It’s an interesting complex, as being around so many people brings on a sense of pseudo normalcy, yet the main reason that we’ve come together in masses is to stand up against one the most normal things this country knows. This episode is about the 4th day of the police brutality protests in Portland, OR. #BlackLivesMatter Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss...
Karen can't help but say things "karenly". #BlackLivesMatter
A man wearing a Gucci t-shirt bumped into me at a street fair. He had a couple of burlap sacks of potatoes for pecs and a two locomotives that I guessed he called his legs.
Books coming in the mail at random unannounced. Not sure from who. It's mysterious, provokes a little paranoia. Also been sanitizing everything, and in doing so, getting my money's worth on Clorox wipes. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
I’d be better off hoping to wake up in time to see dew on the strip of dead grass outside our house than to expect a rainy afternoon in San Diego. When it did in fact rain, people canceled their plans, cars stopped driving, it became a talking point. But it also ixnayed normal dietary protocol, someone didn’t have to get Bar-Mitzvah’d or turn 5-0 for my mom to tear open a new bag of brown sugar and dose a couple drops of vanilla extract into a khaki-colored batter. Follow the podcast! Instagram:...
An admiration, an envy for the lengthy frames of cross country runners and their community. And I've taken an appreciation to running through Portland neighborhoods on late Saturday mornings for a certain reason. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
A priest, a student with a short attention span, and a test to a moral compass. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
A house isn't a home until you've been sick in it. This goes against the millennial desire of a semi-furnished studio apartment. One plant can't cure everything (maybe 2 or 3 or 4), other variables play into it. Comfort, space, family, love, posters. Been doing some live streams over on the Instagram account @heresmything_. Trivia, live readings, 10-minute drills too. Join us! Wednesdays and Sundays at 8pm. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagra...
I was googling celebrities wearing fedoras when I found a photo of Barack Obama wearing one. Not the cool photo where he was smoking the joint. This photo is better put as ill-advised. The way he wore it reminded me of how you wear fedoras before going into a photo booth. I’d never force my opinion on him, but if he asked what I thought, I’d say, “Mr. President, there’s a time and place, just not right now.” Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagr...
Dealing with boredom during quarantine, being easily amused, anxious thoughts. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
The first half of this episode is about a bowl of strawberries my mom prepared for me when I was 9. The second half of this episode is about grocery shopping during the pandemic. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
Love at The Court is brought full-circle! The thing about this story is that it takes place only as far back as a year and a half ago. So those close to me know that I haven’t dated anyone who looks like Dua Lipa. And if you follow me on social media you’re on the same page too because my feed would maybe be only portrait-mode photos of her. Or photos of her after we’d finish a hike, so blinded by love I’d caption the photo, “Beautiful, but I'm not talking about the view." But me dating Dua Lipa...
This episode is part 1 of a 2 part installment, Love at The Court. Part 1 sets the main stage: a food court. More than that, the general luncheon landscape from an old job downtown. There was an employee at a juice bar at the food court that looked like a Portland version of Dua Lipa, she gets introduced at the end of this episode.
Because of some reoccurring blisters on my pinky finger, I’d recently been referred to a specific dermatologist who looked more like someone who would’ve made a killing as a stockbroker in the late 80s than a decorated academic. The appointment paperwork came with a twist.
My car got broken into this past week. Obviously that's not good, but after letting it sit, it's really podcast episode waiting to happen, a story to tell! Enjoy. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
The apartment that was too good to be true - I think.
Buying weed when recreational dispensaries weren't a thing. You said the bud was how dank? And smoking for the first time, chasing something different than getting high. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
A time where generational gaps plagued social interaction. Thank goodness for Slack and a library of emojis. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
I was on my way to the fitting room to take a snap chat when a customer stopped me and ask if we had any black skinny jeans, the caveat being that they had to have rips at the knees. What he did was no different than asking a server at Red Lobster if they sold Lobster, as ripped clothing is H&M’s forte. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
I was getting milk tea at this new place in town with my friend Brae. A couple next to us took a boomerang of their drinks when he told me about some of the double entendres from Eminem’s latest album. Apparently with each time through he’d catch something new. A few tapioca balls settling in my mouth, “how many times have you listened to it?” “Eight”, he said Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss...
My younger cousins got me 10 packs of Trident gum for the holidays. I think my mom gave the tip because I never told them I got through a couple of packs a week. I enjoy gum, mainly chewed to keep my breath fresh, but also welcoming the nostalgia that comes with specific flavors.
The dining hall at my alma mater had 3 long communal tables in the middle. It was a Catholic school, but I don't think that had much to do with the naming of these tables, "Jesus Tables". Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
If a job requires a cover letter I usually just recycle one originally written in 2015, subbing out the name of the company, maybe playing with a couple of the words. This past week I was applying to a cupcake delivery job that required a cover letter. Instead of falling back into old habits, I wrote one from scratch and had some fun with it too. This is My Millennial Cover Letter. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter:...
Someone who, if I had to guess, was a student at Reed College got an everything bagel with cream cheese at a coffee shop I was at. They licked all the cream cheese off the bagel and didn't eat the bagel, but that really wasn't the most confusing part for me. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
My 8th-grade history teacher was remarkably boring. All it took was for her to throw around keywords like democracy or enlightenment and then I would blast off to another realm. A cause and effect no different than ending up in a 7/11 after puffing on a joint or waking up groggy after taking Nyquil.
With a top-knot for hairstyle, I walked into a restaurant looking for a job. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
I feel like I've had a cold for the past 4-months. I went to the doctor's office to check it out and ended up learning a thing or two about the medical assistant taking my vitals.
Obed Padilla is a talented, timeless musician from Oceanside, CA. We met up at his home studio and he told his story. His album Deyssler is available everywhere. You can catch him @obedpadilla_ on Instagram and @obedpadilla on Twitter. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
This installment is a collection of entries from some of my notebooks around the past year. Some of them are just a sentence, some are a couple of paragraphs, there's even have a poem in here. Some have dates and some don’t - the ones that don’t are usually the sentences that I randomly wrote on a page with no explanation. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss...
I was aware that dogs and cats are allowed in my apartment building, but I had no idea thoroughbred horses are too. Follow the podcast! Instagram: @heresmything_ Twitter: @heresmything_ Follow me! Instagram: @johnroussosss Twitter: @johnroussosss
