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Hi guys, I'm in Texas. This week's episode of Pretty Loads of is going to be a little bit different. Well, actually it's not. We're just in a different state in a different country. So why am I in Texas? Well, thank you for asking. It's an unwell event. And I will explain. Last night there was a party. So I slept in Texas last night and I'm here this morning. And there was a party. Am I hungover right now? Yes.
is the only contents of my stomach right now goldfish that i just found in the kitchen of this random house in texas yes what is this house i don't know someone's actual home like okay so unwell's like renting it it's like the unwell house in texas guys this is someone's fully lived in home like trinkets everywhere baby pictures on the walls like the bed is like slept in like but you can tell like it's not like a freshly made bed for like an airbnb situation it's someone's bedroom
with their like their shit on the nightstand and everything but it's crazy because above the door there is a bright red exit sign and it's fully set up to be like like the the garden is like got production stuff in it and like where am i it feels like i'm on a very well-made set but it's not like someone lives here but it's meeting like the safety regulations like it has a fire safety sign lit up in red i'm looking at it right now i'm not lying it's so weird
So anyway, not really sure where I am or what's going on. But what I do know is that in like an hour, right after talking to you guys, I am going to go see Alex Cooper. And all I know is that we're going to ride a bicycle. Nothing else. I know nothing else. So that will be really fun. Anyway, it was such a relief to see the girlies last night because it feels like a little bit of calm within the storm. Like, because this is also crazy. Basically, it was like a fan event.
So the girls that love the Alex and Alex podcasts, they came, I guess, to see them. I'm honestly not sure what the premise of the event was. It was just like a fan event, like a party thing. I hid the whole time I was in this house, which was the only people allowed in the house were like the Unwell team. So I just hid it in here. Sorry about it. I just get a little bit scared. I don't know what it is, but yeah, I went out.
I guess everyone was like in the garden of this house and there was like a DJ and music and people. And actually, I got a Carbone shirt. Guys, it was actually so fucking cool. I got a Carbone t-shirt. I don't know what for, but it has my name on it. So I'm officially an employee, which is really cool. Okay, so I came straight from LA to Texas yesterday and I had a bit of an overwhelming day. The night before, I had been out.
with Prada at their double club Prada event and it was like a Luna Luna collab with Prada. Now when I heard about this I was just like oh yeah it's a Prada event. It was not just a fucking Prada event. Now I might just be uncultured in not knowing what Luna Luna was and yes that's probably true but like I so severely underestimated how fucking cool it is and I think I've got a new personality trait from it. Luna Luna was the first ever art amusement park and the pieces I guess were lost
Or stored somewhere? I don't understand. Anyway, Drake paid 10 million or 100 million. I've heard both digits be thrown around carelessly. I imagine, I hope it was only 10 million. I imagine it might have been 100. Like, anyway, either way, Drake paid an absurd amount of money. And I just find it so funny that it was him. Why? Anyway, I can't say that man's name with a straight face. Drake paid a certain amount of money to restore...
or even just to find the old pieces from the amusement park and put them on exhibit. What does Prada have to do with any of this? Not sure, but I loved it. And so they let me see the exhibition. Craziest shit I've ever seen in my fucking life. I have a whole TikTok vlog. The day that this podcast comes out, I'm going to post a TikTok of the Luna Luna exhibition. Please, I swear, I cannot hype it up enough.
It was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my fucking life. And so much art that I've seen throughout my life and designs that I didn't know what all put in this amusement park. Anyway, but it was so cool. And then there was like a club. So we got dinner. They served me raw meat on a plate and then lobster, both of which I ate. Guys, I have...
struggled with food OCD my whole life to the point that I didn't even eat chicken until like a month ago. I ate chicken for the last time when I was 13 years old and I remember it clearly because I was in Disney World with my family and I was already going off the idea of chicken because I was like
scared it was going to give me salmonella. And then I went to Target with my mom and we picked up chicken and I was really hungry. So I ate some and then I cried so hard because I was convinced that I was going to get salmonella. And I remember to this day, my mom and my sister dragged me around Disney World as I'm sobbing, having a panic attack, like so in my head, so teenager, so terrified of everything, sobbing, crying because...
