What I Eat In A Day, Bill and Ted 3？, Fashion of the RNC, And MUCH More! ｜｜ The Scoop Episode 6
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In this episode of The Scoop, I give my thoughts on the fashion choices of the women who spoke at the Republican National Convention, including Nikki Haley, Abby Johnson, and Elise Stefanik. I also talk about bug bites, and why I have never had bug bites.
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's episode of The Scoop.
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For those of you who are new to my channel, The Scoop is our opportunity to just have a chat
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as if we were at a coffee shop and we all were just hanging out and catching up about what
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happened over the course of the week. So today, because it's a little bit later in the day,
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I will be drinking some seltzer out of this cup. But whenever you happen to be watching this,
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grab a coffee or a tea or a hot chocolate or some seltzer just like me, and let's talk about
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what happened over the course of the week. So let's get into it. So let's start off today's
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episode by talking about the fashion of the RNC. So I wanted to touch on a couple of different
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outfits that I thought were real standouts from the RNC. And I know I talked about this a little
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bit in my best moments of the RNC video, but I only kind of briefly touched on it. So I thought I
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would just give a little bit more of my opinions when it comes to the fashion aspect of what women
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chose to wear at the RNC. And I thought that the women who spoke looked absolutely gorgeous.
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So the first person I want to talk about is, of course, Nikki Haley. I loved her pink dress.
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It almost looked like a coat dress. But one of the reasons I really liked what she chose to wear
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was that the sleeves were bedazzled, which I thought was brilliant because she's going to be
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talking with her hands a little bit. And when she does, there's an added visual interest when she
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moves her arms. And I thought that was a really good sartorial choice. I thought she looked beautiful.
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I loved that she wore a pink dress as she was speaking so strongly and firmly about her beliefs.
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That, to me, is the perfect juxtaposition, is that very feminine, beautiful pink dress,
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and her speaking with a strength that I thought was very impressive. And as well, I loved the idea
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that it was almost a coat dress, that it wasn't just something that was incredibly fitted. Although,
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I do think that the women of the RNC who chose to wear more fitted dresses looked beautiful,
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but I liked that this was so unique and different. And it really worked for her. Next up, I want to
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talk about Abby Johnson and what she wore for her speech at the RNC. And mostly what I want to focus
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on were her accessories. Number one were her pearls. I loved her pearls. I love pearls generally. I think
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pearls are so beautiful, so classic. And again, they really just brought attention to her face,
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which, when you're speaking, and they're going to be, like, zooming in on this part of you,
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bringing attention to your face with your jewelry makes total sense, as well as the navy blazer and
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the cream-colored kind of satin top. That looked really, really beautiful, especially with the
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pearls, which played up that satin feeling in her blouse. But then she also wore a 1972 pin by a
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company called Cole 1972. And the 1972 is a reference to the year before Roe v. Wade happened,
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and I thought that was very unique and a great way to make a statement without even making a statement.
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Having that pin is so unique, so special, and I just loved what she did with that. She also looked
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absolutely stunning, and Abby Johnson is such an incredible voice for those who cannot speak for
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themselves. Lastly, I wanted to talk about Elise Stefanik. I loved her blue dress. I loved that it
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had long sleeves, and what I loved most was that neckline. I love the kind of asymmetrical necklines
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that women are wearing more frequently on dresses that are kind of cut like that. I think that it's
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really, really flattering. It's that uniqueness that's going to bring attention to her face
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when they are zooming in and cropping you. So she did a great job with that. I also liked the color.
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I thought the color was really good on her, and I just thought that the dress looked great. So
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those are my thoughts on the women of the RNC. Of course, there were a lot of women who looked
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absolutely gorgeous. Melania, Ivanka, Kristi Noem, but I'd really love to hear what you guys thought.
