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Dawson's Creek, S1 E12: Beauty Pageants and William Wallace Impressions
What happens when you combine nostalgia, beauty pageants, and social critiques? Our latest rewatch episode takes you back to the memorable moments of Dawson's Creek, Season 1, Episode 12, "Beauty Contest."
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Hi everyone and welcome back to almost the end of our series on Dawson's Creek, our nostalgic and problematic first thing that we're reviewing. We are rewatching Dawson's Creek. The late 90s hit and we are already on season one, episode 12. We haven't filmed a film. Why do I keep saying that? We haven't recorded one of these in a couple of weeks? But we're back on track and I cannot believe we only have one more episode after this for Dawson, unless we decide to keep going for season two.
Dani Combs:I don't know, but this one I knew Katie would totally be interested in, because the title of this episode is Beauty Contest, and here is the Amazon Prime short description Joey and Pacey both enter a local beauty pageant. Yes, that's right. I said Pacey,
Dani Combs:yes, and I read the description before I started it, just because I was on like one of the bigger TVs in my house and I was like, oh, what's this about? So I already was very intrigued by it. Yeah, yeah, and and sure, I really, really loved it. So we'll just put that out. I know I like this episode too. I have about equal amounts of happies and brownies. I probably more happies than brownies, and we'll just go in order like we did last time. So I think somehow we evolved into taking notes that way. Yeah, it's like going in order of the episode instead of like here's's all the good, here's all the bad. Yeah, so, like, the very first thing I said was what is this theme song? I know what was that, I think okay. So when Dawson's Creek originally came out, they were supposed to have a different theme song. Oh, and I'm wondering if that was it. And then they switched it out for Paula Coles. Yeah, and maybe they were just doing it on this episode, just to be whatever. Oh, or it's some kind of glitch. I meant to like Shazam it and see what it was and I didn't. But I mean it was fine, but I wanted Paula Coles. So that made me like a hmm, yeah, but anyway, yeah, okay, but anyway, yeah, okay.
Dani Combs:So when it first starts, they're talking right away. They're talking about this pageant, yes, the Miss Windjammer, miss Windjammer, which, by the way, for all you people who cruise on Royal Caribbean, the name of the buffet place is called the Windjammer. So that is all I could think of the whole time, because we went on a cruise this summer. It was eating in the Windjammer and they were having the Miss Windjammer. Anyway, that's awesome, I know.
Dani Combs:And so right away, of course, like it's the core four talking about it, it's Dawson and Pacey and Joey and Jen, and Jen's rolling her eyes and Dawson's just kind of explaining, I guess, to Jen, but obviously for the audience's benefit, like what it is. And so when he's hired to do, oh, that's right, right, correct. So you know, his mom works at the news station, so they hired him, hired he's not being paid to cover it. So he's like all excited because he gets this chance to, like you know, do journalism and like talk about this pageant, interview people and stuff. So he's kind of explaining it and it comes out that Jen, when she was younger, did pageants and Dawson makes this comment, like let me guess you twirled batons, and she just kind of looks at him like you can tell she did because of like the look on her face and I just thought that scene was kind of fun, how they set it all up, yeah.
Dani Combs:And then right away they're like oh, and it would be, it's a $5,000 prize, yeah, which I did the math, I looked it up, oh, because I know it feels like it wasn't that long ago, but late 1990s was a long time ago. So $5,000 in I put 1997, is $9,670 today. Dang, that's quite a bit of money still. That's a lot of money, so anyway. So I just like that opening scene. I thought it was good storytelling, like having it all set up. Yeah, I agree, I also had a frowny face for the theme song situation, yes, good. But then I remembered after it was done, like, oh yeah, and I probably could have google researched this, but I didn't. How many times I need that on a t-shirt, um.
Dani Combs:But something that I really liked was in the first two minutes when Joey and Dawson are talking, um, she calls out his like the, the BS beauty standards for girls, and like the first two minutes, and I was like, yes, joey, you go girl. And I mean I watched this a couple of weeks ago, so now I can't remember exactly what she said, cause that's what happens when you're middle-aged it just, it, just it takes you a, you a second. So, yeah, um, but I just love that. I love that she's always like just calling people out, and that is lovely, yeah, and she just doesn't, doesn't even think about it, she just like, oh no, this is, this is what needs to be said.
