1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to your Diary episode. Here's the thing. 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 2: I'm a bit of a nomad, so these episodes come 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: to you from wherever I'm living or traveling to at 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 2: the time, so I'll share with you what's going on 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: in my world, from book tours, animal encounters, delish meals, 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: nature adventures, health discoveries, to swimming in hidden Byron Bay beaches. 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: Come with me as I share my adventures with you. Hello, 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: Pod Diary, coming to you from La. Last week I 9 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: recorded a speedy episode right after doing tally doing TV 10 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: here in La on a news show called KTLA. Because 11 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: after that, Boss and I decided to escape La just 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: for the night and just kind of get some fresh air, 13 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 2: reset ourselves mentally a little bit as well, and we 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: went away to town and Joshuadrey just for a night. 15 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 2: I do have to say, while the like I know 16 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: Ozzie's listening to it, mainly, you're not hearing much about 17 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 2: the fires on the news, like a new fire erupted overnight, 18 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: like it is still that Palisades fire is still going. 19 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: I've got this app and it's called what Studio. I 20 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: think I mentioned it on a few other pods, but 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: basically it texts you all the evacuations. There's this huge 22 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: fire called the Hues fire, and it started yesterday. It's 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: it's ten thousand acres and the containment's fourteen percent and 24 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: it's right near the four h five highway. That There's 25 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: another one called a step Fulevar fire that happened yesterday. 26 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: There's another one. Like it's so weird, it's so strange, 27 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: like the clay. There's just all these different fires still 28 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 2: going on. It's just in the new a little less 29 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: for you guys, but for us, it's like on the 30 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 2: news all the time every day. So I think like 31 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 2: the mental cost is like even though Boston and I 32 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: we were on evacuation noticed for like I think two 33 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: or three days, but that was it kind of thing, 34 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: like the only thing that's quite scary is like air quality, 35 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: water quality. But we've been pretty onto it with like 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: our air filters, like running twenty four to seven. All 37 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: that kind of thing is we're just staying really really 38 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 2: onto it. But it still is scary, and so we 39 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: were just like, let's just do a night away and 40 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: just like reset and not think about. 41 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: This like the anxiety of it all. 42 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: So that was really nice, and it was so nice 43 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: to do tally In the morning, I had that I 44 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 2: had a segment booked, and because of the fires, it 45 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: just kept getting like the news were just obviously like 46 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 2: it's a breaking news TV show, and so because the 47 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: fire news was just changing like multiple times in a day, 48 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: my segment just kept getting pushed, which is totally understandable. 49 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: And I did a segment all around eating foods, drinking things, 50 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: using air filters, all around like respiratory health and how 51 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: to protect our bodies when where we were under that 52 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: oxidative stress from inhaling fume, smoke, you know, chemicals, all 53 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 2: that kind of stuff. So that was what my segment 54 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: was on. So it felt nice to be doing a 55 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: seggy that hopefully would on some level help and empower people. 56 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: And then literally we came home. Matt made some oats 57 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: because neither of us had eaten yet, and then we 58 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: just got straight on the road and we were obviously 59 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: not the only ones wanting to escape La for a night. 60 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: So it took us three and a half hours to 61 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: get to Joshua Tree usually that's about a two and 62 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: a half hour drive. We got there, we went to 63 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: dinner at our favorite place called Pappy and Harry. It's 64 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: there was an hour weight, so we just walked. It's 65 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: in this area called Pineer Town that I'm in love with, 66 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: and it's where they used to shoot old Westerns back 67 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: in the day and they have so they were like, 68 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: it's no our weight. We're like, no worries, We'll just walk 69 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: through Pioneer Town. It's very cold though. It's we're in 70 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: winter right now and in La it's not as like 71 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: twenty degrees Aussie temps, but it's still when you're out 72 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 2: in the desert, you're like, you need gloves, you need jackets. 