Remember a Hallmark card when you carry enough to send the very best. To outstanding stories chosen by one of the world's best known authors, the distinguished novelist, Mr. James Hilton. Ladies and gentlemen, this is James Hilton. Tonight on our Hallmark Playhouse, we give you a dramatization of a story by Jesse Lynch Williams, entitled Not Wanted. Mr. Williams had a successful career in the newspaper and magazine world, and from one of his novels, a Pulitzer Prize play was adapted. He was also the founder of the Triangle Club at Princeton, together with his close friend, Booth Tarkington. All of this makes him the kind of American whose view of life, fixed in an age less troubled than ours, is good and nourishing to go back to. And here, in a story called Not Wanted, we have a problem that always has meaning in any age and in any country, that of the relationship of a boy to his father. We are particularly happy to have starring with us in this boy's role that talented young actor, Dean Stockwell. And now a word about Hallmark Cards from Frank Goss, before we begin the first act of Not Wanted. May we remind you once again that for every occasion important to your friends and loved ones, there are Hallmark Cards to carry your thoughts across the miles, across the years, or merely across the way. A Hallmark Cards says what you want to say, just the way you want to say it. And that identifying Hallmark on the back says that you cared enough to send the very best. Our star, Dean Stockwell, is appearing tonight by arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of To Please a Lady, starring Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, and Adolf Maju. And now Hallmark Playhouse, presenting Jesse Lynch-Williams' novel, Not Wanted, starring Dean Stockwell. To be that of a grown-up boy, father and son therefore have that much in common, and they so often don't realize it. They stay at odds and never know what's in the other's heart. So this then is the story of Phil, Jr., a son who loved his father, and a Phil senior, a father who loved his son, but really didn't know how. Yes, Aunt Mary, your father wants to talk to you. We're in the study. I'll be right down. I've got the big bag all packed and most of the little one, too. All right, dear. But hurry. Well, Phil. Well, I'd like to take him myself, naturally. My old school, it would be good to see old Fielding again after all these years.  There aren't any buts, Mary. There really aren't. I'm thinking of the boy. This is a new experience for him, a new world. And you think you'll be more at ease if I take him? Is that it, Phil? Frankly, yes. Oh, well, we've been all over this before, Mary. I thought it was settled. Well, I hope at least that you'll write to him while he's in school. Of course I will, when I can. They have post offices in Peru or Brazil or wherever you're off to this time? Brazil. Oh, Phil. That boy adores him. He doesn't know me. He wants to. Phil, do you remember what you said to me when Junior was born? I don't know. You said he's come between Nell and me. You said that you and Nell had been happy together until Junior came along. But now he'd keep you apart because Nell wouldn't be able to go along with you on your trips. Not until Junior was big enough to stand trips to the wiles of Alaska or Africa, wherever else your mining engineers have to go. It was nine years ago. Three years ago after Nell died when he brought the boy to me. You didn't say it, but there was no doubt about what you were thinking. I told you so. Are you thinking to feel a lot of foolish things at a time like that? Junior's my son. I feel about him like any father. He's all I've got, Mary. Oh, Phil, be honest with yourself. You've never really wanted the boy. What? You didn't want him when he was born. You don't want him now. Oh, that's not true. I'm Mary. Junior. Junior. Oh, Phil, I'm sorry. Junior, wait. Junior. Wait, boy. Look, son, you're right. Mary didn't mean what she said. You know that, don't you? Well, surely you know that she loves you and that I... I love you, son. Good gosh, you're my son. We've got to stick together, don't we? Oh, come on, son. I want to talk to you.  You wouldn't be able to hear what I'm saying. It'd be like I was talking to myself. It's no good talking to yourself now, is it, huh? No. That's better. Now, look, look, son, we'll forget what Aunt Mary said. We'll forget that she even said it. You think we can do that? Yes, sir. Because, well, it isn't true, anyway. Deep down in your heart, you... you know it couldn't be true, don't you? No, only... Only what? Well, gee, I never see you. You never write to me. Well, now, wait a minute. One accusation at a time. I wish we could be together all the time, but... well, you know that an engineer has to go where he's sent to faraway places, and sometimes it isn't too easy to get a letter out of some of those jungle places where an engineer works. But I, uh... I'll mend my ways. I promise. I'll write to you at school. I'll try to write every week. How's that? Well, that'd be swell. Yeah, and I'll tell you what. Next summer, when I come back from Brazil and you've got your summer vacation, we'll spend a lot of time together, up in the Northwoods where no white man has ever been. Oh, I'd sure like that. Oh, good. And that's settled, huh? Oh, uh, one more thing, son.  Well, that'd be great only. Well, that's all right, son. You'd rather have your aunt marry you. No, I just don't know if you could spare the time. I don't want to be a nuisance to you. Nuisance? Oh, I should say not. Just wait till you meet old Philly. He was my housemaster, you know. Old Philly? Sure. Maybe we can fix it so Alec will be your housemaster, too.  Remember, it's Mr. Philly. Mr. Philly. I'll remember that. Good. Well, come on, son. I'll give you a hand with the bags. This is young Phil. Can't say I see any great resemblance. He looks like his mother, Alec. And, uh, we call him Junior. Junior, eh? Yeah. Well, we'll soon build him up. Make a football player out of you like your dad, eh, Junior? I'll try very hard, Mr. Philly. Oh, Alec. Alec, I want you to take good care of this fellow. He's all I've got, you know. Oh, I'll keep a strict eye on him.  Uh, time for your train, isn't it, Phil? Yes, I suppose it is. Oh, goodbye, son. Work hard and you'll have a good time here. I will, father. Well, goodbye. Goodbye, Alec. Have a good trip. I've been right to the boy. Lower form boys get lonely, you know. Oh, I will. Goodbye, son. Goodbye, father. Get you located. Put you up with Blackie, I guess. He's been here a year and is under the ropes. He'll show you around. Name's George Black, but everybody calls him Blackie. I'm sure that'll be fine, Mr. Philly. In a couple of weeks, you will have forgotten you ever lived anywhere else. Come along. Oh, Blackie, male? Yeah, nothing for you, though. I got a letter from my mom. Worried about all this snow and me and my rubbers. Aren't mothers funny? Sure. Always worrying about you. You know how it is. Sure. I'll bet your mother's this about the same way. My mother's dead. Gee, that's too bad. And your dad, where's he now? In Brazil, I told you.  