Drama Queens - One Tree Thrill (part 42)

Episode Date: February 28, 2025

It’s the best time of the year, AKA, Girl Scout cookie season, so Rob and Joy are giving their picks on the #1 flavor as Rob admits to a not-so-honorable act he committed involving a box of his favorites. They also discuss fabulous vacations, ridiculous fashion trends and binge worthy TV they’re watching.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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First of all, you don't know me. We're all about that high school, drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens. We'll take you for a ride and our comic girl. Drama girl. Cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you'll tough girl. You could sit with us, girl. Drama queen, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens.

Hello, friends. We are back with a Q&A. You've got me and Robert today. How are you? I'm doing well. By the way, for those at home we don't know, Q&A stands for questions and answers. It's a new segment that we just came up with on our own. It hasn't ever been done before. And we thought, you know what? This could work. So we're just trying it out with you all today for the first time ever. Yeah. So if you don't like it, then don't ask us questions anymore. We will still give answers. They just won't make sense because you won't know what we're answering. And that's how we start it. Let's just jump right in. I'm into that. So Chelsea wants to know what type of online videos do you go down a rabbit hole on most frequently.

Oh, by the way, last Q&A, we had incredible questions. questions, and this is already off to a fantastic start. I'm excited. Well done, Chelsea. Joy. Oh, okay. Well, usually for me, it's science stuff. Like, I'm really learning about quantum entanglement right now, which is pretty exciting. So I've definitely been, that those are my science, particularly quantum physics is really, really fascinating to me. And so I do spend a lot of time on those rabbit holes. What about you? Wow. Mine is far less impressive. Have you ever seen one of them is called jungle survival it's when they leave like a guy in the forest with like a machete and he just clears out of space and then builds like a whole hut in a

swimming area all by hand is this like naked and afraid is that kind of the same thing except it's not a it's not a game show it's it's just showing like the skills of these people who can just use like use the land use the earth and build like an amazing like a little, like abode for themselves. The last one I watched, yeah, it's literally a guy with a machete. That's it. And he built a beautiful little house for himself against the tree. And it had a wraparound pool.

Whoa. Whoa. Okay. What does the appeal for you on this particularly? Do you aspire to do this one day? Does it feed something in you that's like this is, I need these skills that I need in case the apocalypse. Like, what is it that you're like, man, I love this?

It sort of checks all of those boxes. I think the biggest one is that I am not very experienced with tools and manual labor. And for the longest time, I just told myself this story that, like, I'm book smart, I'm not street smart. I don't do that stuff. And then of late, especially being a homeowner, I've had to sort of figure some things out. So I have a big appreciation for any kind of DIY stuff. So there is an element to it that it's also just like watching a magic trick. It's just a guy in a bamboo forest.

And after 15 minutes of time lapse video, he's built a two-story treehouse, a pool, and a habachi grill. Like I'm just, I'm fascinated by it. All the pigeons, the island pigeons that he's. And there is a little part of my brain that's like, well, if I'm ever in. involved in a plane crash that lands in a forest and I survive. Now I know how to build a hibachi grill. I just need to find a machete. So it's confidence building for you too because it's teaching you something that you feel like, okay, I've got I've got a skill now. I know by proxy. It's also very relaxing. It's like watching a cooking show because there are there are

no stakes and there's no requirement on my end to be figuring anything out. It's like really calming passive consumption. I like it. Send me some. I'll put someone on the background. I bet that would be really interesting. There's some stuff I like to learn. I like learning MacGyvery stuff like that. Like, what a little... And quantum physics.

That was so cool and surprising. Oh, yeah. I mean, I could get... Once we're not on this anymore, I could give you a whole dissertation. It's fascinating. Listen, I did not have Joy Explains Quantum Physics on my Wednesday bingo card,

but here we are. Marissa asks, if you had to choose a character to spend a whole day with, Who would it be and why? Okay, here's what I say we do. We answer this with Tree Hill characters because that's what I'm guessing Marissa wanted. But then, do we open it up to just all fictional characters?

