Ep. 68: Slap into a Slim Jim!?

Dave Charest [00:00:02]:

Well, here we are again. Listen, don't sound so damn excited about it, okay? Like, there's no need for that type of attitude. Oh, you're doing good.

Reese Charest [00:00:32]:

That hit. I'm just tired.

Dave Charest [00:00:34]:

Yeah.

Reese Charest [00:00:37]:

I'm sleepy.

Dave Charest [00:00:38]:

Yeah, get tired quick.

Reese Charest [00:00:39]:

But you know what? I was doing really good. And then all of a sudden, in the middle of us watching the show, all of a sudden I just got this a blanket of tiredness, and I was like, I'll close my eyes for a quick second, and then I'm like and I wake myself up, and I'm like, oh, okay. And legitimately, I'm wondering, how much did I just miss? How long was I out for? It was probably like a second.

Dave Charest [00:01:13]:

Probably not a lot.

Reese Charest [00:01:14]:

Yeah. But, yeah, I got really sleepy, and it wasn't like I got up super early or anything. I mean, I had rehearsal.

Dave Charest [00:01:23]:

You did?

Reese Charest [00:01:24]:

And it wasn't like crazy rehearsal. It was nice. It was fun. You had some laughs, went for a quick beer with a couple of friends right after. And then I came home and I was feeling really good. I was actually just starving. We ate well. That was good.

Dave Charest [00:01:44]:

Food was good.

Reese Charest [00:01:44]:

That was good. FA.

Dave Charest [00:01:45]:

I think it was a combination of being ready for food, and the food actually was really good. That popcorn chicken was that was really good. Delicious.

Reese Charest [00:01:53]:

I put some in my soup and.

Dave Charest [00:01:55]:

It was oh, is it good? I was going to say we should probably just mix that in with some stuff.

Reese Charest [00:01:59]:

Well, I figured it could be what.

Dave Charest [00:02:02]:

It'S going to be.

Reese Charest [00:02:03]:

It's going to be what it's going to be.

Dave Charest [00:02:04]:

Yeah, but it was really good. Yeah, it was not your traditional like, if you say popcorn chicken, you're thinking, like, breaded chicken, because it's what I thought, asian style, and it was just seasoned really well. And then just, I think fried, but not with any batter or anything like that. And then it had, like a hot sauce dipping thing that was really good. Really yummy. Soups were good.

Reese Charest [00:02:24]:

And I'm wondering if it just like.

Dave Charest [00:02:25]:

Fried rice was good, too.

Reese Charest [00:02:26]:

Plus, eating all the food just made me sleepy. And I think it's I hate to say this, but whenever football is at.

Dave Charest [00:02:34]:

Night, it's the worst.

Reese Charest [00:02:36]:

It's the worst. I don't know if I'm going to make it.

Dave Charest [00:02:40]:

And I hate that.

Reese Charest [00:02:41]:

I really hate that. I'm excited for these games. I made it all season.

Dave Charest [00:02:44]:

Our plan is to do this, maybe take a nap because the Patriots are playing in the night game tonight and then wake up to watch the game so at least we can stay up to watch some of it. It's been a busy we've both had some really pretty busy, intense weeks, but I think we both got a lot done. And I know you had rehearsals and stuff like yesterday, and I was able to get things that I needed to get done. I did some rehearsals for my keynote presentation that I'm doing on Tuesday. Tomorrow I got to go into Boston, and I feel like we managed ota have some relaxing time in between, too. I felt really good about where I got to yesterday, and then Friday we went into Boston to see the Lemon Heads. So let's talk about this here for a second. So I enjoyed the show. I thought it was really good.

Reese Charest [00:03:31]:

Did you like it?

Dave Charest [00:03:32]:

I did.

Reese Charest [00:03:33]:

It was pretty good.

Dave Charest [00:03:33]:

They were good. It was fun.

Reese Charest [00:03:34]:

It was a little bit of a hot mess.

Dave Charest [00:03:36]:

Well, so this is where I was going to go. We've decided from now on we do what is it called? The foundation room at House of Blues. It's an extra whatever to get up in there, but it's much better than standing in line and doing whatever. And then plus, you have a private entrance into the place, and so you just skip all the hullabaloo that I ain't got no time for that anymore.

Reese Charest [00:03:59]:

Right?

Dave Charest [00:04:00]:

And so we did that and that was good. We had a nice little dinner there, had a couple of drinks, and then we went into the show and it was like three bands. We didn't watch the first band.

Reese Charest [00:04:13]:

I didn't know the first band at all.

Dave Charest [00:04:16]:

Although I think it's hilarious because before we went in, they were playing and you went into the bathroom and I was waiting for you, and they were singing a song, and the chorus was something like, you can't kill me because I'm already dead so I'm cracking up to myself and I'm dying because we went down there. And so if you're familiar with the Lemonheads Boston band, but they've been around for a while, they had a moment where they were really hot for a while, like in the 90s.

Reese Charest [00:04:49]:

Album is 30 years.

Dave Charest [00:04:50]:

They're celebrating albums 30 years old. But Evan Dando, who's the lead singer, is a bit of a hot mess, and he got, like, heavily into drugs and kind of like a downfall and I don't know. So I don't know where he's at now. But he definitely seemed like he was inebriated.

Reese Charest [00:05:04]:

He would be like, hey. And everybody go, what?

Dave Charest [00:05:09]:

Yeah, well, he was mumbling things, but that's that note. The show was good.

Reese Charest [00:05:16]:

Yeah, he sounded great.

Dave Charest [00:05:17]:

They sounded really good. The songs were really good, but every once in a while he would just start making shit up. But then there was a point where he was just like, he did solo for a little while, and then it was like he was looking for things to play. Like, he went over and he was, like, playing the guitar. Then he goes and he plays the piano, and then he'd start to walk away and turn around, be like, oh, is that a mic stand? Let me see what I can do with this. It was really weird. But the thing that really struck me and then Juliana Hatfield also opened for the Lemonheads, too. And so that was interesting because these people, they're a little older than us. And so it was like cool and sad at the same time because the place was not packed at all. And it was one of those situations where you know you're in for a doozy when you go to the House of Blues, and typically if you go to the Foundation Room, you can stay up on the second floor. Well, when it doesn't look like there's going to be a lot of people, they close that off and they make you go downstairs. So it feels like there's more people than it was. And we kept looking back and we're like, there's not a lot of people here.

