¶ Take Your Mom To Work Day
Welcome to Getting Out the podcast . Well , you're saying you sound better , though , right ? Yeah , I sound a lot better than I normally do .
No , it's because you think All right you always told me this that you don't hear your real voice .
Absolutely not . Just like you don't see yourself when you look in a mirror . Yeah , we talk about that all the time .
It's funny how you said that , because someone told me that and I always stuck with it . You never in life can see yourself what you really look like . Well , you know what you can do the way other people see you .
Wait a minute , wait , wait .
If you look in the mirror , and you take a handheld mirror or you have a mirror behind you . The reflection from that mirror into the mirror is what you look like to other people .
That's different yeah that's what you're saying . It's like the picture of you , of what other people see on a picture . That's how you look . That's how other people see you .
But when you look in the mirror .
That's not really what you're . It's like the reverse of yourself and that's very weird too , how it's like the camera flips , you like it's just like when you see an ambulance and you look in your rear view mirror you see it says ambulance .
But if you look at it , it's backwards if you look yeah , it's written backwards on the front of the ambulance like Turn yourself a little this way .
So that you can talk to us .
Kevin , which way Turn this way ?
Are we recording right now . Just turn your seat this way .
So that you can look at Kevin .
Oh , that's what I was trying to do , and then turn them .
Then push it back , no , no , back towards the cabinet , mom . Yeah , and now push the mic in front of you a little bit to the sides . There you go , and that's better , better , a little closer .
So when you can look at me , there you go , perfect . Thank you , there you go .
Now you can see him , you can see me .
You can see everybody .
Everything except for me over there .
Yeah , because you're blinded by the light , except for me over there . Yeah , because you're blinded by the light . Yes , but if ?
you want to talk to the fans ?
say hi , yeah absolutely , but it's Mother's Day . It was Mother's Day yesterday . We're recording this on Monday Monday . Yeah , monday Monday , nature or damn , yeah , but yeah , it was Mother's Day yesterday . What did you ? So you know , you guys know my brother , we do the show and we're starting our own .
You went to work with Anthony . Yes , yesterday's Mother's Day was Take your Mom to Work Day . Okay , and I was his sous chef . I didn't even know that was a thing .
I knew there was a Take your Kid to Work Day .
I made it up , jesse , oh what .
I love it you made that you were just saying that to me .
Take your mother to work day .
So Anthony , but Anthony then had to make who decided that .
Anthony said I want you to come with me to work on Mother's Day .
We'll spend the day together that's so nice of him and you'd be amazed .
They love him . He's got at least 15 people under his wing , I believe it . They all respect him . It was okay , boss , I got you . Yes , anything he wanted , done , they did , and they killed it . Three seedings for brunch Wow , three seedings . And it's not assisted living , it's independent living . Okay , yeah that's different .
Yeah , they take care of themselves the apartments , yeah .
One bedroom apartment . Doesn't it look like a hotel room ? It's like a fucking .
It's gorgeous $3,500 for a one bedroom . Yeah , that's crazy . And breakfast and dinner they get complimentary . Well , it's included in that . $3,500 . The utilities and the two bedroom is $3,500 .
The utilities and the two bedroom is $6,500 .
Wow , so I worked at the same place that Anthony works at right , but yours was assisted .
But just a different branch . No , mine was both kind of . There was women who were allowed to do whatever they want , leave whenever they want , and then there was the memory care unit .
Yeah , they have medics on site , but they don't have doctors that come in and check on them periodically . It's when they want someone they call .
Yeah , I think that's how it is with ours too , or the one I was at . It was awesome , it was great , but the thing is is like they're paying so much money , right so , and they ask for something they should be able .
You're paying that much money , like if you want french toast . Like , oh , they'll make a few , I know , but at my place .
It was like a different story . It was like huffing and puffing and I don't want to do anything . You know , I mean , but you're getting , you're ? They're paying that much money . You want the best , yeah , oh yeah , I mean , it looks great , but you better also take care of them as well . You know , I tried to be as nice and polite as I possibly could .
Well , it was fun , it was fun , the residents loved it , yeah , so what did you do ? Like , what was your part ? I did you know the edible decorations Okay , edible arrangements
¶ Pizzle Is The Boss Man
. Decorations , okay , edible arrangements , edible arrangements . It's not called that anymore , it's called edibles , which is kind of yeah , we think , yeah , I set up the fruit platter , we did pineapples , we put flat pineapple flowers in there and then I did parfaits yogurt , fruit granola yogurt . And we did that . And then we set up outside up .
Well , I didn't set up , his crew did . And Anthony did the pasta table . He did Alfredo and Pomodoro . What's the Pomodoro ? It's a chunky tomato sauce with lots of garlic and basil . And he did Jared did the carving station , which was roast beef . They had an omelet station , an egg station , all the sausages , bacon , french toast , chicken and waffles .
They had everything , everything and it was very well run .
Yeah , that's not the way that I was at .
Well , this was a Mother's Day brunch . You could bring your family . They could invite their family in . We had a couple of those .
I was there for a couple of events that were similar to that , but yeah , no , it wasn't really like that .
