Garza Podcast - 9: Nick Vega | The Suicide Silence Enforcer & Team Quest

Episode Date: April 12, 2021

Nick Vega is back on the podcast! We talk about getting dumped, Seaspiracy, and much more. Next week we have Dino Cazares! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB  

Are we going? Yeah. Oh, shit. I were going. Well, Nick, you are one of my good friends and you came in clutch. That's what friends do, man. Thank you. I called Nick this morning saying, oh, man, my guest canceled.

And you fucking came down here. Well, it was, you woke me up, actually. I know I did. And then it was good because you woke me up to get on Keith's ass to be like, yo, dude, are you going to run the plateau or what? Yeah. We already got it out of the way. So Sunday's off to a good start.

Great. do morning run man can't you can't beat it's out of the way just done it's like brushing your teeth the first thing in the morning you have half the job's done you know you ran and freaking got your lungs blown out so it's good do you feel as good I say it was a good morning I woke up early

and I was already out there by like 530 jogging up I mean I mean you have you seen this park up here it's a pretty big park it is you know it's always nice that seems to be my morning run I would truly enjoy love living here because I have the park where I live too and it's not that big yeah and you got a little bit of incline

to warm up the lungs and you know get their stretch up and they took off from there yeah yeah yeah you don't see it but like once you're always you're going up the hill slowly yeah it's like a big slow steady incline yeah yeah my buddies they always they always point out like there's this hill I found I'm like all right so we'll go there and then at the base of it we'll walk up and down so like you're familiar with it the terrain and then once you get back down stretch out and then we just start jogging it and it's like the never-ending hill and it's like for for the training we do you know outdoor training yeah it's like come on man 10 more second you know we're thinking like that the end zone the final destination at the jog of the hill

yeah we're like that's the fifth round just make it to the to the finish line yeah just go to the end you keep going it's like oh and then once you think we're almost to the freaking plateau it's like it keeps going up it's like damn dude it's brutal how how important is doing cardio let's say running and training for like like like like a like mMA training or or even the ground game, how important is jogging? And how does that help? It's a key factor. Like in jihitsu, there's a saying, they say,

jihitsu is like swimming with sharks. You got to tread the water, but you're in there with sharks because, you know, their rolls are trying to kill you. So you got to maintain your, you got to wade the water, which means if I'm in a bad position, like in submission wrestling or in the ghee in the kimono, you could like just, try to like burst out of it, like trying to like stay aflo.

but then you're going to gas out because it's like no you need to you know stay calm wade the water assess the situation see okay how could I advance my position or freaking attack them towards in my my freaking favor but also too keep your freaking breathing your your cardio and intact because even if you were like my buddy mo he had he was on top knee on belly and he tapped out because he was tired and the guy on bottom was in a bad position but he was just gassed out he was like oh he just stopped cardio is fucking key dude cardio is key yeah it's it's number one like how you go running in the morning, that's the best thing, especially like when you guys are on stage, just like fucking shit up for like a whole set. I'm like, that takes cardio,

you know, and you guys are conditioned, you know, artists. Same thing as conditioned athletes, dude. My brother does those Ironmen, swim three miles, ride a bike for a century, 100 miles, and then run a marathon. He did the first one, I think, at 47, like in 12 or 14 hours. Whoa. And I was like, damn, that takes some serious condition in training. So, like, it all started, it stems back from running, dude. Yeah

Our root fucking conversation right now is running Dude the root It's the fucking Before we made a bicycle And figured out to climb mountains and shit You know We would run from fucking lions and stuff Back of the day

Like you know as humans Like oh fuck You know Or dinosaurs even cavemen Totally And then imagine Imagine being the fat fuck Not having cardio

Running from a fucking sabertoothed Or the fucking triathlete Triathlete is going to fucking survive You know survival of the fittest Yeah totally Of the fittest running Yeah Yeah

Yeah, running, dude, that's such a like a foundational, that's even a word, foundational way of cardio. Definitely, yeah. I noticed when I was jogging, like, really like consistently back years ago, like late 20s, I was also training with, with you is the show was like, when we were going on tour, it was so easy. I stopped sweating because like, because cardio was so built up. Your conditioning was there, yeah. Like me and Nick work out for a fucking two hours. Two hours.

And then like a show for like 14. five minutes. Yeah. It's just like, oh, this is like, simple. Same thing with, I mean, all respect in the world to, you know, your musicianship on stage. I don't know if that's a fucking word, but it made it up. You did.

Just like a platform, platform, shit, whatever it's called. But same thing. You would come over the night before morning training and you would crash in my apartment. And I was like, all right, let's go to the gym and let's, let's rehearse. I've rehearsed for the show. Let's rehearse for class. Yeah. Just not so much because we don't know how class is going to go, how Coach Terrick or Coach

Daniel is going to structure, you know, the format. But let's just get, you know, warmed up, loosened up for that way, get your lungs where, you know, get them on fire, blow that shit out of the way, and then catch your breath, and then you're ready. Wow. Because people go on there, they hold their breath and swing for the fences, whether it be swimming, sprinting or freaking rolling jih Tidoo or riding a bike or playing guitar, hold your breath. And I'd always be like, dude, exhale, ah, flex your fucking core. That way you could also take a counter strike, but also, too, so you could keep going, you know? Yeah. So imagine doing a freaking what you guys do on stage, holding your breath.

You can't do that. Can't do it. Same thing as fucking everything. Breathing is number one, dude. That's why, like, in martial arts, the kidney, the liver shot, anything body shots, just zaps the fucking guts and the lungs. So you see a lot of guys that cut a lot of weight. The other guy would be, like, going for their stomach.

Wow. It's brutal. Dude, that is brutal. Well, Nick, also thank you for the champagne. You got it. I really appreciate that. It's a very, very heartfelt gift. Yeah, dude.

I mean, I remember when we were, were sitting here and we were just like, you know, it was your guys's rehearsal studio, the studio. But then, you know, you were doing your live videos and I was like, that's awesome. That's awesome that you're like contacting them with, you know, your fan base and just people out there in general. And then when this was just a thought, I was like, all right, dude, like, let's start talking gear breakdown. Yeah.

And then to be sitting here for the second time now. But in this view, I see more of the back of house studio, which is awesome. Over there, it's like, you know, peripheral, I'm looking over at you and DK. But this is, this is awesome, man. That's why I brought that. That's awesome, man. Pop the bucket bottle. It's cool. Yeah, we went to

Stadium Pizza in Elsinore With it was you and me, C, C, and David Ingram Because I had this idea. I'm like, you know, I need people that will be honest with me and straight up and give me Just like a full heart of opinion on us So I mean, you and David were with the first

Once it came into mind. We were just talking It was just a idea just thrown out there Now look at it. And now And now we're going. Yeah, now it's on YouTube. Yeah, you got an executive producer slash creative consultant over here updating the social media

status of this? Hell yeah. Yeah, that's cool, man. It is. Yeah, and you help me pick out these lights. Oh, yeah, I was like, okay, let's get the, you know, whatever your guys is working budget is, let's get whatever you want to spend the most money on gear that matters the most. The lights don't matter the most. I mean, you can get, like, badass, like you can spend thousands of

lights, but you could get away with, like, you could, you call it cheat lights or cheat a scene. Yeah. You could, you could ball on a budget pretty much, but microphones, cameras, that shit you don't fucking skip money you got quality shit even these monitors are bomb as fuck yeah so that's what I'm saying sitting here it's like it's badass like hell yeah

man yeah and you guys are kicking ass yeah and you have a lot of experience doing films and filming stuff yeah I've gone from behind the fucking camera on commercials to where I'm actually in the fucking commercials and we're filming on all day and we're in the wineries and every time in between scenes they're cut there's someone because there's someone in the background like looking dead into the fucking lens

it's like come on you gotta pretend like the cameras aren't there yeah it's the only way it works and every time in between takes, the restaurant or a tasting room manager would come out with the bottle and refill the wine glasses. And I'm like, I was just like, you know, making it hit my lip. I had a purple line from a fake hitting the lip. And I was looking around and I was like,

everyone's fucking drinking. And I asked my crew chief, my CC and I'm like, hey, dude, everyone's drinking wine. He's cool if I drink. He's like, yeah, just don't get fucked up. So then even getting a little tipsy because we're filming all fucking day, the back of house guy is like the hired fucking L2 or the guys for the lighting and stuff. Because even

we're outside in daytime. You got to have artificial light to like make pop the freaking you know the belt of the bottle and yeah yeah and even me a little tipsy like I was like yo man I didn't try doing this and they're like should I be stupid actor like you know like I'm like I'm not an actor dude like they just did my monkey ass in the fucking scene because there was only one guy and four girls so he looked like a damn pimp so like I'm like get in there I'm like I'm like behind holding the fucking camera and the fucking you know boom mic and they're getting there and I was like all right so I'm in a couple of temecula winery commercials hell yeah dude got paid got wine eight for free fuck it dude that's a

fucking fat deal right there, man. It's fun. I mean, it's, you know, both spectrums of the fucking realm. Yeah. You know, like, one of the cool ones, like, would have been awesome going on tour with you guys, but I was like, nah, dude, like, just the stars weren't in the line for me at the time. And my sister yelled me. She was like, you could have went around the world with your friends.

And I was like, I know. And, you know, it weighed on me a lot to not do it. But, you know, everything happens for a reason. We're still here now. Like, we're showing up together on the podcast. Yeah. Which we would have done anyways, but. Yeah, totally.

Yeah. I remember, this was years ago, like, I think we asked you, hey, like, you want to go on tour? And you just had stuff. I think you had stuff going on. And I think we're trying to get you to be a guitar tech, right? Yeah. I was like, fuck it.

Did he come down? Yeah. I would prefer, like, bouncer. Oh, yeah. Sure. Got you guys. I mean, now. Like guitar tech and, you know, bouncer fly, just hold me.

Yeah. Yeah, now you've been promoted from that to now, now you're, I mean, you're our low-key, you know, Bouncer body guides. Creative consultant on the fucking podcast slash The Enforcer. No, the Enforcer. I like that one. That one sounds better. Enforcer. Yeah, enforcer. Yeah, if you've seen a goon

or the ice guardians, they could tell the difference. The goon is someone that doesn't know how to play hockey. That's just there to take out the star player of the other team. The enforcer can actually play hockey, but that's the muscle to protect their players, you know? Yeah, yeah. That's like Big Brother, like Guardian, the Ice Guardian, dude, the fucking Enforcer. The Enforcer, dude.

I like the Enforcer better. Yeah, people don't know you're there sometimes, but if they do anything, don't know you're fucking there. Yeah, but I mean, I don't care about that one guy. Yeah, you're buddy in Old Town. That was the best. Just seeing the reaction on his face going from having sheer pleasure thinking he's freaking being a bully to a dude with his purple hair. That's with his girlfriend. Yeah.