I was convinced I had salmonella. They got on this ride without me. They never shut the fuck up about this ride to this day. Best ride they've ever been on. Funnest ride they've ever been on. I couldn't possibly understand because I wasn't on the fucking ride. Anyways, I sat outside crying to myself having a panic attack. It was like some kind of rock star ride. Anyway, if you know, you know. And I vowed that day that I would never eat chicken again because it was ruining my life. And I never did. I never ate chicken again. I occasionally...
would nibble a piece of chicken skin on Christmas day because it was so fucking tasty, but I wouldn't eat chicken, right? Like the actual meat couldn't do it. And I wanted to, I wanted to go get a fucking McDonald's and I couldn't. And then I tried some of my friend's chicken because this bitch only eats chicken and it changed my life. It tasted so good.
And then I started to be like, okay, I know I'm scared of chicken because I'm convinced it's going to give me salmonella, even if it's like cooked to the bone. But I was like, it's every kid's favorite food. They, the kids will eat chicken from like the worst, like off-road diner you've ever seen in your life. And they're always fine. Like kids eat chicken day in, day out. Like my summer camp kids, I remember they only ever had chicken from like the shit kitchen that was on site. Like everyone eats chicken all the fucking time and no one ever gets sick.
I feel like the cheaper the chicken, the less likely you are to get sick because they fry it in so much boiling hot oil. Like the chicken to be wary of is like your mom's slightly undercooked chicken in the kitchen when it's like a chicken breast, you know, but like chicken wings and like chicken bites from like food places. There's no reason to be afraid, you know? So I decided I was going to brave it and I tried chicken.
and it changed my world and I have since incrementally nibbled on pieces of chicken frequently to the point I even got a raisin canes from Times Square jobs that is to be honest when I tell people that I ate Times Square chicken they do look at me funny because like no one does that let alone someone with severe food OCD so what the fuck but like I clearly just like blacked out that day obsessed with my newfound love for chicken
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So many new foods lately and I cannot tell you guys how happy it makes me because I used to fantasize about specifically KFC chicken with gravy. I missed it so much to the point I would fantasize, I'm sorry, this isn't even funny to say, about being diagnosed with
with some kind of terminal illness or knowing for some reason that I was about to die like you are in a situation where you know you're going to die in the next day and I used to say if that ever happens to me I will eat the KFC chicken with gravy because by the time it's digested and I might potentially get food poisoning from it I'll already be dead that is a thought I have had repetitively since I was 13 years old I'd planned it I was gonna eat the fucking KFC chicken and
And now I'm in a position where they just serve me raw meat at a Prada dinner and I just fucking try it. Like, I didn't eat the whole thing. I just had a little piece of the corner, but I did try it. I tried the raw meat and apparently it was tartar, whatever the fuck that is. And then they served lobster tail. That is not even something I would consider eating. Like,
The biggest fish to me, I just don't do it. It's just not worth the panic attack I get. I don't understand the microbiology behind the infections. And like, I know what salmonella is. So I just avoid chicken. Whereas fish, I'm like, I could get all sorts. And I'm just too OCD. I'm too scared. And I don't even want to fucking bother. And I don't even like fish enough to try. Guys, I ate the fucking lobster. I wish you knew how insane this was because...
I have to call my mom and tell her like, I really, I haven't even texted her yet. Like mom, I ate lobster, but I'm going to literally have to phone her up. I might even call my dad. Guys, I hate fucking lobster. This is like a monumental moment for me.
And I didn't have a panic attack. Probably because I was drunk. But it... Yeah, probably because I was drunk. And then, you guys are never gonna believe it. I ate a hot dog. Do you know when the last time I had a fucking hot dog was? I couldn't tell you. It was long before 13. It was long before the fear of chicken. I have not even bothered with things like that. Because I'm just so scared that they're gonna make me sick. And this guy walked up to us with like a tray of hot dogs. And they looked so fucking good. And...
