00:04
Kieran
Welcome back to that's what they Said, an educationally conversational podcast where we address all the things that aren't in the college brochure.
00:11
Julia
Oh, hey, guys. We're back. We're so back. And, guys, we just found out that the point of wearing these headphones is so you can hear your own voice. We were just wearing them and didn't, like, plug them in or something, so we could, like, couldn't hear anything last time. So if there's a problem with the sound, it's not our fault, but it actually is. Yippee.
00:28
Kieran
I actually did get a comment from one of my friends. They're like, oh, are you. I just assumed that you guys got, like, professional equipment. Like, were you just recording it on a zoom call?
00:37
Julia
Oh.
00:38
Kieran
I said, oh. I said, hey, and that's fine. So back down.
00:42
Julia
Right? Right.
00:42
Kieran
Try to walk a mile in my shoes.
00:43
Julia
Yeah. Try to be me for once. Try to be me.
00:48
Kieran
Anyways, first episode came out last week. It's true. We broke the record for the highest amount of downloads for a first episode, so thanks for that, guys.
01:00
Julia
It's true that we just had a meeting with our WKNC people and our team. Our team. Our team. We just met.
01:07
Kieran
Me, my manager, my.
01:09
Julia
My team. My team. That's my team.
01:11
Kieran
Yeah.
01:11
Julia
And they were, like, so excited. And we have all these ideas of what we're going to do with the podcast. Like, you know, we want to interview people like we mentioned last time, like, go out on campus with it. I got me a tiny microphone, so y' all stay tuned for that one. So excited. I'm so excited. But I just want to say thank you for all of you guys that listen. And also, special shout out to the man of the hour, Drew, who does our transcript, because I talked to him. He's the first one to listen to the episode because he does a transcript. And he was like, it was a doozy to transcribe. And I said, drew, I love you, girl. I appreciate you so much.
01:43
Kieran
We love Drew.
01:44
Julia
We love Drew.
01:45
Kieran
Thank you, Drew.
01:46
Julia
Thank you, girl. Also have to say in our notes, it says meta Mommy in parentheses.
01:51
Kieran
If you're a fan of the pod.
01:52
Julia
If you're a fan of pod, you would know. My mother made a group chat of me, Kieran, and her to text her thoughts of the podcast and to say she just texted metamommy.
02:01
Kieran
And I said, oh, okay, Right, Yeah.
02:03
Julia
Okay, Right, Yeah.
02:04
Kieran
That made me laugh audibly.
02:05
Julia
And it made me giggle as well. It did make me giggle as well.
02:08
Kieran
There was A chuckle.
02:09
Julia
Okay, so we're just gonna. Oh, this episode. This episode is called Fall Break and Campus Celebrities, because we're trying to stay on track with, like, the time of the year.
02:17
Kieran
Yeah. So if you can't guess, take a. Take a gander about what this week's episode is then.
02:22
Julia
Omg. What would you think based on the title? Based on the title, it might be.
02:27
Kieran
Maybe fall break and campus celebrities, but you.
02:30
Julia
Don'T want to assume anything.
02:31
Kieran
No, of course not. This is an accepting society.
02:32
Julia
Right, right. Okay, so we're starting off with just like a. Just a quick. And by quick, I mean not a quick catch up about what we've been up to in the past week.
02:40
Kieran
Well, fun fact about me is I just came back from Ireland yesterday. Like, in Dublin. Oh, Dublin, Ireland.
02:47
Julia
Dublin.
02:48
Kieran
I found out that the way that you say it in, like, Irish Gaelic is eerie or airy. It's like E with a line on it. Rie.
02:56
Julia
That's how you say Dublin.
02:57
Kieran
No, that's how you say Ireland. Oh, I was like, in Gaelic.
03:00
Julia
Erie and Dublin don't sound anything alike.
03:03
Kieran
I disagree. Yeah. So let me hit the highlights of what happened while I was in Ireland, because let me tell you, it's day two. We are on hour 48 of being in Ireland. My computer breaks. Yeah. Gone with the wind. I say, okay.
03:14
Julia
In the middle of the work week as well.
03:16
Kieran
Well, yeah. So let me note that it's Tuesday when this happens, and I have over 21 assignments to get done while I'm gone. Not impossible if I had a working computer, but when you're on the other side of the country in a village that is like, a hundred miles from the nearest Apple Store, you got to get creative. And to do so, I went to public libraries throughout Ireland.
03:34
Julia
I literally.
03:34
Kieran
I kid you not, we park. It's pouring rain. Because in Ireland, it rains a lot. And so I'm, like, running through the rain. It's my slow moment. Hands on the window, like, trying to get inside. Never saw that movie, but yes.
03:47
Julia
Oh, we're gonna talk about that later.
03:49
Kieran
Yeah, we'll talk. And so I get inside, and I'm like, hi. Please. Like, do you have a computer? And they're like, we don't loan computers to people. And I was like, I don't want to take it.
03:57
Julia
I just like, we don't trust you.
03:59
Kieran
Okay. I was like, please, I'm just a poor American girl. Like, let me use a laptop. And so I go into this closet space through the child kindergarten section of the library, and I sit down in this chair that's like actually a foot off the ground, if that. Like, I am low squatting. And she was like, oh, like, just, you know, it's gonna be a little loud in there just because there's like a meeting happening. And I was like, oh, like, no worries. Like, I got that. And I was thinking like, oh, it's a room with computers. And then there's like another room nearby. All right, wrong. It's one singular room. Do you want to take a guess of perhaps what is happening in the room whilst I'm there?
04:35
Julia
Well, I was gonna say a meeting, since that's what you said was happening, but I don't know.
04:38
Kieran
Right. But so specifically, there was a how to speak Gaelic meeting happening. And so the entire time they have a harmonica and they're harmonizing and singing Gaelic tunes.
04:50
Julia
Me, me, me.
04:53
Kieran
And they were each reading passages and like, it's okay, like, you'll get it next week. And so they're like, practicing. Cause it's like a teaching school that I somehow stumbled upon.
05:01
Julia
Okay.
05:01
Kieran
And so they're singing Gaelic tunes, there's a harmonica, they're drinking tea. They're in between each song. And I'm just like, they're in Climate Quiz 1. Like, I'm trying to, like, do these assignments. I'm, like, trying to do stats and like, the hypotenuse of the triangle. And they're like, Dublin.
05:17
Julia
And so that was. Pause, pause. Hypotenuse of the triangle and stats. All right.
05:22
Kieran
Hey.
05:24
Julia
I'm not even going to class. And I know that's not in there.
05:26
Kieran
I was just trying to make it funny now.
05:28
Julia
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
05:30
Kieran
All right, I'm leaving. So anyhow, that really sat with me. I had to do that more than once. Fun fact. You have to, like, you can only use computers for, like, certain amount of time. So, like, you have a 45 minute reservation on this.
05:41
Julia
Not enough time for anything.
05:43
Kieran
I hacked the system, got two hours, AKA I just sat there for two hours and they forgot to tell me to leave. So it worked out. What else happened while I was in Ireland? Oh, yes. I danced with a bunch of Irish men at a pub.
05:52
Julia
Oh, my Lord. That's my dream.
05:55
Kieran
Now let me tell you what happened, because I actually. It was like a movie. So we like, are like, for context, the legal drinking age in Ireland is 18. I am above 18. So let's all take a breath. We're Bar hopping or, like, pub hopping, we get to this, we've hopped one time. We made one hop to the second jump. Not even just a hop, like, across the street. Which, by the way, I split the G on the Guinness the first time. Have you heard of that?
