Set It and Forget It

Summary

Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak

Episode: Set It and Forget It
Date: June 5, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this spirited episode of Add to Cart, Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak reflect on the curveballs life throws at them and the “set it and forget it” philosophy that sometimes takes over in adulthood. The episode dives deep into feelings of stress and gratitude, personal grooming game-changers (think brows and lashes!), aspirational gifts, delicious local recommendations, budget-friendly reading tips, and media suggestions. With their signature blend of honesty, humor, and auntie energy, Kulap and SuChin take listeners through what’s in — and sometimes out — of their literal and metaphorical carts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Navigating Life’s Surprises and Stress

• SuChin’s “Bloom” and a Rocky Year
  • SuChin anticipated her 50s as her “bloom” stage, embracing the idea that every new decade gets better ([01:25]).
  • However, her year has been marred by unusual and stressful experiences, most notably a spider living in her ear for a day, which has left her with lingering insect trauma ([02:22]).
  • “For those that are new to this, you can listen to the episode where the worst thing ever happened to me, which was a spider jumped into my ear.” — SuChin Pak ([03:06])
• Parenting and Caretaking Challenges
  • SuChin shares a sequence of unfortunate events: her son started junior high with a broken foot, and ended the year with three broken bones after a bike accident ([04:41]–[06:27]).
  • Major plans — like a surfing trip to Hawaii — are derailed.
  • Emotions range from consternation (“rage”) to extreme gratitude that the outcome wasn’t worse: “Every time I look at him and I see two places in his collarbone broken in two places so close to the neck... I can’t even be upset. So now I’m, like, swallowing this crage.” — SuChin Pak ([07:21])
• Self-Help Satire and Coping Mechanisms
  • SuChin wryly suggests self-help is “just gaslighting yourself. 24/7.” ([08:02])
  • Kulap quips, “Making it until you make it or you forget it. Set it and forget it.” ([08:05])
  • Theme: The tension between genuine self-care and forced positivity.

2. Beauty & Grooming: Game-Changer Alert

• Kulap’s Brow Transformation
  • After being told by an esthetician that her brows needed thickening, Kulap embarks on a journey to find her solution ([13:26]).
  • Ruling out microblading due to upkeep and distance, she discovers brow lamination and tint through Wendy Nguyen — an “Asian network” connection ([14:32]).
    • Process: Brows are shaped, laminated (combed up and set), then tinted ([16:51]).
    • Personal results: “It looks like hair. It doesn’t look like a block of color. ... If you didn’t show me the before picture, I would say, well, that’s ‘cause you have eyebrow hair. No, I don’t.” — Kulap Vilaysack ([18:33]–[19:03])
    • Cost: $120 for brow lamination, shaping, and tint ([19:49]).
    • Kulap touts it as a “lifestyle change.”
• Eyelash Lifts & Relatable Struggles
  • Kulap also tried a lash lift/perm and sends SuChin photos, discussing how it’s less damaging and more sustainable than extensions ([16:09]–[16:19]).
• Sharing vs. Gatekeeping
  • A running joke about wanting to “gatekeep” the best finds, especially gorgeous new lipsticks such as the personalized Guerlain case Kulap received from her sister ([25:10]–[27:12]).
  • SuChin empathizes: “But I gatekeep all the time though, because of this reason. A lot of times it’s like something I want to buy you in the future...” ([25:26])

3. Home-Centric Celebrations & Local Gems

• LA Sweets and Lao Food Recommendations
  • Kulap raves about Cat’s Mac and Treats for the best macarons and creative celebration cakes — “Not too sweet. It melts in the mouth... Also does Asian flavors: black sesame, Thai tea, Mexican chocolate...” ([28:46]–[29:32])
  • For her birthday dinner, Kulap had Tip (“eatyumslut” on Instagram) come to her house to prepare a Lao feast, walking guests through multiple dishes, including saku, nem khao, paan pa, sayua (sausage), salads, and an elegant nonalcoholic drink ([31:18]–[33:28]).
  • Reflection: Staying in, being catered to, and not leaving home = peak “auntie” and Taurus energy ([34:00]–[34:57]).
  • Kulap jokes about not inviting SuChin because “I knew you weren’t gonna come... That’s the gift to me.” ([35:05]–[35:17])