No , it was fun . It was different . It definitely was . I can't even tell you how tired I was this night .
It's a good time .
Well , yeah , that's how it is . You're not used to working a full shift . I was up at 6 o'clock , I know , Got there at 7.30 .
We left at 2.30 . Right , so yeah , it was a long day .
I didn't know . I thought he went to work later than that , though .
Well , no , he does . He went in yesterday because it was the Mother's Day brunch .
Gotcha , gotcha , gotcha .
He wasn't supposed to work . It was his day off .
So you had fun .
Anthony had . That matters . I got to see him in his element , so that was nice . That's awesome .
I didn't know he , because he doesn't talk much about any of that stuff , which is Because I guess he's humble . I didn't know he was doing his thing like that . I sent him a text . I was like I'm proud of you . I heard you're killing it over there , Got some underlings .
And they loved him . They loved him .
Everybody . Why wouldn't they ? I know that's .
Anthony , he's a good guy , like you sometimes . Sometimes , yeah , most of the time . Yeah , well , I had my . You have your moments , just like I do .
Yeah , you too . Yes , I do .
You're a good guy .
I'm a good guy , yes , but I have some bad times .
With a voice that's knockout outrageous . Yeah , that's what people don't understand , oh my god , I don't think Kev understands why I heard you do Elvis .
Right .
I thought it was a recording you were singing over .
People say that it's like oh , it sounded like a jukebox .
It was great . And then he says you do Sinatra really well . Yeah , that's where .
I think he would kill it Because , imagine , because you know in New York you're from Brooklyn , right , what part of Brooklyn ? I always get confused .
All over Brooklyn Bensonhurst Bay Ridge and then Park Slope and Jersey , do me a favor , move the microphone a little bit out of your face .
No , no , no . This way the way I'm pointing why closer , no , no , no . This way the way I'm pointing why closer , no , not closer , like out of your face . Because there you go , okay , there you go , just because you got to see the beautiful face she used to be a model .
That was you . Oh , my God .
It was a weird situation . I was downstairs in my . I was young , I was in the library . We used to live in this big friggin' house that my mom hates . Oh , okay , she does not want , like look at her face . No , no , no .
It was haunted .
She's seen some shit . You know I haven't seen as much . I've seen a couple of things .
You saw things happen when you got your license , when you were a senior in high school . Everything started . The shit hit the fan .
Yeah , see so she thinks that when all of us grew up at the house Like , only liked kids , so okay , they wanted us out . It started like , like yeah , it was crazy . Yeah , everyone was just that was in the house . She was getting hurt , falling .
Surgery on my foot . I had rods and pins put in it .
What though ? What happened ?
Peter got out early enough . My older , your older brother , got out early enough . He went away to college and he never came back to the house so he was fine . He was fine , Anthony . Shit started . I don't like to curse , but things started with . Anthony and then Jesse . As soon as he got his permit , he got in an accident .
I know with you in the car In the school parking lot Right in the south parking lot . He he rear-ended somebody . It was a tap , but he still yeah , a tap , there was a tap , that Still , I was like everything was fine , I was killing it with the band .
For me it was great . So she was , and also the school didn't understand how I had so many absences but yet I had a 3.2 . I had some A+ . I was in music theory , ap theory . They were like what , how is ?
this possible . Then he was in Tommy . He played the lead in Tommy .
Yeah , we won't be saying that too .
He played in chess . He was one of the leads in chess I can't believe I won that Best Actor thing and he won the Bucks County Best .
Actor Award . I was so out of my element , kev , because I was like the weed-smoking kid , you know , like the renegade that my girlfriend's parents , like my ex-girlfriends , was like don't hang out with him , he's like the worst and yeah .
So like I was known for getting , like I was known for getting in trouble outside of school , but I was also known for just being a like funny , always , yeah , happy guy .
So , like my teachers loved me , yeah , so they , even though I missed classes , they would , you know , throw me a little slack , exactly , even for the plays and stuff I didn't really want I had to try out . They came up to me and approached me about it , did they not ? They came up to me and said Listen , we know that you can sing .
We have no guys that can sing .
He started when he was in kindergarten . They would make him sing and he'd get solos . He was the big one no kindergarten . He was the only one you heard . His voice stood out above everybody else . All through elementary school , the middle school you started with that other girl that was singing .
Talking to the microphone , that girl that was singing with the dark hair . She was in the video , not Buble , what's his name ?
Bieber . You're talking about Bieber . What was her name ? Oh , you're talking about Jenna DeMartini . Yeah , she , so all right . That's crazy too that you said that Our my band , for Pete's sake . So Zach , my drummer , went on to make .
We know this . You talked about this already . Went on to make .
Chitty Bang right . Or Jenna I didn't talk about this went on to be in the soap opera . Yes , that . I remember what's that soap opera called .
There was so many of them All my Children , all my Children , or something .
She had a part in that . She was the girlfriend in the first Justin Bieber girlfriend video . Yeah , she was in that video . Oh , okay , she's gorgeous . Yeah , she was gorgeous . What is it called ? Pete winds up going to teach English , or no , that was Jake in Japan . I think Pete's like a surgeon or something .
