I Have No Idea How Next Month Will Go - Doing Some Thinking / Changes On The Horizon & Orange Circle
Orange Circle September 2023
Transcript
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today's adventure brings me to the
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Orange Circle Orange California my old
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stomping grounds where I used to live
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2015
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2016. as the recording of this it is
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Monday September 18th
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2023 and here in Old Town Orange
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in the Historic Plaza looks as if
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construction update something has
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happened to the Fountain this is the
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first time I've ever not seen the
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fountain on before
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I figured I'd do a little stroll around
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see what's happening I haven't been here
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in a little while
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police pardon our dustwell repairs are
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made to the plaza Fountain thank you for
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your patience now I call it the orange
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circle I know a lot of other people
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around here also call it the orange
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circle but I guess technically
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it's the orange Plaza and there's
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usually a bench when I used to live here
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used to have a lot of
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thoughts and walks and talks and sit and
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talks and just talks
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a lot of times I would utilize that
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bench right over there but first i'm
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gonna get some coffee welcome everyone
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Adam is to woo here and I can safely say
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the year two years year and a half two
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years that I lived here 2015 into the
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early 2015 January February January
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let's say of 2015 until summer of 16 so
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I think it was about an 18 month lease a
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year and a half lease more than a little
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just about that that I was at maybe it
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was two years nonetheless I enjoyed
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living in this area
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and just have some some fond memories
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I'm just gonna take a little stroll but
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first as I stated maybe a little
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caffeine a little piping hot caffeinated
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beverage there was a place called Phil's
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Coffee which is based out of San
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Francisco they opened a few years ago
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right at the end of the old gas station
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so I'm gonna head over there
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and get some coffee join me shall you
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now in that time frame that I was
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residing here I was about three blocks
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from here three or four blocks from here
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so I could walk down here all the time
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so there is an active Starbucks over
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there but there back then there used to
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be an active Starbucks in this bank so
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there were two starbuckses within just a
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couple of yards of each other I'm not
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getting Starbucks today though I'm gonna
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get some fills it's a silver now I
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either have a horrible memory which I
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probably do
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or this is new I don't ever remember
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seeing a bus roll through this area but
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I guess there was but then again for the
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last couple years from 2020 up until
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very recently this street was all
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blocked off you couldn't drive down it
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also tiddlywinks was used in the movie
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that thing you do this was the appliance
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store in that thing you do and if you've
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ever listened to No Doubt tragic Kingdom
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that album cover if you look at the very
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back of it right up here is where Gwen
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Stefani and the rest of the band took
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their photos she was in a shot she was
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like running with the shopping cart full
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of musical instruments and you can match
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these up I've covered this before but
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it's been some time so I'm just kind of
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mentioning it again so if you look at
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the back cover tragic Kingdom you see
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Gwen Stefani with the shopping cart
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running right here and you can match all
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this up here in front of this place now
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called Provisions they have coffee there
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but I'm heading over to that place oh
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there's a dumpling bar here now
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take a look at that
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this place is open if you want to start
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a little business this like cute little
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alcove type store skateboarding
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rollerblades and bites I mean does
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anyone even rollerblade anymore skate
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people skateboard and bicycle you'll see
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a lot of rollerbladers too much I always
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like the little words they put up here
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in this church this sunlight Marquee
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right on the corner of Glassell
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and maple have right there I can
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remember when this opened in fact I
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think I was here on opening day of the
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Phil's Coffee in fact I drank some
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Phil's Coffee recently when I was up in
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San Francisco
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and I talked about how this was here and
