WEBVTT - Vitamin D Live - 10.31.24 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:04.840 You know you're unstoppable, right, I say all the time, 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:08.280 how you can't fail if you don't quit. How if 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:10.680 you fall down seven times, you're gonna get up eight 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.280 and if you can look up, you can get up. 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:16.160 And all of this made me think of this track 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.160 via one of my favorite artists I can say. Her 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.920 name is Corn Hawthorne, and she has this track entitled 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:27.280 I'm Unstoppable. She says, they told me that you couldn't 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:30.760 do it because you're washed up. Ain't like them bad girls, 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.680 said you should get your saucer. But I got this plan, 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:36.000 and you might not understand. I'm gonna go as hard 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.519 as I can, and I'm gonna be the boss of it. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.600 You gotta understand that it's called your dream, your vision 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.360 for a reason. Stop expecting people to see what it 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.199 is in your heart. Stop expecting people to see the 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.600 vision that you have for your life. She goes on 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:56.240 to say, now I do believe I'm something special. Can't 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.200 take that from me, So you can say what you want. 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.600 I go harder, stronger, be who I'm supposed to be. 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.280 Out of billions of people in this world, you were 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.480 made uniquely you with your vision, with your gifts with 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:13.119 your drive, made exactly how you're supposed to be. So 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:17.280 why are you comparing your journey to somebody else that 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:22.080 wasn't designed for you. Don't play with me, play with yourself. 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.640 She goes on to say, because I'm unstoppable, I get 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.000 it all the way in it. That's why I made 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:33.759 and I'm up on my business because I'm unstoppable. Ain't 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.880 no hope and in wishing, say your prayer, catch a wave. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.280 Then I go out and get it because I can 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.759 be what I want. Try if I want powered by 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.120 the king. He won't let me fall because I'm unstoppable. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:46.600 Nah. 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:50.560 Nah, he won't let me fall because I'm unstoppable. You 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.600 can't fail if you don't quit. Wait a minute, I'm 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.080 not done yet, She continues on. I dream about it, 0:01:57.320 --> 0:01:59.800 I go get it. That's how I do it, not 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.840 the stars. I'm not lucky. I just pray through it, 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.880 follow on my face and I might make mistakes, but 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.000 I don't let it break me because I'm still on 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:12.080 my way. You better catch it. We here for a 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.920 good time, not a long time, so let's make it count. 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.160 And if you're gonna bet on somebody, you better bet 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.760 on yourself. All right, you know what time it is. 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.320 It's that damn dawn like the break of day, and 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.920 you are tuned in. It's a Vitamin D live. Good morning, 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.079 good afternoon, good evening. You are tuned in to the 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.840 Vitamin D with Dawn Day podcast and I am your host, 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.359 Dawn Day, here to get you excited about your life 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.240 so that you can live life on purpose and for 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.640 a purpose. If this is your first time tuning in 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.400 and welcome a Vitamin D. It's a pun of my name. 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.639 My name is Dawn, and you get Vitamin D from 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.880 the sun. So I'm here shed light into your life. 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.320 And I do this with inspirational insights and conversations with 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.400 celebrities and everyday people like you and me, because if 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.360 you want to be better and you want to do better, 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.000 then you're going to have to be able to see better. 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.120 So join me on this journey of living our best 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:07.040 lives and understanding and realizing how you are your greatest 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:07.560 sass at it. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:12.040 Get your writing, Mandy, you right with me and get 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:16.320 excited about your life. 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:22.840 Happy Halloween. How you doing out there? It's doing like 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.160 the record day. Shout out to miss Latasha. She's in 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:29.760 the building. I got Miss Marian in the building. Now 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.440 raise your hands to the ceiling. We got some stuff 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.760 to talk about today. Now you just heard me give 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.480 you some inspiration from a gospel artist. Do I want 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.120 to say gospel and artist man. She makes amazing music. 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:44.440 Her name is Corn Hawthorne, and today's Dolcin Vitamin D 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.800 was all dedicated to being unstoppable. She has this track 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:53.800 entitled I'm Unstoppable. Furthermore, I got some headlines and some news. 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.200 I'm telling you where you can get some Halloween treats. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:03.720 Oh and you won't believe this I got. My aunt 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.880 will be joining in on the life talking about she 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.760 voting for Trump. I'm not making it up. African American 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:18.560 woman born in the city of Detroit, probably born in 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.680 the late fifties early sixties. My mama was born in 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:25.240 fifty one, so my aunt Jeannie, she ain't too far behind. 