 Hey girl, look at this hair, Laura, let me see. So it's early in the morning here. It's still dark outside. It's about six o'clock in the morning. I'm gonna be talking a little low, but I'll get close up on the camera, give you a little ASMRT's, honey, yes. And hopefully I could get this chit chat in one take. I started chit chat two weeks ago and I couldn't finish it because I got interrupted. So, we're in the beginning of October. I am officially still on break because that's just how it is right now. And yeah, I got me some coffee here. My fries had this turmeric coffee by Starbucks on sale. So good. Okay, y'all, this chit chat is gonna be a little all over the place. Girl, I say that in every dang on video. Get it together, Vivian. This chit chat's gonna be a little bit over the all over the place, but I am gonna be discussing this several things. First of all, I will be filling out my lesson plan for the week for JB. And I will be discussing some storytelling ideas I have. I had another storytelling idea that came up in my head and you could jot that down. All right, so let's start off with something a little bit different. Like, I don't know, how do you guys feel about some content creators who start off their videos with a quote? I like that. Several people do that. A young lady based out of, I think she's in Houston. She's Nigerian. Very young. I thought she was a lot older. She's young. I think she just turned 30. She might even be 30. Her YouTube is sociology. She's known for doing the three in one videos. Very clever. Three in one, meaning she does hair, makeup, outfit, all in one video. And sometimes she starts her video with a scripture. Deeper than hair does that too. But I like to read. I love books. I love the smell of books. I love to hold books. I like this. I mean, I think that if I could have one job, I would love to work in, like when I'm older or something. I will love to work in a huge library surrounded by books. So anyway, every now and then I will be reading a poem from Poems That Will Change Your Life. I love this. I purchased this a couple of years ago. I can't remember where. I think I was at like something like a Walmart or Ross. So I'm going to be reading a quick poem about encouragement. And it's called I Resolved. It's by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. If you know anything about poetry, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote the yellow wallpaper. She suffered. She was one of those writers. Unfortunately, a lot of writers suffer from depression. I think that writing is the way of them escaping it or putting their feelings on paper. So let me read this poem real quick. I resolve to keep my health, to do my work, to live, to see to it I grow and gain and give. Never to look behind me for an hour, to wait in weakness and to walk in power, but always confront and onward to the light, always and always facing toward the right. Robbed, starved, defeated, fallen, wide astray, on what was strength I had back to the way. I resolve by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. You'll have to look her up. She was also one of many poets who committed suicide. I believe she had cancer. I learned about her working on my undergrad while I was in college, y'all. I'm a romantic at heart. So I love poems. I used to write poems real quick. I know I went from song to laughing. I'm like that. A couple of weeks ago, it's actually been a couple of months ago, I found my husband's, oh, well, JB found my husband's old briefcase. He opened it up and there's all these cards and stuff. And I'm looking, he said, mama, listen, there's a bunch of cards in here. So I got the cards and it has all, some of them have all this poetry. I don't know who I'm looking at and I'm getting a little heated, right? Cause I'm like, who in the hell wrote this stuff to my husband and he kept it? I didn't look at all of them. I read like one, one girl I already got an attitude. So I told my husband, I asked him, I'm like, who, who, why are you keeping all this stuff? And he looks to me like, you crazy. He's like, those are from you. I'm like, girl, I wrote some type of, again, I think I was like 19 at the time, some type of poem. I cannot wait to see you. You are the light of my, you're some girl, some bullshit. I read it to my mama. My mama was cracking up laughing. I said, mama, I don't know who that person was. She was, y'all was deeply. And I, it was the type of love. It was the puppy dog sickening love to where when he texts me, I would get butterflies. I remember the feeling I would get butterflies. I was like sickly in love with my now husband then. Child, cause I, I didn't