4. Add to Q — TV, Books, and Media Picks

• SuChin’s Budget Reading Tip: Book Outlet
  • SuChin discovers Book Outlet, an online retailer for deeply discounted new books (publisher overstocks): “They are cheap... Anytime I have the urge to read a book, I go there first.” ([40:38])
  • Book rec: Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Mara — 1940s Hollywood, immigrant family themes, “a quote in there... choked me up...” ([42:44])
    • Quote paraphrased: “Isn’t it every immigrant parent’s dream to watch your child have problems that are so out of your depth to solve, you know, that she’s climbed so high that even her problems, you could marvel in the fact...” ([43:42])
• YouTube Travel Channel Recommendation: Ray and Nick
  • Real, down-to-earth travel vlogs by a married New York couple — “They have so much personality. They’re hilarious. ... I like my gorgeous videos with a sense of humor and personality.” ([44:24]–[46:31])
• Netflix Series: “Legends”
  • British crime drama, starring Steve Coogan. “It’s a six episode British crime drama on Netflix and it’s based on true events... I love a British crime. Cerebral, nostalgic.” ([47:08]–[47:41])
  • Compared favorably with “Slow Horses” and “Q Department.” Noted for dry humor, not excessive gore.
  • “I’m so bummed that it’s only six episodes.” — SuChin Pak ([48:58])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Aging and Life’s Surprises:
  • “Full cherry blossom bloom. … But, man, I’ve had a weird year.” — SuChin Pak ([01:59])
• On Resilience and Gratitude:
  • “Just cover it in the gravy of gratitude.” — Kulap Vilaysack ([07:51])
  • “This is what self-help is: gaslighting yourself. 24/7.” — SuChin Pak ([08:02])
• On Parenting Stress:
  • “All day long, I just want to strangle him, you know? ... And I’m used to having all this time to be on my own... That’s why I moved here.” — SuChin Pak ([08:12]–[08:57])
• On Brow Lamination:
  • “Game changer. ... I’m telling you, this is the best thing I’ve ever done.” — Kulap Vilaysack ([12:40])
  • “If you didn’t show me the before picture, I would say, well, that’s ‘cause you have eyebrow hair. No, I don’t.” ([18:58])
• On Gatekeeping:
  • “I really want to gatekeep this. ... That’s not what Add to Cart’s about.” — Kulap Vilaysack ([25:10])
  • “We just hope that because we’re all paramenopausal or menopausal, that we forget. That’s what I’m banking on.” — Kulap Vilaysack ([25:44])
• On The Joy of Home Life:
  • “This is Taurus to a T. Beauty, surface, food, comfort, home.” — Kulap Vilaysack ([34:07])
  • “You invite your friends over, you give the gift... and everyone leaves at a decent hour. You’re back in your mumu, rolling on the couch like nothing ever happened.” — SuChin Pak ([33:28])
• On “Add to Q” Picks:
  • “When you don’t shop as much... imagine what happens!” — SuChin Pak ([49:55])
  • “You guys check them out. Definitely new to me. This is so cool.” — Kulap on Ray and Nick ([46:31])
• On Family, Identity, and Generational Cycles:
  • “This is the beast that I have created. Some would say nurture. I would say nature, because she was born this way.” — SuChin Pak ([50:00])
  • “She is on her way to becoming — what is that worm in the Dune...” — SuChin Pak ([51:13])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | | --- | --- | | 01:25 – 08:12 | SuChin’s year of chaos; spider trauma; parenting; “crage”; gratitude & gaslighting | | 12:03 – 22:31 | Kulap’s brow and lash journey: lamination, tinting, before/after, cost, photos | | 25:10 – 27:54 | Gift gatekeeping; Guerlain personalized lipstick; gifting as love language | | 28:01 – 35:17 | Local food recs: Cat’s Mac and Treats; Lao pop-up chef Tip (eatyumslut); birthday celebrations at home | | 38:07 – 49:50 | SuChin’s Add to Q: Book Outlet, Mercury Pictures Presents, Ray and Nick (YouTube), “Legends” (Netflix) | | 50:00 – 52:56 | Reflecting on raising “the beast”; acceptance of homebody tendencies; closing affirmations |

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Closing Thoughts

Throughout the episode, Kulap and SuChin lean into both the absurdity and beauty of modern life. They balance heartfelt vulnerability (injuries, stress, family quirks) with lighthearted product shilling, self-deprecating humor, and the pleasure of finding new hacks, gifts, and self-care rituals. Whether you’re a homebody, a beauty product lover, or just looking for your next bingeable series, this episode packs the recs — and heart — you’ve come to love from your favorite podcast aunties.

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Links and mentions (as discussed):

• Brow specialist Wendy Nguyen (LA area)
• Cat’s Mac and Treats (IG: @catsmacandtreats)
• Chef Tip (IG: @eatyumslut)
• Guerlain Lipstick & personalized case
• Book Outlet (bookoutlet.com)
• Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Mara
• Ray and Nick (YouTube)
• “Legends” on Netflix

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Transcript

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[Sujin Pak]

Also with that fire boy. Wait.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Welcome to another episode of add to cart. I'm your auntie Kulap V. Lysock.

[Sujin Pak]

And I'm your other auntie, second Pook.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Second Pook Suk.

[Sujin Pak]

What?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I mean, I'd like you to lead. Lots of things have been happening in your life.

[Sujin Pak]

It's been a weird year.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah.

[Sujin Pak]

Because I really, I was like the 50s and I. And they are gonna be. The 50s are gonna be the greatest because I've had decade over decade. When I turned 30, I was like, oh, this is so much better than my 20s. And when I turned 40, I was like, 30s sucked. The 40s are amazing. And then when I was approaching 50, I was like, this is it. It's just like gonna get exponentially. I mean there's just gonna be. It's just a bloom. I'm in my bloom.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You are in your bloom.

[Sujin Pak]

Full cherry blossom bloom. So it's not to say that I'm not blooming, but man, I've had a weird year.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah. But here's the thing. That's where you're at. That's at your bloom. But you're dealing with other people whom you are caretaker of that are in different stages. That's the thing. You know what I mean?

[Sujin Pak]

That's the thing. That's the thing. And again, I will not stop saying this for a full calendar year. I had a spider in my ear.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And I think people keep forgetting. People keep forgetting.

[Sujin Pak]

The other day I was walking out of my parents house and they've got a bush that's kind of in the walkway and I passed by it and there was just probably like a bee or a fly and it just buzzed and. And my whole body, it went limp. Like, I almost lost full muscle control.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You have insect trauma.

[Sujin Pak]

I didn't even register the sound. Like my body went like it was second. Second, you know, limp. First.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It was more like you were like, what is happening? And then you put it together.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah, and then I put it together. Yes. I was a detective. And so then I was like, wow, that's crazy. For. For those that are new to this, you can listen to the episode where the worst thing ever happened to me, which was a spider jumped into my ear. So then what we're talking about, I

[Kulap V. Lysack]

jumped into her ear and set up shop for an entire day.

[Sujin Pak]

We don't need to.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

All right, go ahead.

[Sujin Pak]

And then I saw a psychic, and the psychic said, it's a message. And the message was relax.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And it's not that you don't want to relax, just things have been happening. I mean, if anything like that, you're hoping to, but just the hits keep hitting.

[Sujin Pak]

I was planning on it, clear my calendar. I mean, you know, there was a few things that were happening. And I said, you know, the end of the year. For those with school age children, May is intense. I would say September and May are the most intense months of the school year to me. So you're onboarding your kids and then you're offboarding your kids. And if you have one that's like graduating or doing something, you know, kind of special, like my gal is graduating sixth grade, going to a new school. Oh, oh, oh, there's. There's end of the year, you know, the ceremonies, graduation awards, you know. And so I was like, I'm going to really just be very good to myself. It's been a rocky start of the year. Let me just, like, clear it. I got a little midweek girls trip planned. I really am taking care of myself. And then my sweet, sweet boy, my labradoodle son got into a bike accident and he has broken three bones. So now in the school year, we are now at six bones.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

He.