73 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 2: It feels very like snowgear vibes. 74 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: And we were like. 75 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: Okay, let's just walk to Red Dog Saloon which is 76 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: just up the road. And we got a hot toddy 77 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 2: and oh my goodness, I think that's like a whiskey 78 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 2: with like lemon and honey and starr and knees and cinnamon. 79 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 2: It was so good it actually Matt got a hot 80 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: toddy and I drank ninety percent of his and gave 81 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: him my whiskey instead. And then Pappy and Harriet's like 82 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 2: a known for their the style of meats they do, 83 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 2: like smoked meats and whatnot, and it's so yummy. So 84 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: Bosco got ribs and we both got chili, and then 85 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 2: we both had their yummy whiskey. So that was really nice. 86 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 2: And Boss treated me to that. 87 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: He was like, got to celebrate you. 88 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 2: You've been wanting to do TV give us so long, 89 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: so that is really really exciting. And then the next 90 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 2: day we went to this place in Joshua Tree called 91 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: the des and we just got these toasties, these brecky 92 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 2: toasties for breakfast and they do gluten free bread there, 93 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 2: so I felt great. We popped into the Joshua Tree 94 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: Trading Post, the Mahave Trading Post, really cute, really cute vibes. 95 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: I got a cap, a Pineytown cap, so it was nice. 96 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: And then we went to this place called Luna, which 97 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: is Matt's favorite sourdough bakery. There he got this like 98 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: very tart and I got a chocchip banana bread and 99 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: I got it heated up and asked for a piece 100 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 2: of butter to put on top. Very Australian. They don't 101 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 2: do that here. They eat banana bread cold. Excuse me, blasphemy. 102 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: So I was like, no, you got to have the 103 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 2: Australian weight. Heat it up please and give me a 104 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: little bit of butter, a little knober butter to poot 105 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 2: on top. It was really really good and really really 106 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: really yummy. And then also we went to this place 107 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: in Joshua Tree called brew Ja Elixa, and we got 108 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: I took a photo of it for you. 109 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: So it's this spiritual kind of late. 110 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: It's called a blue I call I think they call 111 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: the third eye a late. I took a photo for you, 112 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: so hang tight, hang tight, because I was like, I 113 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: talk about it when we go here, but I don't 114 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: actually know the ingredients, but today I took a photo. 115 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: So it's called the third eye opener. Mine's it late 116 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 2: Egyptian blue, lotus, butterfly, pea flower, passion flower, lavender, honey 117 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: frothed with your choice of milk. I think we did 118 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 2: it on a coconut milk. And then they put the 119 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 2: like essence drops in them of this crystal called Lapis 120 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 2: luzuli or lapiss and it's all about communication success connected 121 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 2: to intuition. It's like a really deep navy blue crystal. 122 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: And then they put a few essence drops. If I 123 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 2: believe that Egyptian blue lotus as well, So it's all 124 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 2: about connecting you to your third eye and intuition. 125 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: So that was really nice. 126 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: And then I worked on my script for acting school 127 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: out there, and it's been really. 128 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: It was just a really nice kind. 129 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: Of just reset to, yeah, like shake off the stress 130 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: of just being in a city where there was just 131 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 2: multiple fires going on so close to us, so close 132 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 2: to the city, and like friends were getting evacuated. It 133 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 2: was just a very strange time. So that was amazing. 134 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: I said to Matt, like, you know, I think we 135 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: planned the odd little road trip every now and then 136 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: just to kind of like reset, get out like realign our, 137 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 2: like focus, and then come back and handle the not handle, 138 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: but then come back and kind of like face the 139 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: all that is LA apparently like you've got to watch 140 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: for everyone's saying you've got to watch for air pollution 141 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 2: until it rains, and I don't know when it's going 142 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: to rain, but yeah, I've been like when I leave 143 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 2: the house, I'm wearing a mask. When I'm driving, I'm 144 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 2: wearing a mask. I don't wear a mask in the house, 145 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: and I don't wear a mask when i'm like physically 146 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: in the yoga studio, which is also where I work 147 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: and teach yoga. 148 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: It's been really. 