Back to Our Roots | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #293

man mexican people work. work hard as hell man i got to be honest. with you. never no complaining just work hard. i mean just dude i went to a funeral. of a mexican guy he climbed out of the. casket dug his own grave hole. and then got back in the casket man. i mean just no complaining grind grind.

get the job. done man i'll be honest i'm not saying. other people don't but. if i have if i got to do something. for example i need to build a picnic. table or a. you know edible seating structure. you know table and i got. i got nine people to help me do it. if six out of the nine people are. mexican bro.

on delay papa we getting it done i'm. telling you that dude. i'm telling you that we're gonna be. eating lunch early. as a group yeah cause that table's gonna. be. a fee knee baby finished. um i just wanted i just you know that's. been on my heart. it's been on my heart that. mexican people just damn. you know it's just i mean it's inspiring.

when i see it. just uh you know i see look i saw a. mexican guy cut down a tree. make it into wood bars bars of wood. and then use the wood to make a heat he. built a damn tree with it. i mean that's how they just it's. non-stop. man and s inspira. inspiracional papa. man i'm so excited to be here today and.

i'm so excited that i'm not alone. uh that you're here with me we got a. special episode let's get into it. [Music]. yup you think i won't play it again baby. i'll be playing again. let me shine. i'm just sitting on your front porch. wondering how could i be so. far from my home.

and my mind is somewhere else but when i. find it i'll patch up where it's been. now we gone come on. now i'm just floating on the breeze and. i feel i'm falling like. these leaves i must be cornerstone. oh but when i reach that ground i'll. share this piece of mind i found i can.

feel it in my bones. but it's gonna take a little time. for me to set that parking brake and. left myself on my. let's go.

[Music]. man that song that's one of those. you know that song honestly make me grab. my nuts a little. man and i squeeze them when i grab them. i'll be honest with you i don't want to. lie about this.

this song make me grab my bag baby and. just. and just put a little dang elbow. just make them. make those make that make those fellas. whistle bruh. i'll squeeze it back. you could hear one of your nuts go. and you know dude when you're not you. got to think about that. when you squeeze your nuts they get they.

don't know what's up. one of them's like and you always got. that one scared nut he kind of hides in. the back like. oh oh yeah that's coming oh [ __ ]. and the one just stays up there and he's. kind of brave but he still feels that. squeeze. [Music]. but that's that bad grabber baby right. there that's bishop gunn. with shine and i'm happy to be here. today with you and i really am.

you know i'm just feeling. damn. never ends that email it never ends. and that's one of my damn pet peeves bro. besides pets is just. miscellaneous emails you know what i'm. saying it's night time right who's. sending me something. remember best buy used to send those. emails at like. 12 p.m oh you need a new.

seven disc changer. stop on in. who needs this first generation ipod. you can dude it runs on your pulse. long as you're alive you can listen to. some damn uh. goo goo dolls what what. and it's midnight you trying to finish a. school paper or finish. uh you know doing a contract or. something.

a business you know document. a damn x file or whatever it's called. but best buy would be right on time with. that email. at midnight hey. you don't you need an oven. don't you and melanie need an oven like. [ __ ] [ __ ]. men we ate four hours ago and y'all. emailing me about these. convention ovens man just.

that's the problem with email. it's like somebody knocking on your door. that doesn't own a watch. and don't know how the sun work. hey no. that's what i'm saying no. i um yeah i'm just saying that that. some songs that make you squeeze your. body like that. and the reason they do it is because.

you're trying to if a man i'll say i'm. going to say this correctly. if a man squeezes himself on his nuts. he's it's almost like i'm saying hey man. i want to put a little more life into. the world. because you trying to excuse us like you. something makes you bring you so much. joy i just want to. you know i want to get as much i just. want to squeeze a little more. into the why just i want more life to.

hear this. you know i want all i want everything in. my bag to come to the top. top of me to i want all the hidden. little semens inside of me and seeds and. little. you know uh birth hopefuls. to swim out to the front of my skin and. just. absorb whatever i'm absorbing i want. them to feed i want them to hear the. music. i want to hear one of them little you. know. a little semen or something a little.

whatever they call a little. one of them little nut parakeets you. know one of them little. slippery heroes i want them to just. i want to just see his little him. putting his little. ear or whatever up to the dang edge of. my stomach on the inside and hearing the. i want them to be out there that's what. i'm saying hey wake up fellas. get out here and listen to what i'm. enjoying. oh but i'm glad to be here with you. today i hope you're having a wonderful.

day here it's the beginning of september. and this you know. man i'll say this this was the first. week i started to feel. like i was pretending with the pandemic. anybody else feel that. yeah like i just i started to feel like. i was like i have this mask i wear it. and i do the mask i wear it.

you know but i started to feel like is. it. it started to feel real truman showy to. me i just had this moment. i was like is this what's going on it. just felt. like i'm pretending. i don't know if anybody else had that. feeling and i don't know everything of. what it is you know. i just felt like am i pre. i don't know you know when you pretend. something you feel like you're. pretending something.

if you pretend to be a wolf you know. then you you might do some things you. might piss on the floor or whatever you. know eat out of a little dish or. something. if you're real young if you like a. little. but if you were like a young wolf or. whatever you pretending. you know but if but you're just. pretending. but you know you're pretending i'm. pretending to be a wolf right now i'm. crawling on four legs and i'm.

you know mom's not home and i'm peeing. over here behind this little. you know chifforobe that she keeps a. dictionary on but. um so i don't know i just had this. feeling. the other day like am i pretending that. this is all real. it was interesting just had that feeling. um but you know i wanted to think about. uh. i wanted to think about you know we sent.

in we sent a lot of people to space. and they just sent two fellows to space. two i think white guys probably i don't. know. um you know how america is these days. hey we gotta get rid of these white dude. right if i can don't send us anywhere. but they just sent two white uh they. sent two guys from florida into space. and that right there is just. you know i don't understand why are we. going to space all the time.

