Scene Interpretation: Alright, welcome back. Today is episode three or four. Now I've got myself confused of Scene Interpretation. This is a podcast where I, a therapist, get to talk about my obsession with movies, some pseudo-psychology thrown in there, but really it's just an excuse to hang out with people I adore and kind of force them to watch movies they haven't seen before. So I am Dr. Sophia Murphy. I'm a licensed therapist here in Tempe, Arizona, I am a self-diagnosed cinephile. ⁓ it's my favorite thing in the world. And today I am hanging out with Angel. If you want to introduce yourself. Hi, I'm Angel. I work in the tech space and I live in South Chandler. I am not a big movie buff, so I could probably do every episode if Sophie actually wanted me to. So honored to be here and happy to have watched a movie. And I will probably be like forcing you to watch other movies and then begging you to come hang out with me again because I love the fact that you're like Learning and exploring new things. Yeah, it was a good one to kick it off with. Okay, good. So I'm excited. So I guess before we dive into my questions, I would just love to hear maybe some first impressions, ⁓ immediate takeaways, and maybe even a step back. What did you know about this movie before we picked it? Okay, so first of all, I just googled like top comedy movies that most people have seen. Okay. And that's how I picked my list for you of like, hey, which ones? I love this. So I knew nothing. Like literally nothing. I actually had a different actor in mind who was the star of this. Like I went in so blind. ⁓ I love this. I didn't know the process that you used, so finding this out in the moment is thrilling to me. okay, so then these questions could go all over the place if you had literally no like previous knowledge of this story. Okay, so where I've been starting with people and you kind of answered some of this, but ⁓ the quote Bueller Bueller is one of the most famous quotes in movie history. ⁓ it definitely has been imitated a million times in pop culture and in other movies. ⁓ I'm wondering how it landed hearing it in context and seeing where it came from. Yeah, because I've heard it before, had no idea what it meant. Okay. ⁓ and so now I was like, this is from a movie. Like, I didn't even know it was from a movie for the longest time. So yeah, I was glad big connection could put the Dots together for you. I guess maybe this one that is a little harder than to me, it's one of the defining teen movies of the 80s. I'm wondering, maybe even just because I was so excited having you pick it, how did that affect maybe your expectations or even how you thought you should feel when you finally watched it? I honestly didn't know what to expect. Like I knew it was a comedy, but when I started watching it, I had so many different emotions. And I think it's because like life has just been lifing recently. Also fair. And so there are some things I know are supposed to be funny in the movie. And I was very much struggling with it, especially in the beginning. Okay. The end wrapped up nicely for me, but it was I was definitely going back and forth with a lot of feelings watching this. Whereas normally I feel like it would just be something funny. Sure. That I'm not like thinking about all aspects of it for this. This yeah, I mean I think where you're at when you're watching it is gonna impact how it lands and the different parts. So I have some of those thoughts too, because I mean I've seen this probably 30, 40 times over my lifetime. We had the VHS growing up because I'm ancient. ⁓ so I could probably do it from start to finish. And I was doing some self-care this weekend and was like, you know what? I literally can't watch this movie too many times. I'm just gonna re watch it. And I was laughing the whole time. But there are definitely parts that really get under my skin, which say a lot about my personality, which we'll get into into. But I guess talk to me about how you felt when he breaks the fourth wall and we realize like, ⁓ it's that kind of movie. Hmm. In what way? So like I remember it being pretty groundbreaking for the time. It wasn't the first movie to do that, but at least in my age, I didn't see it when it was brand new, but I was probably like ten by the time I saw it. So when he started talking to us, I thought it was delightful of like, ⁓ we get to actually hang out with his character. Since you didn't know anything about it, I just wonder how it landed when that happened and you realize ⁓ it's that kind of movie where we're like in it with him. I love those type of movies and shows. So that's One of my favorite parts, like I love the engagement. Okay. ⁓ and so when that started, I was like, Okay, I'm in. Okay, I love this. So that came off positively, yeah. Okay. I know there's some people who don't enjoy that, but I enjoy that vibe. Yeah, me too. And I think it now it's been done so many times, it's like less, I guess, mind-blowing. I just remember thinking I had never seen anything like it as a kid, you know, even how much I love movies up by that age and how much I watch them, you're always an outside observer, yeah. And since it is so silly and It's so over the top. I kind of like the fact that you're in trouble and like doing these ridiculous things right alongside him. Absolutely. And I like learning background information about his friends through him, which I think is neat too, as a concept. I think I like that too because I'm a big reader, and you get that a lot naturally from books like hearing what's in people's heads. So I think that's why it specifically speaks to me. That makes sense. So I guess like let's get into it. What were some of the first feelings you had as we get into? To Ferris's day and approach to life in general, it's very much both. Yeah. First of all, I'm like, this kid will be the best salesperson in the world because that's just how I envision all salespeople to be based on my experience. Yeah, that's fair. and also like does the principal not things to do in his I'm like ha he has one, so much time to like investigate this. He very invested. Yes. And there's a lot of weird things he does as an adult that I'm just like, this is so weird. That doesn't age well. Like not at all. Yeah, and I remember thinking more this time of kind of to your point of like, what is his deal? Yeah. His we really don't get much of his we don't get any of his backstory, actually. It's just this like feud between him and this one student and his never ending quest to catch this kid and be right and prove how, you know, manipulative Ferris really is. But also he's the adult who supposedly runs this school. Exactly. ⁓ I just feel like there's a lot of other things. I agree. Could be and should be doing. Yes. And I also don't know if ⁓ principals were like threatening kids even when they thought they were misbehaving. I mean, maybe I even though I'm old, I wasn't a teenager in the 80s. So I'm not sure. Maybe that was par for the course that you could just tell off a kid on the phone because you think he's faking it and you demand to see the the corpse of the dead grandma, which is still one of my favorite lines, though. Yeah. Or like breaking into somebody's House. ⁓ yeah, those are real, really far illegal activities and getting into a physical altercation with your student's sister, who I guess is also your student. ⁓ there's all parts to him that are wild, but even him and his secretary, that relationship. So funny. So the secretary took me out. Like she honestly was probably my favorite character. I love her comedic relief when they're puzzling it together. There's a line that I have heard again a million times. It really made me laugh this time about how the principal is saying that you know Ferris has got his girlfriend in on it and I don't know that he knows the Cameron's in on it yet. And then the secretary goes, and the grandmother She has so many little one line zingers. ⁓ a righteous dude. but yeah. Okay, so other feelings that came up for you kind of as we got into it? ⁓ I know if this is necessarily feeling but an observation. just how teachers and the staff are portrayed. Yeah like I remember back in the day and all the teachers are like ⁓ and ancient and like boring all these things and great point it's so different than nowadays. Like when I think of teachers, I think of my friends who are teachers and ⁓ even when I was in school like