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With that fire boy.
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Bling Ling, you forgot your bling bling. Wait. This is an impromptu. To us and to you. Very special episode. We didn't intend to record this at the top of the day, but we're opening our presents so why wouldn't we? I'm your auntie Culapy Lysack.
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I'm your other auntie. Melting like a soy candle with no parabens. That's what this morning I said girl, look at you. Melting like a soy non toxic candle. Auntie sue.
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Wow. Wow. Of course we're talking about the Perry. Of course we're talking about the hellscape that we're living in. And my face and your face and.
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My face and mainly dissolving into my jowls. I mean who knew that was going to come in my 50s? I was like, oh wow, that's such an interesting way for gravity to, to just reassert herself, you know.
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She said in case. Did you forget that I exist on earth?
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Let me do this little fun party trick.
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Yeah, you think you live in space? Nah, bitch. Let me drop your face past your ears.
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Yeah, let me melt your chin into your neck so it's just one long piece of flesh.
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Okay, Soochan, I have had to do. I had to. I am happy to do some self tapes for some acting work and boy oh boy, I did one yesterday and sue, what you just described, I just was like, you know, you wish you could do a self tape like a selfie, you know, at the correct angle. Cause boy oh boy, the way that I look like a thumb. It's.
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This is when you call Paul.
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I know.
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And you get that lighting on dot. You are telling me if you're self taping. I mean I haven't done that since 2001 and let me tell you, it's gotta be lit. You think people are self taping without professional get I know. Stat. Give yourself the gift of Christmas every day. It's like he needs each chance to do it.
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To be honest, I don't even know if I did a dozen auditions this year. So like it's been hard to like wrap my head around it. And I also want to set the table for you in that you guys are hearing in the background the sound of My dog, Molly. Half pug, half Shih Tzu, maybe part Pekingese.
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All.
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All flat faced. Okay, you're hearing that sound, right? Where I do my self tapes is in the guest room, which right now my mom is staying in. And turns out she enjoys watching me do my auditions. And yesterday I. I'm sorry, but twice I had to say, mom, you're breathing too heavy. It's distracting me. I need you to sit up. She's lying in the bed, I think, playing mahjong.
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Oh, I. I know this. Yeah, you're soe. You're soe Park Bender. Ew. Mom, mom, please, please. You're moving.
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Mom, you're existing is distracting me.
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Everything. I just. I'll never forget the look on her face when I went to pick her up. And. And God forbid I had a bit of sunscreen in my eyebrows that didn't melt.
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Well, to be fair, I'm sure it was mineral zinc mixed with Elmer's glue.
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It's diaper cream for sure. But I had a hat on. I had my Abby a rad hat on. Anywho. So, yeah, we. We were doing something else.
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Yeah, we were doing.
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And then we were like, we need a pick me up.
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Oh, I need a pick me up so bad. Yes.
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Who changed from her sleeping pajamas into another pair of pajamas. I will call it her waking pajamas. In the. In the feeble attempt to try to feel something good.
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I need to feel something good. My daughter was up at 4am coughing. Yeah, she.
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And she suggested, well, why don't we open up our gifts?
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And.
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And why wouldn't we do that with you all? Okay, you go first, but you have to read the card.
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Okay, dear? Out loud. No.
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For it to sort of make sense.
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Okay, okay, okay. But this is.
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It's the gist of it. You can tell them the gist of. I don't know what I wrote in the card.
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Let me read it.
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Let me read it.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Dearest Kubu. Okay, so this year I really kept the gifts that disappear in mind. So, number one, perfect door shoes. Now, technically, shoes don't disappear. However, I can make a very strong argument that they should be in their own category and never exempt from gifting. These are shoes rules.
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I mean, right, Right. Shoes. Shoes are a different thing. Shoes are a different thing. They're a different thing. They're different than a tchotchke. You know what I mean? A piece of jewelry, et cetera, et cetera. Shoes are in a different category. Yeah.
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Number two, this is random but perfect disappearing gift for My number one gift giver. I went down a rabbit hole and stumbled on video. Please search. I'm to search a video. There's no link on this card. Analog, baby, analog. Rajeev Serendra and John Darien. I cannot wait. And immediately brought you and you and me the set. Holy love. You have a beautiful holiday. Here's some more chaos and unregulated shopping. Love your one and only Susan S. Park.