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it reminded me of one of my many homes
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but now I'm back back here
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to get some coffee I want to talk about
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how I have no idea what in the name of
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heck I'm going to be doing during all of
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October it's all completely up in there
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all of them I always get something well
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not always but nine times out of ten
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when I go to a Phil's which I don't even
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know if I've been to a Phil's more than
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10 times but a lot of times I will get
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something called the filtered Soul which
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has a hazelnut flavors to do like
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hazelnut but they have kept the original
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design of the old auto body shop or the
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old mechanic shop with the three bay
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doors right here which is pretty nice
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and you see over there in the electrical
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box they have the oranges painted on the
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side
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right over there it would be neat one
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day to go inside that church building
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because it's in an old theater
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yeah I really my October depends on the
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baseball postseason and the Tampa Bay
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Rays in the Tampa Bay Rays
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looks like they're gonna be getting a
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new stadium and it looks as if it's
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going to be in St Pete
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in the Tampa Bay area checking a few
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hours ago it was prominently rumored
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heavily rumored even though it has not
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100 officially been announced but it
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looks as if
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this is hypothetically in speculation
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but very heavy strong according you
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never trust the internet but as I am
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mentioning this it appears as if Tampa
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Bay Rays are going to can still be the
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Tampa Bay Rays not the Tampa Rays not
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the Orlando rise and they're going to be
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staying in the Bay Area
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of Florida
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oh should probably put a little more
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sugar on this
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it usually settles towards the bottom
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all right I'm gonna get walking let's
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see what's happening down the circle you
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know just for the heck of it earlier I'm
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always kind of thinking out loud and
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just like I always I'm very impulsive
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with my decisions
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in fact when I moved here
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in 2015 I came to visit I went to
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Disneyland on New Year's from 2014 to
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2015. and also I'm getting sidetracked
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as I want to talk about another old gas
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station here called The Filling Station
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that's been repurposed into like a
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restaurant but I moved here impulsively
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and 2015 just kind of on a whim I do a
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lot of things on on a whim moved to
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Hollywood kind of the same thing bought
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an RV kind of on our way just I don't
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know I just I have problems but
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I just I looked up to see if the house I
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used to rent a few blocks from here was
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for rent again I don't know what's
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with a lot of weight
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I'll just be in a certain area and then
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I'll just look up real estate look up
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rentals look up for sale thing I just
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thought I always do that some great old
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ghost signs through here like that Hobbs
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battery for all cars see it painted on
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the side right there and I think what I
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said about the buses I think the buses
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were through here before but for the
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last few years when they had the streets
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blocked off for the outdoor dining in
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California kind of kept that going
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longer than a lot of other sites you
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obviously couldn't drive through so I
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haven't been used to seeing buses
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through here in a while and it's not as
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even as if I am planning on moving back
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to California because in all honesty I
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probably never will but just the way my
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mind works when I'm in a place you start
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a ton of Daydream Window Shop things
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like that speaking of window shopping
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that's all I've ever done with this Mr
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C's because I don't think I've ever been
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by here when it's been open I do have
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the opening hours up here Friday
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Saturday and Sunday oh you know what
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that's why it's from noon to four on the
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weekends and I guess for whatever reason
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one reason or another I'm never
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strolling past this
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I think when I lived in the area I went
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in here once or twice me and my former
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roommate Tyler Evans Rock journalist he
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moved to Georgia which I was talking to
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my friend Justin scarred about it it's
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been seven almost eight years ago that
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would have been this time of the year
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2015.
