Speaker 1: Beer beer beer.
Speaker 2: Loft Meeting. Y'all, Loft Meeting. It is time. It's time
Speaker 2: to hear from you. It's time for me to do
Speaker 2: my very best to answer all your questions, concerns, comments.
Speaker 2: We're all on team show. You know what that means.
Speaker 2: We're all trying to figure out what's going on in
Speaker 2: this New Girl universe. I'm here right with you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: We got so many emails coming in. It is always
Speaker 2: hard to choose what makes the Loft Meeting.
Speaker 1: But don't worry.
Speaker 2: If you send it in, we just roll you over
Speaker 2: to the next one. So keep listening. If you send
Speaker 2: it in, you will hear your question live here on
Speaker 2: the pod. Okay, let's start with our first email, says
Speaker 2: hi Hand on La Morn. I'm a little behind on
Speaker 2: the podcast and working to get caught up, but I
Speaker 2: just heard Hannah mention the season finale song Rivers and
Speaker 2: Roads and a Loft Meeting and wanted to share a
Speaker 2: quick story that song Rivers and Roots. I love it
Speaker 2: so much. I love it so much. I think I
Speaker 2: talked about this on the podcast, that I fell in
Speaker 2: love with that song and.
Speaker 1: Twofold.
Speaker 2: It was not supposed to be the finale song. They
Speaker 2: wanted a different song, but some huge show at the
Speaker 2: time had just used it for their finale. Whatever the
Speaker 2: alternate song was, Aaron O'Malley would know, and then they
Speaker 2: ended up with Rivers and Roads, which made me so happy.
Speaker 1: They're like, have you heard of this song? And I
Speaker 1: was like, I have. It's one of my favorite songs ever.
Speaker 2: And then I used to work with an organization called
Speaker 2: Free the Children and they had these big events for
Speaker 2: youth all over the country called Wee Days, and they
Speaker 2: had the band perform their Head and the Heart perform
Speaker 2: and I got to introduce the band and they played
Speaker 2: that song and it was like this weird full circle
Speaker 2: moment where I got to introduce that band on stage. Anyway,
Speaker 2: back to the email, the tangent I just went on
Speaker 2: for Rivers and Roads. My husband and I met our
Speaker 2: bestest friends while in grad school in Kansas City circa
Speaker 2: twenty thirteen. We were all poor, so the two things
Speaker 2: we did together were playboard games and watch New Girl.
Speaker 2: We watched the Story of the fifty each time one
Speaker 2: of us turned twenty nine, and still send New Girl memes, quotes,
Speaker 2: and gifts to our group chat. We moved to the
Speaker 2: Northeast from you know, I just want to say this
Speaker 2: out loud. I don't know how many times I've asked
Speaker 2: the questions of its gifts or jiffs. Jeffs sounds insane
Speaker 2: to me, So I say gifts or men. Whoever tells
Speaker 2: me like it's this way, and I promptly forget because
Speaker 2: one just does not sound right coming out of my mouth.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: We moved to the Northeast from more Rad School in
Speaker 2: twenty sixteen, and they followed just a few short states
Speaker 2: away that same year. We're so grateful that we got
Speaker 2: to live within a two hour drive of them for
Speaker 2: almost ten years. In twenty twenty one, they were waiting
Speaker 2: to adopt a baby. Oh and my baby, and my baby,
Speaker 2: and my husband was finishing his PhD program and applying
Speaker 2: for jobs all around the country. Change and transition were
Speaker 2: in the air.
Speaker 1: This is beautifully written.
Speaker 2: We were committed to maintaining our strong friendship no matter
Speaker 2: what changes the future, no matter what changes the future brought,
Speaker 2: so we decided to mark the friendship with themed rivers
Speaker 2: and roads tattoos.
Speaker 1: Oh, you guys know, I love a tattoo story.