Reese Charest [00:06:22]:

But then it kind of was a little bit more full once the Lemon Heads came on. I think everybody but even then bands, but still, yeah, it was kind of like and I don't want to complain because I'm fine with things not being too crowded these days, so I was like, okay, that's fine. Can we please, though, talk about what happened with the song when we were in the Foundation Room? And I'll go a step before that.

Dave Charest [00:06:49]:

Sure.

Reese Charest [00:06:50]:

We're sitting in the foundation room, we're sitting on a couch, right? It's kind of like easy breezy there, right? You sit on the couch, they bring your food, drinks, whatever. So we're having drinks and we're talking. And then they had a great soundtrack on. I guess they put on, like, Lemonheads Radio, all the terrible songs that I.

Dave Charest [00:07:09]:

Love from them during that time period, which is a really smart thing to do, right? I was like, oh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Reese Charest [00:07:15]:

So, of course they play no Rain.

Dave Charest [00:07:20]:

Right, by Blind Melon.

Reese Charest [00:07:22]:

Blind Melon. And so we're know, we get into this conversation of like, I wonder what would have happened if he was still.

Dave Charest [00:07:29]:

Have blind Melon was a really good band. I enjoyed I loved both of their albums. Yeah, he was a really talented guy, beautiful voice. And yeah, we were talking about like, yeah, I wonder know what would have happened if he were still around and that band was still together. And then also the other one was Jeff Buckley, right, that we were talking about.

Reese Charest [00:07:47]:

We're having this back and forth about and I was like, you know, but it's really funny.

Dave Charest [00:07:51]:

Also dead if you don't died too.

Reese Charest [00:07:56]:

Young, yeah, it's a shame. So I said, every time I hear the Blind Melon song, no Rain, if you're familiar with the video, it's a little girl in the bumblebee outfit. But I don't think of her, I think of Chris Farley.

Dave Charest [00:08:08]:

Farley.

Reese Charest [00:08:08]:

And I said that. And then you got up, you went to the bathroom, and I'm flipping through my phone and I pull up Facebook and I scroll and then there is a picture with Chris Farley, like a meme of Chris Farley in the freaking.

Dave Charest [00:08:24]:

That was that was really weird.

Reese Charest [00:08:25]:

So I took a screenshot and I texted it to you and I was like, oh, my God. And so when you came back, you were like, Nonchalant. I'm like, Dude, did you get my text? You're like, yeah, because you thought I Googled it and sent you the picture.

Dave Charest [00:08:38]:

Well, that's what I thought. I thought you went looking for right?

Reese Charest [00:08:40]:

I was like, Why aren't you more hyped up about the fact that we had this conversation and then that picture showed up?

Dave Charest [00:08:45]:

I was like, you got to chill, man.

Reese Charest [00:08:46]:

Yeah, you got to no, no. I opened up Facebook and it was there. So I'm like, that is weird. Right? Okay, now we're talking more, having conversations about something. I have no idea why I brought it up, but I was like, oh, right. The guy from I couldn't think of his name and I couldn't think of the band. The drinks were working real well, but I was like, you know the song, the band? And so then I was like, they do the song from Shrek.

Dave Charest [00:09:13]:

Yeah. Finally we got there. We got the Smash mouth.

Reese Charest [00:09:17]:

Yes. And the second you said it, all of a sudden the music it sounded like they were skipping songs. A little bit of a song.

Dave Charest [00:09:25]:

Yeah, definitely. That one was weird. Yeah. So they started playing a song and then it played for a little bit and then skipped that track, skip it. And then played like the first couple of seconds of the next song. Five songs skipped it, and then another song came and then it was the Smash Mouse song.

Reese Charest [00:09:38]:

Freaking shrek smash. Then I saw her face. So whatever. Was it that one or what was the other one? No, it wasn't. I'm a believer. What was the other one?

Dave Charest [00:09:47]:

No, it was their actual.

Reese Charest [00:09:54]:

Coming. And they don't start coming and they hit the ground running.

Dave Charest [00:10:01]:

You're going to put that out single? Yeah. Don't worry, friends, we'll get you a link. You can buy that on single.

Reese Charest [00:10:09]:

But it came on and I jumped up. I was ready to leave. I was ready to leave. And I started like I'm like, all right, whoever's listening in on our conversations, can you play this song? Because I was like, there's no way. There's no way someone didn't hear what we said.

Dave Charest [00:10:28]:

Yeah, so then we were like so then the conspiracy was that somebody was listening and there's a microphone or something near where we were sitting. So Reese was really going full on conspiracy theory. So then eventually the waitress came over and she was a younger girl, and we really got her going, apparently, because you were like, hey, so here's the situation and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And she's like, so is somebody in control of the music? And she's like, no, trust me. And then she got really animated and really started talking to us, which was really funny. And then what did she say?

Reese Charest [00:10:58]:

Taylor.

Dave Charest [00:11:00]:

Her name was Taylor. But she said something, and we were dying.

Reese Charest [00:11:03]:

And I said, I'm going to borrow.

Dave Charest [00:11:05]:

And I said, I'm stealing it because she said if she could punch the song in the face punched the song in the face, something like that.

Reese Charest [00:11:16]:

Because some of the songs that come on, she hates them so much, and.

Dave Charest [00:11:19]:

She has to hear them being up there all the time, and they're like, horrible. And she was like, that's a song. If I could, I would punch it in the face.

Reese Charest [00:11:28]:

We'll give you credit. Thank you, Taylor. That was amazing.

Dave Charest [00:11:32]:

But she said no, nobody has control of so that's a really weird but.

Reese Charest [00:11:37]:

It bugged me out scenario. But then I'm going to give you a third.

Dave Charest [00:11:39]:

Oh, you got a third.