Jeepers, I wish my dad was like that. He's got an old bank. It's to come after me and take me home for the holidays. From Stanford, Connecticut to New York. One hour on the train. Can you tie that? I got a letter from Pop. A check for 100 bucks. Just in case I wanted to buy him a Christmas present. Boy! My kid's sister, right? He's got his world present for me. When am I gonna give her? Hey, listen, this guy is for my brother. He's a Yale, you know. It looks like I'll be anchorman on the relay team. Besides swimming the 50 and 100. Isn't that so? My father was captain of his 11 and his senior year. Was he junior? Sure. Jeepers, junior? I can't see why you don't get any letters at all. Jeepers. They don't have post offices in the jungle. That's where my father is, remember? He's ought to hear about Junior's father. He's really something. He's led expeditions into Africa against hostile tribes.  That was a long time ago, Blackie. Where is he now, junior? Oh, in Brazil. Working on a mine somewhere. Brazil? In the interior? Who all the savages are? Gee, I don't know. I guess there's savages there. Yeah, I guess that's where my father is. Hey, summer vacation's only 18 days away. Hot dog. Well, how's it feel to be out of the first form, junior? OK. Go camping with your father this summer, up in the North Woods? No, he had to go to Mexico on confidential government business. Then you didn't see him at all, did you? He couldn't help it, could he? He never writes to you at all? In almost a year and a half. He writes to me during the summer, lots of times. Well, I just wondered. Some of the fellas think you're just bluffing about your father. Well, they do. Well, we'll take a look at this. Keepers, a telegram, eh? From your dad? It's a cablegram. Read it. Land Friday. Coming to see you Saturday.  Sure. Then you'll see what our real explorer looks like. The telegram for you, junior. Probably from the president. What is it, junior? You can't come. You can't. Junior's father was coming to the big game Saturday. Well, that's a lot of baloney. I'll bet you haven't even got a father. Whatever if you have, he sure doesn't want any part of you. Why you... Now get out of here!  I'll show this smithy guy. And blackly, too, and all that guys. I'll show him how real my father is. I'd like to order some stationery, please. With this letterhead. Philip Steven Sr. Manning engineer. Explorer adventurer. I'd like to rent a typewriter, please. Do you have any available right now? I'll take these two copies of the National Geographic. How much are they, please? I'll read those guys some letters. Real letters. I'll show them what my dad thinks of me. Don't write on show. In just a moment, we'll return to the second act of Not Wanted starring Dean Stockwell. This Christmas, you have an opportunity that is truly extraordinary. The opportunity to send the paintings of Winston Churchill in glorious full-color reproductions as personal Christmas greetings imprinted with your name. For all Christmas cards this year on Hallmark Cards, you will find paintings by the right Honorable Winston Churchill, the world's most famous amateur painter. Chartwell in Winter, his own country estate. Deep in drifted snow, jeweled with evergreen trees. The fox hunt bright and merry as Christmas Day. The mill pound in cottage with its message of peace. 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His own strange way of loving him and blaming him. This is his secret, but he'll fight the outside world about it with boasts, with fists, and sometimes if necessary with a lie. Well, another summer has gone by for our boy and another school year or nearly soon he's been able to read a letter each week to his astonished cool boy friends. Dear Junior, my work here is going fine. I have 3,000 natives that work under me not to speak of 100 engineers on my staff doing technical work. I'm terribly busy, but of course I won't let that interfere with my regular weekly letter to you. Where's your dad now, Junior? This letter came from Bombay. That's in India. India? Gee! Let's see the stamp. Will you, Junior? Well, I haven't got the stamp. He sends all my letters and the ones he writes to my aunt. Sheepers, Junior. It sure is great the way your dad's writing to you all this year. Each week and long letters. I told you he was going to write, didn't I? I guess when my father says he's going to write, he writes. This ought to be good! Yeah, go ahead, Junior. And then he writes, It was in the heart of the African belt that I witnessed perhaps the greatest struggle for survival ever observed by man. A safari had just emerged from the bush when the unforgettable sight of a giant python locked in deadly combat with a screaming, clawing lion greeted my astonished eyes. The gladiatorial spectacle gave my heart pause and my spine a frightened tingle. Pretty fancy letter writing, if you ask me.  Go on, Junior. Oh, that's enough. I'm tired of reading anyway. Now, see what you did, Smithy. It's just that we were getting to the most exciting part, too. We'll get another letter next week. Won't you, Junior? You mean Mr. Fielding? Oh! Oh, yes, Junior. Sit down, won't you? What do you hear from your father these days, Junior? Oh, he's quite well, thank you, sir. Do you hear from him regularly? Well, not as often as I'd like, of course. I see. Junior, I don't think your father would want you to lie, even to protect him. Well, sir, you don't think my father is the kind who wouldn't write to his son, do you? I mean, well... Did your father write the letter about the fight between the python and the lion? Sounded very intriguing, as Smithy told it, secondhand. Oh, gee, Mr. Fielding, you just don't understand. And neither do the guys. I'm better friends with my father than those boys, you know?  He thought that stuff about Africa'd give me a kick. Does your father take the National Geographic, Junior? I... I don't know, sir.  There's an ugly name for that. It's called plagiarism. I... I wrote those letters, Mr. Fielding. I knew that. You won't do it again, though. Will you, Junior? Oh, no, sir. That's all. You may go now. Thank you. Mr. Fielding, it won't be necessary for you to tell my father, will it? I won't tell him, but you will. Oh, no, sir, I couldn't. I could never do that. Well, we'll see. Good night, Junior. I'm writing the stuff for the magazine. Oh, I see. And if he could write to me, if he did, I couldn't read it to you guys anyway. It's confidential, just for me. Besides, he isn't allowed to write from where he is, not for me to read to you guys anyway. It's confidential, just for me. Look, Junior, who do you think you're kidding? What? Well, Jeepers, I'm your roommate. I'm on your team. Give me a chance, will you? Oh, get out of here and quit interrupting me, will you? You're darling son. You don't care what old Fielding thinks about you.  