06:19
Julia
I have, yes. Okay.
06:20
Kieran
Yeah. For those who don't know, splitting the G means that, like, when you drink a Guinness for the first time, you have to take one sip. And when you, like, finish taking the sip, like, the line of where your liquid is in the glass has to be half. Like, exactly in half of the Guinness logo. And so it's, like, a thing. And so I, like, didn't really necessarily want to drink Guinness for, like, the taste of it, but I was like, I gotta do this. I did it on my first try. And a bunch of people were like, oh, my God. And I was like, oh. So, like, I'm a movie star.
06:44
Julia
And, of course, that's your first alcoholic drink you've ever had. So really? That's really impressive because you did it on just one sweet one and done. Yeah, one and done and that. And you're just a natural.
06:54
Kieran
Of course, now, I will note this was at, like, the second to last day of us being there. So I have been drinking cider whole week.
07:00
Julia
Oh, yeah.
07:01
Kieran
But outside of that, I've never touched a drop, so.
07:03
Julia
That was crazy.
07:04
Kieran
That was crazy.
07:05
Julia
So.
07:06
Kieran
And yeah, anyways, so we're at this bar or, like, this pub, and they have live music, and this table's, like, right next to where the stage is. And so they're like. But they're playing, like, all songs, like Brown Eyed Girl.
07:16
Julia
Okay.
07:17
Kieran
Like, anything in that general. Like, they played Sweet Caroline at one point.
07:20
Julia
You're kidding. If I'm in Ireland and I hear Brown Eyed Girl and Sweet Caroline, I'm like, okay, well, okay.
07:25
Kieran
So it was kind of the vibe, though, because they were, like, doing it, but, like, Irish. So it was like. Like the fiddles and, like, the banjos, like, the whole, like.
07:30
Julia
Oh, so it was live. They were just playing a recording. No, no, no.
07:33
Kieran
It was a live band.
07:34
Julia
Okay.
07:35
Kieran
So, like, it was.
07:35
Julia
It was cool because it was, like.
07:37
Kieran
In their own style, but it was like, obviously I knew, like, all the words, and so they start playing, and I was like, I'm just gonna dance. Like, I don't care. And so I get up and start dancing, and no one else comes to dance with me. And I was like, all right, that's embarrassing. So half the pub is just watching me dance on this floor, and So I sit back down. This guy comes up to me. He's like, do you want to dance with our group? I said, I, like, threw my jacket. I was like, I'm on the way. And so I ran over and I started dancing with these Irishmen. And we're all like. I start. We, like, locked arms and did, like, square dancing. Like, the hop, because it was like, a faster song. And then we all laugh.
08:07
Kieran
He starts asking me about Barack Obama, because I don't even know.
08:11
Julia
Well, naturally, of course, that's what I first think of when I'm square dancing in an Irish pub.
08:16
Kieran
Actually, bring up Barack Obama. So he's like, do you know a Barack Obama? I do know.
08:21
Julia
I'm actually close friends with Barack. So we go back. When I get home, we're getting dinner, so.
08:26
Kieran
So it was just like, yeah. And he was like, I loved him. He was the greatest man alive.
08:31
Julia
I was like, that's right.
08:32
Kieran
He's still alive.
08:34
Julia
He was the greatest man alive.
08:37
Kieran
You can catch him on Twitter. Like, he's still there. Oh, my God. But I started dancing, and then this guy, like, some other guys came, and then, like, all of a sudden, everybody started dancing in the middle, and I felt like I just, like, conducted a choir. Like, I was like, I just, like, I am her. And, like, somebody came up and spilled a drink down my back at one point, and then they felt bad, so they asked me to, but it was crazy. It was so cool.
08:59
Julia
Slay by you? Yeah.
09:01
Kieran
My last point is that I tried porridge while I was there, which is basically just, like, European oatmeal. And I was obsessed. Like, at first I was judging because, like, what do you mean Goldilocks trespass for this?
09:14
Julia
Like, because it's just, like, I feel like, to me, a synonym for porridge is going to be slop.
09:19
Kieran
Okay, so I was going to go with soup.
09:20
Julia
girl, that's not soup.
09:23
Kieran
No, it's bad. But, like, their version is, like, thick and, like, creamy.
09:27
Julia
That's what they say about me.
09:29
Kieran
Do they hashtag they can creamy comment that on our next Instagram post.
09:36
Julia
If you know. Okay.
09:38
Kieran
But nobody was so good. And, like, I had a dream one night that they told me I couldn't have porridge, and I woke up sad. And then, like, the porridge there is so good. Like, I was like, I said, me and Goldilocks. Like, I finally related her. I was like, I get it. Like, I would trespass for this. Like, yeah, I want it just right. Like, do you know what I'm saying?
09:56
Julia
Yeah, I do.
09:59
Kieran
Anyhow, that's my sum of Ireland. It was really cool. I met a presidential candidate. I saw a bunch of history. I went to a Jameson. Like, the whiskey brand.
10:10
Julia
I don't do. I don't do whiskey.
10:11
Kieran
Okay, well, you know what it is, though, right?
10:14
Julia
I know whiskey is a thing. I don't. I don't know brands.
10:16
Kieran
Okay, well, Jameson is, like, the number one whiskey brand.
10:18
Julia
Like, hey, Jameson. Hey, girl. Hey, girl.
10:20
Kieran
Learned her whole history. But I went to, like, where they manufacture it, and it, like, first ever started, and it was really cool, and I tried it, and it was nasty. I mean, it wasn't nasty.
10:28
Julia
Nasty in a bad way.
10:29
Kieran
Nasty in a bad way, if you will. It was fine. But anyways, it was just really cool. So that's my sum of Ireland. Happy to be back. Computer's still broken, but we're live, laugh.
10:38
Julia
Loving our way through it, and we are.
10:41
Kieran
So what's been up with you, though? What happened this past week?
10:43
Julia
Well, glad that you asked. I have a notes app. Note open here. First of all, I'm just going to read from the notes app, because that's my. That's my stream of consciousness. Of course. Consciousness. Consciousness. Right. Thoughts about last week's episode. Yeah, I mentioned I failed class over summer. Looked at my transcript. Didn't fail the class. Actually passed the class.
11:04
Kieran
So celebrate good times. Come on.
11:06
Julia
Looking out for me on that one. They really were. Second, we did have a Rita's in Wilmington that. That frozen ice thing. You're just.
11:14
Kieran
Of course, I did see that text. That someone was like, Ju used to go all the time to Rita's.
11:18
Julia
And I said, hey, I still don't know Rita, girl. Rita and Ju. We don't know each other. Okay.
11:24
Kieran
We're going to introduce y'. All.
11:25
Julia
Yeah, and we should.
11:26
Kieran
There'll be a contact point.
11:28
Julia
Okay. And here's my other thing. I did not. It didn't clock to me, if you will, that people were actually going to listen to this, because people. And by people, I mean my best friends, my family were texting me, like, referencing things that I talked about in the podcast. And, like, it is just mind blowing to me that people listen, know that we exist, and, like, listen actually listen to what we say. Like, right now, we're talking right now, people are gonna be listening to this, and they're gonna be like, wow, I can't believe you thought that. Like. Yeah, I don't know.
11:55
Kieran
I really. It's so hard. This is my favorite podcast ever. Crazy.
11:58
Julia
In. In the same vein of like, oh, people like, notice me is. I would like to say shout out to my loyal story likers on all my accounts because I have quite a few and I want to give a specific shout out. I am gonna name a name here because this is. This is important to me.
