Hey curlfriends, I'm Bianca Renee and you're watching Bianca Renee Today and today is the day that I'm going to say goodbye to my beautiful faux locks. It was such a vibe. It was such a look. So glad I did it for my vacation, but all good things must come to an end. And I need my curls back. Like I'm not looking forward to taking these out, but I do miss my curls. I need them back. I got new products to try it for you guys and I'm taking a new license photo tomorrow. So I probably should look like my photo. So not only am I going to show you how I go from my protective style and revert back to my curls in this video, I'm also going to tell you about Costa Rica. I'm back from my trip from Costa Rica with all of my subscribers, my curl friends and wow, it was such an amazing time. So I want to give you guys all the deets include some footage of my trip for those of you that are curious and maybe you don't follow me on Instagram. I don't know why. Definitely follow me on Instagram if you haven't already done so at Ms. Bianca Renee. Cause if you have, you've already seen, you know, some sneak peeks, but another curl friend trip is coming very soon. So keep watching for more information. Okay, let's stop stalling. Let's just cut them out. So these are crochet faux locks, meaning all of my hair is braided down to my scalp. So none of this is my hair. If you get braids, you probably like cut maybe like around here, depending on your length, but I'm going to cut all the way up to the root because none of this is my hair. Technically the way this is done, it's just looped in here. So I could go like this and just pull it out of this loop and take them out one at a time. If you wanted to keep the hair, this hair has been in the ocean and the river and the pool. Realistically, I'm not going to reuse this hair, but if you want to, you could wash it, I suppose and use it again, but I'm just going to cut because time is money and ain't nobody got time for that. So before I do that, I am trying to do like a really cool TikTok or real. We'll see how it turns out, but I'm going to cut it like right around here, literally for no reason, just for the gram and to kind of see how it looks at a shorter length, but you don't have to do this step. First snip. Oh, it's happening. Oh man. It's kind of fun. Wow, I look like Whoopie Goldberg. Look at that. So my trip, it was five days, but I got to go a little bit early with my husband. So we got to go the day before everybody got there. Mind you, I thought we were leaving on a Thursday, and then I just happened to see a notification that was like, you can now check into your flight. And I was like, why would I check in two days early? And I was like, oh, we leave tomorrow. I got my dates mixed up totally wrong. And I called my husband who was at work and was like, hey, I'm we leave tomorrow. So hope that's okay. So it started off a little nerve-wracking. Luckily, I'm a professional procrastinator. So I was going to pack the day before anyways. We got it done. Our flight was smooth. It takes about five hours to get to Costa Rica from California. And Royce always takes the aisle seat because he's tall, meaning if you get married to somebody tall, you are forever stuck with the middle seat. That's something you commit to when you get married if people don't tell you about it. But then nobody showed up for the window seat. So I got to stretch out with my belly. I got to spread out my legs. So that was great. Having all three seats just for ourselves. Also remember, if you are pregnant, you actually get to cut the line. For those of you that know me, you know, I have a very serious line allergy. So I have clear to cut the line. I recommend TSA Pre-Check, global entry, whatever you need to pay for to cut the line, do it. But if you're pregnant, they let you board first. So that's always cool. You know I use that perk. So we get there and our hotel is about an hour from the airport. It's a little bit of a drive. We check in. The weather is beautiful. We got a little nervous checking the forecast, but it was wrong. So the weather was like great, the whole trip. So here's some footage from the hotel. It was absolutely beautiful. But basically everything was kind of like outdoors. There wasn't really an inside part to the whole hotel. And our room was on the third floor and there were no elevators in this hotel. Well, that was kind of a good to know, especially being pregnant. So it had two beds in the room and we're like, it's not exactly I love Lucy. We'd rather sleep in the same bed. So we actually ended up switching to a different room on the second day so we could keep our beachfront view, but just have one bed. So the first day we just chilled, we ate at the restaurant at the hotel that was right next to the water, next to the ocean. We got some ice cream and then I was putting together some goodie bags for my curl friends. I asked curl Smith and Sunday to Sunday, they could send me some goodies and they did. So thank you curl Smith and Sunday to Sunday for sending me some product. I got my curly favorites from curl Smith from my people coming with curls and then I got some braid favorites for those coming in protective styles from Sunday to Sunday. Funny story. Customs was trying to take my product. I had a whole bag of all of the products for everybody and they were like, Oh, this is a lot of stuff. Do you think this is like how much do you think this is like worth? I was like, I don't know. It was a gift. I'm not a lie. And then she was like, Oh, so do you think this is like more than $500 worth of stuff? And I was like, this is curl Smith guys, Sunday to Sunday. These are not cheap products. But I was like, No, no, definitely not worth more than $500. These little curl Smith minis travel size is like 99 Zen store. I just had to declare it and just sign this little piece of paper. Let me take my products. Well, that's a look. Snip, snip, snip. Wow. It's so light. And I wish I would have done this soon. I would have made it even this one. I'm not a hairstylist and just kind of like get multiple use out of your protective styles. Like if you do crochet, you could cut it. You can kind of like blow dry it, make it really straight. If you don't want the curls, do I dare do a short style next? I think I'm too extra. I think I was used to my like long length. The hair flip doesn't hit as much, but it's actually easier to do. Okay, let's keep going. So now it's day two and a lot of my curl friends are going to be arriving. We're going to start off with a welcome dinner, but we spent some time by the pool. I wanted to take some pictures of course. They had little like lounge chairs in the pool. So that was cool. Then we went to go to hang out on the beach for a little bit. They had horseback riding. I definitely would have done it if I was not pregnant. But while I was waiting at the beach, I ran into my first girlfriend, which was Naima and treated her to a pina colada. Because you find me first, you should get a free pina colada. That's just how it is. I had a million virgin pina coladas on this trip. And then I ran into, what are we next? I think it was Chantel and Caprice on the beach. They got there even before I did. They were just living their best life and extended their trip. But yeah, so I started running into people even before a welcome dinner. We had some drinks appetizers by the pool. It was a great time. Then I went back to the room to actually get dressed, get cute so I can meet everybody. And it was just the restaurant. Scared me for a second. It's so weird cutting this much off.  