 All right, okay everybody who everyone is doing well. It is Tuesday morning and it's, and I believe we had the spring solstice. We moved the clocks forward. It is spring time. And I'm certainly getting ready for it. I don't know about you guys, but running is part of my normal workout routine. And I don't like to run when it's too cold. I usually wait for it to be about 50 more. That's when I go running and it hasn't, and it hasn't been above that, but it soon will be here in Vegas. It'll be, it'll be incredibly hot every morning. So for those of you who are just tuning in, make sure you hit the subscribe button, give me a like, hit the notification bell, do all the things you know as YouTubers love that helps others find the show. As you guys know, I go live every Tuesday, just to chat about what's going on, but also to promote the podcast that we just dropped yesterday, which is the Janina Scarlett episode. It is all about superhero therapy, which she had put together in order to help her clients use narratives of superheroes in order to advance their own lives. And the way she puts it is, is basically that we all have a superhero story to tell and we all have our dragons the sleigh every morning. And, you know, it was an interesting interview for me to do because I'm not a superhero, comic book, movie kind of guy. I've never been into those things, but they are all the rage. They seem quite popular and Hollywood can't seem to make enough of them. However, I do appreciate narrative-driven therapy and what I like about it is it gives people who are into that an opportunity to become a different character to work through their problems because one of the core principles in self-development is to fake it to you make it. And a lot of people have a problem with that idea. Number one, how do you supposed to fake something that you're not quite sure what it is or you're not quite sure faking it will benefit you or would be any fun? Whereas faking to be a superhero and slaying the narrative dragons, figurative dragons through that lens, I think for a lot of people that would be very beneficial. So the interview with Jeanina Scarlett, we discussed all of that and she put it together wonderfully. I think it's a really good interview. I think everybody should check it out. And what's also interesting about it is for myself, even though I'm not into it all that much, those who are in the superheroes or understand that culture maybe grew up with it in a little bit more prevalent role in their life, they really enjoyed the episode. They thought it was fantastic and they were able to relate to it quite easily. So it was one of those surprise interviews where I wasn't quite sure what to make of it but I was hoping that our audience would benefit from it greatly and the response has been overwhelming. They really enjoyed it. So if you haven't checked that out, please do. For myself growing up, I liked movies about troubled youth was movies that I grew up on. The Bad News Bears, Over the Edge, The Outsiders. These were movies that appealed to me as a young man. I related to the characters in those movies. I probably relate. I had a wonderful childhood. I had a wonderful childhood until my parents divorced which when I was in my mid teens, when that was going on. So I was becoming an adult and didn't want bothered and I'm sure I played some sort of role in my life. But point being that for most of my childhood it was quite pleasant. So I don't know why I was attracted to these obviously flawed characters in these movies. Oh, another one. Notice there are a lot of young Matt Dillon movies. Tex was another one. So Matt Dillon in Over the Edge, Rumble Fish, another one. All these Matt Dillon movies where the characters were youthful, there was a lot of exuberance but there was also a lot of flaw to those characters and stories and I related to them very well. I must have seen Bad News Bears over and over again including Over the Edge and a lot of those other movies. So The Outsiders, I probably watched that movie a million times as a kid. I don't know, maybe it was just the, you know, all of those families had to do with, it was troubled families. They were blue collar working class. The kids were also a bit of outcast and I certainly related to that. I grew up in a household where music was very prevalent. Therefore I got into music very early as a child and I grew up going to Catholic school. So going to school fourth grade, fifth grade and interested in the music that was being played on the radio and or even at the time more underground type stuff that was in magazines and things like that. I was very interested in all of that and I think that's why I gravitated towards those flawed characters. I felt like an outsider and I could relate to them. In fact, I remember seeing Over the Edge for the very first time and I, being a, getting into my teenage years, going to Catholic school, feeling like an outsider. I remember like that was the very first time that I felt connected on a level with other kids that I had not felt before that I could relate to. That I felt like I was one of them. It was different. It was a new feeling. And I don't know about you guys, what movies you related to when you were young kids, but that plays a role in developing your identity as you start to become self-aware in those early teenage years. Think about the first time you went to school and you realized kids started to self-segregate according to their interests and popularity levels. And for myself, I believe I was like 13 years old. You go from sixth grade to seventh