12:11
Kieran
We're getting deep.
12:12
Julia
Yeah. And this. I feel like I don't. You're not going to find this surprising. Abdullah.
12:16
Kieran
What a. What a guy.
12:17
Julia
What a guy. He is so cool. Absolutely. If you listen to this, thank you for liking all my stories. I appreciate it. And it. I like. It just makes me so happy. And like, you support the podcast is so cool because, like, you, like, inspired the podcast because you are a podcaster. Anyway, so. Okay. Another thing that I. Another thought that I had in the past week, actually I had this one last night, is I saw a thing that said the equivalent of a forehead kiss, like, for a woman, like when a man kisses you on the forehead or when your significant other kisses you on the forehead.
12:48
Kieran
Sure.
12:48
Julia
The equivalent of that for a man is being brought homemade banana bread.
12:52
Kieran
I saw that. And I'm needing to test that theory. So I need all the men in my life, all, like, four of them. I need you guys to let me know that if I brought you banana bread.
13:02
Julia
Like.
13:03
Kieran
Like, what? Where are we at in life?
13:04
Julia
And I have something to say on this. I. Before I saw this, you know. Okay.
13:10
Kieran
Right.
13:10
Julia
You know, this. This person. I brought this person banana bread. A man. A man over the summer.
13:15
Kieran
Sure.
13:15
Julia
I feel like we can tell which one it is. Yeah. This one. Yeah.
13:18
Kieran
I'm locked.
13:19
Julia
Yep. Brought banana bread. Now, I didn't mean to. I didn't mean it to be a thing like that, but it's a Roman empire. It's his Roman Empire. Maybe it's not. I don't want to assume, but I just. I just saw that. I said, wow. Like, let me think about that.
13:31
Kieran
Okay, processing.
13:32
Julia
Next, I need to talk about things I've cried over this week.
13:34
Kieran
Yeah.
13:35
Julia
What do you think about me? I used to never cry, but these days I'd be grinding all the time.
13:38
Kieran
You're tapped in with yourself, and that's a beautiful thing.
13:41
Julia
I'm an empath. I'm an empath.
13:42
Kieran
That's just so hard being you.
13:43
Julia
No, it really is. Okay, first of all, I saw a couple with a wiener dog, and they were so cute. And the man bent down to talk to the wiener dog because the wiener dog was barking and he was, like, comforting it. And I cried. I cried. I would have lost it right then. I cried because the weather Was beautiful Fall.
13:59
Kieran
Yeah.
13:59
Julia
She's my sister. I missed her.
14:01
Kieran
All the leaves are brown.
14:02
Julia
Right.
14:02
Kieran
And the skies are gray.
14:03
Julia
I know. That's right. I saw a kid at the bus stop.
14:08
Kieran
Right.
14:08
Julia
And he looks stressed, and he was all alone. And that. That made me sad.
14:12
Kieran
That sat with you.
14:13
Julia
Yeah, it really did. Oh, my God. The choir at church on Sunday. One of my friends was in. He was playing the drums with the choir. I know. It was so cute. And they were all having so much fun. And that is what made me cry, is they're also happy. Like, I love that. Okay. That one picture of Rotten. You know the one where she's, like. And she's like, very symmetrical. Rotten. I mentioned her last week. If you're a real fan, you would know that's my cat that we're both obsessed with. Yeah. Pictures of her on Instagram. Because that's my girl. Right. Then I cried because it was family weekend, and there are so many families, and I thought that was the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life. Like, all the grandparents. Oh, my God. Yeah. Then I watched Me Before You.
14:50
Julia
Oh, have you watched that?
14:51
Kieran
I have. I saw your story about that.
14:54
Julia
That made me giggle, because I was on FaceTime with Frank.
14:57
Kieran
Yeah.
14:57
Julia
When I watched.
14:58
Kieran
Hey, Frank.
14:58
Julia
Hey. Hey, girl. Frank's my best friend from home, so I. I watched me before you. I had read the book, so I was like, oh, I am strong enough to watch this and not lose my mind.
15:08
Kieran
You know, like, you're good.
15:09
Julia
I know it's gonna happen. Watched it. Sobbed like that. There's one picture of me with, like, spit coming out of my mouth because I'm sobbing so hard. Yeah. I'm just trying to be vulnerable here. That really got to me.
15:17
Kieran
No, I'm feeling closer to you now.
15:19
Julia
Thank you. Also, a little thing that I would like to just put out here.
15:23
Kieran
Sure.
15:24
Julia
Is. You know when you notice one of your friends is just, like, a little bit off.
15:28
Kieran
Yes. Oh, yes.
15:31
Julia
And. But I. I mean it in. In the way that, like, give them a little extra love. Take a second. Because it's. Especially here at school, it's the point in the semester where things are weighing on you.
15:42
Kieran
Yeah. Like, it's. We're in the thick of it right now.
15:45
Julia
Into the thick of it. We are in. We are in the thick of it. Okay. Right, Right. I just want to say I. I just. I think it's important to check in. Check in and let people know that they're loved and known and seen, because sometimes you don't Feel that way when you're at school. You feel very lonely. And. Yeah, that is not how it should be in. In connection with that, I recently was inspired to start writing. Yeah. Start writing notes to people. Yeah. I think that is the cutest thing ever. Like, I keep every note that. Or every word. Yeah.
16:21
Kieran
I have every single one that I've gotten since I was, like, in elementary school in a box in my room.
16:25
Julia
I love a pen pal. I love a pen pal. Yeah, that's that on that. Please love your friends. That.
16:32
Kieran
That sits with me. I. I love my friends and I love telling them how much I love them because, like, I am such. Like, were talking about this earlier that, like. Like, devoting yourself to people. Like, I'm such an independent person on my own, but, like, because of that, I devote myself 100 to all my friends and, like, the people in my life. And so, like, all the people in my life. I love you. You're my favorite people ever. Like, please reach out. Like, I. I enjoy and cherish every single friendship I have.
16:56
Julia
Right. That's what I'm saying. Why am I here if not to love people exactly like, that is all that I am here for. That's not true. But I'm. I'm. Well, no, I would say in general, my mission in life, like a 30%. I would. I would even. I would even say maybe higher than that. But my last thought before we actually get into what we're going to talk about today, right, because we're already the actual content. We're actually already like, going over the time that we allotted to this is. I have been in a discussion about fantasy football recently. I don't participate, obviously, because I don't know a single thing about.
17:29
Kieran
But we check the rosters.
17:31
Julia
Oh, and I know that's right. I know that's right.
17:35
Kieran
Guys, men's basketball starts in, like, four weeks.
17:39
Julia
Anyway, what I was gonna say is about these. These leagues of fantasy football, especially when you get into one and it's all men, and you say, hey, because I.
17:49
Kieran
Like the team or the league.
17:50
Julia
The league is all men. Well, because the football is going to be all men.
17:54
Kieran
Right?
17:54
Julia
So then I was like, why? Are we right? No, but I'm saying in a league of fantasy football, you ask a man, oh, like, what happens if you lose? And he says, the most outlandish punishment you have ever heard. I. Okay, I know this guy. And last year he lost, which is like, okay, girl, lock in. But me, when I would most definitely lose a better player, like, right, like, do Better.
18:16
Kieran
Like, I don't know.
18:17
Julia
No, no, I would lose. I. Yeah. But his, like, punishment was to wear a Speedo and run a mile in his neighborhood.
18:23
Kieran
Oh, my God.