Dani Combs:I did have a heart, just because his line delivery was so funny, although the actual line's not great. Um, when dawson's explaining the pageant to jen pacey says I wonder if there's a swimsuit competition, and just the way he says it, like dawson's being all like journalistic about it, he's like, hmm, I wonder about this. And I was like, oh, that was actually really really funny. Um, yeah, so I love that. And then, um, did you have anything else from that opening scene? Yeah, because where they're outside talking like so I wrote smiley face Joey calling out BS beauty standards in the first two minutes. And then, a couple of lines down, I wrote smiley face Joey calling out pageant culture in the first 10 minutes. Yes, totally, totally nailing it too. And like I'm just kind of saying like not a person specifically, but she was describing like oh, this type of person will win, yes, and it's like yeah, yeah, sounds right, 100% right. We all know how I feel about pageants.
Dani Combs:If you don't go listen to our pageant episode, there you go Listen to our pageant episode and just as, like a general note, it was very like going back in time for me because this was the time period that I was doing pageants. That's why I was like you're totally going to love this for so many reasons. Oh yeah, it was great and even like skipping ahead a little bit, like the evening wear. Yes, I was like I had all, every single one of those dresses, at least the style, maybe not the same color.
Dani Combs:And then the talent stuff was funny because it's like, yes, and look, it is talent, but talent is such a funny thing. Oh, it's so, because you would have like the women singing opera, but then you would have someone out there with puppets, but then you would have like, and I felt like on this episode, wait, puppets. Oh sure, wait. Did they do puppets on this episode? I don sure wait. Did they do puppets on this episode? I don't think there were puppets on this episode. They had like baton twirling, they had someone like doing like a country dance and then they had somebody doing a monologue, like from hamlet or something, someone playing piano, and it was usually like you could name like the four areas that most people were gonna have the talent in. But then you'd always have this like outlying thing. That was still pretty interesting, but it was like wow, wow, that's weird. Like basket weaving or something. Yeah, like stuff like that. That might be cool to watch. That would actually be really cool to watch.
Dani Combs:Okay, so something else I noticed that made me smile and feel very nostalgic. I don't know if you noticed this, but when they were at school and they were in the cafeteria, there was a poster on the wall you know how they have those PSA posters and they had Antonio Banderas reading a book and it said read. Do you remember back in the late 90s what celebrities were trying to get teens to read more? So they had all these random pictures of celebrities reading books. I remember that and I can think of the big block letters that just said read. I can't think of a celebrity off the top of my head who I'd see, but it was like literally everyone. It was like and I'm pretty sure there was probably like a little catchy phrase at the bottom or something. I couldn't see that, but I said that was a very that.
Dani Combs:I remember posters just like that being up in my school cafeteria Totally, and when they were in the hallway and Pacey's talking about I mean it's kind of a sad scene where he's talking about how him and his dad had an argument and he's like, well, he told me I should emancipate myself and I'm looking for an apartment. But the part that I highlighted was when he's like it's $250 a month, right, and I was like what? But also I was like that's what I paid in college. Oh yeah, same. I remember that. I mean now my roommates also paid rent, so like it was like $750 total. But like I'm like, oh my God, can you imagine paying $250 a month for a place you live, for anything, for your car? I feel like I can't even leave the house without losing $100. Seriously, for something, for something, whatever it is, or like automatically withdraws, like your cable bill or your you know whatever. You wake up and you're like, oh, while I was sleeping, $600 left my account. You know it's like crazy. So I just had a little giggle about that, even though that scene wasn't like a happy scene, but it sets up the plot, yes, which is that Pacey has his eye on this $5,000.