All right , kiss , yeah , wow Kiss , but Eric Luba's killing it Luba is doing great Love , luba , love .
But Eric Luba is killing it . Luba is doing great .
Luba is literally playing around , like travels around to play music . That's what he does . All he does is play music he's played with like really good underground bands Do you talk to him at all , yeah all the time , all the time . He's a really good kid . He's just in Colorado , he lives in Colorado but he is really just playing music all the time .
I was honored to be on stage with that kid To say that he was someone that I played with , just like Phoebe Ryan , remember with If the Shoe Fits .
Those were the days . They were good days when we weren't home .
Yeah you go , we had good days when we were all out of the house .
Well , I was also younger then too , so that was also part of it .
I guess yes .
You're saying after high school ? Because , yeah , when I went away to college too , I got a call from what . It was like the FBI or something , asking me where I was . And they're like we're at your front door and you were at the restaurant at the time and I was like what , what are you talking about ? I'm at college in Connecticut . What's going on ?
Like well , we can't explain this over the phone , Remember that . I remember that . And then I had to call her . I'm like Ma , there's a detect . I was about to go All right , so this is hilarious . That day , actually , so I woke up late and I had in one of the one of those tests called like those midterms . It was in my midterm test that day .
Okay , I woke up , I had my glasses on the side of the bed , I rolled over and I broke the left side . I remember this like it was yesterday , was so upset , like I'm running late to my midterm , and then , all of a sudden , I got a phone call and the phone call was that and so I no midterm , I missed the midterm .
I'm on the phone trying to figure out what's going on . Call her . She calls the FBI agent , they talk . Then my mom calls me and says that yeah , that's like a warrant out for my arrest .
And if you turn yourself in when you come home ? Yeah , no-transcript .
And that was life , and that was the story , and now things are kind of going on an even keel .
Okay , he's doing better , he's in recovery , he's clean , except for the weed , and yeah , thank god , it's legal . Yeah , I know the medication that he needs to get off of is the weed is helping him do that .
Yeah , absolutely , and it's got me . I was on like six , yeah , and that's a huge thing too .
It's like she's reading my mind . Yeah , that's what I would have thought too . It's a huge , huge thing .
And I see so many people too Like we have a couple older people around our neighborhood that they're in pain . They don't want to take these painkillers , they know what it does to the kids and stuff . So they're trying to figure out another source and the edibles work , the edibles really do work .
Cbd , what is it called ?
CBD .
All that stuff . Calm down , relax .
I know the first time I ever smoked weed was when I stole it from your purse in your closet . I was going I knew something because I knew you smoked . It was sixth grade . I was like , let me , I want to go see . And you had the big ass walk-in closet too .
So I would go into a room and it was a big ass room and then to the left was like a makeup room and then it was the bathroom . Then you had a walk-in closet , the whole side of the house was a bedroom .
The bedroom was a suite .
It was fucking ridiculous bro , it was a heater in there .
I loved it .
I don't know why I hate that . She hates the house .
I loved it . I don't know why I hate that . She hates the house . I hated it At the end . I loved it . I fucking loved it . We had a spiral staircase going up to the bedroom .
It was the whole thing . We had a spiral staircase , the basement was all fit .
Tony finished it . We had a bathroom , a full bath . Down there we had a library .
Oh yeah , we had a gym , we had our own .
We had a gym and outside the gym we built , we put a hot tub and had slats that you could open and close so you go out there in a winter cave .
I mean , you told me about the hot tub too .
I didn't even realize of how much of a magnet like . When I brought women over to my house they were like oh my , we had a waterfall on the side of the house .
We had three waterfalls , three waterfalls with two lakes , two ponds With a bridge that went over the ponds .
Was it two ponds ?
Yes , one at the top and one at the bottom .
No one , it was two . Yeah , a bridge . One , two , three waterfalls With a bridge going over . One of the rocky waterfalls was crazy Huge fish .
Each one of them were mad expensive , so we thought people were stealing them . Oh wow , and when we asked the guy , the fish guy , and what did he say ?
He said that the birds were probably eating them , or ?
taking them , wow , and they're worth a shit ton of money A gazebo we had outside , yeah , but you know what ?
I don't care , we're talking about it . I love my dad and her
¶ Haunted House Stories and Supernatural Experiences
. Somebody hung himself .
Yeah , okay , so tell me the backstory of that . Then Okay , In that same house . Then yeah .
All right , peter . When he was had his Chewy my bird up in his room , who is a dog ?
bird , by the way . Okay , oh , he thinks he's a dog .
Yes , he walks around the floor and everything he would have up in the morning . One morning he woke up scratches all over his back like fingernails , like a chalkboard . Right right , none of us did it , yeah , and the bird was locked up . He didn't get out of the cage . Where did it come from ? Right the heck ? That was the first incident , right , yeah ?
Second , I'm trying to think there was so many things would disappear . Oh , I remember that that was crazy . Things would actually disappear , and then she would say and then I'd just like close the cabinet or close the refrigerator and just say , please , you gotta help me out here , put it back , no I remember one time you were like stop fucking with me .
What's wrong with me ? I was a young kid , I didn't know what was going on .