grade and during that summer, seems to be a shift in young people's identity. And I certainly realized it. And I even remember going into school in my interests at the time, making that shift in the seventh grade, 13 years old. Try having your own peanut butter free lunch table. Oh no, so John, let me guess, you were allergic to peanut butter and you had to self-segregate because of that? Oh man, that must have been rough. Because who doesn't love peanut butter as a kid? In fact, every kid's lunch at 13 years old has peanut butter of some form in it. My God, I'm sorry to hear that, buddy. You're missing out on a lot. Wow, I'm sorry to hear that, but I can understand how that played a role in your development as a kid. Oh my God, were there no other kids with that helmet, at least that you and the other kid with the funky braces and all sitting at this table together with your allergies, the allergy table. Yeah, so sixth grade into seventh grade. Like two who were weird, man, I'm sorry to hear that, John. So yeah, think about that. And this is a very interesting topic to me. And certainly in the world that we're in today because it's drastically different, obviously. And I would think the self-segregating as kids become aware now, their interests are gonna be farther out because you have all the technology in the world to follow your interest to their inevitable conclusion. Unlike when I was growing up, you know, for instance, to get into music or punk rock or underground thing, it was the older kids who were sharing music with me on the bus because I was interested in music at a very early age. And so the older high school kids, you'd see like the kids in high school would a Mohawk or a jacket that they'd done up and they created and made their own. I was interested in that because it was, they were signaling interests that I was, that I had and that other kids in my class didn't. So that was, so there you go, John, feeling like an alien, I had to deal with that. Here's another one for you. Because in my household, I had all the instruments because my dad played in bands, they were Hearst at my house. I was able, and the perfect example of this, because I had those interests and available those instruments, I had already been following that to its conclusion of learning how to play guitar and drums and wanting to start a band at an early age. So kids today, you get an interest in anything and then you go down endless rabbit holes, learning about whatever subject that is, imagine them, the intellectual kid whose interest peak with early philosophy who now can just get on his computer and start watching college lectures and thinking about how hard it would be to have these interests, you're now able to follow them, you're not only self-segregating, you're self-isolating as well with these interests. However, at least you're able to find other people like yourself online to relate to, but I can't imagine how this is going to play out, moving forward and perhaps maybe I shouldn't be so blind to the idea that we're already dealing with the recourse of this technology and young people having it where we're in this age right now where everyone's bickering, fighting and already self-segregating to their ideas. Maybe that's the inevitable conclusion to all of this. I don't know, we'll find out. It certainly has an impact. It's certainly part of it, wouldn't you guys say? So, but to go back to the podcast that dropped yesterday, the artichoke podcast that'll drop here on YouTube on Thursday, there'll be a clip dropping tomorrow and Friday, the Janina Scarlett episode, if you do want to check it out, early just go ahead and iTunes and get it. She created this thing, superhero therapy, where the young kids and even, I was amazed by how many adults related to these ideas in her podcast episode, it was nice. I guess when you grow up on something like that, you hold an affinity towards it later on in life. I certainly know I hold an affinity to the movies that I grew up on. In fact, my girl was out here visiting me a few weeks ago and we watched Bad News Bears and it was the first time that I hadn't seen it in years and I was blown away by how powerful the movie was and of course she's from Russia. So she's never experienced these early 70s American iconic films that sort of, they had an impact on the youth landscape during that time period. Cause I remember looking at that movie and relating to it, but even today I'm like, that movie is exactly what my childhood was like going to the ball field to play Little League and they're in the movie. The coach's son is the pitcher, okay? For the Yankees, the good team in the movie. I can't tell you how real that was. Yes, the coach's son, of course was the pitcher of my Little League team, of course, and he was the best. That's why the parents get involved. I mean, it's hilarious like that. Some of the things that Gina talks about is waking up every day to slay your dragons, looking for the most difficult thing that you're going to have to do and try to knocking that out earlier. She even talks about using dress as part of your superhero ensemble. You might see it as maybe your look as part of your cape and your superhero uniform. And one of the, talk about dating myself with 19 late 70s, early 80s movies. I don't know if any of you guys remember, but in the early 80s, there was a superhero television show called All American Hero. And if I remember this correctly, the main character finds a superhero uniform in the bushes that it was discarded and he takes it home. And there's no instructions in