Dani Combs:Beauty pageant prize so that he can move out and, you know, make a little life for himself. So what did you think about that? What did you think about him entering the pageant? Um, I mean, I guess he's right. I felt mixed about it because I felt like, yeah, like you can't be exclusive, like, and he was like it's not in your rules that, like I can't be a male entering this contest. Or if he was a uh, male who was female presenting, like, why not if I? Or if I am transgender and I want to be in this pageant, like because that is a big hot topic these days, right, it shouldn't be, but it is whatever.
Dani Combs:Um, and I was like, so a part of me was like this in the air yes, like, stick it to the man, but then also, like, men have everything. So I don't know, yeah, like, do you, do you need this thing? Also, that's like there's, there's, can't. Maybe one of these young ladies should win the five thousand dollars, not you, right? So I don't know. Like, I already feel a way about pageants in general and you know what it made me remember when I was in high school um, we, I, we, I was okay. So you know there's key club, right, it's like a service organization. The guys had key club. It was just boys. The girls had key one X. So we did the same thing, serve it Like we were community service organization. The girls had one, the boys had, and we would do stuff together. But one of our biggest fundraisers of the year, I think my senior year. They stopped.
Dani Combs:We had a male beauty pageant and it was called Hunk Hunk. Yeah, h-u-n-k. Yeah, I swear. And so they had formal wear. I mean, it was a parody. I would say it was a pageant parody, right, like well, here's our version. Yeah, but they had, I have, I swear we even had, like bathing suits. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, so I don't hide. People from class of 98 and below or above remind me. But I was like, oh, we totally did that and then eventually we had to stop. Yeah, but that was like it was huge. The whole school went like we got to crown Hunk.
Dani Combs:I don't remember what we called it, but just generally, like there's so many other ways, especially now I know, to earn a scholarship or show off what you can do. That like for men, women, non-binary people, we don't need pageants, like we just don't. So I just have such issues with things where you're judged for your appearance. I don't care what category it's in, I just like it, which probably sounds pretty dumb and pretty hypocritical.
Dani Combs:If you're a performer, because you do get judged by your appearance to be cast, do Not necessarily like you know, you have to be beautiful for whatever, but you do have to look a certain way to be cast in a certain role. Correct, it's more of like a matching the way you look with a role, I would say for performing, though. Like, it's like we need a person you know, this size, this age, or like to pair it with this person. They need to kind of look like this, right, not so much, like you said, like this is the most beautiful woman, so she gets the part. Like sometimes, the most beautiful woman, so she gets the part. Like sometimes the most beautiful woman does not get the part you know. So, yeah, it's a little different, but I know what you mean. Yeah, it's, it's it. It is another area where you're literally judged. Yeah, um, the thing that I.
Dani Combs:That brings us to another part, with pacey doing the pageants, all the gay jokes that were just sprinkled throughout. Like I said in other episodes before, can we just not like the 90s were so homophobic, I know. And then, um, particularly and now I can't think of her name, but the girl that ended up not winning but I went to boarding school. She kept saying like, oh, you're a non-transitioned transsexual or whatever. She said that whole part like, isn't that a not a great? Yeah, and I mean it was used in the context of like setting up like a battle of the wits, right, like she's witty and so is he, and like, but it was just like, very like, oh no, thank you, and it was meant as an insult, so that's why I did not do not enjoy that at all. So when Joey then also decides she's going to join the, she's going to join the pageant purely for money, for college. Jen decides to coach her, which is just such a funny plot line anyway.
Dani Combs:And the part where Joey was walking with the book on her head and she was wearing heels, I was dying. I still can't do that. I still can't, but I definitely did it when I was like growing up and even like to practice for pageants. Yeah, and I, oh, I never could. And and also I'm like watching. I'm like, is that really a determiner? Like what is that determining? How still you are? Oh, it's your posture, okay, but walking in heels for those of y'all out there who've never walked in heels, it's hard and I used to wear big old heels when I was younger. But I'm telling you, you get older, you know things happen. Stability is different.