To like, oh, fuck, that gorilla behind him, that's like, that's probably like his brother. Yeah. Yeah, I think we were talking about that with the. last podcast. Yeah, some guy, we're walking around Old Town, Temecula, and like, some guy said some comment about, about my hair, like, but very condescending, like, he's trying to punk me. Yeah. Oh, no, sure. And then, like, you kind of popped up. What? Yeah. He's like, oh, shit. Yeah, I was like, he's not alone. We were just walking, and I heard that, and I knew, because I heard them chuckle and I knew what they meant. I looked at him on my nice face, and the way he was like, ha ha, oh, shit.

And I just look at him, like, what do you doing, bro? Like, being a bully always backfires. There's always karma, like, for your, for your bad decisions. Dude, totally. I've made them too, you know. Not being a bully, but I've made bad decisions. I'm like, oh, probably shouldn't have done that, you know? Yeah. And unfortunately, that's how we learn.

Of course. Remember, like, being, you know, late teens or maybe even early 20s. Yeah, you just have, like, this kind of, I don't know. You're more willing to fight. Yeah. You know, you know, I'm going to, fuck that guy. I want to fight him, you know? I think it's also, too, like, you have, not bravado or machismo,

but, like, you feel like you need to prove yourself to, yourself. And then once you don't have to prove yourself to yourself, like, well, life is a lot happier. Yeah, true. Because, like, you know, like, you know, you don't carry yourself in that light to where if you ever need to use it, you could use it. But it's like, you don't want to use it because you use it every day with your friends getting better. Totally. And doing that shit, I mean, if someone, like, pushes an old lady over, it's like, okay, now it's time to show button, fuck this person up. Yeah. But other than that, you know, it's like, all right, I just train for competition, try not to get injured. Like, I'm injured. Like, I'm injured right now, dude, but still,

you know, you got to train when you can. Yeah. And if you can't train to stay on top of your nutrition, you know, that way, fucking, you can just be live a healthy lifestyle. Because I could have easily gone out last night and got fucking hammered. Yeah. Stay at home, fucking watch movies, and got up early and went and ran, and now I'm here with you guys, you know, having a freaking some bubbly on the, on the, on the

guards of podcast with the guards of coffee load. Hell yeah, man. I called it really, too. It was like, it was like 630, I know he's knocking me up. Because I knew Sam, I'll be a fight, he fought, shout out to a Sam. Yeah. And I knew, all right, Nick probably, Mike probably

watched a fight with D.K. probably got hammered at whole i'm just gonna calm every 30 minutes and until he picks up that that that was my goal but luckily that that that was not the case and and you woke up really and yeah i got you record you fucking electrocuted your fringston i was like oh oh yeah last thing i'm thinking is like yo can you come in clutch for the freaking podcast i was saying like yo what's wrong it's early in the morning usually it's like afternoon or night when we like kick it yeah but it was cool that you hit me up early for me to get on keith like yeah let's go run and then yeah he was he beat me

me to the hill and we just took off from there and had probably probably a three mile run two and a nine miles yeah good good run for not running in like I don't know two years yeah yeah how do your knees feel knees are good it's my quad's a little blown out because like the terrain is it's not flat it's not like the hamster wheel the treadmill the sidewalk you know we're running out in the dirt and trails up in the Santa Rosa ecological reserve up top of uh lacresta in in wood baldemar yeah yeah it's pretty pretty badass spot up there it's good uh good exercise either hiking going the waterfall fishermen's trail or just running the loop.

Yeah. It's, uh, you know, that was what I was doing during, uh, the start of the pandemic. Everything was locked down. Everyone's fearful over their life, like a damn Twilight Zone movie. Yeah, it's super tough. I just started hiking. I was, I'd be out in nature. Good.

Get some fresh air. You could social distance, but wearing the damn mask. And then just started doing that a little bit. And then, you know, it's fun. But now when gyms are starting to open it back up. So it's, so for me, it's always fun to, like, go train to your, your friends, you know. It's like you go into a rehearsal or like a Nam Jam. It's like at

Nike on Nam. Yeah. You know, you see all your buddies in the industry. Going to the gym's like same thing, especially like at, with poncho at check mat. It's just like strictly at jiu-jitsu.

Like just competition, jujitsu team. People that, you know, they just want to learn the art, which is awesome. At DHA of C, Dan Henderson at Lake Fitness Center, it's like you got people

that are just wrestlers, just freaking MMA fighters, just jujitsu people or just like strikers, kickboxing, or they're just there to do take yoga class. Yeah. And there's a lot of people there.

And for the most, most part everyone's cool as fuck you know that's great so that's once uh jim started opening back up it's like good seeing like having that camaraderie and that mutual respect with like another athlete you know yeah because it's it's like fun you know like there's like three versa climbers that's like that's like that's like that's like fucking just all day long it's like hiking up the side of a mountain yeah it's good lining up next to your buddy and be like all right 15 minutes to see who gets the highest repetition and it's just friendly like you know friendly competition but it's like you're getting healthy also doing it yeah healthy competition man

It's nice. It's nice, man. Yeah, I mean, it sucks for like, I mean, obviously for, I mean, most people, not almost close to everybody, I mean, the whole lockdown kind of sucked. But like, especially the way you train, like, you kind of have to be in contact with people. Yeah. It sucked, huh? Yeah, it does because. Not being able to train. I mean, everyone was still training you, dude.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's just like everyone. The rule, golden rule was like, don't post anything, don't say anything. If you even have a freaking sniffle or a freaking iBugger, don't show up. Just stay home until you're feeling 100% because doing that shit, you're pretty much clenched up on somebody. If it's MMA, like you've got to get them against the cage. You're like breathing the same air. If you're jitsu or wrestling, you're breathing all over at each other.

So it's like you've got to be 100% back then. Yeah. And now it's like people are getting the vaccine. People are coming out more. And, you know, fucking either they'll roll with them. mask which is ridiculous but I mean if that's how you you know you should just stay home at that point yeah you know that's like wearing a fucking bag over your head and go into a movie it's like what are you do you can't see the movie yeah totally so yeah same i got i got the uh fucking got round number one baby

boom mark i guess it's being called the mark of the beast oh that's the one where you get two shots right uh yeah i got the maderna maderna yeah i think i'm gonna get the johnson and johnson one for my sister. There we go. Is that one of the Mark of the Beast, too? Or is... Is it all? I mean, you know, obviously there's like conspiracies and stuff over the vaccine. We're non-Baxers, but, you know, I got the Mark of the Beast. What's that...

There's a funny meme where it shows the hippie dude clearing the kids with the power crystals of the fucking COVID. And he's like, he's rubbing the crystals on him for like, for like a superpower so they don't get the fucking COVID. but yeah dude I mean we're eventually all gonna have to get it because leaving the United States of America

you're fine it's coming back in you gotta show vaccination or you know they make you do the finger prick wait is that official though I think so because my family's down in they're down in Mexico on vacation and while we were at together they were talking about no problem leaving the country

it's getting back in so if you have the vaccination it's you don't have to wear a mask and you can show your vaccination card alright keep going don't have the card then they got to finger prick you Yeah. And then we got to wait like the, how the girls peeing on the fucking pee-stick, see if they're pregnant or not.

The line shows up. Yeah. Same thing with the finger prick. Like when I corner Keith in Vegas, they finger prick here and you got to wait five minutes. Quarantine. And once you do, they give you a wristband that you can't take off.

Same thing for the UFC. Like, you got to quarantine prior, get tested, quarantine, test again. And boom, then you're in. Yeah,

Dana Y did it, right, man. He just went full on. I'm still going to have fights. Yeah. And test, all the fighters and now he's the first pretty much event

to have a full arena which is next week in Florida. Yeah. That's a sick hard man. Who's on it? That's Usman and Jorge. Oh, dude. Now George has a full camp rather than six days and a lot of people are saying he took that fight on six days prior because he wanted

to use that six days only as an excuse. I don't think that's true. That motherfucker he's game bred for a reason. Yeah. Tough motherfucker. That I think with the full cap he could take it to Usman, Usman having that for his fight with him, already knows the nature of the beast. He knows what he's going to do.

Did they both know? Mazurals going to want a standing bank. Lusman's going to want to freaking clench up and just gas him out. Yeah. You know, it's like having a sprinter in a pool. The fat kid's going to grab him, drag him to the deep end and just take him to the bottom. Gas him out. Then once they're tired, then it's like, hey, now it's my turn.

Then you get them. Dang. It's a strategic fucking planet. You can't go in there and you swing for the fences. You're going to get either knocked out or knock them out, which is good when you knock them out. Yeah. But it sucks because you're like, oh, I just got knocked out. It's even better when you're like, fuck, man.

I knocked him out in the fourth round, but when you're fucking tired. Yeah. That's more like achievement. But, I mean, of course, he just want to go in there and take him out of there. Of course. I wonder how, yeah, I wonder how George is going to handle that fight. I wonder he's going to start swinging or just pace himself or how he's going to approach out that whole thing. I've never seen him have cardio problems.

And I don't even think he had much cardio problems in that fight because, you know, he's an athlete by nature. but that's that you know at that level that tier of fucking athleticism Usman was ready to fucking go he was right and then the I forget I think Burns dropped out and then Mazvedo all jumped on it which is good for him that's a big payday and he could even probably rehiggle his fucking contract to be like all right you know this is the stipulation in the contract

because it's not set to the rule so let's renegotiate yeah and get maybe more pay-per-view percentages because my buddy Fernando Gonzalez the minifamaniac he was like it doesn't matter if it's your very first time fighting in a big organization what you what you know show fight okay let's say they're you're gonna make 30,000 you gotta be fighting for a little bit to make that much money yeah so 15 the show up no matter what win and lose you getting 15 if you win then you get double that so you get 30 then if you get bonus fight night

that's 50 my friend sam unfortunately lost yesterday but uh that's my homie win or lose you know smile and sam alvey but uh he got bonus in the night because he was he was fucking whipping him yeah to take his to take julian's head off but you know julian got him but you know that's the fight game you know of course you always want your friends and teammates to win but you know you got a lot of people like they get all heart broken it down it's like yeah it sucks but that's part of the game you know it's part of it you gotta have those low lows to have to have have those high highs you know yeah it's like rising from the ashes like the phoenix you know burnt down to a crisp and it come back up yeah you gotta dust yourself off and keep going yeah

it sounds a great guy too right very very pure dude yeah him him And in Britt, when last time I was here, when we were talking about the roommate that got all weird and I had to start from. Yeah. The drive, the next morning, the drive, Sam was with the babies and two other fighters in the back. They're all sleeping. And I was sitting in the front with Britt McKee, his wife. And I was like, I'm not going to be rude and just go to sleep on her. So she has a bunch of dudes snoring in the van.