I have fantasized about those. Longer than I can remember. I watch mukbangs because I'm jealous of what they can eat because I just can't get myself to do it. I ate the fucking hot dog. It was the best fucking hot dog of my entire... I can't even tell you how fucking good that shit was. It had mustard on it. It had ketchup. I don't even like ketchup, guys. I guzzled it. And you know what's crazy?
when he handed it to me I took it and I was like why did I take that because I'm not even gonna eat it and then I felt bad and then I was like I'm just gonna take a bite because a lot of the time with my food OCD I feel like I can have a bite of something but I can't eat the whole thing and if I eat a whole thing that I'm nervous of like a whole chicken wing or a whole hot dog I feel like there's a higher chance of me getting sick versus me just having one nibble right so usually what I do is if there's something I really want to eat but I'm scared of it
If I really, really want to, I will take a bite, but I will just take a bite. So I do that with like a lot of things. Like my mom will order something really tasty. I'll have a bite, but I won't. I'll then stick to my like safe food, which is like fucking pasta. So I took a bite of this hot dog and then I just had this voice in my head and it was like, I'm just going to let you eat the hot dog. Like, I don't know who it was in there, but someone that controls me and that was like, you're just going to eat this whole hot dog. You're allowed to, you can eat the hot dog.
And when I gave myself permission to have the whole hot dog, do you know how fucking excited I was? I don't know, like something just released in my head, like you can eat the hot dog. I'm not going to stop you. And then I knew that I was going to get to enjoy every bite because I wasn't like, don't eat the hot dog, don't eat the hot dog. I was just eating the fucking hot dog. I don't know if this is, I think this will resonate with people, but like, I hope so because otherwise I sound crazy. It was the best hot dog of my life because I was not saying I wasn't going to eat it in my head the whole time. And it tasted fucking incredible. Duh, it's a hot dog.
Also, I'm really fucking cold. I thought Texas was just hot. Like, I just think of it as a hot place. And I'm, like, goosebumps right now because I wore a cold outfit. Anyways, so I'm really excited to be at the Unwell event because I feel like I spend so much time, like, working online. And I speak to people over the phone all the time and, like,
the team is great, but I never see them. So they kind of just become like a number in my phone that like kind of stresses me out. You know, every time I get a text, it's work and I'm like, oh fuck. Like this podcast stresses me the fuck out because I don't ever, like I wasn't even going to say it on the podcast because I was like, no, like no one wants to hear me complain. Duh. But like it does stress me out. I, it's really hard to speak for an hour every week and I don't want to be one of those people that puts out content that's not worth listening to. Like
I mean, I guess that's kind of what my content is, but it's like, I don't want to be someone that just like talks and then like is annoying, you know? And I don't want to, it's hard. Like it's hard to find things to talk about that aren't completely fucking pointless to say and completely boring. And I'm very mean to myself about the things that I post. And I'm not a perfectionist, but I think anyone would be bothered by the lack of
perfection when you have to pump out an hour's worth of content every single week and it's just you talking to yourself like no I'm not even a perfectionist but the level that this isn't up to par for me still bothers me you know so the podcast really like it does stress me out I love doing it but it it does it is kind of the only part of this entire thing that is hard for me and and feels like a consistent like battle and so
so it's really nice to come and like reconnect with everyone on the actual team and like remember that it's fun and it's exciting and like everyone is you know like young and figuring it out and we're all actually making a project that is so cool the unknown the unwell network is so cool the concept is so cool the creators are so cool both of the alex's so cool like
everyone here is cool everyone here is nice and everyone here just is trying to like succeed and do something and create and it's new to everyone and so I feel like coming here has made me feel like a bit of a human being again because it's not just like this mesh of things in my little ADHD brain where I'm like ah I can't do it it's stressing me out you know because that is exactly how I am all the fucking time me and my friend we always say
We have days where we feel like we have one finger up our nose and one finger up our ass and we're just walking around like that all fucking day. Like, help! You know? That's, like, the best way I can describe my emotion of, like, frustration because I have so much going on in my head that I can't figure any of it out and, like,
I don't know what to talk about and I'm so hung up on the fact that I don't know what to talk about that I also can't do my laundry and I also can't eat and I also can't walk my dog and I need to call five people. I have ten meetings and I don't know what to do and I'm just sticking my finger up my ass and one up my nose and I'm going to walk around like that. Does that make any sense? No. Has anything I've said yet today made any sense? I think I'm going to go to a psychic. Um...