Anyway, so with this trip, when you really think about it, it's a little crazy. I've never met you guys in real life. You haven't met me, maybe a handful of you from like meet and greets. And I always say it's not where you go, it's who you're with. Like that can easily make or break any trip. And I'm literally going on vacation with 15 strangers. People I don't know. Like they know of me from the internet, but that's about it. So this could have gone one or two ways. It could have been crazy or wonderful. And luckily it was wonderful. So I got to say hi to everybody. We introduced ourselves, told everybody went around and said what they did. I ended up having four nurses on the trip.  And God sent me four nurses, one of them being a labor and delivery nurse. So I was fully covered. Look at this. So our first real day altogether was an optional excursion that I had planned, which was a safari boat tour. This was not included in the original price. A handful of people decided to pay the extra cost to do the extra excursion. So we get on a bus and the guy starts, you know, saying how it's going to go. And then we realized it's going to take two hours to get there. Didn't expect that part. So our resort was in very like a touristy area.  So as we're on the bus, he also kept saying, so we're all going to get into the raft. And then once you're in the raft, did it a raft, did it a raft? And I was like, question, by any chance in Costa Rica, do you guys call your boats rafts or do you literally mean like a raft? He's like, no, like an inflatable raft. I was like, cool, cool. Yeah, you're going to get helmets.  You're going to paddle on the river paddle. Yes. And there will be crocodiles. What? Here I am very much pregnant, about to get in the river rafting ride at Disneyland without the controlled environment that Mickey had set up for us. So we get there and we just see the river. The river is flowing. I'm like, oh my God. I don't know if I should do white water rafting right now. But he said it'd be safe. He said it was really slow and chill and that I'd be fine. So he noticed that a little prayer took my labor and delivery nurse, Kate, and Naima who said that she'd won a canoe race before. So that was all the experience I really needed at that moment. But luckily the river was chill.  I didn't have to paddle because I was pregnant.  Thank you. There were just little patches where it would get like a little bit fast. And then as we went on, we saw some monkeys in the trees. We saw some birds and it was cool. It was chill. It was kind of long. I liked it. You know, something I've never done before. Then after that, he was okay. So now we're going to get back in the bus. You guys did it. And he said, we're going to now hike to the waterfall. I was like, hike to the. This was not even in the description, a waterfall. And I was like, wait, hike. I'm still very much pregnant. What kind of hike are we talking about? And he's like, Oh, no, it's not like really a hike. You just like go down these stairs. You'll be fine. Okay. We get there. And it was just a set of stairs, a decent amount of stairs. And then we saw the waterfall and the waterfall was like the coolest part. I prefer the waterfall over the rafting. And I realized I've never seen a waterfall in person before. So it was beautiful.  I absolutely love the waterfall part. So that was worth it. Wow, I went from Whoopi Goldberg to Wanda Sykes. This is why we have to switch it up.  Because look how different you could look. I just, I became three different people in like 15 minutes. This would be big chop, Bianca. If I like went for it. It's kind of cute though. I'm definitely look more like a mom. I think I look more sophisticated. Okay. So now that we've cut this, and this is kind of a whole different vibe that I might want to actually do one day. I'm just going to go like this and then just pull it out the loop like that. So while half of us were in a river in the waterfall, the other half were just chilling by the pool, going to the beach. Then we decided to have our first theme night. We did like a safari, no tortoise print allowed dinner. If you know, you know. So everybody wore some type of like animal print or safari print. And everybody looked so cute.  It actually made us stand out and everybody was like looking at us thinking we're just a group of models. And the funny part was people kept coming up to us and they were like, Oh, what are you guys celebrating? We were like, our curls, our hair. That's all we're celebrating our hair. And I'm all for that. Our hair should always be celebrated. Oh, halfway there. Oh, it's actually nice to see my hair again. It's really there. Got scared for a second. So the first night we went to a place called Albe. I think it was Albe. And it was a place kind of like other bar lounge club-ish place. But I wanted to go because they had a fire dancer performance right on the beach in our hotel. We stayed at the Hotel Diria Tamarindo. And I really loved the location because it was walking distance to basically everything. All the cool restaurants people were recommending. If you did want to go to like the club scene, like bar scene, you could walk everywhere. So we walked to Albe and they had happy hour for a very long amount of time. Once again, I got a virgin pina colada, but everyone else got to get really cheap drinks. I was like $4. And then the fire show started, which was epic. So because we were trying to make the most of our trip, we didn't eat there because I heard the food there was kind of whatever. I wouldn't expect much from like, you know, bar food. So then we went to this place called El Macarito. It was basically like a food court for a bunch of different types of food. So you can go and get sushi. You can get crepes. You can get artesian food. You can get pizza. I think they even had burgers. The taco place was closed. A little bit of everything. So I thought that was a perfect place to go