I believe you'll be a great writer someday, son. And you know how proud I will be when you are a great writer. It's great to have a son who has a good business judgment, coupled with literary ability. A father needs this kind of help from his son. Your classroom work and your work on the magazine, Junior. As a matter of fact, you've been elected to be one of the editors next year. What? Oh, Mr. Fielding. Of course, you'll have to straighten out that little matter with your father before your appointment can be confirmed. An editor has to have a clean literary record. You mean I can't make the mag unless I tell him what I did? Do you want me to tell him?  Can't you get the courage to do it, Junior? I know you didn't mean to do wrong. Your father will, too, when he understands. He'll be here in a few minutes. A few minutes, here? Yes, he landed yesterday, saw it in the papers. I telegraphed him to come at once. His train is in already, I imagine. No, no, I can't see him. I can't see him, not ever. You may not think it too important, Field, but I caught the boy in a lie. What? It's a likable lie, Field. It's a lie all the same and I'll give him the devil. Oh, no, you won't. The kid lied for you, Field. Perjured himself like a gentleman. Now you go and get it out of him. I am just crazy about you. They say I neglect you, but you know better. All these letters prove it. I... Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you've seen them. Well, anyway, no one else has. So you won't be compromised. Compromised? I felt that way about you. What way? Those letters. I wish to God I'd written them. You're going to forgive me for lying about you? Lying about me. Oh, the truth about me without ever knowing it. I didn't know how. But you've taught me. Oh, son, son. You wrote it for me. Why didn't you ever tell me? I don't know. I thought I was too busy, I guess, or too far away. Or maybe I just never realized how important a father is to his son. Or they have to understand each other and be close. But you've shown me the way, son. So it's all right now. It is all right now, isn't it? Sure. Gosh. And it will be from now on. You can count on that. Look, you've got one more year here at school.  Because I'll write to you every week. Gee, Dad, I know you're busy in there. No, I'll be busy, all right. Thinking about you. I know that we both know how we feel. Well, we won't have to be together. 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And you have that comfortable knowledge they are correct. You have added pleasure too in sending Hallmark cards because that Hallmark on the back is so instantly recognized. It says you cared enough to send the very best. Here again is James Hilton. Thank you, Dean Stockwell, for an excellent performance tonight. You got inside the character like a real trooper. Thanks, Mr. Hilton. I guess it wasn't really hard to do because you know how Junior felt about his dad. Well, we always try to choose stories for the Hallmark Playhouse that do have that ring of believability and humanity. Although we are deviating a bit next week when in keeping with the Halloween spirit, we shall present the Washington Irving classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Lionel Barrymore will be our star. That sounds wonderful. Gosh, I didn't realize Halloween was so close. Are there Hallmark cards for Halloweens to help me? You bet there are, eh, Frank? Yes, Dean, there are Hallmark cards for every occasion. 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Sit. It's a good boy. To another vlog, it's currently Monday morning, it's almost 10 o'clock. I got up around 6.30 to go to a 7.30 yoga class on the pier as you saw from those few clips. I finally went and I did the yoga. If you guys saw a few vlogs ago, I had signed up for the class and then I didn't have the right kind of yoga mat and I panicked and I didn't end up going, but yeah. I got myself a proper yoga mat at Walmart and I went and did the class with my friend Haley. It was nice being at the beach that early in the morning. It was very peaceful, like listening to the sound of the waves and there weren't really any people out yet, but I am just not a morning person naturally. I never have been. I felt good when I woke up this morning, but I am crashing already and it's not even 10 yet. So yeah, if you guys live in the Wilmington, North Carolina area, we did at Wrightsville Beach. So if you download the Mind Body app and then just look up Yoga Salt Wilmington, it'll come up. They do those morning classes on the pier Monday, Wednesday, Friday. After yoga, we stopped at Drift. I got an iced latte and a breakfast sandwich and now I'm having my second coffee of the day because that just didn't really do it for me, but today I have a full packed schedule. First I have an appointment to go get my nails done and then I'm going to the salon where I work and we are doing content day. We're just getting a bunch of photos and videos and Instagram reels for the salon's website and social media and our own personal social medias as well.  I have a video that I need to edit and post and depending on how I feel later, I might end up going to the gym. We'll see how long I end up being at the salon for and how I feel by then. That's what's on the agenda for today. I'm going to drink this coffee and then hop in the shower and get ready. I'm definitely feeling a lot better after that second coffee and I'm hoping when I am at the salon and around a bunch of people, it'll keep my energy up and I won't crash again. But I'm going to let my hair air dry because the last time we took pictures for the salon's pages, I had my hair blown out and I just want to have my natural curls in these pictures, have a little variety. And I think it'll be good too because I think clients who have curly hair, when they see a stylist that also has curly hair, they kind of like gravitate towards that. So it's like, oh, we have a similar hair type.  So I put some of the Olaplex number six leave in cream to add some hydration. Now I'm going to take the IGK rich kid air dry styler, just like a curl defining cream, take like that much. If you use a lot of that stuff, it can kind of make your hair a little crunchy, which I'm not really a huge fan of. I prefer softer, slightly frizzy curls. And then I like to flip my hair upside down and give it a good scrunch from the bottom. I still have to do my makeup. And then like I said, I'm going to get my nails done before I go to the salon. So that's plenty of time for my hair to air dry. So I'm just going to let it be. But if I needed it to be dry faster, I would diffuse it. I'm going to go put on some makeup real quick. I'll be right back. I'm ready. Let me show you my outfit. She wants us to bring a couple outfits, some like spring colorful outfits, and then one all neutrals. So outfit number one, Lee overalls. I got these a really long time ago on clearance from Urban Outfitters, I think. But I was just in Walmart recently and saw ones that looked very, very