Because I would like some guidance. But you know what I'm fucking scared of? I am way too susceptible to ideas that aren't my own. So I could go to a psychic with one-star ratings and she'll be like, yeah, bad career projections. And I'll be like, fuck, I knew it. She has a one-star Yelp rating and she says something to me, I'm like, it's 100% true. But then she'll be like, oh no.
you're actually the hottest, sexiest girl in the entire world. Everyone loves you. You're so funny. Keep doing what you're doing. You could never possibly fail. And I'll be like, it's not true because you have a one-star Yelp review rating. So that is why I'm nervous to go to a psychic because I will only listen to the bad things. And if they say bad things, well, then you'll never hear from me again, unfortunately. So I feel like maybe I'm too fragile for it, but
I really, really, really want to go anyways. I think I'm going to go. And I was like, do I want to go to a psychic in Texas or should I maybe like go to one in, you know, like LA? I think Texas. I think we go to a one star rated Yelp review Texan psychic. That's what I think. Maybe I'll just get someone on my team to like pay her off secretly and be like, just say nice things to her. And then I'll be like motivated, you know?
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i um do not have a home right now i'm flatless uh i moved out of my flat in london and i stressed everybody out because i was like i don't have any moving boxes and i haven't organized anything and i'm supposed to be out of here in an hour and i still had my furniture my bed like there was mess on the floor and everyone in my tiktok comments was like what the fuck babe valid but guys i
everyone's like, what happened? What happened? What happened? Like, did you move out in time? No, I didn't move out in time. I left all my shit right there and I went to Paris. You see what I mean? Not ready for therapy. Some of us are beyond help and it's okay, you know? Um, but yeah, I, I ended up getting my friend to, um, observe some moving men. Kind of funny actually. I, when I moved into my flat, I used a service called a man in a van, which
Which is basically just men that come in, they pick up the boxes that you packed by yourself, and they put them in a van, and then they put them in your new home, and then you unpack. The service that I used this time was called a Gentleman in a Van. Like a gentleman, right? Gentleman in a van. And...
they pack the boxes for you and then take your stuff wherever you want it to go and unpack for you so I got them to go in pack up my whole flat disassemble all my furniture and then they put it in storage for me my flat is actually currently on the market which is terrifying because technically I it's still mine I'm still paying rent but I've moved out because I didn't feel comfortable with my landlord holding viewings with all my stuff in there like on the off chance that someone were to view it and like
recognize that flat as mine like god forbid like that's such a small chance but to have my home just like open to strangers day in and day out like no thank you like I have so many personal things in there and just like mess and you're like I don't need people walking around like god forbid taking pictures you know what I mean like I get enough
bullying online for being messy as is I do not need strangers in my home so I decided that I was going to just also for like safety reasons I didn't want the address being online it's such a recognizable flowers like I don't want the address online while I'm still living there so let me just move out I'll still pay him rent because he can't have someone else in there
Like he needs time to hold the viewings between me. And since I wasn't going to let him hold viewings whilst I was still living there, it seemed only fair that I would pay him a month of rent, but not live there and let him have viewings whilst my stuff is not in there. You know what I mean? Did I make any sense? So my shit's in storage, but the flat is still technically mine, which is terrifying. Like there's just people walking around my flat right now.
Everything is pretty much out. I still have some art in there, but everything, like big furniture and personal items, those are all gone. So it's fine. But yeah, scary. I was also like, oh my god, my address is just on right move. Like, what the fuck? Oh my god, it gives me the heebie-jeebies because I actually...
had I never said this online because when it was happening I didn't want to make it a bigger problem and like maybe peak interest and like people start looking but I had to install security cameras I'm not laughing it's not funny it was like the worst period of my life but I have had to install security cameras on my home like my mother's home because we had some guests we had some
And that was a terrifying period of my life. People were showing up at my house and I don't really actually I do know how they just got out. Won't dwell on it. But yeah, that was really horrible because it was only boys that were showing up and it was teenage boys and it was really scary and I did not like it. I did not appreciate it.
And yeah, I had to pay for a very expensive security system. So thanks guys. But yeah, I wasn't like when that was, it was like a while ago that that was really bad. But yeah, I like didn't want to put it online and be like, guys, this is happening. Because I was like, no, because then more people are going to want to do that. You know, like the information was out there at the time, got it taken care of now.