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:28.160 But I'm saying off to say, you've seen the changes 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:33.880 that has happened when it comes down to racism, inequality, segregation, 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.400 or desegregat. I mean, you're seeing it all, But I 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:41.880 am curious to hear what you all feel about what 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.520 she has to say about why she's voting for Donald Trump. Now, 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.880 I just want to say this be easy. That's still 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.080 my auntie. But I want to encourage you to call 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.800 me in the studio eight one, eight four six one 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:57.120 fifty four thirty two, because we need to have this dialogue. 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.799 It's not about pulling each other down. It's not about 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:04.680 bashing anybody. It's about having a verbal conversation so that 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.160 we can relate to one another, so we can eat 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:08.960 the meat, spit out the bone, so we can make 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:13.040 a discerned decision. All right, informed, I said, discern you 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.520 know what I'm talking about, all right. First and foremost, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:22.080 let's just give a huge congratulations out to the die Jeez. Yes, y'all, 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.800 you know that won the World Series. The score was 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.839 six to three, and this is the eighth World Series 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.400 for the Dodgers. After beating the New York Yankees on 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.520 Wednesday night. You know, I got some love for New 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:38.280 York because prior to LA I was in New York. Now, 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.400 the Boys in Blue will have a parade tomorrow, that's Friday, 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.480 starting at eleven am. The parade will start at City 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.480 Hall before taking your right hand turn on First Street 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:52.480 and traveling down Grand Avenue. Then after driving down Grand Avenue, 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:54.880 the team will turn around again on Fifth Street and 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:58.200 wrap it up near the La Central Library. Now, the 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.120 team announced that members the Dodgers, we'll be traveling on 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.840 a double decker bus. Okay. Now, for those who are 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.320 wishing to attend, it is highly suggested that you take 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.640 public transportation, Okay, But if you do decide to drive 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.000 up there, it will be beginning at nine am, and 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.640 the gates for parking will open up at eight thirty am. Now, 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.479 for those who do not have the balls or the 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.560 goals and you said I want to watch them on 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.240 the cover of my own home, well pull up at 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.960 KTLA dot com and they will begin coverage starting as 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.560 early as seven am on a Friday. Now, I'm just 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.080 wanting did anybody put some beds in? Did anybody win 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:35.680 some money? 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:40.320 Let me now, let me now. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.320 And because we are in the vein of Halloween and things, well, 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.320 if you're done with the tricks and you're looking for 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.840 some treats, I have a list of restaurants that are 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.600 giving away some specials that you may want to take 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:57.200 advantage of. First, starting out with Applebee's Family Dining and 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.200 participating Applebee's locations will receive two free kids meal with 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.839 the purchase of each adult entree. Now the offer is 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:08.880 available for children twelve years and under, and diners also 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.280 must mention the deal to take advantage of the promotion. 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.640 So don't just walk in and think they're supposed to 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.239 give it to you. Let them know that Daunte sent you, okay. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:20.080 And also additionally happening at Applebee's, the chain is offering 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:24.160 free boneless wing with any forty dollars online order. Yes, 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.119 the deal is available through Applebee's website or the mobile 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:31.120 app only, and customers should use the promo code Scary 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.840 twenty four. At checkout news, you can use Buffalo wind Wings. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.160 Since we talk about wings and things, they're offering a 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.680 Bogo boneless wingless deal. Bogo means buy one, get one, 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.000 but free. That is, the offer is available for takeout, 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.160 delivery or dine in. And if you liking your thirty 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.040 one flavors, well, let me tell you what Basket in 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.520 Robbins is doing well. They are offering ice cream scoops 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.080 ordered through the app will be thirty one percent off 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.360 of this Halloween special and who likes to take it 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.960 away specifically for Johnny Rockets. Well, customers can get a 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.800 free cookie with any in store purchase on Halloween, that 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.360 is today when they mention the offer again, you gotta 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.920 mention now we all know that place. When the lights 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.880 cut on, that means the donuts are fresh. Well, customers 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.200 and Halloween costumes can score a free original glazed donut 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:20.720 today on Halloween with no purchase necessary. It's Krispy Kreme 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.480 open twenty four hours. Perhaps when we get done with 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.400 this live, I need to pull up. It's like, no, aw, 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.080 y'all know, I'm on my fitness challenge. And if anyone 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.960 likes the silver dollars, I mean the pancakes, that is, 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.520 through Halloween, kids twelve and under at ihop can decorate 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.720 their own scary face pancake for free, yes, by purchasing 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.240 an adult entre. The deal is available for dining in 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.880 customers only. And if you are looking and seeking for 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:49.880 the Golden Arches, well, McDonald's they're having something called Boo buckets. Yeah, 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.120 they're back. The customer favorite, which doubles as a trick 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.960 or treating bucket, comes with how Happy Meals. The company 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:01.120 will introduce a blue bucket this year, replacing Leyre's proper one. 