I don't actually remember having like ⁓ old That's fair. And so it's very funny just like watching that back and just how they're portrayed and how different that is. Yes. But it also is like ⁓ it's how life is Right? We're not having teachers stay in the industry as long as we used to anymore. You know, and so it's like that's why they're portrayed differently now, because that's kind of what's happening. Like, people don't want to stay in that industry so long as they're getting burnt. Yeah, I mean I think when you said that I immediately think of Abbott Elementary, like those are the teachers I think of now. Exactly. And they're fun and they're funny, and they're relatable and relatable, right? Like they're all so good looking and they're just like humans. Right. And these teachers. Teachers are literal robots. Like they are clinging for life with the little bit of energy that they can muster to get through the day. Exactly. And it's not a lot of energy. Which I guess from that perspective, maybe that's also true of the principal. I mean, if you imagine that he's been a principal for 40 years or thirty years and he is just done. Yeah. And if he has one more kid push his ⁓ he will break over their ⁓ and fight your and fight your sister. Yeah. So, you know, maybe we can stretch for a little bit of empathy for principle. Giving some grace. Even though he is ⁓ pretty atrocious. Yeah, it's it's pretty wild. I also think the bad guy always has that kind of mustache, so that right away just puts him in the shit swerve for me. And the crazy eyes, like just looking super psychotic. Yeah. I mean, I guess he had a nice suit. He like tried when he showed up to work, but they really wore on him. That was the other thing too. I was like This day has a million hours. Where has all the time come from and how do I add it to my day-to-day? Because wow. Absolutely. Yes. I was thinking that too in this rewatch of just like by the time Ferris even gets Cameron on board, school's been going on for a minute. I feel like it's been days. What time is it? Like I was thinking that too. Like before they even pick up Sloan, is it lunchtime? Like and then it he gets home, I think, is it five or six? It shows his watch. Before he has to do the run. I think he's supposed to be home at six. Okay. I think I couldn't do half of those things from noon to six. What? Even if I had the day off. So I guess we need to be aspirational, like fair. And and also I'm like, how did you run into your dad so many times in such a big city when you're supposed to not be anywhere but your bed? Like So this is something I think about a lot because so Seinfeld is my comfort show. And I watch one episode a day almost like a medication. Like I just need my 22 minutes of Seinfeld, pick a random episode. And that's also something that happens in that show. Is there in New York City, like Manhattan? I don't know the odds of running into the four people you know every day, every place you go. I don't live in Manhattan. If I'm wrong, comment, tell me I'm an idiot. I feel like you're correct. I feel like that doesn't happen. So part of me wonders if that's just a trope of the time. Because you Seinfeld was kind of like late eighty late eighties early nineties this is in that same time frame it's just like we don't even have to worry about that right being accurate we just need to put people in the right place at the right time and don't worry about how they ended up there it's not important to the story it's just important that they cross paths it killed me it killed me and I thought about too like the things that he was able to get away with because of like technology and stuff Can you imagine nowadays like you being on a float in a parade leading a whole ensemble when you're supposed to be sick in bed? That would be on Instagrams, but like any of the things within two seconds. You couldn't go to a restaurant and impersonate the Sausage King of Chicago. I thought that down. The maître d going, who are you? Abe Froman, the sausage king of ⁓ actually no, that's not you. This is his Instagram and you're lying to me. Like you're totally right. This movie couldn't exist. In 2026, which I think is part of the reason I love it so much, too, is it's just a totally different time, it's totally asinine. You know, there's some sweetheart in the story, kind of by the end, but it's just absurd. Yeah. And I think what's funny is it also, at least for me, it really plays on this idea that maybe because I saw it when I was young, but I do think in a part of my brain that if I ever did what I wasn't supposed to do, that's what would happen is I would run into a parent, I would run into a boss, like something would occur where. Where I one day I just said, F it. I don't care. I'm doing whatever the fuck I want. I go to a restaurant and I look over and like there's somebody I don't want to know I'm there. Exactly. And my cover is I don't think I have Ferris' luck, but I do think it affected in my mind the idea that if I go somewhere, I'm gonna definitely run into someone I know. I don't have his luck, and that's not how I was in school. Like I was one of those kids that wanted to be in school because my friends were there. I played sports. Like if I was sick, my mom had to make me stay. home. So I'm like, I I have a game today. Like, what do you mean I can't go to school? And so like watching this too, I was like, this is so far from like any type of mindset I've ever had. Well you actually took me into another question which was do you relate more to Ferris, Cameron, or Jeannie? Which one do you wish you were? And you could do now slash when you were in high school. We can take both answers. I don't know, I feel like they're all like so far on the spectrum. I don't even know if I can say I'm like any of them. I mean maybe Jeannie. I don't know, actually. Probably Jeannie I would have to say. Yeah. ⁓ but they're just again, they're so exasperated as characters. They're over the top. Crazy. I don't think I would want to be any of them. ⁓ even with Ferris, I'm like I I ⁓ like ⁓ he can go with the flow and make things happen, but that is way too far on what. side of the spectrum for me. ⁓ I mean he is the extreme version of just like I mean I don't think we maybe had this term in the 80s but just like the white confidence of like the boy was like it's all just gonna work out. Like we can just do whatever. Nothing bad ever happens to me. And then it really doesn't. Like he gets away with all of it. Which is what I could not believe by the end of it. Like there were so many things I thought were gonna happen or end differently and I was like well no wonder why he is the way Way he is, because this is how it turns out. You could also be that way. Yes, absolutely. I was really thinking about this question, and I was ⁓ a Jeannie in high school. ⁓ I tried to do all the right things, follow all the rules, and if if Ferris was my brother, it would have eaten away at my soul piece by piece every day. And I would have been the really like bitchy, angry. ⁓ does he get to get away with everything? It's not fair. Yeah. And I'd like to think now I'm somewhere in the middle. Right, like you said, all extreme. I I'm never gonna be built like Ferris I just don't have it in me. I have too much anxiety, I have too much time planning things I have to do. Same. And like to think I care a little bit less ⁓ about other people do and don't do. ⁓ And do think fairness is still very near and dear to my heart. So I did really relate to her even at this age. I was like, girl, I get it. It's tough watch him just fuck around and not have to find out. Like he just Skates on by and ⁓ I get her frustration and I do relate to her. And I think I remember being really frustrated with Ferris when I was younger and wanting him to tone it down a little, then we wouldn't have a movie, yeah. Absolutely, you know, and even with Cameron, like I probably had a little bit of Cameron in me too, where you're just like so exhausted. I feel like I relate to Cameron right now. Yeah, I mean he is the old soul of the story, right? And it gets a little darker with the trauma of his dad and everything, but I I do Love if we take out the positives, I love Ferris bringing him out of his shell and being his friend and kind of encouraging him that he can do more than he thinks he can, even though what he's trying to get him to do is less than stellar. I struggled with that