[Sujin Pak]

And the crazy thing is the day before school started for his new school, he broke his foot in three places. So that was a crazy way to start junior high, let's just say. Not fun.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah.

[Sujin Pak]

For him, for anyone. I was so worried and it was so stressful. Besides the physical healing, just like him starting off a school year, new kids, new classes, new everything, and having to go to the nurse's office for lunch, you know, not participating in any after school activities, all of that stuff. Just got a real slow start. It's fine. He's coasting now. He's Mr. Campus. And then just a few weeks before the end of the year, he breaks three bones.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

He bookends the year.

[Sujin Pak]

He bookends the year.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You make a plan. And unfortunately, life happens.

[Sujin Pak]

We've been planning this for a year. Since last summer, he has a huge surfing trip with his cousins to Hawaii. I mean, going to the homeland for many reasons. Him being hapa and him being a surfer. He's never been to Hawaii as a surfer. He's been to Hawaii as just a tourist shoot. That ain't happening.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

That ain't happening.

[Sujin Pak]

And so, anywho, it's been weird. I mean, I can't even feel bad about his injury. Of course, the first initial, you say, it's not an Asian thing. Thank goodness. Cause I thought maybe it was our culture to bear. My first instinct was just so much rage at, like, how could you do this? Like, what were you thinking?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Sometimes it's not crage. Sometimes it's just rage.

[Sujin Pak]

Yes. I, as you can imagine, can't tell the difference. I'm blind to that. I'm blind to that.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Defining any rage for you is crage in a way.

[Sujin Pak]

Correct. Because my kids would say there's normal rage, and then there's my mom's rage, where, you know, it can be very alarming. And so after I kind of got through that, I was like, I can't even be upset because he didn't break his neck.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yes, of course.

[Sujin Pak]

Every time I look at him and I see two places in his collarbone broken in two places so close to the neck.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Oh, I didn't realize it was the collarbone.

[Sujin Pak]

So close to the neck, I can't even be upset. So now I'm, like, swallowing this crage. I'm, like, constipated. I can't sleep. I think my hair is falling out. Just because I can't even be mad at anyone.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, just cover it in the gravy of gratitude.

[Sujin Pak]

And this is what self help is. I realize it's just gaslighting yourself.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

That's right. That's right.

[Sujin Pak]

24 7.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Making it until you make it or you forget it. Set it and forget it.

[Sujin Pak]

Yes, set it and forget it. Possible title of F. That is my 50s. You're right. I'm gonna set it, then forget it because. Wow. I don't know what to do with it. And the thing is, again, he's my labradoodle. He's the best. You couldn't ask for a better kid. And yet, all day long, I just want to strangle him, you know? Mama.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Mom.

[Sujin Pak]

Mom. Hey, Mom. Mom, Mom, Mom. I'm like, o. Okay, just one second. And I'm used to having all this time to be on my own, to do my walks, to do my work, to do all of the things just by myself. That's why I moved here.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

So I went. Come a knocking. That's why I moved. Come have lunch with me. Come having an Asian style slo.

[Sujin Pak]

Exactly. I built a house shaped coffin in the coastal area of Santa Barbara. And so all day long. And he can't do anything for himself. He can't move. He can't sit in a chair and get up.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Oh, my God. I swow. Wow.

[Sujin Pak]

Again. It's all coagulating in my intestines because I can't.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I can't be upset.

[Sujin Pak]

I'm like coming. You know that. Okay. Where I'm just singing everything. Okay, just a minute. Does that sound like singing? That sounds like a horror movie now.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I was just gonna say that, like,

[Sujin Pak]

that is in my headphones.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

For the first time, I know what's behind it. You know, you're not Mrs. Doubtfire to me. And especially what you're doing with your face. And I. Because I know you was. It was chill. It was like, no, I'm too scared to watch it. But that's what I assume that clown sounds like.

[Sujin Pak]

It's so off key. You know what I mean? Like, there's not one note that hits. Yeah, it's jagged. It's jagged. It's not on key. But anyway, again, though, get that gravy. Gratitude.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah. Yep.

[Sujin Pak]

He will heal, you know, even if he has to have surgery.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

That's a possibility.

[Sujin Pak]

He will still. That's a possibility. He will still heal. He will walk.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

This is what also is happening for some reason. And my zoom is not doing this.

[Sujin Pak]

That's my zoom.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Your zoom is like.

[Sujin Pak]

I don't know.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It is choosing times to zoom into your face and pull out.

[Sujin Pak]

And I'm like, just will at will. Some weird AI upgrade to only my zoom. You guys can't see it visually for both of us. It's unsettling. It's like I'm on a dolly. I am on a dolly. Not even a camera. And someone is pulling me to and from the lens. It's disconcerting. And I don't know how to make it stop. I don't know even know how it turned out. Is this like a new.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, it must be a feature where they're like, upgrade. I'm not upgrading my zoom because tripping me out. And she's like a Moving background of Hawaii in the ocean. So I'm just like, what is going on?

[Sujin Pak]

I thought I was. I'm trying to. Again, I'm trying to dress for the part summer. When this comes. Get it? This comes. When you hear this, we are going to be just at the. At the. What do you call it when you.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

The precipice launch.

[Sujin Pak]

The precipice of a gorgeous summer. So I set this island background. But anyway, enough about me. What the hell is going on with you?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I don't know if you're noticing something. If I'm striking you. My face is like.

[Sujin Pak]

You're like, well, is it your brows, girl?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yes.

[Sujin Pak]

Wait, no.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Girl, yes.

[Sujin Pak]

Wait, what?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Because.

[Sujin Pak]

Wait, wait, my brows right now.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I've been trying to do brows.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And that's also tripping me out. I'm letting you know. I'm like. Because I was going to bring it up to you, but then it like shifts around and they're moving. I'm like, okay, this is AI too. Like everything's happening now.