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.719 And of course if you liking that Chipotle Chapoto or 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.360 as professionally known or accurately as Chipotle, well they'll be 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.439 celebrating the speakiest stuff holidays with the return of its 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.720 popular Boo Riado promotion. 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:15.200 Now. 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.600 During this promotion, Reward members can purchase entrees for six 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:23.360 dollars and enjoy extended store hours. Only Reward members who 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.319 order in store can take advantage of the promo, So 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:28.480 download the app, take advantage, and let them know that 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.480 Dawn Day sent you. Now, once again, the fast casual 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:35.880 chain will extend its Boo Readou promotion to select college 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.640 towns nationwide. Now, Chipotle locations in these areas will stay 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.160 open to eleven fifty nine pm on Halloween. I didn't 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.079 they say twelve o'clock is wheelclock Am will essentially be 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.680 in a November first but until eleven fifty nine pm, 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:53.000 you can get all your treats with no tricks. Hey, 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:55.679 and I'm not done yet. Let me switch over to 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.800 some more serious news, specially before we get into the 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.360 Vitamin D advice letter, and before I called my aunt 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:03.640 to call in as to why she's voting for Trump. 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.280 Did you hear about what's going on in these prisons. 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:10.920 Did you hear about these inmates that are dying? They're 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:16.439 getting sick? Pull up? So the inmate death investigated in 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:21.760 the third incident and a Los Angeles mail jail in 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:25.200 two days now. Homicide detectives were called to the Los 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:29.280 Angeles mails Men's Central Jail yesterday that was on Wednesday, 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.360 to investigate the death of an inmate, marking the third 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:37.400 major incident at the facility in two days now. Deputies 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.280 were notified shortly before seven thirty pm that an inmate 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:44.640 at the jail on four hundred or four to forty one. Yeah, 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.800 that's right, Bouchett is it? Bouchett b a UCGT Street 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:53.400 in Chinatown was found unresponsive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:56.719 Department stated earlier Thursday morning. That's is today now. The 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:00.640 unidentified inmate was later pronounced dead by personnel with the 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:04.200 Los Angeles Fire Department. Now no the further details regarding 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:07.720 the circumstances around the discovery were released. However, the cause 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.160 of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:14.840 Medical Examiner's Office and the sheriffs. Stated by the Sheriff's Department. Now, 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.439 emergency crews were called to the jail on two other occasions. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.920 Now this was just this past Tuesday regarding exposures to 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:26.760 an unknown substance at the facility. Now, seven inmates were hospitalized, 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.640 including one in critical condition and six in serious condition. 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.160 Now when the fire apartment, that's when the fire department 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.320 was called at seven am. Now, officials with the Sheriff's 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:40.800 Department later referred to the situation as a suspected overdose incident. 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.960 What does that mean? A hazmat team searched the facility 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.680 following the incident, but found no additional patients at the time, 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.240 and also determined there was no escalating hazard. Yet we 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.160 got another individual that lost their life. The fire department 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.400 was back at the jail the same afternoon when seven 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.640 deputies were rushed to the nearby hospitals after exposure to 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:04.360 the unknown substance. The deputies had been searching the inmates 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.440 dorms to ensure that they were safe to repopulate when 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:13.120 they started experiencing symptoms potentially related to today's earlier suspected overdose. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.560 And I quote that's what the news stated. Now, all 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:18.920 seven deputies were conscious and instable condition when they were 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.240 taken to the hospital as a precaution. This is by 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.920 what the official said. Woo chaw, isn't that alive? Okay? 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:29.880 Mss Marian says, yes, go Dodgers. Hey, missus Felicia is in, 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.760 she said, all right now, lots of great treats going on. 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.480 And Miss Latasha, she says, I work at the women's 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:37.360 jail in Linwood. 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:37.920 Is that right? 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.640 Have you guys experienced anything with the substances? What's going on? 