18:24
Julia
And I said, okay, so I just want to do that. I would say, no.
18:29
Kieran
I had a friend whose league's punishment. I think I've seen this one on TikTok before, but it was like they had to sit in a Waffle House and they had to eat a waffle. Like, they had to eat 24 waffles before they could leave every hour.
18:41
Julia
I'm not even joking. I could do that so quick.
18:43
Kieran
Yeah. And every waffle you eat, like, takes off an hour, but you, like, you have to eat 24 waffles.
18:49
Julia
I'd be there for now, like, three hours, tops. Yeah, sorry.
18:53
Kieran
You're crushing eight waffles an hour. Oh, easy. Now I want to test this theory.
18:59
Julia
Okay. Anytime you pay for the waffles, I'm down.
19:02
Kieran
Well, maybe let's not test that.
19:03
Julia
Okay. Yeah, yeah, that's what I thought. That's what I thought.
19:05
Kieran
Oh, wow.
19:06
Julia
Back down.
19:06
Kieran
You know what? Meet me at the Waffle House. Meet me outside. How about that?
19:12
Julia
Okay. Okay. Now, since we're over, time to transition.
19:16
Kieran
Into the actual content segue.
19:17
Julia
And by segue, I mean let's go to the next thing we're going to talk about fall break this. And that's going to because fall break is in about four days from.
19:26
Kieran
When we're filming this. I also had someone comment on the fact that our referencing to the time that were talking about was incorrect from when the podcast came out. Hey, babe, we don't film and produce on the same day, right?
19:37
Julia
This isn't live, sweetheart. Okay. We could be. It could. Hey, speaking of live.
19:42
Kieran
Ooh, we now have a spot on the WKNC 88.1 radio station on HD1 and HD2. So HD1, check us out at 11am every Friday. Last week's episode, Wolf Pack Welcome Week, will be airing this week, and then next week will be this week's episode, and then so forth, so on. Okay, get pumped, guys.
20:01
Julia
I'm excited. Like, that is so cool to me.
20:04
Kieran
That's so cool.
20:04
Julia
Okay, okay. Fall break.
20:05
Kieran
Yeah.
20:05
Julia
The main. Well, this is not the main thing, Right? An important thing, I think, to talk about for fall break, especially when it's your first fall break, like if you're a freshman or you're, like, new to, like, living anywhere other than home.
20:17
Kieran
Right.
20:17
Julia
Is. It's a weird feeling to. To be at school and be like, oh, this is so new. I don't feel at home here. But then you return to your actual home, like where you live before you got to school. And it also doesn't feel like home because you're like, oh, like so much has happened since I left. Like, they do things without me.
20:33
Kieran
Like, I don't feel connected like you once were.
20:35
Julia
Right. Because things change. Dynamics change. So then you feel like you're just floating in like the liminal space between is school my home or is home my home? I have no home, I have no friends, I have no family.
20:47
Kieran
Like, and then you spiral and then your life's over and you do. It just. It feels definitely like I feel like I'm just visiting. Like, when I go to my parents house, I'm visiting, but then when I go back to my dorm, it's like, well, I'm only going to be here for a few months. So like, I'm just visiting. Like, I. You know, my dad actually asked me last year, he was like, what do you call home? Like, is. What do you. Like, what do you, like, verbally? Like, what do you physically call, like, your home? And I was like, I guess my door. Like, I, like, I think that for me, like, where I'm living at the time is home, but my parents will always be my house. Like, where I was before college is house, but where I am is home.
21:25
Kieran
If that makes sense.
21:26
Julia
Okay. I. I thought about this a lot, actually, and I, like, I love to ponder things. So I. I love a good thought. I love a good thought. Which is surprising. I know, guys, like, I'm sure you're so shocked about that.
21:38
Kieran
We like to think and talk. We should start a podcast.
21:42
Julia
That is a great idea. Let's look into that. Let's look into that.
21:45
Kieran
We'll touch base.
21:45
Julia
We will. Putting a pin in that. We're putting a pin in that.
21:47
Kieran
Putting the pin.
21:49
Julia
What I think is that for me, words hold a lot of power. So the way that I talk about something makes it that way. So this whole time I've been like, school isn't home. Like, it's school. It's a separate thing than home. Like, literally for a year and a half since I've been at state, I've been like, oh, like, it's like, you.
22:06
Kieran
Know, it's like just a section of your life, right?
22:08
Julia
Like, I'm just living here. I'm gonna have to move out. Like, let me not get too comfortable. But then I was thinking about it and I was like, this year, this feels like My home. I have such a life here. My friends are here. This is, like, my chosen family is here.
22:21
Kieran
Yeah.
22:22
Julia
And it took, hey, a year and a half worth of work to get to this point.
22:26
Kieran
But you got there.
22:27
Julia
But I did get there, and it was a hard journey, I'll tell you that. But I love it here. And I think that this is my home, and I think that I can have this be my home, and my home in Wilmington is also my home. Like, those two things can be true at the same time. I think that is important to note. Like, the. The way that, like, the dynamics change, like, when you see your family again or when you see your home friends again. But that doesn't mean that, like, your relationship with them is any different.
22:54
Kieran
Like, of course not.
22:55
Julia
Maybe the way you communicate is different because you're going to have a lot more FaceTimes and phone calls, but you're still this.
23:02
Kieran
Like, you're still part of each other's lives. Right.
23:04
Julia
You still love each other and, like, you still spend time with each other. And the time that you spend is even more precious when you don't, like, live together. Like, I don't know. I just. I think it's important to think about these things and, like, realize that, like, everybody feels a little bit weird the first time they go back home.
23:18
Kieran
Yeah, I think for me, it was weird too, because, like, I kind of mentioned I grew up, like, 15, 20 minutes from state, and obviously now that I live here, I still obviously live, like, 15, 20 minutes away. So it's like, when I. My first year, like, it was a lot of, like, back and forth because it was like, do I go home? Do I not? Do I stay here? Like, I could go home anytime I want, like, on a random Wednesday or, like, and sometimes I would text my parents, and I was like, you, like, you have to come give me. Like, I just need to come home. And like, other times I was like, I'm not coming home. Like, it. Just. Because it's fault. Like, like, it was just. But it's.
23:51
Kieran
It's definitely hard because it's like, I. I want to balance and I want to develop who I am as a person, but at the same time, like, I'll always fall back on my parents and, like, my family at home.
23:58
Julia
Yeah.
23:59
Kieran
And it was definitely hard, especially when I was, like, that first semester when I was still adjusting to, like, trying to meet people here and have that family here. When you don't have it here, you just want to resort back to what you had before.
24:09
Julia
Right.
24:09
Kieran
But it Almost makes it worse because then you come back and then you're.
24:12
Julia
Like, oh, I missed valuable time of spending it with. I feel like, that is especially true on, like, holidays. Yes. And like, for example, I. My family. And by my family, I mean me, my mom and my sibling go to the state fair every. Every year. Which. Hey, we're going to be talking about that next episode. But what. Right. So we, like, do these specific activities every year that, like, are, like, little, like, road trips we go on or whatever. Whatever. And. And like, last year, I was like, oh, like, I don't have any friends at school. Like, I'm so excited to see. I'm so excited to hang out with my mom. My best friend is my mom. But, like, what a blessing. So I was so excited to, like, hang out my family because I'm like, I have no friends.
24:51
Julia
But then I would see, like, people go to, like, the fair with their friends, and I'm like, oh. Like, I.
24:56
Kieran
It's a thing.