no we can't handle we we can't handle. [ __ ] here. you know two out of two out of seven. americans can't swim. and we out there getting in the deep end. of the of the galaxy with. no floaties on bro you see what they. send these dudes out there in. this thing like a damn 84 uh chevy. blazer sometimes a bit the. the thing they send these dudes out. there. you know and it i just don't understand.

what we're doing. it's so lit like i'm not saying it's not. fun to think about what's out there but. i just all am i just sending people to. space. we send two dudes out of florida a. couple spring break addicts every time. down here in florida we blasting two bad. boys out there. it's like come on going to. space the moon that's the thing oh we. want we had.

a couple fellas on the moon. dude being on the moon is kind of like. that guy that gets on your. like at a pool party who gets up on the. roof of the house. he's like come on look at me bro. you ain't doing much up there buddy. there ain't nothing up there for you man. and it seems like a cool idea he's. climbing up yeah yeah. yeah then he gets up there it's like man. there's no vending machines there. there's only the opportunity for real.

failure. you know there's only you're going to. end up in the white section of world. star hip-hop videos daddy. i'm just saying man it's time to get. back to the roots. we gotta focus on our own little space. that's going on here. that's what i need to do i know that man. i got to focus more on my own. i'm out here doing all of this well. you know letting my thoughts go off to. mars and do this and that and that's.

good it's fun. but man i need to i want to get back to. the roots. and that's what i wanted to do today man. with this episode you know um. you know when the podcast started out we. used to really do some stuff for single. moms and. and i know a lot of listeners are raised. by single moms and stuff out there and. uh. and that's always had a big place in my. heart um and a lot of your hearts as. well and so. you know today we wanted to reach out to.

some of the some of some of the single. moms that we've met over the years. of um of being a part of this past. weekend. and and touch him with them and see. what's going on in their lives you know. there's a busy time in their lives with. the. they got children going back to. you know they got uh you know they're. sitting here during they got a damn. you know they got the disease in the air. or wherever. and so it's a good chance to be able to. check in with uh.

um with these beautiful ladies so let's. get into that now right now uh. let's get into it we got a zoom actually. this is going to be live we got a zoom. coming in here with breezy. from utah. and let's see if we can get her on here. and. we went to an escape room over there. man and i'm so thankful that i'm. thankful that. we're getting to do this today i really.

am. i really am you know i during a lot of. this pandemic i just. man i got scared you know i got really. scared about my own. business and you know i was just i just. worked so hard to get to be in a. in a space with comedy where i could. really survive and make a living. and then this happened and so i started. to get real scared and. and honestly man i got real angry a lot.

of times um. and uh just just. and i and just didn't make me feel good. and. and it's hard for me to make other. people feel good when i when i'm in a. place of. of just anger. you know you know and especially a lot. happen in society on the news and stuff. it makes you. it feeds into that oh here's a reason to.

be angry here's a reason to be angry. but i don't want to be that i just don't. want to be it. you know got me getting angry at people. that i care about just angry at. just i don't know. it's not worth it's not worth it.

so here we got a beautiful lady right. here hey breezy can you hear me. what's going on how are you oh i'm. really. i'm really good how are you doing i'm. doing pretty well you look lovely today. thank you we're getting i'm getting. ready to take the kids to a movie. oh okay at a movie theater yes they're. only playing older movies we're going to. go see the original back to the future. oh that'd be nice for them huh that's. yeah one of my favorites show them what.

it was like back in the day when uh when. a man had to wear a puffy vest and still. look like a decent man you know. yes um what's been going on so you. are you guys have been during this. pandemic how's it been because you have. three children right. i have three my son just left today he's. moving to wyoming to finish his senior. year with his best friends with his dad. oh wow that's was that kind of sad or. how did you feel about it. i had a good cry.

two to go and is he a decent kid is he. pretty decent. oh my kids are the best kids you have no. idea i don't know how they wound up. so good they're really really. good-hearted. amazing respectful kids who make good. decisions i don't know what happened to. them. it wasn't me wow are you sure they're. kids because that doesn't sound like. kids at all. they're they're not normal kids i'm. telling you. um so what what did you guys do during.

this was it pretty rough out there for. you guys during this um. during the quarantine and all of this. kind of stuff how was it over there in. utah. it was rough work out really hard i lost. my hours. unemployment wasn't paying for a minute. i wound up joining. only fans i started my own only fans. and um since then everything's been. better we don't have everything open yet. so we're still just stuck inside but. um time's all hard for a minute but. everything's flicking up now and. it's starting to open up a little bit.

yeah i mean yeah so uh. so wait so yeah obviously things yeah. things got tougher people so you open up. an only fans. like a provocateur female provocateur. kind of. environment exactly. wow okay it was i i wasn't sure at first. if it was something that i wanted to do. but it's been really successful and i. made it to the top eight percent. oh wow so yeah so this is just you.

needed some you. look you got to be able to survive you. have three children um. yeah i i i support that that's i. probably won't look at it. um that's okay okay don't ask me what's. on it because you're going to have to. pay for it if you want to know. okay uh yeah look. my imagination can probably i mean i. have no idea. i'm sure it's wonderful i think it's. really cool um that you. are figuring out ways to to make things.

happen during this you know. uh yeah really really good and uh. yeah i'm just i'm kind of torn because i. know like i try not to. venture into the wild you know into the. wat into the wilds of the web. not for everybody so that's okay i i. respect that. and i respect that you have it and i. know that we can still support it. and not and and and i don't have to go. there out of. you know not out of uh i wish i wish.

everybody. thought like that what uh what is it. well. yeah what is it do you feel like sharing. that is that okay. yeah no absolutely i just i share nude. photos explicit photos and. sometimes video clips oh wow no no what. do you is there a link or something. where people. are just uh that's what i meant no no i. can guess what it is. is there a link or not i don't want to. like i'm just saying if people. look here's what i'm saying i support. the fact that mom's got to do what mom's. got to do.