Reese Charest [00:11:40]:

Well, so it wasn't that. It was a couple of nights ago. Now we have a king size bed. It's pretty big. And we usually stay it's king size, actually. Yeah, thanks. And we usually stay, like, on our sides. But every once in a while, I like to make a journey over to your side and go in. And she passes I snuggle in the crevice.

Dave Charest [00:12:00]:

Got a stick with a kerchief and her belongings.

Reese Charest [00:12:03]:

So we were going to bed the other night, and we both are like, okay, we're sleeping. But then I was like, I changed my mind. I'm going to come over and go into the crema. So I'm going to do a little snuff.

Dave Charest [00:12:12]:

Hold on. As you're doing that, I can hear this happening because I'm turned to my side of the room and I can hear the thump thump.

Reese Charest [00:12:23]:

It was a lot going on because it takes me, like, a while.

Dave Charest [00:12:26]:

It takes her, like three thumps to get there.

Reese Charest [00:12:29]:

It was a long journey. It really was. It was a long journey. And I was like, this will be worth it.

Dave Charest [00:12:34]:

I was just like, oh, no.

Reese Charest [00:12:35]:

So I'm almost there, and then you start going, whoa, here she comes, butcher. And I'm cracking up. I'm like, hilarious. And then we passed out. So then the other day, I'm driving with Johnny. We had that. So Saturday we had our eye appointment. Johnny had slept over, and we got up early. And that was rough getting up because I was definitely hungover from Friday night. I drank a lot.

Dave Charest [00:13:01]:

You did?

Reese Charest [00:13:02]:

Yeah.

Dave Charest [00:13:02]:

Actually, I was like, oh, boy.

Reese Charest [00:13:04]:

I did. So her and I are driving to the appointment, and I'm looking at the license plate in front of me, and it said man eater. I was like, Johnny, Johnny, take a picture of that license plate. I can't explain it to you right now, but hurry up and do she's like, oh, to try to get the picture. I'm like, Why now? Yes. If the song came on the radio, I'd be like, whatever. Because that song, a lot of Calling Oates is always being played a little bit more. But the license plate, I was like, Get out of here. I was like, I cannot. We're in a simulation. There's no doubt someone's playing games, but whatever. But yeah. So let me tell you let me give you a little piece of advice out there.

Dave Charest [00:13:42]:

Advice. There you go.

Reese Charest [00:13:44]:

Do not go to your eye appointment if you are hungover from the night before, because when they dilate your eyes, I almost threw up. I'm playing it cool the whole time. And I really do like, I was like, I'm going to be okay. But I wasn't. And everybody in our eye doctor, that office, I love them. They're so chatty and sweet and funny. They're very nice people, and so everybody's in such a good mood. And I'm like and I don't like here's the thing. I love getting a pedicure. I don't like when they do the loofah on my feet. Like, the bottom of my feet is so ticklish. Like, it makes me I want to die. And I also nope. Thanks a lot for that. Dave tried to tickle me. Not funny. And I also do not like stuff around my eyes, like, I can't do to I don't like eyes. And when I have to go, like, Andy Bernard. Yeah.

Dave Charest [00:14:42]:

And who's the other one? Rachel.

Reese Charest [00:14:43]:

Oh, Rachel, too. When they try to put the eye drops in there, it's me, because I feel that. So I don't like going. The only thing I like about going is I like the people in the office, and then I like to go pick out new frames for my classes. Like, I look forward to that. I got some cool ones.

Dave Charest [00:15:00]:

So here's the problem with that, though, right? What's so difficult about that is that when they dilate your eyes, you can't really see the frames.

Reese Charest [00:15:07]:

No. So Johnny and I were cracking up because we're both blind.

Dave Charest [00:15:10]:

You both look at then you FaceTime me, and I'm like, yeah, that looks good, but it's such a conundrum because and then also what else is sucky is that I have to remember to wear my contacts because once you put the frame in, I can't see anyway. And then with dilation on top of it, it's like, I don't know. So I end up walking out of there with, like, remember those big glasses? Like they have the giant frame.

Reese Charest [00:15:32]:

Johnny had them on, too, and she looked like the wrestler Macho Man. Macho man. Ramsey Savage. Let me slap into his Slim Jim. Slap, slap, slap into his Slim Jim. Slap into that. That's not it. Anyway, she wouldn't let me take a picture, and I understand why, but I was like, please. I was begging her, and she wouldn't let me do it.

Dave Charest [00:15:55]:

I'm just picturing a Slim Jim into.

Reese Charest [00:15:59]:

It, slapping the anyway, so anyway, so I'm sitting there. They dilate my eyes. I'm sitting in the chair. Johnny's sitting across from me, holding on my stuff, and I look over at her, and I legitimately, I started to get really hot and warm. And there's something when they dilate my eyes, it affects the rest of my body. Makes me feel like, woozy. And I look over at her and I'm like, oh, my God. I cannot throw up in front of my kid in this office right now. I really had to, like and I talked myself out of puking. It was really weird. I just did a Jedi mind trick on myself, and I was like, okay. But the thing is, I'm putting this in my stand up because I'm telling you right now, the stress that I get, first, they have to blow wind in your eyes, and it scares the shit out of me. I do not like it. I'm a big baby.

Dave Charest [00:16:49]:

You are a big baby.

Reese Charest [00:16:50]:

And Johnny was holding my hand.

Dave Charest [00:16:52]:

Okay?

Reese Charest [00:16:52]:

Yeah, right. She's like, you could do this, Mama. It's okay. And then when I jumped, she would laugh at me, and so did the other girl that was doing the thing. And then when it was Johnny's turn, I had to bite my lip so I wouldn't laugh at her, because she did the same exact thing. And then she was done. She was like, yeah, I know. We both reacted. It's, like, terrible. Then what I don't like is you sit in the chair, and they quiz you, like, I don't know what answers to give them. You know what I mean? They're like, Is it this one or this one? A or B? Is it B or C? And here's the thing. It all looks alike. It either both look blurry or both look the same. And they're like this one or this one.

Dave Charest [00:17:30]:

Oh, yeah, that's the worst when you're A or B?

Reese Charest [00:17:32]:

One or two? Seven or eight? Eight or eleven? I'm like, I don't know how to answer this question.

Dave Charest [00:17:38]:

I don't know.