too because in the beginning I felt like he was just so selfish with everything. Yes. And then toward the end, when it was like coming out more and more of what he was doing, and then I was like, Is he really doing that or is he just saying that? And so I was like struggling. With that also. A hundred percent. And I mean, I think like he is selfish, right? He wants what he wants and he really guilts and shames Cameron into like being his friend and showing up for him and doing it his way. And I do believe some earnest nature around like we have very limited days left before we go on to college and our life is never gonna look the same. And I did believe that kind of underlying motivation for him of like it's either now or never. And we know like college, adulthood, like it all goes so fast. So maybe that's me stretching and wanting to see that side of him. But I think we get a little character evolution from his do it my way tantrum at the beginning to like, I really love you, man. Like we're buddies, we've been through a lot. And he really, I believe earnestly, is willing to take the fall for Cameron in the end. If Cameron wasn't ready to confront his dad. Yeah. I agree. Like especially rewatching it. I believe that line when Ferris says, like, let me take the heat. And I think that that is his redeeming quality of like, I pushed, I pushed, wow, I didn't even see this coming. I'll actually blow it all up for you if you ask me to. Because it was my idea. Yeah. And so I think there's kind of that nice little piece of another side of him, even though, again, he is a complicated young man. Very complicated. So kind of with that, ⁓ you answer this a little bit, but you know, Ferris is magnetic, he's beloved, ⁓ completely sure of himself. Did you find this freeing or did it irritate you and what do you think that reaction says a little of both More irritating as there were no consequences. Yep. Cause I'm just like, okay, th this is like over the top, over the top. And more of the areas where he was pushing people that I don't think he should have been pushing. Like taking his dad's car, I'm like, that was ten steps too far for me. Yeah, I would have never done it. Right. We wouldn't be friends probably because I already said no. Like, so things like that really irked me, but not in general of like getting Getting his friends out there and having an amazing day and like honestly, I was so impressed with like the process that they went through to get out of school. was like, this is crazy. This is so inventive. ⁓ absolutely. I mean, I again kind of going back to the moment where the principal f learns not talking to Ferris, not that he's actually talking to Sloan's dad, ⁓ but the ingenuity of Cameron pretending to be Sloan's dad so that Ferris can time the call to the secretary. And like it took me a second to catch on to that because at first I was like, my gosh, he's really talking to this ⁓ dad. Yeah. And so they did it very well. Like just how they planned all that out and how they like dis showed each aspect of it. Yes. I agree. But the fact that all of them did it together. Yeah. ⁓ again, we're looking at them as young teenagers and trying to give them some grace of just like they're ornery Like they're gonna just do what they're gonna do. But do think that they are both smart, mature, and super immature all at the same time. Yes, very Like they have little moments of wow, that's actually really deep and like clever. And then you're just like, ⁓ my God, you're literally the dumbest seventeen year old I've ever seen. Yes. Yes. I guess the hubris works for that age as well. For sure. For sure. And again, you could get away with more back in that time too. I swear. Yeah. Just the idea that like no one knows where you're at. Mm-hmm. Like I do remember that from being a kid. And just like we hope you're where you say you are. Right. Or like, come back before dark. Yes. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, I live in the middle of nowhere, so like you could only get into but so much trouble. Like, we're in the creek. Like, yeah. You didn't have a baseball game to hit and the, you know, Natural Museum of Art. No. I do love that it's also the fair or the the German festival that day. Like, just what are the odds that this one day he takes off? They not only hit a baseball game. game, it's baseball season. They make it to the museum, they have an amazing lunch and they get to be in this parade. Like it's just all the perfect timing of everything. It's adorable. Alright, let's see. So I guess to juxtapose that, Cameron spends the whole day terrified of living while standing next to someone who makes it look effortless. Who do you relate to more and does the answer make you comfortable or uncomfortable? I would say I probably relate more with Ferris in this regard. ⁓ because I'm someone who doesn't have kids, I'm not in relationship, I really am free to just be about my life. ⁓ and there are a lot of people looking in that'll be like, Wow, you did these cool things and I wish I could do that or like I moved across the country and people be like, ⁓ my god, that's so brave and I'm like, Is it? Like I I was working remotely, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't have kids, I don't like I f I didn't like it, I could just come back. so yeah, I would say I definitely relate more to Ferris and it's interesting because I feel like when I was younger, I was much more type A and I needed things to be a certain way and I had to have a full plan and that's changed a lot in the last couple of years. And so it's fun like thinking about that and me, you know, living my life the way I want to live it for the most part, outside of being a millionaire and being able to travel whenever I want. Sure. But there's levels, right? We would love to level to that place of like well now I can take the freedom and actually just explore and not have to like be in this engine that never ends. Exactly. Yeah, and I really appreciate that. And I I get that part of like it's interesting how other people see that freedom as bravery and I think are scared of that. Right? So like even though I think I was was more a genie in high school and I am more that personality of like I want to follow the rules, I want to live freely within the some set of rules. Right. So I do think I've tried to marry that because very similarly I moved cross country to go to grad school and everybody had so a similar reaction. Right. Like how are you gonna go from, you know, the South to California when you don't know anybody? And I just thought like, why not? Right. Like I couldn't imagine just staying in this one city with the people I went to elementary school with and had already kind of been in the area to go to undergrad. Right. Not that there's anything wrong with that law. Lots of people stay, I just always wondered what it would be like to do it and I didn't want to miss out on that. So it doesn't have to be permanent. Absolutely. And that's the other thing I don't understand. I mean, I guess I understand conceptually the fear of like what do I do if it doesn't work out. But I do think there is this nature of like, then you just try something else. Right. And even though again I'm a rule follower, type A in that way still, I luckily am not afraid to try something and have it not go well. I'm much more afraid to not try it at all. Yeah, I agree. So I do think I have that little bit of Ferris. That little tiny nugget I'll give myself. I'm definitely not as cool or as free. But I agree that freedom of just like try it out. Mm-hmm. See what happens. Take a chance. That part within some sort of set of rules really resonates with me. You know, I I had known lots of people I think who were much more like Cameron, almost frozen by the fear of consequences. Right. ⁓ and I don't resonate with that part specifically. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Why don't we switch it up a little bit? What do you have? I have a bunch more but I want to kind of just get a snapshot of what you jotted down and what stood out to you. ⁓ the exaggeration in the beginning with how he was playing his parents in terms of just like being sick and the things he was saying and first of all, my mom was so strict when I was younger. Like there is no way. What? Not any piece of that. And that's just what I kept thinking in the beginning. I was like, this is so crazy. Yep. And it j like he said comments like the loving and caring parents, special people. I'm so lucky. ⁓ my gosh. I wrote down so many like little phrases. I was like, this is crazy. Yes. ⁓ and then the d dynamic of the younger and older siblings and like the expectations of each. I feel like there's a lot of older sisters that had younger brothers that probably like experienced that dynamic. ⁓ and so it was just like very funny to watch. Like I have younger siblings, but they're way younger. It was already so many years. You know what I mean? Yeah. Very different dynamic. So that stuff really stood out to me in the beginning and just made me laugh so hard. And then some of the stuff we had kind of already talked about. The one quote ⁓ when Cameron was still at his house that said, You're not dying, you just can't think of anything good to do. And I was like, I don't know why that just made me laugh so hard. ⁓ and stuck out to me. But was like, that's so interesting to just like not being able to think of anything good to do. So you're just there. And I think a lot of people experience that. ⁓ for sure. And again I without Going into like some of the heavier stuff right away, I I can't help but wonder 'cause this is how my brain works at this point. You know, if Cameron's really depressed, which we didn't use that language back then, right. He has an abusive dad who's super emotionally unavailable and sounds like could get physical at some point. There's some line about how he like wigged out or whatever over ⁓ what was it that Cameron had dropped? When he talks about he loves this car, he wigged out when I I know what you're talking about, but I can't remember specifically. Yeah, he broke something and his dad flipped out or wigged out, implying that it got bad. Right. So like what do you think he'd do about the car? Right. So if I think in my therapist brain, it's like, yeah, he's super depressed. Like he lives in a terrible cold home out in the middle of nowhere, no relationship with either of his parents, maybe a really scary, abusive dad. Like he doesn't have a context or a framework other than survival. And so I do love Ferris's perspective even on That angle of like you you're down because you don't right know what you want to even do for fun. But I kind of appreciate both sides of that. And I guess we're made to see that Ferris has a really good relationship with his parents, although they're absent in a totally different way. But it does seem like or it's communicated, there's genuine care and affection there. Even at the end when they get back and genie's like ran all the lights or the stop signs and like screaming. And losing all our papers, and she gets out of the car and she's basically like, I'm gonna kill our daughter, and he's like, 'We gotta shoot her.' But they're like connection in that brief moment where they like seem genuinely there for each other and they hug each other. There is this piece of like Ferris's home seems pretty great. Like, there's actual, like, caring, loving relationships. Agreed. Even though he is treated like a saint who can do no wrong. Yes. but yes, in that beginning part, I love when they cut to Jeannie's face and she's like. ⁓ Flicking him off and then she flips out like a little kid. Like you're letting him skip school. ⁓ my gosh. It's just so unfair. Like she's dead. Yes. And then watching every moment in the movie where someone said something about him or she saw something, I was like, at what point is she gonna lose her shit and what is that gonna look like? When it's up on the water tower, how did they get say Ferris on the water? Tower in one day. Questions. It's in the newspaper, it's on the water tower. It's like, and I'm like, how did the words spread so quickly, too, when these people don't have like cell phones? I know. I was thinking about that when he calls on his actual phone, and the guy's like standing at a payphone at the high school, and he's doing his sick noises on the keyboard. And like, he's literally the original social media where he's spreading his story. I guess he picked maybe. the loudmouth people that he knew would spread it like wildfire I don't know but it does make me giggle to see him like plant all of the seeds he has a tried and true process and even the fact that he like hacks into the principal's computer to change his absences I'm like this is like 1986 how is he doing this? You should have seen my face when that part came on because again I work in tech so like I understand what's happening nowadays. I was like what year was this? Was this even possible? Like what? I don't know. I don't know. But I guess that's again painting this fictional foundation for how it spreads is because he's very good at what he does. He's clearly beloved already. He's the most popular kid in school. Everyone knows who Ferris is. So for him to be out and even this sprinkle that he might not make it. It was so fun. The entire town has to rally together. People grabbing or ⁓ collecting money, sending the Like nurseogram that nurseogram or whatever they're called was crazy. Also, that's one thing where I pause and said, This doesn't age well. No. ⁓ what? Maybe I shouldn't finish that sentence. Thank you. You took the words out of her mouth. Clearly she's implying she's a sex worker that was sent to a teenager's house. Correct. Drop that bomb right in the middle of a I'm assuming a family comedy. ⁓ Like if this was for the dad, same story. For the child, no. And also who sent it? Who's sending a like sexy nurse that is willing to do who knows what to your house? ⁓ my goodness. And there were multiple people there, so where was this headed? R I had so many questions. I think there's like that whole scene at my mouth was literally wide open. I couldn't believe what I was watching. I'm probably diving way too much in this one blip in the movie. I'm sure it's just a plot device for Jeannie's meltdown when she's waiting for the crowds to show But when I was watching it over the weekend, I was like, this really Really got some wheels turning for me. It is like a totally different movie if the nurse and all the people make it in the house. It was crazy. It was crazy. This turns into like an American Pie style teen comedy where you're just like, ⁓ we're going that route. Is this okay? What am I watching? The short answer is it's not okay. All right, what else should you got? Yep. Okay. ⁓ the clarinet. Would cause me like PTSD watching that because just my mom making me bring it out on like holidays and stuff to play for my family and practice and show off my skills. Y'all, I was not a good clarinet player. Like, why did she do that? Who knew that that was gonna be the trigger out of this movie? I was like, no more, no more music. Take this off. What's also funny is it's another example of him doing something just for Shits and giggles that he doesn't have to do that other people would like put time and energy and stress about where he's just like never won lesson. Like with his terrible sound effects. ⁓ yeah. Privilege, dripping in privilege. ⁓ my gosh. So that part was funny living back. Brought back some back. Yeah. ⁓ I had also had the payphone part. I was like, I never really thought about them using painful payphones in school, you know, because I never like even before. Or cell phones and stuff, we just didn't have phones because I was in elementary school and middle school as it was changing. Right. So, like, you didn't need you just go to the principal's office if you need to call your parents. Like that's a good point. I did not have a payphone on campus. You would have to go to the office and get permission to use the phone, or they would like you know, over the speaker come to the office, someone's trying to get a hold of you if it was your parents or something. But ⁓ yeah, that now that I'm saying it, I'm just so used to that scene in the movie that I guess I never really thought about like you just go use a payphone at school. How would you ever get even a class? They just be like talking to people, like, no no, like move along. This is not a hangout zone. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe that high school was different. Maybe. If you were a seventeen year old in nineteen eighty six or whatever, let us know if that's what it was like. Because now I'm curious. For sure. 