Storytelling with Purpose: Filmmaker and Author Brian Tashima on Autism, Art, and Empowerment

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Oops. I'm smiling because I'm having a threesome.

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I love it. Shamim and Brian. So we are live.

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Shamim is, I have known Shamim for, oh, it feels

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like Shamim, maybe four or five years. He had

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reached out to me regarding something with the

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gallery. Anyways, we had a friendship, his father,

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amazing attorney, helped with score a few times.

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And Shamim will say, Adrienne, I have a friend,

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someone you need to interview. So today that's

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what we're doing. And Shamim's going to introduce

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our guests. So take it away, Shamim. So, everyone,

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today we'll be talking to my friend, a really

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fast friend, Ryan Toshiyama. He is the editor

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and secretary and treasurer of the Spectrum Life

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magazine, which I am in right here, which is...

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Here we are. Yep. There you are. Wait, let me

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see again. Ooh, I love it. And then here, yeah,

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so we did this and here I am. And then here's

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Brian. That's awesome. So how this came about

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was my mom and I were at Little Peas Speech Therapy

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here in Portland, Oregon. My mom was trying to

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get me active in the community with film and

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all that stuff. So we were reading in the previous

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issue of Special Life Magazine. This article

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about Brian and his film, Hold My Beal, which

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is a story about a young adult with autism who

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finds a way, a new passion life by creating craft

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beer. And they go on this adventure and it's

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a short film. And Brian's also an author of a

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seven volume set of books. It's called Joe Suzuki.

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And it's all about an autism boy with his love

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of music, takes him on this journey and finds

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true calling with music. And how yeah, so pretty

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much this friendship started in I Found out Brian

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on April 26 and then now and then I've met Brian

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at the autism walk on that the autism walk at

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the Oaks Park on August When when was it Brian

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April April of this year and then we did the

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interview on May 17th and then Brian came to

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my party and did some photos and and the article

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came is is out now which me and Brian did with

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Scott and that's the story on how me and Brian

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met and now we are right now trying to get Brian's

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series Greenlit. So that's where we are right

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now. So that's why we're here with you, Adrian,

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with that help. So Brian, so Shamim, I want you

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to introduce Brian to everyone. All right. So

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Brian, this is Brian Toshiyama, and he is a musician,

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a father of two kids with autism. He's also a

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musician. And he's also the the treasure and

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editor co -editor of Spectrum Life Magazine.

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Nice. And where would I find that magazine? You

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can find it online at SpectrumLifeMagazine .com.

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It's actually SpectrumLife .org. Spectrumlife

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.org. So I'm just going to put that in my thing

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so we have it. Shami, before we're going to go

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into, right now, talk to Brian, but spectrumlife

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.org, you said? Brian? What? I'm sorry? Oh, spectrumlife

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.org, you said? Yes. Okay. So now what we're

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going to do is we're going to have Brian is going

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to fill in any of the gaps. We're going to go

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through the website. And then before we end,

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Shamim, you're going to do a pitch on your movie,

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the audit. Yes. That's here. Yeah. Some with

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you, but tell us tell the audience who you are

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to Okay. Yeah, so I am Brian Tashima. I do a

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whole bunch of different things as you may have

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gotten the idea from what Shamim has been talking

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about. I think the underlying theme or the common

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thread that everything that I do has is support

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for the autism and neurodivergent community.

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All my creative projects feature autistic characters

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or in the case of the film that I made, not only

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are the characters autistic, but we also try

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to employ as many autistic people, you know,

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talent behind the cameras. Well, you know, the

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actors were autistic, actually autistic. We had

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autistic crew members, you know, like my book

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has an autistic character. And like Shamim said,

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I also serve on the board of directors for Autism

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Empowerment, which is a nonprofit organization

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dedicated to supporting the autism community.

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So, and you know, Spectrum Life Magazine is one

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of our, one of our programs. So it is a program

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of autism empowerment. So that's kind of what

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I do. So is autism empowerment, so it's not your

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business, it's a program that you serve on the

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board for? Correct. It's a nonprofit organization

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based here in Vancouver, Washington. I was personal

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friends with the founders, like our kids went

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to the same school together. So I knew them before

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they even started the organization. Then once

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they started to, once they decided to get started,

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Um, you know, I wanted to be involved. So, you

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know, so I got involved and then, um, you know,

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after a little while, they, uh, invited me to

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join the board of directors and I've been with

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them ever since. So I think it's been a lot like

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maybe 13, 14 years. It's been a while. So that's

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a huge amount of time. I love it. Okay. And then

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so they have spectrum life magazine, zoom autism

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magazine, the autism empowerment podcast. Ooh.