how to use his superhero ensemble outfit. And because of that, he has a lot of wacky adventures and trying to use the outfit, the solve crimes and fight bad guys. And it didn't last very long. What's one of those things, I think it probably lasted two seasons and that was it. Sounds like a great comic book. It sounds like a great one-off movie, but it certainly isn't going to last for a series. But imagine that today. Today you have the opportunity to look up the instructions on the internet. It's not. All right guys, so with that, I'll let you guys, if you have any questions, pop them up. I have another 10 minutes before I got to go. I appreciate those of you who joined in today. I do this every Tuesday. As you guys might have noticed, I have been doing some work on the Art of Charm YouTube channel. I've been messing with thumbnails, been going through this process. We're going to be doing lots of new stuff with this channel. So I'm excited about it. Part of the reason I'm even going on live today as I've been doing this for a few months now is to get comfortable doing this 30 minute monologue, talking to you guys about crazy stories that happen to me as a youth. I'm also promoting the podcast episode and answering some questions. So for those of you who are still on, thanks for popping in today. Give me a thumbs up that helps the algorithm. It helps other people find the show. I appreciate that. Especially you, John, with your peanut butter element. So with that, I'll do a little talking about how I know I'm excited for spring. I moved here to Vegas out from LA in September. And with that, it was Labor Day, the casinos were still there. They've been running at a practically about a quarter of capacity all winter. It's been nice. I go for walks along the strip. It hasn't been too busy. But we have just got noticed that they are holding their conventions this year, starting in May. They've already opened the casinos up to 50% capacity as we continue to be vaccinated. I will say this, there are parking lots around the building that I live in that have been empty since I moved here. It is all reserved parking for the casinos, the Aria, the Cosmo, the Bellagio, all around my building. And I gotta say, Friday was the first time that I had seen some of those parking lots full where it is Vegas is certainly getting ready to open. So this weekend they had March Madness, pool season opening, the spring equinox, vaccinations. And supposedly some casinos had broken some records now. I don't, it just said broken records. It didn't say what those records were. Perhaps they were for spring, for March Madness, whatever. But I'll tell ya, it was busy. The strip was packed on Saturday. Normally I go for a walk. I wasn't able to do that this weekend. So I'm encouraged by what I am seeing. Hopefully people will continue to be vaccinated so that they feel safe and we can begin opening things up because I don't know about you guys, but for myself I am looking to just have regular, normal social interactions again because for anybody, I found this whole year to be incredibly difficult. And I've said this on this show before where even for, this is the first time that I haven't played in a band. I'm 47 years old, that I haven't been playing in a band since I was practically 16, 17 years old. So I'm looking forward to getting back to all of that stuff. And anyway, I got a few more minutes left. So I wanna thank you guys for coming on. If you have any questions, feel free to throw them in the chat or you could tell me where you guys are tuning in from. John had shared his peanut butter allergy with us. And I know I got a lot to get to today. So, well, it looks like that'll be it for today. I was gonna go talk about some news, but as you guys know, every time more news pops out in the last year and I've been doing this, every time I open my mouth, I get myself in trouble because everything is awfully polarized. And without things opened up, I find it that people don't have anything better to do than just bitch about other people. This is what happens when you don't have projects, when you don't have work, when you don't have your own things to worry about. You start, let me put it this way. There's that old saying, what is it about the devil's idle time as the devil's hands or whatnot, which is if you don't have anything to do, you're not focused on anything. As the primates that we are, we begin tinkering with things. And I will tell you this, it doesn't take too long before you start tinkering with things that shouldn't be tinkering with. Yes, you start messing with stuff because you have nothing better to do. And so you start messing with your own stuff, your own relationships. You start nitpicking at your significant other. You start tearing things apart. Why? Because of your own curiosity. And I will tell you, there is this idea of curiosity killed the cat or these childhood stories of Curious George. What does Curious George, what is he known for? For getting himself in trouble due to his curiosities. There's a reason we all related to those books as children because as human beings, the primate and all of us is too curious to leave anything go. And so we start messing with other people's stuff or things in our own lives that shouldn't be messed with until we get ourselves in trouble. So with that, I'm gonna head out. I wanna thank you guys. I'm here gonna be here every Tuesday. You'll be seeing some work done on the channel. And hopefully we'll be having a lot more fun with these as I get this all figured out. So have a wonderful day, guys. Cheers.