I remember she time you were like stop fucking around with me . Wow , I was a young kid .
I didn't know what was going on . I remember she had a can opener right .
Oh , that disappeared .
It disappeared and she put it away . I saw her put it away . She was freaking out and this shit just came back .
Yeah , that happened quite a few times . Like what the fuck it happens to me in this room .
Like what the fuck it happens to me in this room and she doesn't believe me , I'll be bugging out for like an hour and a half , yeah but you're very unorganized , so you and I both know yes , you are , I was , yes , you are .
Not anymore , okay , not anymore , I'm trying Once a week . He tells me Ma I can't find it . What'd you do , ghosts ? I'm telling you there's no ghosts here , kev , because he'll find it the next day , kev . Yeah , that's what I mean . The ghost is funny . You know what ?
You borrowed it for a little bit , you know what I got to agree with him . I had to happen . I had a lot of experiences that you guys are talking about , and with Jesse I would put my Xbox controller right there in front of my TV and then I'll go downstairs and I'll come back upstairs and it's not there and I'm looking everywhere . I'm going crazy .
I'm throwing everything everywhere . Kev your brothers were definitely fucking with you the next day .
You find it and it was . Was it back where you put it ?
It was right where I put it and I'm like did I pass out ? Did I ? I didn't do drugs ?
What the fuck's going on .
That's crazy .
So I'm just like I had a couple experiences like that Like a pencil . I'm like where the fuck did I just put that pencil ? I put it right there . Or my phone , like where's my phone ? Coffee .
A container of coffee I keep in the refrigerator . I go back to the coffee . There's no coffee in there , yeah and door and yell at whatever it was , and when I open it up it's right there in front of me . I'm talking not the next day , a few minutes later Now .
that's crazy .
That happened ? How many times , jesse ? A lot of times . That's crazy . Then we find out . The mailman told me . He says you know , it was a long time that nobody was living here . He says the guy who used to own this house prior to the contractors that bought it after he left , had Bentleys and Rolls Royces parked outside underneath those portable garages .
Yeah , he had them parked outside . Well , bentleys and Rolls Royces . He says yeah , he won the lottery and won millions . Oh , bentley's in Rolls Royce . He says yeah , he won the lottery and won millions .
And his daughter , apparently , when she was of age and that's where I'm going with this , she was of age , she got into a car accident and he didn't have an umbrella policy on the car for the whole family . Apparently , somebody got hurt . They sued him , he lost everything oh my gosh . And he hung himself in Anthony's bedroom .
Damn , and we did not know that when we bought the house .
They don't have to disclose that to realtors unless you ask yeah , just same as a car . When you get a car and it's been in nine accidents , they can say yeah , it's been in the fender bender .
So I found out that from the mailman . And then Melody , aunt Melody , told me Same thing . So , yeah , so I'm so glad I'm out of there . I really am .
Life changed . That makes me believe it more now , because hearing from you and hearing from Jesse like things like that I never knew could .
Oh well , you know what ? I had a couple of things when I was young too , so sometimes I think they follow you . They do they have to . I think they follow you . I had an experience .
I was probably a teenager we didn't have central air at the time , living with my parents and my sister and we had a huge window unit in the dining room and it was my dining room , living room and a little TV room .
So we had the air conditioner on on a summer night and someone had bought my mom , not a trinket , a little tchotchke , a tchotchke , yeah , a tchotchke . Like a sailor sailor with a big nose and he had the hat on and the whole bit and it just spooked me out .
Yeah , it's weird .
Yeah , just the head and it was on the dresser , I slept on the couch . My sister slept on the floor with a blanket and I used to turn that face around .
Yeah , I would do the same thing .
Because I didn't want to see it .
Yeah .
And I had a dream that it was midnight , oh , and I'm sitting in front of a grandfather's clock , okay , and I knew once that clock struck the 12th strike , I was going to die , oh , wow .
And just before it hit the last ring , I woke up , literally , really woke up , wow , really woke up , and I see a head , all white , beautiful face , flying like , floating around and I thought I was kind of sleeping . But I did like one of those . Pinch yourself you know , and it was mouthing the words get rid of the doll .
What is the doll ? The face , the face , yeah , okay , cool .
And I looked over at the dresser where it was , and it wasn't turned around . It was facing me , oh my gosh . And we found out that the doll was made in Norway and Norway was a place where witchcraft was running rampant . Oh yeah , I remember you saying that , yeah , and my father got up out of bed , grabbed a doll and next morning burnt it .
Good .
And that was that . But then you think all the things that happened later on . You know Well we told that story happened later on .
You know who knows . Well , we told that story we call them here on Halloween about how that guy threw the axe at you . Oh , that was .
Italian American Unity Day in Columbus Circle . Yeah , it was Columbo's Joe Columbo .
Yeah , we told it wrong , so she got mad .
The head of the Casa Nostra in New York , right , and he didn't come out yet , but they were doing like a big show . They had a stage set up and my mother's , girlfriend's daughter was much older than me and she took me under her wing . Let's sell the food tickets , nice , okay .