Oh, oh, yes, absolutely. Oh, my gosh, that makes my brain kind of explode. And I'll never think of all the characters and then be able to assess. But, okay, well, let's start with Tree Hill. Tree Hill characters I want to spend an entire day with. Okay. If I got to be a fly on the wall, I think it would be Dan Scott. If it was actually me, Rob, hanging out with them all day, it would be Julian.

Because I think we'd get along really well. Yes. Yep. I agree. Yeah, fly on the wall, I agree, Dan Scott would be so fascinating to watch. But I don't, it would be exhausting to hang out with Dan Scott all day. Yes. In terms of actually spending the day together, Deb.

Deb is so she's so fun she's interesting she's really smart i feel like she's got great advice she's been through a lot she knows uh so much really wise knows so much about the world and um and family dynamics and uh she's very there's something so unashamed about her like she just carries herself with her all of her life mistakes and her mess openly and i really admire that and I would love to, I'd love spending time with people who live like that, who were just like, yep, this is what my life was. Yep, this is the dumb mistake I made. Yep, you know, here's what I learned.

That's fun, so I would choose her. Oh, so real outside of One Tree Hill characters. Any movie, TV show? Any movie TV show or anything? Oh, my gosh. I feel like I would have a lot of fun. with, I don't know the character's name, but Chris Pratt plays him in Guardians of the Galaxy. Starlord?

Is that his literal name? It's just Star Lord? Yes. Peter Quill is the character, and Star Lord is sort of once he has his powers and everything. Oh, okay. Yeah, it's just, there's so many shenanigans. And I feel like, you know, or like an Indiana Jones. Like, they approach drama with humor, which is also what I tend to do.

And I feel like we could have fun in the middle of some pretty crazy chaos. So I would want to do that. What about you? Okay. If I'm looking for a good time, it's Ferris Bueller. Sure. Because I just feel like no matter what we do, it's going to be fun. You guys would laugh your butts off.

We would laugh our bunts off. Buntz off. We'd laugh our cakes off. I also wouldn't mind hanging out with McGiver, you know? Oh, yeah. Because that guy, listen, that, I mean, from the haircut to the skill set, it's hard to top MacGyver. Wait, what about Angela Lansbury in Murder, she wrote? Come on.

That's so good. That would be very fun. Do you know Angie Lansberry has an exercise video? No. Wait, is this like pre-Sweeney Todd? This is like, what? Joy. It's called Paul.

positive movements, and I own a copy. I now think I know what I'm getting you next Christmas. Please. I don't, I'm not even going to tell you anymore about it. I'm just going to, it's just going to show up at your door someday. I cannot wait. I'm not even going to look for it. You're going to know. It's, it's from me because if you love Angie Lans like I do,

you are going to appreciate the hell out of this. And by the way, it's on VHS. I'll go get my VHS player. So I will send you an answer. VHS player and the antique VHS of positive events. Antique. Oh my gosh, we're antique. That's so depressing.

It may look different, but native culture is very alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly like, like very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing for the hundreds of years. You carry with you a sense of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornellis, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history. On the podcast, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we explore her story, along with other native stories, such as the creation of the first Native Comic-Con or the importance of

reservation basketball. Every day, native people are striving. to keep traditions alive while navigating the modern world, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sageburn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hammer Time is asking if you could be any breed of dog. What would you be? Hammer Time. Good job on the nickname. We got a couple in a row with nicknames. Hammer Time. I love that. Thanks.

Listen, I just feel like mine's a no-brainer. I'm a golden retriever. Aw. I have two great Pyrenees. I have one that's mixed with a lab and one that's so thoroughly Pyrenees that he's really a bump on a log all the time. And I vacillate, I think, between the two of them, but probably a Pyrenees because the other thing about Pyrenees is they're bred to leave the property to go find the threat before it approaches. Instead of staying on the property and defending, they're always on offense. and there is definitely a part of my personality that is like I'm always waiting.