because the vibe was so cute. There was like lights. There was live music. We got to reserve a huge table for all of us to sit together. And that way people can just go and get what they want and pay separately without having to like, split a check. So that was like, perfect for everyone to try a little bit of something from different parts of the world kind of. But we had a lot of birthdays on this trip. So first of all, our tour guide that comes would throw the trip. Rocio was amazing. And she went above and beyond to accommodate us. So she was the one who actually was able to reserve the table for us because I didn't know how I was going to make a reservation for 15 curl friends without being able to use my phone and like call the restaurant. But she did all that for me. She got them to save this really big table. She even helped me get three birthday cakes for my curl friends to celebrate. Kimmy, Chantel, and Kate. So we got to sing them happy birthday. Costa Rica with Bianca Renee today with a bunch of new curl friends on your birthday. That sounds like a bomb birthday to me. So by that point, this mama was a little pooped. So I went back to the hotel with most of us. A couple people stayed out for some more drinks. There was already a bar there. And we had a great night out. Oh, by George, I think we've done it. There's all my hair. How it was underneath all that hair. All intact. Now I got to figure out where to start. Oh, there we go. Finding pieces. It's going to gently pull and see what was tucked and where. Maybe I should just start unbraiding. Ooh, this part can get tricky. I think I need a reptile comb. So I'm going to use the comb like this with a little point to kind of help me undo this braid. Oh, let the detangling begin. Back to life. Back to it is later. I did it. And now I'm Diana Ross. I've been so many different people in this video, but I did learn from my last protective style that you are not supposed to then just shower and detangle your hair. We're actually supposed to detangle our hair dry, which is something that I would never, ever recommend. But when I washed my hair straight out of the braids last time, it just made all this not together and it made it impossible to detangle. Even with my favorite detangling brush might be hair full. Even with my favorite conditioners, nothing worked. So I'm going to try to actually detangle this time dry first. Look at all the crusties. Cannot wait to wash my hair. Let's see, I'm going to let's see if I can use a wide tooth comb. This wide tooth comb was from the Carfinn Collective. Same place my scrunchies are from. But okay, what day are we on? Next day, we had our first like full group outing, which was a pottery making class and a tortilla making class. Now when I was creating this trip or picking the itinerary I wanted, I purposely picked chill things like this because I knew I was going to be pregnant. So this was a very like relaxing vacation. So we went to this house that was like an hour ish away. We got there expecting to get like our ghost on and like make a big pot and take it home somehow through TSA. But we realized it was more of a pottery demonstration. So we just started having trust issues with the descriptions on the trip because we weren't making a pot because in order to make it it's like a two day process. So we were watching someone's abuela make this pot from scratch and like step on the clay with her feet. And then you have to then make the clay and then you make your pot and then you put in the sun for like two hours and then you can like paint it and then you got to put it in the fire. So there was no way this ceramic item was going to be made in time. Like we would have to stay the night and come back and finish our pottery the next day. So it was great and it was really educational and I really enjoyed it. It's just like just going in with the right expectation was a thing. And then same with the tortilla making. Well first they fed us. The food was delicious. The like Costa Rican food like traditional meal is chicken rice and beans. So you're getting your protein. So we all sat at the table and they fed us. That was great. That was also included. And then we made tortillas. Well once again we watched someone else make tortillas and then then she asked if we wanted to join. So you know we were helping like churn the corn and then we started to pat it and try to make the tortilla. But it was more like an optional who wants to join in situation versus like a and now we're all going to make our tortillas together type of class. Luckily I had a really really really dope group of girls. Excuse me. We have majority girls and two guys and out of my whole 15 crew trip everybody actually came on their own except for my two girls from Canada. They were co-workers so they came together. And then there was one girl who brought her husband who was our only person that didn't have curly hair. But even he was cool going with the flow like happy to be part of the curly crew. Everybody got along and the age ranges were crazy. Our youngest person I believe was 20. The drinking age in Costa Rica is like 18. So he had a great time. We were celebrating like a 50th birthday. So 20 to 50 some 30s and some 40s in there. Yet we all got along and everybody was so cool. People could have easily maybe like been upset that the descriptions weren't completely accurate or like been like this is not what I signed up for. But like no there was no drama no Karens. Nobody was like mad about anything. Everybody just had a good time. So I was just so grateful that everybody was so chill and was just down to have fun. So if you want to come on my next trip I just hope that you're like as cool and chill as the first crew. We had no divas. We had no egos. It didn't even become like clickish. Like everybody was hanging out with a different person every day. So most people came by themselves but everybody left with new friends and we still talk in our group chat to this day and the trip is over. And almost everybody on my first trip wants to come back for the next trip. So I mean only 20 spots are available for my next trip and the possibility that 14 of them are already going to be wanted to be taken by my last crew of curl friends. So I think that also says something that people had a great time otherwise they would not want to come back. Now would they? They could have been like oh Bianca is so annoying. I can't wait to get home. I don't want to hang out with her ever again. But they liked me. They really liked me. So after that excursion we then went back to the hotel for my curl friend workshop where we decided to end up just doing it in the pool and I led or hosted a curly hair workshop so people can ask me whatever curly hair questions they want. Yes