similar to these. So go check Walmart if you're looking for some overalls. And they literally were the same Lee brand. And then this crop top is from American Eagle. And then I'm going to wear these little heels. And then I'm also going to bring this dress from Sheehan. Floral, very cute, very flattering. That will be one option. And then I'm also bringing this cropped denim jacket from Zara that I could throw over the dress. And then I'm also going to bring this skirt from Target and this nude bodysuit tucked in like that. And again, I could throw a denim jacket on top of this too. And then I'm bringing my white cowboy boots to wear with those two other options. My boss just texted everybody in our salon group chat and said that she has wine and rosé. And she's getting Chick-fil-A for all of us. And she set up the basement for us to like change and hang out down there. So I'm excited. It should be a really fun afternoon. I will try to get some behind the scenes clips. Oh, and here is the before of my nails. I think I'm going to go for either like a yellow or an orange.  I was going to say the camera is not quite picking it up. I feel like in person when I look up close in the mirror, I'm like, wow, my under eyes look so greasy. But it was a really fun day. We got lots and lots of content, tons of reels. And some of them are just so funny. So make sure you're following my hair page styled by Sam Vey. I'll be posting those over the next couple of weeks or so. None of my close friends are really into social media the same way I am. So I don't know, I feel like sometimes I get a little shy or awkward doing that type of stuff in front of other people. But because that was the whole point of today and we were all doing that, like everybody was off in a different corner, like recording their own stuff, getting their own content, it was just really cool. And it's cool to be around other creative people that like doing this type of stuff too. So yeah, it was a really good day, but it was a long day. So needless to say, at this point, I'm exhausted and I was also standing and on my feet and moving around the whole time. So it feels like I just had a full day of work basically. So I'm gonna just have a chill night. I'm not gonna do much else. All I feel like doing is washing my face and like watching a movie and then going to bed. You know what I mean? It's like now knowing there's like a kernel of something that was. You know, like many of my colleagues, I do love the video and I do love the wall. But those are people who are not really, that you did know about when I was in Miami. You guys weren't official. To bring your side chick to your home place. Okay, like it's getting better. I've seen it, it's gonna be all better. Good morning. I've just been doing some cleaning while I was listening to the call her daddy podcast. She was interviewing Ariana from Vanderpump Rules and they were talking about that whole like cheating scandal thing, which I've never watched a single episode of Vanderpump Rules. I couldn't even tell you who's on it, what the show is even about, like what the basic premise is. But I obviously have been hearing about this big cheating scandal, but it was just such a good episode. Even if you have no idea who these people are, like I didn't, because it's just really relatable if you've ever been cheated on or even if you haven't, but if you've ever been in like a long-term relationship, and especially now being single, sometimes, you know, you feel lonely and you're like, oh, I just wish I had somebody. I wish I was in a relationship again. But then thinking back to like the reality of being in a relationship where you're just not happy, I remembered how awful that feeling is and I was like, mm, no, I'd rather just be by myself than in like an unhappy relationship or dating a pathological liar psycho who would cheat on me with my best friend. Like, crazy, that's what happened in their scandal. So yeah, cleans up the kitchen, I have laundry going, I am about to just steam off the floor really quick and then I'm gonna get ready to go to the grocery store. I'm still using my Dirt Devil steam mop and I wanna show you guys, turning it on now. I wanna show you how fast it heats up. And this portion of the vlog is sponsored by Dirt Devil. Thank you so much to them for working with me again. So this just uses water and heat to clean your floors, hard surfaces like vinyl, tile. There we go. So it kicks on and then you start to see the steam coming out through there. I just love it for my small spaces because most of my apartment is carpet and I only have this like tile flooring or laminate, whatever it is, in the kitchen and the bathroom, but they're so small that it's like just a pain and not worth the hassle of filling up a bucket and using a traditional mop. So I love this because I just plug it in, heats up in a few seconds and then there we go. Less than two minutes, my floor is clean. I also like that it's not like super big and bulky so it doesn't take up a lot of space storing it because I do have a small apartment, I don't have a lot of extra storage and it comes with machine washable cloths, which I like too because it's not like you have these disposable cloths that you're throwing away each time so it's a little bit better for the environment as well and it's more cost effective that way because you don't have to keep repurchasing anything once you buy the machine. You literally just fill it up with water, you don't even have to use any kind of special cleaning solution. So if you guys wanna check out the dirt devil steam mop for yourself, I will have a link in the description. Thank you so much dirt devil for sponsoring this portion of the video. I also actually, my camera is propped up on it. I have the dirt devil air purifier as well that I have been using for the past few months and I love that thing also. I'll put a link to the air purifier as well if you're interested. Kitchen is all nice and clean. I'm gonna go get dressed and head to the grocery store. We'll do a little haul when I get back. I'm running low on pretty much everything and even like the things that I don't always have to repurchase like olive oil, rice, that kind of stuff. Salt. I'll see you when I get back. Yeah, I'm back. I'm gonna try to be quick because we got a lot here. Protein, spaghetti, raspberries, which I am about to eat right now. Half and half croutons, mini ice cream sandwiches. I got these last time I went grocery shopping and they are like the perfect little treat to have at the end of the day. I got mussels, gonna make a pasta with that spaghetti, sausage, egg and cheese, English muffin, breakfast sandwiches. Those have been helpful when I have to work at the salon early in the morning. I got pink Himalayan salt to refill my salt grinder, minced garlic, q-tips, body brush for in the shower, more olive oil. I also got, I couldn't think of the word floss. I left it in the car though. I got it specifically to keep in my side console.  