recognize those. Even the handwriting was different. That's why I didn't recognize it. My handwriting was different. So I thought it was another person. And frankly, it was another person. It was me, but it was another Vivian. So anyway, you guys. So girl, let's just get right into personal life. Again, y'all know how we do this personal life. What I've been watching on YouTube and what I've been watching on TV. So personal life has been a bit rocky up and down, up and down. And it's mostly just work, homeschooling and just personal life. It's been very busy right now, which is why I needed to take time away. I gotta figure out how to get time for myself to get some me time back in. And I just haven't been able to cause you just been that busy. Homeschooling has been up and down. This past week, we really didn't get a chance to do a lot because I was so busy at work. And I wanted to get JV out and about just impromptu almost. He created a little comic book which I then printed for him. I mean drawing and all and drawing with words. I printed for him. And he worked on that for like three days y'all creating a little comic book. That's still learning because he's writing. He's doing character development and he's drawing. So that got me thinking, hmm, what can we do going forward so that this is, cause he enjoyed that, right? So I came across a, I don't know what you're gonna call it, a mythology of homeschooling called project-based learning. Let me give you an example. Project-based learning, you have a question and we figure out how to answer that question. And then we come up with almost like a rubric or a agenda or a guideline. And the kids basically work on it and you as a parent or the teacher is a facilitator but it's their project baby, okay? So one of the ideas we had that we're starting in a couple more days, creating a Lego set. What would your Lego set include? What colors would it include? Let's measure the Legos. Let's purchase the Legos. Okay, now we need to do an instructional guideline. Oh yes. And then a part of that is writing. Write two to three sentences that describes your Lego. So he likes that. We have another one that I actually purchased through teachers, but teachers stuck in the 80s. My baby's an old soul so that was right up his alley. Let's find, let's discover another planet or let's come up, you know, let's create another planet. So, and I already explained it to my husband just in case he sees us just, you know, relax not doing anything, but we are doing something because the project that we're starting with the Lego incorporates math and incorporates like five different topics or standards as it relates to second grade. And yeah, that's what we're gonna be doing. So what I plan on doing is incorporating a project and however long it takes. That's a great thing about homeschooling. It doesn't have to be, it's however long it takes to master a, you know, a skill. And if he doesn't get it, we go to something else and then we come back. Like JB was kind of struggling with addition. We backed off. We went into measurements. We didn't let, we measured sidewalks. We went down the street and measured the mailbox. We came back. We did measurements for two weeks. Okay, we're gonna continue measurements and then we'll go back to addition. So projects, you know, two weeks or so we'll work on a project for two weeks and then we'll go back to formal learning for two or three weeks and then we'll work on a project. And then, you know what I mean, y'all? Before or after school care, sorry y'all. So I did find a place commute back and forth. It's like, yeah, it's crazy 40 minutes back and forth because I have to go up there to drop them off and then come back. They take me 40 minutes and I have to do it again 40 minutes, but it's not a lot. We're only gonna be doing it two times a week and twice a week. And he enjoys it. There is some older kids that are there. And yeah, he has fun. So that's going on. We decided to, we're going to redo our corporate here soon. And so I gotta back up, box up all our stuff because we gotta get it complete. It basically got to get the room to clear. It's just three rooms, but it's also our closet. And baby, my closets are child. When I lose these couple of pounds and I have been losing weight finally and I did get something, hold on. And I'm off the place. I did purchase this, I did purchase this J-Sculpt. So yeah, that's been going on. I know that, you know, I was probably suffering from some depression there. My anxiety was through the roof. I'm learning to breathe, like I literally have to breathe out the anxiety. I still have an appointment with my doctor. I am not