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Foreign. And welcome back to Intrusive Thoughts. I'm your host, Adam Rippon. Today's episode is starting with somewhat of some. It's insane news, okay? It's absolutely insane news. Please sit down. You will not believe this. My computer died. Okay? I didn't know it was possible. You might be thinking, what do you mean it died? I mean, it's right here in my hands right now. It's dead as it's not coming back, right? I can do this. I'm pushing on the button to turn it on. It won't turn on now. How did this happen? How did we get here? I don't know. Because I've done all the right things when it comes to the technology that I own, the technology that I use, I've done all the right things. You know, I don't just, you know, close all the apps to make sure that I give the device a fighting fucking chance at life. Do you know what I mean? Like, I don't just do that. I also will turn the devices off. Do you know what I mean? It's not like I've had that laptop on for five years, which some of you are doing, by the way. Some of you are never turning your laptop off for a dang second. Your phone has not been off since the moment it's come out of the box. And I'm not playing those kind of games, all right? I'm a responsible owner of product. I am closing the apps when I'm done with them, I am turning the device off. When I feel like the motors and the gears just need a second to cool off, right? I'm. I'm letting everything kind of air out because that's just the kind of guy I am. I want my things to air out. I want my things to last a long time. This. And if you just heard sort of something kind of scatter across the desk, it's because I had this, and I. And it's a plug sort of thing, and I accidentally flicked it across the desk. Now, you might be thinking, like, I know that you usually. Right. Like, I usually record the podcast on my computer. So what are you doing now? Well, if you're watching the video, this is straight from the iPad, which is incredible. It means that we can do anything on any device, but it also means that, like, whatever. I have no idea if this is gonna look, period. I don't know if it's gonna look. I don't know if it's gonna sound. I'm hoping it sounds anyway. Yeah. Computer died. I'm gonna give you just sort of, like, the background of how it happened. I was working on it, and I had kind of just finished up what I was doing, and then I took, like, a little, like, exhale, like a. I did a good job, right? It was the exhale of death. And then all of a sudden, what I heard was the same sound you hear when, like, a light bulb goes off. And, like, I click. Like a click. Like, you know what I mean? Like a ding. Like something like that. And I was like, there's no way. Like, it sounded like the power went out. Like, that's what happened. And I've never heard, like, have I pushed the laptop to its absolute breaking point? Yeah, I have. That's why it's literally. It won't turn on. You know, I've seen things, like, people talk about, like, the blue screen of death, like, on a Mac, where it's like, you get this blue screen and. And that's how, you know, the. The. The Mac has just. You know, you've typed your last email on it already. This won't even turn back on. And it's not dead. It was plugged in. Right. I don't. I don't know what to tell you. I don't know how else to break the news to you, but I have been laptop free, which I'll tell you, is not conducive to doing a lot of different work. Laptop free for. I'm going on 48 hours. So, yeah, I mean, do with that what you will, but I will tell you that it is tough, but I'm grateful that I. I even own an iPad. I haven't touched this iPad in, like. I mean, it was like I was an archaeologist, you know, when I pulled this out of the drawer, like, dusting it off, I had this. This iPad next to a Kindle, which. I. Ask me how many times I've used the Kindle. Mm. Yeah, I've never used it, actually. I just thought it was a good idea to buy, and I stand by it being a good idea. It just was an idea that I would never like. A good idea. Correct. But it was an idea that I would never kind of take to the next level of doing it. And if you're not gonna do your ideas, why even have them? I don't really know. I don't really know. Anyway, I'm gonna tell you a few things. Actually, I'm not. Because one of the things that I feel like I do really poorly on this show, which I'm trying to change, is I'm trying to get right into the pop culture of Stuff. The pop culture of stuff. A new segment coming up right now that I like to call the Pop Culture of Stuff. And I want to apologize for the way that. Actually, I don't. I was going to say for the way that I. Look, I don't want to apologize for it. I love being, like, really disheveled looking. Never mind. All right. So actually, usually I record the