Hey guys, welcome back to another vlog. I am picking up exactly where I left off in the last vlog. It's currently Thursday night and we're going to do a little weekend in my life and I'm very excited because I am going to be doing hair again in a salon for the first time in almost a year. I've been a licensed cosmetologist since the beginning of 2018. I love it, it's my passion, but I got really burnt out. And then in the beginning of December, this past December, I moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. I just wanted a little bit of a break and then what I thought was going to just be like maybe a three month break ended up being almost a year later. So I haven't done hair since the beginning of December, it's now the end of October. So it's been a while, I've still been doing it obviously on like friends and family here and there on the side at home, but it's so different compared to like actually doing it in a salon on clients that you don't know, like on a stranger, you know. So I started working in a salon a couple months ago, doing the front desk, being around the other stylists, seeing them do hair all day. It was definitely making me start to miss it. So I decided that I am going to start taking clients on Saturdays, on just like occasional Saturdays. And that way I'll have very limited availability, which will allow me to be super selective about the clients I take and the hair that I choose to do.  So I literally am only going to do hair when I want to and only do the type of services that I want to do. I feel like this will be kind of the perfect balance for me because I'll still get to do it, but I'm not going to be overdoing it to the point where then it's going to make me get burnt out again. That's the plan, that's what's going on. And the Saturday is when I'm going to be having my first clients. But we'll talk more about that later. Right now I pulled out my big bin of hair stuff. I'm just going to go through it and pull out stuff that I need. Water bottle. I will be bringing that. I have my hand mirror. Ooh, my apron. I have two. I'm going to use the denim one. Frame art detangling brushes. These are a must have for me in my kit. I love them. They're like the wet brush, but so much better in my opinion. Then I have all of my round brushes. These are the Cricut round brushes. These are pretty good. I also really like the Olivia Garden ones, but those are pricier. These I feel like are the best round brushes you can get for the price. Like if you're looking for a more affordable price, these are super good. A couple of combs. Then I have my Babelis flat iron. Then I have this one and a quarter inch hot tools. Curling iron. Love this thing. I have a few clips in here. I love these butterfly clips. These are good if you need to hold a lot of hair if you have someone with really thick hair. Then I love alligator clips because you can section with these at the same time. Especially when I'm cutting hair, I always use these.  I've got this whole little box from Cosmoprop. Highly recommend. You never have too many combs, and especially if you're working in a salon with a bunch of other people, you tend to get your stuff mixed up, combs, clips, those kinds of things tend to get lost. It's always good to have a bunch of extras. Then foiling combs. I always get the extra long foiling combs because the foils just fit over this so much better. Then I also have stuff in these drawers. Let's see. I have more clips. I'm just going to bring all of the clips that I have of another long foiling comb. Then of course, I need my shears. I'm working the front desk at the salon tomorrow. When I'm there tomorrow, I will just double check and see what other stuff I might need. I just wanted to get all of this out and ready to go because tomorrow is going to be a really long busy day and I don't know if I'm going to have time to get to it tomorrow. I have this tote bag here. I think it should all fit in there. I'm actually going to wash this tonight because it doesn't smell bad, but it kind of smells like it's just been sitting in a box for months because it has. I am going to throw this in the wash and then go to bed because it is 10 p.m. I have to be at the salon at 8 o'clock, so I'll be getting up at about 6. I'll see you tomorrow. When I tell you, I almost had a heart attack when I opened that door. That was not there last night. Sit, wait, okay, good boy. Had out the door soon. This was the best that I could muster up at 7 in the morning. The sun is not even up yet, so I'm just grabbing a couple things I'm going to bring with me because I'm going to be working a longer shift today. I get in at 8 and the earliest that I'm probably going to get out of there is 5 o'clock, so my friend, luckily, is the best. She's amazing. She's going to come by later this afternoon to let Benny out and she's going to bring her dog to play with him. The same dog that I was dog-sitting a couple weeks ago, if you guys saw those vlogs. So got our coffee. I made some hard-boiled eggs. I'm going to take these to go as well. I'm also going to bring a Greek yogurt and a little mandarin orange. Tonight, I'm planning on going to my friend's house, the same one that's coming over to take Benny out. We are having a wing off at her place. I'm not really sure who's going to be there or what we're doing exactly, but I think we're just all making wings and we're just all going to each do a different sauce and we're just going to eat wings. I'm going to have that after I get out of work. I feel like that might hold me over, but we will see. Then I'm also going to bring my Bellway Super Fiber capsules. These should also help to keep me full throughout the day. This portion of the vlog is sponsored by Bellway. Thank you so much to them for working with me again. 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I usually, because I have a dog, normally I don't have someone come and check in on him throughout the day. So I typically only work like five hour shifts at a time, like five to seven hours. But today I ended up being there for almost nine and a half. It was just rough because if you guys saw my last vlog, it's just been a very draining week. Benny was sick earlier this week and there were two nights in a row where I didn't get any sleep. And then I ended up having to take him to the vet first thing in the morning on Wednesday. And I just feel like all week after that I just felt so drained. Don't mind how crazy I look. This has been my routine lately because my skin was just acting kind of weird. I hadn't changed my routine at all or like the products I was using but I just kept breaking out. I think what it might be, because I noticed that majority of my breakouts were happening on one side of my face and they were all happening in the same spot, like right here. And then I realized when I'm at the salon and I answer the phone, I hold the phone on this side of my face while I'm like doing stuff on the computer with my right hand. And I think the phone from just so many people using it and touching it all throughout the week, it just, you know, gets bacteria and it needed to be cleaned and I think that's what was causing my breakouts. I rubbed the phone down with some alcohol and I don't have any new breakouts this week. So I think that's what it was. But yeah, I don't know, my skin was just like breaking out and just kind of feeling and looking like blah. So whenever that happens, I just go back to the basics and I don't even bother with all my usual steps. I will just make sure that I cleanse really well and then I use the old school Nivea cream in the blue tub. I'm telling you, this stuff is amazing. It does not clog your pores. It's for your face and body and anytime I have issues with my skin, like whether I'm breaking out a lot or my skin feels super dry or it's irritated or I accidentally over exfoliated or whatever. This, at least for me anyway, I am not a dermatologist or an esthetician. So I can only speak for myself and my, you know, and what works for me. But I've been using this stuff for years and years and years. It is trying to true. I repurchase this so many times.  