But yeah, that was scary and I feel like I low-key have PTSD from it. I'm kidding. I hate when people throw that term around, but I feel like I low-key have trauma from that and I'm just not down to live somewhere where the address is publicly online. Because that was so fucking scary because actually, the first time that ever happened, I didn't know what was happening and...
I had had a knock on the door and I went to open the door and I didn't have any security or anything. And I opened my door and it was a boy and he walked into my house. Like he walked past me and into my house. And it was the most, I can't even tell you how bad my heart sunk to my ass because I wasn't even thinking it was anything to do with like
this or anything i just thought a man has just walked into my home everyone knows what the fuck that is like i was like oh my god like what is happening my mom was in the other room i was like whoa like i am her protector like hello she's so much smaller than me she's 62 like i'm the man of the house bitch i can't fight you but i'm gonna have to and he yeah it was two boys actually and they just kind of like walked in and i was terrified and um
They came like just in through like my porch and I like stepped back out their way because I was so shocked. I didn't know what the fuck to do. And then I like screamed. So embarrassing. Like who screamed? But yeah, I like yelled for my friend to come help me. God bless. They were there. So yeah, that was a terrifying little experience that I had. And obviously it wasn't the only time, but it was, that was the last time I ever opened my door willy nilly. And I know I shouldn't be opening my door to strangers anyway, but I just like,
was so not thinking that anything was gonna happen like I just I just didn't think like I don't know you always I think it was actually a great wake-up call for me though because I do open my door well I did open my door a lot to strangers and that you always feel like you'll have time to react or like you can close the door like something could happen but he he was so fast like he was so he was just immediately in a in a position in front of me where I couldn't close the door or like
get him away from me like it was and he wasn't violent like he he really didn't have like super malicious intentions this one encounter i'm talking about um but it was
Very weird. And I'm very lucky that nothing worse happened because, yeah, I was like, why the fuck did I open the door, you know? Anyways, I'm really excited to go see Alex later because all I know is bicycle and I'm really hoping that there's no alcohol involved because I think I will throw up if I smell any. Like, you guys are stacked up on top of a book and two bottles of root beer, I believe that is what they are. And I'm just staring at them. Oh god, I'm actually...
So I leave Texas tomorrow morning. And where do I go? I go back to LA. The reason I'm going back to LA is because, like I said, I don't have a flat in London right now. I don't have anywhere to go back to. And I'm not really looking for one particularly. I have...
considered moving out of London because I'm just not sure there's any point of me being there like I don't have business meetings there I don't go out like I'm not I don't go to clubs I don't go to bars I don't take advantage of that side of the city and I don't really do anything like it's kind of just like hindered me like I can't walk around so easily because it's London and it's kind of scary and like I live in Shoreditch and it's just like
not the best place to live in like it's great in terms of like so many coffee shops and so many good food places but like it's very like industrial like it's a it's a inner city like you can't walk around and just like be in a field and like chill out like there's no fields anywhere i live the closest green space to me is london fields and it's still like a 15 minute walk
And it's just like, I'm not really vibing there. And the only reason I've stayed as long as I have is because my friend is there and I genuinely just adore her and I spend all my time with her. So I'm going back to LA for one week and I have a little Airbnb because I'm like, I want to see what it's like to live here. And I already know I'm not moving to LA. Guys, don't even fucking worry about it. I would never move to LA. But like, I kind of just like, it's cold in London and I don't have a flat. So why go back? You know, like, I don't want to live with my mom. I don't,
it doesn't work. Like, it's such a, like, a small house for two adults to live in. And the woman is fucking loud. Like, I love my mummy so much. She sings opera at 7am. Why? She doesn't sing at 9. She doesn't sing at 10. She, in fact, the rest of the day, there's almost not a peep. But 7am on the dot, the woman is in the kitchen. Woohoo!