Dani Combs:Even if you're in great shape or whatever, I don't like heels. I never wear them unless I absolutely have to. And you will laugh at me because if you ever perform me, I buy character shoes that have the most tiniest babiest heel and I will wear those until somebody says excuse me, you are 43. You don't need baby heels. Have you ever noticed that? I've never noticed, but now I'm going to. Oh, they're so little. Or like the widest heel, you know like, they're like squares, yeah, and that's fine. Like, listen, I know I need that. So until somebody tells me not to like some, I was when I was in Diana, you know, I was with all these younger people and they had on these like big old, beautiful, giant heels. I mean, a lot of them were professionals. So like, and I'm like, here come my baby heels. I love it so much. But look, if that's what you're comfortable in, you know that's what you should wear, I know. Until somebody tells me different, I mean, if you told me, Dani, you need to wear platform heels, I'd say all right, you'd be like, let me think about it, I'll do it if you tell me, anyways, okay, so all right.
Dani Combs:While we're talking about Joey, can I tell you how annoyed I was though this was a big fr, very problematic that Dawson did not quote, unquote, see her until she was all made up, had her hair fixed, had makeup on in a dress, and then he was like, ooh, and I'm like Dawson, why you got to fall into this trope? Yes, I didn't like that either. Devil's advocate, sometimes, when you know someone a certain way, seeing them in a different light can trigger something. In this case, it was beauty. It was a parent quote-unquote appearance, like you should, but I mean blown away at her singing. That really was her singing, by the way. Oh yeah, I could tell I know. Okay, well, let's just go ahead and talk about that.
Dani Combs:Listen, though, because I've watched it with Cooper, and I remember when I watched this way back in the day and she was singing and I was like nobody knew Katie Holmes could carry a tune yeah, now, granted, she is not a trained singer, obviously, but it was I was like that she's a good singer, but she's not a trained singer, yeah, and Cooper was like she isn't. You know, he's Mr Diva Judge. So he was like she's not good and he's like I mean she's okay and I'm like, oh, but she's trying, yeah, yeah, I will say, and I couldn't tell if it was just the way she sings or being a really good actor, but like, it did seem like joey singing right, because I noticed very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable, yeah, and she was carrying a tune and there were some parts of it that were really really pretty, um, like, for example, the longer notes. So, first of all, if you haven't watched it, she was singing on my own, which is a hard from lame is, which is a very hard song, but also of that age bracket, very oversung. Oh, I sang. I've sang it at auditions before, still would today if I felt like it.
Dani Combs:Beautiful song and everyone thinks they can sing it. And then when you try to start singing it, you're like dang, this is really hard. It's like Let it Go from Frozen. Everyone thinks they can sing that song I don't, except for Dani and then you start to sing it without a voice and the look of panic on people's faces when they realize they cannot sing that song, myself included. It's wild.
Dani Combs:But anyway, she didn't like hold the phrases out, but I couldn't tell if that was like Katie Holmes being an untrained singer or if it was like I'm Joey, and I'm nervous, and I'm doing the best I can. In this moment. That's hard to tell, but I think it was probably both, and I think it was a good performance. I do too, and I do remember whether I saw this episode back then. I don't think I did or not, but I remember people talking about that back then. It was a big deal.
Dani Combs:From then on out, it was like oh, katie Holmes can also sing, and I think she even, like, sang for fundraisers or something, did she? Or on Oprah, maybe I don't know. I remember just at the time it was all of a sudden like, oh, she's a singer. The funny part is, though, that just hit me is Michelle Williams is also a singer, and she's an amazing singer, amazing. So I wonder how she felt, because I wonder if they even knew she could sing at that, they might not have. Do you know? Yeah, I didn't know she could sing until she sang in greatest showman.
Dani Combs:Yeah, so, not like I know all the things about all the celebrities not, I'm really talking about frozen a lot today, what's going on but like kristen bell, oh for sure, and she was on unfrozen, and people were like, oh, yeah, but people would be like, oh, but someone else is singing. And it's like, oh, yeah. But people would be like, oh, but someone else is singing. And it's like, no, it's actually her, like she can. And she's like, yeah, princess voice, yeah, can sing. It's not just her voicing the scenes, she's voicing the singing, with Idina Menzel playing the other character. Hello, right, and she holds her own. Yeah, she sounds amazing and like Reese Witherspoon.
