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Foreign. And welcome back to Intrusive Thoughts. I'm your host, coming to you live from the United States of America. This time after a short European hiatus. It is I, Adam Rippon, and this is Intrusive Thoughts. I think I've already said that up at the top, there's really no way of knowing until I listen to the whole thing back. And that is the mystery, and it is the surprise, and it is the wondrous part about doing this is that you really don't have any idea. Like, you should have a complete. And when I say you, I mean I me should know what I'm saying. But it all happens so quickly and in the blink of an eye. How is everyone doing? I hope well. I'm doing well. I'm up and about and doing my things. It is a complete and utter sort of whoa, if that makes any sense, when you come back from a long trip. And there's a few things that I like to do that I'm trying to settle back into my everyday life. But I have got to tell you that, like, after running on all cylinders for. About. What day is it? It's the 25th. I guess I was only doing it for 24 days. Okay. That cannot be right. It is correct, though. I know it's right, because that's true. Okay. I left on January 31st. I got to Milan on the 1st and was, like, working from 6:00am on the 2nd. Okay, that was like, the. The 2nd of February. I was like, had a call at 6:00am I knew that already. It is shocking to me. It's only been. Today's the 25th. It's. It's only been 23 days since then. It's a whirlwind. It is absolutely a whirlwind. It's crazy. It's Alyssa Liu's world, and we're just spinning in it. It's the world I want to live in, though. I'm smiling ear to ear when I say that, by the way. So Olympics are over. Get over it. I'm never gonna get over it. That's the thing. But I will say that there is a bit of a comedown right after a big old long event, and I wanted to do. I really did. You have to believe me. I need you here with me. I really wanted to do one more Live from Milan episode, and I gave it the old college try. I did, and it just didn't happen. And what I mean by that is I didn't try. I thought about it. I did long and hard, and I thought you know, just one more like Olympic recap. Get it done. There was like, not a chance that I was gonna get that done because there just wasn't. My brain is. And I will get the ridges in it back. I know that. I know the grooves will reset. It will sort of like it will all come back together. But at the moment, my brain is as smooth as a glass marble. It is just. It looks polished over. Right. If I were to get one of those, like full body scans where they just kind of check you out, they go, excuse me, we let. We have to call in an expert. And I go, don't worry about it. It's just that Milanese smooth over that I've gotten done to the brain. Anyway, that being said, welcome back to Intrusive Thoughts. Welcome back to the mainland America, the lower 48, as a lot of people call it, who live in the sort of other two states that aren't in the 50, you know, shout out to Hawaii and Alaska. Now I am trying to acclimate myself into normal life and there's a part of me that's like, I would really like to take a break. But there is no break taking because I think we might have some new listeners to the podcast. And to that I say, welcome. I am maybe gonna sneeze right now. I'm not. I saved it, actually. Just like the thought of sneezing in front of new people embarrassed it out of me. So that's really good. So we might have some newer listeners, which is. It's great to have you welcome. Now it's time to cut. Now it's like, oh, where's the Olympic stuff? Well, Olympics are over. So now it's time to. For me to kind of tell you about other stuff. Log off. I'm. We lose the listeners. Don't go. This is what I'm going to tell you. So before I was leaving for the Olympics, I was really trying, in addition to all of the, like, the work that needed to be done in the lead up, I was also working on, and still am working on opening a medical spa. And I realized from running into some of my NBC colleagues that I've been posting about the medical spa on my own Instagram long enough that only until recently did they deduce that it wasn't a joke. Which promotionally, I don't know if that's good, right. That you're trying to promote a future business, that you have people running around going, well, that's a funny joke. Oh, but now people do think I'm being serious. Which is good. It's even great because it's better than people thinking it's a joke. How about that? So I have a lot of work that needs to get done in the lead up to opening this medical spa. Like, how do I think I'm going to do it? I think I'm going to do it very, like, unceremoniously. Because there's a lot of things that I have already that we already have the pieces to that I'm like, let's just, like, get open, but then we'll do, like, a grand opening later. Does that make sense? Like, there are no rules when