I also got more plain salt, black pepper, peppercorns for my black pepper grinder to refill that, mouthwash, chicken bouillon, cubes, olive oil spray. Got more ollie pop, the strawberry vanilla. This is the only flavor that I've had so far but it's so good. Then I got some diced and crushed tomatoes for that seafood pasta I'm gonna make, small shells, jasmine rice, eggs. I got more of those Kodiak protein blueberry waffles. These are actually really good. Needed more maple syrup as well. Cream cheese, blueberry bagels, celery, lettuce, asparagus, cucumber, red pepper, onion, and grape tomatoes. Just a few hours later, I just got back from the gym and I'm so excited because I got a bunch of packages. I had a Bath & Body Works coupon. It used to be one of those people that would always have a whole bunch of Bath & Body Works candles and I would load up on the wallflowers but I know everyone's been talking about how their stuff is really toxic so I've been trying to switch all of my home fragrance things to more natural, non-toxic stuff. So I hadn't ordered from them in a really long time but I had a coupon and they were having a sale on top of that and the love scent, which I thought was done. Like I thought they had discontinued this scent but I think maybe they just don't have it in stores anymore but they do have some stuff online. So I stocked up on a few body washes in this scent and then I also got a room spray in that same scent and then I got a few things from Sheehan and listen. I really try to not order from there often because I know the issues with that website and just with fast fashion in general. So I really only order from there like maybe twice a year and I only will get staples and things that I know I'm gonna keep in my wardrobe for a long time. I'm not doing these big giant Sheehan hauls every few weeks or anything like that and then just getting rid of the stuff. Like when I buy things it's only one or two things at a time and it's stuff that I keep and most of my bathing suits are all from Sheehan because I just really like the fit of them and I like the styles that they have and they're just so affordable and they're actually really good quality. So I don't know. You can hate me for shopping on there, that's fine. Anyway, so I got another bathing suit. I really just love a strapless top. I think it's so flattering and what I liked about this is that it ties up in the back so you can loosen or tighten it if you need to and then it has the high-waisted bottoms and I like that it's ribbed also. Like whenever I'm looking for two-piece bathing suits I always look for high waist and that it's ribbed because if it's the smooth material sometimes depending on the bathing suit it can really show every little ripple and nook and cranny and it can be super unflattering but ribbed material I feel like always just covers everything so nicely. I think I got this in a large. I usually get bathing suits from Sheehan in a large, yeah. Then I got this denim skirt. I had been wanting a long denim skirt for so long and I just couldn't find one that was exactly the style that I wanted. This one had really good reviews. I got it in a medium and then lastly I got a pair of shoes because my birthday is coming up and I already have my dress planned out but I wanted a cute pair of shoes to go with it. I wanted some strappy sandals with a little bit of a heel but a low wide comfortable heel so that I could walk around in these downtown and just be out all night in them and be totally 100% comfortable. Right now it's a quarter to four so I'm gonna go shower and then get a little bit of computer work done. Tomorrow I have to be up kind of early because I have an opening shift at the salon doing front desk for a couple hours and then I have a highlight client coming in so I wanna make sure that I go to bed pretty early tonight since I have to be up early in the morning and yeah, I think that's everything. I will see you either later or in the morning. Good morning. I am about to leave for work. Here's my outfit. These pants are super old. They're from UniGlo and this top I wanna say is maybe Forever 21. I've also had it for a while and then these sandals are from Target. Also kind of old. We're gonna go make it free. I just put on some SPF, brow gel, mascara and I just put my hair half up and that's about as much as I can muster up for this morning because it's 7 a.m. I'm gonna grab some of these breakfast sandwiches that I got yesterday and a factor smoothie. I'm gonna bring that to work. I have to leave now. I'll try to get some clips of my client later. I think we're doing a balayage. I'll see you later. It is almost 4.15. I gotta put this camera down. My shoulders and upper back. So sore. I was just so tired today. I don't know what it was because I went to bed really early last night but I had a really hard time getting up this morning and then the whole time I was at work I just felt so sleepy and just didn't really feel like being there. The weather is really gross too. It's just been raining all day. So that doesn't really help but my client was super, super sweet. She had virgin hair but it was just really, really thick and heavy. She had a lot of it. She wanted to do a balayage, something that was gonna be super low maintenance. She is one of those clients that realistically only wants to come in like a couple of times a year which I totally understand. And she said she didn't want anything like too light. She wanted like sun kiss, natural. So I just did a bunch of like teasing lights basically all over and I made sure to not let them get too light because the lighter the hair gets it's not gonna hold the toner as well and also she said she didn't want that. So I wanted to make sure that even after the toner fades the color that she's left with is still really pretty and it's going to compliment her natural color really well and not like be too harsh of a contrast.  Hair like that. Ooh, it takes a toll on your shoulders and like having to lift the hair up and over direct to add all of the layers and then going back through and texturizing and blowing it out and all of that stuff.  