24:57
Julia
It's a thing. Like, and that's how you, like, actually make friends, you know, like, actually to do some love ramble. So, like, this year, guess who might be going to the fair? Who?
25:08
Kieran
You, Kieran. Oh, my God, I'm so excited. I went to the fair for, like, the first time last year, and I went with two of my friends. They were actually roommates with each other. And it was. It was amazing. Like, I really enjoyed the experience. One thing about me is I love a fried Oreo.
25:25
Julia
Oh.
25:26
Kieran
I have deep connections to fried. Fried Oreos. Me and, like, my best friend since kindergarten, we would make fried Oreos every now and then.
25:34
Julia
Oh.
25:35
Kieran
And it was just like a random Wednesday. We were like, fried Oreos. And I was like, I'm coming over. Like, I'm on the way.
25:40
Julia
I'm actually in your house right now.
25:41
Kieran
Yeah, I'm actually there because you just, like, she had, like, a fryer, or you obviously could just do an oil, but you just dip it in, like, pancake batter. It was so good. Like, I have taken down some fried Oreos in my day.
25:52
Julia
Yeah.
25:52
Kieran
But anyhow, it was. It was really cool. I was, like, not nervous to go for the first time, but I was just like, what am I going to. Am I going to hate this? Like, it's just people and money and, like, noise. But I actually really enjoyed it.
26:02
Julia
Isn't that. Isn't that life?
26:03
Kieran
Isn't that special? Something?
26:05
Julia
Isn't. Isn't that something?
26:06
Kieran
You miss all the shots you don't take.
26:08
Julia
I know that's right. I I the next bullet point that we have here is one that I added. Hometown hookups. Right. To do. Or not to do.
26:17
Kieran
Yeah, the old time debate.
26:19
Julia
And it is I, I okay, so sure, A lot of people when you're like, when you're, you know, a senior in high school, you graduate, you're going off to college, you had like a significant other in high school, you break up with them or you have somebody like a summer fling that you break up with before you go off to school. She's like, oh, like, we're gonna be different places. Like, I'm gonna meet all these different people. And I, I just like, can't stay in a relationship right now. Like, I don't know if I can stay with one person, blah, blah. And then you get to school and you've been here for a month and a half and it's time to go back home and you're like, wow, I'm so lonely. I haven't gone on a single date since I got here.
26:48
Julia
I'm so bored. I Lord, you know what? You know who's going to be in my hometown?
26:51
Kieran
The same people from high school that's.
26:53
Julia
Gonna be my ex. And and so then the temptation of, hey, let me text someone, hey, let me see what they're up to, becomes a very real, tangible thing. Yeah. And okay, sure, I hate I fall victim to it too. Okay. And I would have to say it is acceptable in some situations. I'm just saying don't get stuck in that just because you're like, I'm so lonely someone. Right. If you, if you have genuinely missed someone or you're like, I've been thinking about you, like when I come home, like, it wouldn't be right to be home and not see you because I, like, want this to continue in the future, then maybe reach out. But like, if we're just like, oh, I'm so lonely and guess who's gonna be in at home and none of.
27:37
Kieran
My friends are in town.
27:38
Julia
Yeah, right. And let me look at Snap Maps, which, hey, I don't have Snapchat, but let me look at this map and see who's going to be in town. I deleted it because I didn't have enough storage on my phone for all the pictures I was taking. Anyway. Yeah. I'm just saying, let's, this is another thing to think critically about. Like, how you think critically about, should I go out this weekend? This is another one. Like, let just think about the effect that this will have after fall break on you and the other person. Okay, let's just. Let's just take a second.
28:09
Kieran
Really let it sit with yourself.
28:10
Julia
Yes. And yeah. Yes. But, yeah, like, it is okay if in some situations, if we're thinking critically and we're being adults and we're communicating, but sometimes when you're a freshman, you're not an adult, and I think it's important to realize that. Okay.
28:30
Kieran
My big thing for fall break is to just, like, take the time to enjoy it and, like, reset. Like, fall break.
28:35
Julia
Break is the important word.
28:36
Kieran
Break is the important word. Like, for fall break this week, I'm literally staying in my apartment. I'm not going anywhere. Like, I have plans to see a couple of my friends on Sunday. I have plans to see one of my friends on Saturday. We're gonna watch snl.
28:46
Julia
Yep.
28:47
Kieran
I'm a big SNL fan, but I'm just, like, gonna do some laundry, gonna, like, take out the trash, and I'm gonna lay in my bed and look at the ceiling and appreciate the fact that I'm doing that.
28:57
Julia
I like that. I. I have a couple plans. I'm getting a haircut.
29:02
Kieran
Oh, wow.
29:03
Julia
I'm so excited. Okay. I'm seeing a few people.
29:07
Kieran
Yeah.
29:09
Julia
I am getting another tattoo.
29:12
Kieran
So excited.
29:13
Julia
I am so excited, guys. Stay tuned. Will not be posting that on the podcast Instagram, but if you follow us.
29:20
Kieran
On our personal accounts that are linked in the description of our, you might.
29:23
Julia
See a little picture of the tattoo. Also, my dad listens to this, so. Dad, I'm getting another tattoo. Moving on. Yeah. As we said, it's important to take a break. Take a break, take a nap.
29:35
Kieran
Really resurface.
29:36
Julia
Really resurface me when I'm a whale.
29:43
Kieran
Come up for air. I'm a beluga whale.
29:45
Julia
That is lowkey. What it feels like to go on break after. Even on the grind at school, I'm, like, resurfacing for, like, a breath of fresh air. Like, let me. Let me get some sunlight. Let me photosynthesize. Like, best believe I'm hitting the beach when I get home. Okay.
29:57
Kieran
Yeah.
29:58
Julia
I'm jealous. I'm running out there. Gonna be freezing in the water. I can tell you that already. But I'm running out there right in that water.
30:03
Kieran
Well, yes. Mm. And on that note, you're gonna say. You look like you're gonna say something. I was going to, and then I lost it completely.
30:12
Julia
That happens to you an awful lot, Doesn't it?
30:14
Kieran
Oh, wow. Okay.
30:17
Julia
Are you done? Probably not. Okay.
30:19
Kieran
So, campus celebrities.
30:21
Julia
Yes.
30:21
Kieran
I personally am very excited to talk about this because I have so many things that I've been waiting for over a week now to talk about and the first of which is this man who we see on campus and I just want to paint a picture for you. Take a walk with me if you will. Even though you walk. Take a walk. You'll get the joke in a second. So picture this. You're sitting in talley doing your work. All of a sudden walking by you is a man. I would say like about 6 foot.
30:46
Julia
Yeah.
30:47
Kieran
Somewhere around there. Probably like early 40s, maybe late 30s. Bald, not shaved bald. Sparkling.
30:57
Julia
In a good way.
30:58
Kieran
In a good way. He's eating, he's down, eating down. Wearing bluetooth headphones, a white button up shirt with a white T shirt underneath, khaki pants that are like a little bit too high with the belt but.
31:13
Julia
Like in like a, in kind of like a vintage way.
31:16
Kieran
Yeah, it's giving, like vintage.
31:19
Julia
I don't like hints of like, oh, he's like kind of like giving like slay.
31:23
Kieran
Yeah, it's like almost like man in a mystery movie who wears a trench coat but like take out the trench coat and the hat.
31:29
Julia
Yeah, but he does have a. He does. Let me tell you about a trademark.
