WEBVTT - No. 2: Coronavirus Be Damned + How to Cope During a Pandemic + Self Care ACTIVATE! 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:25.320 I can't see the thing. Okay, what's up, y'all? Welcome 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.920 to hand me my purse the podcast. I am Mimi Walker, 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.960 and I will be here forever host each and every 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:35.520 single time you tune into this podcast. So go ahead 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.080 and get comfortable. Get yourself a glass of your favorite beverage, 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:44.159 whether that's alkaline water, red koolaid, a high cup of 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:48.839 tea with honey, a glass of Cabernet, Sauvignon or Hennessy, 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:52.640 and light yourself a candle, some incense or burn some 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.880 sage and just get ready to chill out and have 0:00:56.040 --> 0:01:09.720 a good time. What's up, friends and ken, It's Mimi 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.640 Resident Auntie Supreme here at Hammy my personal podcast, and 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:18.240 today I am sipping on some hot maringaity with lemon 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:23.840 and honey. Why because coronavirus. That's why, COVID nineteen. Trying 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.880 to make sure that my body is ready, my immune 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.880 system is up and ready to fight off any viruses, 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:36.399 particularly the coronavirus. Okay, on every show, I'm going to 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.360 tell you what I'm drinking that day, and I'm going 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:41.520 to ask you what you're drinking. And I know you 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.600 probably find it weird that I'm asking you because you 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:48.200 will not respond while I'm recording it, but I would 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.000 like it if you would tell me what you're sipping 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:55.160 on under whatever post that I post regarding this episode. 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:58.000 So if I post a snippet of the episode, tell 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.400 me what you are sipping on while you're listening to 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.520 it or while you listen to the show, I would 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:10.160 love that. So, guys, every episode, I am going to 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:11.920 have a segment. I'm kind of walking you through the 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.440 segments because it's the first episode, so I'm walking you 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.919 through the segments so you get an understanding of how 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:21.160 the show is formatted. There is going to be a 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:25.520 segment called Antimme's Jam, and basically that is just going 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:30.840 to be a song for that show that is one 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.960 of my jams, okay. And so it's a it's a 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:39.280 playlist that I curated on Spotify that is like Generation 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:44.520 X Heaven okay. And so it is a great like 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.639 hodgepodge of all different genres of music. But these are 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.960 all songs that like, I love that I remember from childhood, 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.640 my teenage years, college, well into adulthood. There's gonna be 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:59.120 a lot of music from the late seventies, the eighties 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.040 and the nineties are in there heavy. Okay, eighties and 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:06.200 nineties was that is when I was really introduced to 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.320 music and I could really like fall in love with music. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.280 There may be some music from the sixties, probably not 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.799 a lot, but there will be some there, and not 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:19.160 too much music from current times. But the eighties and 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.640 the nineties are kind of dominating the playlist. And so 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.280 if you go to Spotify, like I said, I curated 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.640 this playlist, it's called hand Me My Purse. If you 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.720 go to Spotify and you search hand Me my Purse, 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.600 the podcast of course will come up, but the playlist 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.040 should come up as well, and I suggest you go 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:38.680 over and follow because I'm always adding to it. If 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:42.000 you have any suggestions, please feel free to DM them 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.560 to me or email them to me and you will 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:46.520 find out how to get in contact with me at 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.760 the end of the show, when I give you all 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:52.000 of the information that you need. So for this show, 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.560 my jam is actually not gonna be found on the 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.600 playlist because it's not an actual song. It's like a 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:08.600 remix tom actually with coronavirus. I'm sure you have seen, 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:10.560 and if you haven't, I'm probably gonna put it in 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.880 the show notes because I want you to see Cardi 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.360 B's rants about the government and coronavirus and how like 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.840 it's got her shook, and there is quite a bit 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.880 of cursing in it in it excuse me, but if 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.800 you can make it past that, you'll be fine. It's 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:29.400 really funny. But while it's funny, she is really dropping 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.520 some knowledge over there for us all. And I talked 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.960 about it and posted it on my Instagram page, which 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:38.720 I will tell you how to find that as well 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:40.960 at the end of the show. But it is the 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:46.880 coronavirus remix to one of Cardi B's rants, and the 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:51.640 account can be found on Instagram and on YouTube, and 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:56.920 the account is at I am as a mary A 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.719 r k k E y Z, so it looks like 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:05.919 it reads I Mark Keys with a Z on Instagram. 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.280 Please go listen to it. It is the best. The 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:12.200 visuals that go along with it just really push the 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:16.160 fact that black people are geniuses, okay, creative geniuses, Like 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.680 there's no way to get around that. So please, when 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.480 you get a chance, go check it out. And I'm 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:23.840 gonna play a snippet of it for you right now. 