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when he when he left
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man
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where the heck does the time go
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so it's been eight years
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look at that Moon down there such a
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great Vibe around here got the wind
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chimes going
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you ever hear there's a need a plant
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take a plant if you need a plant
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take a plant if you want to leave a
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plant leave a plant okay got the newer
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sports car there but then classic car
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alert one thing about this area do you
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see a lot of vintage Vehicles always
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cruising through here and look at this
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old liquor store sign which was here
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before the kitchen place that went in
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the restaurant that's in there now
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popped in but they've they put the
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liquor store sign back up after the fact
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but now it is a place called boss cat oh
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there's even like part of the liquor
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store sign over there but I love that
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classic car with it should also mention
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the Tampa Bay Rays just clinched going
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into the wild card they are in the AL
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East Division right now Baltimore's two
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games ahead of them and as I'm speaking
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there are 11 games left in the regular
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season for the Rays I believe 12 or 13
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for Baltimore so there's a possibility
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that the Rays could still get
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the division championship or the AL East
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Division Championship
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but I'm curious to see how it's going to
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play out without there's an antique
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store over there too oh yeah there is a
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boss you know what now that I say that
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there is a bus depot down there across
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the way over here a little Sun glared
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out
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just from the angle but that's my old
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Post Office right there I'd always walk
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down right over here we go to the Post
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Office over here at the Starbucks
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there's also a cigar place right next to
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it is the site of the first building
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here in 1871 the town of farm lot of
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Andrew Glassell the fourth and Chapman
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who two familiar names in this area were
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offers protective buyers by the tracks
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resident agent Glassell maintain two
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ceiling orange trees in front of office
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residents as curious to entice settlers
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site of the first building right there
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Plaza historic district walkway plaques
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were donated by the community to
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commemorate some of the events
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so these are all the contributors right
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here I love all the old neon like that
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Felix side look at this old barber shop
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sign the Blaze Pizza over there that
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used to be
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a Radio Shack
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not a Radio Shack anymore look at this
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old truck nice there's another old
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advertisement there for the Army Navy
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Store
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that would still open
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not only is that a relic of the past but
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it is still promoting an active store
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here in 2023.
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District also known as the orange circle
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I call it the orange circle so much
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these buses are trying to prove me wrong
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and just being like no no we've been
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here we've been here
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so I bought two bicycles
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here in town right over here at Orange
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Cycle one of them where I ended up
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wrecking it going down a song look at
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that old wow that old uh bus over there
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little van is pretty sweet yeah bought
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both my bikes here
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okay A little little baseball talk for
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just just a minute to explain
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the
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my plans coming up so right now the Rays
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Tampa Bay Rays who as stated are
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probably going to be staying in the bay
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there's a 99.99 chance that they're
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going to be staying in St Pete has not
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officially been announced
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which is good I really wish they would
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be more towards Ebor or even Orlando the
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thing is by the time they even build a
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new stadium in 2027 or around that time
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frame who knows where I will even be
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will still be supporting the team I'll
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still be going to their games this year
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and last year so last year I started a
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thing where I want to go to all 30
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stadiums knocked off a few last year
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knocked off a budge this year I've gone
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to 18 stadiums already I've been to more
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stadiums than that there are 30 current
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major league stadiums
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I have been to 18. now there will be
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more there's probably going to be some
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expansions and some moves and things
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like that over you know over the span of
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not only my life but other people's
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lives and MLB and all that but I want to
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go to Every Stadium while the team I
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root for the rays are playing there and
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I've knocked 18 off between last year
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and this year and with the postseason
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which basically a postseason is the
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playoffs for those who are not into to
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baseball the playoffs are after the
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regular season is going to begin
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in the first week of October and go
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through after Halloween the Halloween
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weekend I think into the first weekend
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or the first week of November
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and that consists of the American League
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and National League Division
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Championship the ALDS American League
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Division Series the championship series
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and then the World Series the American
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League is where the rays are now right
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now
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this could all change in a few days
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the razor in the Wild Card which means
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they have to play a best two out of
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three game series to get to the division
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series then to the championship series
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and then the World Series is very very
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complex I will not be able to go if they
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go into the wild card race I can't go to
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the wild card I have prior obligations I
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have already booked a trip
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that cannot be changed in fact my mom
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will be flying out to Southern
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California in a couple of days two-ish
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days and I will be with her until
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October 6th maybe seventh let's call it
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October 6th which is when basically the
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time frame of The Division Series starts
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so what's before that would be the wild
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card I cannot go to so I'm hoping to
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raise
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take the division that way I do not miss
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a playoff game and I have no problem
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missing a playoff game but I do not want
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them to go in there and I am not there
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to support them and then they lose and
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the season's over and I have gone to my
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last Rays game for the year I want to be
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there for the team
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and just
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be there last year I was there in the
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wild car when they lost against the
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Cleveland Guardians formerly the Indians