and look it's a tough time i love it i'm. glad that you are. finding ways to provide and if we have. listeners that even i'm not going to. tell those. young fellas to get out there and watch. it but if they want to support it. where can they support it they can go to. only fans you can. search me on instagram on only fans and. on tick tock. um under havana gypsy all the same names. on any of those three and you can find.

my only fans through those other social. media. havana gypsy huh let's see. that comes out here only fans and so. and was that something that do your did. the kids know about that. my kids know about it my they haven't. seen it but they do. well yeah they all know about it even my. youngest now knows. wow my daughter's in she's behind the. camera my my middle's here with me yes. she knows about it. oh well look that's wild i mean.

you look i love it you know people put. their artwork out there. uh you know beauty is a form of art and. the female body is a form of art and i. love it. absolutely so what about is it is there. more pressure now that the sun. is gone like who's gonna step up and be. kind of like the. the next in command there at the house. my daughter's like she knows it's her. she's. my second hand anyway before him even i. always.

called her to help me with everything so. um she's here with me. oh anybody i guess is here you know. they're all just really good at help. they they'll help me they all hug me. when i need it they're good kids. man god i love that i wish they would. have raised me i feel like. there's still time there's still time. and i still need to be raised as well i. think um. so what uh did your family feel like get. closer over this pandemic did do you.

feel like it was kind of a tough did you. feel like it didn't help what were some. things that kind of happened as a family. unit. um me and my kids or me and my siblings. yeah maybe you and your kids the kids. and i. we've been i mean same i've been home. more because. part of my my nightlife my going out you. know having friends and having things to. do and so. that's all closed down so i've been at. home you know more. um but we really we just do the same. thing we've always done you know we just.

hang out at home we'll put on movies and. kind of just hang out that's what we do. but. we have been going roller skating they. open the roller skating rink back up so. we've been doing that too. i love that god i love that. and does your daughter kind of meet men. at the roller skating rink or does she. do. dating or what's her does she do she. just had a boy. how old is he he's 18. 18 year old picker up the other day and. they went to see a movie.

oh my god don't tell me he was a. comedian was he a comedian i think i. know him. that was her first kind of date um. and that that was fun but no she have. you know anybody. she's had a few friends at the skating. rink but no boys and were you nervous. about her going on this date how did. that was that kind of a fun thing what. was that like. no i wasn't nervous she had fun they. just they just hung out she. actually knew him from school he. graduated last year um so she knew him.

from school so i wasn't nervous. as long as she knows him and feels. comfortable enough to go with him she's. got her phone she can call me if. she needs anything and she knows that so. i wasn't nervous she had a good time. dang that's cool you guys are lit you. guys are like few you guys are like this. future family i feel like in a strange. way. you guys have a lot going on just so it. just seems just. i don't know maybe i'm just living a. boring life but um. well hopefully whenever yeah when comedy. opens back up we'll have to come in and.

check in and get to bring you out to. another show i hope you do i would love. it. yeah we certainly will and uh yeah we're. gonna send something over to want to do. something nice you can do something fun. with the kids and. um or the one less kids now but um. well look it's nice to see you and i. hope you guys have a wonderful time at. the movie. it's so good to see you hear from you. you're an awesome guy i had a lot of fun. on our singles night out. yeah we'll have to do it again.

any love interests over there any love. during the pandemic for mom or what's. that like. listen i don't know i i don't know. okay we'll leave it at that to be. continued. there might be something just barely. starting we'll see. okay well i'm gonna keep my fingers. crossed for that um. awesome well uh thank you so much breezy. for for just check it for. checking in and chatting with us and uh. and i hope you guys have a wonderful. um whatever it is a month a day a year.

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what i'm saying these ladies out there. mom's got to survive she's got three. little ones. i'ma support uh look we put our support. behind single moms. and so you can support breezy you know. and uh. and that's you know that's why it's. different times. you know mama gotta earn the bread. that's it that is it like look. at least she's out there making money. too i remember.

dude i remember some a mechanic feeling. my mom up for free. so this ain't that baby those days are. over um. so maybe [ __ ] i would have nick get us. a membership but dang. me or him doesn't need any of that in. our lives really we got. and i'm not saying i don't i just i got. dude i open my eyes and i see them. you know 30 50 vaginas and titties and.

booties. bhs man buttholes you know what so i got. enough of that in my head and my damn. jug right floating around. so i'm trying to log off of my own. thoughts half the time. but um. but yeah i am envious of that. relationship just having that. open relationship with your kids. um. [Music]. you know i think i am envious of that i.

think there's some things that. well i don't know maybe there's. something you want kids to know. something you don't but. man i i i remember i was i kept. everything a secret when i was a kid. everything. everything was a secret i would get you. know i remember i'd get me a little bit. of money. doing uh. doing odd jobs or something real odd. you know we had this old lady by us we.

used to steal our cats. and then we would keep them long enough. till she you know. we'd help her write up a wanted poster. you know wanted little caramel. you know wanted little quagmire you know. two dollars on there. and then we put the poster up outside. two days later bring that little bastard. back and get the money.

and i don't know if she knew we were. doing it or not she had to have now i. mean. i don't know she might had alzheimer's i. mean she might have had. this back they didn't have alzheimer's. then they said all that you know. oh that [ __ ] is nuts that's what they. would say. and i didn't say that i wouldn't say. something like that. but they'd be you know somebody drive by. oh that bitch's nut. and i wouldn't say it man cause i don't. say you know i wouldn't say that kind of. stuff i was a child.

and plus i was you know you know i was. extraditing cats or whatever it's called. you know laundering cat money you know. living that wildlife. so who am i to judge a single mother out. there. laundering cat money you feel me gang. gang. baby oh. um let's get into another call we got. another single mom on the line.

and i remember we went well i'll just. get on with her. what's going on with you we had such a. good time with uh you and your sister. went on the go-karts that was such a. blast i thought. i know we and her were just talking. about it too. and we did we had such a good we're just. getting ready for school all this. craziness i don't even know what's going. on anymore. i know i just had this feeling yesterday. like what is going. on anymore people are wearing some of.