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:49.039 All right, now, let's get on into this show. So guys, 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:55.000 let's talk coronavirus or COVID nineteen. I love COVID nineteen, 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.160 that term. I don't love the virus. Please. First of all, 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.680 let me just say that somebody said something and was like, 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.760 you know, you're gonna get the virus to me, don't 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.960 say that because for my generation, that means something totally different. Okay, 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.440 saying that you have the virus is saying to me 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.400 that I have HIV or AIDS. Don't say that to 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:19.440 me because in my generation, that is how we address 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.520 or at least maybe it's a local thing. It could 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:27.080 be a local way of saying it, but just don't 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.640 say that to me. Either way, all viruses are bad, 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.640 but don't say that I got the virus. I don't. 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.400 I'm not a fan of who you saying that to me. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.080 But let's talk. I want to hit it from a 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:40.880 different perspective. I want to talk about how we are 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:46.720 coping in the black community amidst this global pandemic. This. 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.520 I have never experienced anything like this in my life, 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.719 so I can't even like lie or you know, say that, oh, 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:58.839 this is the same as mercer or saws or the 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:04.360 swine flu the word flu ebola, Like every two years, 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.400 there's always something going on, And initially I didn't take 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:13.280 it as seriously as I do now because each day, 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:17.240 like everything just gets more and more aggressive in terms of, 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:22.040 you know, what's going on and how they are addressing 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:25.520 the situations. I want to check in with my people. 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:29.280 I want to see, like, how are we coping? Because realistically, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:34.000 a lot of times, you know, I just feel like 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:37.080 if you are black in America, particularly because that's what 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.120 I am, we are so focused on so many other 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.680 things that when stuff like this happens, it's almost like 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.200 we look at it as if it's outside of our 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:53.200 realm of existence, right, But I think the real situation 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.600 for this is that like this is, this is real, 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.560 and we are all really affected. Even if we are 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:04.720 not getting the virus at rapid rates. We ain't at work, 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:06.680 I tell you that much, because I haven't been to 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:10.880 work in a minute, and I thank God that I'm 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.360 blessed to have the job that I have. But I 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.400 just think, all I keep thinking about are the people 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:20.320 who work in malls, because I worked in retail, you know, 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.920 all through college and even after college, I always kept 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.720 a part time job at a retail store to just 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.560 have some extra play money. But think about the people 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:34.640 who their job full time is in retail or the doctors, 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:38.240 the nurses, like God bless them, and I'm so grateful 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.679 for them. But just think about the people who can't 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:45.480 work and that it makes me really sad. And it's 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.079 hitting us in a different kind of way. So it's 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.400 hitting in our pockets. Our kids are home from school. 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:52.600 Some of your parents are forced to be with y'all 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.199 kids all day every day. I know that it is 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.959 stressing you guys out For me, I'm an educator, so 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.560 I'm not gonna lie I missed the kids. Do I 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.800 miss them? I'm ready to go back to work. I 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:04.680 want to see the kids. But you know what, I 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.560 think it's good that the parents get to sit home 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.960 with the kids and see what's really going on as 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.280 far as like online with this online learning thing. But 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.240 I want to get back to how we are coping. 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:20.680 So a lot of times I think we don't take 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:25.480 things seriously. But something that has really hit me is 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.120 something that I saw on the internet the other day 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:30.880 and I'm going to read it to you guys, and 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:33.760 it's about trauma, and it hit me because to me, 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.640 it is totally the black experience in America. So it 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.520 says why some trauma survivors are feeling calmer during this time. 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.000 As trauma survivors, we are always on alert for the 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.280 danger to come. We've been preparing for it our whole lives. 