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Correct. Wait, so are you at your computer?
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I am doing that.
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You can't open. You can't? No. You can't open the gift. It won't make sense unless you do exactly what the card says.
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You're the one who said you didn't have enough time.
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I thought we were doing this. I'm sorry, but it won't make sense. So here she is. Tell everybody what you're searching. So you at home, if you're in front of a computer or your phone, you can as well just pause for a moment and search. What are you searching?
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I am searching. Rajeev Surendra and John Darien.
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Do you see a video that comes up? It's like gift wrapping or something like that.
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Gift bag. Gift card hack. No.
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Is it? Yeah.
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Is that it?
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Yeah, I think so.
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He should wait.
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And you don't have.
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Don't play.
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You don't have to play the whole thing. Just play like the first few seconds of it. There's a woman in the video, right? It's him and a woman.
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I know what this is already because I was looking at it, debating if I was going to buy it myself or gift it to somebody. I know exactly what this is.
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Okay, so then open up the large box. Great. I was thinking. I was like, even if she has.
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This.
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Because it will disappear. She'll love it again. A re up. So what is it?
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This is. Okay, so this is the John Darien Sticker Book 2. And there are like more than 800 stickers in this. I was looking at this because the strategist recommended this on a list. And I was like, wait, what is this? And so it's the second in the series. It's also like, beautiful. Different sizes of his, like botanical signature imagery.
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You are a woodland queen.
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I mean, it's perfect.
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You are a woodland fairy queen.
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And then also John Darrien wrapping paper and gift tags. Wow, this is so great. I didn't even. I don't think I saw this.
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No. When I went down the rabbit hole, I was like, well, immediately I must buy that sticker book for her. I then discovered that and Then I was like, well, that's.
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And then to go with it is cupcakes and cashmere at home. I. This is. You bought this from a TJ Maxx home. So was it Marshalls? Was it home goods? Home goods. That's right. That's right. Because we're just gonna. Let me quickly pause.
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Do you already have that? It's basically a wooden spindle with, like, red and white striped, you know, twine that she could then do the gifting. Oh, she has two other ones in. She has two other ones in a brown and a cream. And now you've got the red and white twine. Classic. Classic.
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Classic red and white.
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Oh, my God, I'm dying. I'm laughing so hard. Yet you've got three wooden spindles of twine.
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Yes, I do. And that's who I am. And I'll use it. I'll use it. This is year round, baby. This is year round.
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Yeah. I made very sure that I was like, wait, is it Christmas themed? No. Okay, good. Because I think John Darien did. I mean, gorgeous wrapping paper for Target that was Christmas themed. And I was like, laughing. I was like, what if I just send her a box of just rolls of Christmas wrapping paper? But this is year round. It's a much more practical idea.
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I have cut down my Target buying.
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Oh, yeah.
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Immensely. But, but, but, but, but, but, but.
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But, but, but, but, but.
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Of course I got the John Darien.
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I mean, it's a small business. John Darien is a small business. John Darien is a small business. Okay, yes, he's at Target, but he. That's the only justification. That's the only.
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Only justification.
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Justification of why and how you should be purchasing at Target. Small business. Okay, my turn. Yes. Which one? Do I have three boxes or three packages?
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That one. That one in your hand.
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Okay, so I'm opening up a package. It's a package from. I'm trying to find the name of the company.
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Headley and Bennett.
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Hedley and Bennett. Embroidery request. It's so funny because you and I have overlapping tastes and then completely different tastes. Sure, sure, sure. And this pattern is overlap. I almost bought a ba. I'm going to show you after this. A bathing suit. I'm contemplating. You know, I haven't bought a bathing suit since the turn of the century.
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I'm curious.
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And is it an actual bathing suit pattern? You know what? Didn't double check.
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Yeah. I mean, could just be a bodysuit.
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Wait, is. Is this an apron?
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It is. Wait, sue, your name's on it, right?
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Nope. It says Wendy. Oh my.
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Who's Kooka?