But anyway, so she had a bunch of people come over and I'm sorry that I didn't get more vlog footage, but I was trying to be in the moment and plus there were a lot of people there and I feel weird like just recording people that don't really know me. Um, there were quite a few people there that I had literally just met for the first time tonight and I just felt weird like recording what was going on without, you know, like them knowing or their consent. I think about how weird that is.  In someone's video that you don't even know. But she made a whole bunch of just plain wings and we all had our own sauce and every person got a plate. We dipped one wing in each sauce, tried all of them and then we all voted for our favorite one. Some people actually like made their own homemade sauce from scratch and I was like, oh. I literally just went to the grocery store and just picked a random one off the shelf that sounded good.  It was like so creative and so cute. I ended up not staying for that because at that point it was almost nine o'clock and I was like, it has been over 12 hours since I've been home. I am just exhausted. I need to go home. I have to shower because I have to get up early again tomorrow. So I just wanted to get home and like get my life together a little bit. So that way in the morning, I'm not scrambling like a fool because if I was just going to be standing behind the front desk, I wouldn't care. You know, it doesn't matter but I'm going to actually be doing hair tomorrow. I want to feel good, well rested, prepared on my A-game, you know, so I showered. I think I'm just gonna let my hair air dry and I already know what I'm gonna be wearing tomorrow. So that's good. That's like half the battle sometimes honestly. It's already 10 o'clock now so I'm gonna try to get to bed. My first client tomorrow is at 10 a.m. So not too terrible. I want to get to the salon around 9.30 so that way I will have time to set up and get prepared. Today I was scoping out the salon a little bit more and really studying all the products in the color room just so I know exactly what's there and what I'm working with. I don't know. I feel okay. Like I feel pretty confident and comfortable. Part of me is also just like a little nervous because it's just been a while since I've been in the swing of things. I will see you in the morning and I'm hoping I sleep well tonight so that way I'll feel refreshed in the morning. Good morning. I feel really good this morning. I was a little bit nervous last night because I just felt so tired and honestly last night part of me was kind of dreading today but this morning I actually woke up before my alarm I'm feeling refreshed and I'm excited and I actually feel like really good. I thought that I was gonna be a little bit more nervous but I feel like my brain is just automatically going back into stylist mode and even though it's been almost a year since I've taken clients in a salon I just feel like I'm getting right back in the groove. Like I'm just this was my life for so many years you know waking up on Saturday mornings and my schedule for the longest time too was Saturdays I would have my first client at 10 o'clock so that's what I'm doing today and it just feels the way it used to be. Like I don't know I just I mean we'll see how I feel when I actually get there but so far I feel good. I feel excited. I'm just mixing together the essence pretty natural foundation and the makeup forever HD skin and I'm blending it out with the Morphe M439 brush.   My worry was not that I was going to be nervous about doing hair because like I said earlier I've still been doing hair this whole time on friends and family. It's not like I stopped doing it all together. I think it's just like being in this particular salon and like I don't know just knowing where everything is knowing like the water pressure in the shampoo bowls and like how hot do they typically get and I don't know. I think it's because the last salon I was at I was there for several years so I just knew that place like the back of my hand. I knew every single product that was there. I knew just how everything worked. I just felt so comfortable there so it's just like getting familiar and comfortable with a new space I think is what was making me like a little bit nervous and originally I wanted to have one of my friends come in to be my first client at the salon so that I could have a little bit of like a practice run because I also don't want it to seem it's not like I'm coming straight out of beauty school you know like when I was a brand new stylist I didn't really care if a client could tell I didn't really like feel comfortable or I didn't really know 100% what I was doing I was still figuring things out you know because like I was brand new I was fresh out of school but now I don't want people like I feel confident I know what I'm doing I know I'm a good stylist and a really good colorist because I'm new to this salon I don't want them to see me like I don't even struggle but just like I don't know I don't want them to think like who is this girl she doesn't know what she's doing and then you know what I mean I don't know ultimately it doesn't matter because I know what I'm doing and I know it's gonna turn out well these are just you know thoughts going on in my mind and I just wanted to share them because I feel like this is probably relatable whether you also are starting in a new salon like you just changed salons recently or if you just graduated school and you're just starting out or if you're in a similar situation like me where you took a little bit of a break from hair and now you're just getting back into it just know that if you're feeling this way I'm right there with you I'm also feeling it just remind myself you know what you're doing you're good at what you do and even if you don't really know what you're doing and you're just starting out we all start somewhere we've all been there you eventually will know what you're doing and you eventually will become super confident in your work and it'll all be okay here's my outfit I'm wearing this dress from Sheehan and then I'm wearing my combat boots from H&M I got them a while ago so I'm not sure if these exact ones are going to be available still but I did see almost identical ones at Target recently so I will either link these or if they're not available I'll link Target ones and then my hair because I slept on this side last night this was like a little bit less curly so I just pinned it back with a couple bobby pins I'm gonna throw on my black denim jacket and head out I'm excited I'm so sorry by the way I didn't get any footage of my clients it was just so hectic and only one of them actually follows me online and like knew who I was the rest of them were just new to the salon it had called and I just decided to book them with me so yeah I didn't want to like just have a camera recording what I was doing and then be like um what why are you recording this you know and on top of that I ended up running behind and then I was playing catch up and then I was like doing two people at once it was a little stressful so I just didn't and I also wasn't doing anything like really transformative that was worth like taking pictures of so I didn't even get like any after pictures or anything like that so I apologize I know that stuff is interesting to watch but I do have a few color corrections and some highlights and stuff coming up over the next few weeks so as I started to like get back into the groove of things I will definitely bring you guys more of the content I used to do when I would just like set up the camera and just record myself and do like a time lapse of me working in the salon I definitely want to do that again because I missed that my first two clients were haircuts but both of them had such thick hair and honestly the first client I realized at one point like I was shaking a little bit like I was nervous and not because of the client like luckily they got everyone I had was so incredibly nice and easy going so it was a really good first day I don't know it was weird like doing this again and I felt like I was like moving so slowly but then by the end I was like going