31:33
Kieran
Going down below on his feet are individual toe shoes. Going down below on his feet. I panicked. I just started saying words where I'm at. But on his feet are individual toe shoes. So he's like, there's a shoe on each toe.
32:01
Julia
No.
32:06
Kieran
Like spray on shoes for each toe.
32:13
Julia
Oh my God.
32:13
Kieran
Like the water shoes, you know, but there's like, I mean like, you know, you've seen it. But like the individual, like the shoes where they have like divides in between each toe.
32:21
Julia
Like if he was wearing gloves, but they're on his feet and they're hard, they're like rubber.
32:25
Kieran
They're rubber and they're like can traverse the terrain. Like he is prepared for any environment, but he just takes laps in the same outfit every single. I see him every single day in tally because I always sit in tally before my class. I see him every single day in the same outfit, in the same shoes. Like I think he literally bought like five pairs of the same shirt pants and just like wears them because they're.
32:46
Julia
Always clean and crisp. Like he's. No, he wakes up and he says, I'm going to serve today.
32:49
Kieran
And he does, and he does. And I need to meet him. And at some point by the end of this podcast in my life, I will be able to put a name to that man. And I don't know who it is. I don't know where he comes from. I don't know his background. I don't know why he's here, but apparently it's to get his steps in.
33:03
Julia
Well, he, like, to me, he gives kind of like Eric. Like, he gives like his name.
33:08
Kieran
I was thinking Robert.
33:09
Julia
I could see that as well.
33:10
Kieran
Or like a Craig. Ooh, Clyde.
33:14
Julia
Clyde. I don't know that I've ever met a Clyde in your life.
33:16
Kieran
Never met a Clyde.
33:17
Julia
Okay.
33:18
Kieran
I haven't either.
33:18
Julia
I just know that maybe we will in the future. Maybe his name is.
33:22
Kieran
Maybe he's Any Clyde. Let us know.
33:25
Julia
Any Clyde. Okay. My. The first person that I thought of. There are multiple so many campus celebrities. I got to be honest.
33:32
Kieran
I can't even.
33:34
Julia
Like, if you wear like a. Like, if you have a specific, like, outfit, esthetic, I. You're a celebrity to me. Like, if I see, like, I was going to name another name, but I'm not going to. As a certain person that slayed so hard with the outfits, I would see him all the time on campus and I would be like, oh, wow, you are. You are so cool. You are him. Yeah. Like, you genuinely are him. I could never be you. I want to be you, though. That is like, that's my campus celebrity vibe. But the person that I first thought of is this kid that. So I used to eat like a lot of meals in Fountain. The dining hall, obviously, because.
34:12
Kieran
Represent. Right.
34:13
Julia
I'm an NC State student, so obviously. Yeah, right. And I used to sit at the same table every single day in the corner. I'd, you know, sit in the corner so I could face like, the whole, like the open dining area. So I could watch people, obviously. Because I'm a creep and I'm a weirdo. We're actually DJs, guys. We don't do podcasts that we're actually.
34:37
Kieran
We actually are DJs. We got a DJ name.
34:41
Julia
You guys. You guys gotta guess what our DJ names are, okay? You just let us know what you think it is.
34:44
Kieran
You'll never guess it.
34:45
Julia
It's so obvious. Anyway, this kid would sit at his. At the same table, like right next to me every single day. And then. I never told you this, but come to find out, he lived in my building last year because there was a fire. There was like a fire alarm thing in the middle of the night, which.
35:02
Kieran
Hey, yeah.
35:02
Julia
Who is. Who is setting off that dang fire alarm at 2am I've been asleep for five hours at that time.
35:09
Kieran
I'm trying to get my full eight. Yeah, we are partway through rem.
35:12
Julia
We are. And you just disrupted my sleep. Anyway, he was in the elevator with me, and I said, hey, girl.
35:19
Kieran
You took the elevator down during a fire alarm?
35:21
Julia
No, up. I. I took it up because I lived on the eighth floor.
35:25
Kieran
Okay, well, respectable.
35:26
Julia
This is a safe space.
35:27
Kieran
No, I was just saying that we need that reminder. The number one thing they say when there's a fire.
35:32
Julia
No, I didn't take it.
35:33
Kieran
Okay.
35:34
Julia
Anyway, I love that kid. I had not seen him. I never talked to him. Ate a meal with him every single day for an entire year. Never talked to him. I hope he knows I exist, because that would be really sad to me.
35:46
Kieran
Yeah.
35:46
Julia
But I actually did see him the other day walking, like. You know those stairs that, like, get us out of breath every Tuesday, Thursday, right out of the tunnel. Yeah. He was walking down as I was walking up. And I wanted to be like, oh, my God. But he definitely. Right. He would never. He would be like, who's wacko? Yeah.
36:04
Kieran
Which. What makes me want to talk about the people with the meals at the dining hall.
36:09
Julia
Oh, my Lord.
36:10
Kieran
Makes me. Which, by the way, if you haven't caught on, now, we're not actually talking about celebrities. We're talking about just infamous characters in our lives. Oh, well, yeah, but my. My main celebrity, my, like a listers are the people at the dining hall. Like, let me paint some pictures for you. Picture number one. You walk up to the gallery.
36:27
Julia
Okay.
36:27
Kieran
I present to you 8:30am soft serve and pumpkin pie for breakfast.
36:33
Julia
Well, my question is, how are we getting to the dining hall at 8:30 in the morning?
36:36
Kieran
Okay. I'm at 9. Okay, okay, you get the point. But it's like, we are. We're like, right at opening.
36:40
Julia
Yeah.
36:41
Kieran
Pumpkin pie and soft serve ice cream.
36:42
Julia
That's a freshman right there at 9.
36:44
Kieran
00Am Yep. And I was like, okay. And I really. Because it wasn't even just like a little sliver. Like, it wasn't just like, let me treat myself. It's been a morning. It was like. I'm like, it was.
36:55
Julia
This is my meal.
36:55
Kieran
This was breakfast.
36:56
Julia
Yeah.
36:57
Kieran
Like, this was. This was plate. This was meal. This was. This was dish. Like, that is. Which.
37:02
Julia
Wow.
37:03
Kieran
The second one, which is probably my main attraction to the gallery is. Was sitting to get dinner with my roommate. And we're sitting, and I look. I look around, I take a gaze a gander, right? To see this man with a salad and a chocolate milk. That was dinner. That Was that was fork and knife.
37:22
Julia
Yep.
37:24
Kieran
Salad and chocolate milk. Okay. And that makes me laugh because I'm pretty sure the salad was just like lettuce and cheese. Like, it wasn't even like an actual.
37:30
Julia
Like me when I saw this. Cheese and chocolate milk is my. My drink of choice.
37:35
Kieran
Right. I was just like, I love going to the dining hall and just like observing because I've seen people who had like three pieces of pizza, rice, a cheeseburger, and like salad all on the same plate. And then they also went and got like, soft serve 7 cookies and like a glass of apple juice.
37:49
Julia
Well, and then in. In the same vein, I feel like I said that like five times tonight.
37:53
Kieran
But that blank, that blame. That vein is gonna burst by the end of this.
37:57
Julia
She's big. Okay. Yeah. Are the. The. I'm gonna. I'm gonna say it is generally gonna be a man, a gym bro who is gonna go and go ahead and have five chicken breasts piled on his plate. Yes. And there's not a lick of seasoning on there. No. And nothing else. Just gonna be five chicken breasts. And he says, the first time I ever went to the dining hall, I was with Mia and Jackson and my roommate of the time. And we sit next to this kid, shout out this kid. Pretty sure his name is Davis. Oh, I only talked to him the one time. First. First day here, he had just meat on his plate. And I said, okay. Oh, have you okay carnivore or did you craving?