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What were your favorite looks from the RNC? Leave it in the comments below. Next up, I want to talk
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about something kind of random. I wanted to talk about bug bites. I have gotten the worst bug bites in the
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last couple of weeks, and it literally took all summer for me to get a bug bite, and then they all
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happened at the same time, and they were huge. They were so itchy, and they were like lumps. I've never
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had bug bites that were that intense, and I don't know why they happened right at the end of summer. I
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would have thought I would get bug bites throughout summer, but apparently it was just the last month or
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two of summer that I'm gonna get bug bites, and it is so annoying, but I don't know if you've had the same
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experience if you've gotten bug bites kind of all summer long, or if they've just started happening
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to you, or if you've had these really, really bad huge bug bites because they're not fun. Luckily, I do
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have the Benadryl cream, which makes a huge difference for itching because I can just kind of like put that
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on, and it really helps with the scratching and the itching, and it's very, very good. I recommend a
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Benadryl cream if you've had a similar issue, but I would like to know if anyone else is having a similar
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experience to me when it comes to bug bites. The next thing I wanted to talk about is kind of my
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favorite morning routine and breakfast routine because I have been eating the same thing pretty
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much every day, and I'm still not tired of it. I usually Instagram it. I usually share it on my
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stories, but it's something that I can eat every day, and I don't get sick of it, and I still am craving
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it every day. So what I've been doing is I have been drinking a big cup of iced decaf coffee earlier in
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the day, and I have found that that really tides me over till about lunch, especially because I put
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in a little bit of oat milk and oat milk creamer. I don't want to put in a lot of oat milk creamer
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because that can be really caloric, but if I just put in one tablespoon of oat milk creamer and then
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a little bit more of just regular oat milk, I'll get the consistency that I like, and then I just mix
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that up and I put in stevia or something to make it a little bit sweeter because then it feels like a
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little treat, and I'll just sip that throughout the morning, and then I'll make myself a brunch, which I eat
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around 12 30 or 1 o'clock, and this is my very very favorite meal of the day. So what we do is I
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actually freeze our bread because it gets moldy when we leave it out for too long, and then I will just
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pop a piece of whole wheat toast into the toaster, and then I will fry up one egg over easy so that it
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can still be runny, which I really like, and then as well I'm going to give myself some sort of fruit,
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so I'll usually have grapes or a grapefruit, and then I'll make myself some soy bacon and soy sausages.
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So I keep kosher, and if I want to have any sort of dairy then I can't have meat with it, and of course
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most sausages are pork, so I eat the Morning Star ones because they are delicious, and they also are
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dairy, so I can mix dairy and dairy and that's fine if I want to put butter or something on my toast.
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And that whole brunch feels really healthy to me. It doesn't feel like I am eating something that's
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bad for me, but it's incredibly filling and it makes me feel excited every day and look forward
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to my lunch, my brunch, and it's great. And then after that I just have a yogurt for a snack a little
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bit later, and then usually I make myself a big salad in the evening. My favorite salad recipe of all
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time. It's so good, and that's another thing I can have days on end and not get sick of it. So if you
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guys want to see a video of kind of my favorite meals, this meal, this morning breakfasty, brunch
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meal, and then also my favorite salad, let me know in the comments because maybe I'll do something like
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that. But I'd also love to hear what are your favorite easy meals that you can have over and
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over and not get sick of. Next up I want to talk about what I've been reading. Let me go grab it.
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Hold on. So the book that I've been reading is called Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and it's all
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small stuff. And then the subtitle is Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life.
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I have been enjoying this immensely. It is super easy to read. Each chapter is two pages and it's
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just little tips to help you find your calm and your peace. And I love it. I'm going to read you
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guys an excerpt. So this is chapter four. Be aware of the snowball effect of your thinking. A powerful
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technique for becoming more peaceful is to be aware of how quickly your negative and insecure
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thinking can spiral out of control. Have you ever noticed how uptight you feel when you're caught up
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in your thinking? And to top it off, the more absorbed you get in the details of whatever is
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upsetting you, the worse you feel. One thought leads to another, and yet another, until at some point
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you become incredibly agitated. So he gives an example and then he says, the solution is to notice
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what's happening in your head before your thoughts have a chance to build any momentum. The sooner you
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catch yourself in the act of building your mental snowball, the easier it is to stop. I just love
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how wise it is in small little bursts. And I feel like once I read this, I'm going to read it again
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and write down notes on the ones that I think are really, really important and I can actually
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implement. Of course, I think I can implement all of these, but there are some that I might not have
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thought of. And that's really, really interesting. I want to mark this up almost with notes because
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I just really want to implement this into my life more, be more deliberate. And as you guys know,
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I've been on this whole calm and collected kick and I feel like it has been making me so much more
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happy. So I really want to share this with you because I want you guys to be as happy as I have been
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feeling lately because it's not coming from outward things and things that are happening that are better
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or anything like that. It's an internal happiness of being more accepting. And that's just changed my
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life, honestly. So I'll try and find this on Amazon and I'll link it for you guys because I'm really,
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really enjoying this. And I bought this in the sales section of Barnes & Noble. You can find some gems
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there because I like to look at their $7, $5, and even $3 books. Sometimes you'll find stuff that's
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really good. And this was, I think, $7. Next up, I want to talk about what I've been watching. So I
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watched with Jacob the Bill and Ted movies, all three of them because there's a new one that just
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came out. And I fell in love, really surprised about that. Because when Jacob initially recommended
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the first Bill and Ted movie, I was not interested. It looked like a silly 80s high school comedy and I
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was not, I didn't want to watch it. But we got about 40 minutes in because I had a lot of preconceived
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notions. But 40 minutes in and I fell in love with it. And then we watched the second one and I
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loved the second one. And then we saw the third one and I thought it tied a perfect bow on the
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whole series. So for those of you who don't know what Bill and Ted is, it's kind of this story about
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two guys who are not the sharpest tools in the shed who are in high school and they are about to fail
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their high school paper. And someone from the future says that they have to do well on this high
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school paper because they are going to be the saviors of humanity. They're going to save the
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world. And so they then have to travel through time so that they can succeed on their paper. And it's
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a ridiculous premise, but it is done so well. And for two guys who are so stupid, they are so likable.