ashamed to speak about my anxiety because it's just true, it's just what it is. Praying more, trying to be obedient and listen to God, especially during this time. Yeah, y'all, we found out that President Trump has COVID. By the time I load this up, again, we won't know what happens. You know, it's in God's hands, but one thing I am seeing that I'm kind of disheartening about is people wishing ill on the president. Look, I don't like the man either. I think he's a straight up asshole, straight up, narcissistic, yeah. But I would never, I just can't do it. I'm an empath, it's not in my heart. I would never wish ill will or wish death upon anybody on another human being. I can't do it, y'all. So I did say a prayer for him and his wife because at the end of the day, the man is a man and he's a father, he's someone's father, he's someone's husband, regardless of what we think about him, okay? So anyway, all right, y'all. What I'm watching on YouTube, I haven't been watching a lot of YouTube. I know African hair God has been putting out videos, I haven't really caught his live feed. They've been very long too. I did see that April B is back. I haven't been able to watch her videos. I have been watching thick chick vlogs. She's a blogger, she does a lot of videos on, well, she used to do a lot of videos on weight loss and working from home. She's country too, y'all. I have been watching all of Ms. Delightful videos because I support her, she's my sense real quick. Special thanks and shout out to Antoinette, AKA Bubz, Bubz B, y'all follow her, y'all know who she is. She really has been following up with me even before we all went back to school and stuff. And so I really appreciate you, sis. So thank you so much. She reached out to me a couple of times to see how I was doing. And she did that with all those kids, with my big family. She has a big family, I know she's busy. So thank you so much, girl, for doing that. I really do appreciate you. I really do, you guys. So thanks to her for that, because, yeah, y'all, it's been rough. It's been a struggle. So I'm trying to slowly get my, I think I've got my anxiety in order. And also just trying to pick my battles. There's certain things I'm not gonna get hung up on. So anyway, yeah, so sorry, y'all. So not really watching a lot of YouTube because there's not really people I care to watch. Honey, I started going back looking at, ciao. One sexy Tina started looking at some of her videos again. She's a character, y'all. I used to watch her videos a lot, like seven or eight years ago. Then she had a video where she, it totally turned me off from her channel. She since removed it because the backlash she got. It was a video where she was basically reprimanding her, I know I mispronounced that wrong. She was basically displaying her daughter, I believe, and her daughter's a teenager. But she was straight up cursing this child out. So she basically called her an MFR. I don't know if she called her the B word. She just was going off. She was not only cursing the child, she was cursing out the child, calling her an MFR, calling her a bitch. I was like, whoa, no, no, ma'am, no, ma'am. I unsubscribe, I've been unsubscribe since, but I checked some videos out there and she did get quite a bit of backlash from that. And then you have people who's like, it's her child. She could discipline her child the way, the way she wants. If you wanna do that, if you wanna talk down on your child like that and use that type of words, don't put it on YouTube. Don't embarrass your child like that. That is disgusting, y'all. And you are literally speaking deaf on your child when you do that. I know that's extreme, but you have to understand what a curse word is. You're cursing your child. You gotta be careful, y'all. You gotta be careful. People gotta be careful about that. So horrible, horrible. So anyway, I don't know why I got it. Y'all know me, I get off on the tangent. Yeah, haven't really been watching a lot of YouTube. If I am, I'm looking at, what was I watching? Look, y'all, let me look at my YouTube history. I'm looking through here. Yeah, nothing. This is all JB girl. Look at all this crap he been watching. I'm laughing because I've been listened to a lot of old school Southern rap, like old, like young bloods and stuff. Pastor Troy Chow, who I have been watching and she just cracks me up. She's a comedian and this improv, Libby Higgins. She's the one that does videos every now and then white trash tanning. Libby cracks me up, y'all. She's that, cause she's funny without trying to be funny. I like that type of humor. And she asks his character name. Is her character named Crystal? You have to check