So needless to say, oh, this looks great. I am exhausted and starving. So I'm stacking on some raspberries right now. I'm gonna make that seafood pasta for dinner. The new season of the Kardashians came out today, so I'm gonna watch that. And then I am now so invested in this Vanderpump rules cheating scandal. So I ended up after watching the Call Her Diety episode, I ended up watching the season 10 finale of the show where all of the stuff happens and now the reunion came out today. So you know I gotta watch that. So I watched Kardashians and Vanderpump rules and I'm so excited. I've been looking forward to it all day. I'll show you that pasta later when I make it. Come on, it's a very simple question. Are you with them or are you not? Okay, I am starting dinner. I have a pot boiling that I'm gonna add the spaghetti to. I have my muscles steaming over here and then this is the pot where I'm gonna make the sauce. So I drizzled some olive oil, chopped up garlic and asparagus, added salt and pepper. So I'm just waiting for that to heat up. I'm gonna saute that. And then once the muscles are done, I'm going to take them out of the shell and then I'm gonna put them in here and then I'm gonna add this entire can of crushed tomatoes. This is the pasta I'm using. And then these are the muscles. I just got them from Walmart. I just remembered that I have shrimp too that I could add. I'm gonna do that. Here's how it looks. Just a little taste test. So good. I got another package in the mail. Oh, and by the way, hi, good morning. It's Friday. I look crazy. I literally just got up, took Benny out really quick. Checked the mail and here we are. You know how when I was unboxing the Bath and Bodywork stuff, I was saying how I've been trying to buy better non-toxic stuff for my house. So I had discovered Eco-Candle Company through my salon, actually. She has a little boutique area at the front of the salon where she sells little accessories and different cutesy things and she sells these re-diffusers and they smell so good and they're so strong, which I feel like usually re-diffusers, they don't really like fill the room. You can only usually smell them if you're like up close to it, but these really do make the entire space smell amazing. And they last a really long time and what I love is that it's a small company and all their stuff is non-toxic and they have a bunch of different scents. So I got some refills for the ones that I currently have in the Beach House scent and then I got another one in a scent that I have never tried before, but it's like their number one best-selling scent. It's called Lovely. So like how could that be bad? I actually look to just for decor. So I'm gonna put this one in my bathroom and then the Beach House ones, I'm gonna have scattered throughout my main living space. It's another rainy, gloomy day.  I didn't even realize it's really crazy to me that May is already almost over. But yeah, it's supposed to rain for the next like four days in a row, which on one hand kind of sucks. Like I definitely feel bad for everybody that had Memorial weekend plans, but on the other hand, I'm like, it's a nice excuse for me to just stay home and not feel guilty about it. I just have a lot of editing and computer work stuff to do today. And then at two o'clock, I have a Botox appointment. Getting my forehead touched up because it has worn off at this point and it's really just preventatively, I only get it right here in the top of my forehead just because I do get those lines which is totally natural and normal. I mean, not saying if you have forehead lines that you need to get Botox by any means, but I just really like the look of a nice, tight forehead. And I actually want to ask her when I go in for my Botox appointment today, I wanna ask her about getting my top lip dissolved because my filler has migrated and I know people love to point it out in my videos, but it's like, it is what it is. I think when I first started getting filler back in 2018, I loved it and I went like very subtle and natural and just a little bit. And then I just got really addicted to it. And every time I was going, we were trying a different type of filler and different type of like placement and shape. And I think that it was just like, I was doing too much and too short of a time period, so it has migrated. And I've been trying to just like leave it be, let it go, let it just kind of dissolve naturally.  I've had filler dissolved before. And like I said, I've been getting it for a long time so it's been a whole journey. And it hurts, but it's worth it. If she has time, I would love for her to just dissolve the top lip and then maybe next week go back in and get it redone, but very tastefully like just, cause I love having filler. I really do. I feel like when I look back at old pictures, like before I ever got any filler, I feel like my face just looks weird. Like my mouth looks so small and proportion to everything else. Cause I feel like I have, you know, like bigger cheeks and bigger eyes and it just like the bigger lips, I feel like are more proportionate to the rest of my facial features. So I love having it. And especially when I put on like lip products and stuff, I just really like having like a more defined shape and all of that, but I just want them to look better. So yeah, I'm doing that. And then I'm going to work out at some point, but that's really all that I have on the agenda for today. My lip feels so numb and weird and it feels huge like my top lip. They don't look any different yet. It might even look bigger right now because she injected the stuff that dissolves it. So obviously you're filling it up with fluid and then it takes a few hours to like eat away and dissolve the filler. So within the next 24 hours, my top lip is going to just slowly shrink down and all that filler is going to go away. She said my bottom lip looks great. So she's not doing anything to that. We're going to leave that be. I got my Botox as well. And then in about a week, I'm going to come back and we're going to redo the filler just on the top and then slightly touch up the bottom just to like even it out. I'm excited. Good morning. It's the next day. I wanted to show you how the lips are looking. It hasn't been a full 24 hours. So there's still a little bit in there. Like you can still see that definition right there. But she said that when you have been doing filler for a long time and you have a lot of it built up and especially I had a lot of different types that I had done throughout the years. Sometimes it can take two sessions of dissolving. So yeah, she said if in a couple of days it still looks like there is some filler in the top lip to go back, we'll do a second session of dissolving. Getting filler dissolved isn't the most fun thing ever. It burns. It feels like putting alcohol on a cup. I do love though that I have no bruising. That's really exciting. Cause usually when I get filler and I'm getting something injected my lips bruise like crazy, but I really have no bruising. I'm hoping that means that when I go and get the filler redone I also won't have any bruising then because I'm going to be doing it the week of my birthday and I really don't want to have a bruised lip for that. And by the way for the Botox and filler I've been going to Lisa at Beauty and the Beach. She's in Wrightsville Beach. I will have her information in the description. That's also the same place where I've been going to get my laser treatments on my breast lift scar. I'm going to wrap up this vlog here. It's Saturday morning. I'm about to get ready to go work at the salon and I'm going to start a brand new vlog. So stay tuned for that. Thank you guys so much for watching. Don't forget to check the link to the Dirt Devil steam up in the description and I'll see you really soon in my next video. Bye.