video part of the podcast on my phone, but since I'm doing everything, like, everything's happening on the laptop today. And when I say the laptop, I mean, that's in my hand right here. Broken. And I mean, iPad. Everything's happening on my iPad, which is so cool. But that means that I have kind of access to my phone, which is fantastic, because as of yesterday, the Met Gala did happen, and it would. It would be not good if I didn't kind of weigh in and give my two cents, right? And I have nothing but two cents to spare since my laptop fucking broke. Right? I just don't. I didn't know that, you know, that happened. I don't know. We'll go back to the laptop. Don't worry. We will. Because I'm obsessed with how it's broken. But I have taken a lot of different screenshots of different Met Gala outfits that I liked, and I want to talk about. I'm gonna say that there's one thing going on. And this is. I mean, I'm gonna say that there's one thing going on. This is, like, truly been going on for years now. And it's just. We're really talking about it now. AI Is a huge problem when it comes to the Met Gala, okay? AI Is an enormous problem because it will be like, oh, my God, best dress of the night. And then you'll just look at it a little bit, and you'll be like, what is going on in that background that's not real, right? So sometimes when you see something that looks amazing from the Met Gala, you're gonna have to do a little, like, sl. Blue thing, like, Ronan Farrow style of, like, magnifying glass. Like, you're like Sherlock Holmes trying to figure out if these images are real, right? You're, like, trying to figure out if, like, Beyonce really did wear some sort of Martin Luther King memorabilia. Like, because I saw something like that was like, she wore that. And it's like, she did. No, she didn't. She wore some sort of, like, crystalled out skeletal wear, which was incredible, I guess. You know what? I'm gonna start with Beyonce. I think Beyonce looked amazing. I think that she looked just amazing. But I do want to say that the vibe that Beyonce gives is sort of like, is very mom like. And I don't mean like mother. I mean, like, it's mom. She gives, like, mom on the Runway. But you know who's really giving kind of future star Blue. Blue is giving future current star. Actually, she's giving current star. But Beyonce. God, she just looks like. She looks incredible. But, like, just in the way that she's smiling. Like, in this photo, the way that she's smiling. She's smiling sort of. It's like it's my daughter's dance recital, like, and that's what I do. I love everything about that. Next, Alyssa Lou, figure skater at the Met Gal. I just. I think that she looks so cute. I think that she looks fantastic. It's almost time for, like, a new stripe in the hair. I'm going to say that it's almost time to, like. I don't know. I. Listen, if I were Alyssa, I don't know what I would do, period. That's. I mean, that. I don't know what I would do, but I. It's. I feel like I don't know what to do in this situation. Do you know what I mean? It's almost like she's got to dye the roots or something. Like, it's almost time to add another stripe is. You know, that's all I have to say. But I think it looks great. I thought she looked really cute, really good. Who? Heidi Klum. Heidi Klum. Heidi Klum. This is. If this is not the COVID of her Halloween invitation, and I do have to say something's going on with the eyes. Okay. Something's not right. It's almost like. It's almost like sort of like, you know, my laptop, when, like, it wasn't turning on, I thought, maybe I have to hit it and it'll start working again. That's kind of what I'm getting with this. Is that a normal look for Heidi Klum? I don't know. In theory, this was an incredible Met gala outfit. And instead, I do think this belongs at her Halloween party, because this would tear out. This would rip it apart. She'd rip everyone to shreds if she wore this to the Halloween party, because I did see her sort of walk around in it, and it is giving Halloween. It's giving a lot of epoxy. This feels very like epoxy. This feels a little bit like. And this is coming from Somebody who doesn't currently own a laptop, I'm going to say that. But when I'm looking at this, it looks like that DIY of, like, make your own planter, where they take like a 10 gallon bucket from the Home Depot and they make cement and then they dip a towel in it and then they put that upside down and then they let it harden and then they paint it and then that upside down towel, they flip it to, like, sit on itself and it becomes like a planter. And that is sort of the vibe I'm getting. Home Depot cement, DIY planter. But I mean, hello, that's Heidi Klum. I mean, when you're that gorgeous, I think that you have just, like, it's so fun for you to play around with, like, not being drop