super fast and like I was just back you know like I just felt like I was back it's just so crazy how like it wasn't even like a super long day it wasn't anything crazy but oh my god I physically like my shoulders and my back and my feet are like killing me and I'm like how did I used to do this four days a week every week for years like how so it's going to take like a little bit of my body kind of getting used to that again I originally was planning on going out tonight and like celebrating Halloween I'm not sure if I'm still going to do that uh it's five o'clock now so I'm just going to chill for a bit and we'll see in a couple hours how I feel if I end up going out but I'll check back in a little bit later and I'll let you know what my plan is for the night it's now eight o'clock eight twelve to be exact and I'm in bed I took a nap for a little bit maybe like an hour or so on the couch and then I just woke up and my wrists were killing me it's embarrassing kind of I'm like holy shit one day of doing hair for clients and it has taken a toll on my body like my back and shoulders are feeling better and like my feet feel fine now and now it's just my wrist and it's like all the way from here like down into my forearms and I took excedrin because I was like trying to massage them and nothing was helping and it was to the point where it was like just this pulsating non-stop pain they feel a little bit better but I don't think it's like fully kicked in yet so I'm just trying to like keep them elevated if I keep them elevated they're not so bad but I feel like a freaking old woman oh my god can someone please comment down below and let me know if you also work in like the cosmetology field or the service industry or anything really where you're like on your feet did you take a long break and then come back and also feel the same way like please give me a little bit of reassurance here like I this is just so ridiculous but I'm kind of upset because tonight I was supposed to go out to celebrate Halloween because Halloween is this Monday if I really wanted to I could force myself and like pull myself together and go I physically just don't feel up to it like all I want to do is just be right where I am in sweats in bed I have my laptop here about to watch some Netflix I have a nice big cup of water I'm just gonna stay home tonight but I'm gonna have major FOMO I already was having FOMO because of last night having to leave early I saw videos of everybody doing the scavenger hunt at my friend's house last night after I left and it just looked so fun and I'm like pissed that I missed out on that but at the same time I I'm glad that I came home and went to bed because I needed it if you went out and celebrated Halloween I hope that you had a good time I will see you in the morning good morning no good afternoon it's 12 already my friend told me they ended up going out last night and she said she has never seen it so packed downtown they didn't even end up dressing up because they decided last minute to go out they couldn't find parking anywhere so they had to park in a parking garage they got back to the car around 2 30 and because it was so packed and so many people were leaving at the same time they didn't even make it out of the parking garage until four so yeah had I gone out with them I probably wouldn't have gotten home till at least like 4 30 even though I do kind of have FOMO and like I kind of wish that I had went out but I'm just grateful that I didn't but I just listened to my body and then I stayed home and rested because it was such a good relaxing night I felt amazing and I feel like I don't know like going out is fun but so often I think the idea of going out is more fun than actually going out unless you're like really really in the mood and like craving a night out which I wasn't you know but I always find that if I force myself and if I'm like okay yeah it'll be fun I'm there and then I'm just wishing like God I wish I was home in sweats under the covers I feel rested nothing is hurting anymore and my wrist I think it was just muscle like most of the pain was like down in my forearms so yeah I think it was just all like muscle fatigue honestly like my body is just not used to doing the motions I was doing for such a prolonged period of time you know but anyway today I have so much laundry that has been piling up so I want to get caught up on that it's several hours later I just had the most relaxing day I got all of my laundry done I put all of it away I still have to make my bed my hair's wicking crazy I think I'm gonna blow it out but I'm just letting it air dry as much as possible first and I'm about to make some dinner I'm gonna make some salmon in the air fryer with white rice and some peas and carrots and then for dessert I have some chocolate chip cookie dough so I'm gonna make a couple cookies I'm gonna drizzle a little bit of soy sauce on top and then black pepper garlic powder onion powder in the air fryer and I cook it for usually like 10 to 15 minutes or so until it gets nice and crispy on the outside and then I'm gonna make some rice by the way I just watched the season finale of tell me lies on Hulu Lucy and Steven are like made for each other because they are just both the worst human beings they both suck I hate both of them and that final scene I was like really I feel like they were just trying to go for the biggest shock value it's just so messed up like do none of these people have any kind of like friend code or morals like comment down below and let me know if you watched that show and what you think of the finale don't get away any spoilers but does anyone actually like Lucy is she supposed to be likable at all in any capacity because I literally couldn't stand her from the first scene I have the rice cooking now I'm gonna put the salmon in the air fryer we'll just start with 10 minutes and then see how it's looking after that and then I'm gonna take these peas and shred up some carrots and I'm gonna saute those with some minced garlic and some seasonings and then mix it all up happy Halloween I meant to end the vlog last night and then I realized that I never actually recorded an outro clip so here we are that's gonna be it for this vlog thank you guys so much for watching I'm gonna start a new one this week so I'm really trying to stay on top of my uploads and give you consistent videos at least one or two every week so make sure you're subscribed and you hit the bell so you get notified every time I upload so you don't ever miss one and I will see you in my next video bye


Hey there friends, how's it going? My name is Santa and today we're going to be playing Among Us and I'm going to be playing as Kevin, having a bit of an identity crisis because I also sneak into people's houses through the chimney. Anyway, let's get started. Ow! Hello everyone. It's me, Satan. That's a typo. Santa is who I am. It's yellow.  Oh god. He just got white thrown out. That's why I use yellow. All right. Well, Santa can see that everyone's vitals seem fine. Now Santa's not a medical expert, but as long as they're not flatlining, I think it's okay. I'm committing to this. It's yellow. They're on the naughty list. I'm absolutely committing to it. They got someone killed. Yellow on naughty list. If I say it in all caps, it's more convincing. Thank you. Only one other person agreed with Santa, but we got them, ladies and gentlemen. We're all safe now. I'm gonna die, aren't I?  Christmas will be ruined. Okay.  Surprisingly, Christmas is saved. Oh god. That blue is dead. That blue is dead. That blue is dead. Oh no. Oh, that worked. He said it's lime. I'm sure. And then lime just went, okay, I'll leave then. Sorry, guys. That's just left the server. It wasn't yellow, by the way, but Santa feels no remorse because Santa lived and Santa has a lot of responsibilities. Santa has covered in the blood of his enemies, calling a meeting at the start of the game. Santa would like to wish you all a merry, merry Christmas. Okay, thanks. Thanks, Santa. Okay, thanks. Oh, it's skipping.   