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and even though that was you know that
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15th inning walk-off that the the
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Guardians hit out to left field was
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really like man that just like hit me
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sitting behind the raised Dugout at
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least I was there for it so I would like
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to be there even if they lose in any of
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the any of the playoff games leading up
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to the hopeful World Series I want to be
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there for it okay so that's enough about
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that very very confusing baseball talk
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but that's that's why I want them to get
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to the next round that way I get back to
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Florida on the night of the six early
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morning the seventh and then I can get
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into postseason baseball I have devoted
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all of October to postseason if they do
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not make it if they get eliminated then
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I have it completely open but right now
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all of my October is locked in
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as of this very moment this is the
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post-season picture now keep in mind
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anything over here in the wild car the
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American League Wild Card the national
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league wild card is not decided which
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means so all this could change so if
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Tampa Bay takes over the lead from the
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Orioles or only two games back with 11
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games to play they could still overtake
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the American League and not be in the
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wild card but let's just hypothetically
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say the postseason started today
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and it ended up being the Blue Jays and
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Tampa Bay Rays they would have home
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field advantage they have a better
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record I would not be able to make it
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back for that best two out of three game
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series I believe the ALDS is a best of
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five so I'm hoping I can go back so
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here's the interesting thing I have
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knocked off 18 stadiums off of my list
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so far with a Razer playing and I have
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never been to Ranger Stadium I have
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never been to the Minnesota Twins
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stadium to see the Rays I have never
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been to the Astro stadium and I have
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never been to Baltimore so I could if it
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went well let's say that they made it in
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let's say they just let's say they won
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the wild card and ended up playing
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Baltimore I could go see them in the
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19th stadium and then any of these three
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teams that go on to the ALCS at the
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razor in there I could essentially maybe
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knock off 20 of those and I've never
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been to Dodger Stadium and I've never
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been to the Braves stadium to see the
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Rays I did go to the Braves World Series
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took my uncle there to see the Astros a
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couple years ago because he's a Bray
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he's a big Braves fan for many many
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years and I grew up the brave so I took
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him there and the two of us they watched
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them they won the World Series but when
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they ended up losing that game even
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though they won the series they but I
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also haven't knocked off the Phillies
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or
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well I went to my I went to the Miami
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the Miami Marlins stadium but I have not
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been to the Brewer stadium so I could
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essentially maybe knock off at least one
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two maybe three more stadiums I've been
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focusing on this graph too long keep in
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mind this could all change over the next
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couple days the only ones that are
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locked in are the non-wild cards so
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pretty much everything from the from
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this area is what is kind of locked up
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so far and any of those that I just
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mentioned that I have not been to those
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stadiums if they end up playing them in
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those away stadiums you can bet you
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about a dollar I'm gonna be there I'm
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going to travel to go to the like I said
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I've opened up all of October
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and if that gets shut down in the first
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week of October
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such as life
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but I
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I have some high hopes
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I'm putting it out there hopefully all
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right enough baseball talk for now so I
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kind of put that in there I just want to
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give some perspective on how my plans
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and travel plans are going to go in
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October I'm just gonna stroll back
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through also been doing some thinking
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about
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stuff that's going to happen for
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2024. now it's going to be kind of
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business as usual with you know how
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things have been the last couple of
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years two through
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2023 but into 24 I am I do want to knock
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off the rest of those stadiums let's say
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I still have 12 stadiums to go
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possibly only 10 stadiums to go or we'll
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be traveling to those next year
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but other than that I really want to
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take a step back from planned events
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planned
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festivities conventions
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openings theme park openings things like
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that all those places I still want to go
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to but I really want to have a more open
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type of
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schedule when it comes to doing things
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I'm probably not making a lot of sense
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let me try to explain just a little bit
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better in 2024 other with the asterisk
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being the the baseball the baseball
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stuff like that will be locked into a
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date stamp and obviously after 2024 when
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I have knocked off all 30 stadiums I
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will still be going to raise games but
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not as heavily to the away stadiums I go
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to certain stadiums but I definitely
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don't want to have that I have to be in
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a certain city on a certain date locked
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in with that so that will end at the end
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of 2024 and I'll just kind of move past
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that and have a little more I don't say
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freedom because I do have the freedom to
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do whatever I want at this particular
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point but I am purposely locking myself
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into a lot of things not just
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necessarily the baseball but also with
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oh there's a new ride opening oh there's
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a new land opening at a theme park oh
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there's a certain convention there's a
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certain haunt happening there is you
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know this particular thing is taking
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place that I have said you know I need
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to be at that but I don't need to be hit
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anything and I want that to kind of
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change starting after this year and then
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you know progressing from there so I
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just want to have I don't want to lock
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myself into as much just kind of
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thinking out loud I did mention that I
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will not be attending DragonCon next
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year
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so I will not be going that I've been to
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that the last 10 years and I will not be
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going to that and I want to start doing
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that after this year keep in mind
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business as usual and pretty much par
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for the course with the cliche stuff
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that I usually do until the end of the
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but after this year going into
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pulling into 24.