these masks aren't even. like like what is going on. i know it's i feel like well it is what. happened my kids went on spring break. and. haven't been back to school since so. it's been like one really long. drawn-out spring break and have they. do you feel like they want to go back to. school or they do they feel like school. doesn't even exist anymore what's it. kind of like from their perspective. it's been it was really hard at the.

beginning because. they didn't understand like explaining. to them. that i think at first they were like. excited they didn't have to go. they were okay with it then they. realized that. it's not a vacation like you have to do. school. and we can't go anywhere you can't see. your friends. and probably in the first month everyone. just went it stirred crazy like and it. got depressing we couldn't go to the.

i couldn't take them to the store and i. had to keep explaining to them that. we really can't go anywhere you you. can't go anywhere. i can't go anywhere yeah this is we're. stuck. together and this is how it's going to. be for a while. so it's been like waves of like oh. you're excited and then it gets. depressing and. yeah now it's like i still don't know. what to tell them because. school is gonna be. two days um.

in person and three online. so it's like it's not even going to go. back to the way it was. why it seems so bizarre i feel like i. can't plan for anything. and then they moved school back to it. was supposed to start this coming up. week. and then they moved it back to september. 8th so. i've been getting to a point where i. forget it's happening. and i get in a panic like is school. school starting tomorrow. like did i miss something so yeah it has. been.

really confusing every day i'm like holy. [ __ ] is tomorrow christmas like. is it today my mom's birthday like i. never i don't know what any. yeah every day it's just everything it's. like oh [ __ ] i gotta do this. i don't know what's going on yeah do i. need a flu shot am i supposed to go to. the emergency room like. what do i do today i almost forgot what. grade they're in. like who cares give them all give them. all diplomas. and let them work at home depot yes. i mean the last time they went into.

school they had no idea this was going. to be the last day. of elementary school it was their last. day of middle school right. and nobody knew we just thought oh we're. going on spring break and then all of a. sudden yeah. you're not coming back so do you feel. like there could be like. like mental effects from that or do you. feel like that they're pretty resilient. like i would. it almost feels like you don't even get. to tell your friends bye and stuff i. guess you're gonna see them again but it. seems bizarre. i feel like my mental health has been. impacted quite a bit. um and yeah i felt it started to make me.

really sad because. i could see the shift in their behavior. like i could see especially my older. kids because i have a 16 year old. daughter and my son. is about to be 15. those two i think. it's been the hardest for those two. wow well and my youngest boy has autism. and this dude likes things to be the. same. he likes to know what to expect and when. he likes structure and all of a sudden. there's none. so getting back into a regular pattern.

they've done. they did a really great job at home. though i mean for having five of them. they did i was impressed by how good. they did but they were. i could they were starting to get sad. and then that makes me sad because it's. like. i and i can't do anything you cannot fix. it. i'm like oh we can go on a walk how many. times can you walk around the. neighborhood. yeah without being a peeping tom yeah. that's my question you know. yeah you don't want to be a family of. peeping toms that's the most.

embarrassing thing you could be like. check out the weirdos are coming around. again. the crazy lady with all those yeah. they're all flashers now. do um has it gotten um. do you feel like where do you feel like. y'all's morale is right now like um. are they excited at least to be going. back for the two days. the kids like a through h are going. um on one block of time.

and then the other kids are going so. alternate shifts so. the my kids will go tuesday and friday. god. yeah everybody does homeschool on. wednesday. then the other so if their friends have. different last you know the last name. doesn't fall they don't get to go to. school with their friends. and then for me my anxiety has been off. the charts. like so yeah it's been the more i it i. don't even know. i don't even know what to call it. anymore like i don't know how to feel. i don't know what to do or what to think. it is the most bizarre.

long drawn out thing i've ever it's yeah. and i don't know what to. i tell the kids all the time like my mom. didn't do this. my mom's mom didn't do this we're. figuring this out together don't be mad. at me. because i am it's new i'm trying i don't. know what else to do. yeah so yeah it has been. it's been really overwhelming i think i. was okay until. because i kept telling myself that. school's gonna start and things are. gonna go back to normal.

and then as soon as they started making. the announcements about school. i realized that this [ __ ] is never going. away. and it's it might be worse because. expecting them to be like this at school. like i just feel bad for all of them. it's just such a it's a weird space to. be in it is. for them for me yeah i don't know what. to do and i don't the right thing to do. is like i don't want anyone. to be sick i don't want my kids to get.

sick but at the same time you have to. live. like yeah this is not i agree at a. certain. sometimes it doesn't feel like living. it's like and hopefully we'll get to. some better meetings. yeah yeah we're yeah we're surviving um. i agree. i agree sometimes i'm like man i'd. rather just take my chance and just. live um but we'll deal with it when it. if it happens i i'll be careful. when it happens you just deal with it i. think too my kids had a lot of health.

problems when they were younger so i've. been through a lot of. nasty stuff anyway so. i feel like i can handle. quite a bit and we'll just it's i've. lived one day at a time for so long. that i can do it like we'll just see. what happens. and we're gonna be okay but not. it's the unknown if you you can serve me. anything like any. big load of [ __ ] but if i know what i'm. dealing with. right i can get through it yeah not.

knowing what i'm dealing with. it's i don't like it yeah there's. something about. yeah they don't let you yeah they just. they just keep. serving your [ __ ] but they're not really. letting you you know bring your diapers. every day. they used to let us bring our diapers. every day and they're just not doing. they're. they're not yeah and they give me some. tools to navigate this [ __ ]. and i'll do it yeah but don't don't let. me as a mother don't have me wake up. every day. and not yeah that's a lot of pressure i. didn't really realize how much that is.

on a mom especially when you. when you start to think about the how. it's affecting your kids and. and the life you want them to have just. as just as humans as. as human beings it's hard enough with. kids now i think like uh. social media their friends their ages. that they're at because all of my kids. are like. it's like a puberty sandwich they're. either coming through it coming out of. it or going into it.