you could watch my youtube videos. Yes some of you get responses in my DMs or my comments but this is your opportunity to like talk to me face to face tell me all your curly hair problems questions concerns and we talked about it and it was a really great chill thing. I didn't want to have like a PowerPoint presentation or anything. People were literally just in the pool with our pina coladas talking about curly hair, sharing our struggles, sharing our favorite products, our curly hair secrets and I think it went great. Let me know if you'd want me to do another curly hair workshop on my next trip. If you're planning on coming of course. All right hair struggle. I think I'm all calmed out now. Do you see how versatile it is? And shedding wise this is the only hair I have thus far which is not bad for you know weeks of not washing my hair. There's a little bit in the comb. Hopefully it's not too much more when I shower but even if you do see a lot of shedding I mean you haven't washed or tankled your hair in weeks maybe months so don't freak out. It's normal. Now I think I want to add a protein treatment just to add some strength to my hair and then I'm going to go get my Bonnicole rehab solve. I'd like to use it on clean hair to be honest but let's just try this. This has to use on damp hair um so I'm gonna have to now let my hair I'm gonna just dunk my head and think grabbing the Bonnicole rehab solve. This is really great if you have damaged hair whether it's from heat damage or color damage. I'm kind of using it just as a reviver for more protein in my hair strengthen it after my protective style oh yes and it smells so good oh yeah detangling is already about to be so much better I never really thought about the Bonnicole having slip but then again I did already detangle while I was drying but oh this is night and day do not wash your hair fresh out of braids definitely detangle first because this is a million times better than last time I did it the curls are back high curls craziest volume though like y'all saw how big my hair just was what is this the eighth look of the video so now my hair is saturated in the Bonnicole rehab solve I'm gonna put it up and away and I'm gonna get a shower cap and maybe yeah I'm gonna let it sit for at least 15 minutes then I'm gonna hop in the shower to you know actually wash my hair I get rid of some of this build up shampoo conditioner shall I show you guys I'll take you with me follow me it's now been about 15 minutes I'm going to rinse out my Bonnicole rehab solve and now I'm going to attack this scalp using the Rezos curls detox scalp scrub this is aloe vera pink clay peppermint so it's really going to help cleanse this very dirty scalp and I'm kind of going to do a double cleanse because I'm going to rinse this out and then go in with my curl smith super slip prebiotic primer to detangle and wash my hair before I add another scrub which is the wash and scrub detox probiotic exfoliating clarifying shampoo this also has really small micro like beads to really help exfoliate the scalp then I rinse both of these out together and I'm grabbing the curl smith post biotic calming conditioner this is for the length of your hair but also has really great benefits for your scalp it feels so amazing to have my hair back and clean again my scalp is feeling great curls with the tangled now let's add a mask fresh out of the shower now I'm going to apply my deep conditioner to get some more moisture back in these curls this is the Rezos curls vitamin c repair hair mask if you don't have any Rezos curls product this is the one to get I think it's safe to say that this is my new favorite Rezos curls product but it also repairs your hair and vitamin c is just an ingredient that I've been obsessing over mainly even in skincare but it has benefits for your hair as well if you guys want to see my full review on this product already live on my channel but back to my curl trip after my curly hair like Q&A with everybody in the pool we then had our all-white dinner so we went to this really cute restaurant called dragonfly I love the vibe all the places I picked were based off of vibe there was the DJ playing music and it was kind of like a steakhouse or a steak and seafood place and the food was delish I think we all looked pretty darn snazzy in our all-white outfits and now for the final day of my trip this was our catamaran day but at this point we all did not trust any descriptions of boats we didn't know what we were gonna get in we got to the beach and then there was a smaller boat that takes you to the big boat and when you get on the big boat there was like a whole bar like open bars that was cool for everyone else oh that was the thing it was supposed to be snorkeling by the time we got out there the water wasn't like snorkel appropriate so we weren't able to snorkel because you wouldn't be able to see anything that's just based off of the currents of the ocean there's nothing that anyone could have done to control that so we weren't actually able to snorkel but we did have some noodles and we just floated in the water people were jumping off the boat it was really fun and we were on that boat like all day and we stayed on to see the sunset took some picture and this really had a great time I think it was the perfect ending to our trip but then we went back to the hotel for our final farewell dinner back at the hotel and everyone had really nice things to say about the trip so everybody can we go around and say what everyone's favorite part of the trip was meeting Bianca I was like oh my god I've been watching her forever I love that night we had the fire show the whole thing it was like for me it was just like really enjoyable like every day just learning about like Costa Rican culture the hair workshop because that was like golden really feeling the love of the curls family now there was like truly authentic like moment definitely like getting together with people that I haven't had the opportunity to see this many people with curly hair or textured hair you know very in the very long time going out every night with you ladies and our little themes dress up nice being with a whole bunch of people who have curly hair you know we have the same issues and how we can just like talk about that so I thought that was really cool curly hair community I don't want to sound like a Vin Diesel meme but I genuinely feel like we are family even though I do not qualify y'all accepted me having so many people I can relate to it's so refreshing to be able to feel people that just get it they just understand I don't ask why you're rapping your hair why you don't know I've always felt like I don't like sit in with the black community but I don't fit in with the white community so this is