it comes to business. But the thing is, it's just like. I really don't know. I'm going to say this. This episode will be a mess. I just got. I. I don't know if you've ever, like, started telling a story to someone and you're like, I should just wrap it up. I just got a wave of, like, embarrassment. A wave of embarrassment, like, flew over me, and it was like, just turn the camera off. Call it. And I'm not gonna. I'm gonna push through. And sometimes you just have to push through, because I'll be glad at the end of the day maybe that I'm like, I saw this. I saw this one all the way through. Even though, I gotta tell you, I do feel like I was shot out of a cannon, landed here at my desk. My phone was somehow in front of me, and it was just, like, in the kerfuffle of, like, trying to gain my balance. I hit record, and that's just like, I'm letting you know where I am so you can meet me where I am before I continue again. This episode will be a disaster. Please, if you're driving a car, buckle your seatbelt tightly. If you're walking, just keep walking. I don't really know where I was going with that one. I. Oh, I'm telling you, I'm fighting myself because my, like. Like, how do I put this? There's the logical side of my brain and the artistic side of the brain. And you know how sometimes, like, those will compete with one another? Where the artistic side of the brain will want to do this or the logical sign of the brain will do this. And I want to tell you that, like, in this moment, they are working in both total harmony. And, like, both sides of my brain are, like, holding hands going, no, we agree. Stop recording this podcast today. It's bad. And so I want you to know that I'm not listening to my heart or my head, and I'm just pushing through. So lots of things are going to be out of order, all right? Lots of things are not going to be, like, making sense. And that's just the way that it goes today. Today is about, like, we're showing up, right? We're showing up and we're showing out and we're stunting out. Queen. That's what today's episode is about. It's just about, like. It's about touching base. It's about going, no, I didn't disappear. I am here. Hear me roar. I want to just bring up. I'm going to have a few, like, Olympic memories and thoughts that, like, pop up. One of them is Elena Myers Taylor. I love her so much. Won her first gold medal at the Olympics in Milan in mono bob. If you don't know who she is, she's this incredible bobsled athlete. And she's a mom of two and her. And they're like, kids are so cute, and she's beautiful, and her husband's gorgeous, and she. Both of her kids are different deaf, and she's learned how to, like, speak sign language so that she can communicate with them. And it just like, she's just an amazing person who, like, if you could choose who gets gold medals at the Olympics, I would have chosen her. But she did it on her own, so she won't be needing to get one of those, like, Olympic medals that I choose for people, because that is going to be a new category. They've decided that already that there'll be a whole new category where it's just sort of like, I choose people that I want to be Olympic gold medalists, and we just give those people medals. So that's a new sport coming out in LA28. It's a new one. But I've just been thinking about her, and I'm just so. I just love her so much. And she just was like. I remember before the Olympics started where she was talking a little bit about how she's in a sport where, you know, the Tuesday after the Olympics is over, she's just gonna be in the pickup line at school, dropping her kids off, and, like, life goes back to normal. And I just think of. I don't know, I'm just, like, so pleased and happy for her, and it's just nice that she has that gold medal. And I just. I always get a little stressed out when people are like, I'm just gonna give it one more go for that gold. And I'm like, okay, I Hope you get it. And it just. It's scary to me. I don't know. You know, but they win, and they usually do it, so. Which is great for them. Just saying it's great for them. I'm just like. You know, there was a time where after I competed at the Olympics in 2018, me living in the past, right? And I was on the View, and on the View, I sat next to Whoopi Goldberg, and I was across the table from Meghan McCain, who did not seem very happy that I was there, which I wasn't. You know, feeling was mutual, Meg. So I was sitting there with Whoopi, and when we were done, Whoopi was like, I want to show you all the shoes in my dressing room. I don't know how she phrased this. It's like, I can't remember. But it was something along the lines of, like, let me show you something. I don't. Can you tell? Like, my brain isn't working right now. Okay. Basically, she has a ton of shoes in her dressing room. I was like, whoa. And then she pulled me aside, and she goes, I think that you should keep training, because I really do believe that