praise god man this [ __ ] is wise factory. oh so yeah. seriously so we're we're going through. that now like all. one of them will go to bed a sweet angel. and they'll wake up and i don't know who. this jerk. is yep that's puberty right there then. you throw this on top of it and it's. like wow. that's a 100 perberty right there. there's no reason to be depressed. yeah your son wake up with a damn. mustache and suddenly. you know he says he works at a coal mine. you're like you know what.

who is this man it's in my house. yeah his boyfriend is and he'll be he'd. be so embarrassed but when his voice. started to change. i would seriously be like who is the man. in the hallway who is because i didn't. recognize it for so long that's it. and he'll like grow an inch every other. day every time he comes out of his room. i'm like this is a new. nice to meet you i know that's crazy. puberty man it's that freaking game it's. a yeah that's a dirty game show man it's.

wild. when you get into puberty that shit's. wild well look well and i feel like. i'm losing every day it's just well. you're not. i think you uh here's one thing that i. definitely remember. is that you have a really good sense of. humor and i'm sure that that goes over. so much more than somebody that does it. well we want to send you. like just a little gift to something. nice you can go do whenever you do have. all the kids uh. you know whenever anybody's not going. through anything real crazy i can go do. something fun and.

um yeah just good to check in and just. see your face and just. i know um i was so excited this it like. made my whole it makes this whole thing. so much better. it's like uh thank you it breaks it up. some. um oh yeah but whenever i come you guys. got to take me well i'll go out and do. something again that was a lot of fun. oh my gosh i would that would be so. amazing me and maggie talk about it. often and yeah she's she'd have to come. too so. oh let's get that's what i'm saying.

let's get some real card you know what. i'm saying let's rent a couple honda. accords and get some real wheels going. it's grown-up time yeah that's what i'm. saying. let's freaking roll up a joint and get. some real wheels going. that's what i'm talking about later kids. yeah yeah see you later kids you're. gonna have to stay in the trunk. um well look francesca good to talk to. you and. you look lovely and um and please tell. your sister that we said hey as well and. uh.

and thanks for just jumping on and. chatting with us and just being a part. of our day it really is nice. no i appreciate it i've been thinking. about you guys too and thank you for. thinking of me it like. it really made my weekend oh you're. welcome uh us too hearing you say that. uh really made my day so thank you so. much. y'all take care and uh we'll let you. know whenever we're coming back near. kansas city. look i'm trying to find new auto. insurance you know because i want to. stay insured and be. insured i want both and it's hard.

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teens and just. you know to show up every day every day. every day. in an environment where you don't they. don't even tell you if you have any. tools in your box every day. and to show up man that is. just for anybody it doesn't matter if. it's a mother or what's going on it just. man i'm lucky to be talking with these.

women today. i'm lucky to be reminded of. of what it takes i really. am um oh awesome we have nikki. uh and nikki and i met in san jose. and she brought her lovely friend out. and we went out to get some ice cream. uh frozen yogurts and she's the owner of. trim scene in arcata california.

hey nikki hey hey what's up how are you. good how are you i'm doing good you look. so pretty. oh thanks yay it's good to see you it's. always a treat when i get a message from. you or. uh nick oh that's sweetie to say that. thank you. um yes nice to see you as well what's. going on up there. uh well i'm not in humble right now i'm. in ohio. oh okay what happened you uh tell me. um so nothing really happened i just.

um kind of always had a plan once my. oldest graduated high school which. happened. in june so yeah i got one. yeah um but i would come back you know. my family um. is all here and uh. um so kind of do like a back and forth. thing yeah. um almost like you were talking about. with your nashville. but uh true it's it's scary it's. it's yeah how's it been has it been um.

did you have a lot of expectations has. it been harder than you thought has it. been. like what ways has it been tough in what. ways has it been good. um well it's been tough just saying you. know just leaving. my routine my business yeah trim scene. is is. are you still trimming yeah yeah oh good. so i still have the business. and then you know i'm to go back every. couple months so it's nice to still have. my foot in california. because you know california we love. california i know look at there's a. there's a there's a lot of nice things.

so yeah it's nice to be able to do both. right um and you know it's hard just um. just acclimating just uh. you know i'm i i'm. not in my own home at the moment. although like i'm in contract i might. buy my first home. that's kind of a big scary deal. and um and you know just being around. family i already see it paying off. in ways of like um like my sons being. around my dad who like you know they've.

not been raised around him i've been. across the country and. just getting um knowledge and learning. things from him that i can't give them. you know and just uh just a broader. spectrum of exposure. i think i think it's going to be good. even though it's. can be scary wow it's so brave yeah no. it's funny you say that. similar to kind of like doing with with. uh trying out nashville yeah it's like. yeah it's it's it's scary but all. all i can do is just kind of be hopeful.

with it and. and make the most out of it and also. then. i can be excited about it it's like. there's two ways i can do it every every. day. i wake up wherever i am i can either you. know. give in to kind of the tough parts of it. or i can be like man i'm excited about. right possibility yeah i'm learning so. much about reframing. like i love it it's it's it's it it. works i think. yeah i like that yeah.

i think it does work yeah it's so true. it's like i think sometimes if i say if. oh i have to do this and then if i can. change it sometimes to say i get to do. this no matter what it is. um then it can really really just help. me have a different experience um. i think a lot of people it's so funny a. lot of my friends have been messaging me. about. moving and going back to you know some. of their home towns or places where. their family lives. i'm having a lot of friends who are. doing that right now. um well i think with everything going on.

in the world. right it's like it's comforting it's. comforting to be supported. yeah yeah that's a good way to say it it. really is. um yeah there's something that's it's. almost like the rat race has kind of. been exposed like for like. what am i you know i don't mind being a. rat but what am i really racing for. right no i totally get that and just um. yeah it's brought a lot of things of. like what is important what is really. important what do i want my days to look.