Dani Combs:Remember she was in Sing, she was the pig. She was the pig. Well, she was in Walk the Line too. Did you ever see that one? Yeah, but that was more like it was really good, but that was more like character singing. Yeah, and she did a great job. I think she even won a Golden Globe for that movie.
Dani Combs:But like, but, yeah, but then in Sing is a little bit more like normal, normal voice singing and everyone went berserk but, yes, anywho, wait, wow, that was a big uh side. Okay, I don't know where we are, what's happening? We're like what are we doing? Oh, okay, so dawson didn't see joey as attractive until she was all done up. That was the last thing I said, okay, but then I said but then I am a hypocrite again, because my next one was smiley face Pacey and a tux. He was so cute. He was so cute, I can't. He was really cute and I liked when he so Jen was watching, okay, so Joey was singing yes, oh, and Dawson was watching from the audience because he was recording or I don't know, working as a journalist, and then Pacey and Jen were standing on the side and Jen was like watching Dawson watch Joey, so she was like noticing he was noticing her and she was like seeming upset about it.
Dani Combs:And I loved when Pacey called her out, he called it dumper's remorse. I loved that. He's like, oh, you're like having some dumper's remorse there. You're like wishing you hadn't have done that, huh, you know, or whatever. And I was like, yeah, you go Pacey. Yeah, because that's shitty of her, because I mean, she does again. She didn't realize that. She quote, unquote didn't realize Let me clarify Her mistake until she saw that he may have feelings for someone else and look, that's really shitty. But we've all been there. Oh, yeah, I know where you're like, oh, I don't want that person. Oh, wait, but they want so and so like, especially when we were. I mean, obviously we're younger, not now, we're old, married ladies now. But like me, I just burped in the mic but having that feeling where you're like oh but, but maybe, oh, maybe I do want to like still be with that person, you know. So it was relatable for sure. Oh, and I did put here on my own four exclamation points.
Dani Combs:The audition song of our generation, it's true, it's true. But you know what I think she's, you know who she sounded like to me. Who do you think I want to? I don't know. And Cooper agreed Britney. She sounds like Britney Spears, she does. But I think part of that is just nasally singing. It was nasally which inexperienced, and some of us just hang on to that. Our whole life Called me Inexperienced singers generally sound kind of nasally, but Britney made that her trademark. So go Britney Anyway. But I mean, I teared up watching her sing that song, me too, and I think part of it was because I remember freaking out the first time I saw it and I was so invested in these characters. And then she sang that song. Who knows, I may have been singing it for something at that point in time too.
Dani Combs:But then can we talk about Pacey and his Braveheart monologue. I was just. That's my next one. Yes, okay, what did you say?
Dani Combs:I said the William Wallace interpretation that Pacey did Epic. He had the accent going, he was only like half blue, but then he was like in this like sort of weird costume. It was his DIY Braveheart costume, yeah, and he did Mel Gibson's monologue where he's on the horse at the thing or whatever. It was his DIY Braveheart costume, yeah, and he did Mel Gibson's monologue where he's on the horse at the thing or whatever. And I just his accent was absolutely terrible, so bad. But he was calling out the a-holes of the pageant. He was Like for being the a-holes they were being and so yay, I mean I just I loved it. It was really good. I thought it was so funny, it was really good, it was so funny, it was really good. And then when, like Dawson knew the line he's like I've heard he's seven feet tall Like Dawson knew like what line from the movie to shout out, that was pretty good, I loved it, I liked that a lot.
Dani Combs:Okay, that's the end of my like happy sads, but then I have some notes, so let's do the rest of your happy side, okay, um, oops, sorry, we have all kinds of sound effects. That's my uh phone groomer calling to tell me the dogs are done. So I'll just have to text brand go pick them up, because we're podcasting. He's gonna be so happy she'll leave a message to go hey, we're wrapping up the girls. See you in a few. That's what they always say. The girls, those are my dogs. Anywho, that's a brand problem. I'll let him know about that in a minute.