dead. Like, wouldn't it be fun if I was ugly? Like, I. Like, that's how I feel. Like, she approaches a lot of these costumes. Do you know what I mean? Like, I love the Halloween costumes. I always do. Huge fan. But that's how I feel. Like she's approaching a lot. Like, she's just always so effortlessly beautiful that I think that sometimes she's like, wouldn't it be fun to be ugly? And I'll tell you, it's not always fun, Heidi. People love to hate her. I. Sorry. Kim Kardashian. Loving it, love it, love it. I always love, and I look forward to it every Met Gala. Sorry. Sorry for being human. The photo shoots that they have before they get on the carpet. Because, yeah, I watch the Kardashians. Not like religiously, but every now and then I do. And I saw like a Met Gala Kardashian episode. And I liked that they did their own photo shoot before. They're like, you can control that lighting. And I just. I really appreciate that. In light of everything going on in the world, they are thinking of themselves. And so I think that's important. Sometimes we lose touch with ourselves. Luke Evans. This is phenomenal work. Tom of Finland vibes and in a brown, which I appreciate because it would have been so easy to wear this in a black. Right? But in a brown looks phenomenal. He looks hot as hell. I love it. We have here. This is Hudson Williams. He did rivalry. I do think that this was a mess. I'm gonna say that I think it's a mess. I think that one. I think he's in phenomenal shape. I will. I want that to be on the record. I think he's in phenomenal shape. But he's shirtless. Imagine I'm like, uh, that's indecent. That's not where I'm getting at. Shirtless and with a low rise pant. So I'll kind of put it up at the screen again. Okay. Shirtless and a low rise pant. To me, that reads as toddler. Do you know what I mean? It just feels like that's the look of like, what? Like, the pants look a little open. The shirt looks like unbuttoned. Um, he looks great. It just looks a little messy. I'm. You know, I just think it's messy and. And it looks like this is the outfit a toddler would put on, you know, and that's just me. You know, I'm sure he owns a laptop. Like, I don't own a laptop. So as we've like mentioned before, mine busted. You know, I record a podcast on an iPad. That. Which does it. We'll see if it works. I can't wait for, like, people to be like, you can't do that. Well, I can do whatever I want, bitch. Connor story. Connor's story from the Met Gala. This is reading very. Listen, there are. He makes some faces where I'm like, these are perfect, right? And one of them is like when he big gives a big old cheeky smile. I think he's got a great, beautiful teethy smile. And when he's on a carpet, he's really, he's really nailed the face. But you know what? Like, I, I listen, I don't know. I've never been to them at gala, so I don't really know, like, how much if any influence you have in what you're saying. Because it's my understanding as somebody who's never been there or invited. Imagine I'm like, no, I've been invited every year. No, I'm not. It's my understanding that a designer invites you. Maybe there are personal invites too. But then, like, that whomever invited you dresses you, does that. I don't know if that's true or not. I do a lot of lie telling on this podcast. But yeah, like, I just, I feel like we could be seeing him in something, like, more daring. You know, Hudson Williams is. And it's just easy to compare the two of them, right? Because they're co stars and friends. He's always wearing something more daring. But I do like Connor Story. I do really like the androgyny of it all. I think that's fantastic. Okay, Bad bunny. This is hilarious. Sorry. It's just like, it's doesn't. It's like, the theme was Google translated to him where it's like, works of art, and somehow, like, works of art got turned into, like, old works of art, which then got translated into, like, old art, which then got translated into old person. And I think that he nailed it. I think that this look is absolutely. It's so wrong. It's right. Doesn't make any sense to me. But, you know, who am I? Lena Dunham? I love it. Sorry. Loved everything about it. I love feathers. I just think feathers really work on a car. I think they're glamorous, you know, what's the theme is? What is it? Works of art. Right? So it's like, I. I really loved Nicole Kidman also wearing sort of like a red dress. And she wears it for the reason of she wanted to pay like, homage to the way red has been used in art. What the hell does that mean? Right? What does that even mean? Nicole Kidman, what does that mean? It doesn't matter. And that's. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what she means. It just means that I wish that more people would wear red feathers or any feathers of any kind. Patrick Schwarzenegger. I like it. It's giving me the feeling that his legs are too long in a way that it makes me uncomfortable, but that's okay. I love a performance cane. He has a cane. I think Janelle Monae always. Oh, God. Like, that's insane. She looks amazing. She does look like a hydroponic garden, right? Where it's like, they don't. They aren't able to call the fruits that grow off of it off of her organic, but they didn't have to use pesticides because she is sort of the living, the breathing Janelle Monae. I'm gonna say it that my very best dressed. I cannot stop thinking about it. I cannot stop thinking about her. Emma Chamberlain. Emma Chamberlain was the absolute best dressed and I believe to be the best dressed. It is not just the piece of clothing you're wearing, it's how you wear it. And the way Emma just. It was a master class. Everything about it was perfect. This outfit is, like, to die for. The way that she posed in it, the hips, like, the position that she hit in her body. To wear this thing is. It's a masterclass in how to wear a garment. I've been thinking about this since the moment my laptop croaked, Right? Since the moment my laptop went away. I've been thinking about Emma Chamberlain at the Met Gala. This is perfect. Shun. Everything the Hair, the makeup, the body, the dress, the. Like, everything is perfect about this. And. Oh, God, Dochi. Dochi looked unreal. She looked so good. This was like the. The photo of Dochi was one where I needed to be. Is this AI? It wasn't Sabrina Carpenter. Sabrina Carpenter looked phenomenal. I thought Sabrina looked amazing. I loved the, like, film strips as part of the dress. You know, when I see stuff like that, I do feel like I could make that. And I know it's not true. Do you know what I mean? Like, but there is a crafty guy living inside of me thinking, like, oh, he could do that. Now there's a picture of Lady Gaga, and I'm like, almost certain it's AI, because I just didn't see more of it. This. This. They said that that was lady. And I just, like, don't even want to. This is me reporting on the outfits. I don't even want to report on it. I thought that Cardi B looked like the small intestines. And I know that if somebody explained to me what was going on, I would. I'm surely love it, but I am, you know, I just don't know what it is. And that's just me being, like, white trash, uncultured, you know? Oh, Eileen Goo. Eileen goo. I thought looked, like, very cute. Loved that. The. The dress made bubbles. Loved that. What else? Yeah, I had Sabrina Carpentier here. Joe Alwyn. This is very, like, Luke Skywalker. Didn't love it. Don't love it. And this on the, like, Star wars theme. Serena Williams. I felt like that was very R2D2, and it's like the man in the Machine and so together. I like them both together. And I mean, I love Serena Williams. I really do. I love the leg out. Whoa. Oh, my God. I threw my phone at my iPad, which I'm recording on. Can you believe that? But, yeah, I love the Serena Williams leg out. The GLP one being the leg. Do you get my joke? It's on. Like, it's just a joke for me, as I do as I'm telling it to you on my iPad. I know. Anyway, let me see if there were any other pictures on here. And then I have another story for you. I feel like that, like, that's good. That's good on me doing pop culture stuff. No, I think I talked about everyone. Oh, I had Madonna in here. Pirates of the Caribbean. That's insane. The boat she'd like. I love it. She's haunted. It's great. You know, everything. Everything is good. Oh, Pedro Pascal, a disaster. Really a mess, but I love it. You know, not everything should be perfect. That's like a rule of thumb that, like, not everything can be perfect. Oh, I don't know how to say her last name. Malay. Chloe Malay. She's the editorial. She's the new head. She replaced Anna Wintour. She's a cute. Very cute. Very. You know, I'm excited to see this stuff that she does. Whatever. We gotta just fix her posture. That's all I'm gonna say on that. It's just. Don't. I feel like she's gonna have the early stages of scoliosis. I just don't want that for her. Okay. I just, like, that's all I'm thinking. I'm just sort of like, she's always posing, like. And I'm like. Or I'll get your shoulders back anyway, if she ever does hear this, Chloe, if you hear this, like, it's okay. Your shoulders are forward, but you own a laptop. You own a laptop, girlfriend. I don't. I have to do all this on the lay iPad. And that's all right with me. I'm going to tell you a little story. This will be a shorter episode today because I don't even know if this is gonna work. I hope it does. I really, like, I have my fingers, toes to whole body crossed. Hope it works for all of us. But it's actually nice to have, like, access to the phone. I can't wait for this to be like, like grainy, gritty footage. Like, it does. It doesn't matter. So