Speaker 2: That song is all about living away from your best
Speaker 2: friends and family, and how it will take rivers and
Speaker 2: roads to reach each other. Once again, the tattoos all
Speaker 2: look a bit different, but they all have a rivers
Speaker 2: and roads component. Our friends still live in New Hampshire
Speaker 2: and we landed in Idaho, but we've stayed close and
Speaker 2: have committed to seeing each other at least once in
Speaker 2: person each year. In twenty twenty two, my husband, who
Speaker 2: is a theologian Ooh, baptized They're adopted twins, which brought
Speaker 2: us even closer. Thankful for the part New Girl played
Speaker 2: in the early days of our lasting friendship. Do either
Speaker 2: of you have any tattoos, or better yet, have matching
Speaker 2: theme tattoos with someone else? Laura, Laura, this may be
Speaker 2: one of my favorite emails. Man, what a beautiful bonding
Speaker 2: with our show, What a beautiful friendship you have. And
Speaker 2: then to be involved in the baptizing of their babies,
Speaker 2: to do something on your body that will be a
Speaker 2: forever reminder to nourish and encourage that friendship. And even
Speaker 2: then with a question that's interesting that we haven't been
Speaker 2: asked on the show. Five stars, Laura, five stars, five
Speaker 2: stars love this. I have zero tattoos, and it is
Speaker 2: not for lack of want of one. I love tattoos.
Speaker 2: I'm also the person I think I've been to. I
Speaker 2: don't even know fifty tattoo parlors in my life because
Speaker 2: when friends of mine have gone to get tattoos, I'm
Speaker 2: a good hang.
Speaker 1: I'll come and.
Speaker 2: Sit seven hour session, no problem. I'll come and sit
Speaker 2: and talk and chat and hang out with you while
Speaker 2: you get your tattoo. So I've been too many and
Speaker 2: I'm always toying. But my problem is I have difficulty
Speaker 2: committing to something that's permanent. So it's very difficult for me.
Speaker 2: I think the only thing I've ever done where I
Speaker 2: was like, I'm gonna do it and it felt really
Speaker 2: permanent and big was cutting my bangs in two thousand
Speaker 2: and eight. I was like, oh god, I'd always had
Speaker 2: long hair all the same length, and I was like,
Speaker 2: I'm doing this thing and getting it to grow back
Speaker 2: would take years, and it worked out. So maybe I
Speaker 2: should have that attitude towards a tattoo because I just
Speaker 2: have to pick one that's my thing. I also have
Speaker 2: to pick one, and it feels like, wow, that's such
Speaker 2: a huge decision. But man, you guys had clarity on
Speaker 2: what tattoo. And it was also cool that it's not
Speaker 2: like exact matching like you guys just thematically agreed on
Speaker 2: what was important and they did what was right for you.
Speaker 2: I want to see pictures of the tattoo, Laura. Can
Speaker 2: you send an email in with pictures so we can
Speaker 2: we can put them up so people can see.
Speaker 1: I'd be oh my god, there is pictures. I didn't
Speaker 1: scroll down get out of town. Oh these are great.
Speaker 1: Oh I love them. Oh.
Speaker 2: I can't wait for everybody who's just listening to be
Speaker 2: able to see these awesome tattoos.
Speaker 1: That's so cool. What a special friendship. I love that
Speaker 1: so much. Thank you for watching the show.
Speaker 2: I'm so happy I met so much to you. All right,
Speaker 2: Moving on Alex from Tampa, Florida. Hi, Hannah Lamar, And
Speaker 2: first I want to say thank you for creating this show.
Speaker 2: I regularly watched the series, but it's been but it's
Speaker 2: been so much more fun getting to do it with
Speaker 2: you guys. It really made me slow down and appreciate
Speaker 2: each episode for their unique qualities, which brings me to Dice.
Speaker 2: Dice is a funny episode that tends to just pass
Speaker 2: by in my regular watches, but this timm around, I
Speaker 2: was thinking a lot about what a time capsule this
Speaker 2: episode is.
Speaker 1: Yes, people still.