Dani Combs:Okay, so I had an ex for when? Well, obviously, when I wish I had put down her name, the not nice girl from the boarding school, that rich girl. And they're talking bad about Joey, which is an obvious ex, like they're saying, oh well, if she does win, it's a charity case, right, blah, blah, blah, right, so obvious, bad. But again they say the black boyfriend I know she's like and her sister had an illegit being a bitch or whatever, but like I was like succeeded, come on. And she's also racist, also that, and also homophobic. So, yes, so she's bad. Check all the boxes, um.
Dani Combs:But then I had a heart where I said dawson reminding joey that they're only slamming her because they're afraid she's gonna win, oh, so they're talking bad about her. And joey's like oh, oh, I'm such a fool, like I'm so embarrassed, like people are making fun of me and Dawson's like that's because they're threatened by you and I just I think that's just always a good reminder. It is Because, a I'm trying to learn this as I get further on in life Don't take things personally, it's hard, even if they're meant to be personal, don't. And B when someone has a strong reaction to you, that just means they're reacting to you because you're doing something that pushes them. So whether they think you're better at something than them or your personality rubs them the wrong way, it doesn't matter, it's okay. Or maybe they just don't like you, and that's okay too. That's also fine, that's totally fine. Sometimes it's not that deep yeah Right, it's really not. And you can't take the time to change their minds or whatever.
Dani Combs:And the best thing that Joey could do in that moment was just get out there and keep doing what she was doing. And that's what she did. And she won her gift certificate to the Beauty Barn. She did Beauty Barn Spa. I was like ooh, beauty Barn, how do I get there? Okay, so my notes I'm going to tell you my notes. Yeah, did you have any more of those? No, oh, mine's kind of a note.
Dani Combs:I just said, hmm, is it the end of summer. Why does it seem so cold? Did you notice that? I was like they're freezing. They made it sound like it was the end of summer, but I'm like it can't be, because they've been in school now for a while.
Dani Combs:It was weird and Halloween happened, so it must have been November. I don't know, but they are on the East Coast so it is chilly there a lot. But like, why would there be this like wind jammer end of season thing in November? Is it because end of the fall season? Maybe Because maybe they're winterizing? Maybe, they said. But in my mind I'm like, oh, it's end of summer. And then every scene they're in coats and the wind's blowing and they're shivering and I was like what's going on? It's because we live where it's endless summer. Yeah, that's true. Okay.
Dani Combs:So my note was first one was Dawson is still annoying. First one was Dawson is still annoying. He was so cute on this episode he was annoying. Maybe it was the big good TV that I was watching it on, but his skin was so clear, his hair was so blonde, his eyes were piercing. But he was annoying, was he? We just said that that was not okay, that he did not see her attractive. I agree, I agree with that. Okay, so that was my first note.
Dani Combs:My second note was I still do my stage makeup like Joey's was on this episode. Yes, oh, my gosh, that's great Watching it and I'm like, oh, that was 1998. And I, when I go on stage, that's how I do my makeup. I mean same. I know, katie and I struggle with that, guys we do, which worked for me and Diana, because it was the 80s, you were like, right where you needed to be Christmas Carol, not so much. I had to tone it down a little bit. Yeah yeah, erin did my makeup once for Christmas Carol and it looked so good.
Dani Combs:I was like I need, needed erin's, my daughter. I was like I need to take her with me every time she was contouring. Yeah, there were like eight layers of things on my face. I just don't have the patience. No, me either. I just cannot me either.
Dani Combs:So my last note was why does dawson have two girls wanting him? I don't get it. Jeez, you're just really anti-Dawson. This episode he made me so irritated because the whole thing where he was just like Joey now that you put on At the end, where she's taking her hair down, he just makes everything so irritating. I don't know, I'm not a Dawson fan. Coming to the end of the season, you still feel that way, but I did like him back in the day. Oh yeah, I mean I still liked Pacey better, but you know, yeah.