38:44
Kieran
Have we eaten before? Is this first meal? Is this Congratulations girl trying solids for the first time.
38:50
Julia
Oh, baby's first food.
38:52
Kieran
Like, I have seen that. And it like, what gets me is they sit there with their headphones and they're like post workout shirt or whatever. So you can tell they just like got a rep it. And then they're like fork and knifing this chicken breast that's like was boiled in a bag and like sprinkled with like air seasoning.
39:09
Julia
They look a little miserable too. And I'm like, sister, you're doing it to yourself. No.
39:13
Kieran
And they all. My favorite part about a man cutting something is their elbow is always ridiculously.
39:18
Julia
Yeah. And they're really going at it.
39:20
Kieran
That thing is moving. That thing is moving. We are covering some ground. Like, they are soling hacking that tree down like timber. It is crazy and it makes me laugh.
39:32
Julia
Wait, while we're talking about the gym bros eating the same person that I brought banana bread to that one time, he. I would say, oh, what are you gonna eat for, like your meals this young gentleman is eating rice and ground beef for every meal. Oh. And I said, oh, sister, what are we doing?
39:51
Kieran
Lord have mercy.
39:52
Julia
Lord have mercy on your sweet soul, girl. What are we doing? We do not have to do that. We are in complete control, Sister. I don't know why no one is.
40:02
Kieran
Making you do that. Ground beef is low key, an enemy.
40:05
Julia
Like, yeah, if. Well, I'm a vegetarian, so generally it is, but, like, in. In your case, let's. Let's hear it out.
40:11
Kieran
What do you have to say? No, because, like, if ground beef has one fan, like, it's itself. Like, if ground beef has zero fans, it's because I'm alive. Like, it's just like.
40:21
Julia
Do you know what I'm saying? I do. I'm seeing the vision.
40:23
Kieran
I'm walking the path. With me. I'm walking with you. I just. I can't.
40:27
Julia
Like.
40:27
Kieran
Okay, well, maybe just because it hurts my stomach, and so maybe I just.
40:30
Julia
Your tummy hurts.
40:32
Kieran
Stop. I can't help it. Okay? It just got a rumble in my tumble. Like, it just. It doesn't. I don't like it, but I think it's also just greasy and, like. No.
40:46
Julia
Like, it's just.
40:46
Kieran
You know, but also, like, shout out the cows in the world, like, they're doing great things.
40:51
Julia
Hey, girl.
40:52
Kieran
Anyhow, all I've had to say is, like, I just like people watching. And in the dining hall, there are so many times that I've been like, what am I looking at? And, like. Like, those kids who get, like, the seven slices of everything, they eat it.
41:03
Julia
Slices of everything.
41:04
Kieran
Oh, my God. Like, they eat it, and I, like, sit there and I just. Like, I watch the plate empty. And then they go back for seconds, and then they're like, all right, guys, what's for dessert? I'm like, I don't know. Maybe a nap.
41:13
Julia
Like a warrior.
41:15
Kieran
Maybe an insulin shot for dessert.
41:17
Julia
Like, what? Okay, speaking of dining hall, one of the things written down on our list of things to talk about. By the way, we're at 41 minutes. Just so you know.
41:24
Kieran
That's crazy.
41:25
Julia
We do be talking weird where this. What is written down here is Julia's experience while reading fifty Shades of Gray. Now, this is. This is an interesting headline you would say.
41:38
Kieran
Yeah, I'm, like, perplexed.
41:40
Julia
Right?
41:40
Kieran
I would love to know what that headline might be alluding to.
41:42
Julia
And I would love to tell you.
41:44
Kieran
Perfect.
41:44
Julia
So picture this.
41:45
Kieran
Picture.
41:46
Julia
I love an audiobook. Okay. Okay. Yeah. And ebook. Right. Thank you. I got my headphones on. I'm Walking around campus. Yeah, I. Getting a little listening, right. I listen to a wide variety of things. And at the time of this story happening, I was listening to my Christian audiobook, fifty Shades of Grey. Now, super holy, super Christian. And I would hope that you guys know what 50 shades of gray is.
42:11
Kieran
If you don't, that's for you to look up, right?
42:14
Julia
That's not for me to tell you, but I. I was listening to this. This book. I said, oh, this is tea. This is tea girl. So I'm in the dining hall. I'm in fountain. I'm sitting at the same table I always sit at with my headphones on.
42:25
Kieran
In your corner.
42:25
Julia
In my corner. I'm. I'm eating my acceptable plate of food. Not seven slices of everything. I'm eating a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Having some cantaloupe, as we said last, double. A little, a little.
42:37
Kieran
God forbid we put any produce ever, right?
42:41
Julia
God forbid there's a vegetable on my plate.
42:42
Kieran
God forbid there is a blueberry.
42:45
Julia
Like, I don't think I've ever eaten a blueberry from dining hall.
42:47
Kieran
I don't think there's ever been one.
42:48
Julia
And that's true. Continuing on. I'm sitting there happily eating my food, listening to my audiobook. I feel like if you look me in the eyes, you can clearly tell I'm zoned out. I'm. I'm clocked on my audiobook. Okay? Then I. Somebody says, oh, hey. And I said, hello. I look up, two people are sitting there with plates of food, and they're like, can we join you? And I said, oh, like, sure. Because I thought that meant, oh, we're going to sit at the end of the table, like, because there's nowhere else to sit. Picture this. There's like, maybe 10 people in the dining hall at this time. I say, okay, so why are you going to be sitting with me right here? Because I actually love to be alone.
43:23
Kieran
Yeah.
43:24
Julia
And if my headphones are on, I'm not trying to talk to you.
43:26
Kieran
No. I never once have I had my headphones on and also wanted to socialize at the same time.
43:30
Julia
Right. Which is like, I'm not wearing my headphones often. Like, if you want to talk, I'm ready to talk.
43:35
Kieran
People were socializing with each other with headphones on.
43:37
Julia
Right now we're talking through microphones and hearing each other in headphones. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Because. Because I like to hear my own voice. Okay, Sorry.
43:43
Kieran
Oh, wow.
43:44
Julia
But so I'm listening to this audiobook, and they say, hey, can we sit. Sit with you? And I said, sure, girl. Sit down. It's. It's. It's a girl. And what I assume to be her boyfriend come to find out it was not. They. They sit down and, like, so, like, what's your name? Like, what. What's your major? Like? And I. I hit him with the. At the time, I was a finance concentration and I didn't have any minors. Oh, how the turntables these days.
44:08
Kieran
Times have changed.
44:08
Julia
How times have changed. About to add another minor, by the way. Oh, wow. Anyway, so they sit down and we're, like, chatting. I'm like, oh, I think I know where this is going.
44:18
Kieran
Oh.
44:18
Julia
And they. They. Apparently they thought they were saving me from a lunch of loneliness. However, I was very happy. They said, are you, like, connected with a church on campus? And I say, well, girl, now that you ask, I am. I really am. And this is a true statement, people. I am. But they're people that are part of a group we call the Ministry Hagglers. And there are quite a few of them.
44:45
Kieran
Yes.
44:46
Julia
And they'll come up to you when you're doing something. You got your headphones on and you're doing something, and they still hit you with the, would you like to come to our Bible study tonight? And I'm like, girl, that is not enough warning. First of all, Google Calendar is full for at least a month. Busy, booked and busy for at least a month. I got my headphones on. I'm part of a church. And if I'm not, don't be coming up to me when I'm doing something. Ask if I want to come.