The production of anthracite coal for war has presented a major problem in the mining towns of Pennsylvania's Alleghenies. In 10 years, as a result of the increased use of fuel oil for heating purposes and the shifting of miners into the armed forces, employment in the anthracite industry fell from 90,000 to 50,000. Since the outbreak of the war, the mines have been called upon to produce 8 to 10 million additional tons of anthracite. Not only to heat army camps and workers' homes and keep factories going, but to supply Canada with the coal that she normally imported from Great Britain. With increased pay, it was found that the tendency of the miners was to knock off work whenever they felt like it, and in general, to be unaware of their importance to the war effort. Joint Labour Management Committees in company with the War Production Board brought a mechanized unit to parade to the streets of Scranton, Wilkesbury, Hazelton and Mount Carmel, four towns in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. The parade was the start of a day-and-night program designed to explain to the miners how close was the interlocking of their work with that of the army and navy. In bantam cars, soldiers, sailors and marines arrived to meet the Labour Management Committees, who escorted them to the mines. At the shafts, they met and talked with the miners who were going down to work. To acquaint themselves with the nature of the miners' job, they put on overalls and safety helmets and went underground with the men. They were shown through the long collieries, past loaded cars and up to the working face of the scene. A sailor tried his hand at wielding a pick, and the marine remembered the famous French freight car sign from the last war. A miner chalked up the second line. The miners shared their lunch with their guests. At night, there was a parade and rally at the local stadium. The crowds heard Richard Mays, Secretary of Minesville, Pennsylvania, pledge the state's aid in the coal drive. Alex G. Nordholm of the War Production Board talked about anthracite in relation to the war. Colliery after colliery has enlisted in the greatest war production drive that anthracite has ever known. Joseph H. Kershetsky, District President of the United Mine Workers of America, assured the crowds of the cooperation of his union. At the Army of the miners in District Number 9, the United Mine Workers of America is behind them all. Frank W. Ernest represented the mine operators. They will cooperate with the United Mine Workers and with the government of the United States in producing all the anthracite that is needed for the duration of the war. This is management's pledge to our armed forces. Following these speakers, he rose from the battlefront made addresses. Lieutenant Anne A. Bernatitas, the only Navy nurse to escape from Corregidor and herself, the daughter of a miner, told of conditions during the siege. One terrible day on the tan, we had 285 patients in our operating room in eight hours. One patient every two minutes. At the conclusion of the speeches, motorcycle and jeep drills were performed. The last horse of the 104th Mechanized Cavalry Unit helped the sale of bonds. And finally, a sham battle was staged in which a heavily protected pill box was taken by machine guns and cannon. The next day, the success of the rally showed itself when Richard May, Secretary of Mines, consulted with the mine operators and labor committees. They were all convinced of the necessity of mining more coal for the armed forces and discussed ways to step up production. As one miner said, it looks like they put the finger on us. They were wholeheartedly behind the drive to produce 10 million additional tons of coal this year. And an answer to the plea of Lieutenant Anne Bernatitas to the miners. They replied, we'll do it. We'll keep the coal coming.


Hello, and welcome to another video on my channel. Today we will be answering the question, does camera gear matter? Well, let's find out. Hit that intro. It's been a while since I've uploaded a video on YouTube. If you guys are new to my channel, my name is Bene Grazer, and I create videos here on YouTube. Whether it's reviewing gears or giving you filmmaking tips, my goal is to help you create better videos. So if that's what you're looking for, then keep on watching. Sorry for the upload delay, as some of you might know, I have been traveling to the United States for a month to visit my brother and had a really good time. Before we start, here is a short video I shot back in San Diego. Check it out.  Enough of that talking, let's get into the topic. I bet many of you have heard that gear does not matter. Well, I also agree on that, but why do I still keep buying gear even though I have all the essential tools I need? Well, let me tell you something in confidence. At home, it's always a debate whether I love my camera gear or my girlfriend more. She once even caught me sleeping with my new camera. Well, the truth is I'm obsessed with camera gear even though I know to a certain reason that gear does not matter. I myself am a victim of buying unnecessary camera gear and what happens is that I put them on my shelf so that they act as sculptures. The truth is though, good gear gives better technical quality and offers many more options, but having a great camera doesn't make you a better filmmaker. If you don't know how to use the tools needed to create your desired shot, you need to have the filmmaking skills and the creative vision in order to make good videos. It is really not about the latest and greatest or most expensive camera gear. You probably heard it before that the best camera is the one you carry with you, which in my case wouldn't be the iPhone. It would be this super expensive camera rig that I upgraded recently. No, but seriously, if the gear really didn't matter, there would be one camera and everyone would be using the same. Could you shoot a blockbuster just with an iPhone? Probably not. Now, another thing you should be keeping in mind is that the pricier and larger camera equipments might not necessarily be the right approach for you. What's more important is to pick the right tool for the job. Ask yourself what you need in order to get the shot you want. Making videos is a problem-solving process. Sometimes you just need to be creative enough and find simple solutions. For example, if you don't have the money to buy a slider, you might consider using a towel, which, depending on the shot, could give you the same results. Or you could also create a cheap DIY by yourself. Of course, it's more reliable to have a professional slider with motors that has more quality and gives you more control and having more control saves you more time on sets. And as we all know, time is a money. Now, I have seen great work by filmmakers using inexpensive camera gear.  Clients will come up to you and believe me or not, they won't ask you what camera gear you used. All they want to know is, can you create that video with the same quality for us?  As a final message, as a final message, I would say that beginners should not worry too much about gear. Instead, focus on the basics of filmmaking and learn how to use the tools you have with you. Try being creative and figure out how to get the shots you want. If you have the money and know that this tool would help you in the long run, then go for it. Yeah, man, go for this, yeah. Now, what are your guys' thoughts on this topic? Let me know in the comment section below. That was it, guys. Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing. I would greatly appreciate that.  Until next time. Hasta la vista, baby. You like that sound effect?