[Sujin Pak]

The zoom browse. I did. I was just messing around one day and. And I have zoom browse. You guys again.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Can't see.

[Sujin Pak]

I realize that, but you're with us, right? But when I. When she was logging on, just setting up her audio, I was looking, I was like, does she have zoom browse on?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Girl, girl, this is a game changer. Game changer.

[Sujin Pak]

Okay, let's get into it. Let's get into it.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Do you remember when I did my colors? Yes, of course, Esther.

[Sujin Pak]

I can't. I refer back to that stupid video whenever I'm like, gift giving time. I'm like, what were her colors again? Cool. But then there's like black, but what? And I have to sit through that fucking three minute video to like remember your colors. I'm like, no, okay, no, cool black, but. But warm jewel tone warm. I'm like, this is all contradictory. But go on towards the end of

[Kulap V. Lysack]

that video and maybe I'll post it again so you guys remember it too. She was like, I like the shape of your eyebrows, but they need to be thicker. And so from that point on, I was like, okay, I'm gonna do something. I was considering Strike this place my friend goes to in Beverly Hills. But it's a thing where they want like six to eight weeks of growth and then you go in and you never touch your brows. They tend to. Is so hard for me. I live in Los Angeles. For those of you who aren't familiar, it's so hard for me to go west of La Brea. And that's even being generous, I stick to the east side of la. It's a sprawling city. So the idea of going there to take care of my brows. Just my brows, it's a no. So then I wasn't really into the idea of.

[Sujin Pak]

What is it? Blading.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You've heard of that, right, Sue?

[Sujin Pak]

Yes. I did that in Korea.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You know, I mean, I have tattoos, so obviously I'm not against, like, putting ink in my body, but I still was like, I don't. It doesn't feel right.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

So I have met this amazing woman. Her name is Wendy Nguyen. She's friends with my cousin Susandra Sumato,

[Sujin Pak]

who is the Asian network.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Dana Dang, my niece's, you know, aunt. Like, throw another Asian.

[Sujin Pak]

Get in there, man.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Get in there. So she. I wanted to glow up for my birthday, and I talked about it last show, and we were gonna do the balayage, and then we settled on that. That wasn't realistic for me for what I was willing to do in terms of upkeep. And so instead, for my hair, we did a gloss. Like a silver gloss.

[Sujin Pak]

Right.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And. Which makes my blacks look blacker. I'm, like, loving this good vibe. Okay. I mean, you can tell, right? Cause I'm.

[Sujin Pak]

I can 100% tell. Because I thought. Oh, at first I thought, it's just the lighting. Again, you're a matte black girl, so her background is matte black, so it's hard to say. So I was like, oh, her hair looks darker, but it could be just the background. But now it is actually your hair.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It's a little. Yeah, it's temporary, but it's a little shine. A little, you know? Yeah. And then she was like, let's. Let's do, like, a brow. What about a brow? Lamination and tint. Lamination. What is it? It's essentially a permit. It's a perm. It's a Something to make. It's, you know, it's not perm. Curly. But all it is my own brows.

[Sujin Pak]

Oh, you have to have brows. That's way.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Way. But I didn't. When you see the between. This is why I think maybe this is for you too.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah. Because I don't have brows.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I don't have brows. I don't have lashes. We also did a lash.

[Sujin Pak]

Same.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Okay. Lash perm. I will send you a photo suit. Again, I don't have a lot, but you can. It looks. It's an improvement. It's a curl improvement for so little.

[Sujin Pak]

How long did that take, though. Cause I've seen that I can't long. Oh, not long at all. No. Okay.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Not at long at all.

[Sujin Pak]

Because anything around my eyelashes for more than a second really gives me. I get very claustrophobic.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I mean, I get that. And also, I think maybe you also have some trauma maybe around that area as well, so.

[Sujin Pak]

Oh, yeah.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Okay, let's talk about this. Let's. Gravy, Gratitude. Gravy.

[Sujin Pak]

Gratitude, gravy.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Gratitude, gravy. Gratitude, gravy. Let's stick with the brows.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Sis, this has been a game changer.

[Sujin Pak]

Now, can you break down the process? What is that?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Of course. So I'm just lying down, and we like that already. But what I understand is she's probably taping off and making sure it's a good shape, but she's taking what little of my brows and then essentially combing them up and laminating them in the shape that fits, you know? And then after that lamination is completed, she's adding tint to it.

[Sujin Pak]

Okay.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And it's not permanent.

[Sujin Pak]

In person, does it look like. Like a block of color, or does it actually look like you have.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I'm going to send you photos now. It looks like hair. It doesn't look like a block of color.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah, because you've seen that, and I've seen that look where I'm like. I mean, in photos, it looks amazing, but in person, you look insane.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah. So I. Sue, I'm texting you. You have your phone up right now. I'm sending you, like, basically, what is the cost?

[Sujin Pak]

I need to know the cost. Let's get real.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It's under. I'll look up right now. Cause she did. We were doing a bunch of different stuff, so I also got my nails done. Okay, Soochen, I am sending you. This is, like, so necessary. We're not even gonna do a show anymore. I'm just, like, showing her things that she needs to know. Okay. Look at how little brows I have in this photo.

[Sujin Pak]

Okay. Yes.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Now when I'm showing you when it was completed, it's darker. Cause it had to fade down a little bit. And it faded down with, like, pretty quickly. But I was kind of, like, unsure. I'm like, oh, God, I look like Michael Jackson. But I also knew that it looked right. Oh, and then.

[Sujin Pak]

Whoa, wait, it looks like individual hair.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yes, because it's my hair. How did she do that? Yeah, it's, like, filling it in. That's why I'm saying. And so this is, like, days later. This is maybe Two days later, I didn't take a shower for, like, you know. Cause I want. I wanted. It's. I wanted to fade, but I also wanted to stick.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Do you know what I mean? Like, and so that's days later. And this is where we are, almost a week later. And I love it.