the first time that I've been with more than maybe one other next to another time and so it's really the first time that I felt like you know like I'm part of a community and that like I belong and people get me so that was an unexpected huge benefit and all of it started with hair and that's our sit on my hair for at least what's the bottle say oh it's only on the box I do wish that it was on the bottle I'm leaving on for at least 15 20 minutes been a while since my curls have had some love and then I'm gonna rinse it out and style it I think it's like 9 p.m at this point but new my hair all day rinsed out that deep conditioner I'm gonna add a leave in from not your mother's curl talk I wanted to keep it light because I did a lot of moisturizing things to my hair today and I honestly don't think this is gonna dry tonight so I might have to come back tomorrow to show you the dried result but overall as you can see I had an amazing time with all of my curl friends I loved hearing all the really nice things that they had to say everyone had such a great time and as a host and a party wedding planner myself like having happy guests is the greatest thing that I can have or even ask for and I hope to see most of them if not all of them again on my next trip so let's talk about the next trip it's already happening we're talking about July 2023 so next summer and there's only 20 spots available and honestly when am I posting this video it might be too late if I'm posting this when I think I'm posting this then the video went live two days ago on Friday and there's a very very good chance that it's filled up because people on instagram have been seeing how much fun I had in Costa Rica and I was getting dm saying like I'm coming to the next one for sure so as of my last time I looked at my little poll on instagram over 100 people said they were for sure down over 500 people said they were maybes and that was just today not including everyone for my last trip so there's a good chance it's already sold out but if not I will put the link in the description box so you guys might be able to join us because we are going to Bali I've never gone to Bali before I haven't even been on a flight that long so I'm kind of nervous for the flight I think it's like a whole day if not longer so that's going to be interesting that's going to be a very big girl travel decision for me but we're staying at two different hotels and they look so cool we have a lot of excursions planned all that's included all you need is a deposit to secure your spot so you can still sign up and be on the wait list just in case someone can't make it anymore so if it is sold out click the link and join the wait list because I'd love to travel with you next year and end it off with some whole what I'm going to grab my og fav that not your mother's curl talk curl activating moose I do want to give a special shout out and thank you to everyone that came on my Costa Rica trip you guys are my original you know my og first time travelers that was my first trip and you guys made it so memorable and special and this is like our thing now now it sounds like everyone wants to just have the same group every year but I do hope some new people get to join as well so we can expand our curly crew and I'm back the curls are back truth is I fell asleep last night so this is technically my day two hair I refreshed in the morning this using some more water I had a little bit more moose and I think I put a little bit of my curl Smith shine gel as well for some more crunch but my curls look very very shiny it's so light and fluffy I was able to put my hair like up in a bun last night or a pineapple felt amazing I just wanted hair like just off me just up and away but I do love my protective styles when I have them but then once I get my curls back I love my curls if you enjoyed this lock takedown slash Costa Rica recap vlog make sure to give me a thumbs up and subscribe my birthday is coming it's almost here and all I want for my birthday is to hit 600,000 subscribers here on YouTube so if you're new here please hit that subscribe button and if you aren't maybe you just clicked on my link from Instagram and actually never hit the subscribe button it happens it's okay I'll forgive you if you just do it right now I remember if you do want to know more about my next girlfriend trip make sure to click the link in my description box so you could at least join the waiting list if it happens to be full and before anyone yells at me about giving it to Instagram first I also posted it here on YouTube in the community tab so it's there but if you are on social media make sure to 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It's the start of a busy weekend in Bemidji as a 98th annual homecoming festivities get underway at Bemidji State University. All week alumni have been welcomed back to campus for the festivities. The Beaver football game kicks off at two o'clock on Saturday followed by the annual block party and street dance at 8.30. But before the big game the university wants to invite everyone downtown for the long-standing tradition of the homecoming parade. Well you know the parade is an opportunity for the university to be right in front and center downtown and to share our different programs the students are involved the student athletes our student groups clubs the band so it's a chance to connect with with the community and and it's such a wonderful tradition. The homecoming parade will travel through downtown Bemidji on Beltrami Avenue beginning at 11 in the morning. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Do you not have altruism within a system of individualism? So like have a government that's focused on individualism but then have like altruism at a personal level or through civil society? This is actually Hayek's argument, Hayek advocated for this, that somehow you could be altruistic in some aspects of your life and individualistic enough. And my argument is no, you cannot. And I don't see why you would be. I think we strive towards consistency. We cannot have a personal ethical belief that's inconsistent with a political belief. I don't think that's an equilibrium. I don't think that's sustainable. Ultimately, the personal ethical belief will spill into politics and will infect it. That's exactly what we saw in America. In America, we had a political system that was based on individualism, based on leaving people alone, based on individuals pursuing their own happiness. But the ethical belief of the people, particularly the new intellectuals who came into this country in the late 19th century, early 20th century and brought progressivism and so on, they undercut that by taking their personal ethical belief and spilling it over into government.