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a broader reach to the West Coast. I'm saying

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ooh, because just so you know, so my friend Sheila

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just created a program where you could take your

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podcast to a book. So just a thought. And it's

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it's amazing, amazing price. And you can do 15

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episodes and have a book. So all right, now we

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have okay, so then I so do you have your own

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website, Brian? I do. Well, I have like websites

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for my various different projects. For myself

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personally, I have like a blog. It's at the bryantashima

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.blogspot .com. Okay. And then what do you have

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one that kind of incorporates everything or is

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everything kind of like a little bit, you know,

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one site for this, one site for this? Do you

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have a holding site that has everything? Well,

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my blog kind of talks about everything and it

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mentions in my bio like the different individual

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sites that I have like I have one for the movie.

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Oh, let me go in there then. Can you put it in

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the chat? Would you mind? Sure. All right. And

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then I'll get that pulled up so we can kind of

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show everyone what you do. And so the beer, Hold

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My Beer is that your first film? Yes, correct.

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Awesome. And you are the director, producer.

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Yeah, director, writer, producer, basically everything.

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Nice. Nice. I want to share with you both. I

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think Shamima had talked about. So I'm on ChatterSocial

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and there are a lot of film actors and actresses,

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film producers, directors. You may get a kick

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out of it. It is a really cool program called

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chattersocial .io. Where you have the ability

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to the real people but real conversations and

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you can actually be like I'm like talking so

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people can see your face and know who you are

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So it's really an amazing space and also a great

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way. You can get rockets, which is actually money

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When you run a room, so I think that you would

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be perfect for chatter social So I own I'm gonna

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put it in the comments I'm going to grab yours.

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Okay. And then, okay. The private chat, let me

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go like this. Let me grab what you said to me.

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And I'm also going to put this in the comments,

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connect with Brian. Boom. And then I'm going

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to open it up and I can't wait to see what you

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have. Ah, ready guys? All right share a stream

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and they were gonna go right here There we go,

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there's Brian's blog spot Wait, so do you own

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this or what what what happens Brian if something

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happens to blog spot? I Then I guess it goes

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away. I don't actually own it. I Know that's

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always something to think about though, right?

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So now So you have both children. So you have

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two children and both were diagnosed with autism?

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Yes, correct. And how old are they? They are

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now 26 and 22. Wow. So there's a four -year difference.

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Is that, is autism then, is that hereditary?

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It's largely hereditary. In fact, the funny thing

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is that if we have time for a little story here.

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Of course. When I was doing promotion press for

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Hold My Beer, the film, we were doing an interview

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with The Colombian, which is the newspaper here

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in Vancouver, Washington. And one of my actors,

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she was telling the reporters, she was like,

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oh yeah, I've worked with a lot of directors

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who are autistic. And I think it really helps

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them in directing films because they're so focused

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on details and blah, blah, blah. I'm thinking,

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wait a minute. Does she think I'm autistic? Because

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I never said I was. And then so that started

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to set off this chain of events where, like,

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I knew my kids, you know, they had been officially

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diagnosed when they were young. And even my dad

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is, he's not formally diagnosed, but he's very

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obviously autistic as well. We kind of came to

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this conclusion. And so, but then when her words

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kind of set this thought in my mind of like,

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Maybe I am also autistic because it is mostly

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hereditary. So I ended up I talked to the founders

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of autism empowerment and they were like, yeah,

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Brian, you know, we've always kind of thought

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you were, but we didn't know what to say. We

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didn't know how you would take it. So I'm like,

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okay. So from there, I got like a formal assessment.

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And sure enough, I have like what they call level

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one autism, which I guess we used to be called

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Asperger's syndrome. But it's kind of like a

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mild form of autism. But I was like, wow, so

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I'm, you know, I'm part of the community. And

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when I told my kids this, like my oldest, he

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was like, oh yeah, I kind of knew for years now.