[Sujin Pak]

If you didn't show me the before picture, I would say, well, that's. Cause you have eyebrow hair.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

No, I don't. And they. And thickened it up. And she came to my house.

[Sujin Pak]

Text her. I need to know the price.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

No, I'll tell you. Let me find it right now.

[Sujin Pak]

Sorry, guys. I know we're recording a show. I will say that the times I've been to Korea, the only thing I've ever done consistently there is this brow thing. Because it was such a game changer, especially if you've never had brows. And then because the skin stuff is amazing, but you really gotta commit. Minimum six month.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yes, of course.

[Sujin Pak]

So I was like, the skin stuff, it's not as satisfying because if I'm only going once a year at most. But the eyebrow stuff. So this gives me a full so

[Kulap V. Lysack]

for the brow lamination, shaping and tint, 120.

[Sujin Pak]

Oh, God, I love the Asian.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

So you're coming. You're coming in my house.

[Sujin Pak]

Network. It's actually cheaper or very close. But cheaper than what I pay in Korea.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, Yeah. I.

[Sujin Pak]

Well, not for lamination, but I mean, I'm doing a much more extensive thing. But still, just to get the effect of. Of eyebrows. I don't care how they do it, Sue.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I've never had this life. I've never had this life.

[Sujin Pak]

I feel.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I don't know. I feel. Now, of course, you know, I have to have a spoolie.

[Sujin Pak]

Oh, don't you love a tool? I have to go up. Cause otherwise they look intriguing.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Like, I can do this. And they'll spike like this. So I have to, like, spoolie it up and then shape it down. Otherwise it can just like, be spiky like this.

[Sujin Pak]

Because it's a lifestyle.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Cause it's a lifestyle. She's basically just spread my hair out, basically.

[Sujin Pak]

Okay.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And then, like, filled it in. You're in.

[Sujin Pak]

So you're in. I'm in. I'm in also because it's temporary. So it's temporary. If you love it, great, keep it up. If not, move on.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

But the second. Keep up. More so than when I was doing lash extensions. Lash extensions. What were happening is as my eyelashes were growing, getting heavy, they would pull what little I had and then I would have these gaps. God, did it look amazing for a week or two weeks. You know what I mean? But this is like, this I can. I'm on board with. And I think this is. This, sue, is a lifestyle change. Okay.

[Sujin Pak]

All right. I'm in for it. If I hadn't had this experience, I'd be like, I mean, eyebrows, they really make that much of a difference, you know, but they really do. It's a very subtle thing, I think also, as you get older, for me at least, not only do I not. I never had a lot eyebrows, but now I have, like, patchy.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah.

[Sujin Pak]

You know, where I'm like, well, that's a weird place for that to grow. And so I think that this would be nice. Yeah. It's such a subtle difference. And you know what? Probably someone who. Who met you or certainly someone who just met you, but someone who hasn't doesn't see your face on a regular basis. Like, I see cool ops face close up on a camera on a regular basis. So I noticed, but wouldn't notice. But that's not the point. The point is, is that you're looking at your face every single day. And it is such a game changer when you've got your eyebrows just really well done.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Really well done. Sometimes I don't even like it when makeup people do my eyebrows because it looks not cartoony, but it's like, it's too dark.

[Sujin Pak]

Too dark.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It's too dark. Something about. I'm like, and this is not quite it. But now I look like a femme. Peter Gallagher from the O.C.

[Sujin Pak]

are you.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You know exactly who I'm talking about. And I mean that complimentary to myself.

[Sujin Pak]

Is there a little swag in your step? You know how sometimes.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Because I always focus on my lips because I have big, luscious lips. And so that's where the smoke and mirrors are. But now I feel like my face is more balanced. We're strong, and it's a nice bookend in my face.

[Sujin Pak]

God, what a. What an achievement at this stage in life.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Thank you so much.

[Sujin Pak]

What an achievement at this stage in our life. I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it. I can't wait to do it at your house.

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[Kulap V. Lysack]

Speaking of lips and I want to gate keep this. I really want to gatekeep this. This was a gift from my sister Alyssa Vilasak. It's lipstick but I want to gatekeep it because it's so good and I want to gift other people but it's like I can't. That's not what add to cart's about.

[Sujin Pak]

I know, but I gatekeep all the time though, because of this reason. A lot of times it's like something I want to buy you in the future and I'll be like, oh, I can't show her that one. Like in another episode that we're working on I was like what do I do? Because a lot of this is on my co op list.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

We just hope that because we're all paramedic, menopausal or menopausal that we forget that's, that's what I'm banking on, you know, like that's it.

[Sujin Pak]

And by the way, the only thing in the year of 2026 that you can bank on it, that is 100% that check will cash. You will forget it. I will forget it.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And listeners may forget it too. Yeah.

[Sujin Pak]

Yes, I think so.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

We're all aging together, you know. Now, are you familiar with the. I don't even know how to say it. Guerlain. It's Guerlain. Guerlain. Guerlain. The rouge.

[Sujin Pak]

Let me tell you, I've been gatekeeping this one.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You've been gatekeeping this?

[Sujin Pak]

But somebody already. Great. Somebody gifted it.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

My sister, for my birthday, got me the Guerlain rouge with case. And the case itself is exquisite. It is a case that also has a mirror attached to it.

[Sujin Pak]

It's so very, like, art deco, you know, just classic, very chic.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

And she had it personalized with my name on it. And my sister Alyssa was with me for my colors, and she found me a gorgeous shade. She did a lot of TikTok research to find me a nice, like, shade that I could like an everyday shade.

[Sujin Pak]

Ugh. And with the brows, honey, you're giving at the top and you're given at the bottom.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I was like, she's outdone herself. Those are the best gifts she's ever given me. And she gives me good gifts.

[Sujin Pak]

Ooh, it's so good. And then assuming that you can refill the lipstick. Yes.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Correct assumption. But they also have very. They also have really pretty different types of cases too. So you can mix it up. I wouldn't.

[Sujin Pak]

I'm good with this one.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It's black with gold.

[Sujin Pak]

Good luck getting. It's out of stock. No.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Wow. It.