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I don't want to get back to basics get
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back to the roots a little bit and not
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really dialed in to an affirmative
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tucked in schedule
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I don't know what a tucked-in schedule
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is
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but I don't want to have to be back for
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something I just wanna I wanna roam I
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think I've kind of lost that over the
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last the last few years the roaming
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aspect and a lot of it's my own fault
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throwing the baseball stuff in and then
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all the conventions I go to you know
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what I should make that a a is something
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I do on a regular basis what is that
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tradition I got too many Traditions I
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just need to alienate and disintegrate a
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lot of the Traditions I have in my life
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it's not going to be like a cold turkey
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type thing I don't know why I'm focusing
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on this historic sago palm so much
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but this has been here for a while too
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and they have the little stanchions
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they're holding it up but I want to I
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want to tone down the traditions and the
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usual things that I do overtime
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overtime take a look at these old old
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Vespa these little Vespas these little
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scooters right here you know having this
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Channel The Daily woo
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putting up daily video so that I think
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it's a blessing
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and a curse also Orange California the
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architecture reminds me a lot of South
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Pasadena
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let's see old craftsman style houses
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because
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I feel like it's a hit not a hindrance
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but sometimes it's a not only a
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motivation
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but also a burden in the fact that it's
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like it's called The Daily woo and then
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I think I have to put out a daily video
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to have taken breaks but pretty
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consistently
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I put up a video every day
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did take the break of 2017.
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to do some bigger projects
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but there are times I think maybe I
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shouldn't go out and film something
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today maybe I should do
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have a me day or research something and
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not do a 24-hour challenge to put out
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another video and state what day it is
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and do things in real time
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it's kind of an odd
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it's kind of an odd bizarre way to run a
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channel in comparison
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to how it's normally done across the
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board on this platform on the Shadows
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really lengthy right there the way the
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sun is behind me
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again no idea what the future holds
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thinking out loud
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but these are our real thoughts I'm
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always always considering
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the houses aren't cheap around here
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either though
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I've rented here I didn't buy
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I've never owned a house
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this is another thing that gets me
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thinking too
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before I walk away from this
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which I do pretty well with but who
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knows if the next creative Endeavor I
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have will be profitable
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it might just be more of a passion
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project
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I don't know if I want to continue
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running or if I want to buy something
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and then that way if crap hits the fan
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and I don't do well with the new project
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at least I have a place to call home
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these are all kind of things that just
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go through the head that car over there
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all right enough of that I am really
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excited
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about within the next week I am going
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somewhere I have never been
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just some things in my head
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but mostly I just wanted to talk about
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what I have no idea in the name of heck
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I'm going to be doing
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after
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October 6th and 7th
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it's going to be an interesting
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month after that date
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all bets are off no one knows
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except maybe someone who has the sports
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Almanac
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that's not a real thing that's just from
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a movie