I was having an issue with my car. And by issue, I mean, not really. I just was, like, hearing a sound, and I was hearing this sound only when I was making, like, sharp turns. Do you know what I mean? Like, you'd be going out of a parking spot and you have to, like, sharply turn left or right or you're backing in or out, or you know, you know the drill. You know what I'm talking about. And so I was hearing this, like, I was describing it as, like, scratching, gritty, grainy. And. And it was a scraping. It was really like a. Like some scraping noise. And so I had to bring my car into the dealership, and there was like, a rock that was. This was the rock that they pulled out of my car. It's the size of like, a quarter, and it's like the thickness of like a dollar's worth of quarters, AKA four or even five quarters, like, stacked on top of each other. It's a big rock. So that Was stuck in my car. Anyway, it's all better now. It really is all better now. Oh, Bavita Mandava, right? So this is. Everybody had something to say about this outfit. It's this. It's seemingly jeans and a blouse, right? So Bavita Mandava is and the first ever Indian ambassador for Chanel. She's the first ever, like, Indian born ambassador, but she's like a Chanel ambassador. And the little bit of lore on her is that, like, she was, like, discovered while, like, taking the subway in New York. And so this is, like, basically a play on the outfit that she wore on the subway. Okay. The jeans and the sweater. Now, the thing about this is that she's not wearing jeans and she's not wearing, like, it's not just jeans. It's not just a blouse. It's. The whole outfit is silk. Okay. I'm giving you a bit of a background. So it is silk. The whole thing is silk. And it's made and painted to be looking like jeans. And it's paying homage to, like, the way that they discovered her. And there's this feels like a lot of people are in a bit of an uproar where they feel like, okay, it's the first, like, Indian ambassador that Chanel has. And, like, they put all their white girls in these gowns and these gorgeous, like, you know, get togethers. And then they put her in, like, it seeming. Seemingly looks like she's walking out of a Kohl's. Right? Here's the thing about this outfit. For me, it's perfect. It's. It to me, is ex. It's the perfect. It's on theme, right? Where it's like they're taking this silk, and it's so difficult to, like, paint on these silk pieces that, like, it is truly art that they made these silk pants look like jeans. Then they pay homage to, like, the way that she was discovered, which I know people were saying, like, is exactly. They had already done this, as when she was, like, the first to walk out in the Runway. Okay. But I think that, you know, it's. Some people are saying, like, is it. Was the look racist? Right? Is it like there. People look at this and they're like, it's like a microaggression where it's like, you have your first, like, Indian ambassador, and it's like, you'd never do this to Anne Hathaway. Right? Like, you'd never do this to me. This outfit has made her the talk of the fucking town. It's. It is genius. And I. Surely there is a part of her that is. And I'm saying there's probably a part. A part of Bevita. I think that I listened to, like, her try to say her name. And if I'm butchering it, then I will. I'll donate my laptop. Okay. I'll donate it to someone that won't turn on. Right. But I'm sure there's a part of her that's like. You know, I think it'd be really great to be in the gown, but I. There's got to be another part of her that goes, like. I know if I wear this, like, dross, dross, this Ross Dress for Less outfit, people are going to be talking about it like, there's not a chance. And to me. To me, this is one of the best outfits. It's like. Like, come on. It's. It's so plain, Jane. But then when you really look at it, like, it is a piece of art when you look up close and then on top that, like, this is gonna get everybody talking about this girl. I mean, I'm talking about her. I've ne. I. You know, I'm not, like, real. A real big fashion person, so I was not. I did not know of her before the Met Gala yesterday, but because of this outfit, I feel like now I need to know everything about her, because I don't think. I think that if she was like, I really want to wear a dress. Like, I think they'd be like, okay. But she had to be in on this a little bit, and she just. She had to know. I think she just had to know. And to me, like, that's what makes it perfect. It's so tongue in cheek. And sometimes the Met Gala can just feel like, this, like, dick measuring contest of, like, everybody trying to just, like, outdo one another for, like, the biggest headdress or, like, whatever. And this is so, like, the opposite direction of that without being, like, actually plain. Do you know