Speaker 2: Date online, but at least for my generation Z Like
Speaker 2: I don't have friends who use Grinder or Tinder or any.
Speaker 1: Of those other hookup apps.
Speaker 2: It's got me thinking what each of the loft mates
Speaker 2: accounts ooh would look like. I think Nick would have
Speaker 2: his favorite drink and just have girls me and him
Speaker 2: at the bar when he got off work. All of
Speaker 2: Schmid's photos would be of him in suits, maybe a
Speaker 2: photoshop photoshop image of him standing next to a famous person.
Speaker 2: Winston would have the cutest photos and like facts to
Speaker 2: jumpstart conversations. What would CEC have in her dating profile?
Speaker 1: Ooh, Alex, what a good question.
Speaker 2: What would CEC have? Here's the thing, I'm the worst
Speaker 2: person to ask, because I've never had an online dating profile.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I've ever seen one, so I.
Speaker 1: Don't know what people usually put up.
Speaker 2: I feel like the joke would be on the show
Speaker 2: that she would just have like one picture that's kind
Speaker 2: of like.
Speaker 1: Far away and not even that cute, and then she'd
Speaker 1: get swiped on. I don't think CEC's.
Speaker 2: Very into like trying hard to get male attention or
Speaker 2: female attention.
Speaker 1: So I think that would be it. She would do the.
Speaker 2: Bare minimum and it probably just work out fine for her.
Speaker 2: But I don't know, because, like I said, I've never
Speaker 2: really seen dating profile all the stuff you're supposed to
Speaker 2: put in there, I guess, But great question. I feel
Speaker 2: like Lamurn would probably have a better answer. That would
Speaker 2: probably destroy me, all right, Moving on, Thanks alex U. Ooh,
Speaker 2: this is from someone called Simone.
Speaker 1: Oh No, I love a Simone. Hey, it's got a
Speaker 1: lot of wyes. Hey, omg.
Speaker 2: The world understandably has become a really scary place in
Speaker 2: the last four months or so. I work as a
Speaker 2: mentor to high school students. I'm a sophomore in college.
Speaker 2: Mostly i'm a sounding bored about their issues with their parents,
Speaker 2: and I make sure they've spelled checked their essays. But
Speaker 2: as we reach the end of the school year, a
Speaker 2: lot of kids are panicking. Understandably, they're worried about their
Speaker 2: friends and families. We live near the border. I keep
Speaker 2: telling them we're not helpless, that the communities care about them,
Speaker 2: that I care, But I feel like a fraud. I'm
Speaker 2: scared too empty words and platitudes feel hollow. I don't
Speaker 2: know what else to do but try to assure them
Speaker 2: that people are still fighting. What I do know is
Speaker 2: that New Girl has been a constant comfort. This podcast
Speaker 2: has been a constant comfort. It's hard not to look
Speaker 2: at the news. It is important for me to stay informed.
Speaker 2: But when I've reached my limit, I can always visit
Speaker 2: the loft and escape into our world, where at the
Speaker 2: end of the day, everything is going to be okay
Speaker 2: because your friends love you, and that love is enough. Sorry,
Speaker 2: I'm tired and this is a bit rambling. I guess
Speaker 2: I just want to say thank you for providing a
Speaker 2: reprieve in a dark world.
Speaker 1: Thank you for the.
Speaker 2: Long nights you guys been sharing a trailer. I know
Speaker 2: making the series was fun, but it also sounds like
Speaker 2: it was real work. I'm reminded that we don't have
Speaker 2: to save the world if we just protect one another.
Speaker 2: Sometimes protection is just being able to laugh in difficult times.
Speaker 2: Thank you both for being protectors. Love Simone, Oh, Simone,
Speaker 2: that's so kind.
Speaker 1: I will say.
Speaker 2: It is the thing that now I get stopped the
Speaker 2: most about and people want to talk to me about
Speaker 2: with this show. Initially, when the show was on the air,
Speaker 2: you know, people would stay and it was just like
Speaker 2: Czi take Schmidt back, or you know, quoting funny lines.