Welcome back, it is Thursday and that means acting analysis, finameters and today I'm gonna take a look at season four of Gotham. This one's gonna be very short, this is one of those on my list where it's only one scene, but it's something that can be very interesting and it's not used that often when I see student work when it comes to lip-sync and acting, so let's get straight to this. And it's this where the crime boss Falcone is talking to Jim Gordon here and they have this little back and forth. He obviously is asking him a favor. That's the whole thing, that's the whole context you need to know, but what I like about this is this.  And what I like about this is that he has a little moment of thought and then he anticipates the no with this. You don't always have to have your no when he says it here, like here right now, but I can't do this for you right now. This is the actual line where I can't do this. He still has a little bit of, it's a mustache, a little bit of left and right as a no, I can't do this, but he does have a much bigger no here at the beginning. And this is something for you to think about where whatever the character is going to say, right now, all the wheels are turning. He's already making up his mind and he knows he's going to say no. So for you, whatever line you have, you can say a yes, you can say a no, it could be a shrug, it could be an eyebrow raise, whatever anticipates what the character and your character is going to say afterwards can be anticipated way earlier. So again, he says, I was like to, now he thinks about it, now he's really thinking about it. And then he says it, but I can't do this for you, which of course triggers a reaction like, whoa, but why, why can't you do this? But I think that's pretty cool. And that's something that's somewhat underused where it could be something where you can almost mislead the audience or they might go, yeah, or you can start with a no and then, but okay, and then you're going to do it.  You don't always have to stick to exactly acting things out and moving in sync with the audio and really sticking to when the character is saying something in the audio. You can think about how is it going to have a body language and facial language before or after the line. So you could just say the line and then do something else. So like in this case, anticipate the no and then say the no. So that's why I wanted to show this clip is very short, but it's an interesting thing that I feel is slightly underused and it could be really interesting to add a bit more texture to mislead the audience. What are you going to do in terms of your creativity? Now, speaking of creativity, if you feel like this is a creative idea and you want to use this for your shots and you want me to help you and we can work together in the awesome shots, I have workshops. If you're watching this channel, you know the drill, link in the description with all the information you can sign up at any time. And speaking of time, this was short, but if you're still watching the whole thing, either way, I say thank you. Thank you for your patience. And if you don't want to miss anything that upload, you can subscribe, hit that bell button and hit the all notification options. You don't miss anything that I upload other than that. That's it from me. I want to say thank you and I'll see you in my next upload.


Welcome back to another vlog. I think this is the first time I've talked today, so it feels weird. That's not true, I've talked to Drew, but I guess just to a camera it feels odd. But hi, welcome. I am desperately trying to set a routine for myself today. That's honestly the goal. I think for the last, you know, honestly since the beginning of May, I have just been all over the place. I've had trips planned, I've had moving. We planned a trip out here to like see this place and all these different things. And I am really feeling the effects of it, which is weird because I never really had a routine, like growing up. I don't think I was really a routine based person, but I have become that as an adult. And I would say since pretty much like our trip here in April, just when we visited, like before we even knew we were moving back, I think since then everything's just been a little bit thrown off. And like that's totally fine. That's because life is amazing and we got to travel and we got to move back to like our favorite city and all these wonderful things. But yeah, I just feel the effects of going nonstop for the last like two, three months. And then also like not having any kind of routine. So all that to say. Got up this morning, did a workout, made a smoothie, walked the dog obviously, that's like the first thing we do. Played with Mu a little bit, got myself showered. I put some self-tanner on my face so that hopefully we can like match this situation a little better. My sunburn is doing much better. It's honestly just really like a tan at this point. So pretty pleased about that. Definitely need to lather on the sunscreen the next time I go in the sun though. And I've been doing that every day anyways. But today is really just gonna be like an editing catch up day. I was actually supposed to drive and see Alexa this morning, but I texted her and I was like, I need a day to catch up. And she was like, it's totally fine. So we're gonna FaceTime tomorrow and like make a plan soon. But I think I just need to like catch up on as much editing work as I possibly can. I have an editor who helps me with certain main channel videos, but there are other ones that I just wanna edit for myself. So that is what I'm gonna be doing today, catching up on editing vlogs, catching up on editing main channel videos and just, you know, relaxing, like settling in. Let's head into my room. I genuinely want to edit from my bed today. And that is one of the amazing benefits that comes from working this job is that sometimes I can edit in my bed or on my couch if I want to. And I really just wanna sit in my bed. So that's what I'm gonna do. Don't mind the sound of the fan behind me. I was doing a workout earlier and I was sweating, but this entire outfit is airy today. These white bike shorts I got, I think like two years ago, it was when I did a collab with Sierra where we sent each other clothing items and like had to style them. And they're really comfy and they're clean. So that's why I'm wearing them. And then this like little brawlet top. I think I showed it in a vlog, but it's also from airy. And we're just going with comfy vibes today. So I will check in with you in a bit after I've gotten some editing done. Fingers crossed for me. What do you need to go for a walk? Oh, do I go for a walk? Drew has a tiny bit of peanut butter sandwich. She's following him everywhere. Okay, that's rare. Don't come for us. Let's go for a walk. It's about noon now and we just took a little break. Laila's taking a break from lounging outside and we're going on another little walk. Lately, since we moved here, she's been getting like three walks a day and she's literally so happy and it's so cute. Yeah, they're short. She can't go for like extended periods of time because of arthritis, but she enjoys it so much and it makes her so happy and it's really cute. It is absolutely stunning outside today. And also I was really, really brave and I made a phone call and made an appointment for myself and I was so brave and I need everyone to acknowledge how brave I was. If it looks like I just woke up from a nap. It's cause I did. I definitely did. I'm gonna make some lunch. I am so tired. I don't sleep very well on like an average night. Also Drew's in a meeting so I'm trying not to talk too loud but on an average night, I sleep six, maybe seven hours. Seven hours is a good night, but usually like six. And like I wake up so freaking early so last night was no exception. I'm going to make a salad because I have not been making my favorite salads like at all since I've been here. I've been eating like a ton of Postmates and there's nothing wrong with that but I just definitely feel pulled to like eat some more veggies this week. So I actually have some leftover sweet green that I got yesterday and like normally I wouldn't eat a leftover salad but this is like a bowl and it's mostly just chicken with like some sweet potato. I got an extra dressing. So I think this might actually be okay and I might just like put it over some kale. It smells delicious and I'll just like add some stuff to it. And kale, obviously. I'm a kale girly through and through. It's just my fave. I do have a salad spinner but I'm not gonna lie, I'm way too lazy to use that right now. Throw some kale in here and I'm going to put the dressing. It's like some kind of like hot honey mustard or something. It's really good. There's some pistachios. Got some of these like Trader Joe's brand Parmesan crisps. I think they're Parmesan. And a cheese pie. Drew's out of his call. Food shaming meat. These aren't as good as the like Parmesan crisps brand but it'll do. I really am in the mood for some cucumber and carrot. I'm gonna do a little bit of that. Maybe just like a little veggie plate. I wish I had some more. We have these dips from the farmer's market but do it also. I might actually put a little bit of this cucumber in the salad as well. Is it weird that I'm cutting these cucumbers on a tea towel? I don't know.  