Pessimism At Its Finest

Hello Everyone!

I sound incredibly sick in this episode! But, I wanted to discuss the concerts I saw this summer since I saw quite a few. My ratings are as follows:

• Cardi B - 3/5

• Bruno Mars - 5/5 

• All American Rejects - 4.5/5

• Billy Talent - 5/5

• Olivia Dean - 5/5

• The R&B Tour with Chris Brown and Usher - 4.5/5

• Hilary Duff - 2/5

• Honorable Mention (because this was within a fair and not a true concert) - Jojo - 3.5/5

Rogers Stadium Tornado Destruction: https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/severe-storms-tear-up-parts-of-toronto-stadium-raising-questions-ahead-of-ac-dc-concert/1930834 

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First off, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE NEW LISTENERS. I love when people want to engage and listen to the show. It truly is a little community that I love so much and I am grateful to and for every single listener. In this episode, I discuss:

• BookBarTO

• The Flirtation at Bathurst Station

• Discussing Belmont Cameli, Garrett Graham, and Off Campus at work

• All of my Off Campus Merch 

• Off Campus Episode Breakdowns incoming

• Losing Off Campus Trivia and the bruise to my ego

• Boston Bruins and Garrett Graham lore

• Why I like Baseball, Tennis and American Football but not Soccer, Basketball and Hockey

• Why Hockey Players in Romance Shows and Books are not accurate to reality

• Significance of the Boston Bruins picking Belmont Cameli to announce the trade

• The NFL Draft Party and Justin Bieber announcing Toronto’s draft pick

• Why the NHL is not for me.

• Floating Convenience Store in Toronto and seeing it at Sunset

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In this episode, I chat with my friend Katushia aka Uber Girl (whose name I always butcher). She is very dear to me and I loved having her on this episode!

In this episode we chat about:

• Her upcoming trip to Bali

• Her journey into film and TV makeup and what a typical day looks like for her

• How AI can or will change the make up profession in the film industry

• How we first met at Project Giggle Water, the origin story behind her nickname “Uber Girl,” and memorable Uber Share chats about topics like Luigi Mangione and wrestling.

• Toronto life: holiday bars, the city’s walkability, urban planning comparisons with Montreal, and the eternal Montreal vs. Toronto debate.

• The infamous Cheesecake Factory story

• Katushia’s Skims obsession

• Alexandria's Heated Rivalry trivia victory and more on the Ilya and Shane 

• Dating in 2026 and why Toronto feels like an introvert’s playground

I hope you enjoy this episode!

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I NEED TO GO TO GARRETT GRAHAM REHAB ASAP.

Are you obsessed with Off Campus on Prime Video? Because I am! In this episode, I will be discussing:

• A recap of my May 2026

• Seeing Bruno Mars in Concert at Rogers Stadium

• My obsession with Off Campus

• Being a Fan Girl

• The algorithm making me deluded about Belmont Cameli

• Thoughts on Off Campus

• Off Campus Merch

• Blocking Belmont Cameli from my social media so the algorithm can stop!

Trigger Warning: Off Campus does discuss topics of DA and SA. I do discuss these topics briefly in relation to the show.

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This is an episode that I recorded with Torry, Host of the podcasts Ready to be Petty and Ready to be Romanced in early 2025. While this is a late release, it was such a fun and enjoyable episode to record!

In this episode, we chat about our love for Romance Novels, BookTok, Audiobooks, what we are reading in 2025, and settle the Storygraph v Goodreads debate.

Where to Find Torry:

Ready to be Romanced: https://www.instagram.com/readytoberomanced/

Ready to be Petty: https://www.instagram.com/rtbppodcast/ 

Both Podcasts found Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/all-things-petty/id6474721174 

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IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME PER YEAR! COUPONMANIA aka WrestleMania 42!

Even though I do not podcast about wrestling weekly anymore, I still feel that it's important to keep my annual tradition going - my WrestleMania match predictions. I love to see how many of my predictions are correct by the end of the show.

This was recorded using the match card available at the time, so some matches will be missing. I look forward to seeing how many of my predictions are correct this year! Either way I hope you enjoy this episode!

My predictions:

WrestleMania 42 Night 1 card (Saturday, April 18):

• Logan Paul, Austin Theory, and IShowSpeed (Winner) vs. LA Knight, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso

• Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre (Winner)

• Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. Nia Jax and Lash Legend vs. Brie Bella and Nikki Bella (Winner) in a Fatal-4Way for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

• AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch (Winner) for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship

• Seth Rollins vs. Gunther (Winner)

• Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan (Winner) for the Women’s World Championship

• Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi (Winner)

• Sami Zayn vs. Trick Williams (Winner) for the United States Championship

• Jade Cargill vs. Rhea Ripley (Winner) for the WWE Women’s Championship

• Finn Bálor (Winner) vs. Dominik Mysterio

• CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns (Winner) for the World Heavyweight Championship

Matches I wish we got:

• Tiffany Stratton v Giulia for the WWE US Women's Championship

• Iyo Sky v Auska

• El Grande Americano v The Original El Grande Americano 

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In this episode, I tell the tale of my Fibroid removal surgery (laparoscopic myomectomy).

As a black woman, I know how common it is for us to have issues with fibroids. As a woman, I know how frustrating it is for us to deal with doctors that are not helpful. I hope my story inspires women who listen (especially those in Ontario, Canada) to advocate for themselves!

Reach out if you have any questions about anything in this episode!

Here are the links to all of the stats I referenced to in this episode:

• https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health/uterine-fibroids-are-more-common-and-severe-in-black-women-but-there-are-treatment-options/

• https://canwach.ca/article/fibroids-and-black-womens-health/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Fibroids/ 

• https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-types/uterine/what-is-uterine-cancer/uterine-fibroids 

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I am back ( for a good time not a long time)! 

This is my second time recording this episode. The first time, I was just yelling into the mic to the point that I had to make the decision to re-record this episode. I hope that you all enjoy it.

In this episode, I talk about where I have been, Washington DC, potentially going to Wrestlemania 42 in Vegas, and what's left to come on the journey to episode 100.

I hope that you enjoy this catch up and Happy Easter (if you celebrate)!

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It is time for the annual recap of my time at TIFF 50 aka TIFFTY! 50 wonderful years of the Toronto International Film Festival! As always, I will briefly touch on the films that I saw and rank them in order of my personal enjoyment. 

Please note: I will give some spooliers to these films as I discuss, so please do not listen if you intend to watch! 

The films I saw and recapped in order of enjoyment:

1. The Fence

2. Degrassi: Whatever It Takes

3. &Sons

4. Two Pianos

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In this episode, I discuss: the potential of GLP-1s, books that I need to finish reading before the end of 2025, the demise of Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), the end of department stores, R-Truth being released from WWE, Attending a coworker wedding as a single woman, and my settle down aversion.

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