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Yeah. He told me, welcome, welcome to the community.

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Thank you. I think of it as a spectrum. I didn't

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even know that there's levels. And then can I

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ask if you don't mind how you went about like,

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what is, what did that look like, the, the testing

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or what you had to go through for an official

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diagnosis? I guess there's different ways to

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go about it, but the doctor that I work with,

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he gives you like a bunch of, they're like these

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standardized tests that a lot of people use.

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And so I took those just at home online. And

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so he would get those results, but then I had

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to go in and meet with them several times for

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like an hour or two at a time where he would

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actually interview me and ask me questions. He

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himself is also autistic as well. So it was kind

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of neat. But so, you know, after a few of these

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sessions, then you just, you know, he answered

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some questions, you know, he makes some notes.

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He compares that to the online test that I took.

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And, you know, he comes up with a diagnosis based

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on, based on that information. How important,

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why do you need a diagnosis when you're an adult?

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I mean, you know, you don't really, but I mean,

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like to me it was kind of Like once I suspected

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that maybe I was on the spectrum, I thought,

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well, it'd be kind of cool just because I've

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been involved in the community for so long. And

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I've just been a very avid supporter and advocate

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for the autism and neurodivergent community,

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including my kids. Everything I do up until this

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point, like I said, has been you know, it kind

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of in support of the autism community. So I thought,

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well, you know, it'd be kind of cool if I were

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actually an official member of that community.

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So like, you know, so now, you know, like, I

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actually, my voice is now part of this, you know,

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of this greater whole, I'm not just an outsider

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kind of helping, but I am actually part of the

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community myself now. So, you know, it was kind

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of important for me to do that. I thought, you

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know, it'd be a good way to kind of, you know,

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stand with my kids, have solidarity with them

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as well. So um yeah it was it was uh it was something

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that I really uh I think I wanted to do I guess

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and um you know so and it kind of makes it makes

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a lot of things make sense I think you'll hear

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this from a lot of people who get diagnosed as

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adults where they say yeah you know like now

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these things that you know it just it answers

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so many questions and it makes things Make a

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lot of sense retroactively where it's like, you

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know that okay That's why like I react to things

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in this certain way and that you know like now

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you can kind of like Because I think as adults

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we learn how to mask they say you're like we

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learn how to like kind of try to fit in with

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Society and you're like go follow follow certain

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scripts when you're talking to people that we

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learn how to make eye contact even if it's not

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comfortable But now you know when you have that

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official diagnosis it kind of gives you the freedom

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to feel like okay well you know I can be more

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myself now and I can give myself the grace to

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um you know like to understand that hey you know

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like I don't want to go to that party it's okay

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it's fine you know we can stay home it's cool

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you know like you don't have to pressure yourself

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to feel like okay you know I need to do these

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things that make me feel uncomfortable just to

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fit in you know sometimes you this you know knowing

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your neurology now gives you kind of a reason

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to be okay well you know like I could be more

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accepting of myself as well so. So how would

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someone actually go about finding is it a doctor

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or can someone else how do you go about finding

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someone who can help you identify so it's not

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for money or any services or anything like that

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but just so that you can kind of switch your

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mind and your mind Like a mind shift. I just

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had a great guy yesterday Mitch Weisberg, but

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you know, just so like once I know who I am I

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love what you just said some of those steps But

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where do I even go to get help? Well, um, it

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depends on where you're located I think like

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if you go to the office of empowerment .org website

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There are lists of resources there basically

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you would just go to like I guess any kind of

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like a therapist who specializes kind of in,

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you know, like maybe who knows, who's knowledgeable

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about like developmental disorders. Like the

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doctor I went to, for example, he is actually

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on the board of autism empowerment along with

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me. So I kind of knew him already from there.

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So if you're in the Vancouver, Washington or

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Portland, Oregon area, like, you know, I would

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highly recommend him. Like I said, he's neurodivergent

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himself. So he, you know, he has a Understanding

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just you know from his own neurology. So but

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I think you can just kind of look up You know

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like you know providers who do you know start

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with therapists and then kind of you know Do

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a deeper guy from there and see what their specialties

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are Okay, and is a savant still a term that's

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that's used I mean the community we don't like

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it too much because you know it evokes these

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you know Images of like Rain Man kind of these

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these stereotypes were because like Not all,

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like you said, it's a spectrum. So not all autistic

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people are savants. And you have those. There

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are certainly people who are very, very talented.