Dani Combs:And so then the episode kind of ends with well, joey points out what you said to Dawson. She's like you know, I want you to look at me like this, but not because of tonight, like I want you to look at like our relationship and just who I am as a person and feel romantic toward me basically, and not because of this. So she kind of like, not his advances I mean, it wasn't like that but she kind of like pushes him off, like this is not what I want. But then he goes home and him and Jen are sitting on the step and she wants to get back together and he turns her down. Yeah, so that was interesting, yeah, and he actually was very surprised. Did you notice that? He was like Because he's oblivious all the time, he's like whoa, jen or something like that, annoying.
Dani Combs:You know what this episode needed? Scott Foley oh, I knew it. Why couldn't he be there? I don't know, it seems like a windjammer. Competition is something he would be at. Oh, one thing I didn't put in my notes that I really liked. It wasn't Scott Foley, because he was nowhere, but whatever, dawson's mom was there. She was one of the judges because she's like a local celebrity or whatever and just the way you could tell how much she just loved Joey, I know Like how she was just like I think we can all think of, like kids that are close to our kids.
Dani Combs:Did we not say anything about this? Okay, so if y'all made it this far and not wondered we have lots of sound effects happening because Katie's studio building is getting a new route, yay, but also on podcast and also there's a class going on outside the door, so you may have heard people talking, I don't know. So if y'all have been listening up to now and you're like, what is that saying? Can these ladies ever not have a sound problem? The answer is no, there's always, always gonna be. Our equipment is working perfectly fine. Today, however, we have people hammering above us and children in a class, but it's okay. Um, but, yeah, so just I, just I.
Dani Combs:I really liked how you could tell she just like cared so much about joey and was like cheering for her and not in like a superficial way, and there's something about the way she acted it. The woman who played dawson's mom, just that. I was like I feel that, yeah, you know, especially with my kids being that age now, like the friends of theirs that you cheer for, and, um, this is really I think we should probably go. Yeah, before everything caves in on us, we record. We recorded a whole episode with katie's husband where they're hammering away. But I don't know, maybe, maybe Brant can work his magic. He seems not bothered. So I feel like maybe it's going to be okay. I know you guys were amazing.
Dani Combs:I think this literally is like okay, I'm going to just say this now I've never been professionally diagnosed with ADHD, but I'm fairly certain I have it and I am sitting here listening to the hammering and Katie and Brant are just like la, la, la, being able to talk and I am like, pay attention, ignore that For those of y'all out there that have sensory things or know like it's so hard to tune that I'm like, oh my God, well, ok, so we also just environmentally environmental adaptation. We have five kids and three dogs, you're right, you're right, and our neighbors are always in and out. So there's like it is like layers of sound and movement on top of each other all the time. I couldn't, yeah, all the time, like my brain. I think that's why I had such a hard time when my kids were little, because there's no silence. Yeah, toys are loud, tv's loud, and I talk a lot. So that's Troy's always like like you don't need silence, I don't need extra noises on top.
Dani Combs:Yeah, and I will say like um, I'm I'm good at now identifying that like, I'll say, like I'm feeling overstimulated, I need to go sit by myself. Like I will say that to my family, I will go in my room and I will shut the door. Yeah, shut the door, shut the door, shut the door and and rather than just be like irritated with everyone oh, I just get irritated I'll be like okay, that's what this is. There's too many people asking me for things at once, and I've also got emails I have to answer. I just need like a few minutes, yeah, and so I could do that now. I don't do it every time successfully, but I will say even like my studio here, for example, my kids went back to school this week, so you would think I would just like work at home because they're at school.
Dani Combs:I came here because it's well in the mornings right now, when there's not roofers and classes, which, um, love having classes. But I came here to work cause it was quiet. Yeah, I, I didn't even want to be like in my environment, I wanted like more quiet than that, yeah, you know, and after a whole summer of not having it, it was like I really needed it. Yeah, so, anyway, anyway, we had so many side conversations today that nothing at all. Okay, All right, well, we will, um, see you guys. Oh, for the season finale. Oh my gosh. And our normal episodes. Oh, for the season finale. Oh my gosh. We will, and our normal episodes, of course. Check us out on Patreon, if you haven't yet, and share us with your friends of all generations, and we'll catch you next time. Bye, bye.