So you bought the ticket and then you went to the food tent and you got what you wanted , and while we're there , they would do with the axe going on on stage .
Okay .
And we see this guy running from the police . Yeah , he was supposed to be like an axe thrower , yeah , but he didn't throw it on the stage . He was ready to throw it . He was looking at our counter and he was throwing the ax and a cop got in front and got caught with it .
Was it a terrorist or something .
I don't know what he was . Everything happened so fast . One of us could have gotten hit .
So where was he when he had the ax ?
He was standing probably about 25 feet away from us , okay , but looking right at us and a cop got right in front of us and took the blow and did he survive ?
I ?
have no idea . They took him away in an ambulance , so I don't know . And when did that hit ? I have no idea .
See , that's like when I found out . I was like I would have went to the fucking hospital . I was young , though I was probably like 14 .
Okay . And she was in her 20s . She's gone now too . Her boyfriend she was living with her boyfriend Right . He got pissed off at her . He picked up a crystal last drink , threw it at her , bang , killed her , killed her . Killed her .
Yeah , no , or a hematoma yeah but that's , it . Let's get away from this .
Let's get away from this .
Yeah , all right . So , cora , I'll go into something that I want to . I think it's a good little thing . It was Mother's Day , yes , and so my mom and dad had like the weirdest love story that I think is very unique , you know . So I always tell it .
The details are always off the way I say it , so I want her to explain it , because it is a very cool story .
I would like other people to hear it because it proves how you never know and this is what fucked me up , or how you do know when this was what fucked me up too , or how you do know when it's the right person you know when it's the right one , but you never know when the right one's gonna show up .
That's the .
Thing .
And this story , like , really proves it . And it fucked with me for a long time because I was in a relationship when I like a long-term relationship , when I really started understanding the story that she's about to tell . Okay , and it messed me up . I'll tell you why in a second .
Even my sister . My sister thought that the knight on the white horse was going to come and sweep her off her feet . Wow , because it's what . So tell the story .
He wasn't on the white horse .
He was on the B train . Yeah , okay ,
¶ Chance Encounter On The B Train
he wasn't on . I used to work at Rolls Royce Arrow Engines Incorporated when I was 18 years old you were one of the first women to work on Wall Street .
I'm not talking about Wall Street .
I wasn't one of the first , but you were one of the first of many yeah , it got very . A lot of women came after me , but I wasn't the first or one of the first .
What ?
I was in the group of the well , whatever , One of the originals yes , so I used to ride the B train to work , okay , and every day I would see this guy on the train and he'd stand . I used to draw a lot .
She's an amazing artist , I'd carry my sketch pad with me . I'm going to put some pictures up .
I would draw and I'd sit there and I used to notice him on the train . He had this beautiful mop of hair .
Yeah , he looked like a terrorist .
Yeah , he looked like today's terrorist . I thought he was an Arab .
That's what I'm saying .
I thought he was a terrorist and , before I know it , like a couple of weeks go by and he's holding on to the strap hanging , yeah , and he's leaning over looking what I'm doing . Right Never said a word to me . Right Never talked to me . This went on for about six years .
Towards the end of those six years , I didn't see him for a while and I wonder what the hell happened to him . You know , because when you see somebody every single day and you know that this person is interested , right and you at the time , were in a relationship too .
Yes , I was in a relationship . You were engaged ? I think no .
I wasn't engaged . No , I was pre-engaged , pre-engaged , okay .
Fucking pre-engaged . It was a little tiny friggin' diamond thing .
Okay , so it was a thing I was living with somebody .
It was good , you didn't commit to that no , never committed to anything but listen and I didn't see him for a long time . And then I get on the train with Donna . I was with Donna . We're waiting on 42nd Street . Oh , this was when I was working for Metcalfe , an employment agency . This is after Rolls-Royce .
Okay , the train pulls into the station Not the train I was going to get on , but I'm sorry . It was pulling out of the station . And while it was pulling out , in the window of one of the doors , I see Tony's face , oh wow , and his eyes were just like magnets . Yeah , on me . While the train is moving , his head is moving .
And I says to my girlfriend I'm going to marry that guy , I'm going to marry him . And she , yeah , okay , okay , yeah , yeah , of course she did . Well , two weeks later I had seen him in his car driving . He was driving a Datsun 280Z .
Okay .
The Datsun .
And he stopped the car and asked me if I wanted a ride . No , no , no , no . Next time I see him , I was was getting off the train . I was waiting for my girlfriend to get off the train and he did to stop . I get off . That he got off . That he didn't live anywhere near me , he lived on 18th street and I'm in Bensonhurst .
He gets off the train and he comes over and he says are you waiting for me ? I said no , I you waiting for me ? I said no , gangster , I'm waiting for my girlfriend , are you waiting for me ? Come on , and the interest was there , and two weeks later , we were married , and then Jesse pops out .
Then Peter and Anthony , that'd be me . But two weeks later we were married and they've been married for how long ?
45 years , that's crazy when it happens like that , like two weeks later , like that has happened to me , Like two weeks later I find a great girl and then she just doesn't have her mind set up .
Yeah , but see , that's the thing I'm talking about how they stayed together for that long .