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And their neurology allows them to hyper -focus

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on certain things, or they have their talent

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for certain things. But not everybody in the

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community is like that. Like you said, it's a

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spectrum. So it's kind of a stereotype that we

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try to avoid. Got it. Everybody's different.

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Nobody's perfect. Every brain is different. No

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one's perfect. All right. So then when your children

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were 22 years ago, 24 years ago, or 26 years

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ago, I think you said 22 and 26. Yeah, 26 and

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22, yes. So I know at one point there was a conversation

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to the doctors, the pediatricians to say, okay,

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we want you at the age of two. I think it is

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to start testing, to start looking, having that

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discussion. Was that taking place with your children?

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Were they diagnosed at a young age from the pediatrician

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or was it more school age? Well, I guess, you

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know, when they were young and you know autism

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research and knowledge and awareness has come

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a long way I think in a relatively short period

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of time like when my kids were young like we

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didn't actually know like I you know like when

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my son was you know one or two I actually didn't

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know what really what autism even was at the

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time I think at the time you know they were calling

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they weren't even calling it Asperger's yet they're

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calling it like Einstein syndrome or things like

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this and there wasn't a whole lot of information

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out there it's come a long way But like, so for

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my kids, you know, we kind of noticed in the

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beginning, like when they were young, like, like

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when my son was two or three, he could barely

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talk, you know, as compared to other kids his

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age, but you know, he taught himself how to use

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a computer, you know, like when he was two. And

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he was already doing things on the computer that

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like, I didn't know how, you know, how do you

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do that? Like, I didn't know. And, you know,

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he couldn't explain to us how he figured it out.

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But I mean, he just did. And here he was just,

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you know, just doing things that just blew my

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mind. And so, and with my younger kid, they We

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didn't actually know for kind of a long time

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because the autism presents itself differently

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in people like we just said, right? I mean every

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brain is different. You know, it's a spectrum

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So for the longest time we didn't actually think

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that they were You know on the spectrum it only

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came came about like later on probably like in

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high school or you know around around that time

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when they were older so It's a you know, I think

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everybody's journey is kind of unique and kind

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of different. I think now there's a lot more

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knowledge and resources. So it's possible to

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kind of identify it early on, which is good because

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then the kids can get the support that they need.

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With my son, with all the support that he got

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from the schools that he was in, that I think

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really made a big difference and really kind

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of helped him. So today he has a job, he's driving,

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he's pretty independent. I love that. I love

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it. Let's look at your blog. So I'm gonna go

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to your blog and okay, so this is interesting.

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So music writing parenthood and other random

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thoughts. They've got that together. You just

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wrote last Thursday, overcoming writer's walk.

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Love it. Love it, love it, love it. Start writing

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your book with math. What? No, I can't. I don't

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even know math. I love this, not because I'm

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Asian, mind you. I actually don't like math as

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a subject in school. I think it might have more

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to do with my neurology. Me too, by the way,

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I haven't been tested, but I definitely have

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some kind of math issue. And I'm pretty sure

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my daughter has dyscalculia. Oh, so you really

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have some really great blogs that you're writing

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here. I love it. Is your video, like on YouTube,

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where would your video be? Yeah, you can go actually

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to youtube .com. Oh, hold my beard, that move.

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You go there too? Yeah. Oh, or what were you

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going to say? Oh, well, we have a direct link

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on YouTube. It's the YouTube slash at hold my

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beer. What is it? Slash at hold my beer film.

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Ida. Sorry. It's at home. And what's the other

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word? At hold my beer film. Oh, the link in the

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chat. Hold on. OK. Yeah, let's do that. I'm thinking

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I'm searching. Okay. Yeah, I need your help All

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right. Let's take a look you guys. Let's do it.

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Let's let's what I love it Huh, mind if we do

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it now. Let's see Brian private chat Hold my

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beer film Okay, how long oh It's 38 minutes Can

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we, can we just kind of look at it for a second?