[Sujin Pak]

These go out of stock a lot. So I. Maybe because Mother's Day just happened. Maybe they just had a run. That's what it is. I bet.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I bet. But it'll come back. It'll.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah, they always come back. They always come back.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

So, Sue, I want to. And I may have to. I think I've talked about these two people before, but if you are in the LA area, I highly recommend my friend, my dear friend, who is a home baker. Her name is Kat Sang Surajan, but she goes by Kat's Mac and Treats. She's on Instagram. And basically almost every birthday cake I'm getting, you know, every birthday cake, every. When I have a holiday party, that's where I'm getting sweets from. She makes the best. Max. I don't even like macarons. I don't. Except for hers, because hers. Not too sweet. Not too sweet.

[Sujin Pak]

It's so important anti compliment.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Not too sweet. It melts in the mouth. She also does like Asian flavors. Like, she'll do Mexican chocolate, but then she'll also do black sesame. She's doing Thai tea. She's doing like, she's. And so my last birthday My friend Lara got me a cake from Kat. And it's gorgeous. And it's just so, so pretty. It's green with pink frosting. She add little gems to it. And it was inside. It was a dark chocolate, which I don't like. Milk chocolate. I love dark chocolate. It's the best case I've ever had. It's moist.

[Sujin Pak]

I mean, it's so beautiful. This should be a piece of jewelry that you wear around your neck.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yes. It's so beautiful. And my friend Laura got me a birthday cake for her birthday in April. I got her one from Kat. And all I said to Kat, I was like, okay, these are the things she liked. It was complete word salad. Like, I was like Mondrian, David Bowie, Basquiat, Keith Haring. And so if you hit the link to Laura's cake, you can kind of see what Cat did. I mean, this is cat freehanding. She's a literal genius.

[Sujin Pak]

I mean, it is like a. Like an art cake. Oh, this is. This is. The cake is art.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

That's right.

[Sujin Pak]

The cake is art, you guys. Okay, we're gonna share these on.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

We're gonna share this. Yes. If you are in the dice of these photos, I'll share the photos. Yes. Go to Cats Max and Treats. And then. So she's Lao American. I met her through Los Angeles. This next person I'm going to talk about is one of my Los Angeles brothers. For my birthday, he catered a Lao dinner. His name is Tip on Instagram. He is eatyumslut. And he has a really popular pop up that happens in la. And if you scroll, sue, you can see the menu he created for us on my birthday. And it was so delicious. It was such a fun, cool experience. And I got to share with my pals like, Lao food. I mean, it wasn't as spicy because they're my friends and I know what they can take, but it was absolutely delicious.

[Sujin Pak]

Wow. Wait, I'm confused. You went to a restaurant?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

No, this is all at my house.

[Sujin Pak]

So he came to your house and he cooked this food?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yes. This was a. Sorry, I'll back up. It was a catered dinner made at my house, and it was just my friend Tip and my new friend Darnie, and they just. They made everything and walked us through all of the courses.

[Sujin Pak]

What a treat for everyone there.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It was amazing. The appetizers were three different versions of sort of like a lettuce wrap. One is saku, and it's filled with mushrooms, peanuts, and aromatics. And the Nem Khao he made was. This is one of my favorite Lao dishes. It's a crispy coconut rice ball. It's crumbled up, it's mixed with herbs. Oftentimes it's sour pork, but this time he did it with fermented fish. Very tangy, very crunchy, very fresh bite. And then he also did paan Pa, where you make your own wrap with seasoned fish and herbs. Light, perfect. And then we got into our mains and like the best chicken you've ever had dressed in like lemongrass, garlic, Lao spices. We had sayua, which is a Lao sausage. It's very garlicky. That's pork bursting with flavor. He did a salad, a sour mango salad or unripe mango salad, and we call it mango. We had a mokba, which is like steamed fish, very herbaceous with dill wrapped in a banana leaf. And then a sort of like almost kind of a version of ceviche. We call it yum. It's like mixed seafood salad tossed in the spicy lime dressing. And then we had the Lao, the. The dish of Lao, which is of Laos, which is la. And we. He added beef. It was like he did like a sliced steak version, all served with sticky rice and then a non alcoholic beverage as well, which was this beautiful violet because of the pea flour, coconut water, lemonade. It was a feast. So much.

[Sujin Pak]

I mean, this is how you do it, you know, as a mature lady Auntie, you invite your friends over, you give the gift, okay? You give the gift and you feed everyone in your home. Everyone leaves at a decent hour. You're back in your mumu, rolling on the couch like nothing ever happened.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I think I'm realizing basically all four things I'm talking about. Never left my house. Never left it once.

[Sujin Pak]

And that's.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, it came to me.

[Sujin Pak]

That's peak aspirational auntie behavior.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

This is Taurus to a T. Beauty,

[Sujin Pak]

surface food, comfort, home. This is my daughter. Yes, it is. I see my daughter's future. This is all she wants to do. She just wants to dig into her home. Never wants to leave camp. Couldn't pay her to go to a camp. Yeah, she's fine. I don't see her. She's not bugging me. She is pitter pattering, doing her own thing. And she just is in there just stinking up, getting her ducktail feathers all perfectly warm in that. Yeah, this is all she wants to do.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, it's a great life.

[Sujin Pak]

It's a great life. It is an absolutely great life. Wow, wow, wow. That is a birthday I was going

[Kulap V. Lysack]

to invite you but I knew you weren't gonna come. I thought about it and that's to me. But I knew you were never gonna come.

[Sujin Pak]

That's the gift to me.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, that's right. Your happy birthday. Cool up Sujin.

[Sujin Pak]

You say I I'm going to give the gift to all my friends. This wonderful meal. And what shall I give my pod wife as a gift on my birthday? Right? A non invitation invitation. God I love those.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Let's take a break and we'll be right back and dive into Suchin's cart.