I'm always like looking for the thing that's going to ruin the great moment. Sure. It's hard to just enjoy a great moment. I'm a little bit always like, yeah, where's the other shoe going to drop? And I'm trying to grow out of that, but it is something that's pretty well ingrained in my personality. So I relate to that sense of like, how can I get ahead of something that's going to ruin this so that I can actually enjoy it and not. feel like I'm waiting for something to ruin it. And for that reason, and for that reason, I would say great Pyrenees. Yeah. Also, you know, given your history, totally makes sense.

I think it's very fair that you have found yourself on guard and having to untangle that reflex. Yeah. And you know what else is great about Pyrenees? Most of the time, they just chill. So I feel like that's also a lot of my life is like, I'm just, I'm just chilling. I'm not looking for a lot of crazy adventure. I'm not looking. I don't need to be walked seven times a day. I'm not looking for a lot of, like, energy and activity. I just kind of want to sit and watch and observe and, like, you know, do my thing. And then every once in a while, I'll get up and go check it, check out the perimeter and make sure everything's okay. And then come back and lay down.

That feels like I can relate. All right. Life as Liz asks, what, oh my gosh, great question. Let me tell you what, Life as Liz is asking the hard-hitting questions today. What's the best Girl Scout cookie? Okay, it's a toss-up. What about you? I was going to say,

I feel like I can narrow it down to two real quick, which is the thin mint and the Samoa. Me too. I'm in the same boat. I do love those Savannah smiles, but they don't sell them everywhere, those lemony, like, powdered sugar ones. They're only sold in a particular region.

So it's hard to find those. And I do love them, but overall, I'm going to agree with you, Samoa. Samosa, Samoa and the thinment, yeah. Samosa would be the Indian appetizer, the puff pastry with the like, yeah. Potato and stuff and stuff. Yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah, there's very few Girl Scout cookies I would turn my nose up at.

Let's be very honest here. I mean, I celebrate almost all of them, but yes, to me, there's only two. What you just described, by the way, sounds lovely. We don't have them. I've never seen them in California or Oregon. again, the Savannah Smile. Yeah, I think it's a southern thing. Which would make sense, especially because in adulthood, like in the last five years,

thanks to Jenny, I have really learned to love lemon and foods, and now I'm a huge, especially in desserts, like, give me all the lemon. Ooh, well, I'm living in the South. I can buy you some boxes, and that's, I know what I'm sending you for Christmas this year. It's going to be the funniest gift exchange ever when you get a VHS copy of positive movements and I get a case of Savannah Smiles. That's it. I love it.

I'm going to go thin mince, though, because I can eat an entire sleeve in one sitting. And the Samoa's, I really can only eat like one or two before I feel like this is really sweet. I got to take a break. So I'm going to go thin mint. A little more versatile. True story. In fifth grade, my teacher, Mr. Dodd had a box. He bought a box of Samoas from someone like in the class, I'm guessing.

I stole them. What? I stole them. Mr. Dodd, you are no doubt listening to this Q&A episode of Drama Queens. On behalf of myself and my fifth grade self, I just want to let you know, I'm sorry for stealing your box of Samoas. And it's finally time to clear the air because I've been carrying this for so long, the shame and the guilt. And if I ever see you in person, I will refund your 375. Apologies. It's commendable. But I do have an important question, though.

What is your storage protocol for thin mints? Are you a freezer gal? Okay. A hundred percent freezer. But wait, when you stole this box of some, I'm not going to, we're not going to just boom off of that quickly. I need to know. Was this an open the drawer of the desk steel or was this like a swipe off the top of the desk

steel? No, ma'am. I was not a hardened criminal. I just went through this like little phase of having sticky fingers. and it was on the top of a desk. Okay. Because it's different. You know, like taking the effort to open a drawer, reach in and grab something that's in there,

rather than just seeing something that's on top of a desk and being like, this fell a lot of fun to the floor and I don't know who it belongs to. I'll take it home. I mean, both are stealing, but, you know, there's a little bit of a difference. No, but I appreciate you finding the lesser degree of my stealing. Thank you for silver lining my small crime. Any time. You can always count on me for a silver lining, I promise.