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Yeah, this is the trailer if you go down. Oh,

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go the trailer. Let's, oh, I'm so excited. Okay,

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here's the trailer. Guys, 38 second teaser coming

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up. Go to the trailer. Oh, well, that's okay.

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Oh, this is a teaser. Okay, hold on. The teaser,

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the trailer. I like all the behind the scenes.

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Okay, ready? Okay, get your popcorn. Okay, we're

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:42.190
gonna do it right now. I got this car. And look

00:22:42.190 --> 00:22:44.950
how much I was paying for insurance before. I

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use this website and now look at my... You need

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direction in your life now. You've seen a little

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down lately and we think you'd be in your own

00:22:54.069 --> 00:22:56.630
best self -interest if you picked yourself up

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and started doing something, you know, anything.

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There's nothing I'm interested in. But I always

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thought that people always have some kind of

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special interest. I thought this is what I was

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meant to do. I hear the music. You hear the -

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you hear it? Oh, sorry. I just wanted to check.

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Hold on, hold on. I mean... I love this. So he

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needed to find his passion. Yep. Do you know

00:24:07.029 --> 00:24:11.049
the eddies? Do you know, like, the actors? I'm

00:24:11.049 --> 00:24:25.930
sorry? Oh man, that is in first place winner

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of a $100 gift certificate to my store and champions

00:24:29.630 --> 00:24:37.750
of this year's contest is Really you're gonna

00:24:37.750 --> 00:24:44.269
do that to us I don't even know what to say I

00:24:44.269 --> 00:24:47.109
I literally don't even know what to say. Okay.

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Let me two things Let me just take hold on for

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one second that was amaze balls. And okay, so

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:58.119
I want to take this, the hold my beer film and

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I want to put it from our studio chat. I'm going

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:04.079
to throw it in the comments. Everyone watch it,

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:07.019
like it, share it. It's really great. I can't

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.980
wait to show it to my daughter and her son. I

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.759
wonder how many people watched it and thought

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:15.359
to themselves, Oh, let's try beer. I haven't

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:17.339
found anything that I really enjoyed doing. But

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:19.779
I always I think anyways with our children, Brian.

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:23.380
We should expose them to as many things as they

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:26.019
can. You know, yes, you got to play the flute.

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:28.000
Just see if you like it. Yes, you got to play

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:30.140
the violin. See if you like it. Yes, you got

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.660
to write. See if you like it, right? Like one

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:35.160
of those things. Yeah, I agree. You don't like

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:38.380
soccer? Fine. Let's go to tennis. Anyways, so

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:41.559
I love that. Is there anything else that you

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:47.480
would like us to know? Oh, well, let's see. Well,

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.329
I have a. a bunch of other things. I know about

00:25:52.329 --> 00:25:57.470
Spectrum Life magazine, I am one of the contributing

00:25:57.470 --> 00:26:00.309
editors to that. And so I did the interview with

00:26:00.309 --> 00:26:03.890
Shamim about his film and it came out in the

00:26:03.890 --> 00:26:07.029
most recent issues. So yeah, I guess we could

00:26:07.029 --> 00:26:10.170
maybe segue it to a plug for The Autograph King.

00:26:10.910 --> 00:26:13.269
So let me just take two seconds to just do this

00:26:13.269 --> 00:26:18.339
for a second. Hold on for one. second. So everyone,

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:21.740
because I just want everyone to be all on each

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:33.220
as we are pretty. You see it? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:36.440
Yeah. Okay. So there's the magazine. And then

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:40.779
so you are a writer for the magazine. So if someone

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:43.660
feels that they have a great story, a they wanted

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:47.029
to donate and support. B, they, this is great.

00:26:47.109 --> 00:26:50.029
It's got providers, all the stories, Hoyers Hold

00:26:50.029 --> 00:26:52.430
My Beer film. Oh, look at all these. This is

00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:55.089
great. The Zoom Autism Magazine, the Spectrum

00:26:55.089 --> 00:26:59.690
Life. So wait, so if they have a story, should

00:26:59.690 --> 00:27:03.269
they reach out to you? Sure, yeah. Okay. All

00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:05.369
right, we'll have that information. In the meantime,

00:27:05.549 --> 00:27:08.190
everyone enjoy, you know, make sure you just

00:27:08.190 --> 00:27:09.890
take a look at this. I'm not familiar with this,

00:27:09.950 --> 00:27:12.630
so I am excited to see that. We are gonna go

00:27:12.630 --> 00:27:16.289
back to the studio. Okay. So thank you, Brian.