'Cause that part really stood out to me. I was like okay. Never really thought about it. Yeah. And I love how just gullible everybody is, right? With shit, that sounds serious. He's just like laying on the keyboard and making noises like, does it? It kind of sounds like nonsense. And the story just kept changing also. Like it was crazy by the end. So he's dying. And even Jeannie's like, ⁓ he is? Yeah. Or his mom too. She was like, ⁓ thank you. ⁓ yeah. A hundred percent. ⁓ the other thing with the teachers that made me laugh is like why all of their glasses were so thick and crazy looking. Like I but then I remember like glasses in the older times just looked like that, but I was like every teacher had these like really thick crazy glasses. Yeah. I mean I guess I could say now that you're saying that out loud, that's my trigger because I remember back in the day having the thickest glasses ever because literally we didn't have the same technology for blind ass people like me. To get a frame that you actually like. Right. It was like, ⁓ for your prescription, you can choose from these frames, and then you turn sideways and it's an inch thick. So I guess that's just the way it was, Angel. ⁓ it made me laugh. You weren't allowed to have cute, fashionable glasses and be very visually impaired. Honestly, it just added to the teacher vibe though. It was like they were old, they were monotone, they had these glasses. So the whole vibe just made me laugh so hard. I do love. when it pans around the classroom and all the students are just like ⁓ catatonic practically like drool coming out. Yes. That and when they were saying like the student's name doing roll calls like Bjolr. Bjor Every name was so monet. ⁓ Absolutely. That's just the perfect image of that movie that has really lasted for generations. It's so funny. It's just the roll call. It's perfect. ⁓ my gosh. Yeah. Yes. You wanna go with yours? Yes. Okay. So let's see. I don't wanna jump too far ahead. We kinda go back to the genie stuff. So Jeannie resents Ferris the entire film for getting away with everything. And have you ever been consumed by someone else's freedom? by freedom. ⁓ Say consumed, but when I was younger, I lived with my mom, and my older brother and sister lived with my dad. ⁓ and they lived in New York City, and so much different life than where I lived. And when I would come visit, it was it look, we talk about it a lot now. Like when you get older, you've realize other people's realities, and things are not always as they seem. ⁓ but I remember being younger and visiting my siblings and just being like, they can just do whatever they want. Want. Like they're just roaming the city. They like people don't even have tabs on them. You know? ⁓ that is not how my life was at all. Zero percent. And so it I just not that it consumed me, but I do remember being envious of that, and at times being like, I want to live with my dad because there's no rules over here, and I can do what I want, right? When in reality, I'm very thankful that was not the case, would have been a much different life for me. Yes. ⁓ but yeah, so I would say that's probably one that comes. How about for you? I mean, I think that's probably pretty similar because I was always like that type A academic kid, and I liked a lot of things about that. But I do think I had a lot of complicated feelings around friends who didn't seem propelled in that way, right? Like they would go to parties on the weekend, and I just remember thinking like I not I don't know that I wanted that different life. I liked a lot of the stuff I was. Doing, I think I more wanted the lack of the anxiety. Like again, I didn't have that language as a kid, but I was always hyper aware that I seemed stressed out and other people didn't. Yeah. To your point though, I don't know that that's true. Right. But I think it was more just this awareness of like, you know, people joke kids have that kind of personality. And I was one of those kids. Like, I've been 40 since I was eight. So like I think I had an instinctive ability to tell what. other people didn't seem to feel that way. And that was the part I was envious of. Was like, how you so chill? How you so relaxed? Right. And not even a specific set of behaviors. Just an energy. I can understand that. So that's the part where I was like I would be the genie. Yeah. This isn't fair. And we have to focus on school and grades and people breaking the rules in school would have annoyed me more just 'cause I didn't want the rest of us have to deal with it. Mm-hmm I do remember that distinctly. Like I hated when people were like mean to the teacher. ⁓ yeah, that's so Or if we all got on trouble and I'd be like, I just want to do my work. Right. It's it's weird because I was very type A also, but I don't know if some of this stuff would have bothered me like it did, Jeannie. Like I was just like, Yeah. Y'all y'all are hooligans, like you go to your thing, stay away from me, type of thing. But then that's I wish I had. Also, as I got older, ⁓ I had more freedom in high school because I was an athlete and our soccer coach, like Yep. Would give us a pass to get out of class and stuff and I'd go driving and driver's ed with when it wasn't my driving time and just doing like things like that. So it's I think as I got older I've slowly started to lose some of the type A-ness in certain ways. Now I've lost it in a lot of ways in my personal life, not work life. Yeah. I mean I do think there was a double edged sword though because I was a good student and I had a job and like I did what I was supposed to do, or I did get a lot of freedom as an older teenager. But I I definitely think it's fair to say I would have had a hard time with I think people doing things that I didn't consider fair. That's fair. And I think that part has probably still carried into adulthood. Yeah. It's hard for me to see people like kind of get away with stuff when other people could never get away with. With that. Makes sense. And I think that's just more like a socio-political thing as an adult now. Where I'm like, this motherfucker gets to deal with it. And like that person would never get away with that if it was reversed. You know, that stuff still lingers. That's fair. I would say the other part of this too is I've always been the reliable person. So even when I was younger, like I was the kid that people would say they were with because their parents wouldn't question what they were doing. Yes. And I knew that. Like, and so it's kind of always been that way of like if I say I'm gonna do something I'm gonna do it like for the most part I'm pretty straight edge follow the rules to an extent I know where gray areas are but ⁓ yeah I like that like I like being that person too. Yeah and I do think those parts of me I really like now as well. Like I like being reliable, dependable and I like Doing at least what I think is right by my own values and not being swayed like I wouldn't have been a Cameron either where I was gonna let someone push me around. What? Absolut Take my parents' car? No. What are you saying? There is no reward big enough to outweigh the potential consequences of that decision. Absolut there's no way. There's not one chance that that would have ever happened. Yeah. I mean I like know someone who was kind of that type of character even in Their 20s. I probably told you the story before, I won't say who it is because it's not my story. But with a group of friends, stole a car from a valet. No, you didn't tell me about this. ⁓ remind me to give you the backstory when we're not why just for fun. And brought it back. Joy ride, just like in the movie, nothing bad happened. And I remember this person telling me that story, and my thought was never once in my life, A, would that have crossed my mind, or B, would I have gotten away with it? No. I'm just not built that way. But the story was so. Cavalier because it turned out fine. Right. That Ferris Bueller mentality, even as a 20-year-old, could not, would not would have nightmares. A hundred percent. I honestly might have a heart attack on the way back with the car. ⁓ yeah. It wouldn't have been fun because I would have been a mess the entire time of like this is how I go to prison. Prison and everything I've worked for is gone. Yeah. Yeah. So not built like that. Okay, so let's see. Where else did I want to go? Mm-mm. So kind of in that vein, but a little on the serious side. So Cameron does destroy his father's car, spoiler alert. ⁓ the thing that he's been most afraid of his whole life. How