She's driving all. She's, you know, she's cornering us wrapping her hands. People don't know that. Brit's a freaking awesome corner. When I did the charity boxing at Pichanga, the one you guys went to, you mark and Dave. You Mark and Dan, my family, my nephew, my niece were so stoked. They're like, what, suicide challenge is here from Uncle Nick? And I was like, oh, this is my home.

He's like, you know, don't think of it like that. I just be like, yeah, well, you know, they're my freaking good friends. Yeah. But Britt was wrapping our hands, and this photographer for Inland Empire comes back there, and she's like, oh, that's so sweet. Oh, look at you. You're wrapping hands. Like, and I'm thinking, are you trying to degrade my friend?

Like, we'd already, like, you know, I think, no, we hadn't gone to Indiana yet, but we went to Vegas. And I told the lady, as she's, like, talking, a britt like oh it's so cute you like the fight and then i'm like she's probably one of the best corners she's probably if not the best corner in this whole fucking room because it's a bunch of like you know it's like no there's no way like she knows way more than them yeah and she's making our hands into fucking clubs to where you probably don't even need gloves like she wraps your wrist and your meditrarsils and your knuckles over so good you could hit it's they call it like

bare knuckle boxing yeah but now you know they wrap up to here to the knuckles are exposed but even with the layover on the wraps dude i mean you could go get in a freaking street fight like that like how Mawsvidal used to do at the backguard with fucking Kimball's. Yeah. If you have your hands wrapped like that, your hands are good, dude. You can go eat tacos afterwards. You'd be fine. Wow.

Really? Yeah, Brits is no joke. But on the drive up there is when I really got to know them because I was like, so how do you, you know, just small talk, road talk. She was like, oh, we were high school sweethearts. And I was like, that's awesome. High school sweethearts got married. They have like four of their own kids.

And then they adopted a little one. Like they pretty much this kid would have been fucked up with like social services. Sam and Britt took that. you know little girl wow and they fought for a year with the family who were a piece of shit and now the the little girl's there wow yeah crazy right that's crazy so sam has a whole brady bunch and his wife is his chief corner and then joe jill jill daddy stevenson and uh gustavo puglias were in his corner as well yesterday whoa but britt is always there that's special man hmm right and it takes you know it takes both sides so those are two special people not only

You need to have, man, four kids. But, all right, now, now we're going to adopt one more. Yeah. On top of four kids, that's, that's amazing, man. I think they're going for a baker's dozen. Woo! All right. Go for it, man.

I think they're so hardcore Christian. I'm like, the Lord tells you to do it. Yeah. Wow, that's fucking sick, man. Yeah, you don't hear about people having that many kids anymore. You'll hear, like, one, a couple have, like, one kid just because of the financial reasons. You know, like, in California, people have, like, two or three kids. kids max out of state they're cranking them out dude oh i bet yeah i mean you know i don't have a kid yet

but i mean just the thought of having one i'm like wow having a kid a whole another human in in your life two and you got to have all the answers to it all the answers of life they're going to come to you oh my gosh yeah i don't got any answers well now the kids is good i could i could say that now the kids are so drowned out on their tablets like they believe everything it sucks they believe everything they see on online. Oh, no. You know, it's like, that's where, you know, you got to have the perineau filters and also like, you know,

just lead them common sense shit, you do. That's, that's the big one. I think I'll probably struggle with the most. It's like trying to raise a child in the current, wherever the culture and climate is at, especially with social media, I don't know. The influential level of social media on a kid's mind is ridiculous. I agree.

I think that the foundation of a family, needs to be stronger now than ever because of that influence. Because of that. Tie pods. Those kids are eating freaking laundry detergent dying. Exactly. Because it's a trend, you know. Yeah, it's a challenge. I dare you not to die. It's a challenge. Eating laundry detergent? Those little plastic gel pods, like how you would do for the dishwasher, same thing for the

detergent. They were eating tie pods, dude. Oh, geez. Oh my gosh. It's the challenge. It's like, I challenge you not to be a dumb ass. Wow. They're like, can't do it. You gotta eat these tiepods and lick the toilet and get COVID. Whatever happened in eating dirt, when I was a kid, I used to eat dirt because it was safe. You know, what does this taste like? I mean, I'm six for like seven, but I'll go to the backyard and it's... That was our challenge, right, eating dirt.

Or dog food, dog food, dog food, it was dog food. What were happening to that? No, they... Now it's laundry detergent. It's laundry detergent. That's never... That's never crossed my mind. Well, it's like how the Japanese, they...

is it I think it's blowfish the one that blows up a spiky ball that's like super fucking poisonous and they they cut it the sashimi so thin like almost like ginger thin like super thin yeah to where if you consume too much if you're allergic like it kills them immediately wow that's like their challenge like okay see if you could survive the fucking blowfish or puffing fish whatever fuck it's called wow like they actually do that dude if you've seen that movie john wick three when the Russian chick recruits the sushi guy yeah he cuts her that one slice of fish as she eats it oh that's that fish I didn't know that yeah that's why they he dared her like as like okay let's see that's why it's so like oh like she's just eating

no it's it's it's that fish oh okay I'm an idiot no it's his it's just uh you know I I watched documentary oh how do you how do you make where it's food she come from where the katana so order you know the machete I'm actually where the nunchucks like shit like yeah like everyone's like oh do you watch queen's gambit of no I'm watching like the fucking origins of the ninja turtles or something like that dude Oh man, I don't know if I should get into it. What's up? Speaking of fish and sushi,

CeC knows I'm about to bring it out. Oh, here we go. Last week, okay, if you know me or don't, I love, everyone is aware of what I love. I love pepperoni and pizza. It's pretty as, I mean, I love pepperoni and pizza. Let's just say this. It's an undefeated champion, everyone.

Huh? Everyone knows you for that. Pepperoni pizza is the undefeated champ, dude. That's it. That's it. Let's just say that when I'm alone or with Cecee, my lady, is, I haven't been having pepperoni pizza for the first time in my life. Wait.

I saw this documentary. I believe it's called... What did you do to my friend? Oh, don't look at me. Oh, everyone's going to look at me now. You're like, you're the reason why. But no, listen to this. I believe the documentary is called.

called sea spiracy. And it was basically about the fishing industry and how it's, I mean, it's pretty bad. I would argue way worse than the meat industry. Oh yeah, because we can't see it. Yeah, because you

can't see it. And how like how they treat the fish and like, I mean dolphins, whales, how most of the plastic in the ocean is actually almost 50% of it is actually like fish nets. That is just dumped. And how And how if they're fishing for a certain fish,

that's, it gets other animals caught, like, you know, turtles or, like, dolphin, just to get a certain type of fish. So, like, I mean, everything suffers. And now, and now they're even, like, like, the whole industry is, like, even destroying, like, the, like, soil underneath, like the, like, like, like, the algae in the very bottom that everything needs to live. Yeah. It's all just, it's like us taking out all, like, the grass and trees.

Yeah. It's take it all out, like it. I've seen the, the cool. coral reef in videos and it's disgusting saying like wow we're polluting their world so bad even the fucking bottom of the ocean is fucked up. Yeah. That's gonna eventually like everything's gonna die off dude.

That's why they're like oh let's go to Mars. It's like oh I see you can fuck up that planet too. Yeah dude. So after and obviously you know I mean we're aware of like the meat industry docs and and the vegan stuff I mean that's what that stuff is

meant to do. Of course. It kind of shocky So I kind of like, all right, took a step back. What really is this? Try to get some clarity, not making you rash decisions, but it was pretty clear. I'm like, man,

I think this is worse than the meat stuff. And that was the one, that was the document that made me like, okay. Sushi's taken backseat now? I can't. Your shelf in the sushi? Dude, I can't. Well, at least I can't enjoy it anymore.

Okay. Unless, oh, it fucked you up that bad. I mean, I mean, the past two pizzas I got, I got no pepperoni. so I never done it out my fucking life no but Nick I mean it's not that you know we're becoming vegan or anything it's the problem is the money exchange

it's buying into that industry that's really hurting you know wildlife it really is so that's for sure highly recommended watch the documentary it's eye opening sea spirit and what the hell I gotta watch that one too

and make sure you you if you want to have sushi I recommend that doing the next few days because after you see this you'll probably be like it'll just ruin it

it'll ruin it and uh but yeah definitely gotta watch it I mean me and C's you're on on the same page where we're not going to go full on you know today

I'll probably you know it's a treat things as a special occasion today okay the morning we're going to go out okay we'll have put some pepperoni on the pizza but the whole week then we'll go back to

just yeah cheese pizza french fries veggies How many pizzas are you guys eating a week? This week was... No, for us. This was kind of a pizza week.

Okay. We had two pizzas. Two already. Already. We went yesterday to Garziano's and we're going back today. Oh, shit. Okay. That's every good.

That's okay. But, you know, pizza goes through muscles, which is very apparent and very obvious. Well, you have... It still does even when you have as merch. Yeah. And I just saw it in person, the pizza slicer, bottle opener. Yeah. And I thought it was going to be all like, like...

Unfortunately, I was like... In the photo, I was like, Dude, that wheel looks plastic. Looking at it in person, I'm like, dude, you could actually, like, give someone an incision with it. Yeah. That thing's, like, no joke. Yeah.

Like, imagine a Ninja Turtle, like, one of them having the freaking pizza slicer in the pizza of the pan under the pizza as a shield, you know, just fucking shit up. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That would be you, man. You'd be that fifth Ninja Turtle. Dude, hell, yeah. I mean, that'll be a dream.

Who, okay, who's your favorite Ninja Turtle and why? Leonardo. Leonardo, because he seems to, he does his best to relate to the, other Nanger Turtles. No, he is. He truly is the leader. He rationalizes and does everything with all of them.

For me, as a kid, it was always Raphael, dude. Yeah. He was just in, but in the newer remakes, you know, they made them all like Hulk big. And I was like, oh, man, like, that's cool and all. But they show him having a temper. I'm like, eh, that's not why I liked him, you know. Yeah. He was the one that, like, when they were, like, kind of buckling.

And he was like, fuck that. And he was going there and fuck him up, you know. Yeah. Michelangelo was the comical, you know, the skater nunchuk, pizza dude. Yeah. Domitello being the fucking IT guy You know with the fucking Boastaf

I loved him first with the Boastaf But I was like dude I don't know why those fucking size I'm like he doesn't do shit But like twist him like fucking guns and shit Yeah He never uses him he just blocks fucking sword And just like fuck him up

With his Ninja Turtlenexer-ness Yeah Badass man That's one of my favorite movies Besides that it's It's the original Ninja Turtles movie Yeah

That's tied with I think Horace Gump As far as like And also tied with Dark Knight with the Joker. Yeah. Heath Ledger.