her out. She has this character named Crystal and Crystal does mukbangs in her car. The car is trash, child. But one of her videos she did at a car dealership, not a car dealership, at a car auto place. And a guy's like checking her stuff. And she says, he's telling me how she be changing my oil every 3,000, 5,000 miles. Well, he should find out how much I change my underwear. I'm like, girl, again, it's a joke. But what's so funny? Also, some people don't know it's a joke. Like of course the people that she interact with, they don't know that she's playing a character actually, but most of her subscribers by now know that it's a joke and she's hilarious to me. I enjoy that type of humor. I appreciate that type of humor. Yeah, yeah, I'm looking through my history. Not a lot, not a lot. Oh, girl, I started back looking at some stove top kisses cooking videos to get some inspiration cause I made red beans and rice the other day. Yeah, I'm not really watching a lot of YouTube, honestly, you guys. I'm just not. Now I am watching TV, baby, so let's just jump right into that. So I started with a series on HBO called Olive Kid Trinch. I saw, look, the first episode of a show will lead me to believe, lead me on whether or not I'm gonna watch it and it starts off with a woman going into a woods and it looks like she's going to kill herself. I'm like, oh, okay. And so it starts Frances McDermott and Richard Jenkins and Bill Murray is in it. Bill Murray is an old school humor that I really appreciate. So he has a small part in it, not necessarily small, but he doesn't come in until a couple of seasons. It's on HBO. It is a gem. I really do enjoy it. And it basically surrounds a woman and how she deals with depression and this marriage. You know, she's been in this long marriage and she has an adult son. She's a strong-willed woman. She's a stubborn woman and it's hard for her to show love, not only towards her husband, but also towards her own child. That's real life, but check it out. It's on HBO. I watched Pea Valley Child. I got Hula, I added like a package on Hula's stars basically. It was a bit much, y'all. It was good. Season one was good, but it was a bit much. I wasn't expecting all that nudity. I get it. It's about strippers, girl. Act since we're strong is based out of the South, of course. I liked it, but I do not think I will be turning into season two, because honey, it was like, and y'all, right, someone had said, okay, one of you did recommend me watching it and for me to watch it when J.B. isn't around. Like, since he's here all the time, like it was really hard for me to watch it. I had to wait till he go to bed, but my husband couldn't even watch it. He was like, he said, mm-mm. Chow. Yeah, P. Valley Honey was a mess. Love Prep Country. I am on episode six. It is good. It is dark. And right now, y'all, because a lot is going on with me personally, I don't think I can continue it because it's one of those series. You know what I mean? I always say you have to watch what you see and what you hear. It has witchcraft in it. I mean, they fly it out, say it, Sorcery, Book of Names, Book of Adam, I think even. So there's some witchcraft, there's some sorcery. And I really didn't like at the beginning of the series this overall filling of, because it's on HBO. Sorry, y'all. It's on HBO. It's set in the late 50s, early 60s. And I do like that they portray black people in the light of like Kippelida. She's my favorite character. And I love this last episode because she's a writer. Well, her daughter's a writer, but she's a, she's a physics, and she's in physics. She's a scientist. She's a scientist. But I get it. Racism was heated back then. But I just didn't like with the character of William and the character of William and Christina, this, you know, the white savior coming to save today. You know, that was, we saw that in the first few episodes. And I was like, really? You know, and William, who we, I'm not gonna give any spoilers in case you wanna watch it. William, who approaches Ruby to, you know, offer her something. That actress is absolutely stunning. The actress that plays Ruby. I believe she's English. She's English. Her name is, oh, Udmi, Udmi Masako. She is beautiful. Absolutely stunning. And of course we have June Smollett, the Smollett family. The one episode where, I am gonna give a spoiler, the one episode where Ruby basically is changing from a white woman, excuse me, a black woman to a white woman and white. That was very graphic. And after that episode, I was like, I'm done with this. That was disgusting. I can't do it. Very graphic, y'all. But this past episode, I really did enjoy it because it