did you feel watching that scene? And when have you had maybe a Cameron moment of your own? I remember watching it and being ha surprised but then also like happy for him of just having that release and also scared for him 'cause I'm like, what is this gonna turn out like when baggage? We don't see that in the I know. I w and I kind of wish they would have because it would have been nice to see some sort of like full circle moment of like what he's saying he's going to like care about and change what he cares about actually coming to fruition. but yeah I remember being like, good for you. Like you obviously needed this release and probably not the healthiest way, but like hey, it was a thing, not a person or could have could have been other bad things that he chose. and I like the stick it to dad, honestly. Yeah. So that was good. I've had a moment like that. Not like I feel like the closest is like leaving toxic job, but nothing where I'm like breaking something or anything along those lines. Yes. More than fair. I was trying to think too, like what would my answer be? So I think emotionally though, that scene still really gets me every time. Because it's also such a stark contrast to the rest of the movie. Like Cameron breaks down before the car goes flying out the window or through the glass. I mean I was worried about him at the pool. Scene like that was crazy leaving. Even then they try to like sprinkle the lightness over a second before they did. I was like, he's not what he is struggling. Yeah. And maybe suicidal. Like we have this like weird undertone of like a significant mental health sort of. But again, it's the 80s. We don't care. Well, and you can see it with Bueller 2, where he's like, maybe he is actually sick. And it's like, no, he's not like sick as in like a cold sick, it's like mentally sick. Yeah. Right. And so that was interesting that they like added that little piece in there also. So then, like, leading up to the car scene was just like a lot happening. Yep. So re-watching it though, like it still hits me. I feel just this imminent sadness for him. And I do appreciate the vulnerability and the breakdown. And I really love how Ferris and Sloan are just there for him. They don't minimize it, they really just listen and are just like, whoa, like clearly this is a lot. but yeah, like when the car goes through the glass and it's broken. I think I still struggle with the impending doom of what happens now. So like I get the liberated piece or like the release part, but I think it's just that part that's hardwired in my brain of like you did something so bad. What happens now? And I don't know if it just wouldn't fit tonally in the movie to explore that. Like I don't know how you do that and it not change the entire movie, especially the way it ends. Like so it is very fascinating to think where would that go and what would happen? But my answer was gonna be the same of like I think the closest camera moment I've had is leaving a really toxic job and that internal struggle of like, do I just need to do more? Am I not doing enough? Am I the problem? ⁓ And then getting to that breaking point of like, no, like fuck it. I I gotta I gotta do what I gotta do. I I can't be stuck in this place anymore. Yes. And let it destroy me. ⁓ I gotta take a stand, I think is his line, which I love. And so that piece I think really resonates. Now, I don't know if that was the way to do it. Again, I don't know how crazed this dad is when he comes home that night. He's I mean your whole your whole window is busted along with your car. Like Yeah, your holy moly is basically just Like it's a very interesting ⁓ moment in such a light, funny, absurd movie, right? And again, I didn't think it was gonna get to that because I thought the valet guys were gonna destroy it. Destroy it. Like, I didn't even think we were gonna make it past that. Which I love how they kind of like take you on this journey, and then everything's gray, and then you see the odometer, and it's like this is the part where Cameron flips out. I do have to say though, just because life is life, and like you said, when Cameron Had that guttural scream in the car, I was like, that's what I need. Yeah, I was like, that sounds amazing, right? Where can I go and just full body scream at the top of my lungs? Because I really resonated with camera in that moment. Yes. I just can't take it anymore. I will say, and maybe I wasn't paying attention enough, but at that point, they were like panning to things and people that were like far away. Yeah. But they didn't actually like have them move their head like They heard something, I don't think. When Cameron screams? Yes. My only memory is that the camera goes into Cameron's mouth and you don't really see Ferris and Sloane. Not them, but I remember it going to like different parts of the city it was panning to. Interesting. And I remember, and again, maybe I just wasn't paying attention enough, but like I don't remember anyone like looking and like they heard the scream. And so I thought it was very interesting that they added it without adding that part of it. What was that? Or the bird scattering. Exactly. Okay. I actually don't remember. In my brain, it cuts right to him being catatonic. And they're just like pulled over on the side of the road wherever and trying to figure out what to do before they take him to the pool. So I'd have to go back and watch that little that little sequence, that movement, because I actually don't remember. But it's crazy. Alright. so Ferris manufactures an entire perfect day through sheer will and audacity. What's some Something that maybe you've been waiting for permission to do that you could just do? Like realistically or like On the edge. High in the sky and realistically. ⁓ well af like maybe watching the Bueller movie is what stemmed this. But this weekend I was like, I just wanna travel. Like I don't wanna be still anymore. I just wanna go and be a nomad, like all these remote workers and whatever. ⁓ and I started like looking into a bunch of stuff. So I would say that's probably my like most recent one. Yeah. Who knows if that'll come to fruition, but that's fair. It's top of brain at the moment. ⁓ I'm also trying to make sure that's like actually what I want and it's not because I'm just feeling trapped in the Reactionary to other things. I get that too, right? You kind of reel yourself back in and then decide. Yeah. I appreciate that. on a smaller scale, I would say teaching pole dancing. Like that's something that's been on my mind for a while and I'm having a little imposter syndrome right now, and so I'm like, okay, at some point I need to just do it. ⁓ but I'm grappling with that at the moment. I think that second one really fits in the context of what we're talking about in terms of like what would really stop you. Right. Right? So like if you sit with that and think about it, what permission or what do you need to just be free to just do the thing? Yeah. And then see what happens. That's exciting. ⁓ I want to hear all the details. I love that. I guess kind of coming full circle with not knowing really anything about this movie and like getting brought into the kind of culture of it. Is there anything that you think might have hit differently or landed differently if you'd seen it as a teenager versus watching it now? ⁓ I wonder if I would have h had more envy for like where he lived and being able to even do these things that he was doing, right? Like again, I lived in the middle of nowhere. There was not a day that would have even been close to this happening. Even if you had been more bad. Absolutely not. so I wonder that part and I wonder if it would have made me want to skip school more. Because again, like I wasn't that kid or teenager. ⁓ ⁓ so I wonder if I would have seen it in a more glamorized way like this movie, if I would have gotten the itch more to like actually do that. Yeah, I do think that seeing it when you're closer to his age does change the perspective, right? 