It drives me fucking insane. And, like, I feel so bad. It's her house. Who am I to tell her to shut up, you know? But it drives me insane. And she'll just, like, burst into my room. Madeline, what are you doing today? My mother is full of life and full of noise. And I just...
prefer a little quiet sanctuary so I'm thinking I might get another flat in London or just move to the fucking countryside in the UK like it's tricky because I don't have a reason to be anywhere right now like there's not one reason for me to be in London over Texas you know what I mean like I don't have ties to any place other than I want to be near my mom and I want to be near my dad and I have a dog right so like that's those are my three considerations but
But I'm in a position where I'm lucky enough that I can have my mom visit me if I was to move to America or wherever I might want to move to. She can come visit me. I can make sure that she's able to do that, which is the best part of this job and such a privilege that I've been handed because of you guys.
to be able to just have my mother with me, that is everything to me. Like, I love her so fucking much and I just never want to be apart from her, which previously would have meant that I just, like, never left the UK because I just won't leave her. Like, she probably doesn't like that, but I will not leave her. So she definitely just wants, like, ease into, you know, easy living, kid-free, go get herself a man, like, have her holidays, you know, chill out. And I'm like, oh, hey, mummy, I'm actually going to live with you indefinitely.
Okay guys, we're going to our secondary location now. Can you see me? We're going to our secondary location. Maybe I'll see you there. What is a white claw? What is a white claw? I don't know what it is. Beer? I don't work out. I actually already feel it in my knees. I don't know why I'm still pedaling. She has literally got a motor right there. This is a vehicle. It's really bad because my jeans are so baggy.
And full transparency, I am wearing slutty underwear. And so they're like bagging at the back because I'm sat down. So everyone driving past can like see my arsehole. Okay, first time trying a white claw. Okay, so I've heard Maya Knight talk about these. Ooh, that's really nice. Guys, there's nothing in this. 5%? This is like America's WKD. Do you guys have that over here? WKD? Fuck's sake. See...
You guys can't hate on me for not knowing white claw. It's the same thing. It's like everyone's first drink in the UK and it's got like a splash of vodka and then it's like blueberry juice. Yeah, but blue. Guys, like did you hear what that guy said to me last night? He walked up to me and was like, you're so autistic. I'd met him like three minutes before. I was like, huh? Autistic? Yeah, like five times. He was like, you're on the spectrum. Okay, maybe. It's an allegation. Are you...
I'm upset. Cheers! My legs are, actually. I've been working this whole time. I actually do need to sweat out the tequila from last night. I just took over your podcast to take the microphone. I'm so sorry. I'm just like, hey guys, what's up? Pretty Lonesome here. Madeline, how are you feeling today? No, I can't interview you.
Yes, you can, please. I can't. I don't like it. So this is your first white claw? Second. Now. No, but I mean like in life you've never had a white claw. Yeah, no one has them in England. I don't know. What's the review? One out of ten? Ten, but I just wish it was not just five percent. You'd have to have like twenty. Oh, you're trying to get fucked up.
Kind of. I am quite hungover. I made some really questionable decisions last night. I was told in the morning by Lauren that I got up on stage and I basically battled the band to a sing-off. What I was saying is, so I started basically challenging this man to a sing-off. And I don't know why I get so confident when I'm drunk, but I think I am the best singer in the world. And I'm up on stage and this man is like...
Bitch, you're paying me to be here and to sing for people? Why are you singing? I don't know. Did you see that happen? I heard the whole thing. Okay, we were all just saying we have all complete different pregame playlists. Lauren just said, who do you pregame to? I pregame to Dua Lipa. And Madeline just said... That's crazy. It is crazy. She thinks it's the craziest thing that Lauren pregames to Dua Lipa because who do you pregame to? Boy Genius.
pre-gaming until I get to the mascara and then I have to stop. She said, boy genius she pre-games to and I said, isn't that really depressing music? Yeah, I said it's Peavy Bridges. I think I pre-gamed to, I guess I pre, I'm like a high school musical Hannah Montana. Oh, actually,
So fucking good. You know, I drove through L.A. in my fucking stupid big Range Rover, and I was listening to the We Want It All, or I Want It All by Sharpay Evans. So fucking good. Wait, what's the one when he's, it's the second movie, and he's on, like, the golf course? He's like, I'm not gonna stop that. Who I am. No, yeah, I think a little high school musical Hannah Montana goes a long way, but I would love to know, like, what does everyone else pregame to? And if you guys have any good playlists, you should send them to Madeline, who will send them to me, because...