But you know why ? Because of him .
I know Because there was a connection there .
You knew everything , but it was because of him . Oh , absolutely .
And the charisma yeah . For example , there was a grocery store that he worked at on 79th .
Street . This is the story I always get confused with 17th .
Avenue .
He worked there . The guy's name was Max , who ran the store . Oh , okay , and Tony saw me get off the train and this is while we were talking . You know it wasn't like we weren't dating or anything , it was pouring rain . He sees me get off the train and he grabs one of the umbrellas from the fruit stand these huge umbrellas .
And walked me over to the store so I wouldn't get wet and we waited underneath the awning . He did things like that . He would pick me up with teddy bears and roses in the car , that's my man . I'd get home at 3 o'clock in the morning with my girlfriend . We went out dancing or whatever , and it's 7 o'clock or 7.30 .
He's outside waiting to drive me to work . See , yeah , so it was . Yeah , it was fast .
And you know what it is too . When you're right by him and you actually finally see him again , you get butterflies and you're like , oh my gosh , you know , yeah , and that's what they always said to me they're like when you're with someone when you know you know , yeah , and I kind of understand it .
You know , I thought I knew a couple times and you know what it doesn't have to be one person when you know it could be a couple of girls .
Oh yeah , it could be Absolutely A couple of guys .
A couple of guys . Yeah , I don't know about that .
Yeah , it could be no it can't just be one .
Think about the world . There's a lot of people in this world .
Yeah , but I think , yeah , you're right .
Yeah , I think it is . There's a couple of those .
You're right . I do think that there are a couple different options .
You gotta see what works for you .
Well then I'm gonna go into something crazy , but the thing is why I what fucked me up is the fact that you never know , I could be with a girl for six years and she could run into some guy on the train that looks like a terrorist .
Yeah , I had no idea he was Italian .
Yeah , if you look at the , picture you look straight like you'd be waiting in the 7-11 parking lot for 7 o'clock in the morning waiting for a job .
Wow .
Oh , in a muster zone ? Yeah , you're always in the morning . They're all waiting for someone to say , hey , muster zone . Yeah , you know , I always see him in the morning and I'll wait for someone to say hey , six of you , no , but he was driving a 280Z .
I know he was not waiting in a muster zone , but he looked like it . He had hair . He had the most gorgeous hair .
See , but that's what she loves long hair . I still do so now here you and Kev can talk , because my mom's obsessed with Triple H .
Now , he's bald though .
Oh yeah , it bothers me too Both of you .
I'm bald . Wait , wait , wait . When he used to come out and stand up on the corner and do and spit the water out . And he wore those leather briefs .
Well , that's what you're looking at . I'm looking up .
That's too little .
I was standing right in front of him . Oh , bro , there was one part , oh , not WrestleMania .
We had four tickets . Yeah , you were there .
When we had money , then my mom , I had second row seats by the ring but on the other side of where the cameras are .
Oh wow , the cameras are facing the other side and .
I was in the second row . Yeah , and Triple H tore his .
ACL or something . No , but hold on .
So me and my brother , me , and Anthony , right , it was me and Anthony , you , Anthony , peter me .
Okay , so we're like we're going to try going somewhere else .
To get closer to the ring .
But we were already really close . But my mom goes we were literally right near the entrance of where people walk out on the side and she goes . I have a feeling that he's coming out tonight and that he's coming on the side . I'm staying here
¶ The Cost Of Living 40 Yrs Ago
and we're like now you're crazy .
So what they did was because there were two of them Anthony and Jesse were pretty young at the time they would switch seats . One of them would come like after every match they'd switch over .
So the two seats in the back . Oh yeah , that's what it was . And , bro , we see Triple H when we're gone running past my mom . No , he didn't run past my mom , he sat next to me .
He grabs the chair , the empty chair next to my mom . He sat right next to you I had kids in front of me .
Wait wait wait , hold on , he sat next to you .
He sat down . Well , two seats away there was nobody there . People were all gathering around the ring . There was a kid there and I had said to them if Triple H is next to me , I'm just going to jump him .
Of course , I'm going to jump him , jump his bones . She don't say that .
Next , thing I know , the chair next to me gets lifted up .
Yeah .
And he runs to the ring . I didn't even know he was there . Yeah , you know what ? I didn't even know he was there .
Yeah , you know what ? Oh , I didn't even know .
I had no idea . I was so upset with myself .
Don't be upset , though , because you know what . That's the normal thing . That's why they do that , because they don't want you to know , and then they'll be wearing a jacket , and then they'll take it off , but , like Triple H , he , probably that's what you're right .
You're right . That's when he came back .
Yes , and I even had the Harley Davidson hat that he used to wear backwards . Yeah , you go , I got one and his hair .
The other thing his hair is .
he still has his hairline , he's not going bald . So I think maybe in the future he will grow it out .
No , because he had hair plugs put in . Oh , that's why Later on , before he started retiring with Stephanie , after they had a couple of kids , he had hair plugs put in . You could see when he started sweating they were little dots and I guess the hair plugs didn't work anymore .
So we shaved his head .
Wow , he still looks great though .