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Who's Wendy? Wendy has mine. Dopey. Who's Wendy? Is it their mistake or your mistake?
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Their mistake.
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Oh. Oh. I thought that you had sent Wendy mine.
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Oh, I don't know no Wendy girl.
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We're gonna fix this.
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We're gonna fix it.
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Okay.
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Pretend that it's a sousan.
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So funny. Wait, that's crazy. That. Okay, so this is a collab.
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How does it.
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Oh, wait.
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It's a really interesting. It's like a Japanese style.
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Yes, it is. Yes, yes.
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Oh my God. Do you know how many Etsy hearts saved I have of Japanese style?
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I love the Japanese style. It's the best.
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This is so cute. Okay, wait, do I keep Wendy? It's because it's kind of funny.
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It is really funny that everyone's like, why do you.
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Why does it say Wendy and like, none of your business funny.
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Soojin. Okay, so we need to replace that though. Yes. Like, maybe you'll get both. Let's get one with, you know.
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No, Well, I don't want you to pay for that. Make sure that they. We'll circle back on this and do that.
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I'm definitely gonna say. Cause you flash and I'm like, I saw Wendy and I'm like, what?
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Like, I thought Wendy was maybe the style of the. Of the pattern.
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No, it's supposed to say gorgeous. And that's a, you know, rifle paper. That's a collab with rifle paper.
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Well, it looks very familiar. Yes. It's like black botanical. Very goth woodland, if you will.
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Yes, yes.
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Which is also so cool.
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Very, very.
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She's not. She can be mushroom woodland.
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Don't.
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Don't get her wrong.
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Sure, sure.
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But she's much more goth woodland. And I would say Jon Darrion is classic goth.
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Absolutely.
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If you don't know that Jon Darrien is goth, then you don't know Jon Darrien.
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Yes, very much so. Almost like Victorian esque. Like that era. Now I need you to open the glass box. Now the one that has black, that has this says fragile. I hope that doesn't say Wendy as well.
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Wouldn't that be a beautiful set? It's just. It just, you know, sometimes mistakes like that, it just reminds us that we're all melting, you know? Yeah. And we feel seen.
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Great equalizer.
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Welovejam.com Great.
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That is correct.
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Okay. Handmade in San Francisco.
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So you're not familiar with. We love jam. So that's what I'm gathering. Okay, good.
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No, and you know, I love all the jams. I know that and I love all the jams, actually. Specifically from San Francisco. Francisco. Oh, hey.
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Well, that I didn't know the sabra.
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Jam is from San Francisco. That I went. Remember one year.
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Yes, I do remember that.
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It's a four set jam. You guys, you guys, you guys don't understand here. In year six, we get really, really intimate. We get dildo intimate, you know, deep inside. And this jam is the lube, the thrusted. So far from both of our gifts, it's. There's no guessing. That's the thing. There's no guess. There's no guesswork.
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No.
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And if you know me, it's to know I love chocolate and I love Jamie.
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True.
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Four different flavors. Which you got.
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Yes. Blenheim, apricot, BlackBerry, vanilla. And these will be coming with me on my ski trip. Blueberry, lemon. Oof, God. Raspberry, mango, passion fruit. And you know, I have the sabra jam, like jars that I use, you know, for salad dressings and whatnot.
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Yeah, I'm sure. For traveling. Yeah.
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For astringent. Yeah. A face wash. And every time I do it, I chuckle at how hard I went one year on jams and how I loved those jams so much. And to just get four, I mean, this is the year.
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It's a bounty.
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I mean, it's a year of Jamie. I'm not going to run out of jam for the rest of the year, am I? I'm not gonna run out of jam. And every morsel will be eaten by moi.
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No, I know that.
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Every morsel.
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No, no, no. I know a spatty is gonna come out. Make sure you get every last drop. Hey, Spatty, come back. We miss you.
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Okay, you open up your big box, I'm opening mine.
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This, I believe, are the shoes that she was describing.
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And I can't, you know, I. So I had a hard time choosing the color. There was a hunter green that I was like, she could rock these. But that for some reason I know that you were when you went to your color lady. That's right.
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Here we go.
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You are deep, deep autumn.