Heath Ledger dude is fucking annihilated that fucking part, dude. It's amazing. I just watched it again twice recently. I've had the DVD since they came out on DVD, but I just watched it twice and I was like, damn,

I forgot how badass the Dark Night is. It's the best out of the three of the newer ones. It's the best one. Yeah. Dark Night rises is cool. Batman begins as cool. Dark Night's the shit, dude.

You got fucking Heath Ledger fucking shit up as the Joker. Wrist in peace, man. That guy. Rest and peace, man. guy. Right? Now, I hope that new dude from, uh, uh, Twilight, uh, forget the guy's name, William

Parkinson or some shit. Yeah. I don't know. The guy from Twilight, he's playing Batman. And, um, you know, of course, everyone's talking shit. I'm like, dude, you know, give it a shot. You never know. Like, he could fucking crush it.

The Batmobile and the Bat bike look sick as fuck. Yeah. And he looks like more combat, uh, tactical Batman rather than like, you know, my favorite Batman's the 1989, Tim Burton, fucking Michael Keaton one. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Fucking Danny Elfman did the score on that one and Batman returns with fucking Davido as a penguin.

Yeah. Well, I saw Michelle Pfeiffer's hot ass as fucking catwoman. Yeah. Batman's why I wear the mask. Yeah. The Luchador mask for the fights. Yeah,

really? It was because Batman. Batman won't wear a mask. He's a regular dude with no superpowers just fucking shit up, dude. Oh, yeah, it's true. I was like, who doesn't want to do that? He's a baller, bangs all the hot chicks and fucking fucks up the bad guys just with his fucking, you know, ninja-ness.

It's like, dude, Batman. That is like the ideal way you want to live. You want, okay, let's see, I'm rich. Yeah. And, you know, you, yeah, you hook up with the hottest chicks. I mean, well, that's not the goal. I mean, you want the fucking hottest chick inside and out. Yo, of course.

Not just the shat-so-fucking, Tuesday and Thursdays eating jack in a box. Yep. Obviously, the personality comes first. For sure. That's what I'm saying. He gets the hottest chicks, too. Of course.

Like, Rachel Ward or whatever. Yeah. From Dark Night, chicks a babe. Yeah. And they blew her ass up. That's why that movie's so badass, dude. You're like, oh, he's under the ride. off in the sunset it's like no he's not yes dude those those movies they're rare but movies that have like

not exactly like happy endings yeah or like oh shit they fucking took it like somewhere different it's cool yeah exactly it's like just like that movie seven seven i think i haven't seen seven oh seven deadly sins uh brad pitt and morgan freeman i never they're looking for this psychotic killer that's doing the seven deadly sins and he's like leaving traces and i i'll since you haven't seen it you got to just watch it it's one of those movies where the end isn't so happy yeah nice for true There isn't. I got to check that one out. It's a great film, dude.

I put it up there with like 12 monkeys. Fucking, uh... 12 monkeys? 12 monkeys is about it. You were seeing that one? That sounds fucking interesting. Yeah, it's a... Back then it was, uh...

What was it? Not biological warfare. Yeah. But there were time traveling too. Oh, okay. So the dude's, like, same thing as Terminator. Going back in time trying to stop the freaking start of the fucking robots. This one is trying to start the stop of like, let's just say COVID.

Yeah. But way worse than COVID. Wow. COVID's fucked up. I fucked that. And, you know, Governor Nuse was fucking the state. So many people were like just not going outside and becoming alcoholics and fighting with their spouses and, you know, committing suicide.

And, you know, it's like, damn, dude. It's all for a power grab, dude. They're trying to flush out the little people that can't survive fucking being closed. Yeah. And it sucks, dude. The American dream's getting shot by fucking this guy's bigger agenda and fuck that guy. Yeah, I wonder where things are going.

As long as we don't leave. They're getting better. They are. I mean, as long as... Yeah, like we were talking about earlier, it's like, let's say California does fucking sink. I'd rather be home and sink with the shift, then it's bounce.

Yeah. I'm not going to leave my family because shit's a little bit tough. Yeah, when the check engine light goes on, you don't jump off. I stay at the fucking wheels fall after. So it could be a fix, man. Oh, for sure you can. getting me a fix.

And I mean, obviously, you know, everyone's scenario was different. And I do, I do realize that. However, a lot of people that are leaving weren't originally from California. True.

That's like, same thing like with, with like the gyms or someone in a band. Yeah. You know, they talk about loyalty and all this shit.

I'm like, wait, you're flip-flopping ass been all over the place. Like, I've seen you at that gym, that gym, that gym. And it's like,

whatever, that's your agenda. Sure. But also, too, don't be waving a flag about fucking all that shit, you know, it's like, yeah.

You know, it's his life, man. It's like someone that's say, I'm a vegan, and then they're always eating hamburgers and shit. When I was working at Carlsbad Lacoste, the golf resort down in Carlsbad, badass golf resort, they had the Deepak Chopra Wellness Center where it was a one-week convention to where they would have their little yoga mats on the floor. And there's like the Harry Christian that dude on stage, you know, he's sitting like, you know, on the ground. He's telling them about purity, cleansing.

It's like, okay, that's true, yeah. Cool. Feeding them. bomb-ass lentils soup and this bomb rice that they're in the hot boxes for everyone but they got to make enough food for everyone in the back of house they're like Nick you know because they know I'm running out the mics and batteries for the speakers yeah

so they're hooked me up with this food and it's really good it's bland as shit but it's healthy as fuck right yeah so after after an eight to five when it's us like to close down the show take out the mics you know change batteries make sure the the lenses are still in focus for the fucking stage wash and shit yeah and turn off lights you know

for the stage wash up the fucking risers we haul ass to the mexican spot. Miguel's down the street from work to get California burritos. And as I'm waiting for the brittos, I'm slamming a freaking beer. And I feel like, you know, you feel like something on your neck, like your spider senses are tingling, like someone's looking at you. I'm like,

I look over, and it's all the instructors from the Deepak Chopper Center from work. And they're seeing me pound of beer, and I'm like, oh, shit. And they're all eating like, fucking cheesy-asson-nachos with Karni Asada. And they got a picture, and they're looking at me, like, oh, shit. And I'm like, you fake motherfuckers. You guys were selling

fucking this lifestyle. making these people eating fucking dirt taking fucking thousands of dollars for them to be there for a week and you guys are over here smashing fucking chimichanga's covered covered with fucking cream sauce, enchilada sauce and washing it down

with the beer. Oh fuck, dude. Yeah. And I was like you fucking flip-flopping motherfuckers. But I was like, I won't say shit if you won't say you shit because I still want to finish the fucking beer. It's like let's let's just not let this one leave.

We'll call us water into the bridge. Yeah, obviously, you know, this, I'm not, I'm not generalizing. However, there was like a, you know, I live really close to a really major, big church. And, like, if you leave here at a certain time where church is getting out, it's kind of bad. There's a lot of people leaving this parking line. Like, it's just the moment you leave church, you're going to, you start cutting people off and you're fucking in a rush to get someone. I'm like, what? I just got cut off by fucking three, I guess, want to be Christians.

I don't, but I'm like, God. I'm like, God, dude, chill out. Yeah. You literally just left the parking lot. And you're already cutting people a lot. You're probably in a rush. Now you're back to selfish. And it's just me, my time.

Yeah. It's like, and I'm over here cranking cannibal corpse. But they're probably, I think it's like devil music. And then when I're being polite, let. Oh, good. And then when I'm out driving, I'm not saying I'm an angel. I'm not or perfect. But I'm all right.

I'm out there. I'm like, being polite. I'm doing my best to be polite, let people. share the road. Yeah. And these people were pulling out of the fucking church. And it's fucking almost kidding me. I'm like,

dude, holy shit. That's funny because, you know, I got a church sometimes. I'm Catholic. You know, I'm fucking sinner.

I don't think I'm better than anyone. I'm just me doing my shit. But the regular people that are there every Sunday, they're pretty polite. Okay, you go, you go, you go, you go, you go, you know, just like flow of traffic.

Yeah. When it's like Ash Wednesday, or they used to have midnight mass on Christmas Eve, like, you know, right at midnight. those are people that are Catholic but they don't go to church

and then they're there and then same shit when it's time to go home it's like fucking demolition derby in the fucking parking lot they don't give a fuck dude they don't want to rip and go home so the kids

could open their presence and just go back to sleep dude yeah yeah and it's funny because you know they're there for the same reason you know they're there while I'm there but they're the ones that never go it's like good

as long as they went but leaving the parking lot dude they're like doing dough and it's like fucking Ricky Bobby dude not really but yeah I mean it gets like how you're saying it gets aggressive It's first, it's fucking eat or be eating in traffic.

And I'm sitting there like, damn, dude, they're really filling the Christmas period right now. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, man, Tethlin don't, I never learn either. Like, oh, shit, I probably shouldn't be driving around, you know, noon on Sunday anymore. Yeah, that's, that's like me. I know when, what hours not took head on the 15 north.

Yeah. You know, from 76 Paula Oceanside to just north of Winchester Road on the 15. it's a fucking driving theater in that fucking freeway, dude. Yeah. And for some reason, magically right, when you pass the 15 North with a 15 and 215 split, people just get on the gas again. I don't know what it is, dude.

It's every day from like 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wow. So when I would commute from San Diego, I wanted to work the early shift, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., which is, you know, sucks from commuting out here, but it's like it's only an hour each way. If we're worked 8 to 5 or 8 to 4, I would have to leave at 6, 2 hours in traffic,

Everyone has to get me at work at 8 a.m. Yeah. Everyone gets off 4 p.m. to come back to San Diego to the Inland Empire two hours back on the 15. Whoa. Yeah. So that's that shit. Traffic sucks. But like even on the general road, you know, there's people that are so polite.

There's a lot of people that, fuck you. And it's like, oh, really fuck me. And you want to, like, just follow them. You see him on their phone. I'll leave them alone. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. So sometimes, yeah, sometimes you'll, like, you'll be driving and you'll make, like, a

Or maybe not even a mistake sometimes. You'll, like, just drive and maybe not give someone like the right away that they feel. And you could see in the corner of your life them flipping out in their car. It's always like, whoa, dude, British driving, man. Like, I mean, in every scenario, like, older women, young dudes, guys that look at their in their 30s and like, that should be a little bit more matured. You see it and then the corner of like your eye. They're freaking out in the car right now. Yeah, they're losing it.

They're losing it. And like, I'm just like driving like, huh? Yeah. So I say, okay. Yeah, I hate road rage. I unfortunately had to get into a fight because of road rage. What? What happened?

Okay, so, shoot me. Me and Will, the old singer of my cover band, Big Saucer Pizza, him and his wife Stella over in the front, me and Amanda, the crazy chick. I was with her in the backseat. Here we go. And Tato, our bandmate, was with Mover, and they were playing a show down in P.B.