He's got a body on him . Once I saw some pictures behind me , I was like , yeah , this has got to come off .
Is it hot in here ? Is it me ? No , it's just you . You had to see me yesterday .
You know me , I'm usually the one that's sweating .
Oh no , I'm dripping Well . I'm sorry , it's just this weather messing with my arm , not looking forward to the summer at all .
Yeah , I'm not either . I wish I could go to a colder environment . I would love to be cold all the time .
I go to Alaska and a half years . You can always put on more clothes you can't take off Right . Daddy's got a sweatshirt and a sweater on top of the sweatshirt and sitting in the living room .
Yeah , doesn't make sense . I'm wearing a sweatshirt right now and you're not warm . I'm fine , I'm like you know , I'm me before .
I know that we're running a little bit . We're going to be stopping soon , but I want to ask you how ?
because Excuse me .
How much was rent when you were my age ?
There you go , my first apartment I lived in , not a basement apartment , it was a walk-in . The garage was right next door to where my living room was . I was paying $190 a month and all my utilities , aside from my phone and my TV , were included $190 , was it $190 ? Oh , $160 a month . Month , I'm sorry , it was $160 .
And then when I married dad , we lived on 21st street by Greenwood Cemetery and we were on the third floor and the rent was $190 a month , a two bedroom , really .
And what was minimum wage back ?
then , $8 maybe they .
And what was minimum wage back then ? Eight dollars , maybe ? Yo , they didn't raise minimum wage . Yes , that's right , they didn't raise . I was watching something about this .
They haven't .
There was a period of time where they didn't raise minimum wage .
Well , you figure in a 40 hour work week at eight dollars an hour .
You're good with math . Eight times 40 . Eight , 60 , 24 , 30 , $320 a week , that's awful A week .
Imagine I'm rich , that's rich , but you got to take out taxes . I don't care . And then transportation into the city we would do that , and food , okay , exactly . So you're left maybe with $100 a week , if that much . So you want to go to the disco , you want to go to clubbing ?
$100 a week . You're talking about leftover , yeah , but your rent is only $190 a month , okay , but you figure on how much you're spending .
I had a baby too . I know that . I understand that .
Alright Brandon oh my god please $30-something hundred For a house he's renting for a fucking two-bedroom .
No four bedrooms . Four bedrooms 3,200 .
Four bedrooms 3,200 , huh .
A month , but it's a house .
Yeah , you can't afford Buying a house now . It's impossible . That's what .
I'm saying it's ridiculous .
Not here anyway . Buying a house now it's impossible . That's what I'm saying . It's ridiculous .
Not here anyway , if you go down south , maybe Midwest , maybe . All right , arielle is in LA and she's paying $2,000 a month for a studio apartment . I believe it , yeah , and she has to pay everything with it .
Oh , she's killing it War the sewer everything , she's doing it , she's doing everything . She's doing her thing .
She's doing her thing . She's got a couple of jobs . She's been on some auditions .
Yeah , I saw a couple of headshots on Facebook .
So yeah , just keep your fingers crossed , because she's good , she looks just like she has an amazing voice .
You go on my page . She sang one of my songs for me .
She's looking to get into the movies or something .
I told her do the commercials .
Everybody , come on like a good neighbor , stay from the stairs .
But the thing is , though , I don't think she wants to do commercials .
Commercials . You get into SAG For some reason . No , but all the stars are doing them now I know you have to , that's how I feel All the stars are doing them now .
Anything and it's a paycheck , fuck it .
So every time it plays , then you're just like ooh , Not many people would die , even if , it's 10 cents a time . Yeah , I know .
Different channels , whatever stations ?
Absolutely , that's what happens with Justin . You always get like a little check . You know you'll never know when you're going to get money in the mail . Well , you know .
Cindy , over here , yeah , over here , yeah , my friend Cindy , she , her father , oh God , rodriguez , tito , tito . Tito Rodriguez was a big orchestra guy , right , right , and she , when she was younger , would sing and she made an album . Oh , wow , yes , and the father's music is still being played on the Spanish station .
Oh yeah , I remember she was talking about that and she gets a residual check .
Wow , that's awesome . She gets checks for herself and for her dad . That's gone now .
Right right .
And that's years ago .
Yeah , that's not true , because I was looking into it because I put up a Shawn Mendes cover like a while ago . Shawn Mendes is a singer . I don't know if you know who he is , do you ?
know who he is ? Yeah , I've heard of them .
Well , I did a cover of it and I put it on YouTube and it was getting actually a decent amount of views . But three days later , boom , I took it down and I didn't understand , because I always see people cover songs on YouTube . Of course , yeah , and yeah , you have to pay .
You have to get permission .
No , yeah , no . They have these things , these sites that are coming out , these new things where artists will sign up , because there's not a lot of ways for artists to make money anymore .
Of course , yeah , so that's the way is through playing at restaurants , because restaurants like Will was saying when we had him on , if we had our own you have to pay BMI for playing any type of song in your restaurant and then BMI gets to keep 90% of the money and the other 10% goes to the artist .
Yeah , it's really crazy , it's absolutely ridiculous .
Did you hear the finished ? Yeah , we played it on the show .