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Yes. And ding, ding, ding. Green would have worked in that. A hundred green would have worked, but the brown, the way I look, I just felt like that was.
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Now, what is a door shoe? For those that haven't listened to that episode, A door shoe is an elegant, you know, usually slide that you have by your door. It has to be closed hoe and it has to be something that if you were caught out, you wouldn't be embarrassed Wearing. Okay, I. E. Crocs.
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So, yeah, that's where I'm at, friend. I looked down at my Crocs the other day. I was like, oh, this cannot. This cannot continue.
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Everybody in America has at least one or two pairs of Crocs. No, no, no. Shame on the Crocs. But these I saw, and CVs is the brand. They're based here in Santa Barbara. So I went there and I said, let me look at their door shoes. And these were the most elegant pair. Again, they have so many ku. If they're not comfortable, they're not your size or color. You can easily exchange. What? Did I get the right size? Did I get the right size?
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Yes, they're perfect.
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I just thought they were so beautiful. It's like a clog. It's like a garden clog, but in a rich chocolate brown.
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It looks like chocolate again. I love it. I love it.
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Support small businesses and shop local. Okay, sure. As if any of that was a factor in me buying those shoes.
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I mean. Okay, you're going to open this gift. It's a collection of things, of items I don't remember a lot of. What's in the box.
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I know what's in the bag.
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What's in the bag?
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What's in the bag. These are all beautifully wrapped. Okay, so I'll open the big. The larger package.
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Things are coming back to me now as you're. As you pull stuff out, I'm like.
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Okay, let me open this up. This.
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I already.
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Oh, yeah. You were telling me about this, that this was coming.
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Yes.
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I'm so excited. It's the pick a color. You're gonna have to say her name for me.
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Suvan Kham Tamavongsa.
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And this is a book that you absolutely devoured. And you were like, everyone is getting it.
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Yeah. I love it. It's so good.
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I love it. I love it. I live in a world of Susans. I mean.
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And you're a Susan.
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Exactly. And then I've got three smaller little packages.
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Yes, you do. Yep. Yep. It's all coming back. So coming back to me now. Why are you laughing?
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I'm laughing because the other day I was gonna text you, what was that mascara that you were talking about? And then, you know what? I thought that probably caught me. The mascara.
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You're right. There's nothing. There's no mystery between us anymore again. And I love that.
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I love that for us. You're in the bedroom.
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Yeah, we are.
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Get out.
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Mind.
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Get out, you sick rats. Stop watching us going at Each other, you sick rats. I mean, that's how far we've gone. Yeah, Like I was going to text you. I was like, no, I bet you it's on its way.
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Yeah. Because you told me that I should buy it so that we could have free shipping and that you'd pay me back. And I'm like, let's just. Let's just give. Let me give it to her.
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Judy doll mascara. I've been thinking about this mascara a lot.
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Yeah, I'm excited for you to try it.
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Okay. I'm going to maybe wear it today as I run all of my errands. Okay. Which. What's this? Oh, another Judy doll. The curling mascara. Wait, one's a curling mascara. What's this Judy do?
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Oh, that's to remove it. It's mascara remover.
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You need the remover. That's how strong it is.
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Well, I just have been addicted to using that now for my eyes.
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Just. Cause it's like, oh, you have to be so gentle.
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Yeah. Yeah. So I was like, oh, I haven't. I bought that, but I haven't tried theirs. I've been using this other brand, but just.
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I didn't even know that that was a thing. Oh, no, that's new to me.
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Yeah. So you're not like super rubbing your eyes? You know what I mean?
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Yeah, of course not. I've got four lashes hanging on. That's what I was thinking about the side of the mountain for dear life. Now this is a brand I've also never heard of. Sarah Creel.
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I hadn't heard about it. One of our listeners recommended it to me. I have purchased this eyeliner suit. It's so good. It's so good that I've gotten it in black and brown. And now I. Because I like it so much. And I went on her website. It's for the, you know, the older lady, if you will. I've started to purchase other products. I will let you know how it goes. But this is a game changer. Eyeliner.
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Creamy Kajal Long wear liner. Because that's the thing. Everybody loves a kajal. It's so soft, so blendable, but it doesn't last long. And you're telling me these salmon folds and it comes I love with the little blendable brush on the other side. Yeah. Not just like a little one of those Q tip applicators, which are lovely. This is like full on brush. Yes.