Or somewhere in San Diego. Yeah. And we're leaving, and Will and Stella are fighting in the front seat. And Amanda's yelling at me, smacking me around. I forget what for her. For some reason, I made her smack me,

but I was like, I was just getting beat up. So Will get off the gas, and he hit a car in front of them. And these four dudes come out, and they're, yo, what the fuck? This is that? And I was just getting beat smacked from my girlfriend. And then hearing them fight,

me getting beat up. But leaving Tato's show? I was like, all right, fuck this. I got out of the car, and I walked up to their car, and I punched their trunk, but I hit it pretty hard. So where I dented it, I'm all, let's go. And they all jump back in the car, and they left. Really? They were like, fuck this guy.

Oh, wow. And you wouldn't think that they would do that. They were from a minority, you would think they would be in a good advantage. Yeah. I think when I punched the car, they realized, like, this guy's pissed. Oh, shit. So me getting smacked from my girlfriend, and, you know, obviously, I never hit her back. I took it out in their car.

I was like, all right, perfect, perfect time to release the fucking, you know, the Fury, unleash the Fury. Well, as bad, it's better. Better than getting jumped. I mean, I probably could have took him, but still, I mean, you could also get fucking beat up bad by four guys. Sure. So I never roll the dice, you know.

No, never. Especially, like, people have guns. Oh, yeah. We were, uh, it's a wild go, fuck. Went with, uh, we went like an X to, like a baseball game. At the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the Elsnor Storm. There's a scrap. Of course.

It was kind of. It was like, it was like a family. We're all sharing like this car. And then like something happened behind us. And then the cousin got out of the car that we were in. And then he came right back in the car. Well, I was like, what happened is like, oh, he pulled a gun on me. And we're all just like, it was quick, dude.

I mean, he got out and he got right back in. Yeah, he saw the gun. He's like, nope. I was like, oh, shit. Like, you just don't know. Yeah. He's probably, I mean, I don't know who was in that car, but it's like, you just don't know, man. And it's not that, you know, you should be scared because you shouldn't be.

I'm not scary, but it's just, I'm just aware that some people are truly ignorant and fucking stupid. Yeah, exactly. That they'll be dumb enough to pull the trigger. Exactly. Yeah. It's like, I don't know, like, whose person is. I mean, they could really pull the trigger. Yeah.

You don't know. Yeah, I have a family friend, Frankie Nicosia. He, same thing. He had someone pull a, I think it was a 22 caliber handgun. Shot up in his stomach, killed him. What? Yeah, lifelong friend. His whole family, we're all friends, dude.

The fuck. Yep. He was dancing with a girl at a New Year's Eve party. Didn't know she had a dude. Dude's, I hate man, kind of talk to you. Talking outside and my buddy was like, yeah, what's up? Rest freaking Frankie Nicosia, dude. For us.

That's a piece, man. And it's like some punk-ass kid, any punk kid that you're like, dude, I can rip his motherfucker and half. Like how juggernaut did Deadpool. Yeah. It's like when they have a gun in their hand, you know, like, if someone pulls a gun of me, I'm fucking attacking them because I'm like, no, dude, I'm not walking away because they're shooting in the back.

If I see a gun, it's like, you got to take them out or get killed. Yeah. Unfortunately, don't mean, don't put yourself in that situation, but I mean, that's just, that's just what you have to do. Same, same drunk roommate, the one I had a fucking hurt part of my fight. He had a knife one time when it was just me, him in an apartment. And he was drunk pushing it on the freaking cutting board. bending the blade and he's looking at me pissed

and I'm like, pick that knife of him, just going up your fucking ass, dude. Like, straight up. Like, I'm sober. You're drunk as fucking. And you're playing with a knife. Like, I'm going to fucking stick that fucked up blade. You just bent.

It's going up your, I'm literally going to fucking give you a fucking gooch. So then I'm like, whatever, I'm going to bed, right? So I go to bed and I hear, like, I hear thumping on the wall. I hear thump, F you, bump, F you.

And I'm like, I go out there and my girlfriend had a little plastic pumpkin because it was right before Halloween. Yeah. A plastic pumpkin with a power cake. so you can light it up just put it in the window so you don't have to put a real pumpkin or a candle he cut the power cord on it with that fucked up knife and was

throwing it at the roof sitting laying on my couch like this hitting the roof every time I would hit the roof luckily we're upstairs he was yelling fuck you and I'm like the fuck are you doing dude so I go out there and I'm standing over him I'm like you know that was my girlfriend's pumpkin and that pissed me off more yeah that's like someone breaking something she got you for your gift yeah yeah if it's your if it's your something that you own you're gonna be pissed yeah if it's something your girl got you you'd be even more fucking pissed right yeah you probably gonna be more So I had to fuck him up

Not too, I didn't hit him. I just kind of like threw him around and like Just pulled his shoulder out a little bit He's got through him Jesus Nick All right, so he's laying down right He's laying down his head here, his feet here He's got the fucking pumpkin in his hand

And he's looking over it I mean And I'm like, that's that's Jessica's pumpkin Like what are you doing? Like that was that was her gift for our apartment And you just fucked it up Yeah And he's like fuck your pumpkin So I punched him in the shoulder here

Just to get underhook And I picked him up and I hip toss and threw him on the other couch. So when he landed, when he landed, he couldn't bounce back up. When he landed, I put my knee on his face. And I just pulled his shoulder, his wrist, and I was pulling his shoulder slowly out of pocket. I'm pushing on his chin. And I was like, do you like this?

Like, you know, I could do it. Like, stop doing this shit. And he's crying and saying, I'm going to call the cops. I'm like, you ain't calling shit. You're drunk as fuck with a fucked up knife fucking breaking shit. They're going to go with the sober guy. But it's like, yeah, dude, like, if someone pulls a knife or gun, you can't, you can't just how you're saying they just turn it around like yeah initial thing is like oh get away from it but it's like no like if anything i'm gonna walk away like this dude yeah i'm not gonna turn my back and get shot in the fucking back where some idiot with a gun dude you don't know man god and this gun control bullshit that isn't half the people that pull a gun they don't have a conceal carry that gun's probably illegal it's not the gun registered to their fucking name yeah so someone pulls a gun dude it's like fuck man I'm fucked exactly and the kind of person now that will pull a gun in a situation that you shouldn't it's probably like yeah he's

Because that's all they have. That's all they have. I got to jump once as a teenager, and my friend got hit from one of the... There was, like, five-on-five. Their smallest dude, tattoos all their face, all fucked up on drugs, pulled out this Michael Myers knife,

and he's like, jump in, I'll shank you. Three of my friends ran. And I'm like, one-on-one, my friend versus his friend, his friend, cheap shot of my friend. And then I was like, if I leave him, they're going to kill him. I can't leave.

Just that, I mean, I know it was dumb. I could have died, but I was like, I can't leave my friend. So then when my friend started, turned the dude over the sucker from started ground pounding them two other guys jumped in started kicking my friend in the back and I'm like if I jumped in I'm getting stabbed yeah all this guy has like the little dude from eastbound and down the little Indian guy that's like fucking um the oopalumpa big old the knife's like bigger than

him and I'm like okay if I jump in and help my friend he's gonna stab me so I stood next to that guy and I hit him as hard as I fucking could in the face like I was like come on St. Michael back me up on this one fucking boom this remember those creepers those sliders they would wear it's like slippers yeah well you know the backs they don't they don't put on they push them down to slide them on I had this motherfucker so hard his creepers flew off the knife went flying

I was like I'm gonna die dude so I'm gonna take this motherfucker out just everything I fucking had just like right here dude hard as I fucking could then think I get hit in the back of the head I'm like I'm gonna die I'm gonna die hit that guy he goes down get there a bunch of little gangsters boom by this guy hit him hit him out so at one point I had all five gangbangers on the floor

were all fucked up. And I was like, yeah, motherfuckers, you guys want to jump me? And I go to the one in the bushes, and I grab his shirt, and I'm hitting him in the fucking face repeatedly. And this is where I fucked up, because I kept hitting him. He was going deeper in the bush. So it looks like I'm just fucking up the bushes. Yeah.

And allowed the other guys to get up, and they fucking run at me. And they put my hands in fucking, like, headlocks, like guillotines. And I'm like this thinking, fuck, I'm going to get stabbed. I'm going to get stabbed. And they're fucking kneeing me in the face, punch me back in the head. They're, do you give up? They want me to stop hitting them because they knew if they let go, I'm going to fuck him up again. So I was like, all right, I'm done.

The whole time I'm like, why didn't I got stabbed? Dude, they had to carry that guy like fucking Lieutenant Dan, like arms over the shoulder, dragging his feet. I fucking put him out for the rest of the night, dude. Wow. It was like one of those like, you know, you get superhuman strength when the car falls in a little girl. Yeah. It was like that, my fist on this motherfucker's face. Just, you know, you get that superhuman, I'm going to die strength.

Oh, yeah. And it was that, dude. That guy for sure had no problem going back to sleep that night. he doesn't need knife back then he didn't eat or if he's still alive man but yeah dude all he had was that big ass knife

where if he had a gun he would have pulled the gun and he's fucking I mean that was just wrong place at a freaking house party and they were like at the neighbor's party and shit happened but you know that's why I don't go out too much it's like I'll go to dinner but around 8 o'clock it's like I'll go home I would rather go to a freaking

someone's house or like a fucking venue yeah then be at a fucking like an old town temecula yeah I went there time at night I was like all right to meet my friends I'm like I'd rather meet him at five o'clock rather than fucking this late because like how are you saying there's so many idiots out there like that guy that tried to talk to you on your your hair that's the type it was like it was like all of him there on a Friday night oh man I was like yeah obviously there's some hot chicks but I was like these chicks

are the idiots they hang out with those guys so I don't want those chicks just just looking for trouble man yeah never got it you know when like you're just trying to you know casually you'll get invited to like a bar or something you'll be okay I'll go then you'll someone walk and you just know you it's weird how you can feel it sometimes you just that guy is he's looking for trouble

yeah like he's or the way group of people who are friends are like dude this is you just feel like like like energy for sure they're looking for trouble yeah they like if they like want you to like look at him so they could be like what yeah it's like and then and then it's just

well that's why like a lot of times like the gym team quest like if one of the one of the team members are fighting in the UFC or Bellator or something. Mike, the owner, he co-owner or something, whatever, he would put table covers over those pool tables and reserve them for the gym,

and we'd have the big fucking, like, your suicide silence fucking, like a screen projector. And we're like right here watching the fight on the biggest screen they have. Yeah. So, of course, there's like the cool chicks, like, oh, those are the cool guys, the fighters, and their boyfriends are those fucking bros with a tight-ass tap-out shirt, you know?