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:44.679 Let's talk about it. Let me tell you right now, 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:48.600 this is the opportunity to come. The phone line up 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.880 in here is eight one eight four six one fifty 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.240 four to thirty two. That is eight one inch four 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.679 six one fifty four thirty two. Let me put this 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:58.319 in the chat as well, because I would love to 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.480 hear from you, and I really appreciate each in every 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.640 one of you that is on the live right now. Yes, 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.440 that's watching me. Yes, let's say, Hey, Dawn, I want 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.640 to pull up before I show up on the podcast 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:12.760 replay how you doing it? I'm telling you right now, 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.640 I got a lot to talk about. I will be 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.040 calling my aunt in a few after I get to 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.839 the Vitamin D advice letter to discuss why she is 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.160 voting for drum. Now. I was talking to l Castro 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.240 you see her in the chat. I was talking to 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.040 one of my best girlfriends on Frover a decade now, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.160 and she was like, Dawn, I don't know if I 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.240 want to call in because I want to be respectful 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.319 for your aunt. I said, Ell, we gotta have a 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:38.280 safe conversation. We gotta have a conversation because it's time 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.240 for some understanding or perhaps some overstanding. So therefore we 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:47.000 can have some innerstanding. Catch it, cousin's hif baby, So yes, 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:48.880 let me put the call in number at the bottom 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:53.520 five four three two, so you get come me and 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:57.079 let me know what to do. Listen, we having a conversation. Okay, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.920 are we clear? If you watching? Just type clear so 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.360 that I know that you're there. Okay, just type clear 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.800 so that I know that you're there. Miss Felicia says, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.920 is this the aunt I met in Lamur? No, that's 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.719 I'm Brenda. I'm Brenda down to Alabama. That's all my 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.480 daddy said. Now, who I'm talking about? My aunt Genie 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.560 that's on my mama's side. Is she is in Michigan. 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.040 I know, look, miss Felicia, was that gonna change your 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.560 mind about my aunt? There's in the house and say clear? 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.640 Tasha says clear, Okay, we got it and we are clear. 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:35.760 So now let's dive into this advice letter subject. My 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:39.680 parents are so passed that I'm not going to college? 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.200 Dear doing my parents just oh wait, hold on, I 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.320 didn't even give you the clans. Slow down, gym shoe. Okay, 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.320 Vitamin the advice letter. Now this is where I encourage 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.400 individuals to write in about they need advice about the career, 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:58.200 their relationship, perhaps making a move, perhaps making the move 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.960 withinside of them. And I always say, Vitamin D is 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.800 all about shedding the light on the good and the bad. 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:04.640 Because if you want to be better and you want 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.240 to do better, well, honey, you gonna have to be 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.240 able to see better. So that means you're gonna eat 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.320 the meat and spit the bones out. Okay, I'm gonna 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:11.960 keep it real with you because I would want somebody 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.000 to keep it real with me. Now, in case you 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.640 are interested in writing an advice letter, let me tell 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.760 you the email you're gonna email me at Vitamin D 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:23.000 at dawn daispeaks dot com. That's vitamin d at Dawn, 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:29.240 dai speaks dot com. Clear clear, okay subject. My parents 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.200 are pissed that I'm not going to college, Dear Dawn. 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.960 My parents just hit the ceiling when I told them 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:38.440 that I wasn't going to college, Dawn. My mom hit 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.640 the ceiling first, then my dad did too, right after 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.920 my little sister moved her skateboard out of the way. Lord, 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.520 thank you Jesus. But I see college, But I see 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.280 college for the horrible and awful student loan debt trap 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.960 that it is down. Over half the people out there 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.760 where I'm at are working tables and delivering food are 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:03.040 all college graduates. So how that helped me out? I mean, 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.280 that's even That's even up with that? What's even up 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.800 with that? Plus? I don't like school, Dawn, never did. 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.720 I only went because the state and my father's black 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.920 leather belt made me. Why did that make me? 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:17.280 Laugh? 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.760 But what I have been doing since my junior year 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.160 is fixing cars down, and I'm really good at it 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.200 and I love it. It's my real passion. So far, 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.760 I've made forty five grand this year working just part 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:31.520 time fixing up and restoring cars for low rider clubs 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:34.000 and big money car shows with my uncle and Dawn. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.400 That's all in cash money. I bought and paid for 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.680 my twenty twenty two racing truck with cash. I give 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:42.960 my parents one thousand dollars each. Or I gave my 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.680 parents a thousand dollars each in cash money. Oh. I 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.000 give them a thousand dollars each in cash money every 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.880 month to help them out. And I'm seventeen and I 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.520 got sixteen grand in the bank. Plus my uncle is 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.360 teaching me how to do payroll, how to do my taxes, 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:59.120 and how to run his car repair and restoration shot 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.160 for him. Uncle Nesto is so proud of me, and 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.240 I love working with him. But my parents are still 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.399 freaking out about not going to college. And I know 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.960 my dad, Dawn, I can't stay up under his roof 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.200 and not go to college. And I'm okay with that, 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.840 but I'm not trying to break their hearts, and I'm 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:17.919 trying not to waste their time and all of their 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.040 hard own money on some dumb old college. But how 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.240 can I get my parents to see that? Dawn sign 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:27.760 Arturo Ramirez Junior in Bakersfield, California, you know. I'm all 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.399 about that dreams don't work unless you do. I'm all 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.800 about realizing that we're here for a good time, not 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:34.800 a long time, and how we're gonna have to make account. 