Reese Charest [00:17:38]:

Am I doing it wrong? And you really don't want to willy nilly, like on a math test, you just answer C. You don't want to do that with your eyes because you're paying for this prescription to not fuck up your eyes. So I'm like, I don't know how to I legitimately the pressure. It's too much.

Dave Charest [00:17:56]:

I like when they give you the out, too. And they're like, all right, idiot. About the same.

Reese Charest [00:17:59]:

About the same. Also true. And I'm like, sure.

Dave Charest [00:18:03]:

Yes. About the same.

Reese Charest [00:18:04]:

Thank you.

Dave Charest [00:18:05]:

Thank you so much.

Reese Charest [00:18:06]:

And I'm like I'm like dying. And it was very difficult to do with Johnny in the room because we're both laughing at each other. And then she reminded me the last time they were in there together, they were laughing at each other, and one of them had to leave the room. Yeah, because it's goofy. You're goofy. And then she don't ever have to force me or twist my arm.

Dave Charest [00:18:28]:

I didn't try to force you.

Reese Charest [00:18:29]:

Okay.

Dave Charest [00:18:30]:

Nor twist your arm.

Reese Charest [00:18:31]:

I appreciate that, though, because you let me have it. So what else they do is then there's this point where you're pretty much like, almost mouth to mouth when they put you in that thing, and you have to put your chin and they're right in your face, and they're holding up that little crystal in your eye.

Dave Charest [00:18:46]:

I think you have a different doctor.

Reese Charest [00:18:47]:

And they're telling you, like, look up.

Dave Charest [00:18:50]:

Look down, look inside your and they literally will. It's burning a hole in your it is.

Reese Charest [00:18:55]:

I'm like, this is uncomfortable. And she's like, So what do you teach? What do you teach again? And I'm trying to talk, and she's telling me, look up, look down, look around. I can't do two things at once. It's stressful. But I'm just glad that they're really nice in that office. So then her and I go immediately to the frames. And first we start with the most ridiculous things. We pick out ridiculous frames for each other.

Dave Charest [00:19:19]:

What did you end up with, by the way?

Reese Charest [00:19:20]:

They were the black ones with the little pink. I don't think you really could see it in the picture.

Dave Charest [00:19:25]:

Those were ones you showed me.

Reese Charest [00:19:27]:

Yeah. So I said to Johnny, Pick three. Because again, we couldn't really see. And then also, we were having a hard time making a choice. So it was like, Pick three. And the way that we're going to go about this is how much it costs. So mine got down to mine were free after the discount or whatever we get with the discount. And Johnny's was like, $50. And we're like, okay, this is it. Because the other ones, she got the.

Dave Charest [00:19:55]:

Thin ones, she got the metal ones.

Reese Charest [00:19:56]:

Yeah, but it looked so pretty on her. Like, it looked really nice. She wanted to be fancies. Well, she's going to use the gray ones because both of our eyes did not change that much. And her stigmatism not that everybody needs to know this right now, but I didn't know that you can cure a stigmatism. I've had it forever, my whole entire life. And I feel like, I don't know, I'm literally turning into Helen Keller.

Dave Charest [00:20:20]:

I think it just depends on how the eye develops or something like that. I am not a licensed optometrist, so don't take my word.

Reese Charest [00:20:27]:

Please do that disclaimer. But I don't just it was like, whatever. And I couldn't wait till we got home. But then the worst problem was that we were starving. So I was like, all right, we got to get food. So then we get food. We eat all the food. And I'm like, all right, I definitely have to take a nap. I was only going to sleep for an hour. I slept, like, that whole day. I was not in good shape, but it felt good to sleep. It out.

Dave Charest [00:20:50]:

Well, that was like was that the morning? I think, yeah, because I was supposed to get up early and I was going to go to yoga. And I was like, no, I'm sleeping in. And you had left and I was still sleeping. I was like, oh. Because I was, like, jealous. I was like, I usually go to the early class. I was like, oh, I'll go to the later class. But I woke up and it was like ten. Then I was like, oh, I guess I'm not going to any class.

Reese Charest [00:21:05]:

Yeah, I was jealous that you were still sleeping. I was like, that sucks for me.

Dave Charest [00:21:09]:

But I felt like some days you need it.

Reese Charest [00:21:12]:

Yeah, no, it's true. And then I went to go see a friend's play, which was a drama. It was very serious stuff. So then I'm with my friends, so then I have to be on. So it's a good thing I slept. So then I could just be on. And people do some peopling. And of course we had some drinks before then. And then in the middle, my friend passes me, like, the flask. And of course when I go to take a sip from the flask, it's in the dark. I go to take a sip, lights come on. I'm like I'm like, of course that happened. Then after, I was going to come straight home, and of course, everybody's like, one drink. One drink. Okay, one drink. We closed the bar down downstairs.

Dave Charest [00:21:54]:

Big fucking drink.

Reese Charest [00:21:55]:

I know. And the four of us just wound up sitting outside in Lawrence just till, I don't know, 12 30 01:00, telling jokes. We told jokes. That's what we did. And it was really sounds like fun. It actually really was. But then after a while, I had to go to the bathroom so bad and there was no place to go. I mean, I could have went into theater, but it's a whole thing to do. And I wasn't in the mood, so I was like, let me just get home. I was praying. I was praying I wouldn't pee my pants. But I made it home and I did it. And then I'm in the bathroom, and all of a sudden I thought it was going to be one of the cats, like, trying to get into the bathroom. But it was you. You scared me. It's a good thing I peed before that. But I was like, Why? How are you even still up? I was shocked that you were awake.

Dave Charest [00:22:43]:

Well, because when you were away, yeah.

Reese Charest [00:22:46]:

You did a lot of stuff.

Dave Charest [00:22:47]:

I did. So I had a very productive day. I was like, you know what? I'm going to space it out. I got two things I really want to get done today. So I did one of them in the morning that was done. And then I was like, you know what? I'm going to run Aaron in here in the rooms. And then I'm going to clean the floors because it's been a while since we cleaned the hardwood floors. So I was like, I'm going to run that. Then when that's done, I'm going to come in here and clean. And then in between, I'm going to do work. And then after I kind of did those things, I went and I did some work on my presentation. I got that in a good place just in terms of the slides that I wanted to have in. And then I was like, okay, I need to do some rehearsals of that. So I ended up actually coming over to this thing. And I recorded myself kind of talking through it. And then I was watching TV for a while. Then I was like, you know, I'm going to do some karaoke.