00:27:16.490 --> 00:27:17.950
That was a great interview. I loved it. I love

00:27:17.950 --> 00:27:19.970
the film. I can't wait to go and watch it. It

00:27:19.970 --> 00:27:21.789
is, I mean, the film is there. We've only had,

00:27:21.970 --> 00:27:23.869
you know, I mean, I guess I could stream it next

00:27:23.869 --> 00:27:26.089
time. It's 38 minutes. So everyone watch it,

00:27:26.109 --> 00:27:29.549
please, and leave like, share, follow all that

00:27:29.549 --> 00:27:32.930
good stuff. Shamim, what's going on? The autographing,

00:27:33.230 --> 00:27:37.190
what is it coming? Okay. So according to the

00:27:37.190 --> 00:27:40.920
interview that me and Brian did with Scott, So

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:43.740
according to the interview, it says Scott is

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:47.579
hoping to get it released by the end of this

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:51.680
year or early next year. So we're right now in

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:56.519
the process of trying to get the, so we did the

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:59.920
interview with Ryan as something people can actually

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:05.299
physically read about the film so we can actually

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:08.779
get people knowing about the film. And then now

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:13.400
me and Scott are trying to look into distribution

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:18.299
right now. And then we're trying to reach out

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:24.119
to local autism organizations to see if they

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:27.059
want to get on board. And then that's pretty

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:30.960
much it. And then Brian's book. Yeah. So Brian

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:35.480
and I are trying also on the flip note, trying

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:40.819
to get the series. green lit. So right now we

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:51.539
have and then so pretty much we have some people

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:54.420
who are interested. What Brian is actually looking

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:59.980
for right now is connections, either if you know

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:04.859
anything, Adriani about maybe Talking to the

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:09.079
people you know to see if we can start the hold

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:12.559
my beer series and then from there Brian has

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.720
other ideas like for example hold my beer video

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:24.019
game a whole a Niro divergent the actual pub

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:28.220
from the movie in real life, and then he's also

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:33.410
has a comic book out that he's looking for Artists

00:29:33.410 --> 00:29:38.930
to finish up the issues so I've I've been working

00:29:38.930 --> 00:29:44.869
with Brian for the Like networking and getting

00:29:44.869 --> 00:29:48.509
contact information for Brian just to see who

00:29:48.509 --> 00:29:51.309
might be interested in actually doing the series

00:29:51.309 --> 00:29:57.029
of them so so originally the movie was a supposed

00:29:57.029 --> 00:30:02.720
to be a a pilot episode for episode one So, Brian

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:06.819
then decided to make it in a short film as a

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:11.779
teaser for the series. And the beer is like Zelda

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:17.220
meets beer. Is that kind of like, I would say

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:19.759
it's like tapper, if you would say, right, Brian?

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:23.220
Kind of, yeah, talking about the video game,

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:26.480
but yeah. I love, Shamim, can I play the, because

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.539
I do have to run soon. I want to play the trailer.

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:30.039
Do you mind if I play the trailer for everyone?

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:33.539
Yeah, go ahead. Let's do it. Let's do it. Okay.

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:36.220
This is update the autograph King trailer March

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:42.019
19th from Scott. Okay, beautiful. Oh wait, I

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:46.940
got to subscribe. Okay, there we go. I can't

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:49.059
wait to see the autograph King movie. I want

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:52.299
to learn more about the side of you. My original

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:55.319
idea was to get Everybody who worked on the film.

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:59.319
Tushamene, happy 20th anniversary, comic book,

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:01.940
the movie. He's the autograph king. When I think

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:04.059
of autographs, I know who to resort to. He was

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:06.859
probably barely able to walk and talk. That's

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:09.900
when he got exposed to autographs. It's not about

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:11.759
the autograph. It's all about the connection.

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:15.900
His eyes, his ears, his hearing. His one leg

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:23.059
was very tiny. He doesn't have depth perception.