And I'm gonna put my sweet green. It's like quinoa carrots, cabbage, chicken. Oh, I need to choose my spicy water, obviously. I'm thinking so I have a little bit of key lime, a little bit of lemon cello and a little bit of watermelon left. I might do the last lemon cello. This one's very interesting. It's like a vanilla lemon flavor. I'm gonna mix it up so we can get some dressing. I'm going throughout. I'm into it. I'm not into these massive pieces of cabbage, but it's good. So I'm going to just scarf this down as quickly as possible because I really need to get back to work. I'm going to enjoy this and then we will continue with this work day. I look so tired. So while later, my face tan has definitely kicked in. It's looking, I don't know, I'm adjusting. But anyways, we did get a package. We ordered some like other towels from Bagu. That's where our bathroom towels were from. And we also ordered some like extras to have as, you know, for when the other ones are washing. And then I also ordered, look at it. Oh, so cute. Isn't it? It's human, oh. Yeah.  Yeah, it's like a decent size too. It's definitely like for the beach. Yeah, it'd be perfect for the beach or like a little picnic. You could buy like reusable ice packs. Yeah. For sure. Like how cute is that? And this print is called Farmers Market. So cute little vegetables on that. And then the towels that we got are the smelly face print. They're so cute. So these are going to be for when our checkered towels are in the wash. Or for guests. Or for guests. Yeah, guests come over. Are you okay? No, I'm coming on you. I'm coming all the way down cutting an onion. We're making curry, like a really simple curry for dinner. And by curry I mean yellow curry sauce from Trader Joe's. Oh, sorry. Yeah. Deeply not a real curry at all, but like quick and easy. So that's what we're doing. Drew and I have decided that what this day needs is some baked goods. He's cooking dinner. I'm going to make us dessert. We bought this brownie mix like when we first got here. Or maybe even before we moved. I'm thinking that some brownie action needs to happen. This is how real bakers bake from the box. I'm really in desperate need of a great race wake off season. And I know it usually airs during the summer if I'm not mistaken. But we always get it later. Three tablespoons water, half a cup of oil, two eggs. Feels like a lot of oil, but okay. It did already grease my dish. So nobody come for me. And yes, I did use a Tupperware to mix this because there's no rules. And she goes for 22 minutes. It is time to sit on the couch. And what we would normally do is watch Love Island. However, in our quest to air play Love Island from our VPN on the laptop, you know, as an update, we can't get it to work. So we ended up just watching it just straight from my laptop. So that's what we're gonna do later. We laid in bed and watched like what, four episodes last night? Three or four. Three or four. So that's probably gonna be the plan for tonight. But we're just gonna go back to our old classic tried and true favorite escape to the country. We love it so much. I hope it's a Jules episode because he's my favorite. All right, dinner is done. Brownie Sundays, well just brownies with ice cream is made. We're gonna crawl into bed and watch Island. What? Watch Island. We're gonna crawl into bed. Watch Love Island. We're gonna crawl into bed and watch Love Island and we will catch up with you another time. Goodbye. Good morning. I am headed to the nail salon today because if you missed a couple of vlogs ago or last vlog, I unfortunately had a horrible nail salon experience and less than 12 hours after getting my nails done, all of the gel polish was like falling off of my nails like one by one in like whole pieces. It was awful. So I'm trying a new salon today. Actually it was recommended by one of my friends and I saw a couple of people on Instagram talk about it too. So that is where we're gonna head and fix these tragic nails. Like no, it's time. I'm gonna try GELX for the first time. So let's see. I felt like this was interesting to talk about because it's something that I actually get asked about a little bit and that's my lash extensions. So I haven't gotten lash extensions since probably like shortly before we moved. So mid June and it's now mid July and I actually had a lash appointment booked for two days from now and I canceled it this morning and I think I'm going to take my lash extensions off at home. I'm not looking for advice on like if I should do that or not cause I'm just gonna do it. So what I did kind of want to talk about was that I am actually like taking them off not because I don't want them anymore but because I feel like I've, I don't know like relied on them too much to feel pretty or to feel put together or whatever. And like genuinely it's making me, I feel like I need them and I don't like that feeling.   And you know what I mean? Like it's just not, I don't want to be in this cycle of feeling like I need any kind of beauty treatment. I know I'm going to the nail salon right now but I'm fine with my nails it's whatever I would like them to look better right now but with the lashes I don't know I have a lot of truthfully like dysmorphia when it comes to my face and like the way it looks and the way I look without makeup it's been a thing for most of my life especially because of my skin which doesn't help a lot but I don't know if anyone else is out there that is felt the same way I just wanted to kind of speak on it because usually when I talk about things and I'm like nobody feels this way and then I get so many comments and DMs from people being like you have no idea like I feel the exact same way. So I don't know I started at the beginning of this year treating myself to like a lot of different beauty treatments and I stand by those like I've loved them they've been amazing for my confidence and just self-care in general but I have felt like with the lash extension specifically that's half of it like is feeling you know like I'm not put together unless I have them and unless they're like fresh and perfect and I don't want to feel that way and secondly sort of the other half of it is that I don't enjoy lash appointments. In fact I'm like crawling out of my skin every time some people can just lay there and fall asleep and relax or like listen to a podcast or an audio book I cannot I'm in panic mode the entire time. I talked about this during my first lash appointment like I don't know a few months ago and I had like a mini panic attack and that was like the first time I've had a panic attack in years honestly like or come close to one and it was bad it was like my body was trembling and stuff and it was embarrassing and I was sweating and I just I don't want to do that anymore. So anyways that's my little mini rant but Drew just text me it was like you left me he was on a call when I left. I have nothing else to say that's pretty much it I'm gonna call him back and we're gonna get our nails done let's do it.