I don't know anything about music. Oh, I love Post Malone. And I think I became even more obsessed when I interviewed him. He's the coolest person I've ever met. And now I'm oddly obsessed with him. I'm wearing his hat right now. Do you like Post Malone? I used to. I used to listen to him when I first got my first ever car and I'd drive around blasting Post Malone. But now I can't listen to him because it reminds me of when I was 16. And are you depressed? I was. We're okay now.
We've got it together. Oh, so it kind of reminds you of like the depressive age? Yeah, you know what I mean? Yeah, I know that. I feel like that's how I feel about like, who's my depressive age? Ooh. I can't imagine you sat at home listening to sad music. No, I did, but I was kind of like an alternative girly. Like, do you know what Mayday Parade is? Yeah, they're like low-key emo.
Yeah, that was me. Madeline, I was like a dark dungeon girl for a little bit of my life. I know you look at me like a raging sunflower loud girl, but I was depressed. You know, I have a picture of me on holiday. I was like 15 by a pool in Spain and I'm wearing a Pierce the Veil black t-shirt and skinny black jeans because I refused to take it off.
I had a face, like a heavy one. No, I would literally show up. I would show up to my school because I wanted everyone to know I was depressed and I would only wear black. And they were like, Alex, you're not in the dress code. And I'm like, I can't put on a collar. I can't put on a color. I am depressed. And every fucking week, my head of school would pull me in and be like,
You need to stop wearing all black. You're scaring everyone. But I was also maybe doing it for attention. Now that I look back, I'm like, was it attention seeking or was I actually depressed? I don't know. I was homeschooled. I was actually just depressed. No one knew who I was. I didn't have a single friend. You're like, I did not. I was genuinely wearing that Pierce the Bell t-shirt just for myself. You're like, yeah, no, no, no. This wasn't for attention. I was literally by myself and I was just actually wearing black and listening to depressing music. I didn't listen to Pierce the Bell. That's crazy.
Everyone is trying to get us to go take shots. And meanwhile, we're like, so when were you depressed? At what age were you depressed? Yes, let's go. Here we go. Here we go. Okay, we're going to go take shots. God bless. We're not depressed anymore. Let's go. Hey guys, let's do a quick debrief because yesterday was a little bit crazy. We were sat in one armchair one minute and then we were on a pedal bike the next. First of all, I have an issue with those
drink bike things that we were on because she kept being like you guys don't actually have to pedal like I have a motor if I wanted to drink in a bar it would have gone to drink in a bar I came here because I wanted to pedal a bike and drink a bar you know what I mean anyways I was pedaling like the whole time anyway because I wanted to you know do my bit but you know that's just me I guess I'm just that kind of person charitable anyways um I came on my period this morning
which I'm not meant to be on my period this morning. I just kept forgetting to take my fucking breath control pill because I've been traveling so much. And I don't know, I'm just not that smart. So I just forgot to take it for like four days and now I'm on my period. I'm in significant amount of pain. I'm in about 20 minutes. I have to go down to the lobby because we're going to the airport because we're going back to L.A. Why am I going back to L.A.? Please don't get mad at me. I'm not moving to L.A., but I am just going to stay in L.A.,
Have you guys noticed that the quality of my podcasts are extremely bad, poor quality, no one really cares? Like, she seems like she doesn't even want to be here type vibes. Yeah, well, I noticed as well. And the reason for that is everybody that helps me with the podcast and that I work with and that
It's part of the ML team. It's American. And I need help. So I'm just going to stay out here for a couple weeks and try and sort things out and try and create something that I'm a little bit more proud of with the podcast and just utilize the people that are here to help me and speak with them. And I'm just going to be in L.A. for like a few weeks. I promise we're not doing the L.A. thing. I think he swears he will go home. I have a child that I need to get back to in London, okay? I have a fucking dog. So we can't stay, all right? Even if I wanted to, which I don't.
But yeah, just a few weeks. So the next couple of podcasts that we're going to be doing are going to be in LA. And I have still done the expand. So that's really cool. And then that's really cool. It's really cool. Yeah, it's... Shut the fuck up. Like, I'm already coming to America. I'm not. Anyways, that's what we are now. We're going to be in America for like two weeks. Don't panic. Don't panic. I'm actually really excited because I am going to like actually pretend to be a local. I'm going to go to L1 and like not take pictures. I'm going to take pictures. But like...