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:27.160
He always sees one eye. He just has all these

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:30.079
difficulties and he still makes it about other

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:32.180
people. He's everybody's best friend and he's

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:34.980
everybody's biggest fan. He's overcompensated

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:37.660
everything that somebody with cerebral palsy

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:42.259
would be able to do. Hello my darling. I came

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:46.920
up to you and said, hey cutie, you got a nice

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:52.819
haircut today. He includes everyone, and he's

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:55.960
not overthinking every single thing like I am.

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:03.640
It's all about just collecting what you love.

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:11.140
Stan Lee is right here. Nice. 1117. 1118. One

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.700
of the baseball players I met was Willie Mays.

00:32:14.170 --> 00:32:18.309
Hall of Famer at his house. Antonio Banderas.

00:32:18.829 --> 00:32:25.009
Carol Spinney. Big Bird. This is by a weird -out

00:32:25.009 --> 00:32:42.019
collage I made. You make my day very happy and

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:44.000
very positive. Make some noise for my friend

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:48.019
Shamim, the autograph king. How many autographs

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:52.200
did you sign today? Oh, Shamim, that's making

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:59.799
me cry. Shamim, that is so beautiful. Even though

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:04.019
I've seen it, it just makes me cry. It's really

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:06.859
touching. Listen, if you are... If you're listening

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.839
to this podcast, you got to go to Adrian Berger

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:11.640
speaks no prep needed and just find the find

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:13.460
the video. So you have the YouTube. Oh, I think

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:16.480
Shamim's going to sing us out. Shamim, I don't

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:20.059
you know, I didn't tell you Shamim. So I do true

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:22.759
crime. So I host a true crime podcast with Joseph

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.539
Tuesdays and Thursdays. And I could talk about

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:28.359
like true crime and not cry. But stories like

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:31.259
this with humanity just hits our heart all the

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:35.109
time. So I'm gonna mic because I feel Terry and

00:33:35.109 --> 00:33:45.069
you take it away with the music. Wait, I can't

00:33:45.069 --> 00:33:48.509
hear the music. Let me get my hearing aid out.

00:33:49.210 --> 00:34:05.109
One sec. Let's see. One sec. One second. There

00:34:05.109 --> 00:35:27.219
we go. Okay. should be whose guitar who autographed

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:31.519
that guitar and nobody oh What the heck nobody

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:35.519
I'm assuming everything is is autographed it

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:41.559
like yeah So I've got the other guitar, which

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:45.460
is this is a guitar that my friend gave me which

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:54.280
I is signed by Thomas right there Sandy from

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:59.599
Dan from Blockbuster and Sandy right around.

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:04.780
Oh, the last Blockbuster? Yeah, Sandy from Blockbuster's

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:07.059
here. And then this is the guitar that I helped

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:13.619
Sandy with. So last year, April 7th of 2024,

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:19.360
me and Sandy. created this event with Thomas

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:22.500
E. Nicholas for Last Blockbuster to promote Last

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:27.559
Blockbuster. That was a fun event. I love it,

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:30.219
Shamim. We're going to be closing out right now,

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:32.239
but I think we need to go back and do another

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:36.260
interview where you could show off your, oh,

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:39.420
I see a tabby too because I have a tabby too.

00:36:41.409 --> 00:36:43.150
Yeah, they're so cute aren't they? They just

00:36:43.150 --> 00:36:45.929
got this done. Oh, look at that autograph King.

00:36:46.269 --> 00:36:51.489
Oh, oh, I then put it. Oh Shamim I'm so excited

00:36:51.489 --> 00:36:54.829
for the movie Shamim. Everyone is incredible.

00:36:55.070 --> 00:36:57.309
He brings me some of the amazing get Shamim remember

00:36:57.309 --> 00:37:00.750
when I interviewed Tia, but it is a see Andrew

00:37:00.750 --> 00:37:05.309
Nelson. Hi, and I introduced this friend. I had

00:37:05.309 --> 00:37:09.469
no idea. There was a Star Wars movie. What should

00:37:09.469 --> 00:37:12.010
be I never even knew I never even knew that uh,

00:37:12.110 --> 00:37:14.309
I had to ask him if Darth Vader was a good guy

00:37:14.309 --> 00:37:17.610
or a bad guy Here you go the last thing that

00:37:17.610 --> 00:37:19.389
I should have to show for you. It's good interview

00:37:19.389 --> 00:37:25.210
though. Oh You are so cute. I love you should

00:37:25.210 --> 00:37:28.690
be dark animation art gallery. That's how it

00:37:28.690 --> 00:37:31.590
all started You know what, guys, that's how I

00:37:31.590 --> 00:37:33.989
tell people all the time, say yes to opportunity.