Reese Charest [00:23:29]:

Yeah, I was cracking up a silly thing.

Dave Charest [00:23:31]:

So I was like, killing some time. And so I was in here and I was like instead of using the karaoke machine, I was like, oh, I'm going to use this thing because I can pipe the music through there. And so I was cracking up because I did a couple of songs. I was like, oh my God, this is so bad.

Reese Charest [00:23:43]:

It's a studio album, so you can get my version of whatever the hell that Smash Mouth song. And on the other side is Dave's.

Dave Charest [00:23:52]:

Karaoke, so Cruel from you Too.

Reese Charest [00:23:54]:

Hello, Karaoke.

Dave Charest [00:23:56]:

But then when I went into bed because I had recorded the presentation earlier, so odly, enough. I mentioned you too. And I kind of learned this from watching them because I remember they would talk about how after they would do a concert, they would record them and then they would go watch the video. And then they would be like, okay, where do we improve? And so I do that with a lot of my things too, where I recorded my presentation. Then I was listening to it going like, okay, yeah, no, I've got to make sure I talk about this here. Oh, I forgot to talk about that. Right? So then I can go fix things and then make notes for myself. So when I actually do it, I'll be in the right place, right? So I had been listening to that, and then I had checked to see where you were, and I saw that you were on your way home. And then so I was like, oh, okay. When I was finishing listening to that and then you still hadn't come in. And I was like, where the fuck is this person? I was like, she definitely she was close to home a second ago. She should have been here.

Reese Charest [00:24:48]:

I was in the bathroom peeing for 20 minutes and also just texting the people that I was just hanging out with because we had a bunch of jokes and funny things. And we just kind of going back and forth. And then you scared the crap. Out of me in the bathroom. Also fun. And then we passed out. And then Sunday, this morning, I had to wake up kind of early because I had rehearsal.

Dave Charest [00:25:08]:

Well, I was up early this morning before you, because I was like, no, I definitely got to go.

Reese Charest [00:25:12]:

You went to yoga?

Dave Charest [00:25:13]:

Yeah, so I came home and then you were getting ready, and then you left. And then so today I finished up my presentation, got all the builds in there that I want to head in there, move things around, make sure things are right. So I feel like that's in a good place. I got one more to do to prep for tomorrow because I'm hosting a panel as well, so I got to do all that kind of stuff. And so tomorrow I go to Boston. So it's busy, but it's a busy week, too, actually. We have a whole bunch of things going on, but it'll be good. I'm excited. I feel a good place.

Reese Charest [00:25:41]:

Usually a little stressed out.

Dave Charest [00:25:43]:

I'm a type of person who, when I have a lot going on, I get to the point where I'm like, man, I have a lot going on. And when I get anxious about it, then I just procrastinate I take naps. Yeah. Usually I will do, like, other things, but the things are not the things that I actually really need to do. But also part of it is that I also do like to background process as well, which means, although I'm not physically writing things down or doing actual output, in my mind, I'm running that presentation through my you know what I mean? I'm doing things like that.

Reese Charest [00:26:19]:

You have a method?

Dave Charest [00:26:20]:

Yeah, so I end up getting there. But yeah, the part where I'm working through it really does suck sometimes.

Reese Charest [00:26:26]:

So you had said we usually try to have some type of theme or topic when we do the podcast, and you're like, I don't know. Immediately, as we started talking, I started to think because I think we did talk a little bit about one of the podcasts, about getting old.

Dave Charest [00:26:47]:

Sure.

Reese Charest [00:26:47]:

And I think that has changed because now a lot of the conversations that I'm having with people is just about getting old. And it's really funny because it's like this afternoon after my rehearsal, I went for a beer with two of my friends afterwards, and we're just talking about the fact, like, we're getting old. It's tiring. I'm going to be 50, which blows my mind. You're going to be 50 February?

Dave Charest [00:27:17]:

Yeah. That's wild.

Reese Charest [00:27:18]:

This is another thing your parents really don't tell you. You see it happening to them, and then you start to hear about all their different diseases and things that hurt and things that are swollen. You know what I mean? It's like all these things swollen, whatever.

Dave Charest [00:27:38]:

And I'm like, okay, my stomach is swollen.

Reese Charest [00:27:40]:

Swollen. It's really weird because they don't say my mother silently kind of went through menopause and didn't really say anything or complain. She just was always sweating, and she would always have, like, paper towel in her bag and just stick it on her forehead. But she never complained about it. She just did the things she did, and you just were around her for it. There's no discussion about it. And now I'm learning about all this stuff, and my body is telling me because this is what we talked about this afternoon. We were hanging out and I was like, yeah, my body is telling me you were old. And my brain's like, no, you're fine. So literally a couple of days ago.

Dave Charest [00:28:27]:

I dropped wait, your brain is telling.

Reese Charest [00:28:29]:

You my brain tells me a lot of things. My brain is a liar and it placates my bad behavior. So I dropped an earring. This has happened a few times and I hate it. It's the worst thing in the world. I drop my earring, it goes under the bed. I'm like, oh, my God. Because I know that I'm going to bend all the way down and get under the bed. And I usually make sure my phone is near me in case I can't get back up and I have to call you to come pick me up. Because there were times where if I have to clean stuff off the floor, it's like 18 steps to get back up. And every time I do something, it's a noise. I get out of the car. I'm like, why do I have to have sound effects with everything that I'm doing? And I think that the theme of this is just about we're going to be 50 and we're getting old. And it's weird because my brain is like, no, you're fine. You're going to be fine. You could do this. You can go out Friday night and drink like you're in college and then get up the next morning to go to the eye doctor and then go to your friend's show where you know you're going to be drinking before you get there, while you're there, and then after. And then you're going to get up the next morning and then go to rehearsal and probably have a drink either before or after. I waited till after, though. Summer strength. But now I'm just like I know. And then we're just sitting here watching a show, and I'm like, it's like 330. I'm ready to go to sleep for the rest of the day. I'm fighting it. I don't know, man. Yeah, I'm fighting it. I don't want it to be this way.