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I am so excited. I can't wait for you to review both those products.
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Full face. And then an adorable so Chicago bag. In bag. Sarah cereal matching black and white makeup bag.
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Look, I got it for free. Who's gonna get it? It's gonna be such and pa. Gift with purchase.
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I'm so, so upset. If gift with purchase wasn't. I mean.
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I mean, again, you'll use it to put loose salt and goddamn.
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It's my right. It's my right. I'm gonna put my jam full of mouthwash in here in 2027. And who it got to stop me?
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No one. No one.
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Who got to stop me?
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Not me. Not I. Oh, Wendy.
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I'm doing.
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No. Here's what's so crazy.
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Yeah. What?
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Like, I couldn't bring this up to you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know how, like, you and I will get into a run of, like, this is a great gift for everybody.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So know that I bought at least seven.
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Oh, you got to double check.
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No, well, because I had those come to me and all of those were fine. Yours was the only one that I sent direct to you. And it says Wendy. And she has such a.
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And Wendy has such a. And it's only fitting because Wendy's probably Asian.
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Oh, my God.
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You know, and she knows it. And she knows. She's like, ugh, I got some other Asian old lady's apron.
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Oh, my gosh.
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I can't.
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I can't wait.
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I can't wait to have that be my look. Just all day, every day, wearing a Wendy. Should we. In our next recording, we'll have to sit here in our Wendy aprons.
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We'll fully look like Ajama. Like, is that even, like, slowly transforming? We just, like, slam, slam right into it.
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But that's how Asians age. You know that it's a plump grape, and then the next, before you know it, it's a raisin.
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No, I mean, it's. I like to say that it's like, nothing, nothing, nothing. Pet Merida. Wax on, wax off. And that is another episode of Add to Cart. We love you, Happy holidays. Smooches for you booches.
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And if you're hearing this in June, because we rolled this out in the summer. Happy holidays.
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Happy holidays. Bye. By.
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Add to Cart is an Auntie's Unlimited production executive. Producers are Culap, Vlasak and Sujinpak. Tony Williams is our engineer. The music is by Wasabi and produced by LA Made it and oh so familiar with additional music by APM Music. Be sure to check out all the items mentioned today on our Instagram at attacartpod. Follow Cart wherever you get your podcasts.
Hosts: Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak
Release Date: December 22, 2025
In this lively holiday episode, real-life friends and self-proclaimed “Aunties,” Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak, treat listeners to an impromptu and highly entertaining gift exchange. Interwoven with authenticity and their trademark humor, the pair unpack the significance of what they give (and receive), share stories of family, aging, and personal quirks, and offer listeners a peek into the sentimental and practical considerations that drive their shopping—and gifting—decisions.
“Melting like a soy candle with no parabens.”
— SuChin introducing herself (00:44)
“You wish you could do a self-tape like a selfie, you know, at the correct angle. Cause boy oh boy, the way that I look like a thumb...”
— Kulap (01:45)
“In year six, we get really, really intimate. We get dildo intimate, you know, deep inside. And this jam is the lube.”
— SuChin, on their longstanding friendship and jam gifts (14:09)
“There’s no guess. There’s no guesswork. And if you know me, it’s to know I love chocolate and I love jammy.”
— SuChin (14:47)
“No one. No one. Who got to stop me?” — Playful declaration by SuChin on using gifts any way she wants (22:47)
“But that’s how Asians age. You know that—it’s a plump grape, and then before you know it, it’s a raisin.”
— SuChin on aging in Asian families (23:59)
The episode is fast, funny, full of affection, and feels like eavesdropping on two hilarious, insightful best friends delightedly one-upping and comforting each other through the ups, downs, and absurdities of modern “Auntie” life.
Anyone interested in the joy (and chaos) of thoughtful gift-giving, seasoned friendship, embracing both aging and sentimentality with humor, and adding (or removing) things from your metaphorical life “cart.” Fans of small businesses, beauty products, and cozy lifestyle podcasting will especially enjoy this candid, laugh-out-loud holiday episode.