you'll get the gold next time. And I don't know. Here's. I didn't know how to tell her that, like, no, I wasn't gonna do that, because it wasn't gonna happen. And I just. I didn't know how to, like, break it to her. And that's sort of like when I decided that I was just gonna say, you're like, say yes to all these people. And then eventually, like, people stopped asking, which was kind of like. That was, like, smart on them, because there was not a chance that I was one gonna go back to compete. And if I did, if you thought my chances were bad for gold in 18, imagine how much worse they'd be in 22. And I think I made the right call. I absolutely did. I know that Whoopi didn't think so at the time, and she was sort of like, no, you're just, like, not believing in yourself. And I was like, no, you're just, like, not believing. What I'm telling you is the facts. And so we weren't seeing eye to eye in the moment. But I do think of that sometimes, and I do think of, like, wow, what if I, like, listen to Whoopi Goldberg? I don't. In that moment, I don't think I'd be better off. Right. I don't know. I'm just saying I'm Just saying kind of stuff. Oh, do I have that international cough? Hold on, little asmr. Okay, I want to tell you a little bit about my trip home. Because apparently, and this is going to be. I think I've threatened to do a short episode. Every single episode I've ever done for the past, like, four. I guarantee you this is just the. Check in touch base if you should. If you're watching this, you're looking at me. I look a disaster and a mess behind me. There's like boxes and trash behind me. Okay. And I promise you. Oh, now I'm gonna yawn. Oh, God. It's just when it rains, it pours. I promise you next week we'll have sort of like a more put together situation. But not this week. Oh, wait, this is. Hold on, I'm gonna show you something. This is a labubu that I got sent to me. I think I mentioned I'm, you know what for everybody's. That that's sticking around. We're going to open this labubu on camera together. And if you're listening, it's just. I'm. I'm opening a labubu. Okay. Okay, there's a thing. Oh, God, this is finally. Thank God. Something exciting is happening on here. Okay. Oh, did it just come out of its own case? Wait, how clever. Okay, this is cute. Wait, I'm going to explain. Wait, I'm going to say these labo are, like, higher quality than I thought they were. Very interesting, everyone. Okay, I just. I thought that they were like, really cheap plastic. But they're like, cheap, expensive. More expensive than I thought. Plastic. Very interesting. Okay, so this labubu is in a costume because I did get a press package from NBC's stumble. Okay, now this is like. There's like, nothing of substance in this episode except for me doing, like, press for Stumble. That's not what I was trying to do. Wait, I like the labu. Boo. This is my first one. Can I take all of this junk off of it? No offense. I can. How fun. Does it need its dress? No. Oh, my God. Wait. I love it. Oh, wait, I love laboos. How cute. Wait, I love these. Oh, I get it. I didn't get it before, but they're, like, nice to touch. Oh, I like labu. Wait, okay, to every Labubu hater out there, you just need one. I like it. Look how cute it is. I'm gonna jump. I'm gonna jump. Okay. Anyway, now I am the owner of a laboboo, and I'm gonna put this on my. On my skate bag. Because now, ever since the Olympics, I actually am, like, motivated to be, like, I'm gonna go skateboard. And I think I have all of the amazing members of Team USA to thank for that, because I have. I was skating in the lead up to Milan, but I was doing it, like, in a way to be like, I just want to make sure that, like, I'm feeling good and in shape if we ever do, like, any on ice segments. Like, I just want to make sure that, like, you know, I have myself together. And then I really did not think twice about, like, when is the next time I'm going to get back onto the ice. But ever since the skating events have ended, I'm like, I really want to go back out and skate. Like, it looks like fun. And so, like, let's see if I keep up with it, right? I think I should, because I want to, and I should do the things that I want to do. I'm also starving right now. My body isn't shutting down, but it is rebooting. That's what it just feels like right now. There was something else. Oh, yeah, this is important. So now we've done the. Let me check. What have we done? We've done the rambling on and on for 20 minutes. We've done the Labubu opening, which. And we've done that stumble promotion. By the way, they're paying me $0 for that. So, you know, do I. I will say this. Stumble. They sent, like, the most amazing, like, press packet. An amazing gym bag, an amazing water bottle, a Labubu. Like, they. Oh, my God. They also sent me. Wait, you're gonna die. Hold on. Is it right here? They send me a theragun. A mini theragun. Look at this. I might even actually watch the