like what do i. um what what do i want you know like. um what's up with any new love interests. over there in the ohio world or what's. that been like. um well it's so hard to date in uh in. code vid times right dude a friend of. mine. he went on a date with a woman and she. had. he she made him he had to pick her up. and she sat in the back seat of his car. with her mask on. okay then that's not even the worst part.

they went to a restaurant. and she sat at a different table than. him. i think i would feel comfortable like. meeting outside at a park. you know you know yeah look i think it's. slow. yeah take it slow if the guy's not dead. after the second date or you're not dead. i think after that you guys are safe. right if we survive two weeks then.

oh yeah then we're good yeah i like that. well you look i mean you look absolutely. stunning who's doing your hair right now. um i'm doing oh actually you know what i. did get a haircut since i've been here. um because i used to work here um i. haven't lived here in 12 years but um. i still have friends in the industry. here so i went and saw. my friend brett brett at hair love in. columbus ohio. oh i like that i had the most relaxing. weekend. i went camping i i mean i.

just i didn't have kids all weekend so i. like drove through all these little. towns i stopped where i wanted and. like oh it was so nice to recharge and. to like make yourself. do those things like it doesn't come. easy to like take time out to. just do whatever you feel like doing. because yeah you're in the grind and and. you know. and then it's a snowball and it's it's. hard to like stop yourself right yeah. no it is it's like yeah it's like what. do i want to do like. it's been so long since i really asked.

myself like what up really what do i. want to do. you know am i just doing stuff or do i. do i have some dream or some or an. ambition or just a. do i not want to do anything for a. little while like um. so yeah it's just so interesting that. this is going on because there's. there really are some positives in all. of this uh. you know that i don't even know if we. know what they are all the time but. but i know i do know that they're there. right well isn't that like supposed to. be the thing where like uh.

some of the worst experiences of your. life. ended up being like set you know some of. the best. yeah the blessing i learned oh yeah they. always say that. that old cheesy saying but it's kind you. know it's kind of true yeah my buddy. used to say if somebody serves you a. cert. if you if somebody serves you a satan. sandwich at least you still got a. sandwich you know. right right reframe it yeah at least you. still got that sandwich. um well look we we wanted to send. something just like a nice gift and just. like so you could just do something like.

just small and fun for yourself. and just let you know that we're. thinking of you and um. and um i'm just proud of you i feel like. it's cool like it kind of makes me feel. a little bit. it just reminds me about my own little. adventure and like. you know i got to stay positive oh sorry. you just went quiet and i didn't hear. what you said. after you said you were proud of me i'm. gonna need you to repeat that. okay let me see if i can remember um. no it just it it just reminds me that i. gotta i have to remember that yeah i can.

do this instead of like. because i'll a couple times a day i'll. get scared like oh. you know is everything gonna be okay. with you know having a studio here. having. a studio somewhere else and what if i. have a couple of guests and it doesn't. work out and. and i feel uncomfortable in the town and. then i don't know anyone and. um you know and just trying to be but. but but those but i can also look at. things like. hey i'm gonna get to go and you know. maybe try some brazilian jiu jitsu that. i've been wanting to do or i've been. you know maybe i can start some new.

patterns because i'll be in a new place. uh you know maybe it'll be easier for me. to be out of my little. goldfish bowl that'll make me you know. see how. you know maybe i can try a different. swim stroke you know since i'm not just. stuck in the same bowl you know. i feel you i feel you i'm learning so. much about myself even just being around. family that i haven't spent this much. time with and. ages and just turning into some deep. ancestral something i mean i don't know. i'm just seeing like.

just similarities and like the way we. act and stuff which i've like never. noticed before and just like um. getting back to our roots we're all. getting back to our roots i think right. no matter what no matter what the. natural color of them is i think. we're all getting back to our roots. right. yeah know thyself i guess i don't know. it's good it's good. well i mean you are just dang. uh lovely and if there's anything we can. do to support like. the business or a new business on social.

media or something like that just make. sure to. to check in and let us know and um and. we'll be happy to do that. oh thank you theo i appreciate that yeah. and don't feel weird about it either. we want to help out um okay i won't okay. so weird. good i appreciate that um but i'm glad i. got to hear your voice again and i'm. just glad that we got to chat a little. bit and and i'll try and do a better job. also of keeping in touch sometimes. because uh. you know it's just you know we don't. realize sometimes when we reach out to. people.

that everybody wants to be reached out. to you know it doesn't matter who it is. if it's an old friend if it's a new. friend. you know everybody wants to be you know. thought of by other people. um so i'm glad that you took the time. today to. to spend some time with us of course. thank you. like i said it's always a tree it's so. exciting i well i. i love checking in with you guys well. that's sweet of you to say and. uh and nikki we'll be in touch and um. and i'll check in with you more often. and you guys be good over there and.

thanks for your time. yay thank you good luck theo with all of. your things that you're doing and i love. you. and appreciate you i love you too and i. look forward to seeing you in columbus. or in arcata whenever i uh get near it. okay okay bye bye. it's so funny that uh that nikki does. hair and that we're talking about roots. man. you know that's small that's small ball. but that's big. court um.

and just the edge just the bravery man. i'm so lucky. i'm so lucky to to get to talk with. these. women and just to know these people um. we had a couple of other moms that sent. in stuff and. um two other not sending stuff that we. checked in with. and so we want to get to uh their videos. right now they made videos. because mom's schedules can be busy. and it means a lot that they even did. this uh so we have one right here from.

raquel and raquel we did we met up. and she is a professor in chicago and. she brought. she has a daughter and she brought out. her friend. to the um we did painting. we made some paintings oh here they are. hold on.

and there we go right here and that's a. painting right there. i think it's a lithograph or something i. don't know. it's definitely a painting though but we. made some paintings. and had a little contest a fun painting. contest. and um before the show. at the laugh factory in chicago it's. about a year and a half it was like. really the first weekend of the dark. arts tour. um and so yeah anyhow lucky to have uh.