Speaker 2: Those where like much more at my interactions I had
Speaker 2: with people that loved the show. And what's interesting to
Speaker 2: me now is I still get stopped a lot and
Speaker 2: people want to talk about the show, but they talk
Speaker 2: about things like what you just shared. They talk about.
Speaker 1: How the show has.
Speaker 2: Been there for them during hard times when they need comfort,
Speaker 2: to escape someplace where they're reminded of chosen family, and
Speaker 2: how we don't always have to get along, but we
Speaker 2: have to love each other and show up when it
Speaker 2: really matters.
Speaker 1: And it's really a lot of people. It's interesting.
Speaker 2: I feel like it's like the two ends of life,
Speaker 2: or the two points of life that kind of meet
Speaker 2: in that circle of life. A lot of time, when
Speaker 2: people are having babies, when they're pregnant, they put this
Speaker 2: show on and they watch a lot of this show,
Speaker 2: or right after they've given birth and they're just kind
Speaker 2: of in the bed with the baby all the time.
Speaker 1: This is the show they watch.
Speaker 2: And then on the flip when someone has lost somebody
Speaker 2: and they don't really want to go out into the world,
Speaker 2: yet they're still processing their grief. This seems to be
Speaker 2: a show that people like to put on to comfort
Speaker 2: them then. And I appreciate that so much because I
Speaker 2: have shows like that. La More and has shows like
Speaker 2: that that you just put on and it feels like family.
Speaker 1: It's amazing that New Girls was able to do that, right.
Speaker 1: It's funny.
Speaker 2: You know, you book a show a job and it's
Speaker 2: a comedy, it's like super silly, and you know, you
Speaker 2: think of the pilot with Ceci where she's just sort
Speaker 2: of like with her you know, like the line about
Speaker 2: the party hats, and you just go like, what this
Speaker 2: good is this going to do in the world?
Speaker 1: This crazy silly show.
Speaker 2: Like it's a funny show and it's really good, but
Speaker 2: what good is it going to do in the world?
Speaker 2: And what I've learned is it's done like a lot
Speaker 2: of good. It's shown up for people when they didn't
Speaker 2: want to be with people, when they wanted to just
Speaker 2: be able to dissolve into a space where they didn't
Speaker 2: have to think and they could just feel like that
Speaker 2: warm hug and they knew it would make them laugh
Speaker 2: and they didn't have to do any work around it,
Speaker 2: and that's important, and it's only because I feel like
Speaker 2: the fans of New Girls are so awesome and they're
Speaker 2: so tuned in to themselves and vulnerable and brave. I mean,
Speaker 2: the stories that have been shared with me is such
Speaker 2: a reflection I just feel like of how we truly
Speaker 2: do have the best fans in the world. So thank
Speaker 2: you for sharing. Thank you for all the work that
Speaker 2: you're doing and showing up for people. And I'm glad
Speaker 2: that you have a place and space that you can
Speaker 2: go and sit and feel comforted and laugh and feel
Speaker 2: that sense of TV family community. I'm happy about that,
Speaker 2: So thank you, Simone. Okay, that's our show. That's our
Speaker 2: loft meeting man. You know, tattoos, dating profiles, and chosen family.
Speaker 1: That's the jam, y'all.
Speaker 2: Please make sure you go to our website, the mess
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Speaker 1: Single time, but it's true.
Speaker 2: I feel like the New Girl fans kind of got
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Speaker 1: For this show.
Speaker 2: So La Morning and I made sure that the New
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Speaker 1: And every size.
Speaker 2: It's like my uniform because it's cozy. You know, it's
Speaker 2: really interesting. I've never, you know, started a little clothing
Speaker 2: line before, but man, you I got every single blank,
Speaker 2: which is like before they print it, you can kind
Speaker 2: of pick look at all the different kind of sweaters
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