show. Do you want to know something? I auditioned for a part on the show. Didn't get it, but I did get the press packet, which I'm actually completely fine with right now. I'm so pleased with this. I think I auditioned for a role on that show that's neither here nor there. I just did a self tape, literally upon landing. I'm auditioning for a show, and I can't tell the self tape. Like, I really can't tell if it went really well or if it's horrible. And that is sort of like the life of submitting self tapes. Like, it's either like, yeah, this is the one, or it's like, no, it's not. And you know what? Now I just know that like, if I don't get it, there's always a chance that instead of the role, I could just get another Labubu and maybe I would get another. Oh, I just banged it against the microphone. Another theragun. Mini third generation. What else is on my desk? Like, literally so many things are on my desk right now. Okay, let me say something else. I did a partnership with Waterloo Sparkling Water, and I have, like, the waters all over here. I'm going to tell you, like, the real thing about these things. These things are good. Sorry if you're like, I don't like paid advertising. Let's. I would do it. I would literally do it again. They sent me a hat. Love the hat. But the water is good. This. The banana Berry bliss. I'm gonna be honest. It threw me off at first, but now I'm like, it tastes like pie. Let me taste. It's good. It's. I really like that one. This one is the best one. Lemon Italian ice. It just is, by far, so good. I mean, the melon. The melon one is good, too. There's the melon, there's the banana, and there's the lemon. Lemon is just sort of like. That's like. You're just. You're getting what you thought you got. The banana and the melon one are like. They're just more flavorful than I thought they would be. But I ended up really liking it. I actually shoved a bunch of them into my suitcase to Milan. So I traveled with. I traveled across international waters with international water. Yeah. So what else is on my desk? Oh, they sent me eye patches. Waterloo did. I'm. I'll use them. Yeah, maybe I'll use them now. I have not washed my face this morning, which is really great. I haven't gotten my hair cut or anything done to it in three weeks, which is bad because it's just. It is a mess. Ooh, these are chilly. Okay, hold, please. Again, like I said, this is an episode of no Substance. I've, like, let go, and I've let God for this one. Ah, that is nice. Okay, let's see. We've done the Labubu opening. We've done the. Ooh. Ooh. Eye patches are good. Okay, I'm wearing eye patches now. Okay. How long do you keep these on for? I'm gonna say about. It's 15 to 20 minutes. Great. I think this episode will be done before then. I'm just gonna say that I'm gonna put that out on the record. I am a little sad that I didn't get to, like, open up the Labubu. And they already had it dressed for me. Like, that felt a little invasive. But anyway, I still, like. I love. Oh, my God, I love this thing. Can I pull this tag off? I don't like it. I don't know if somebody's gonna be like, don't do that, popmart. Don't. They make a lot of junk, that company. I love this thing. Oh, my God, I fucking love it. Okay, I'm going to tell you a little bit about my trip going home. I think I've tried to do this twice, but I've decided, like, at least on two other times when I was trying to say that, like, it wasn't interesting. But here's the thing. So when I was flying back from Milan, I was flying back on the NBC charter plane. Now, what does that mean? Does that mean that, like, flying private? No, that means. I don't really know, but if I had to guess, based on my experience, is that NBC bought out, like, a full flight, a full Delta flight, okay? Because they have that many, like, employees traveling. And this particular charter plane was flying into JFK airport, like, in New York, okay? So there was going to be really bad weather. And because, like, it was an NBC plane, they were just like, we're not going to JFK anymore. We'll go to Atlanta. So I had a flight to Atlanta. So I flew into Atlanta. And then I was looking and, you know, I'm just checking my seat to, like, where am I going to be sitting? What's going to be going on? Oh, of course. I'm sitting in a middle seat from Atlanta to Los Angeles. And I said, that's okay, because I just downloaded this new game on my phone that is truly, like, terrible. And it's a waste of time. It doesn't make sense. It's basically like you move, like, colored liquids from one bottle into another. Again, I apologize for this episode. Okay? It's. But you're the one who's still listening, not me. So before I get on this flight where I know I'm about to be in a middle seat, I said, I have to, because I have. I'll be honest that when I was away, I was not the best at making sure that I was eating all of the time. Like, sometimes there would just be, like, times where it was just