water balloon toss
• Water balloon duels
• This ain’t Aunt Sandy’s first trip to the beach
• A conspiracy to pelt Aunt Sandy with water balloons
• Then they all start getting Aunt Sandy
• Time for our second application of sunscreen
• Aunt Sandy had detected a change in the water
• A storm is brewing and she can feel it on the air
• Time for some serious rock collecting
• Time for rock skipping
• Some kids just aren’t good at skipping rocks and that’s okay
• Look for the maroon rocks among the gray
• A subtle red
• Pile up these red rocks
• No skipping rocks yet!
• Undeniable Weather Changing
• Everyone knows a storm is coming now
• Skip a rock to make the rain go away
• The more skips, the later the storm will come
• Aunt Sandy keeps messing up the skipping math
• The thunder and rain begin
• Time to clean the beach up
• 2 minutes and 11 seconds to clean up
• The waves were now crashing
• The air begins to cool and release
• The children are lined up at the outdoor shower, soaping their nails
• Screen doors banging open and closed
• Sink into the warm sand with the cool air around you
• Take that storm in 
• Chattering about indoor games
• You drift off
• A multitude of sand experiences
• Bumblebee Butts
• And that will bring us back to waking here
• This is a birthday party show for this location
• I have gifts for everyone
• Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to keep doing live shows
• Explaining the Dream Door Society
• The founding members of the Dream Door Society
• Thank you for coming to the live shows