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.480 So while we are obviously horrified by this, and there 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.000 is definitely a lot of caution and grief giving given 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.360 excuse me, the devastating losses around the world, now that 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.640 there's a tangible danger that has arrived, that we know, 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.760 the ins and outs of our survival skills are kicking in, 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:10.439 and we feel more prepared than most emotionally wise. In addition, 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.439 now other people are feeling in a similar way as 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.120 we do on a daily basis, which cuts through the 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:20.400 alienation that we often feel and offers some validation for 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.640 a reality we live in every day. Though we couldn't 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.440 excuse me, though we wouldn't wish it on anyone, we 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.160 are all in this together. That said, it shouldn't take 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:34.079 a global pandemic or collective trauma for people to develop 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:37.920 empathy for others or see their perspective. May there be 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:41.640 collective healing on all levels ahead for everyone, and this 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.920 came from I want to say it is an Instagram 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:49.880 account self care Warrior. I believe that's where it came from. 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.440 If I'm wrong, please correct me. But I just thought 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.520 it was awesome, and like that's pretty much our existence, 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.920 Like we are so used to like living in a 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.840 space of trauma, and this is not all black people's experience. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.600 So if this ain't you, okay, it ain't you, sit 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:07.400 this one out, sis, But I know for me, I'm 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.959 a trauma survivor, so I get it, and it's the truth. 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:15.360 You are, excuse me, always expecting, you know, something bad 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.720 to happen, or you've already experienced so many bad things 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:22.320 that it's like, okay, it's a global pandemic, whatever the 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.680 hell that means. I'm going to get my hair done, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.000 I'm going to get my nails done, I'm going to 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.600 the carry out, or I'm going on this trip. My 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.480 life is going to continue. But unfortunately, for some people, 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.640 it's not really going that way, you know. And so 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.920 for me, the reality is that we might need to 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.520 just sit our asses down for a second. We have 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.240 to take this seriously. Now. One thing I don't believe 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:49.880 in is buying into fear culture, because the media will 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:53.280 drown you and smother you with fear tactics. You know, 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.200 I know people who just sit and like watch the 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.000 news all day. That kind of stuff affects your spirit. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.680 So you got to find other ways to get the 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.679 information that you need and to keep it moving and 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:08.160 to take precautionary measures that are healthy and that are smart. 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.120 One thing I want to say is, you know, as 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:15.000 a black woman, I understand when they close the barbershops 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.560 and the hair salons. I kind of choked a little 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:21.880 bit because I have hair appointment on this Friday that 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:23.680 I won't be able to go to. I need to 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.120 get my hair cut and I need to get my 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.400 hair done. I won't be able to do that. I'm 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.360 concerned because I don't like doing my own hair. But 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:33.360 guess what I gotta just, you know, take this l 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.960 because I can't be out in the streets getting my 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.000 hair done. Don't get your nails done. This one is 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.320 really killing me because I have a standing nail appointment 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.160 with my nail tech, who I love, love you, Tara, 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.480 but I can't go get my nails done because they 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.200 said I can't. And when you really think about it, 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.920 like It's just dangerous because I could have the virus 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:55.160 and not know, go get my nails done, infect her. 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.200 She then in turn infects the people in her house. 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.800 Then if you know, somebody in her house is still 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.440 going to work, they could go and infect more people. 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.120 And then we'll be out here like Italy. And we 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.640 ain't trying to be like that, like on some real shit. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.160 We're not trying to be like that. Okay, So you know, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:17.160 do your own nailsis okay, do your own hair. I'm 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.320 just gonna be The good thing about me is that 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.680 I like hats. I have probably over twenty five different 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:26.079 types of hats. I will just wear hats or better yet, 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:27.920 if I'm in the house, I'm just gonna stay in 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.920 the house. How about that. You know, this is something 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.000 that most people did not think about, but I thought 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.600 about it just based on who I am. What are 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.520 dope boys doing right now? For you, those of you 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:41.280 who don't know what a dope boy is, a dope 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.079 boy is a drug deal Okay, so what are they 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.640 doing right now? They're not practicing social distancing because if 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:52.120 they are practicing social distancing, they're not making money. And 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.760 if you know, they're not making money, then they don't eat. 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:57.240 You know, man don't work, man don't eat, Okay, So 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.160 I wonder what they're doing. And not only that, I'm 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.920 pretty sure that their customers or their clientele are definitely 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:08.040 not socially distancing themselves from anything because they have an agenda. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:09.640 They are focused, and they are trying to get what 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.840 they need to get to get through their day. So 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:13.959 that's just something to think about because those are people 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:17.800 that a lot of times you don't hear anything about 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.200 them on the news. And because of who I am 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.840 and my experience in life, and no, I'm not a 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:25.800 drug dealer. I've never been a drug dealer. Child, I'm 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.560 scared of jail. I don't play those kind of games, okay, 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.920 But you know, I'm an educator in Baltimore City, So 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.440 I'm gonna think about those kind of things because I 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.520 think about students, I think about parents of students, and 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.000 just based on my life period, that is something that 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:43.160 I'm gonna think about because I work in Baltimore City. 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:48.080 Like you can't avoid those two humans in Baltimore City. 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.680 But those are people that I think about, and you know, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.200 I have empathy for them. And while most people won't 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.680 because most people will say things like that goes back 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.760 to that whole judgment thing. You know, I'm not judging them, 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.600 I'm not. I might judge the office they have them, 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.520 I might do that, But aside from that, like people 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.920 aren't gonna naturally have empathy for them because they're breaking 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.880 the law or there in their minds they're choosing to 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:14.920 do drugs. That's not really how addiction works. And I'm 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.840 just much more of an empathetic soul than that, and 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.720 I just those are just people that I've been thinking about. 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.960 In that I'm keeping in mind people who are not salaried, 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.560 who you know, aren't just gonna still get paid because 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.680 they're not at work, Like this is affecting people, and 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:33.840 I really just wanted to go away. Naturally, how we 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.960 cope as a people, there are some things that we 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:40.520 do and I com miss some because I'm no expert. 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.840 I'm an expert on being black, though I will say 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:47.080 that some things that we do naturally. We laugh, we 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:51.400 find humor, and we will party and commune. So this 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.920 is where we struggle, because what we do in our 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:59.000 community and in our families is naturally we come together 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.160 in times of Christis. Any times of trauma, we find 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.640 each other. We surround each other with each other so 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:06.360 that we can be there for each other and so 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.680 that we can fix it and work it out right. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.240 This post is an issue for us because we can't 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:18.640 really commune because we don't want the heavy gebs and music. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.600 That's something that always helps us and being creative. Here's 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.640 a tea. We didn't found a way around all of 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:29.120 this because we black and we magic, and that's just 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.760 what we do. If you are on social media, or 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.680 even if you are not, because my aunt, actually my 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.640 aunt's not on social media, but she found out about 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.800 this d Nice, who was a DJ and a hip 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:46.240 hop pioneer in the eighties and early nineties. He hosted 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:51.640 several days of like parties where he just DJ for 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:57.320 hours on Instagram live and he reached well over one 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:03.040 hundred thousand people were in the live recording and he 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.960 just played all day. He changes his hats up, which 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:07.960 I thought was super cute because, like I just said, 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.240 I'm a lover of hats. So he wore different hats. 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.240 He would change his hat and you could see where 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.720 he was DJ and when it was bright and sunny 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:18.920 outside and then it was dark and it was nighttime outside. 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.720 I think he was going for like nine hours straight, 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:25.080 not really taking too many breaks to like really eat. 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.800 I want to really talk about how self sacrificing that is, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.400 because on some real shit, he didn't have to do that, 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.000 Like really he did not. I saw somebody wrote something 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.840 like all superheroes don't wear capes, and that's the truth, 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:41.080 because he came through. I don't need no fucking Superman. 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:45.159 He was all the superhero that we needed, and not 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.120 just the black community, because I'm sure that there were 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:51.440 people from all different races, all different backgrounds. It doesn't 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.679 matter the color of your skin. It was just a 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.320 big party and it was so cute. It was called 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.880 the hashtag was like club quarantine. But that's just how 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.160 we operate. We just make a way out of no way. 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:05.320 So while we couldn't commune in the physical sense, we 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:09.159 commune the best way that we could through social media. 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:12.240 And I mean like people were calling people, so many 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:16.040 people with texting me, sending me DM saying girl getting 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.520 this live. He is jamming, sending me messages with screenshots 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.680 saying he's playing our song get in here, And that 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.919 is so amazing. To me that for me and not 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.280 you know, I'm not I can say what I want 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.080 to say one because this is my podcast and it's 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:34.680 my opinion. But that is godlike, because that is sacrificing 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.320 that that he could have laid up on his couch 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:40.840 all day eight chicken wings, potato chips, and drank grape 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:44.800 soda and watched movies. Or he could have got online 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:48.240 and figured out how to make money during this. He's 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.600 not getting paid for this. He did not get paid 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:54.320 for that. And not just him, it's so many DJ's. 