Dave Charest [00:30:16]:

Well, listen, I mean, look, I feel good. I'm not going to lie. I feel all right. I wish some things didn't SAG the way they SAG, or it was a little easier to keep things from bulging in ways that they shouldn't bulge.

Reese Charest [00:30:32]:

Yeah, well, that's the other thing.

Dave Charest [00:30:34]:

But other than that, I feel really good. My back is strong.

Reese Charest [00:30:40]:

It's the yoga.

Dave Charest [00:30:41]:

Of course it is.

Reese Charest [00:30:42]:

Yeah.

Dave Charest [00:30:42]:

No, I mean, and that and and to to be honest, like, you know how you usually have that neck and thing, and I don't know whatever's happening. I had a period back, like, last month where it was really good for a while, then it came back and now it's gone again, and I'm like, Yay. So I'm feeling really good. I don't have a problem with getting old because to be fair, too, we're pretty healthy, right? All things considered. And particularly when you think of I participate in the studies on my phone, and every once in a while, they ask, how would you compare yourself to your peers? And it's like, Are you average? And I'm like, definitely above average. I can at least say I'm above average, right? You know what I mean? Because if you look at the average person, it's gross. And we're definitely not there.

Reese Charest [00:31:31]:

No, and you're right. But also, I'm not complaining about getting old, because a lot of people aren't afforded that luxury of getting old, you know what I mean? Like, I'm cool. It just is getting used to not being able to do certain things that you used to be able to do and to also say wear certain things that I used to be able to wear. A big issue for me now is shoes.

Dave Charest [00:31:59]:

Shoes interesting.

Reese Charest [00:32:01]:

Because I have a Converse collection. I used to love Converse. I have so many colors, it was like, my favorite shoe I can't wear that I can't wear so there's no support. And I'm like, oh, my, like, I need memory foam shoes. I need Dr. Scholes, like, and and all the cute things that I used. You know, I like to make my little outfits. I can't do that anymore.

Dave Charest [00:32:27]:

I just got some Hocas that I'm pretty excited about.

Reese Charest [00:32:30]:

Yeah. So how did they do walking around? Do you feel okay about it?

Dave Charest [00:32:33]:

They feel great. Yeah. I didn't want to wear them because I got them for this keynote that I'm doing at the event. So I was like, I'm going to wear them tomorrow, obviously, and then Tuesday. But yeah, no, they're really comfortable. Yeah, they're really comfortable.

Reese Charest [00:32:44]:

That's the other thing. And going out, put your foot in there and try it.

Dave Charest [00:32:48]:

Just see how the soul feels. But obviously they'll be too big for you.

Reese Charest [00:32:52]:

But it was like getting dressed to go out Friday. Everything. I took every single thing I owned out of my closet and hated everything. Hated every single thing. I was like, I can't you were having a fine. But it's like, for everything. It's like everything I put on. I'm like, I had this on last year, and I felt good about myself in it, and now I look like a lumpy potato. And people would be like, Stop. Because and always like, who's got gravy? Really?

Dave Charest [00:33:24]:

I don't know.

Reese Charest [00:33:24]:

I can't maybe if I had some gravy, I'd feel better. I don't know. I don't know. And I'm starting to think like, okay, when do I stop wearing certain things, certain types of clothing, you know what I mean?

Dave Charest [00:33:41]:

Yeah, I mean, look, it's definitely easier for a guy, obviously. Right. I'm like jeans.

Reese Charest [00:33:47]:

Right.

Dave Charest [00:33:48]:

So I will say this. I like to wear a sport coat or whatever and then like a button up shirt. I've been into T shirts lately, but I've been trying to get away from graphic tees.

Reese Charest [00:33:59]:

Right, the graphic tees. Trying to do plain.

Dave Charest [00:34:01]:

Yeah. I'm like, no, I just need a plain T shirt.

Reese Charest [00:34:03]:

But you always look good. You can pull off jeans and some sneakers and a T shirt and you're fine. Meanwhile, I have tried on every dress, every pair of pants. I can't wear T shirts out. I don't have the body. There are some women that can definitely just put on a T shirt and make it look fancy. I put on a T shirt and I look like I'm ready to go take out the garbage. I am the garbage. I am garbage. I'm throwing myself out. It's brutal. And I'm like and then when we go out, especially going to see a concert, I need some height. Well, but these days I can't be standing around with that because then my feet there's nothing worse than having your dogs, like, barking when you're at a show because there's no place to go and you're in general admission and you have to be standing. So I'm just like, all these different things I got to get used to. But I'm also picking and choosing events that I attend because I feel like I can't do too much. And then I need time for sleeping and not talking and being on for like a couple of days.

Dave Charest [00:35:22]:

Yeah, well, can we talk about for a minute that we were talking the other day and we were like, holy crap. Everything to me is like post symposium, right? Which is the event that we're doing. So it's like, okay, I'm not going to think about anything else until that's done. But then really quickly after that, we're close to going to see you too.

Reese Charest [00:35:43]:

We're close to seeing you too. Then there's my show before my play that I wrote before that is it. Oh, no, you're right. It's before that. Then we go away. Then Halloween, because we usually have these.

Dave Charest [00:35:57]:

Late Halloween Halloween coming up. Yeah.

Reese Charest [00:35:59]:

And I got to start thinking about that and putting the costumes together and all that stuff. We usually have like a big party.

Dave Charest [00:36:06]:

I was like, whoa, when did you.

Reese Charest [00:36:09]:

Get those tickets for you? A long time ago.

Dave Charest [00:36:11]:

It felt like a long time ago. And we're like, oh my God, we have to wait so long. And it's like, oh my God, it's like almost here. And then this morning they are releasing a new song and they were doing a video in Vegas on fremont street or whatever. And so we were watching the video of that new song, and we're like.