The rest of you are lovely. Henry just keeps saying thanks over and over again. Who gives a damn? What a Scrooge. Is that what your name is? SJ? Scrooge Jr.? Yeah, that showed him. That was witty. I'm 100% gonna die if one of them are actually the killers. Oh, white is dead. Good. He deserved it for saying damn. They're saying brown. Well, if we kill 2021, then it can be Christmas forever.  Thank you, Henry. I will be sure to get you what you asked for. A giant hamster ball for your uncle. All right, 2021. You've been ejected. Now we're in 2020 forever. Everyone said everyone is delighted that this year will never end. 2021 left the game poor 2021. And to be fair, he had a bad name. It's like me last time when I was named Karen. It was a recipe for disaster. Oh my god. Why are you so angry? Oh, well, it's Henry. Henry, would you like to confess anything? You can all still make it to the nice list. Okay, I confess. Thanks, Henry. You are not really Santa. Oh, that's sweet. Wait a second. Orange's name is just imposter. He's been right under our noses this entire time. I better tell the group about this. All right, emergency meeting. Guys, we are about to feel so dumb. Orange's name is literally imposter. Oh, okay. Santa voted. Oh, he did say it was cyan. Actually, I think, oh, God, it's yellow. Oh, no. Oh, he did say that earlier. I forgot. Oh, no, we're fucked, lads. We're fucked. Oh, Jesus. Sorry, everyone. That was a little bit my fault. Yellow on naughty list. Santa, I was not sorry imposter. Santa isn't real. Yes, he is eff you. Well, Santa's an imposter. Yes, who he's coming for. The one he doesn't believe in Santa. Where did he go? Where is yellow? Show yourself, yellow. Santa won left the game.  The Santa imposter is gone. They're blaming me. He ran away from body. He is actually making stuff up to be fair. Kill yellow, everyone. Get on nice list. Henry is just like, yeah, kill him. That's what you get for accusing Santa. You know what?  I'm glad it went down like this. Come on, Henry, let's go. You're coming to the public restrooms with Santa Claus. Oh, no. This is sounding way worse now. I just want a vent in front of him. Yes, Henry. That's my boy. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Get out of here. That was the other imposter. Oh God, dead body. Saiyan innocent. And on the nice list, I might add yellow must be watching and just fuming. What is happening? Wait a second. Orange's name is literally imposter. Vote him out. This poor orange dude, but at least this time it's legit. He got three votes. Yellow is going to be so mad at what is happening here. Yes, victory for Santa Claus and his little elves. Santa WTF. If you Santa, what? Henry's going to stay with Santa. I just said kill yellow first and you're on the nice list to be fair. He's actually saying some really nasty stuff that I'm not going to include in the video for yellow. He left the game. Another one down. Oh, someone's coming. Oh, I'm so screwed. I tried to distract him. Oh, no, purple so screwed. They just walked past the body. How can we blame him? Yellow is so mad. I'm just like, hello, Henry in the middle of it. After getting caught next to a body. Oh my God, he got blamed for it. I didn't even stick up for purple. I just kind of went along with what he was saying. He started blaming blue, which made sense considering the two of us were with him.  Where is he going? I can't find Henry.   He was on the nice list, but you decapitated him anyway. Santa, thanks for now killing me. That's all I want on my list this year. Just a little note to Santa. Please don't kill me from Kevin. It's been a tough year and frankly, this would tip it over the edge. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Let's go play with live electrical wires. Wait, there's a body here somewhere. Is me. What? Wow, black. You were going on the nice list for being so honest. Yeah. He's just admitting it's him. Do some people just not like being the imposters? Is that it? Because I've had that happen like very rarely, but every now and again of the Santa is Tim Allen. Follow me, Tim. They're probably not going to be old enough to get that reference. Henry, Santa and E, all following me here.  Let's all go to Santa's Wonderland. Santa hangs out in the public restrooms. He's just like lighting a cigarette like, Oh, I can hate this time of the year. All five of us are just hanging out in the bathrooms.  They're a bit clumsy. My little elves bumping into walls. Henry, come on, dude. He's struggling a lot. We'll wait it out here. All four of us. E is gone. Where is E? Without E, then Henry is just Henry. Okay, Santa and his elves were all together. It's got to be orange, right? Let's vote orange as we were all friends in the bathroom. It could be E as well. He went missing for a while and she's went missing for a while as well. To be fair, that's what I do.  And plus we think he's really cool because he went out to smoke. All right, let's see if it actually is orange. Let's see how loyal this group is.  Oh God, run everyone. I don't think it's possible to be Henry or Santa because they were with me pretty much the whole time. All right, you know what? I'll call an emergency meeting. I'll explain to the people that lies get them on the naughty list and then they'll simply confess.  Confess. Confess to get on the nice list. It's me, Santa. Why is this lovey? People are just leaving the game? I'm not surprised. I'm sorry for killing all of these hopeless people. How come when I was playing as Father K, people weren't confessing this much to me? I got like one. This game everyone just confesses immediately as soon as I say they'll be on the nice list if they confess. Everyone else in the lobby left. We all just run off to the public bathroom. Oh, yes, it's Henry. Oh, oh no. Did he see? No, I don't think he saw. That's all just gather around him. He must be terrified.  Like you're on the nice list. If you're honest, you can still kill. Uh-oh. Just standing on the body. They're not reporting it either. It's just going to stand here until someone comes in. Wait, can we hide it? What is this lovey? Oh, this is amazing. We didn't see nothing. See, I'm still being honest because that's a double negative. We didn't see nothing. That means we saw something. It's green, black, or pink. The elves are saying pink. Okay, pink it is. I think it actually is pink because green and black are vouching for each other unless it's all just some actual strategy, which fair enough it could be because we're just going to go around the group. We're playing a different game to be honest. I just hope someone comes around the corner. Oh, it's just cheese. We're all just watching the show. Yoshi, we're just hanging out, dude. Henry just walks in the door. Hey guys, what's going on? Yoshi's joining the cult, I guess. I just love that he keeps going down and then runs all the way around. Even black is here now. Black is like, oh my God, you guys, I think I just saw him vent. It's black, immediately white. I didn't nothing. Okay, that works too. Didn't you see anything? No, maybe glitch. It's like, what?  