'Cause like for me as an adult, I get that stupid annoying adult voice of like, when will I ever have a day that I could just do anything? Or like how could I take these risks without all these consequences? And even as a kid, again, wishing I wasn't so stressed as a young child, but There was a piece of like, I think because I was the other end of it, I was so young. Like, ⁓ wow, am I gonna be able to do stuff like that when I'm 17 or whatever? Like, do you get to just do whatever you want when you're 17 or 16? Like, I so I do think there was a little bit of that of almost the other age angle of like, wow, when I grow up, do I get to do whatever I want? And then ended up being an adult who's super boring and just like does all the things that they're supposed to do. Exactly. Do you think you like thought about About, like, ⁓ people play hooky all the time, like that's normal. I do think it informed that in my mind. But again, because of the way brains make sense of things, I thought that was probably more normal, but so risky because of running into people that I like warped it into this you probably can, but the risk is too high because I don't want to run into a principal or a parent at a restaurant when I'm supposed to be doing something else. Right. The neurosis. Is strong. It makes me a great therapist. But also, you know, type A is a real thing. It is a real thing. And maybe pseudoscience. I'm here to say it's also real. Alright, so a few more. After watching this, I'm wondering what if anything shifted in maybe how you think about ways you want to spend just an ordinary day. ⁓ Definitely a little more free spirited. Not to the extent that Ferris is but a little bit more. ⁓ I even saw something today, it was a Instagram post that was like people have stopped doing things after work during weekdays. And it's like even people who were in office that yeah, you know, let's go and grab a drink after work and then they're like, Okay. And then they're like, you know what? I'm really tired, like maybe we'll do it this weekend and then it said like another week of not getting together. Yes. And I resonate with that a lot right now where I'm I'm just I'm burnt. Like I don't want to people after I get off work and stuff. and so I would just say like taking advantage of the time that you do have and not overthinking it and not getting drained by I mean this dude cares about living nothing. So like he doesn't get drained by anything seemingly. so yeah, just having a little bit more of that energy. Yeah, I love that example because I very much relate to the like I Like to plan, and planning I think helps me manage a lot of things, but it also has shortcomings. So I had a really good friend that actually just moved away last week, and we had been trying to get a goodbye dinner in the works for her for about a week because it was kind of last minute, and we never got it planned. And so on Tuesday at like 10 30, the messages come in of like, we're going out tonight. ⁓ gosh, this is the night that works. She was leaving on Friday, and my little Little brain is like it's not on my calendar. I love this person and I want to see this person, and it's already Tuesday, and it's not on my calendar. Like, I don't know if I can mentally do it, and how am I gonna feel if I miss it? So, long story to say, I did go and I was so happy I went. And I had a very similar thought process of like, we don't really do things like that last minute. It was nothing crazy. We just went to dinner, small group of us, wished her well, talked about what you know we loved about her being here, and I would have really regretted missing. missing that if I had gotten too in my head of like it wasn't on my calendar. Yeah. That makes sense. And so I do think that there is something to say about like that was just an ordinary Tuesday. Right. And I'll have that memory forever of just like how nice to just share a meal with people that you really care about and not miss that opportunity. So I think you nailed it. ⁓ So kind of with that, the whole city of Chicago becomes Ferris's playground for one afternoon, which is, you know, suspension of disbelief. what do you think your version of a perfect stolen day would look like? Mmm. If we took our own advice after this conversation. If I'm staying locally. Sure. ⁓ use the backyard. Okay. I would say some version of a yummy brunch where I can sit outside. ⁓ I need to Be in some body of water, whether that's a pool or a lake. ⁓ I don't know, I like lakes actually. Pool or river or beach. and doing something fun with friends in that regard, and then getting some time to just read and be by myself is also part of that. People and some solo time. ⁓ and then I would say like maybe ending it with some Korean karaoke, like those box rooms where you can karaoke with people. Because I don't like karaoke by myself because I'm not a good singer, but when we're in a little room together, I enjoy that very much. and then yeah, ending with dinner and maybe a game night. That's amazing. And honestly, mine is having to hide from your parents. Kind of a very similar day in terms of you're outside, you're with people, you've got your own time, you've got good food, you've got some stimulating activities. Like you kind of hit a lot of the high points in. That he had. That's really sweet. ⁓ okay, so I know we're winding down. Anything else that you had jotted down in reflection that you wanted to share? I only have two more. the part where Sloane was making out with her dad when Ferris picked her up, and the principal was just like, huh, that type of relationship. Yep. What are we saying? What type of family? What are we saying that? A hundred percent. And it's like a full-tongue several beats kiss. And also it goes back to Ferris just like not giving a fuck. Yeah. Like if you're picking up somebody and you know You're already like on the thin ice of this working or not working, and you take that risk when you're about to be with that person for the day. I know that's insane to me. It's just like the most bizarre angle to take. Like I was not expecting it at all. I was so shuffle every time because just the look on Principal's face where he's clearly uncomfortable, but also I think he's so rattled. Yes. Right? Because he thinks he just insulted her dad, right? Now that he's like. Like I'm not touching that one. It's cultural. I don't know. Their family's different. So yeah, that stuck out to me. The wallpaper in Ferris's house made me laugh so hard because I I remember that being a thing and like my grandparents' house and stuff. It's very, very dangerous. Yeah, and you will not see that most places nowadays. Don't think anyone, no offense if you saw this wallpaper. Yes, no offense. I mean, those were wild, but no offense for sure. and then the rabbit foot when they were rubbing the rabbit foot I was like yeah I can't remember the last I remember people having those at like the book fairs and stuff that being something people bought yes I cannot remember seeing a rabbit's foot since like elementary school. I agree and it used to be a thing that everybody had teaching. It was a thing. Yes. I don't know if it just became like not okay to have a dent's foot at all. But it really was like everybody had one for good luck. Like I haven't thought about it in so many years until this movie, and I was like, wow, what happened to those? I do love that part though where they ask Sloan what he's doing, and she says making obscene gestures and licking the glass. It's just the most random line. ⁓ my gosh. Stuck with me. So funny. They just have these amazing fast one-liners. Yes, yes. That part just really made me laugh. So hard. ⁓ yeah, I think that is most of it. outside of like, did the sister not know what the principal looked like? Because when he got in the house originally, and like maybe it like happened quick, but it didn't feel like it happened that quick between like her seeing him and like not seeing him. Right. And I was like, did she not recognize it was him until she found his wallet later on? Yeah, I wonder about that. Too and again, like giving it some grace, she's just so frustrated and upset about everything, and she is home alone in this big house. So I think it's just that shock of like there's this man standing in my kitchen that she just goes into like karate chop mode and kicks him in the face or whatever. And I I don't know if it registered that it was him or if it didn't. Right. I mean, that is such a great point, but I think it's again just the absurdity of like what he goes through to prove he's right, only to have Jeannie come on board, yeah. Helpers at the end, which I know we're getting low on time, but we didn't even talk about her bumping into Charlie Sheen at the gas or starting at the police station. And that bizarre interaction that like changes her whole