this um video from raquel right here. here we go. what's up theo this is raquel. uh reaching out to you thanking you as. always for. the check-in and for the wonderful. notes and surprises i get we receive. from you throughout the year. you're so thoughtful and kind oh you're. very welcome that's very sweet of you to. say that. um and really nice you to make this.

video this looks so. beautiful where you are um. um i'm here in chicago at lake michigan. doing what we do when it's 91 degrees we. come to the lake. fortunate to have a child-free day my. daughter is with. friends that are included in our little. bubble she's out in suburbs at an. outdoor swimming pool. at somebody's house so that's good oh. yeah mom got that day out. i love hearing this um.

this is really nice lake michigan i. didn't realize it was that. i mean that's clear water that's. beautiful. i'd get under that water that's nice um. and raquel looking sultry out there too. you got the bathing suit mom's out there. having a good day. i like this let's hear more and. we have survived covid thus far like. everybody else you know the struggles. are real the isolation the six feet. apart the masking up and all that good. stuff. but we've been doing it i'm happy to say. she um.

she goes to an independent school so she. is going to be going back to school. um after labor day with about 10 other. kids in her little pod. our school gave us the choice of you. know being remote or in person. and we chose the in-person. option i love that and so. she will be going to school in person i. will continue working from home. and then in november we'll see what's.

going on. here at her school it's all a grand. experiment it's all a grand experiment. so. that's what's good with us we are doing. really well. we're doing well i hope you and yours. and your family and all your fans. are doing well too so thank you theo. thank you thank you thank you. enjoy raquel i think you all i think you. definitely win the award for. uh having the best time of the day so. far. um for some of the moms we've been.

chatting with and um. i'm happy to hear that your daughter is. is going to be enjoying herself and. getting to go to school. and have some friends and have that. interaction uh. and yeah the struggle is real you know i. think it's been real for. it's been real for a lot of people um. but thank you for taking the time to. share that message and i'm glad you're. having getting to have a day. to yourself or somewhat to yourself i. know a mom's job is never really their. own or. time is never really their own.

but really sweet of you. and i'm glad that we still get to keep. in touch and we want to do something. nice we'll. we'll be in touch about that and just um. thank you for being a part of our lives. here on the episode and. on the podcast and with this family uh. we got. one more check-in video right here. and this is from emily from. eau claire wisconsin.

uh um let's hear from her. hey theo it's emily from wisconsin we. met almost. two years ago now in minneapolis for. single moms night out. that's crazy and i do remember that uh. and i have some photos too and i'll. drop those into this as we uh go through. your video okay. i'm not too anxious about the fall with. kids going back to school because my son. will be five so he would be in 4k. this year and i'm just.

not gonna send him because i'm not okay. with a lot of the things going on right. now with requirements for. wearing masks for school age kids and. it's just something that i don't want to. support because i don't believe in it. whatsoever. well i i i love that i love that you. um yeah i'm sure it's tough you know. moms have to stand by what they feel is. best. and so that's what a mom is and so i'm. glad to see you. uh trusting your instincts i hope other.

parents are making the same. decisions and doing the best that they. can but i understand it's not always the. easiest. um no dating for me during this time so. i don't have any good tips or tricks but. i can say. that i moved in with my boyfriend last. year. at the end of last year and this has. really been a time. to force us to work on things and you. know address some things that i. probably wouldn't have in the past i. maybe would have just. dipped and run or found the negative but.

i've really relied on him for support. and he's been really helpful with my son. and with my job and everything else so. wow that's really amazing to hear that i. think and i think. i remember you were in chiropractic. chiropractor i believe um. and yeah i mean i think being together. and in those relationships and you got. to figure it out. i mean it's like a damn ufc right now. for relationships it is they close the. cage. and you're in that octagon this is um.

it's real bare knuckles these days um. so uh i'm glad to see that you you're. doing well with that. kobe's been great actually financially. um just emotionally spending time with. my family. and my company is opening a second. location. next week that will be mine to run so i. achieved one of my. goals and dreams for my life to have my. own clinic so i'm really excited. thank you so much for all that you do.

shout out to my brother who's been sober. over a year. and he just loves and digs your podcast. same with me. kang gang gang gang thank you emily. thank you for uh the video uh. congratulations on your business. that's amazing you know one thing i do. remember about you is that you are very. uh you're a go-getter. you know when um and go-getters get. they do they really do uh.

congratulations to your brother. you know just um you know it's obviously. that you really care about him and. i think he even texted me about i think. we we even texted about him once. um but uh. but yeah i saw you also in vegas my mind. got blurry towards. like before covet like the six months. before cove. i don't even know what i was doing a lot. of times um.

but congratulations to your brother. congratulations to you we want to send. something nice you know so you could go. do something fun on behalf of the. podcast and. um but that's so cool you're opening. your own clinic. man that's awesome and it sounds like a. lot of great things are happening. in your life and thank you for sharing. them with us. it sounds like you deserve them um. man i'm just so la i didn't realize how. lucky i am to know so many cool chicks.

uh yeah i just feel so lucky um. [Music]. and we didn't get to reach out to all. the single moms uh but. you know we we did what we could and and. we just wanted to put together an. episode and so i'm glad we're able to. make this happen. and thank you to all the moms for being. a part of our. uh just a part of our lives in a little. bit of a way. you know i think one thing that i'm. reminded of by all of these women uh. is just.

i guess i just feel grateful that they. all cared enough to still. communicate and be a part of the show. and be a part of uh of my life. and in our lives and um. it's cool. you know uh. you know i really just wanted to kind of. get back to the roots of things that.

made this podcast feel good to me. when i started um. you know and one of those things has. been. you know connecting with. you know when i was a kid i never got to. i never really. you know you can only talk to you can. only do so much for your mom because. you're a kid. you know you don't get to be a man for. your mother when you're a child. you just get to be a kid.

and so often i think. you know you want to be able to be more. but you're just a child. and so it's nice now as an adult that i. can get little pieces of. i don't know what it is. i guess it's selfish in some ways but. it's nice as an adult now that i'm able.