00:37:34.190 --> 00:37:36.389
Someone reaches out to you and makes a connection

00:37:36.389 --> 00:37:39.289
like Shamim did via Facebook. Don't ignore it.

00:37:39.369 --> 00:37:41.550
You never know where it leads. That is awesome.

00:37:41.730 --> 00:37:44.929
Shamim, the certificate of authenticity. Oh my

00:37:44.929 --> 00:37:47.869
God. I absolutely, this was empowering. Brian,

00:37:48.389 --> 00:37:52.949
you gave us insights on autism. You helped me.

00:37:54.190 --> 00:37:59.440
My first ever Frank and Ollie. from the Frank

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:05.059
and Ollie did film. That was one of my favorites

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:11.139
too. So I decided I needed a Frank and Ollie

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:14.239
autograph to my collection. So I was looking

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:18.579
for an autograph that's not expensive. So I decided

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:23.940
I was just looking. I stumbled upon Adrian's

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:32.190
father's museum and look at that. the autograph

00:38:32.190 --> 00:38:36.570
from your dad. You're gonna make me cry. I already

00:38:36.570 --> 00:38:38.670
cried. You already made me cry with with your

00:38:38.670 --> 00:38:42.090
film and then your beautiful song. Shamim, Brian,

00:38:42.329 --> 00:38:45.170
you guys are amazing. Thank you so much. Shamim,

00:38:45.230 --> 00:38:47.829
I can't wait. Let me know how else I can help

00:38:47.829 --> 00:38:50.809
Brian. I'm I really you help me. So thank you

00:38:50.809 --> 00:38:53.030
so much. And I look forward to reading your blogs.

00:38:53.130 --> 00:38:55.969
I got to go back and sign up for it. And I appreciate

00:38:55.969 --> 00:39:01.949
it. So everyone Maybe Brian, I could send you

00:39:01.949 --> 00:39:07.610
a copy of the new issue about my article. Oh,

00:39:07.630 --> 00:39:10.710
let me know how I could do that if I could pay

00:39:10.710 --> 00:39:13.650
for it. So thank you both so much. I'm going

00:39:13.650 --> 00:39:15.349
to end the stream here. This was great. Thank

00:39:15.349 --> 00:39:18.929
you for those that are watching. And she means

00:39:18.929 --> 00:39:21.769
very special. And Brian, you seem like a wonderful

00:39:21.769 --> 00:39:24.309
man. And I love the I can't wait to watch whole

00:39:24.309 --> 00:39:27.289
my beer. Are you kidding me? I may stream that

00:39:27.289 --> 00:39:29.670
on chatter. Social Brian, get on chatter. Social

00:39:29.670 --> 00:39:32.469
will stream it together. Chatter social .io,

00:39:32.710 --> 00:39:35.849
iPhone app, you get on the app store, come in,

00:39:36.130 --> 00:39:38.349
use your phone name. Don't fool around with your

00:39:38.349 --> 00:39:40.389
name. Say, you know, we have your name. And if

00:39:40.389 --> 00:39:43.139
you have any questions. Um, let me know there

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:45.400
are some onboarding rooms to give you an idea,

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:48.659
but you can happen to a room. I, I personally

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.139
love the debate, the news room at night because

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:53.599
they debate the news and it's fun. And I don't

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:56.199
really listen to the news. So I get to, I deliver

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:59.179
the news every night from the clear media project.

00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:02.579
She gives me a really great news. that is uh

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:04.659
vetted because there's a lot of fake news out

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:07.260
there as we know and uh and it's it's a great

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.960
room so i think you would get a kick out of it

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:11.619
anyways there's a lot of great rooms and i look

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:13.900
forward to walking to both of you come on shamim

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:17.219
get on chatter social bye everyone till the next

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:20.000
time that was great thank you so much