I'm like, but no one else saw. He must be so confused. Like as a random person, they came into the lobby here. We're all just standing there mindlessly, just drooling, watching him vent. I don't think there's an end here. Maybe I should call a meeting. Henry, blow up the base. Guys, please, Henry's only thing on his list is to blow up the base. Yoshi's like, all right. You all make my days fantastic. Oh, that's sweet. God, you never realize how long a minute is until you spend it waiting to die. Oh, Yoshi, come in. Come in. Yes, the whole family's here. Let's gather around and watch our favorite activity. Henry venting over and over and over again. Good job, everyone. Merry Christmas. I've never been so happy to be defeated. Wait, there's starting another game. Don't start another game. If you start another game, it's just the five of us standing there. He's kicked out the other one. Who is imposter? I am. That's all I took. I didn't even explain myself. Just who is imposter? And he's like, me Santa gathers for his last supper. Unfortunately, the cheese just ran out the door, so don't have much of a meal. The base is just going to blow up. We're sitting by the campfire, accepting our fate. Defeated by E. Did you guys know I'm a girl and Teddy, who just joined, just went, yes. It's like, how did you know Teddy? You just joined. Henry is like, whoa. Mind blown by this. Did he try to say Feliz Navidad because this doesn't look like a good word. Henry's the best. He's wishing everyone that joins and marry Xmas. Come meet sent in bathroom. That is the most threatening sentence I think I've seen on this game today. Well, I don't think it's any of the three of us. E might not understand to be fair. I don't know if they were here when we were all venting. I think they were. Pink is dead. Wait, who was near? Was the E and Teddy with us? I, the lights were off. I kind of lost them. Wait a second. No one asked for a Teddy this year. Vote them out. I mean, I'm pretty sure it's got to be because we were with FTP earlier. It could still be them. I want to stick with Teddy. He's fallen asleep. Okay. It wasn't him in the end. It could be E then. All right. I'll just say once again, to get on the nice list, be honest. Who is it? I hope you're not lying. Santa sees you when you're sleeping and he is suspicious of your loyalty. Again, extremely threatening. Yes, they told the truth. It's a Christmas miracle. I've gotten a whole lobby of Among Us players to just tell the truth at all times. He even sounds like good Gigi. Good, good game. He loved it so much. Santa must go now, but Merry Christmas to you all. Can I get the place of Santa? Sure. You're the next Tim Allen. All right, leaving the game. Pass down the mantle to another player. Just ended perfectly. All wrapped up. It's like a Christmas movie, if anything. I hope you enjoyed folks. I appreciate you watching. Merry Christmas to you and I hope to see you next time. Bye for now.


In this example, we're going to evaluate the limit as x approaches zero of the function e to the x minus one minus x over x squared Now this does have an indeterminate form It looks like zero over zero right because as x goes to zero we get a one right here One minus one is zero and then if you put them at zero you get a zero all over zero squared So this thing does have this indeterminate form zero over zero and while Lopital's rule is actually a quite a quite slick way Of computing this one. I want to present an alternative method that will make some sense Why we're doing it in just a moment and it's not because the point of this one's not actually to compute the limit But to kind of see why the limit is what it is right Lopital's rule It's doing to get so good at computing that sometimes think they forget why it actually works So I want to offer another perspective here and we're going to do this using the Maclaurin series for e to the x Which looks like the sum n equals zero to infinity of x to the n over Infactorial and if you write this an expanded form this is going to look like Well, I'll do it down below here. So this limit, right? We're taking the limit as x approach to zero now e to the x is equal to its Maclaurin series for any value of x Particularly when you go close to zero and as such you could replace e to the x with its Maclaurin series So you get one plus x plus x squared over two plus x cubed over six plus x to the fourth over 24 Etc. And then you subtracting from that one subtracting from that x over x squared right and so look at some cancellation there We have a minus one minus one. That's the first term in the the Maclaurin series You have a negative x minus x right here and so when you cancel those things from the numerator you end up with the limit as x approach to zero of x squared over two Plus x cubed over six plus x squared over 24, right? And then we get that should be a four right there. We get x to the fifth over 120 Continue on this all sits above x squared All right, so notice here when you subtract the one and subtract the x Right the thing on top it looks like it's a Maclaurin series that starts with a quadratic term And so when you look at this thing as x approaches zero, right? We've done many limits where x approaches infinity I'm like oh you look at the the biggest term on top and bottom But when x is approaching zero you actually kind of want to look at the smallest term on top and bottom which The dominant term as you approach x equals zero be x squared on top and x squared on bottom So with this perspective using the Maclaurin series We actually see that as x approaches zero this function is a balanced rational function x squared on top and bottom And to help us compute this thing, right? We're gonna factor out an x squared from the top You factor out an x squared that leaves behind one half plus x over six Plus x squared over 24 plus x cubed over 120. That's enough go on We have an x square on the bottom this factor out x squared on top cancels with the one on the bottom And so we just get one half plus x over six plus x square over that now as x goes to zero all of these terms that have Multals of x to it will cancel and we see that this thing is equal to one half And so that gives us the correct calculation the limit here is equal to one half Had we tried to do this using L'Hopital's rule we would have done instead with the top We would have gotten e to the x minus one over 2x as x goes to zero And as you plug in zero you would still get one minus one over zero which is still in determined forms You have to do L'Hopital's rule twice In which case then you get the limit as x approaches zero You're gonna get e to the x over two and now as x approaches zero you're gonna get one half So I definitely say that the L'Hopital approach gives you a much cleaner approach, right? It's a shorter calculation I agree with you on that, but one thing you don't see from L'Hopital's rule is that e to the x Minus one minus x is essentially a quadratic power series That is this is a balanced rational function, which you don't necessarily see when you do L'Hopital's rule And so when you start realizing that function these continuous functions like e to the x are these infinite polynomials You start to realize that in some ways they behave like polynomials And so this actually is a rational function and the way we handle this would have been exactly like we handled any other rational function And so that's a quite interesting Observation right there and we'll see some other things like this in future videos as well


I got pregnant at 34 though. Okay. And it was immediately slotted into the high risk section. 38 gave baby at 39. And I'm probably, if I do have another one, I don't want to have it until I'm like in my 40s. Today I have my love, Shameless Maya all up in the building to discuss having a baby after 35. The cons, but mostly the pros. Now I want to be clear that if you want to carry a baby waiting until this age can decrease your chances of being able to do so. If you're a younger person considering delaying, you should speak with your doctor or a fertility specialist. What factor does age play in someone's ability to get pregnant? Yeah, it's a good question. You definitely have a higher chance when you're younger. So your chances go down as you age because our eggs get older, our bodies are exposed to more toxins. Age does play a role. So biologically, although we see in the media, you know, women are having babies when they're late 40s. And you know, there are other ways to get pregnant and to help your body. But typically as you get older, your chances go down because your general health goes down and biologically, reproductively, your hormones are changing. So that makes a difference. And the one thing that no one talks about is the age of the male partner because that makes a difference too, as he ages, his sperm quality can change as well. Let's talk about being old, wrinkly and new mamas. Yes, she old mom. You know what I found out joyfully that aging is not linear. I aged terribly this year. I got so many more gray hairs. Literally Maya, someone came to my house and she was like, you don't have fillers in your face. She's like, that's really brave of you. So it made me feel like, oh, like, we think of aging as this decline that's constantly happening, but it's really more ebbs and flows. So giving yourself the space because you're not sleeping as much. 