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[Sujin Pak]

Summer is finally here and that means Rat Girl is ready to travel. Now I'm looking for a light refresh for Summer and I'm keeping my budget tight. So there's only one answer every single time. Quint baby. By now you should know the drill. Quint is built around high quality essentials without the stupid markup. 100 European linen, organic cotton, washable silk all priced 50 to 80% less than similar brands. They work directly with ethical factories and cut out the middleman and we get the cost benefit. And it's not just clothing. Quint has really become a full destination for elevated everyday essentials across home kitchen bedding. I mean you can get a couch on quints. For me I'm keeping it easy breezy in linen pants and matching linen vest. I look put together with zero effort so I can really focus on finger cramming all the jewels. I'll be Sourcing abroad this summer. Elevate your summer wardrobe. Go to quince.com add to cart for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. Now available in Canada too. That's Q-U-I-N-C-E.com add to cart for free Shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com add to cart.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

We're back on add to cart. I'm Auntie Cuckoo.

[Sujin Pak]

And I'm Auntie Poo Poo.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

That's right, Auntie Poo Poo. What's in your cart?

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah, my cart is an ad to Q. Good old ad to Q. Ooh, let's

[Kulap V. Lysack]

hear that theme song.

[Sujin Pak]

Do we have a theme song again? Set it. Forget it.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

We do. All right. What it was. Add to cue. Add to cues. When it's TV shows, it's. It's music. It's music.

[Sujin Pak]

Anything that you consume in that way, something media, I guess, related. Yeah. So I'm gonna hit all your senses first. I'm gonna hit your books, girl. Have you heard of the Book Outlet?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

No.

[Sujin Pak]

Am I the last person on the planet? I am inadvertently, and I support it wholly, your brave Amazon protest.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Let me come clean. Let me come clean. Let me come clean. No, give me a second to come clean. Because I've told this to Suchin, but I have not told the listeners around Eastern Easter is when I started purchasing from Amazon again to fill Emmy's and her best friend Ezzy's. Yes, I'm blaming the children, the eggs for their Easter basket. And it is a slippery slope. And like a coward, I'm hiding behind the fact that I have not downloaded

[Sujin Pak]

it on my phone not to be dismissed. Cause so much of this happens in the carpool line where you're like, all right, that's right. Add. Add, add.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

So I'm doing it desktop only. And like a coward under my husband's name.

[Sujin Pak]

Why else do we marry white men? I guess so. I guess so.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I'm using him as send them to the front line. That's right.

[Sujin Pak]

Put your body on the line for us. For us as women of color. Listen, there is absolutely zero judgment. The fact that we are even attempting this and I inadvertently. I've told you since the beginning of the year, it's not that I'm a no buy, but I'm kind of like only in person by. And I've really doubled down on it has to be not new. So that's been kind of my own shackles that I've chained myself to. So the book Outlet could be. Could be a. Could be a answer to this. Now, does Amazon own Book Outlet? Maybe.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Don't tell us, guys. Just don't tell us.

[Sujin Pak]

Don't tell us. Let me live in this fantasy of Book Outlet. I did a light Google search, didn't come up with anything. But the Book Outlet is basically a website where they source publisher overstocks and remaindered inventory that did not sell in traditional bookstores. And they are cheap. It's like they are very close to going to your thrift store and getting a $3 paperback. Cheap. And they sometimes have the latest, and then they often have, you know, obviously the greatest hits from past. It's kind of a mishmash, but the inventory is massive. Anytime I have the urge to read a book, I go there first. And then I've been buying my books there, and I would say 90% of them for me, you're finding it. I'm finding, especially my kids stuff because, you know, my son is just getting into Lord of the Rings. My daughter just started Anne of Green Gables. Like, that's all gonna, of course, be on Book Outlet because those have been in print for so long. And I'm gonna recommend a book I bought on Book Outlet called Mercury Pictures. It was just a random find. That's the other thing. Because of the price is so low. You're also willing to sort of pick up a book that maybe you don't know anything about, but kind of, you know, you're willing to take the chance because you're not spending $25, $26, $15, whatever. This book was five bucks. And a hardcover, too. It's Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Mara. When did this come out? I don't even know when it came out. But anyway, it's such a New York Times bestseller. It was so fun, and it was such a great read. This is a book you're gonna. You are gonna love, especially. It's set in, like, I forget the 40s, 50s, Hollywood. I forget it. That doesn't matter. That's sort of the vague background.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

It's just 1940s.

[Sujin Pak]

40s, yes. And it's just so good. There's Asian American sort of like identity woven through, even though the book is told through the perspective of an Italian immigrant. So it has a little bit of interior Chinatown esque to it. Another book, by the way, if add to Q if you have not read so good. So it's just. It's modern, it's nostalgic. I don't know. There were some moments in there where I was just like, wow. There was a quote in there that like, the book is so dog eared, I'm gonna. It's not an exact quote because I don't have the book in front of me, but it's something to the effect where the mom of the main character, she's an Italian immigrant and her daughter becomes quite successful and she looks at her daughter and she says something to the effect of, you know, isn't it every immigrant parent's dream to watch your child have problems that are so out of your depth to solve, you know, that she's climbed so high that even her problems, you could marvel in the fact. I just like that kind of choked me up, you know, in a way that I was like, wow. So anyway, Book Outlet and Mercury Pictures, I highly recommend Add to Q. You, you have to check out this website.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

This is incredible.

[Sujin Pak]

Especially for kids. I mean, you're buying so many books for kids. They're going through them so fast. So this is a great resource too for you. My next Add to Q is a YouTube channel that I am obsessed with.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Do tell.

[Sujin Pak]

So it's these, It's a married content creator. A married couple that creates these travel videos, Ray and Nick. Ray is spelled R H E A and Nick. And they're two. They're a married couple. They are high school sweethearts. They lived in New York and then one of them lost their jobs and they were like, fuck it, let's just travel the world and see how this goes. And they started this content channel. Now I consume a lot of YouTube and specifically travel videos on YouTube. It's just in my background. It's what's on when I'm doing the dishes or whatever. I would say I have maybe they're like one of three that I've discovered in terms of travel content where it's not like, you know what I'm talking about, like, hey, I'm in Hong Kong and I'm having the, you know, the fluffy pancake and it's just the same old shit. And it's a montage of gorgeous, aesthetically pleasing filtered video. Like, I, I'm not interested in that. I don't want to see, you know, a 16 year old's version of her, you know, Pinterest board. That's not what I want to see.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, or somebody going to Bali.