45:09
Kieran
No scenario in which a stranger walks up to me, said, do you want to come to this thing tonight? I'm like, yeah, like what?
45:15
Julia
Do you want to come and get in this white van with me? I'll give you a piece of candy, girl.
45:18
Kieran
I'm in. Like, I'm already in the van. Like, meet me in the. Like, I'm driving. Like, where are we heading to?
45:23
Julia
Right. So at this point, I'm like, okay, let me take my headphones off. Take them off. Pause the book. Because obviously I'm not going to miss the plot of 50 Shades of Gray.
45:29
Kieran
You need to know what happens in grave detail.
45:30
Julia
Right, right. So. So then we're chatting. Not. I'm not even exaggerating for an hour. They were talking. They were talking. Let me emphasize this. They.
45:41
Kieran
A full circle around the clock.
45:42
Julia
Oh, yeah. And I had finished my meal by this time. Like, I finished in, like, 20 minutes. And there was time to prep for.
45:48
Kieran
The next one, Right.
45:49
Julia
I had places to be. And they were hitting me with the like, oh, what do you want to do? And I was like, oh, well, I'm planning to go to seminary. And they're like, oh, like, so, like, you read the Bible and stuff? And I was like, so you sound surprised. Okay, right. Like, that's interesting. And I was telling them, like, the church that I come from, they did not agree with the views of my church. Hey, teach their own. But, you know. Right. And. And then they were like, let me pray for you. Let me pray for you. And I was like, okay, if that makes you happy, Sister, hit it. So they're praying. They're praying. We all open our eyes after the prayer is over. Amen. And. And this young gentleman says, now, while were praying, I got a vision.
46:22
Julia
And I said, you got a vision? The Lord gave you a vision. At this point, the Lord gave you a vision. I said, hit me with the girl. Hit me with the girl. And he said, I was picturing you in, you know. You know, those prisms. You know, those prism where you shine a light through and there's a rainbow coming out the other side? And I said, now, that sounds a little bit like you're assuming a little something about me. And he said, I pictured you in a prism. The Lord sent me that vision of you in a prism, and there's a light shining through you, and. And there was just a rainbow coming out the other side. I said, now, wait. Now, wait a dang minute. What are you saying about me here, Sister? And you're like, I'm picturing you.
46:56
Julia
You are reaching the trans community. And I said, and by that, what do you mean? Do you mean I'm saying, hey, girl, or do you mean I'm saying, y' all need to join my church?
47:04
Kieran
Like, what are you.
47:05
Julia
What are you talking about? Like, I'm in a prism. Reaching the trans community. I don't understand what you're saying. I don't think you understand where I'm coming from, Sister, because that's my. That's my team right there, okay? Like, I don't know what we're talking about. So then. So then I'm like, oh, I got to get to work. Like, this is great. And they're like, gotta run, right? And they're like, let me get your number. And I said, oh, I actually don't have a phone. I've never had actually before. I'm actively listening to an audiobook on My phone. I don't have a phone. I'm sorry. Like, this is. This is my friends. Like, it's not mine. Yeah. So I'm like, oh, like, let me give you, like, my campus minister's number. Yeah, like, you can. You can text her. Yeah, it's fine.
47:39
Julia
Yeah, so I give them her number. Like, okay, bye, guys. And I, like, run out of them, and they're like, oh, we'll see you around. These people were not students at this school. They just go to the dining hall on. On Thursday afternoons to catch students who are alone and prey on their loneliness.
47:53
Kieran
Oh, my gosh.
47:54
Julia
And that is just.
47:55
Kieran
And apparently reach the trans community.
47:57
Julia
And. And apparently reach the trans community through me in a prism. And I said, okay, that's an interesting take, but that's moral of the story. Watch out for the ministry hagglers that are trying to on you because you can. They can approach you in a respectful way and you can find your way to a church in. In a natural way. You don't need somebody to.
48:19
Kieran
That's what you desire.
48:20
Julia
If that is what you want. If you do not want that, then they should not come up to you and bother you while your headphones are on and you're eating lunch listening to your Christian audiobook.
48:29
Kieran
Very conversationally educational content.
48:31
Julia
Right. I'm trying to educate myself. I'm in college. Let me listen to 50 Shades of Grey because I need to know.
48:37
Kieran
I'm listening hours. I don't think you need to know those things.
48:41
Julia
Hey, hey. Now, what things? I want you to know. Yeah, I didn't even finish 50 Shades of Gray. I put it down.
48:47
Kieran
I said, I'm not saying this again because of them.
48:49
Julia
I don't know.
48:50
Kieran
Just at some point, maybe, maybe.
48:52
Julia
I was like, I need to get into this prism thing.
48:54
Kieran
I need you to get some light shining.
48:57
Julia
I do. The Lord was calling me to the prism. Yeah. Okay, okay. We're. We've been rambling. We've been rambling. I really just needed to share that story with you. No.
49:07
Kieran
That was so funny. Campus celebrities, they're what keep me going. It's just like, guess who I saw today? And it's like, even the people in my class, like, one of my friends and I, we had this kid in our class who was a proud speaker, loved to have a comment. He, like, buddied up with the professor and they would, like, walk to class together, which I was like, okay. And actually, let me tell you a story very quickly. So this was in my social deviance class.
49:30
Julia
Okay. Yeah.
49:31
Kieran
And so were talking about, like, all obviously, like, the different deviances in, like, society, and all of a sudden, we're talking about something, and then he goes, oh, I'm not going to say his actual name, but he's like, oh. And then there's so and so with a porn addiction, and he just, like, watches porn apparently all the time, and that's socially deviant, wouldn't you say?
49:48
Julia
Wouldn't you say?
49:49
Kieran
And were like, all right.
49:56
Julia
So we're outing each other.
49:58
Kieran
The kid was like, I mean, yeah, like, I'm comfortable to talk about it. We were like, what? Okay, what is going on?
50:06
Julia
That is actually ludicrous. I. There are some people that are not afraid to say something in class, and I. And, like, if you have no shame, I kind of look up to you in a little. In a little bit of way. I find you annoying, but I'm. I'm kind of amazed by you.
50:21
Kieran
Yeah.
50:21
Julia
And what I have to say about campus celebrities is, like, when I see one on campus, I'm like, ooh. Like, that's a little shot of energy. Like, that's, like. That's right. That's that. Me seeing a campus celebrity is the equivalent of me shotgunning a monster and then squishing it on the ground underneath. Underneath my foot. Like, that boy, life, right? That, like, keeps me going. I'm like, oh, my God, I just saw the guy that lived on the fifth floor in my building last year. I don't know his name, but, yeah, like, that, like, gives me life, genuinely. I'm filled with joy. I am filled with joy. And I think.
50:53
Kieran
You know what else restores me is making sure that you're following us on our Instagram account, which is getting more.
50:59
Julia
Followers on our Instagram account Restores Me.
51:01
Kieran
Our Instagram is @TWTSpod. You can follow our main account, and then each of our individual accounts are linked there as well. So make sure to follow us there.
51:10
Julia
Give us a follow.
51:11
Kieran
Send us any questions that you may have or anything that you want us to talk about or even just reactions to the pod. We want to hear what you want to talk about, because we're here to tell you the truth, because they don't always get it.
51:21
Julia
Right.
51:22
Kieran
Bye, guys.
51:23
Julia
Bye.
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