what I mean? It just. To me, it's like. It's so stupid. It's perfect. Like, let's paint a pair of silk pants to look like jeans. Like, that's ridiculous. That's absolute insanity. You should be fired for that. But instead, you're gonna get a raise. I just think it's perfect. So I. That's the last photo I'm seeing. Is that correct? Yeah, that's everything that I saved. Because everything else I thought was like, AI. Like, I told you, like, I did have to kind of look twice and be like, I don't think Beyonce wore a gown that had Martin Luther King Jr. On it. Like, I didn't think so. And I was right. She didn't. That was sort of, you know, somebody going, this was the best dressed of the night. And I'm like, it didn't exist. But I appreciate the prompt that you probably put into like a Gemini bot or something, like a Claude. You know, I don't really know my AI's very well, but I appreciate the effort. But don't just, like, stop doing that, you know, Please stop doing that. With Verbo care, help is always ready before, during, and after your stay. We've planned for the plot twists, so support is always available because a great trip starts with peace of mind. I'm trying to think. So what else happened? I have. I had something else that I wanted to talk about that I really, like, in this moment in time, cannot, cannot think of. But it's. I'm gonna go back to the laptop for a second because it, It's frustrating and I. And keep thinking, like, what do I do? Like, I have to get a new laptop. I do. It's like, it's. I can't. I'm. I'm, I'm. I'm also now looking to see if there was another thing in here. Huh. Okay. Actually, I'm looking. I'm trying to. Like, I've never done anything, like, on my phone while I'm recording. I'm always like, I know how to maneuver. I know how to maneuver the computer. So, like, please, thank you for, like, standing by for a second. Okay, here we go. I'm gonna read a text message. How about that? How about in the middle of, like, complete chaos, I'm like, I'll read a text message. Oh, my God. Wait, before I read this text message. Okay? I, if it's not been clear, have adhd. Okay. And I take Vyvanse and I find it very helpful. And I've been taking Vyvanse for the past, like, few years now. And I never took any sort of medication for ADHD beef for the last few years because I feel like I always had these symptoms of it when I was like, an athlete. But everything is like, so short term that I feel like it's perfect for somebody who has, like, adhd. And I feel like a ton of athletes have it because it's like something where it's like this immediate gratification all the time. So, okay, I, A few years ago was like, I should talk to a psychologist and just see what they say. And they're like, do you struggle to complete things? And like, oh, yeah, a lot. I actually almost would say I can't. And so then, you know, the list went on and on and on and on. And they were like, you might want to try this. I tried it. And you know, my only experience with like, ADHD medication is like, I've been around people who are like, partying and they're like, I'm gonna take one. I'm gonna have the time of my life. And I never did. So I only associated it with, like, people at parties. And so I'm like, oh, God, like, how is this gonna happen? And so then all of a sudden it was like, I took it the, the medication for the very first time. And I was like, oh, it, it's just helping me write an email. And they're like, you might not want to eat. No, I'm like, I eat pretty, I eat fine. They're like, you might not sleep. I'm like, I literally sleep like a rock. So that has nothing to do with it. Anyway, what I'm getting to is I had a psychologist that I liked working with, but, like, it was all out of pocket. It was like, not through insurance. And so it was expensive. And so I finally decided in the last, like, few months, I was like, I'm just gonna get a new psychologist. I'm sorry, I'm gonna get one that's covered by my insurance. And I, instead of getting a psychologist, I got like an NP nurse practitioner who can do the prescription. And it's like, I know what I'm on. I have been on it for a while. I am like, feel very successful on it. So I don't feel like I need to be like, talking to somebody who, like, I really need to, like, this is what I'm thinking. And like, blah, blah, blah, like, it's just like, I don't need to do that. I just need to be like, let's do the damn thing right. Like, that's what I need to do. And so I, you know, went on like a Psychology Today, and I found this NP and I met with them to refill my prescription because also, like, having ADHD means that you're gonna forget to take your pill pretty often, which I did. So it was like I had like a three months filled prescription that I made it through in five months because I had forgotten to take about two months