Yeah, yeah. They're like, I can fuck that guy up. So then when we get up to just get a beer because we're having fun, you know, cheering on our friend. We're getting mean mug. We can fill the energy from these douchbags. Feel it, man.

And then one time, I guess there was this guy, he, I don't know why, he thought I was a bad guy. He was, like, grabbing the butter knife from his utensils. And one of my, I didn't, I was talking to my friends like this. And it happened, like, right here. And one of my friends leans in that, hey, that guy that you're looking at, they're all, he's with all these people here. And it was like, Dan Henderson, everyone was there. And this guy, like, I guess it came back there, a mutual friend. He thought I was a bully.

I was like, me? No. Like, you know, even if I see a chick sitting next to a guy, I'm automatically assuming that's her dude, so don't talk to her. I mean, talk to her, but not like, oh, how you doing, you know? Yeah. That's how much respect I had when I go out, you know? Yeah. Because if you don't respect, if someone does respect me, I'm like, whatever, go fuck yourself.

But if they show me no respect, I'm like, all right, I would prefer if you sign the waiver and come to the gym, because that means whatever happens, you signed up for. Yeah. You know, if you break your neck or whatever, fucking, you know, you gave your waiver of fucking health away to, like, you signed up for that. People on the street, you could fucking defend yourself and then they want to sue you. Yeah. Because you fucked him up. It happened to me. And I was like, bro, like, that was your choice.

You chose to swing at me when I told you. I don't want to fight. You were sued. He tried to. And I told him, I said, look, dude, what happened to your face? I didn't want to do that. And if you tried to lie and saying, I did do it, I'm going to come looking for you. And I'm going to do something stupid.

I'm going to make sure that it's worth me going to jail. I'm really going to fuck you up, which isn't worth it. And I still see that guy, like, every once in a while. Yeah. I mean, our respected talents are fairly small still. I mean I also see people from like you know high school like man remember like this back in a day even like early 20s when you're in high school or college

like just people just want to fucking fight you this is a weird a weird thing dude there's a there's a guy that I'm buddies with he was a grade above me in school and I'm still friends with him but he's the guy that you're like okay I can hang out with you for two beers

oh yeah you're two beer friend four beer friend you're it's like oh fuck now I'm gonna have to get in a fight because you know you're fighting four guys over there like what the fuck oh yeah man i know i know that and it's like damn you would think that would get beat out of them like in their 20s yeah nope i know man i'm i'm very lucky i could kind of hold my whole my beer and liquor yeah you've even like how back like we're telling or speaking earlier how would you would train muta at coach jennials in the morning at team quest you would come

over the night before and crash the night we'd go to the gym and like rehearse like or just get ready to warm up and sometimes we'd have a couple of beers yeah And a couple of times, like, we've drank too much, so where we're freaking, like, were hung over hurting in the class. A couple times. Yeah. But even then, like, we were getting silly at the apartment, just watching fights or, you know, wrestling or something.

You were never out of line. You've never, you've never, you've never, you've never, I never thought of you, like, as, like, oh, fuck, he gets fucking crazy when he's drunk. Yeah. You know, which is good. Yeah. Sometimes I'll get rowdy, but not like every, like, I don't want to fight in him, boy. I don't want to, like, fuck you guys.

It's just, like, I'm just, like, you're just, like, you're really. I just like Yeah, it's like, that's like chilling. Yeah, same here. I just want to have fun. Yeah, just want to chill, chill, drink or if you're on close friends, get drunk and have a good time and.

Definitely. Well, that's also why, too, like, when we go out and like, say you guys are introducing someone, you guys are, oh, he's fucking knocked out. I'm like, don't say that. Because there could be a bro there, one of those people that are like, knock that guy out.

And it's like, you probably could. Yeah. I don't want to find out. I'm just here to have fun, dude. If you swing at me, it's okay. Now we, now, fuck, they got to defend him. myself but it's like do I want to do that no yeah yeah I mean I was already like not

like that kind of person or violent person like I just don't I don't know but once thanks to you once I started training with with you and and you know very very blessed and like to be able to have like the access to to that particular gym of like just like the killers I mean this is very very very very lucky and blessed I had that opportunity. Like when that, after that, like, after like a month or a year, like, it's just training hard and like, it was already like the last thing I would want to do. But now it's like even more so like now that we have that knowledge, like the last thing

you want to like that, I know what I can do to you now. Yeah. It's a weird feeling. You feel more calm during like scenarios. You know, I had a, I had a scenario happen last, last month. You know, I have a couple friends that, you know, that, you know, like to go to a bar so I'll go with them and there's a situation that happened with uh you know one of my friends and and one of theirs and all the enough when I was driving there

it was so fucking strange how like I was just thinking I'm like sometimes there's a lot of drinking involved like what am I going to do or how am I going to uh diffuse a situation when something happens because I think it might happen at some point it's because you know I could even if we don't cause trouble yeah you could sniff the situation it's the kind of bar where like so you go down people go to start trouble like what am I going to do sure enough that day

something happened with one of my friends and then I was like I was at the bar getting one more beer and I was like it's happening right now holy shit oh for real it's going down I called it today it's a fucking weird thing I'm like but

I kind of it's just weird where you go to emotionally and mentally it was like I was super calm I was like all right I was like I know exactly what I would do and as opposed to not knowing what will make you make you more give you more anxiety and like so it's turned around

it's calm and I just kind of stood there and like make sure nothing happens and I don't think I would have had that that reserve that that reserve like if you know prior to the training if it wasn't for you and like and that and that gym and training and I really getting just having that

that knowledge, you know? Well, there's, you know, the reason I think a lot of fights happen out there in those situations is because people, they don't have that comfortableness in fighting. That's what I wanted you to get comfortable with. Getting hit in the face and just, you know, if they land a punch, whatever. Fine, walk through it. Yeah. Get them.

You know, fuck them up. Yeah. And a lot of those people that get in those street fights, they initially get that adrenaline because they're thinking, fight or flight. Well, I'm going to fight. so then they'll take the fucking cheap shot just to hit somebody because of the bravado you can't fucking talk shit to me

cheap shot or then fucking they just swing you know if I can just like all right let the dice roll and see how they land they land you know and it's like that's no fun I mean how you said like prior I'd be like oh shit oh shit like getting ready to go but then after you get that fucking not the humbleness but that

that self-respect of knowing like I could fuck you guys if I wanted to but I'm not gonna show it and I don't carry myself that way but you know if you see him swing you're like oh you know Then you pull that fucking hook out of his other back pocket. Yeah. You can see that shade of fucking.

You're like, and you don't carry yourself that way either. And also like with the train, which you know, like it's overly humbling. Like you're just getting embarrassed in front of like other killers. Yeah. Like I get my eyes tricked every day.

Remember that there's, there's one time. It was, I forgot his name. You'll, you'll know his name. He was covering, I think Coach Janio was,

I think training someone for a fight. He was, He wasn't there, so it was someone else. I said, yeah? Yeah, I was like, yeah. I was there. I was doing something wrong, but I kept doing it. And he's like, he just said, do it again.

And I did it again. And he fucking swiped my foot. And all I know is I saw lights. Oh, you saw the roof. I just fucking like, I remember one time I was on my feet and the next I was on my ass. And on my back, I'm like, in front of all these guys. I was like, so humbling, dude. And then you get back up and keep training.

You're like, okay, wait, don't, don't do it again. He fucking taught me a lesson. Like, is this, or he's just trying to, I know, I get what he was doing. I was trying to, we riot your brain. Stop that. Stop it. Stop it. And then, and what would you experience way more to me with the ground game.

It's like, man, it's so humbling. Yeah. And when you're kind of in like a situation at, in the, I guess, I'm what we call real world, outside world, it's like, it's like, I mean, I've been embarrassed enough. Yeah. So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so that feeling kind of kind of gone. Yeah, it's just like overly calm and like a high pressure like scenario. People are, you get, that's very tense. You're just like, it's all good, man.

It's all good. That's why I wanted you to go in there because I was like a lot of people say, oh, I kick so many asses. I'm like, cool. That's whatever. Just don't be that person now and come to the gym. Because if you have that, if you have that fight in your fucking heart, it's good in this gym. You have that. I'm not saying going there and knock people out, but, you know, you'll fight a little harder.

You'll train a little harder. Yeah. And, you know, when you came in, I was like, just show up, dude. Everyone's cool. I'm all. They know you're my homie. They know you're a musician. Yeah. You know, um, just coming and show up and you fucking did. And that's why I was like in this, in this, in this scenario, you're going to feel like, oh, man, I'm fucking terrible.

But out of that scenario, you're going to fuck up nine out of ten people because that's some really high level of shit that, you know, they're making it to where it's like, uh, how you're saying Alex had, um, last last podcast you were saying Alex has like funny, um, scenarios. Yeah. But sometimes they hit and you're like, oh yeah. Oh, yeah. Same thing. Same thing with martial arts, whether it be on the feet or on the ground. You got to relate it to where it makes sense to them, it registers to them.

And then, because, you know, just like you playing a riff. And you could say, oh, no, just do it like this. I bet, oh, shit, I'm going to try to interpret it my way. But if you break it down, why to play it that way, then I'll be like, okay. Like, like, Isaiah swooping the other foot when you were throwing the kick. You know, like, you look at the, you're like, oh, shit. Yeah. And it's just like, you know, he didn't do it to hurt you or for an eagle play.

He did it for your well-being. Like, you know, do it like this. that way if they try to do that it's not going to work and your kick's going to fuck them up yeah yeah totally which uh you know you taught me you know like anyone that might be struggling with like maybe some uh unnecessary anxiety or maybe lack of confidence or uh maybe not feeling safe out there in the world i really highly recommend his training any kind of martial art it's very humbling any kind of discipline yeah it's very humbling it's humbling oh yeah it'll just give you i'll give you a little little pep in a step for me it did yeah and see that goes with me today I'm gonna train for you know a couple

years and it's still with me like so like there yeah I highly recommend I'm very lucky to have you as a good friend in my life where I had someone if you're watching listening if you don't know like Nick like for years

was telling me come train dude come train I'm like no dude I'm not gonna fucking I'm gonna fucking I'm in I'm in a band dude I'm fucking cool. Like you are cool. No, no. But, you know, I mean.

You'll be fucking cooler. Especially back then. I was a fucking little. Rockshad, dude. Yeah. I was a little shithead back then. And then for years, like, you kept, you were persistent, dude, for years. Everyone ever.