Reese Charest [00:36:29]:

Oh, boy, it hasn't hit me yet that we are going that we're going to be at the sphere that we got to see on the outside. So now we're going to get to go inside.

Dave Charest [00:36:40]:

Oh, my God, it's going to be crazy.

Reese Charest [00:36:43]:

I can't even when was the last you too. Was it Joshua Tree or was it.

Dave Charest [00:36:48]:

No, it would have been Experience an Innocence tour, right? Yeah, that was after that, wasn't that that was pre. What was that after that?

Reese Charest [00:36:55]:

I don't know. Whatever. It was a long time ago.

Dave Charest [00:36:58]:

It had to be 17, four, five, somewhere in there.

Reese Charest [00:37:03]:

And it's been a while. And we're going with the girls. And now they're older and they're psyched too, which is know, and this will be their second time on a plane.

Dave Charest [00:37:16]:

So yeah, so this will be interesting because this is like them on a plane when they're like adult now, right? And so yeah, so it'll be interesting.

Reese Charest [00:37:22]:

To see how Disney what a jump. And actually I had this conversation with Johnny the other day while we were driving, and I was like, dude, you're going to be 19. And she's like, yeah, I don't feel it. I don't feel it. I still feel like I've been 18 for three years. I'm like, yeah, I get that she still is 18. No, but I'm just saying they're going to be 19. That is one year closer to not being 18 anymore. That freaks me out. And then you start to notice your body just not being able to do what it used to do. And then you're looking at your kids looking like grown adults, doing all the things that you used to be able to do. Time blows my mind. It's just craziness, you know what I mean? I don't know. And I honestly, half the time I don't mind getting dressed up in the morning for my classes and stuff. But I cannot wait to get home.

Dave Charest [00:38:25]:

Oh, yeah. So you crack me up because sometimes you come home and you're wearing jeans. You're like, I can't wait to get out of this monkey. Like, you're wearing jeans. What are you fucking?

Reese Charest [00:38:32]:

It's a monkey suit because it is restricting my stomach. Anything that I wear jeans or whatever, pants, whatever. And again, the last couple of years, I'm against the pants. I just want to be home, fuck pants and not wear pants. Like, pants are ridiculous to me in the house. I'm not a fan, you know what I mean? So it's like, I just want to get home and look homeless. I just want to look like a gross, terrible person.

Dave Charest [00:39:02]:

My brain is going to explode. You want to be home and look homeless?

Reese Charest [00:39:05]:

Yes. That is like how deep? That's so deep. I'm very meta. So anyway, that's what I have to say about that. That drink is really good.

Dave Charest [00:39:18]:

Always.

Reese Charest [00:39:19]:

I'm sorry. Let me rephrase that. That drink was really good.

Dave Charest [00:39:23]:

I'm actually a little sad. We need to do some alcohol shopping.

Reese Charest [00:39:26]:

Yeah, we do.

Dave Charest [00:39:27]:

It's looking a little I'm looking at our liquor cupboard.

Reese Charest [00:39:33]:

The bottom part is totally empty.

Dave Charest [00:39:35]:

Well, that's the place. Those are the ones we go to, typically. Yeah, we need some I was like, EW, slim pickens here.

Reese Charest [00:39:41]:

It was nice to have the other night at the concert, having a little whiskey, because it's been a while. Little whiskey, little whiskey drink, and then a vodka drink. And these martinis are it was interesting.

Dave Charest [00:39:55]:

So I'm going to wrap us up with this, right? Because I want to go back to what I was talking about, how it was a little sad, right? Because the show I had this tsunami of emotions watching that show, right. Because I enjoyed it again, it was a really good show. Lemonheads are great, actually, when you listen to them, they have really good songs.

Reese Charest [00:40:12]:

I've always been, like, the big fan, and you just kind of like, no, but I was worried that you wouldn't.

Dave Charest [00:40:18]:

No, I like them. It was never like lemon heads. It was never hardcore, but I like them. But like I said, there wasn't a lot of people there, and so I went through this whole thing where, again, getting old, I went through this whole, like, this is like, the equivalent of but not really, because I started thinking about how okay, right. Like, you two, big band, successful, huge, making all the money. Clearly the lemon heads are not huge. Making all the money. And barely the place was full, and I was just like, oh, these were people that we saw when we were kids, essentially. And in your mind, you're like, oh, those people are famous, and they got it easy. And the reality is this is like the equivalent of a desk job for somebody else, right. Where they're just trying to make a living. Well, it's so but also, it's better than having a desk job. No, because I was, like, watching them. Like, they're doing their thing still, but it's like making art.

Reese Charest [00:41:26]:

Yeah, they're making art and doing what they love, and they can afford to do that, which I think is great.

Dave Charest [00:41:33]:

I'd be curious as to what that really looks like for them. What is their like? Because let's be serious. We were talking about this the other night. Evan Dando looks like an old guy on a farm in Vermont, is what he looks like at this point. He's selling jam on. He's got a little booth out in front of the house, in front of the shack. Really? And so, yeah. I don't know. It was an interesting time. It was fun, though. It was a good time, basically.

Reese Charest [00:42:00]:

Me too. And I like that area, too. I like when we go and we have a little something to eat. I like when we do those nights. Those are super fun. But it does remind me of, like I used to laugh at my parents because the Johnny and Emily are what the 60s were to me with my parents. Because when I was the girls age, like 18, 1920, I used to be obsessed with the parents were they wanted to go back to the 50s. They love Do Op and that whole genre and the clothes and all that stuff and that style. So they were always going to, like, do Op shows from the not like, 70s. They weren't into the like they liked the rock stuff, but it was like, whatever. But they used to go to these they call them, like, music reviews, whatever. And they would go and they'd get all dressed up like the 50s. There's so many pictures of them. And they would go. It was small settings. It wasn't like big stadium crowds. And they loved it. They went with their friends and they had the best time. And now I'm like, oh my gosh, the style right now is ninety s. Like, all the clothes in Target and the other mall stores are all clothes that we used to wear, like Grunge style and all the stuff of the they're all wearing, like, Emily with the Doc Martens. I'm like, oh my God, I feel bad that I didn't keep a lot of my clothes because it would have been vintage 90s. That blows my mind. And then we go to this show and it's like so my parents were going to see like, I don't know what's, some 50s groups. There was like a couple they would go to all the time. I can't think of any of them right now. I feel bad. But they were like Dion.