worth of it throughout the course of five months. And so it was time to refill my prescription. So I needed to meet with the NP for the very first Time. And so my past experience of meeting with, like, my psychologist was like, you know, I met with them for the very first time on, like, a zoom call in the pandemic. So I've done all of this, I say in quotes, work. I've done all of this, like, through online portals. So it's like, that's my wheelhouse. Talking about my broken brain on a zoom call. You know, I'm feeling at home doing that, so I'm ready to go. And I want you to know that it was a completely different experience. Right. Like, I think, like my last appointments, I don't know, I cannot remember exactly how much they were out of fucking pocket, by the way. Maybe like three or four hundred dollars. My eyes are closed. No. What? My computer dies again. And I want you to know how much was it for me to meet with the NP covered by my insurance? Yeah, I'm paying $25. Okay. But I will say I'm getting sort of a $25 experience. And I love, love the MP. I'm not going to say anything more, but it was, I want you to know the background was a fake zoom background. They were chewing gum. They were in their car, they were driving while they were doing this. And I want you to know I appreciated the hustle on every single thing. And I know that at every red light, they would put the laptop on their lap. I could, because I could see the background going out from behind them, chewing the gum. Anyway, let's read a text message. And so I just want you to know that, like. And I'm saying that because I have, like, my vans in front of me. I took it hours ago, so it has completely worn off. But I am thinking about the NP who was chewing gum on a zoom call and putting their laptop on and off of their lap while they were driving and telling me that, like, listen, if I ever feel like I want to harm myself, call 91 1. And I said, I. Believe me, it won't be you who I call first. It will be 91 1. That's for damn sure. You're taking these intake calls in the car while driving, chewing Trident, which I love. Anyway, let's read a text message. Hi, Adam. I am currently in the process of starting a business and I'm waiting on permits. I remember you mentioned you are in a similar. Similar situation with your wellness spa. I'm getting a lot of intrusive thoughts and anxiety while I wait for the permits to come through. I want your advice on how to handle this. Love the podcast that was from this caller that was in August of 2025. Okay, so I want you to know that I haven't been great with the text message adhd. Come on, give me a break. So. And they said, hey, Adam, I don't want to sound sassy, but why do you always ask us to call and text the podcast but you never actually read anything? Love the podcast. Me reading it is getting a little sassy back with you, but I deserve it. And I ask because I want the option of being able to communicate. And I have done one like that. There are. There's a year's worth of episodes, and I have done one episode dedicated only to text messages and voicemails. And I just feel like everybody should have the outlet and the option to reach out if they'd like to, you know? And sometimes people do, and they. They'll send me, like, an article or send me a story, and it's for me to know, right? And it's. It's not for me to read. And sometimes they'll tell a voicemail. And, like, I have no way of, like, downloading or saving these voicemails I'm seeing. I have a bunch. Oh, God. Okay, well, I'm gonna have to wait till we. Well, listen, now, I can't do them until I get, um, a laptop computer. Um, but that being said, yeah, it's like, it's my fault because I'm like, you know, this is what we'll talk about in the beginning of this episode. We'll stop hard stop. I will then do text messages and voicemails, and then we'll keep going. And then I start thinking about, like, you know how I just worked with an NP to get by vans while they were absolutely in busy. I went. I want to say Manhattan traffic. Like, it was. I'm telling you. When I knew that, when I saw that they were chewing gum and they said, hold on a minute. When I. I got on the zoom, they had to, like, let me in the room. And this person went, okay, hold on a minute. And then I could see them, like, click, clack, click clack, clack, clack, click, clack on their phone. Whatever they were doing, I just want you to know. I went, that's fucking Chicago. That's cool. And I did make them laugh. That's always really important to me that I, like, make them laugh when we talk about my mental health. And I was able to do it. I even remember the joke. This is how, you know that I, like, actually have a mental illness where I'm like, okay, Did I get the pills? But I did. I make them laugh. And I did. When they said, okay, how tall are