Maybe we'll all even take the podcast. Guys, we're going to do so many fun things. And then, what are we doing after that? What are our plans? I don't know. Anyway, yesterday was crazy. It was so fun. I didn't bring you guys, but after we were on the pedal bikes, we went to Harry Jowsey's hoedown, which Harry Jowsey is the new member of the Unwell team. I don't think his podcast is actually out yet, but...
Anyways, it's coming soon. Coming soon, little bit of pro. I don't know when it's coming, but, you know. Anyways, we went to his hoedown, and it was actually the first time that I had met him. I thought his hoedown started at 9.
So I didn't know, but I woke up and I went at nine. Turned out, it finished at nine. So sorry about that. So sorry. But anyways, I still enjoyed the last five minutes of the hoedown. Anyways, and then we filmed some content for something that I won't disclose because I don't actually know if you guys will ever get to see it because I don't know how good it was. But anyways, I'm still wearing the same T-shirt that I wore last night. I wore my... This is actually...
You know what I'm gonna say because every time that I say where I get my clothings from people are like "oh she's trying to be quirky" Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. Let me shop where I want to shop. Do you know how cheap the kids section is? And look how fucking cool it is. But anyways, I wore this homeless shirt last night and I'm still wearing it this morning which is objectively disgusting but I have a shower in between so I feel like
No harm, no foul. I was only out for like five minutes last night anyways. Right? Anyways, I'm going to the airport. All my shit's packed. I'm not getting a new t-shirt out of my suitcase. I had to jump on my suitcase this morning to make it close. So my period really hurts because it's the first day and I have like blackout in a corner kind of cramps because I have PCOS. So wish me luck. And also it means I'm going to break out, which I'm not thrilled by because my skin is just starting to get better.
I have indigestion for some reason and I haven't even eaten today. So anyways, thank you for coming along with me on the little bicycle journey. Guys, also, let me just... I have really learned things around myself this trip because I have had two people that I do not know stare at me and just look at me and go, you're so overwhelmed. Yeah.
They eventually said to me, like, okay, so the first person was this guy, never mind in my life, comes up to me, you're so autistic, straight out of his fucking head.
But also this morning, I had to call the front desk of my hotel and be like, hey, do you guys hold any feminine products, feminine hygiene products? And they're like, because I have no tampons and I do not have time to go to the store or even order one on Uber Eats. I have to be out of here in like 20 minutes. And I actually don't even have time to be doing this right now, but fuck it. Anyways, I called the front desk. I was like, hey, do you have any feminine hygiene products? He was like, yes. What do you need? Didn't expect that question for some reason. I was like, do I say tampons and tampons?
Think of myself as a real adult, or do I ask for a sanitary towel? There are taboos to both, and I don't know how to get out of this situation unscathed from, like, middle school trauma. By the way, for my British people, I say middle school because Americans actually do not know what you mean when you say secondary school. Huh? They go like that. So I just don't bother, because we know what middle school is. Like, we are like, oh, yeah, he and I.
So I just speak in their terms because otherwise they'll just say, huh? So, sorry. Anyways, I had to call him and he was like, yeah, what do you need? I was like, tampons. And I mean, you should not be ashamed of that. I am a woman and I literally do not care. Like, I'm never even ashamed about something like that, but it just caught me off guard. I need tampons. Hello, stranger. Man, down the phone, I need tampons. He was like, okay, how many do you need? Three? I said, okay, he said six.
I don't know how it feels. Anyways, guys, shut the fuck up. You guys are talking so much today. I'm drained by it and I need to go because I'm actually going to miss my flight. Okay. I love you so much. And thanks for listening to this week's episode of Pretty Lonesome as always. And I will see you guys next week. Also, I need to get a car while I'm out here because I go insane if I don't drive. So what should we get on the Civic? I want to do something that all the Americans talk about. What is that one breed of car that they only have out here? Subaru? Subaru?
I want to get that one. So anyways, it'll be a surprise. I'll see you guys next week. And well, that's it. Love you. Bye. Bye.