My favorite . We played it on the show .
Yeah , it's not finished , but it's close to finished .
Which one are we talking about Under the Moonlight right ?
Oh no you're talking about Billie Jean . Oh , yeah , yeah , because we covered Billie Jean .
Yeah , that was fire . That sounds really good .
And I'm waiting for the next one .
Yeah , see , that's Fridays . You know my thing . I'm trying to get him on here . It's just that he's a busy man , yeah .
He's really good at what he does too . I know he really is . He's fucking out of his mind like me .
There you go , but he's like a mentor to me . Yeah exactly Like when you're ready , the teacher will appear , type shit . That was the kind of thing . And the thing with him was he was in my life the whole time . And I didn't realize like damn , this is the guy I should be messing with .
The whole time and he is in recovery , you know , knows what it's like to be going through what I'm going through . Right Is like very sympathetic towards all the stuff and he knows me very well . We were stayed . There's this certain thing like when you go through crises or something with something , go through like emotional moments .
Somebody's aware of it ? No , together yeah .
Like , say , near death , like you guys were in like an earthquake together or something happened .
Yeah , you guys were in like an earthquake together , or something happened , or yeah .
So you were in a jail cell alone , for , like me and justin spent a lot of time together in a building for three months and we saw each other every day . We ate breakfast , lunch and dinner together . Yeah , you know , I knew everything about him . Yeah , so it was a deeper relationship , so that kind of bond .
It's like we feel like we , no matter what , what we didn't even him we'll fight , like , like , like argue , but it's like the next day it's like it's all right , it's , oh , it's what it was . You know , we never hold grudges . It's like it's . We've been through that already .
We've had to sit on our hands across from each other and tell each other how we feel about them . And if we didn't tell , like they could tell when you're lying , they would tell your PO and your PO would come but he was the only one that was there . Like he can leave if he wanted to .
He was doing this just because he knew he needed to get his life straight . So that's why I respected him so much for that . That's awesome . His life straight , so that's like I respected him so much for that . That's awesome . And then how I find out , like how I wind up years later opening for his fucking band that he was . How crazy is that ?
So we get an offer , a reunion show , yeah , and they were like all right . Yeah , like cool , it's a big thing at Wonder Bar . Who are we opening for ? Right Borealis ? I'm like wait that the fuck . I was like Justin , did you do anything to get me the show ? He's like I had no idea . He's like I'm not even playing it . He goes .
I didn't even want to do that one , he goes . We already had a reunion show at the Stone Pony . It sold out .
He goes .
I thought that was just so how the world works and I think that's a revolving door . Yeah , and I wrote something at the end of this book . I found another great author I was telling you about and he mixes sci-fi with like other murder mysteries and stuff .
But at the end of this book you find out that the whole universe , what we see is literally Are you going to get deep now ?
She hates when I do this .
I don't like , because you know he can talk like he was basically saying that we no longer you know what you need to do ?
You need to have a podcast by myself . Strictly , no , strictly for the stuff that you read . I know .
That's what you do .
Instead of talking about , hey , let me tell you this , that and the other thing . No , talk about what you love .
My best critic right here .
Talk about what you love , Like the last the vlog . Yeah , you hated that huh , I didn't hate it , I just thought you didn't talk about anything . That was anything that's gonna grab anybody what I loved it .
I'm sorry , I don't care , I'm gonna do me .
I'm gonna try it and do it and fuck everybody . No , but that's okay , but I think that's what you should do . You should no .
I really want to .
That's great team up with somebody that's into the stuff that you're in . No .
I could go off by myself with Kevin fuck it .
Books , movies music Team up with somebody who's going to actually listen to you and enjoy conversing with you .
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Notice , I don't say what's the other one . They say let's have a powwow no conversation . But they say it different Convo Conversate . Let's sit and A powwow no conversation , but they say it different Convo , convo .
Conversate . Let's sit and converse , but they don't say that .
They say conversate . Look in the dictionary . They added that now and that's not . Well , yeah , it's a slang dictionary , I know , but it's not that's not the word .
What is that called the Urban ?
Dictionary . That's not the word , it's converse , have a conversation . But anyway , okay , oh thanks for the fucking tidbits . Yeah Well , tidbits and items are my thing .
Well , I just wanted everybody to meet the woman behind the scene .
I made him . Yeah , she made me Well , with some help from Tony . There you go . Yes , she did .
She has seen me through the ups and downs and has never left my side , and she's the reason that this is all able to happen .
We are we are all , we are all backing this . I know I love you .
I love you too .
Happy , belated Mother's Day to all you moms out there .
Happy belated Mother's Day to all the moms , out moms , and even the single dads that are raising their children .
Yeah , God bless them .
You also need to have a happy parents' day . Yes , I agree with that . Because there are a couple , I know . A shout out to Brian too , if he ever listens on .
And what about the moms that aren't all doing it on their own ?
Yeah , absolutely they double kudos . It's on both sides Double kudos to both of them .
Shout out to my mom I love you . Yeah , yeah , shout out to your mom Happy .
Mother's Day and we will catch you on the flip side . You , son of a bitch , I love it .