you? I said, five, seven. Don't be jealous. And they did give a snicker. And I'm reveling in the feeling of, like, making a health professional laugh while they were driving. And chewing gum. The chewing gum was like, crazy. I think it just so. It's like, amazing. The chewing of the gum, like, is absolutely just like. That's flawless fucking work. It's absolutely amazing. Anyway, I think that's my cue, right? I'm gonna go. I've had an amazing time. It was so great to talk Met Gala. I'm sure that there are other things. I know that for a fact they're on my computer because I took a note of it this week. I was like, aren't I being a good boy? Piece of. This computer is a piece of. I've got it in 2020. It's 2026. And I'll tell you that there were a few years where I didn't really use it very often, right? Like, I wasn't using the computer very often. But in the last, I will say, like, three years, this is all med spa related. This is me having Canva open 24 hours a fucking day. I pushed this thing to its absolute breaking point and it snapped. God damn it. Like, I will get it. I'm going to get a pro. I'm talking. I. My old computer was like a MacBook and I'm going to get a MacBook Pro because I'm not dealing with, like, the air situation. I need the ports, okay? That was like a fudgeing, like, flop mistake by me getting an air. Get the computer with the fucking ports, right? You don't want to be buying, like, extra ports. Like, that's annoying. So I'm going to get the Pro. I need the pro. Too many things that I'm doing that I like, need the. I need a professional computer. But, you know, it's like, you know when you see that there's, like, options and, like, upgrades, I'm like, do I need, like, the fastest M5 chip ever made? And it's like, I know I don't, but, like, should I do it? And I'm not gonna do it, but I am saving about $1 million by going to this new NP. Chewing gum with a new client is like, that's incredible work. I'm looking at my mullet in the screen and it's like, I think it's out of control. I do think I need to buzz it, not buzz it off. I do think that, like, having curly hair is the more of a vibe for me. And this is. This is my natural curly hair. I'm not out there getting perms, right? If you know me as somebody who has straight hair, that's because I was getting what's called a Brazilian blowout. Like, I was doing like the perm the other way. I'm just seeing if the computer turns on. It won't. It's a piece of junk. This is what hap. Like, this is what, like, Tim Cook, come and get your trash. You. I'm so pissed off about this. Like, that shouldn't just turn off. And like I said, like, I'm using this, like, as an upstanding citizen. I'm closing the applications. I'm closing the applications. I'm turning the thing off. I'm letting the fan in the back stop. I'm letting the laptop come down to room temperature. And the way that this fucking piece of shit thanks me is by blip dying. It thanks me by biting the big one. They don't even make this computer anymore. I. This is I. And I know that like we went through a debacle of like the way that people like charge these computers and the. The MacBook Air that I have is charged from like a USB C. And I have a feeling that they don't do that anym. So now I'm going to need to get a new effing wire. It's just it never to always. It's always something with these things with these computers. And I keep like now I'm like, will it turn on when I like, no, it won't. They don't make things that work anymore. Except this iPad. This iPad has been like tried and true for about 47 minutes. I give it two more so it shuts off again. I'm like, what? No. Anyway, I'm gonna call it. I am just gonna call it for this episode because I'm just. I'm hoping everything works out and everything sounds good and it's all perfect. Hopefully the next time I record intrusive thoughts, it will be from a brand new laptop computer. We'll see. Because I. It's just like I have not pulled the plug on that yet because I'm so piss, you know? Like I said, Tim Cook, come get your trash. Come on. Make something that fucking works. Six years is not enough time. It is not enough time. But I guess it's the time we got. Whatever. Fucker. Motherfucker. It's insane. Anyway, I've had the time of my life on this episode, and I love you so, so much. I really mean it. I do think we will need to do a text message and voicemail episode soon. Why don't we do one to, like, celebrate the new laptop, whenever that may be. But until then, please continue to call or text the podcast hotline. The number is 310-909-7717. Again, that number is 310-909-7713. And for this episode of Intrusive Thoughts, my name is Adam Rippon, and these have been my Intrusive Thoughts. We'll see you next week. Goodbye from the iPad. Straight from the iPad. Goodbye, everybody. I'll see you next week. Sam.