What's going on guys welcome back to the channel Critical Overlord here So this will be my recap for the boys season 3 episode 2 Episode 2 begins with a look at the deeps new film not without my dolphin I think is what the title was before we shift to seeing butcher inspecting the soup chemical that we know he just took But this is a dream from what I see but your wakes up to a video called from Ryan Homelander visit Stormfront once again for his birthday. Even though I think later on is revealed It's not actually his birthday Red River the question mark from the end of episode 1 is revealed to be a group home for young soups owned by a Vought Subsidary Huey and Starlight talk about the revelation that Newman has powers and is the head Exploder head Exploder from season 2 Newman has ties to the group home from her youth from what I assume and then Starlight goes to the set of American hero Homelander meets supersonic and has what I would call a slick conversation with Starlight about her cold Capitalization because again, he feels very threatened in this season. Homelander is definitely someone who's more manipulative He's definitely someone who's on the verge of going off the deep end So you can see the desperation in him and it that desperation also makes him more terrified It makes him more controlling and it makes him more difficult to deal with if you're someone who's a part of the seven And someone attached to Vaught and all these corrupt things going on so But your goal is to see mother's milk to talk about soldier boy and needing to find the weapon that killed him Tracking down payback and getting a lead on killing Homelander Kamiko and Frenchie are shown going to Vaught land and watch a feature on soldier boy a new character crimson countess a Former member of payback who I think also is Someone who dated soldier boy. So she's a former member of payback She's interrogated about the death of soldier boy and runs from Frenchie Frenchie and Kamiko after escaping their their initial ambush We then see Huey reaching out to Starlight but supersonic answers her phone instead and Huey displays little interest in talking to him Starlight didn't answer because of her work on American hero and dealing with Homelander's attitude Stan interrupts Homelander's attempts to reign on Starlight's parade and reminds him about Starlight being more popular than him right now We then jump back to Huey who goes to Red River He's identified immediately after being spotted on TV with Starlight But Huey's just trying to collect information on Red River He makes up a lie about Starlight and and his semen. I'll just say Huey gains access to a clip of a young Victoria Newman who receives a visit from Stan So this is more evidence of her alliance and connection with Vaught since we know that Stan Eggers and like a CEO position with the company Stan and Newman talk about Tony Showing up at her job and calling her calling her naughty now This is a present thing where they're showing Stan and Newman talking about Tony showing up at the job and calling her naughty We then jump to Butcher Going to a convention presentation from Gunpowder another former payback member and ally to Soldier Boy Kids are shown being trained to use guns and Butcher confronts Gunpowder in the restroom He tries the blackmail gunpowder for information on Soldier Boy, but it doesn't go well Butcher is shot at in the parking lot and fires back with his own rounds before taking a shot in the leg Gunpowder is revealed to be the shooter and he grazes Butcher with another shot We then see Homelander making an annual birthday save on a suicidal individual named Chelsea with Ashley Having PR ready to take or having PR ready to cover cover this news so News then breaks that Stormfront has died via suicide Homelander's emotional state seems to take a massive blow from this Homelander aids in Chelsea's apparent suicide to cope with the loss of Stormfront as we see he doesn't really help her You'll see he the girl still dies the girl that was on the roof still dies Back at the office Huey is confronted by Newman who asked about Nadia Thus revealing that she's onto this side of research of his Starlight saves him from this moment where he is completely nervous around Newman Starlight and Huey have a conversation about them adopting a child from Red River Mother's milk is told to go back to Butcher and confront this drama regarding Soldier Boy While he's still of course with his daughter and his and his girlfriend at this point or his wife Butcher calls Huey and Huey reveals that Newman is a soup to him and that his year of work proves that they have to take walk down via Butcher's old-fashioned way Butcher confronts gunpowder once again and as why he's protecting Soldier Boy but gets shot for his efforts He stands up revealing to have taken the chemical and the bullets had no effect Butcher beats up gunpowder who reveals that Soldier Boy didn't die how he's remembered in the media Butcher then kills gunpowder with rays from his eyes and Homelander is then shown with Starlight on stage together But a comment from a fan regarding Storm from death causes him to degrade the attendees and the fans He starts going on a rant about being treated like a puppet by the machine and says he's done being persecuted Ashley tries to get cut Ashley tries to get them the cut to commercial But his public meltdown is televised for everyone to see so the ending of episode 2 is definitely going to be something That again sets the stage for a lot of these things that will unfold for the rest of the season It's it's one step to the logger exposure that comes in this season There's a lot of exposure regarding Vaught regarding the soups regarding homelander that happens in this season But I feel like the way it ends might be something that has ever might have some people on the fence But again if you see my review it speaks to how Everybody has their head in the clouds and will bury their head in the sand either out of fear or In the name of going along with what's popular even if what's popular isn't correct It's a it's a scene that I feel like highlights that just perfectly in terms of a modern american culture Going along with something that clearly in front of you is wrong on all cylinders But because the machine is for you don't want to go against the machine You don't want to be ostracized You don't want to jeopardize anything that's going on with you and your current existence And you just join in on what's popular even though what's popular isn't right It's it's wrong in multiple ways But it's just because of the fact that okay If you can't it's again addressing the morality aspect of this season so well if you can't beat them join them Him having this live meltdown like this does indeed again have major implications to what happens the rest of the season The episode three recap of course is going to be up tonight as well because by this time you already know episodes one and three debut today and episodes four Five six seven eight. They'll all get released weekly as it pertains to when these episodes are releasing on amazon prime Again, they come out at 3 a.m. So what i'm actually going to do is commit to having them up before they air So there'll be spoilers over on this channel before the episode even airs because i'm not going to put the video out at 3 a.m. In the morning i'm not doing that so If you enjoyed season two or episode two of season three, let me know down in the comment section below Where do you think we are headed as it pertains to soldier boy? What do you think are going to be the connections between soldier boy and everything that's happened so far in this series? Because there's a giant one Uh, let me know all that down in the comment section below if you have an array, of course Make sure you go ahead and subscribe turn on post occasion. You never miss a video in the description I have links to social media accounts on my facebook twitter and instagram you can message me there Of course, there's any movies and reviews like me to cover in the future Uh, and again these episodes they're going to get better as the season progresses I promise you they're going to get better hero gasm is going to be the favorite for a lot of you And with all that in mind guys, I will see you in the next video