I was like, dude, just come training. Trust me. I'm all later on, you'll be glad you fucking did. Yeah. You'll be glad you did. So lucky that you kept, you kept on it. And then, you know, after, you know, after we had an extensive, uh, after Mitch passed away and like

before after then you know I got a you know I got dumped up dumped up by my girlfriend I'm like all right I have all this energy we're not torn for at least another year I have all this energy then like fuck it I'm just gonna call call Nick fuck it I'm calling him yeah

like there's no thought I'll call him that was the best phone one of the best phone calls I've had plenty from you like you told me shit I'm like fuck yeah but that one was the best because I was like worried because I was like fuck man Mitch is gone like is he gonna tell me is the band done

or I didn't know dude I didn't know what you were going to tell me because I knew about you and the ex and I was like fuck I hope he's all right and then when you're like I'm gonna I'm gonna get your offer I was like yeah dude it was the thousand pounds stress monkey on my shoulders popped off and just like you hit the fucking showcase show tonight prices right I was like yeah you're gonna go train and I was like half of me was like okay you know he's just saying that but you were always you're always man in your word that's why I was like I boom go to this website get these shing guards get these gloves get this cup get this mouthpiece if you want to get the heavier you get the

heavier save money on this spend the money on this and then then boom i show up that fucking monday and you're already at the fucking door with your gym bag waiting and i was like that's what's up dude that's fucking what's up i was early i remember it showed up 10 minutes really sitting there plenty of time to like sit there and it's be terrified yeah which just added to the whole experience i was terrified dude jesus christ but it was it was awesome because you you didn't stop you know a lot of people like they'll go in for like one class or half a class and they'll just walk out they're like no half a class and walk out there was these two guys from work that it kicked so many fucking asses you know they there were the guys like when

there was like work parties at Pichanga. Yeah. One was a pit boss. Another guy was a dealer. And I was cool with them because I, you know, I had to do like, if someone hit a jackpot, I had to bring out the camera and microphone and the lights and shit, you know, they put them on blast so everyone knows who they are. So they kissed that person's ass and they want to spend more money at the casino.

But these guys, they were like, oh, you train? I was like, yeah, a little bit, you know, they're all fucking, fucking go. Come train, dude. Fucking, come train, dude. Fucking, come train, everyone, come train. It's like a mother's love. There's more room for fucking more people. I want you guys come train.

I want to punch. and every one of you motherfuckers in the fucking face. You know, not hard, but of course you want to hit him. And these guys showed up, and when we were just warming up for 10 minutes, warming up on the mat, one of them grabbed me a shit and he left. He was like, fuck that, dude. He just saw the warm up and left.

The other guy that had his gloves from Target, I don't know what brand they were, but they had like the elastic and stretchy. You know, the shitty ones, you give the little kids to punch like Bozo the clown of the balloon. He had those and I was all right, he's got heart. And then he stayed, I mean, he was like puking. puking up fucking foam, dude.

Because when you're exhausted, and you don't have that condition. Oh, yeah. You vomit. You saw it puking. He's peaking up foam, dude. And I was like, oh, I drink some electrolytes, you know? Yeah, my buddy Tommy, he lasted the class.

His buddy, I forget the other guy's name. He grabbed his shit and he loved you. Like, fuck this. Grab your shit and left. And that was the guy that left was the shit talker. The guy that left was the shit talker. He kicked so many asses. Tommy just was like, oh, I used to kickboxing.

He's all in Vietnam. He's Vietnamese. I'm like, fuck, yeah. We were taking kickboxing class, right? Yeah. And the other guy was a boxer, and he saw it was just coached down in the warmup, how we do run around the mat. Yeah. Same warmup we do for 10, 15 minutes, and stretch, and then they start going.

Yeah. The guy, he thought it was going there, drop one punch, and then make it rain and go home, you know? He saw what everyone was doing for the warm, he was like, fuck this shit. Oh, it's fucking work, man. It's work. It's straight up cardio, dude. And I'll never forget the one time you text me, you're like, I fucked up. And I was like, what did you do?

And you told me someone was, like, oh, yeah, you think you're Mr. Muaytai now. They threw a kick and automatically your muscle memory just checked the kick and they were like oh oh And I was like yeah, dude it hurts you but it hurts them a hell of a lot more Especially when you block it right. It's like you see people flamingo their fucking shins dude It's such an art form man. It's super cool and again I was so lucky just I probably wouldn't have you know If I if I didn't have you You know like being so pretty I'm talking years I'm years like if you just asking about and I'm so lucky and I'm so lucky like Like, I can't imagine my life now.

You know, I definitely had a big piece in a foundation of suicide silence and making sure the band keeps... There's a lot of little things you do. Like, Training was, like, huge, dude. Training was definitely huge, getting, like, the head clear and focus on, you know, keep going, you know? Well, like how you were saying, um, during that time, you were newly single, Mitch had just passed.

You weren't going to tour for a year. You had all that energy to burn. Yeah. if I wouldn't have been poking and proud to you to come do some martial arts you probably would have went to the gym and got all buff and like how you're saying

you're a shit-ed thinking well you are but not a shit-ed but you are rocked you're saying I get it but carrying themselves with that mentality and then getting buff on top of that and having like that eagle yeah it's bad it's bad news dude you came to the part where it's fucking

even better because you don't look all buff but you're strong as shit and it humbles us because we got our ass kicked every fucking day from our friends yeah yeah yeah you found you found the loophole being able to punch your friends in the face. Not hard, I mean.

I know, yeah. Like when Keith was fighting Joe Schilling in Bellatory at Bichanga, our buddy Frenchie was getting his cardio ready. So then he would just blow him out on the freaking tie badge, just gas him out, and then we would run in the cage immediately afterwards, and I would just be like side control, top mount, making him get up off his back.

Just dragging, like, just dragging an anchor, trying to swim his fast again, dragging an anchor. Yeah. Just get his lungs ready. And just the fight, you know, the nature the beast, he got up. And I was like fighting for a single wing. And it was just no-gi jihitsu, but we had gloves on just to simulate

MMA. Yeah. And automatic muscle reaction. He just punched me in the face. Like blood just like catch a pack. It's like out of my nose. He's, oh, I'm sorry. I'm like, dick.

Like, you'll be lunched now. What the fuck? You know, but it's crazy because you've been doing it for so long and these are your friends that when they punch you in the nose we start bleeding and you laugh. Yeah.

And you're like, all right. Organic root smoothie on you now, motherfucker. You're like, you know, I came here to helping you fucking bust my nose. Yeah. Which is part, you know,

you can't be a place you mean, when it's like, when they got a fight coming up, so you got to be a good friend and take it. Totally. But,

yeah, it's very humbling to where outside of the gym or, you know, the training that you do there, you carry yourself very respectfully. Not that, oh, I could just fuck up everyone

to do that. Who the fuck wants to walk around like that? Yeah. That's like you walking around like in a guitar center, I'm better than everyone here. Yeah, of course.

Do you really want to walk around like that? No, no, it's not. Chances are, you probably are you know or there could be a kid that never made a fucking album that's like a wizard on the fucking fretboard you know but you never know you know it's like yeah

but I don't I don't carry myself that way yeah that's the way you do it man hell yeah it feels good it's knowing that knowledge well not only that but it's like you know that's why I'm always want to share the knowledge and the goal is dude like open a fucking gym that way get you guys on the mat

do some jit-to friends that only want to do boxing or only want to do like freaking strength the conditioning or even fucking yoga. Get a yogi in there teaching yoga. You remember, we do yoga at Team Quest. Yeah. I'd be all fucked up after your jih Tzu, Moitza, you know, do some MMA with my friends.

And I was, oh, I'm not doing yoga. My buddy, Tune Friorski. We're taking Muay and we're all fucked up. He's like, you want to do yoga? Let's go. There you go. If you go, I'll go. I've been wanting to go, but I won't go alone.

There you go. It's a bunch of hot chicks in there. I don't want to be that one greasy guy thinking these girls were like, oh, of course he's sitting in it back for downward dog. Yeah, yeah. You know? And then I was like, let's go.

And then so boom, we go into yoga and our friend Shannon's the yogi. And then she was like, where are you hurt? And she would structure the class around our injuries to where she stretched out. So everyone else that just does yoga, they're getting a good workout. But it's like, she's making the class to where it's like, you know, if you got a hard leg kick, she'll make sure you stretch out that quad and the fucking hamstring a lot. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, she would do that for us.

It was really fucking cool. That's tight, man. Yeah, dude. But, I mean, full circle, even with the martial arts with you with the fucking musicianship, Like, you know, you're a fucking red belt, which is a black belt for fucking a long time. You know, you have the discipline, like, knowing, like, oh, fuck, shit's got to get done. Because you got to carry the torch for the fucking, for the seven string fucking strap, man. I love that.

I keep looking at that. I love that guitar. I love it, man. It's crazy. It's here. It's here, dude. It's fucking hearing the fleshless made down the street. That's so badass.

Literally that came from down the street. That's such a badass guitar, man. That's all I'm all. That's your sawed off shotgun, dude. That thing's sick as fuck. I kind of do you feel like there's a gun by me yeah me that's just you there you

I got two bazookas right in my fucking tittyes I got to burn them off that's why I started running the day I went to sam's club yesterday I got a big old fillet of freaking salmon couple lean steaks some of tri-tips and then a shit ton of chicken and veggies and case of water because on my off days it's like all right you know I'll eat some pizza

drink a couple of claws or whatever yeah and then fucking during work it's just meal prep you got me on those when I had that fight in Vegas I had to cut all that weight. Yeah, and shit works man. I still use that recipe today. I still do a chicken every fucking day, dude. I miss that shit, dude. That was like, even

looking back, I, damn, you're fucking when you first started doing that, you were fucking on it. You just had, you knew what put in? It's tough, though. Well, me and my girlfriend just broke up and you're like, all right, don't be all shats, oh, being all mopee, crying, jalapeno. Yeah. You're all time to get in shape. And I was like,

all right, fuck it. You know, focus my energy on just training and getting in shape and then I was that fuck it I'll take a fight and I took that fight dude yeah didn't work out the way I wanted to you know that's the that's the fight game you win some loose them but yeah you know yeah if yeah like I was I was telling you like man if you the best thing that could happen in your in your life if you're going through like a breakup or you get dumped or any anything similar to that man that is the best time to start something new you got you got to direct that energy

somewhere. Yeah, focus your energy. You guys, that is literally in my experience has been like the best time in my life to start something new. Like boom, like right next day. Same or next day every time something happened. Like tragic, especially when you get dumped. And this is something big.

I took on a very big project. And like this, you got to direct the energy somewhere. Oh, for sure. You know, it's very, it's very easy to like, you know, which, you know, we've all done when we were little kids, you know, you just want to sit around a home and think about this is, that end the world. It's over. It's over. Or get a freaking rebound. I'm so happy.

It's like, no, you're not. Oh, my God. Their rebound's even worse. Yeah. The rebound is worse. It's even better than, geez, the one. It's like, the rebound's definitely not the one, dude. Oh, my gosh. But you got to show that that cut doesn't fucking hurt by getting the rebound. Yeah. That blows up in our faces.