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And you just fall in love with them. And you fall in love with what the movie is trying to accomplish,
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which is not a high level drama, not a really smart comedy, but something that's just enjoyable
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and great. And I just fell in love with the whole idea of the movie. Now, the second one does something
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that's a little bit different than the first. And then the third kind of does its own thing. But
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each one has Bill and Ted as the main character. So you've got Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,
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that's number one, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, which is number two, and Bill and Ted Face the
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Music, which is number three. And I highly recommend the trilogy. If you haven't seen the
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third one, and you've seen the first two, you should definitely watch it. It doesn't ruin the
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series at all. It really ties a wonderful bow on the entire thing. Now, if you've seen the movies,
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the second one is my favorite. The character of Death is amazing. I love him so much. He cracks me up.
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I just, the idea of his character is so funny. They do such a good job. And it is fantastic to watch.
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And the other thing that I love about the second one is that the event of death, not death the
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character, but the idea of death is made into something that's so kind of silly and lighthearted
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because Bill and Ted are just not very smart. So it doesn't become this scary, scary thing of,
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oh, you're going to die, but oh, we died, dude, and that kind of thing. It just lightens the mood
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about something that is very serious. And I can imagine that if somebody was nervous or thinking
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a lot about death, watching the second movie would kind of make it seem less of a big deal. And that
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sounds funny, but it works. It's very, very well done. And the third one, I'm going to give my
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recommendation on in the third one, you meet their daughters and it's just really, really fun because
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they're not trying to make it bigger than it is. They're keeping it very much within the framework
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of the first two movies. And it does feel like a great way to end the series. So I would highly
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recommend seeing the third one. If you haven't already, if you are a fan of the first two,
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then going and seeing that third one, if you want to see it in theaters or just at home,
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I would definitely recommend it. Now, another thing I wanted to talk about today is something
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that I think is really important and not enough people do. And it's something that I've been doing
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for the past three years since Jacob and I got together. And that is making albums. So I think
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we all have a million pictures on our phone, but we don't actually have something printed to hold on
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to something that if you lose your phone, you would still have something to show your kids. And when
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Jacob and I got engaged, I decided to start making albums every year with all of the pictures from
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that year so that we would have something to show our kids. And so I just made another album. So
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that's why this is at the forefront of my mind. It was a little bit later than I wanted. I wanted to
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do it in May, but I did get it done. So it's in the mail, but it's really nice to have those pictures
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that you cherish printed out and off of your phone and really something that you can hold on to and a
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memory that you can share with the people around you because you're not going to show your grandkids or
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even your children pictures on your phone, but they might want to pick up that album that you have
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of your trip to Italy. I don't know, wherever you travel. So I really recommend taking the time going
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on Snapfish or Shutterfly or whatever it is and printing out your pictures because you're going to
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want those in 10, 15, 20 years. And it's nice to be able to have them. Last but not least, I wanted to
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quickly touch on the death of Chadwick Boseman. He was the actor who played Black Panther. And of course,
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he did many other roles and he just recently died of colon cancer at 43. He never told anyone. It was
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not public information that he was dying and he passed away. And the fact that he fought through
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cancer for four years while putting out films that inspired children everywhere makes him a hero. So I
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really just wanted to say rest in peace before we closed out this video. And that's it for today's
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