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The United States has been going through with a lot of bull crap lately. It's not all gloom and doom. I attended a live drive-up graduation. I was super happy that I witnessed such an occasion. Hearing graduation music being played, watching graduates walking to the stage and hearing their names get called made my eyes fill with tears. This is happiness.

To check out photos of the graduation or maybe curious on what a drive up graduation looks like, check out my blog: 

https://wordpress.com/view/countlessbydarah.wordpress.com

This episode features a friend named Rich, a 37-year old black man, from Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The focus is to get the perspective and thoughts from someone living outside of the U.S on what's happening here with George Floyd, racism and the protests. Our conversation also leads us into Rich's story of encountering a racist policeman and how he diffuse the situation. Plus, we talk about his two children and how they're figuring out their own identities.

The following are the sources used for this episode:

“2019 Minnesota Statutes.” Minnesota Legislature, www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.632.

Hill, Evan, et al. “8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody.” New York Times, 31 May 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-investigation.html.

Oppel , Richard A. “Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death.” New York Times, 30 May 2020, www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html.

“Trump Threatens to Send Military into Streets to Crack Down on Nationwide Uprising.” Democracy Now, www.democracynow.org/2020/6/2/headlines.

One of my favorite fast food burger joints is In-N-Out. Thank you for your simple, yet delicious burgers. Simplicity goes along way as long it's been executed well. Any ol' cheeseburgers at other establishments don't have it down like In-N-Out, especially when you make them in Animal Style. Anyway, this episode is my first time back to yummy establishment since SIP have taken in effect.

Why would I talk about removing a hangnail? Because I effin have one duh? Also, it's a podcast about everything and anything. A hangnail is anything. 

I wonder how everyone else is functioning in this pandemic. What is their daily routine? How do they deal with restrictions of staying home? What keeps them sane? I speak to my good friend, Matt from Queens, New York on how his part of the U.S is doing and how he's dealing with the pandemic. 

Shopping for groceries was a mundane task. We did it because we needed to eat. With this pandemic, grocery shopping has been some sort of mission with N95 mask and gloves. I never thought I would have to go a store in such a fashion. This episode paints a picture of what' I've seen of my grocery shopping experience while social distancing. 

Being confined at home for a long period of time can be stressful. That's why I came up with some things to do while in shelter in place. I think most of you have done some of these without me saying, such as binging a show. Duh, we've been doing that! 

The title sums up the podcast. My last podcast was mainly on love, sex and dating. Now, that I'm in a committed relationship. I don't have any new horror dating stories of my own. I decided to venture out and talk about anything effin want. Sure, I can still talk about dating, but of others' dating experiences. Anyhoo, I digress. My new podcast is about anything I feel like talking about in the moment.