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.520 I'm all about choosing the life that's best for you. 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:40.159 So I say, young man, you're gonna have to do 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.160 you the fact that the matter is not everybody gets 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.879 equipped for college. And yes it's true, there are plenty 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:51.119 of college graduates out there making probably below minium wage 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.680 or probably just add it and jobs they don't like 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.800 because half the time you still discovering what it is 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.000 that you want. But don't take it for granted that 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.760 you found your purpose. It's time for you to walk 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:01.000 in it. 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:01.359 Now. 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:03.200 See that you have a concern. You said, well, doing 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.119 college is not for me. One, you got to live 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:06.960 your life. Two you said you don't want to waste 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.200 that money. Well, if you're making all this money, you 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.520 can do it for yourself. Now. One of the advantages 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.480 that can be going to college is that you could 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.200 probably negotiate a higher wage. But you are a i 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.760 want to say, a tradesman. You're working with your hands, 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.240 so that is based on scale and in a society 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:25.280 such as today, the trades is where it's at. We 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.160 got Manual R High School right over here in Los Angeles, 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:31.680 a school that is known for the trades. It is 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.479 no secret that these blue collar jobs where people can 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.280 make six figures. So why would you put yourself in 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:38.879 a rap waste where you don't know your head from 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.040 your tail. You are learning how to be your taxes, 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:44.439 you are learning how to manage your business. You are 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.800 learning how to take care of your business. So perhaps 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:48.680 it's time for you to invest your money. Perhaps it's 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:50.360 time for you to look at where you can buy 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:50.720 a home. 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:51.080 Now. 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:53.959 What's unfortunate is that when we talk about building as 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.320 a society and as a community, especially with a Black community, 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.560 I'm not sure if it's also nurtured that you save 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.520 your money, get enough money for your house, and then 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.520 move on. Some cultures will say, hey, stay right here 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:08.800 until you get married, stay right here till you ready 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:11.960 to buy. I find that oftentimes in the African American community, 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.040 you get eighteen, it's like, oh, you get up and grown. 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:17.200 Because you grown, you gotta get out. So my advice 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:19.840 would you keep going after the dream as long as 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.400 it's paying the bills, make sure you ta staying under 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.720 your uncle Nesto, and learn everything you can about the business, 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.400 invest in it, make your money grow, and keep doing 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.639 what it is that you need to do. You realize 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:34.399 that you can't live for anybody else but you, and 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:36.880 we here for a good time, not a long time, 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:40.920 so we gonna make it count. Okay, are we clear? 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:47.639 Anybody want to comment on that letter? All right? Hold 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:51.200 on now, so, miss Felicia, because I'm about to call 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:56.639 my aunt Jeanie. She said, Dawn, it was this the 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:59.440 aunt that I met at the Madison Square Garden rally. 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.280 Which one was that? I'm not sure what Riley? That 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:06.520 was the Madison Square. No, the only aunt that's came 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.600 out here so far is my aunt Brenda uh down 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:15.320 down in Alabama. Yeah, that was the only aunt. All right, y'all. 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:16.679 I told her I was gonna call her. 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:17.040 What is it? 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:17.520 A twenty? 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:17.919 I told her. 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:20.560 I said, well, a twenty on the East coast. Let's 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:23.960 see what she got to say. Lord, have mercy, be 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:27.840 easy on my aunt, child, I said, be easy like 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:28.680 Sunday morning. 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:32.760 Now. 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:34.560 I told her, I said, listen, I'm gonna call you. 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.560 I can't even understand why she not a Hello, Hello 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.760 you you own we all? 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:44.120 Huh? 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:48.240 I said, we both on? Oh I told you a 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:52.719 twenty I forgot. I'm sorry, Anson. 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:53.320 What's going on? 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:56.280 How you doing? 0:20:57.200 --> 0:21:03.280