to. no it's not well it is selfish i guess. but it's nice that i'm able to interact. with mothers. who were at the point that my mom was. when i was a kid. and just. just let them know that people care you. know. because i think you know when i was a. kid i think i probably wanted someone to. let my mother know that. and.

and i and no and there wasn't somebody. around to do it. and i couldn't do it you know i was a. kid it just wouldn't have been. i wasn't thinking that way i was just a. child. you know and i couldn't our relationship. wasn't like that you know. um. [Music]. this just today for me just a nice. reminder of. you know you think about space they got.

people in space and. we go looking out there. and you stick you know they put a man in. a damn. you know half of a toyota camry and. shoot him out there. and you know a third of the time the. damn thing the engine. you know blows out on the way up. just looking into the nothing we're just. looking into the. nothing and that's good.

but sometimes you know it's just a nice. reminder. you know to get just to touch hold of. the things that are holding on to us. you know to check in with our mothers to. check in with our fathers. to check in with our stepmothers or our. stepfathers or our pseudo mothers even.

you know we got a bunch of second-hand. moms here. you know i bet you if you were a tpw fan. or. listener you could walk up to any of. these single moms and. and tell them hello and. and you'd have a special place in their. heart and vice versa. um. and that's just powerful it's just.

you know it's just a reminder that you. know it's i don't know if it's a. reminder but it's. you know sometimes we're out there. looking i'm out there looking so hard. for stuff and. and we got you know we out there in. outer space we're out there on saturn. meanwhile we got women here in eau. claire we got people here in. in columbus and arcata. you know we got people here in in. chicago.

we got people here in in. um in utah. you know sometimes it's nice just to. know that. or just to remind remember that that. some of that connection that we're out. there hunting all the time is. you know it's it's already there.

you know it's our roots. and yeah it just and it's. you know it's nice as a child i couldn't. you know i couldn't do things for my. mother i couldn't tell. i couldn't be a man and tell my mother. how i felt. and now i get to be a man and i can look. back and i can connect with people that. are in the same space and. and just be a part of just letting these.

women know that they're loved. that's all and they're not asking for it. they're not. i mean we picked these ladies out of the. damn ether. but but they just return it right back. you know and uh. and i just feel grateful i think just to. know. i don't know i don't know what i feel. exactly but i do i feel good.

you know i feel good that. you know when i was a kid there was a. you know i couldn't. i couldn't let my mother know. that i cared as much you know i couldn't. i couldn't help out i didn't have any. means to help. a little even if she wasn't asking for. it to help a little.

you know i didn't have the voice i. didn't have the voice as a child to say. you know hey mom you're doing a good job. or i'm you know i just we didn't have. that connection you know we didn't have. it. but i can take that same template. that same missed opportunity that i you. know. and i can apply it now. you know and that's one of the gifts of. of just existence.

is to be able to fill in. these spaces of of our past with uh. with the people of um. [Music]. of right now.

you know if you didn't get to be good to. your sister go be good to someone else's. sister you know. i don't know i don't know what i'm. saying i guess but. but sometimes i don't have to look real. far to find what. you don't have to look as far as i think. and um yeah i'm just really inspired i'm.

inspired by these moms. and i'm inspired by dads too i know. they're single dads people say they get. on me but. but you know i can't you know we do what. we can man. and just a lot of beautiful cool bad ass. chicks out there and we get to know him. a little bit.

that's cool man we're gonna go out today. on a hit man you know this man. and he might even be able to you know in. nashville maybe be able to get him to do. some live tracks or do something special. who knows. i believe he lives over there and this. song man this one gets me every time. you know because i like to play dude i. of course i could play something upbeat. for you but you know i want something. that's gonna damn rinse ya baby. i'm trying to freaking get them eyeballs. empty dog you know daddy.

um but. uh this is uh the devil god in me. and this is by evan bartels. man i love this song and i love you. and thank you for being a part of my. week thank you for being a part of my. life. thank you for supporting this little. adventure of this podcast. and yeah and thanks for just for. listening and thinking with me today and.

i'm just thinking about just getting. back to my roots you know. you know i don't want to forget the. things that made me care about doing. this. in the first place or forget the things. that i care about. you know when this whole pandy happened. or whatever i think i just got scared. and i think when my career got busy i. got scared. who am i supposed to be who what do i. what do i do now who who am i.

uh i started worrying more [ __ ] about. the business. um. but just lucky to have reminders. and i'm glad we put some reminders in. place in the beginning. uh. so that i can remember because nothing. makes me really. really really really nothing makes me. feel better i think than caring about. other people.

it's just sometimes you got to just tr. you got to remember you got to work that. muscle. so anyway i'm rambling but be good to. yourself you know you deserve it. and uh and if there's a relationship in. your past that you weren't able to have. just remake it. you know remake it somewhere else. you know we're all just wandering around.

we're all loose ends and. we just got to tie on to each other man. we can do it this is evan bartels the. devil. god and me. [Music].

this is a great big. [Music]. we the people have that choice.

[Music]. and mother may i rest my head. though i did not try my. best amen. mother may i slip the wine. [Music].

[Music]. oh. you can come for me. [Music]. oh. you can't comfort me.

[Music]. blame. [Music].

come on man come on the crown of. lies i wear in shape. what i would give to track. man man the crown of lies i wear in. shame baby. [Music]. [Laughter]. you can come for me come on.

[Music]. but you can't comfort me. [Music]. [Music]. and you can check out the rest of that.

tomb man that's evan bartels. the devil god and. me and you can listen to the rest of. that uh. beautiful hit at uh evan bartels go look. him up his the link to his album. a promise to land and the devil god in. me. linked to them albums will be in the. information. but yeah it's funny man we're talking in. the beginning about grabbing your bag. you know.

and then we're also talking about. getting back to your roots. and there's no stronger source of roots. on a man. than his nuts or his bag. amen of that.