worldview. Where she's like, he's not the problem, you're the problem. From a random guy who does drugs that you would never leave, never talk to. But somehow that again like sparks something in her that she just sees everything that. Definitely. And she's like a little sweet girl in love with this weirdo guy. But that part, just the whole from there to the end, I think, is perfect. Yeah. And I love the scene where she's racing home and they see each other. And then that's such a quintessential scene too. That when I think Ferris Bueller, I think that movie that straight away it where he has to run and he's going through the houses and the backyards. And then he gets home and she helps him. Yeah. And I just love that. Yeah. Like I love that moment that comes back. Around and I also love that when he gets in bed, he kicks the dummy out. The ball that he caught at the game, the foul ball, is the ball that he uses to turn off the stereo. Just those little details. Yeah. I just think there's so much cuteness embedded in the story. And we didn't even get into him on the float, which is another famous, famous scene in the dance, everybody going crazy. And that song is so in my mind forever intertwined with that movie. Yeah. That's fair. Okay. So my just last couple questions, because I'm having so much fun and I don't want to keep you too long. ⁓ but so if you flash forward to a week from now, what image or moment from this film do you think might live in your head rent-free? I just listed some of mine. ⁓ definitely the rubbing the rabbit's foot, the car going through the glass was so crazy. Yeah, that's a rough one. The teachers. All just all of the teachers. The really dated stuff to the eighties. Yeah. And that secretary, she had me cracking up. Like I wish she was more in the movie, honestly. She was so funny to me. Yeah. Like when she was like pulling pens out of her hair or something. Like just like random things. She also sniffs right now. Like it's just a thing she's doing to get through the morning. It's like straight out. I'm like, wow, these people are really on the struggle. Yeah, like it is all levels of insanity. ⁓ There was something else. ⁓ yeah, no, the when the car flew out the window, that was definitely like my eyes got so wide. Because I knew it was gonna fall, but I wasn't expecting it to go out the glass window. Like I don't know why it wasn't, but like when that happened, I was just like Well, because again I think it's such a significant tonal shift. Yeah. So I don't know that we're expecting something so catastrophic to happen in this like silly movie. Yeah. And it gets you And the heart strings of like, ⁓ damn. But yeah, okay. So last one. ⁓ it down. Okay, so kind of like words of wisdom. Ferris says life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it. Just wanna know kind of how that landed with you and maybe what you'll take away from even though he's the extreme but from his perspective on life. Yeah, no I agree with that. it's interesting because I had a couple of friends who died when I was like twenty six. They were hit by a drunk driver. and ever since then I've live my life for the most part of like again doing things that I want to do and like if I'm not enjoying something like I s I'm a problem solver. I have to switch it up. Yeah. but I also get in these phases of like letting work overtake my schedule and just being so burnt out from different things. Yeah. ⁓ that it's been like a very weird mix for me, especially the last like probably two to three years. And so I agree with what he's saying. Like I look at last year and I'm like wow I barely went in the pool during the summer or I barely did this or even just this year, like how fast it's flying. Yeah. ⁓ and so I think he's right. Like you just need to take every moment and and cherish it and life is long until it isn't. So you know, just the bar. Yeah. I that's one that hits me pretty hard. And so, you know, I think a lot of people focus on certain things for the future, but sometimes there there just isn't one. And so like make sure you're living the life that you would be proud of and and happy with, you know. Yeah. ⁓ I really appreciate that. Thanks for sharing. And I would say I I didn't have a specific person like that that maybe the shift happened or a loss of a person like that. But for me, I talk a lot and I talk about this in session and with friends too, of like COVID. COVID for me Was that moment where we were ground to a halt in a way that I never thought possible. And seeing so many people pass. Right. And just the impact on our culture and our country. I think I had a similar moment of like I've spent so much of my life for the future in a way that has been really lovely, like again, very academically oriented, knowing what I wanted to do with my life, feeling very purposeful in my roles. And at the same time, when everything ground to a halt, that wasn't on my bucket list. Right. That wasn't on my bingo card. And so very much resonating with like what if we don't have all this time? Yep. And I I think it's so heartwarming and just kind of a testament to the power of movies is like this one line in such a silly movie really is a mantra that I think everyone can get on board with, regardless of anything else. Like, you just don't know what time you have left. Yeah. So with that, I want to thank you for spending your time with me and giggling about the movie, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It and now you've seen a classic. ⁓ so I'm ending every ⁓ episode with this question: if you have an answer, great. If you don't, you can get back to me. I will hold myself to the homework. ⁓ gosh. What's a movie you love that you think I probably haven't seen? That you haven't seen? ⁓ probably any romance movie that I love because I know you or romantic comedies. Yes. I know you don't like those. So I'm not a fan. Probably quite a few. Which is why I did not pick one because I knew that. That but those are my favorite genres of movies. So okay, this is just round one. Let's see. have you seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall? I have. I love that movie. Yes. Okay, that makes my heart happy. I love that so much. I love that movie. And it is an endlessly rewatchable movie. Yes, I've seen I've seen that so many times. I don't care if there's commercials, I'm watching it. Yes. Yes, a hundred percent. That would have been one of my guesses. Just some romantic comedy. Well, that's me. I don't know if it's because it's so funny. It's like a little more crude. I don't know. To me a rom com's like ⁓ Any lifetime type like a notebook? Yes. ⁓ okay. I guess that's not a comedy, that's a drama, but I that's where I'm like, no, I can't. This is not it's so toxic to me. But I mean classics, like I'm so a sucker for pretty woman, even though it's so problematic and does not age well. ⁓ but yeah. So it's okay. You can think about it. ⁓ Lexi actually gave me Lord of the Rings because I fell asleep and never went back. Okay. So I've got Lord of the Rings one and then as she left. She came up with Mean Girls and I have never seen Mean Girls. So that is my homework. Yeah. I don't know how I just missed that boat and have never gone back. So I promise Lexi I will watch Mean Girls. Can we watch it together? Sure. Absolutely. I told you I'm taking this very seriously. If you all are gonna take your time and hang out with me, I am taking these homework assignments. How about life? Have you seen life? I don't know if I've seen life. It's not coming up, I don't know what it is in my brain. Get back to me on that. Okay. Life. Mean Girls, Lord of the Rings, which I'm not looking forward to, and thought I would. ⁓ and life. I'll have to look that up. I haven't watched Lord of the Rings either, so if we need to watch that together, if you need a friend. I got you. I may. I may. Because I did try when it was new and I literally fell asleep and woke up and it was still going on and I was like, I'm out. Fair. ⁓ I I I hate the FOMO of everyone loving it so much and I have no idea what they're talking about. So Anyway, we've gone long. Thank you for your time. I hope you all enjoyed this. I've got some other great movies lined up and some more great friends to hang out with. So follow, subscribe, throw a like in there, tell me what you're getting from this because this is my dream come true. So thanks for hanging out with us. Till next time. Bye.