Okay. Holiday in the sun. Holiday in the sun, wherever you are sounds great. What's the best vacation you ever had? Oh my gosh, how funny, Hannah, our producer, just put in the chat. Now we know what Rob would go to jail for. Remember we had that question a few Q&As ago? That's right.

That's it. It would be petty theft. Petty theft. Well done, Hannah. Best vacation. I got to say our honeymoon to Thailand was pretty all time. You guys went to Thailand? That's cool.

Yeah, and we went large. Jenny, who normally doesn't like surprises, I had said, listen, do you mind if I just plan the whole thing? Like, we'll pick the cities together, the locations, but then can I just do the rest? And she agreed, and I went, like, nuts. That's something I like to do is over-research something I'm interested in. And so I got into it and found out. us just like awesome places. And we ended up being there for like two and a half weeks or so.

That's so great. It was lovely. Wow. How about you? I might say Italy, uh, circa 2013, 14. Um, yeah, I really had not traveled much in my 20s as I, as I dreamed that I would. And so I started traveling a lot in my 30s. And Italy was one of the first places I went.

And I brought Maria and I went with my boyfriend at the time. And it really was so beautiful. Like everywhere we went was so magical. We drove around on a moped in the rain trying to get through Rome. It was cold. And, you know, like in the moment you're like, this is freezing and miserable. But you look back and we're like, that's so romantic. It was really fun.

And Florence was beautiful. also in the rain, but still just, uh, still lovely. And Maria was four, maybe, uh, and I remember walking into this, this restaurant where they had a case of fish in the front. And you could go choose your fish that you wanted them to cook for you. And she walks up and she's looking at this whole case of like whole dead fish. And she sees all these silver ones. And she just goes, she points at the little, I forgot, it starts at the B. I can't remember the name of the fish, but she points at it and she's like, I want to eat that. I was like, you sure? She said, yeah, they brought it out, cooked a whole on a plate for her, and they just cut it open in front of her and, you know,

flayed it open. And she just dove right in. No fear, no, like, oh, this is icky or weird or anything. She was like, give me that fish, I'm going to eat it. It was just, the vacation was full of little moments like that Airbnb we had. There was a cat, neighborhood cat that, like, adopted us for the week. It was really fun. So, yes, Italia. It may look different, but native culture is very alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing for a kind of two years, you carry with you a sense

of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornelis, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history. On the podcast, Burn Sage Burn Bridges, we explore her story, along with other Native stories, such as the creation of the first Native Comic-Con or the importance of reservation basketball. Every day, Native people are striving to keep traditions alive while navigating the modern world, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Dress to Impress asks, what is the most ridiculous fashion trend you secretly love? I cherry-picked this one because I genuinely want to know your answer. I mean, I don't really know what the current trends are. I feel like I'm too old for it now. It can be any your whole life. Like when we were kids, teenagers, yeah, 2000s, you name it. Suspenders. Like totally unneeded, unnecessary.

But just like jeans and a T-shirt or like a dago tea and suspenders. I just, I think it's fun. I love it. And shrugs. Suspenders. Shrugs? Yeah, it's like a sweater with no bottom. How funny.

Yeah, I know what a shrug is. Yeah, like panty hose, but knitted for your arms. How come guys stopped wearing those in the 80s? Remember in movies? Like, it was always the fit bully who would be wearing one of those. And then it just stopped. Maybe that's a trend I need to bring back. Yeah, just grab what is it like a cardigan?

I don't remember seeing a lot of guys in that. those. I think I need to be the one to bring back the male midriff. Bring it back. I'm in. I want pictures. What's your trend, fashion trend that you secretly love? I'm guessing midrifts and shrugs, apparently. Okay. I can tell you one I don't love and I felt really old the other day because I saw a kid like walking in the crosswalk or a young person sagging their pants. And I heard myself audibly grown. I was like, yeah, all right. I'm not young anymore. Oh, God.