[Sujin Pak]

I want you down and dirty. I want you to tell me where to eat. I don't want to go to the touristy spots, but I don't also want to be eating like the foot of an animal. You know what I mean?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

That's just me.

[Sujin Pak]

So somewhere in between. They have so much personality. They're hilarious. Again, another big thing lacking in this genre. You know, you don't need a lot of personality and humor. If what you're showing are some of the most, you know, gorgeous sights in the world. That's what you're clicking on the video for. But for me, I like my gorgeous videos with a sense of humor and personality. They're very New York. They're very much friends that I had in New York that we have in la. It's just. They feel like they're one of us. It's just. They're fantastic.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You guys check them out. Definitely new to me. This is so cool.

[Sujin Pak]

Oh, no. Yeah, they just started not, I think.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Oh, really?

[Sujin Pak]

I think they've been maybe a year now on the road and so I've. I adore them and they're so fun and entertaining and it's just like if you're into travel videos or even if you're not, but you want to travel to some of the cities that they've been to, they'll give you a guide that may be more relatable than like asmr cream puffs.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sujin Pak]

You know.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Okay, good.

[Sujin Pak]

And then my final ad to Q. Have you seen Legends on Netflix?

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I have not.

[Sujin Pak]

You think a few customs officers can

[Kulap V. Lysack]

take on the biggest drug gangs in Britain? Absolutely.

[Sujin Pak]

It's a new series that launched in May. It's starring Steven Coogan. He's so good. You feel good. I love him. There's something about him. Right. He's kind of sexy.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Sexy. Smarmy.

[Sujin Pak]

Smarmy. Sexy. Dry.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Dry. But also like there's. He plays pithy really well too.

[Sujin Pak]

Yes. And God love, in this day and age, an aging Hollywood actor that just looks normal. Okay. That can't be overlooked. So it's a six episode British crime drama on Netflix and it's based on true events. Okay. And the story is. I haven't gotten through it all because I'm just savoring each episode. So I don't know what happens, but it's about a team of just plain old customs officers in the early 1990s who go undercover to infiltrate the heroin smuggling rings in the uk. And it seems so outlandish that this happened, but I love this tickles. Every little tiny cartilage in my body. I love a British crime. Cerebral, nostalgic. It's great if it's based on a little bit of. Of history. You know, I love A black doves. I love this. I love. You know, what was that one? There was something. Q department Q was another great one. Those are three great British crime genre in the past, like few years that I've loved. So I just. I'm so bummed that it's only six episodes.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You loved it.

[Sujin Pak]

I loved it. Add to cue that. Oh, it's so fun.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Does he get to be a little funny? Oh, yeah.

[Sujin Pak]

That's the thing, why I love British crime dramas generally. They're not going to be as gory as they are either, really. You know, dark humor or cerebral. You know, so I'm not into the crime dramas that maybe, you know, there's like a. A dead body and a lot of graphic things on screen. So that's maybe why I tend slow horses. I love slow horses. Watched every single.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah, it's pretty great.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah, it's that again, this is sort of very much in that realm and I'm always looking for this genre. So if you guys know of any. Any in the past that I've missed, please write it in the comments on our Instagram post.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Wow. These are. These are.

[Sujin Pak]

This is.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

These are some hot tips. Some great tips.

[Sujin Pak]

Imagine what happens when you don't shop as much. Okay.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

There's a couple things I want to say.

[Sujin Pak]

Yeah.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I commend you for Nusu who dis. And I think it's. It's really because of your daughter. I think you saw something in the monster that you created that really. It made you change the direction of your ship, if you will.

[Sujin Pak]

And that ship has sailed because I'm terrified of her. So I can't hold. And so I. Now you're right. Because when you said that, you know how that there's like a triangle bell of truth that sometimes rings.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Ding.

[Sujin Pak]

It's at a Hertz that just reverberates. Yeah. Through your entire scalp. And. And it did it.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

A singing bowl, if you will.

[Sujin Pak]

It's a singing bowl. My singing bowl. Sung when you said that. Because this is the beast that I have created. Some would say nurture. I would say nature, because she was born this way.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Well, she's a Taurus and we've already

[Sujin Pak]

established that she was born Shapin. And you're right.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I think it's both nature and nurture. Yeah. And it's. It's.

[Sujin Pak]

She is on her way to becoming. What is that? Worm in the dune. Uh huh huh. Yeah. I can't.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

I don't have it right now, but I know and I see it and

[Sujin Pak]

I'm talking You know what I'm talking about. It's just all hole and mouth and it's an endless. It's an endless pit and you can just keep throwing, I mean, grown men, motorcycles, giant aircraft carriers. Like when you see the head towards the middle of the mouth of the worm, it's teeny tiny. It's just a pin. And that gives you the sense of scale.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yeah. Yes.

[Sujin Pak]

And so, yeah, that has again, the grasshopper becoming the teacher. I see myself and I. I don't like it.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

Yep, that's where I'm at. That's where you're at. Yep, that's where you're at. And that's at every episode of Add to Cart. It's where we're at and at any given moment. So thank you for listening. We love you. Your aunties love you. Make sure to leave your love of us in the comments of our IG post about this app, dtocartpod. And please make sure to go to addtocart World and enter your email to get updates on us aunties.

[Sujin Pak]

You never know.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

You never know.

[Sujin Pak]

We might do something with it and we might disappear. So you'll want to keep tracking. God, there's that too.

[Kulap V. Lysack]

There's that too. At any moment, if we disappear somehow, we will have clung to the login for this email and maybe that's how we'll communicate.

[Sujin Pak]

Bye Bye. Add to Cart is an Auntie's unlimited production executive. Producers are Kulat Vlaisak and Sujin Pak. 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 Add to Cart Pod Follow to Cart wherever you get your podcasts.

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