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Okay, I'm gonna have Ryu here for a quick little cameo to say hi to Auntie Maya and hi to cousin Saga. Say hi. Hi. Hey. Yeah.  See you later, Ryu. Bye. Did you think 34 was old for you? I loved having you as a friend throughout this time. I was actually just reflecting on how crazy it is that we had a baby a year apart, Maya. Yeah. That's nuts. So I loved having you as a friend because you never were worried about it and I remember you said that in your family, like people always had babies older and there was just, I think a big part of me, there was a time, I'm not gonna lie. When I was, I took my IUD out in September and then I thought that I would get pregnant like September 30th. And when I did it, I was like, oh, I had always told myself that I'd had time. So when I was trying to get pregnant and I wasn't getting pregnant, I said to myself, oh my gosh, have I made a terrible mistake? And I kept telling myself that I could have everything when I wanted it and maybe that's just not the truth and maybe I missed my window. No, my philosophy was, if I meant to have a kid, I'll have a kid and I'm not putting any pressure on myself. Because here's the extra added caveat though. We both have younger partners. Oh yeah. So that didn't impact you. We're the same person. That didn't impact you at all where, yeah, it's one thing for you to say like, okay, I'm older and if it happens for me but then when you have a younger partner, you're like, oh, shit, like they could be with somebody younger who's able to be fertile if that's not a possibility for me. Well, actually, if anything, Max felt more pressure, if anything. I don't know if pressure is the word, but he felt more confronted with, oh, Maya's older, she'll probably want to have kids sooner. So I have to negate waiting until whatever. Did he feel that from the outside world or like internal? Hold on, let me ask you right now. Max, did you feel pressure from you? Did you feel pressure from the outside world to have a baby with me sooner or was it from yourself? I think both. Oh, oh, there you go, both. I felt pressure from never Jared but people in Jared's circle. Oh, oh. We went to Thanksgiving, which was in November and at that time I had already been trying to get pregnant for two months before that and not successful. And then somebody in his extended family was like, how old are you again? Oh no, not again. So she was like, oh, well, are you thinking of getting pregnant? Are you gonna get on that soon? Like you should really start really getting more intentional about that. And first of all, I didn't know this lady that well, but it was just like. They do say though, it makes sense for an older woman to be with a younger man because younger men have more fertile, and I'm saying this fertile sperm to like compensate for whatever issues that may be happening with an older woman. I did not know that. Yeah, I don't, I mean, I don't know what the study is but it's, it works apparently. It balances out. It balances out. They're sprightly sperm and you're slow mosey and egg. But in my opinion, I think it has more to do with, now here I go. I want to say lifestyle choices and it's less to do about age and more to do about how much toxins are in your body building up over the course of years. I want to talk about the pros and the cons of being an older mom. So you get to pick, cause you're my guest of honor. You want to start with pros or cons? Pros. Yes. You get to live your best life with like no strings attached. Now that I'm a mom, I'm like, oh my God.   Yes. Like you can literally put time aside and not feel like you're putting yourself aside. Yeah.  On her first birthday, we were at the airport. So I was traveling for that Caribbean job. Okay. And we were at the airport and we missed the flight. I want to say because of her, but really it's because of me. But in essence, we have to like show all this paperwork. We get to the final stage and they were like, oh, can we see the baby's COVID test? And I was like, do you want to repeat that sentence to yourself? Cause you sound nutty. The baby's COVID test? And she was like, yeah, everybody to get into this country has to have a COVID test. And so we're like, well, she doesn't. So they're like, well, you're not getting the plane. And so I was at the airport with her, kind of just reflecting on like, oh, like I could really miss this opportunity. I was like, nothing is more important to me than being in my kid. And I know how much my career mattered to me in my 20s and in my early 30s. And I just feel like that would have not been an easy decision for me then. And if I did make it, it would have been filled with so much resentment. So I'm grateful to be older, to feel like I've given enough to myself that I can do all the self-sacrificing, which is so much more sacrificing than I anticipated, but that I can do all the sacrificing for a baby. And that's difficult. I can imagine that it might be difficult when you still think there's so much more life that you still have to live and so many more dreams that you have to accomplish. Yeah. You know, my mom gave me really good advice and she was like, my, I don't feel that you need to have a kid. Like life is so beautiful and so full as it is. Like look at your life. You're doing so much. I wasn't able to do when I had you and your brother. And this is my mom speaking as a single mom, having raised two kids. And I felt that in my heart. I'm like, if I don't have kids, it's okay. I'm like, I'm living such a beautiful life anyways. I think that's a huge part of waiting is being okay with any outcome. Right, yeah. I am so grateful literally every day that I'm an old-ass mama. Yeah, me too. There's like so many times a day that I'm like, think I'm like, thank God. Like I'll say another pro before we move into some cons, but I'm so grateful because there's so much judgment as a mother. Oh my God, yeah. I've never experienced in my life the amount of people who've had an opinion about something that they have such limited information on, which is my life, what happens in my home. But there's so many people, one, your family, to the internet. And so I'm like, thank God I'm old. Like I don't take it personal or take it on. Thank God that, because it's a really big place of insecurity. I will say that. I think no matter what age you are, you're doing something so important and so new and so nuanced that you have a lot of fear in yourself and a lot of insecurity of like, am I doing this right? Am I good at it? And I don't look to people who are not within the home to answer that question. Yeah, I mean, if anything, I just kind of laugh. Like I did a video on my channel with my husband, Max. I was patting Saga and she was sleeping. And if I wasn't doing that, she was crying. And somebody in the comments was like, oh my God, could you imagine how annoying it must be to be padded? Like put yourself in her position. I'm like, if she hated this, I would know. Trust me, I would know. And then I'm like, and I'm like, what person would say this? I'm like, clearly you're not a mother. But I will say I do have friends that had kids in high school and they are also living their best life as an adult. Like they're like, oh girl, like my kid has grown and taken care of herself. And now I'm like going here, going there. So I guess there are pros and cons depending on how you look at it. Yeah, I think one of the cons for sure is that it's kind of in hindsight by us though, because I love who I am today. And I love my life today. And I'm like, man, if I had a dope 10 year old right now who was with me and like moving with me, but also like doing their own thing and out there in the world. Like my friend Jade, Jade has like a 12 year old right now. And like her kid is like, a cool is different. Like when you have a baby, they're like the center of your world. And when you have a kid, they're like the highlight of your world in a way. And hopefully like, vice versa. So I'm like, oh man, like that's kind of cool. I also find a con is like doing the math a lot of, oh like I'm 36 right now with a one year old when my kid is 10, I'm gonna be 46. I don't know why, but when I was in high school, like the age of your parents was like a hot topic. Yes, yes. Right? And so my friend, Tabia, her parents, I gotta actually ask her how old they were where they had her because we always referred to her parents as old parents. Right. And I'm like, I'm gonna be that for my kid's friends.  