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.800 My cousin's boyfriend is a DJ. He did the same 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:01.320 thing for like three hours. He played a set on 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.520 Facebook Live. And somebody else told me that some other 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.919 DJs did it. I know a local DJ, DJ Quicksilvera 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:13.679 did it. Anthony Hamilton did a live concert in his house, 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:17.639 fully dressed with no shoes on. Okay, you know, I 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:20.080 think Erica Badou did it. Also, I'm not sure if 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.119 she actually came through. But you know, we find a 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:24.840 way to make a way out of no way. It's 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.240 what we do. And you know, I do a lot 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.639 of going back to slavery. But like these are generational blessings, 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:34.080 These are things that our ancestors have taught us without 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:38.080 us even realizing that they taught us. Okay, So I'm 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:42.440 grateful to all of these celebrities, and even if you're 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.640 not a celebrity, people who are just taking time out 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:48.399 of their day to do something kind and just a 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:52.080 random act of kindness, a random act of goodness out 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:54.320 of the kindness and the goodness of their heart while 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:57.600 they are just bunker down in the house. And I'm 0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:01.480 praying to God that there's a return on their investment 0:20:01.760 --> 0:20:05.359 of time and faith, and I hope that this comes 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.439 back and this blesses them tenfold. I really do. And 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:10.119 if you missed out on it, you missed a good time, 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.560 because I ain't gonna lie d nice was jamming like 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:14.560 jam and so many people said that they were just 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:17.480 dancing in their house, having a good old time. And 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:19.800 I mean, that's really what we need right now, because 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:22.280 you know, it's a dark time globally, which is one 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:24.679 of my favorite words to say, apparently according to my 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:28.200 producers sets on globally, it's a dark time for us, 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:31.800 it is, and I just really believe that on the 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.440 other side of this, it's nothing but light and goodness. 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:38.840 And joy, and I'm just I'm excited to see that 0:20:38.880 --> 0:20:40.760 part because I'm tired of being stuck in the house. 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:42.840 I ain't even gonna lie. I'm tired of it. Okay, 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:46.000 over it dot com is what I am. So I 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:51.040 want to offer some coping methods most people. I shouldn't 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:53.359 say most people because I don't know. But you know, 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:55.720 some people already know about doing some of these things. 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:58.239 But if you don't, and maybe you know about them 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:00.200 and you just don't do them, what better time. Time 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:01.880 in the present. It's time to get up off your 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:04.080 ass and find a way to do something to make 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:06.639 you feel better so that you don't fall into a 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:09.840 state of depression or so that you don't go into 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:12.760 this dark state that the world is in you fight 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:15.680 through with light. Okay, So the first one I want 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:17.959 you to do is to find and or seek laughter 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:21.840 if you stuck in the house, watch TV shows or 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.560 listen to podcasts like this one that are funny to 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.119 you or that bring you joy that makes your spear 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:31.439 feel light. Watch some funny movies for me. Funny movies 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:34.760 for me. Anchorman Part one is one of my favorite movies. 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:37.840 Coming to America is one of my favorite movies. Kings 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:40.480 of Comedy is something that will always make me laugh. 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.399 Or I will just sit and watch Martin reruns all day. 0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:47.040 I will also watch Two and a Half Men reruns 0:21:47.080 --> 0:21:48.720 all day. If y'all don't know about Two and a 0:21:48.760 --> 0:21:50.920 half Men, y'all gotta get with it, because let me 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:54.160 tell you something. Yes, that is a show. You may 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:56.880 see one black No, I think two people. I saw 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.040 the Green Mouth the God. May he rest in peace. 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:02.040 I don't know his name. I think it's Michael. It 0:22:02.200 --> 0:22:04.399 is Michael Sasson. Okay, so his name is Michael. I 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:06.240 don't know his last name, but may he rest in peace. 0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:08.960 He was on there as one of the neighbors and 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:12.160 his daughter went to Jake School. If you don't know Jake, 0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:14.479 then it's not gonna make sense. But not a lot 0:22:14.480 --> 0:22:16.920 of black people on the show. Okay, but the show 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:20.000 is hilarious. Another funny show for me is Bob's Burgers. 0:22:20.080 --> 0:22:22.600 Yes it is animated. Yes it is funny, but you 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.399 gotta figure out where to find your joy. Figure it out. Also, 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:29.000 thank god for FaceTime, Thank god for technology. So although 0:22:29.000 --> 0:22:31.920 I'm a generation exer, I'm glad we got millennials. I'm 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:35.000 glad that they pushed the agenda of technology so hard 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:39.000 because I can FaceTime my family all over. I can 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:42.120 FaceTime my best friend in Louisiana or my best friend 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:44.960