149 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: Nice to teach yoga while this is all going on, 150 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 2: because the like I think people do need yoga as 151 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: a form of like that spiritual and emotional and mental 152 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: support when it is like like high energy space and 153 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: like so many students are coming in because the studio 154 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 2: that I work at is on the West Side, which 155 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 2: is quite close to the Palisades viasor like I've lost 156 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: everything and so it is quite confronting, but it is 157 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 2: also like quite. 158 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: What's the word I'm looking for, Like not nice, but 159 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: it is. 160 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: It feels good that people have a community to be 161 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 2: part of, if. 162 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: That makes sense. That's us. 163 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:05,599 Speaker 2: I have got a day off today, so I'm just 164 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 2: kind of like getting all of my ducks in a 165 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: row and. 166 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: Getting on top of life. 167 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 2: Want to sneak to a yog's class, and I've got 168 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: a rehearsal for acting school. So it's just kind of 169 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: like getting back la like is starting to feel like 170 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: there's a little bit more like it feels slightly normal again. 171 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: It still feels confronting and like, ah, like a lot, 172 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 2: but it does feel a little bit better as far 173 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 2: as things are moving forward, Auditions. 174 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: Are coming in, people are booking jobs. 175 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: Like I had a few things pushed, a few exciting 176 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: things pushed, and they've all been like rebooked for March. 177 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 2: So you can kind of feel that the ball is 178 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 2: starting to roll again here in LA which is nice 179 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 2: because for a couple it's it's been like two weeks now, 180 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 2: and for a couple of weeks it's kind of you 181 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 2: feel like you're in this weird kind of like limb state. 182 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: We still have our go bag packed, like just ready 183 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 2: to go if we need to. So yeah, it's just 184 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: a I feel like I'm rambling, but it is a 185 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 2: really strange time, but I feel really lucky I've got 186 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 2: today with the boss go. We're just going to take 187 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 2: it really easy and just chill. And Matt wants to 188 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: cook fried chicken for the first time ever tonight, so I'll. 189 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: Report back on that. 190 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 2: And yeah, he's been the best because I get a 191 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: bit in my head and like I'll overthink and get. 192 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: On that hamster. Real where we are? Where is Matt? 193 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: He's just like super grounded and focused and clear and 194 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 2: like not too much perturbs him, Like he is way 195 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 2: calmer than me. I'm like a little tornado ripping through 196 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: our worlds. Ah, what else to tell you? Acting School's fun. 197 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: You had Joe Stanley on the pod on Monday. Next Monday, 198 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 2: I'm actually interviewing an amazing acting coach here in LA. 199 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,319 Speaker 2: We're meant to do it last Monday. I knew it 200 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 2: would be hard with all the fires and everything, but 201 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: last Monday she had heaps of private clients, and so 202 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 2: I think it was just like, go, go go. So 203 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 2: I think we've pushed that to next Monday, so that'll 204 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 2: probably come out soon ish, So that's exciting. You've also 205 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 2: got next week's up, I believe is Nelly, and Nelly 206 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 2: is also on the same radio show as Joe Stanley, 207 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 2: Board Radio, So you've got two really interesting guests coming 208 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 2: out in the next couple weeks, which is Noise. And 209 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 2: I think if lipen unreal friends, go do the stuff 210 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 2: you love, look after your health, look do something for 211 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 2: your mental health. Today, I'm gonna get myself. I said 212 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 2: to Boss, all right, if you're cooking fried chicken, I'm 213 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: taking myself to a five point thirty PMX class. So 214 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 2: I'm going to get to yoga tonight and just like 215 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 2: that's my little present to myself today. But yeah, thank 216 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 2: you wonderful, think your flipping Briell, and think you're the best. 217 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: All right, hour, have a ripper day. 218 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: Bye.