Yeah, it does, man. Jeez. You can't. Oh. But yeah, I mean, anyone watching listening, And if you have anything like that happens to you, just take up something new, use that energy and put it somewhere. It's literally the best time. I always say it's like the best, one of the best things in my life was when I got dumped.

Literally, like that energy, like being able to put it somewhere, like, man, it would definitely change your life. Yeah, you reevaluate what's important. Totally. Because prior to that, half of your importance is that relationship. And when it gets ripped out of your, ass instead of sitting there fucking trying to lick the wound where your heart used to be

it's like no fuck that like it doesn't have to be even like hiking or anything physical like he just start painting read a fucking book you know do something yeah even that yeah it could be something fucking either small or either you yeah don't sit there with me cut your wrist with the wooden fucking spoon because it's not gonna work you just feel sorry for yourself I fuck that dude no it'll make it'll make actually yeah I'll just maximize that feeling what it seems like makes everything feel worse when it's really not that way it's bad

it sucks it's fucking horrible i mean but it'll make it seem worse you've like you'd be kind of sit in it yeah exactly it's the fucking end the world yeah it's better to assess the situation while you're in it yeah like all right how do i get out of here and how do i not do this shit again yeah oh yeah you like your goatee is always like she's the only girl that's gonna ever gonna love me

how many times have i said that yeah oh no a lot yeah quite a people You don't got to call me out, like an actual number, but you know, it's true. A few times. I got one good friend who fucking, you know, like I said, never name drop anyone. I got one really, really good friend. He went to me, he's all, I don't think she's the one. I fucking know she's the one.

And he went hard and he blew up in his face. And I was like, yes, as much fucking shit is this fucking good brother of mine gives me for fucking thinking this next one's the one, it finally back for him. And it got him too, which meant like even Stevens. I feel so good. Are you fucking talking about me? Of course. Of course I am.

That story was about me. There we go. That's fucked up. Then when he started talking, I was like, this is a big wind-up and a thick swing. Yeah, I think he's directed towards me. Because you and my buddy Anthony Purrida's, you would, they would say they're on Nick.

Verbatim, you would say, oh, no, no, no, this one's different. she's the one. And then a week later, I'm fucking crying all the pain. You're like, what happened? I thought she was the one. That's why when it blew up in his face, I was like, fuck yeah, because he's got me like 10 times right in the throat. Like, well, I'm crying, just kicking in the throat.

Laughing, laughing. So I mean, when I was finally able to laugh, I was like, fuck yeah, full circle, dude. Full fucking circle. That's, uh, well, that's what you call it, karma. Nah, dude, it's all good. You know, it's like, I thought all was rocky for climbing the fucking snow caps on the mountain

screaming she's the one she's the one and they fuck no she kicked my ass dude brought her out of her she loves me you remember you saw me in Vegas dude when we're out there for the fights I was crying all the pen to the whole fucking week dude yeah training training in 6 a.m. crying at the gym

drunk as fuck I never seen someone probably never will at my lifetime go to Vegas wake up at 5 or 6 a.m am I'm like who the fuck is waking me up it was you ready to work out

We're in Vegas. Blending the fucking Ninja Blender, dude. You would put pre-workout whatever else, I think coffee, and you would put vodka or tequila in your pre-workout. No, no, it wasn't coffee.

It was this vegan pre-workout. That's what it was. I remember that. Vegan pre-workout, I brought spinach, kale, cucumber, celery, all water-based. I knew we were pounding fucking alcohol.

But I was putting Tito's vodka because I was still hung over and I was like, oh, I got to, how do you beat the hangover? Keep drinking. Man, you will put T-O's fuck in a vegan pre-workout and go to the gym at fucking 6 a.m.

I'm like, what is he doing? Yep. Fucking crying. How are you saying? You got to, you got to, when you get dumped? Sure. Not even dumped, but we broke up. I broke up with her.

But still, her fucking ripped my heart out of my ass. Of course. I was like, how do it? You know, I want to be thinking about it the whole fucking time. So I was like, fuck it. Just go to the gym. And then how do you not think about her? You get drunk.

But I'll still, I need some pre-workout and some healthy shit. Oh my God. I was like Captain Planet fucking fermented. I was a ferment. That's a Captain Planet. He's fucking shit. Yeah. Man,

you're fucking shit for sure. That was a fun time, man. I'm glad I talked to you. I talked to coming with us. You did? You didn't want to go? I didn't. I was like, dude,

you tickets paid for. I'll buy your fucking U.S. ticket. All you got to do is come staying fucking with us for a week and just fucking party. And we did. Well,

you fucking took advantage of me and we went to a, we went to a winery in Temecula, had some sick-ass wine. Yep. So you fucking buttered me up. Yeah.

What do you call? that honey dick to you yeah we're like a fucking sick ass winery and like we're having like you know with wine tasting and winery I'm like and do you like these come to Vegas I'm like no but I was all kind of saucy I'm like okay yeah I was like bro I'm gonna go home pack a bag we'll pick you up in an hour let's freaking go it was fun and we did we had a great time we went to the um that restaurant in the MGM that Asian restaurant uh where they had Brutely's favorite fucking dish yeah the um Hong Kong seafood I got That shit there is so fucking good.

Yeah, she was fun, man. Well, speaking of being shot, you want, you want to get more shot and eat some pizza? I've been, dude, I ate no carbs today. I mean, even though I'm so fat as fuck I'm trying to run, because I kind of got shot the last two weeks. I weighed good, three pounds over my goal weight. Yeah. And then I was like, oh, I could enjoy some beers or eat a burger. Sure.

And then I was like, holy shit. Six pounds like that. So now I'm like, I could drop six pounds in two weeks easy. It hops on quick, dude. I'm right. Yeah. yeah you're for i'm seeing people during pandemic and i'm like come on bro like i know it's tough on all this but like you know fucking don't just you know put your belly button full of wrenched dress

and it did freaking buffalo wings in there you know like do something because i love doing that shit too like once a week you know i smash pizza and drink some beers and shit yeah but it's like other than that it's like boom just eat clean all week till like you you taught me that yeah for when you first started mill prepping eat fucking clean all week give yourself one cheat day so you could stack fucking pizza pancake fucking waffle, drowning in hot chocolate. He gave you that advice? I mean, not pizza pancake fucking waffle, but yeah, back when I, when I scrapped in Vegas,

when I had to go work my fucking roommate for trying to jack off my meal preps, he's the one that put me on the fuck. The weight skill that I have today is the one he still gave me, his old one. And that's what hell fucking the championship started happening, who could get in cheap quickest. And he would always do it. He would do it to his advantage to where I just started a new gig. I just got the warehouse manager at Morningstar Productions. Super stressed, figuring out the gig.

Got all these shows coming in, shows going out, trying to eat. Eating like shit, you know, because I wasn't used to yet. So he knew exactly, hey, let's bet. So that's why I fucking gained weight on the first one. That's no excuse. I mean, I should have been better, but... Yeah. For the record, people listening.

This is our fucking championship fucking weight loss belt for the who could be the last chat, so. And he won the first two. The third one we drawed. last one I won so he's up he's up by one so we keep this shit going yeah it's whoever could lose the most pounds uh in a month and I won three times and I twice out a pity I had a fucking pity I accepted the fourth fight I'm like you know what I'm just I'm just gonna let him win and you barely won and I didn't give a fuck that month I'm like you know I was eating pizza all the time and shit well okay let's start now then no you can't talk shit at a Rick place fucking interview. Woo! All right.

No, we don't gotta start now. I might start something. Soon. We'll start soon. After pizza. We'll talk about it at pizza. Oh my God.

Well, in my heart, I feel like I fucking, I feel like I'm a winner. You are a winner. Everyone's a winner. You got to just fucking believe it. There you go.

Because if you don't believe it yourself, who the fuck's interdo it? Very true, man. A lot of, you know, that's been, it's crazy how self-doubt just fucking creepy.

up man it's not it's not real if you're if you're struggling with with self-doubt i mean it's not real it's just it's uh you're really training yourself to really you don't just feel it okay this is but keep keep doing what you want you want to do yeah we are our own biggest critic even how absolutely excuse me oh oh oh boy um even with podcast you would tell me stuff and i would be like bro even like when when we would set up stages for shows like like the freaking banjo that drapes, you know, something so minuscule, we'll be like, oh, dude,

and we're like, no one sees that. We see it, because we built it. Just like you with the podcast, you built this shit from fucking scratch. You and Cici put this together, you know? And like little, little things like you'll notice, other people won't notice, you know? Of course. Or me, like, you know, with my background with, like, you know, my work

for the last 15 years, if I see something, I'm going to DM you, like, oh, dude, like, if you see that, you know, and it's up to you to make the call because it's your gig, you know, your executive producer. Yeah. But me being your fucking bro, your friend. And also, too, like, you know, I want you to have the best shit. And it is this fucking podcast rules, man.

I appreciate you having me on for the second time. That's why I bring some bubbly. I know this is a... Next to my belt. ...selebratory episode. You are the first returning guest, you know? That's right. And we're at the point where we pretty much worked out all the kings for the audio, the lighting, like, the visual.

So I think you're getting like the first official where I'm feeling comfortable. Like, this is how it's going to look. This is it. So it's cool for you to come back. I see it, you know, see from growing up. I'm really, I'm really, Nick, you fucking, you got me out of a, of a fucking bad situation today. So thank you for coming in clutch, you know. Let's go, of course, man, always been, bro.

A lot of my friends, like, even Tom, like, when he had to drive the mats back to Chattanooga, he's like, pro, you want to help me? I'm like, I always help with my friends. And also, too, you don't got to do it expecting someone in return. I do it out of the love of my heart of these people that I have close to my life, because they're that close for a fucking reason. So when you hit me up, I'm like, done, dude.

Let me just go run the mountain first with my homie. And then, you know, make sure your mother's okay and, you know, check with the family. Were you doing anything today? No, okay, I'm going to go hang out my fucking bro and his chick and talk about, you know, chop it up about life and fucking go slam some pizza. Yeah.

Well, the thing is time for some pizza, huh? Yeah, for sure. We're going to go up the street and go to Graziano's. Thanks for having me on, you guys. Yeah. Well, Nick, thank you. everyone watching. Oh, wait, where people find you?

On Twitter and Instagram, I think it's my name underscore Nick Vega. I just do that to like, it's public, anyone can sing me by, I just do that to like differentiate me with everyone else name that. Yeah, yeah. And then on just Facebook, it's just Nick Vega.

And they're all open. I've nothing. I'd. If I got a fight coming up, then I go private, that way they can't, you know, do homework. I'm 401 now. The only thing I'm doing now is J-Jitsu, maybe kickboxing, but MMA I'm too old man. No, you are, you are a, young gentleman and a scholar and chat.

All right, time to get more shot. All right, let's go get a shot. Everyone, thank you. Oh, yeah. Later.