like, okay, I guess I'm not gonna, like, eat right now. And it was never on purpose. It was just, like, the. The hours and the timing of everything was just so erratic. So I was like, I just want to, like, eat something fun and nice. So I'm going to let you know that before I got on my flight, I had an Auntie Ann's original pretzel and five tenders from Popeye's Louisiana Fresh Chicken. It was amazing. And I had it because I just copied the guy in front of me. A Dr. Pepper. I haven't had a Dr. Pepper in at least a decade. And it was nice, and it was, like, quite refreshing, to be fair. So I had that, and then I got home and went to bed right away. And then yesterday, I just ate, like, a salad and about 55 pieces of saltwater taffy. So it's. I haven't really kind of acclimated to an everyday life sort of situation, but that's okay. I'm dying. Can I tell you this? I am dying for, like, a s. Like a Jersey Mike's sopping wet bread situation right now. Like, I feel like that's what I'm gonna have to get. But there's another thing, actually. I'm thinking of it right now. Like, I need to do a full, like. Like, cleanse. Does that make sense? And what I mean by that is that, like, on Friday, I'm gonna get a haircut because my hair is just like, a beehive disaster. Okay? So Friday haircut, I think. And sometimes I do this before I go, like, on a trip is where I'll get a manicure and a pedicure, because I'll be like, I just want to make sure, like, my looks nice, right? Like, I'm not getting my nails, like, colored or anything. I don't like when I have paint on my nails. I've done it before, and I'm just like, that looks ridiculous. So I don't do that. I don't think it's a good look for me for no other reason other than I'm like, wow, my fingers look like short, stubby Kalbassa's. So, like, I just don't put paint on my nails. But I do like to get the odd pedicure manicure. So I think I'm going to do that because I just, like. It makes me feel, like, so refreshed. Other than that, you know, I'm, you know, doing it on my own. Cut. Cut. File, file. I am just sort of like, we deserve a fresh start, right? Because we're opening the med spa, and I just sort of like, let's just, like, do a nice, fresh start. So what am I gonna do? As soon as we get over this and What I'm saying over this is. As soon as I stop recording, I need to go get another, like, razor thing for my face because my face is like a cheap right now. Okay? So I need to get, like, shave the beard, but I need another, like, head for the buzzer. My Norelco. Whatever. Lots of brand mentioning on this podcast. Again, like, I'm saying it just like this. Don't listen to this episode and all episodes moving forward. Please, please, please. This is the best I can do today, and that's really all I can do. Also, look at this thing. This is like how I carry the makeup brushes home. Oops, wrong direction. Hold on, hold on, hold on. If you're listening to this, you're like, this is, like, horrible. Look at that. Amazing. Truly amazing. I think I'm going to have to call it because I'm just. I'm actually talking, like, gibberish. This was just sort of like a. I'm here, I'm. We're doing it again, and next week we'll be back. We'll be better than ever. We'll have, like, a real episode. This is just sort of like a fake. Like, I'm here. I just want you to know I'm safe. Okay? The Popeyes and the Auntie Anns are still sort of making their way through the system, but, yeah, that's the main thing. I just want you to know I'm here, I'm happy, I'm safe. We're recovering from the Olympics. It was so good to have episodes there. I think we'll even do, like, a bigger breakdown. I don't know. I'm making no promises because I'm. I famously sometimes don't follow through with them. I'm looking. What is over there on the. It's just. It's like this was. The thing is. Is that, like, the day crept up on me, right? So I'm doing what I can. I literally love you to death. I do. And I would really love. Let's get some, like. Let's get some not Olympic intrusive thoughts back onto the podcast. We have still a lot of, like, texts and voicemails to go over, which I will do. But let's, you know, let's get into your everyday, normal sort of situations with the. With the intrusive thoughts of voicemails and text messages. If you'd like to call or text the show, you can at 310-909-7717. That phone number is in my Instagram bio, on my link tree. Anywhere that you find phone numbers. And yeah, I'm. I apologize for this being a mess, but also, you kind of. You knew that going in. Even the. The episodes that have a lot of substance and guidance. Yeah, they're a messy too, right? They're messy too. They're longer than this. But this is just like I said, this is a check in. This is not a full blown ass episode. So with that being said, I'm Adam Rippon, and these have been my intrusive thoughts. Bye, everybody. And again, sorry for the chaos. It just, you know, it is what it is. Love you. Bye.