Dave Charest [00:43:57]:

Okay.

Reese Charest [00:43:57]:

Not Warwick, but Dion. That was a big one. They would go to there's like a bunch of them and they would just go and basically these people would be there after the show and go and talk to people. I have tons of pictures of my parents with some of the old fifty s and sixty s groups. And like, Johnny Maestro, I think they met him like 15 times. That's like the equivalent to us going to see the Lemonheads or Juliana Hatfields or even like, Weezer. These guys are they've been around for 30 plus years. You two is a different story. I'm talking about like, 90s era. So it makes me laugh because we're just like that's the equivalent. The it blows my mind. I don't know, it's just weird. You don't think it's weird?

Dave Charest [00:44:52]:

I don't know if it's weird. I feel like that's just the way things go. Everything goes in cycles.

Reese Charest [00:44:58]:

Well, when do you think that we're going to be seeing seeing you two, atlantic City and Caesar's Palace in Atlantic City, you know what mean? Like, that's eventually what started to happen.

Dave Charest [00:45:11]:

I don't think that's going to happen with them. But we're already going to Vegas to see mean, I know it's a different situation. I feel as though there'll be ones know, avoid. I don't want to say avoid, but I don't know if they'll get there. I think it'll be something else, but I don't know. I don't know, man. Whatever. I'm here for whatever it is.

Reese Charest [00:45:31]:

Me too.

Dave Charest [00:45:32]:

I'm fine.

Reese Charest [00:45:33]:

And I just love the fact that our big thing is going to concerts because everybody will always be like, oh, my God, you guys go to a lot of shows. I'm like, yeah, they're basically like people like to go to Disney. We like to go to concerts.

Dave Charest [00:45:45]:

We go to concerts.

Reese Charest [00:45:46]:

I'd rather spend my money on a concert ticket, some T shirts, a sweatshirt, whatever, and booze and just have a good time. You know what it's like? Friday night was really great. It was a little sad because it was just like there was, like, nostalgia there. It brings me back to when I would listen to them constantly. It was another band that I had their tape in my car and I would listen to it over and over and the crowd there was no young people there. It was just us oldies at this thing, you know what I mean? So that was also kind of nice. I appreciate these events because it's like you don't have to deal with JUDOS like younger doodoos. There wasn't any, right? There wasn't anything.

Dave Charest [00:46:36]:

No, everything seemed to be all right.

Reese Charest [00:46:37]:

Good. Right?

Dave Charest [00:46:38]:

Yeah.

Reese Charest [00:46:38]:

I know the Gen Xers are pretty docile. There's certain things you can piss us off and you'll be sorry, but for the most part, we're kind of docile. Just like, you stay over there, I'll stay over here, and we're cool.

Dave Charest [00:46:55]:

Well, speaking of, we already got and.

Reese Charest [00:46:58]:

Do you remember that I said, remind me at the concert?

Dave Charest [00:47:01]:

Yeah.

Reese Charest [00:47:02]:

Do you remember what I said?

Dave Charest [00:47:03]:

I do.

Reese Charest [00:47:04]:

Remind me.

Dave Charest [00:47:04]:

Yeah. Do you remember?

Reese Charest [00:47:06]:

What was I going to write a book about?

Dave Charest [00:47:07]:

Why don't you tell us?

Reese Charest [00:47:09]:

I want to see if you remember.

Dave Charest [00:47:10]:

What I do because you sent me the text message.

Reese Charest [00:47:12]:

I did, didn't I?

Dave Charest [00:47:14]:

Yeah.

Reese Charest [00:47:14]:

Wow. Yeah. I'm going to write a book about Gen X growing up, Gen X being a Gen Xer, I think it's like the best thing ever because we had a little bit of trauma, we had a little bit of independence, and we grew up in a timeline where jokes were funny. No one got offended. It was just good stuff. Everybody ragged on everybody. There was bullying. Sure, things were not perfect, but people I don't know, people just got over things a little bit quicker, you know what I mean? I don't know. I just felt like we survived and then that made us be able to weather all the stuff that's going on now, because you look at the older generation after us, I don't know, there were extremes.

Dave Charest [00:47:59]:

I think we were in a place where on some things there were extremes on, other things there weren't. And I think there's world there's room to have a world where you evolve and you call out bullshit on both sides. You know what I mean? That's where I'm at.

Reese Charest [00:48:20]:

But Gen Xers do that, though. We can take some stuff.

Dave Charest [00:48:25]:

Maybe thick skin sometimes. Then also others have their bullshit, too, with that. So I don't know, it's like, whatever, everybody's got their bullshit. And I feel like, let's just evolve to get over our fucking bullshit.

Reese Charest [00:48:39]:

I know.

Dave Charest [00:48:39]:

That's how I kind of feel.

Reese Charest [00:48:41]:

Like that when you're ridiculous.

Dave Charest [00:48:43]:

You're ridiculous. Stop being an asshole.

Reese Charest [00:48:44]:

Right?

Dave Charest [00:48:44]:

Well, I do be kind to each other.

Reese Charest [00:48:46]:

Yeah. No, I agree. And I think that starts with what you show your children and what you teach them.

Dave Charest [00:48:52]:

Sure. All right.

Reese Charest [00:48:59]:

Then I think we're going to stop there.

Dave Charest [00:49:02]:

We got to take a nap before the football game. So we're going to go take a nap. Yeah, so we can be half awake for when the nighttime football game happens.

Reese Charest [00:49:12]:

I'm going to be probably, but hey, not awake.

Dave Charest [00:49:15]:

And then maybe we'll have some time to slap into a slim gym.

Reese Charest [00:49:18]:

Oh, boy.

Dave Charest [00:49:19]:

Anyway, Fred, slap it in. Life is a group project. Be kind to each other.

Reese Charest [00:49:25]:

We got the right. We put the handle right down. Wanna be like, you better stick around if you want. You gotta prove it like we do. It like we do. We got the right we put the handle right down. Wanna be like.