How ridiculous. That's funny. Okay. Jake, hi, Jake. He's asking what series we're watching right now. Survivor. Bad sisters. You're still just in Survivor, just no matter what?

Just bouncing around. Yeah. There's like 49 seasons or something, Joyce. So, like, we have not. It's just easy consumption, you know? This is a fun one. Walk this way, ask. If your life was a reality TV show, what would it be called?

Oh, God. Embrace the mess. I don't know. Where are my keys? Where's my phone? Yeah. I was thinking I was going the same direction of, like, the parenting chaos. I was thinking, I hear myself saying often, what are we doing, guys?

And sometimes it's like even when I'm by myself and just like the thing won't open or my shirt's caught on a doorknob. I'm like, what are we doing, guys? What are we doing? Just me in a room by myself losing my shit. That's what I want to watch. Can you just, I want you to put up video cameras in the house and then somebody will just make, just wear microphones.

We'll just make a show out of it. You just like fumbling through the day. What are we doing, guys? Why is my shirt stuck on this doorknop? Do you ever catch yourself like you're talking to yourself and then you have a moment of just thinking, like, objectively, like, if I was watching this, this is really funny. Oh, yeah. Oh, absolutely.

And then it's kind of sad because I'm like, oh, no one's here to appreciate it. This, my slow descent into madness is hilarious. And there's no one here to appreciate it but me. Yeah. Is that an actor thing? Because I used to do that when I was young when I was like, when I was a teenager and in my early 20s, like, if I was crying and having a very dramatic moment, there was always a part of me that would pause and I would either like look in a mirror.

to see it. Or I would feel like this would make a great scene if I wasn't actually in so much pain. That's so interesting. I didn't have the this would make a great scene

but as a little kid every time I would cry I would run to the mirror to watch myself and just yesterday my son was having some big feelings and ran to the bathroom mirror

to look in it and I was like oh no. Wow! The genes are strong. Is that just part of self-discovery I guess? Like what is this?

You know, you start to become aware of the difference between yourself and the outside world and it's not, and that you're separate, it's not all just connected. I wonder if part of that is that self-discovery as a child, but then why do we keep doing it when we're teenagers? I think what's also, I think anyone who is self-aware. Yeah. Because if you're really like paying attention to yourself, you're going to have moments where you're like, I'm a psycho or like, what was that? Yeah. Yeah. Like, it's probably good. healthy because there's an element of this two shall pass in in the moment of the of the pain in

order to do that dude i love that i can laugh at myself it's such a gift because the truth is like if i wasn't able to laugh at myself i it would i'd probably just be a lot more frustrated and angsty but the fact that like i can trip and fall and after you know a moment of cursing be like holy shit that was hilarious like i hit four different things on the way to the ground that was That's so good. I know. Actually, I really appreciate that about you, too, Rob. It's always nice just being in the company of people that can don't take themselves too seriously. It's like, life is short. We're all just fumbling around here. It's okay. What do we have to protect? Yeah, exactly. Well, friends out there, I hope you're able to laugh at your own

mistakes today and whatever you're fumbling your way through. You know, life is just a bowl of cherries. Don't take it serious. And if you liked this fun new experimental segment, we titled Questions and Answers, let us know, you know, comment on a post and say, that was great. You should make it a regular thing, you know. Maybe it'll catch on. Yeah, yeah. We hope to see you again soon. Bye, everybody. Hey, thanks for listening. Don't forget to leave us a review. You can also follow us on Instagram at Drama Queen's OTH or email us at Dramaquins at iHeartRadio.com. See you next time.

We're all about that high school, drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens. We'll take you for a ride in our comic girl, cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you're tough girl, you could sit with us, girl. Drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens. It may look different, but native culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first native comic bookshop.

Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast. Thank you.