didn't have a lot of graphics and stuff like that. But I don't think I'm gonna be able to continue it. Because again, it's very dark. If you wanna watch it, baby, check it out. Let me know how it feels, how you feel about it. I started to watch, what did I watch? Happy Valley, I got excited. Happy Valley, good, clean show on Netflix, Netflix, season four. I started watching that last night with Ted Danson. I forgot the little woman's name. Forgot her name. She's a comedian. I love the show. I love the first three seasons were good. And I didn't know they would come out for season four. Ozarks is coming back. Give me, Ozarks is dark, but it's not witchy to witch. Sorcery dark, like, lovecraft. But can't wait for Ozarks to come back. Yes, you guys, so that's what I've been watching. And how could I forget? Ratchet, baby, what I tell you, I was here for the fashions, first of all. When she got that magazine and was looking at that hairstyle, I'm like, come through Nurse Ratchet with the 50s hairstyle and the yellow hat. I was here for all the fashions. I could dress like that every day, y'all, if I wanted to, but I don't want to. But if I could, that's right up my alley. That retro look, even the hair, the makeup, very, very, whoever's in charge of the wardrobe, thumbs up, baby. Ratchet on Netflix. Absolutely, it was not what I, I was expecting, not to give any spoilers, but I was expecting to hate Nurse Ratchet. I wouldn't say she's a lovable character, but at one point you feel sorry for her. At least I did. I felt sorry for her once you figure out her backstory. Hell, you even feel sorry for the other person who I'm not gonna give any, you know. And so it was different. And yes, yeah, that was a little graphic too. It was a little graphic, but I still liked it. So Nurse Ratchet stars is by Ryan, who does America Horror. I'm Ryan Murphy and it stars, of course, Sarah Polson and from Sex in the City, Cynthia Nixon. And who else to play some closeted lesbians? Two lesbians. Girl, and Sarah's partner is older. Isn't her partner like 25, 30 years older than her child? But look, when we got to the scene to where there's an older woman that's looking for help for her son, right? And I'm listening to her speak. Again, her fashions are impeccable too. I'm listening to her speak and I'm like, and I'm looking and I'm like, she looks familiar, but her voice sounds really, I know her voice from somewhere. And I'm looking and I'm looking at the neck, looking at the hands. I'm like, is that Sharon Stone? Sharon Stone is in it. Baby, Sharon Stone has not aged well, in my opinion. And I find it laughable because a couple of years ago, she was saying how giving people secrets of how she stays looking young. Sharon Stone is not that old, but I wonder if they aged her in the show because she looks, she's 62. In the show, she looks like someone who was in their late 60s early 70s. I'm sorry, but she did to me. She looked a lot older. Yeah, I'm looking at pictures of her. She looks, maybe they did age her for the series. So Amanda Plummer has ended. I think I remember Amanda from, I have a memory. She played in, what is that Stephen King series where the devil comes to Casarok? It was, it came on TV. What was it called, y'all? I remember her distinctively throwing mud at sheets. Things. Amanda Plummer played in Needful Things and she also is the hotel receptionist and ratchet. It also has Corey Stool, who plays an assassin and he was in The Strain. He played, I love The Strain. All of The Strain ended really, really wack. I felt like they rushed it, but The Strain had a great storyline. So anyway, ratchet, love it. Kate Rickford, Ozark, continue to watch The Happy Valley. Unfortunately, love Craft Country, honey. Unless I have my Bible with me the entire time, I can't do it. I just can't, y'all. So look, I did not do any type of lesson planning. Ciao. So that is it, you guys. I know this is my first chit-chat from, you know, being back. I don't know what things you're gonna look like on my channel, but I will say this. Hopefully I would have had all hair related stuff scheduled, baby. This will be one of two chit-chats that I scheduled that I recorded previously. Chit-chats after this will be up to date, if that makes sense. Does that make sense? All of the content that you will be seeing is stuff from weeks ago, like, yeah. And that's how I wanted to schedule it. That's how I wanted to come back so that way I don't feel rushed to try to put out content when my schedule may not be available. So yeah, that's what we're gonna do. And that is it, you guys. Thank you so much for your patience and for sticking with me. So I'll see y'all soon. Bye.