Pessimism At Its Finest

Yes, I was in Bogotá, Colombia. My friend got married to the love of her life, so I had to venture into South America to attend the wedding. This is my story.

In this episode I will discuss: my terrible experience with Air Canada while traveling to Bogotá; the fight that took place at Pearson Airport; sleeping in Pearson Airport; Altitude Sickness; my stay at the Embassy Suites Hilton Rosales; a coffee tour in Chapinero with Airbnb experience host, Lina; the La Candelaria and the Gold Museum; the Wedding day at the El Jardin Secreto (The Secret Garden) in Tenjo; and the return to Canada!

I hope you enjoy this story time!

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ITS WEDDING SEASON!

My Mom and I had a heated debate. I believe that it is $100-200 per plate at a wedding, while my mom believes that it's $300-400 per plate (invite her to your weddings y’all). On my personal Instagram, I asked my followers how much a guest should pay per plate at a wedding. This spawned a productive and interesting conversation that lasted a day. I discovered many findings about what people prefer to pay, how much the couple prefers to receive, cultural and regional considerations, and how to calculate your cost per plate.  Someone asked me to make a tiktok about this, but because I am not good at TikTok, I have decided to make a podcast episode with my findings.

I hope that you learn something from this week's episode!

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This is a bit of a somber episode. My dog, Bessie, has passed away! But she lived an epic life and we are happy to have provided it. I got my Master’s Degree. Big Whoop!

On the same weekend, I completed my Masters Degree and my dog died. My dog was literally with me throughout two degrees! Lets shout out to her for all of the support during those all nighters.

Starting a new chapter in life, without university or a dog, is a bit of a huge transition. I am trying to figure life out and hopefully you continue to listen while I do.

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Happy April and Welcome to Spring! I have been lazy with the podcast, I know. But as I discuss in the episode, I have just not been sleeping well at all. Also, I have been over working and finishing up my masters degree (yay!). In this episode I kind of just discuss what I want such as:

I spent a significant amount of time this episode talking about WrestleMania 38 which has been the most exciting thing that has happened since the start of 2022 for me. I discuss the following wrestling topics:

Overall, a great event. Saturday was better than Sunday. Do we even need a Two Day WrestleMania?

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I am back! Life is super busy and I rarely have a down moment these days but I felt like an episode on Season 2 of Netflix’s Love Is Blind was super necessary! I have so many thoughts. I recap each relationship and give my thoughts. Also, someone please send me links to get the Ruby Jacket from Free People. It is now a necessity (Thanks Shaina). Also, I love Shayne and I just needed to add that here. Shake is problematic but did get the conversation going.

I took a break from watching The Bachelor to watch Love is Blind, or Love is Blurry if you are Shake. I will be back next week (hopefully) to recap the finale of Clayton’s season of the Bachelor.

Also, I address Kim Kardashian’s out of touch comments on Women in business at the end of this episode.

I am glad to be back with this new episode!

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IT IS FINALLY OVER! Shanae has gone home and Shrimp Gate is finally over! We can now move forward in love. Well, I mean that Clayton can find the love of his life without the drama.

Plus I give you another update on Tristan Thompson and the disaster that is me taking French Classes.

I also wanted to read a letter that I read on Reddit this week. You can read it yourself here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Marriage/comments/su099g/dont_be_like_me/

I think that it is super important to read it because it gave me so much beautiful perspective.

P.S. My dog is having trouble breathing, as mentioned in the episode. I am so sorry for her wheezing in the background!

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Happy Valentine's Day! Love is in the air for some..not me though but hopefully for you!

I am back with a recap of Episode 3, 4, and 5 of the Bachelor. This season has been entertaining so far and I cannot say that I am yet disappointed. However, we need to discuss the Shrimp situation and the craziness that is this season’s villain, Shanae. Also, no Clayton - contrary to your beliefs, Toronto is NOT a great place to fall in love.

We need to take time in this episode to discuss Kanye West’s new love for Instagram, his posts about Kim Kardashian, the apologies he wants from Billie Elish, and his relationship with Julia Fox. We also touch on the Jamie Lynn interview with Call Her Daddy. Wow, I am behind here!

Also, I will give you a personal life update in this episode so I want to thank you for listening to it in the meantime.

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This is an episode from the vault! I recorded this episode with Michael back in mid 2021 and never released it because it took me a long time to edit. I am so glad to be able to release it as my first interview of 2022!

In this interview, Michael tells me all about his youth, how he ended up living in China, what its like to live in China as a Canadian, his time teaching Film Studies at a University in China, the amazing places that he has travelled to, and what life in North Korea is really like based on films he has seen and literature he has read.

This is one of my favourite interviews and I learned so much about Chinese culture and lifestyles. This was not the topic that Michael actually came on the podcast to originally discuss but I had the best time chatting with him either way! I know that you will all enjoy this episode too.

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It is WEEK 2! We officially have two villains, Cassidy and Shanae. We got a guest appearance from Hilary Duff. We got two group dates and a one on one date. There is a lot to discuss here this week!

I also discuss the pretty privilege for men who are over 6 Foot Tall. Enjoy this recap for Week 2 of Clayton’s season of the Bachelor.

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