Old and cool. I think I will say that I felt, I wanna say an ambassador ship. Responsibility for older moms. Just because there was so much doubt that you could have a baby, that you could look good after having a baby, that you would have a good sex life after having a baby, that you would be able to maintain a sense of personhood after having a baby. And I feel like I've seen so many younger women reclaim themselves or younger women, who get to be milvs or get to be like still hot mamas who are out there in the world pursuing it, doing it. And I felt like I wanted to do and be that for older women. Oh, okay.  You were working out as post pregnancy and it was so inspiring and in awe to watch. And then I would check in with myself and I'd be like, but I don't feel that calling. Like I've always thought I would.  But when I was in it, I'm like, I don't want to. But I love that too. I love because I guess it's very different about our experience is I was very much like, I wanna have a baby and then I wanna get back to my life before a baby. Like work wise and everything. I wanted to feel like a continuation of myself and you were very much like, this is Maya, the mom. And I always admired that about you. Like even you spent so much time being like, this is my full-time job even with pregnancy and with delivery. Like you knew literally anybody who asked me a question I was like, please just go to Maya. Like Maya has every single possible answer or all the scenarios because she's really put the time and the work and the research in. So I love that our experiences were so different to each other and are really equally as inspiring because whether it is you want that complete change and you wanna honor the fact that this is a brand new season, a brand new role. It is going to call so many new things and old things out of you that it does deserve its own space or what's gonna feel best for your mental health is to remind yourself that you're still the same. Like both options are there for you. And in the end, like you have two people who couldn't be happier with where they're at today. If I said to you, what is the truth about having kids later? What would you say? It's freeing and tiring. I feel like the truth for me is that it can be the best decision of your life or one of the biggest regrets of your life. And if you're okay with living through either one then I'd recommend that people talk to their partner about delaying. And the truth is, it's pretty awesome. They're fun after a certain point. Like I'm beginning to enjoy her more now. In the beginning I was just like, what have I done? What have I done? You can't return them. I was actually shocked. I was like, everyone's out here wanting this life. Like this is for the birds girls. Don't do it. It's trash. Your life is gone. Like I couldn't brush my teeth. I couldn't sleep. I was like all kinds of broken up.  It gets better. Thank you so much for watching this video. Again, this video has been sponsored. Oh, now you wanna pop up. Well, well, well. Well, well, well. Hello. Yes, you can see her. Thank you so much for BetterHelp for sponsoring this video and for sponsoring me for a good part of 2021. This is my last video that I have contracted with them. It's been such a joy. It's pushed me to have really tough, beautiful and meaningful conversations, which I hope you also get to have. If you do choose to sign up for BetterHelp. 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St. Lucia. Happy World Consumer Rights Day. Today, St. Lucia and all countries across the globe join hands in celebrating World Consumer Rights Day 2022 under the theme fair digital finance. But what exactly is digital finance? As explained by the European Commission, it is a term used to describe the impact of new technologies on the financial services industry. Traditional financial services are now being made available to consumers and businesses through the Internet using computers, tablets and smartphones. Digital banking is fast reshaping the banking sector. Consumers were first introduced to the ATM and now have more sophisticated services such as online banking, mobile banking, electronic fund transfers and utility payments among others. The non-bank financial sector has also embraced technology. This sector comprises organizations that provide bank-related financial services such as insurance companies, credit unions and cooperatives. Within the region, credit unions, although not all, have advanced at the same pace at introducing electronic fund transfers, mobile and online banking and digital wallets. They are now considering the introduction of automated clearing houses as a faster and more cost-effective means of clearing of checks. The first two words digital finance is not without its challenges for suppliers and consumers of the various services. The question therefore is, are consumer rights being protected? What are the risks to consumers? Are the measures that have been introduced by suppliers and providers of these services adequate and fair? Therefore it is necessary for there to be relevant legislations and standards to ensure that the modern digital services are consumer-friendly, that consumers are protected, providing security of personal data, reliability of services and avenues for redress when necessary. Consumers International, the world's largest non-governmental consumer advocate, engage the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD, the United Nations and the International Standards Organization, the ISO, to introduce and enhance consumer protection for e-commerce and the use of digital technology for delivering financial services. It is worth noting that ISO 12812 captioned core banking mobile financial services was developed in 2016. This standard ensures that the consumer using mobile financial services is receiving the same protection that he or she would have been afforded when using the traditional services. Herrings and Roushah efforts will be made to review the standard by the relevant parties to ascertain whether it can be adopted as a national standard. On the subjects of legislation at the regional level in 2021, CARICOM embarked on an initiative to develop legislation to address consumer interaction with financial institutions. This project is still in its embryonic stage. Within our fair helen, efforts have been made in the right direction. It is with much jubilation that I say St. Roushah was able to fulfill its obligations both regionally and internationally by enacting legislation for consumer protection. January 1st, 2022 marked a milestone achievement for the ministry that after 24 years of discussion, the Consumer Protection Act number 9 of 2016 and its amendment order number 14 of 2021 were given a commencement order. My sincere thanks to everyone who made this a reality. Other legislation already in existence is the electronic transaction covered under the Electronic Transaction Act Cap 8.17 and the Data Protection Act Cap 8.18 which provides protection for personal data collection. In closing, I wish to inform that we at the Ministry of Commerce are dealing with the use of technology in financial services. I can also assure you that government will continue to strive to create a trading environment that is fair for businesses and consumers to function. I thank the Bankers Association and the Credit Union League for partnering with the Ministry to enlighten consumers on digital finance within their respective sectors. Finally, consumers, you have rights. The government is doing its part to ensure the protection of your rights. You have a responsibility to ensure that the National Consumer Association is active and working in protecting your interests and rights. Happy World Consumer Rights Day 2022. I thank you and please stay safe.


Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review, your source for everything One Piece. And today, we are going to be taking that statement quite seriously, as we delve into the depths of obscurity. There's no doubt that One Piece boasts one of the largest collection of characters in all of storytelling. However, I don't think that even One Piece fans realize just how deep this rabbit hole goes. Well, for the most part, anyway. That's why today, we are going to shine the spotlight on some of the most obscure characters in the series. The rules for this list are pretty simple. The character must have been named.  Furthermore, the character must be canon, so no filler nonsense as per usual. There are of course some pretty hardcore fans that may even know every character on this list, but I don't expect that to be the case for most of you. So let's go on a strange journey into the realm of obscurity. So with that out of the way, let's begin. Welcome to the Top 5 Most Obscure Characters in One Piece. Number 5 Momo Usagi and Chaton. Now, if you're in any way vaguely familiar with Japanese, these two names might strike you as fitting a particular pattern. That being the trend of admirals being named after both a color and an animal. Here, Momo Usagi literally means pink rabbit, while Chaton means brown pig. And these two characters are pretty special in that they were created by fans. During the SBS for Volume 74, one reader asked Oda when Admiral Momo Usagi would be making her appearance. And after feigning confusion, Oda then corrected the reader by stating that Momo Usagi was in fact a vice admiral and provided a drawing of her based on Japanese actress Michio Kogure. Then during the SBS for Volume 75, another fan asked about Marine Admiral Chaton, adding into the canon that he has asked out Momo Usagi 100 times and had been rejected a sad 100 times. Once again, Oda corrected the reader by saying that Chaton was a vice admiral and provided a sketch of him. So that's pretty cool on its own, but in One Piece Film Gold, these two characters were given cameos aboard the Grand Tazoro. Things don't stop there though, because recently during the Reverie Arc, these two appeared in the actual manga and even delivered lines. Not to mention that when you think about it, Momo Usagi is the highest ranking female Marine in the series thus far, sharing the title with Suru, of course, as they are both vice admirals. And you know what? For ranks as high as vice admirals, these two are pretty damn obscure characters, but I think we can delve much deeper. Number 4 Michael and Hwaikal As the second duo in a row on this list, Michael and Hwaikal are easily identified by their shirts, bearing the katakana for Ma and Ho respectively. I mean, I guess they could have decided to swap shirts just to add extra confusion onto their already obscure existence, but for now, we're going to assume that the shirts are accurate. In any case, this duo was originally mentioned by Tile Stone and Pepilulu during the Water Seven Arc. In a moment of comic brilliance, the Galileo Carpenters revealed that they suspected Michael and Hwaikal from the backstreets to be the attempted assassins of Iceberg, rather than the more obvious answer of Rob Lucci and his posse. But as often happens with these sorts of things, a reader in an SBS question demanded that we see the faces of these suspected criminals. So of course, Oda obliged, and as a result, Michael and Hwaikal even had their own Phyllisines added into the anime during the Return to Water Seven Arc. Sadly, this does them no favours for this list, because featuring them in any way, shape or form, makes them slightly less obscure. So you know what? We can definitely do better than these two. So if you've been paying close attention reading or watching one piece, you may have noticed this drunkard in the background from time to time. His appearances are very similar to that of the Pandaman, except much, much rarer. Sam made his entrance into the story during the Arlong Arc, and was seen celebrating with the members of Kokoyashi Village following Arlong's defeat. But do not be fooled, Sam is not in fact a member of Kokoyashi Village. According to Oda, Sam was on his way home from his daughter's wedding, wildly intoxicated, and decided to crash the party. He then made a further appearance on the island of Alabasta in Chapter 171. As for the reason why he ended up in the Grand Line, well, according to Oda, Sam had been out celebrating his second daughter's wedding, had one drink too many, as he often does, and somehow ended up on Alabasta. Kind of like the premise for the Hangover films, I guess. Sadly, for the sake of this list, Sam is also negatively affected by the anime, which features him an awful lot as an Easter Egg character, thus reducing his glorious obscurity. So I guess we're just going to have to go a step further. This man is a member of the rebel army led by Koza during the Alabasta Arc. Due to the fact that he is so obscure, he is largely devoid of personality, but we do know that he is loyal as he was willing to lose an arm to protect Koza from an enemy attack. But what makes this character mildly interesting is the fact that he has a bizarre cult following when it comes to the One Piece popularity polls. During these times, a small segment of the Japanese community rallies around Farafra to push him up the ranks, and he has managed to obtain the 88th place in the 5th character poll, and an even more impressive 47th place in the 6th character poll. To put this into some perspective, in the 6th character poll, Farafra was voted more popular than characters such as Blackbeard, Dragon, Kobe, and Fuji Tora. Now this place is Farafra in the company of some pretty non-obscure characters, but we're not going to hold the whims of a group of Japanese trolls against him, because Farafra, let's be honest, you're pretty damn obscure. And yet, there is most certainly a character in existence that dwarfs you in pure obscurity. Number one, Bachi. Here we are, ladies and gentlemen, the pinnacle of mount obscurity. Put it simply, Bachi is a bug. I can't even really tell you what kind of bug, though, because in the manga, Bachi was a fly. However, in the anime, he's a brown, silverfish, whatever looking thing. What we do know is that in the One Piece world, Bachi is classified as a type B creature, meaning small and friendly. Despite this alleged friendliness, Bachi became the victim of full body during the Bharati Aya. So remember way back at the dawn of One Piece when full body was a dick? Yeah, well, this prick stepped on poor old Bachi here and put him into his soup in an attempt to humiliate Sanji. This attempt failed, of course, and full body was punished for his dickish ways. However, much more importantly, to this day, the status of Bachi is still unknown. Given the prior to Ace, One Piece characters didn't really die. I'd like to think that Bachi is alive and well, and still currently on his adventure to become the king of the bugs. But on the off chance, he isn't. Well, this number one spot will act as justice for Bachi. And that pretty much does it for the top 5 most obscure characters in One Piece. If you enjoyed this video, then feel free to like, favorite, or subscribe. And if you are in any way keen on supporting this independent channel, then please do check out my Patreon, Discord server, or Twitter, the links to which are in the handy description below. 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