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Maen nhw'n Lary Hawkins. I'm 19 and I'm a student in college. When I was 12 I was sexually exited. Me and my friend were waiting outside the shop because we wanted alcohol. This guy came over and he said that he would go in as long as I exchanged numbers with him. He took us driving in his car and brought us drugs. One thing led to another and he put his hand on my leg. I think around February time I then found out that I was pregnant. At the age of 14 I was severely underweight. I was addicted to coke and I was about to undergo an abortion. I watched a documentary about another young girl that had gone through a similar thing to me and that's when I then realised that what he'd done to me and what he had been doing to me and was still doing was bad and was wrong and that's where I then confided in my foster dad and told him that the baby that I just aborted was a 30 year old man's baby. I think when that judge said he said it seemed to 10 years I was the best thing that happened. It was such a relief. Gwent police approached me and asked if I would assist them in training for new officers that haven't yet been out on the streets. Even just telling my story and just talking to some, what even one person about it that it could stop them going through what I've gone through then I do anything I can to stop it and anything I can to help. Being nominated for St David's Ward is something I didn't expect to get a phone call saying I've been nominated for it and especially it being in Wales in God's country is amazing.


Hey everyone, welcome to EchoCalypse and I'm bringing you guys the tier list so that you would have more or less an idea of who is going to be good overall. By the way, this tier list is just going to cover SSRs. Okay, so this one cover only SSRs and let's start with our tier Ds. So we're going to be checking out Camilla. Okay, for Camilla, it doesn't bring much damage for the front row and has drain, not being used well so much for PV and PVP. Next is going to be Stara for tier D. So for tier D, only the two of them are going to be here. So Stara also has good damage corresponding target and nearby target, so which is roughly around 3-4 targets, decreased chance to block for those who are hit but not really impressive in the damage department. So they're the only two in tier D and if you have them, I would not build them. I would skip them more or less in building them. So moving on to tier C.  I can't seem to find her, okay. So we have here Garula. Garula was actually nerfed. She used to be around tier B or tier A. She used to have stun but when she was nerfed, she was down to damaging three random enemies and critical resistance reduction. So that is actually what she is, what they call this, what she is down to. So again she's down to tier C. Next up is going to be, let me just look for her. We're talking about Bastet, okay Bastet here. Damage again corresponding enemy in front and so rounding enemies, so around 3-4 damage as well and also gives armor break. Not that impressive of a skill and damage. So she belongs in tier C and the last one to round up our tier C is going to be Baphomet. Where is Baphomet, I cannot find her, here she is. So Baphomet is going to be in tier C, she's the last one. So Baphomet again damage corresponding enemy in front and nearby enemies, so therefore 3-4 enemies damage. She has decreased chance to block, okay. Again not an impressive kit to have, so this is going to be your tier C. You have Garula, Bastet and Baphomet. So take note the tiers B, A, B, A, S and must haves, these are the ones that you're going to be focusing on more or less. So we'll start off with Tower Rett, okay. I hope this is correct, this is Tower Rett, yes that is Tower Rett. Tower Rett has a large single row damage, so single row meaning one in the front, one in the back, and she has armor and resistance debuffs. So she's kind of the middle of the pack in terms of effectivity and usage. But if you have her, you may use her. Next in this lineup would be, I forgot her name, it would be Widget, okay let's look for Widget.  Chance to turn enemies into mummies, mummies basically have a lower attack, so they're basically useless, so that is what Widget gives. Let me just take a look at what I have here, and the next one is going to be Beam. Beam is, where is Beam? Here is Beam, okay. Beam is going to be in Tier B as well, Beam absorbs lethal damage once, only once, so she survives it. Large damage as well to a single row meaning front and back enemies in that row. So again a good utility as well, and also survivability, but she is at Tier B. Next is going to be Set. Okay Set was also nerfed, Set's build before was more defensive, she used to absorb damage from enemies from your front row or from your allies, but now her skill is damage to the front row plus additional damage to burn enemies, and also a chance to gain additional damage. So, she was really valued, she was previously at Tier A, she was very valued for her defense, now not anymore, okay. So next is going to be Rayon, Rayon is here, so basic damage in the front row, chance to inflict burn as well, attacks all enemies plus damage to targets with burn.  So next is going to be Mori, Mori where is Mori, where she or she is, okay Mori highest single target damage, she targets the back, back row of course, so if you have enemies which you know, if you want to target the back row, support in the back row, Mori is your best bet, she's going to be good in PVP while in disabling back row, and she's also going to be good in bosses, okay. And the last one is going to be Regina, so Regina has a chance to inflict burn in the front row, though she has big damage but again, it's going to be, you know, it's going to be to be synergized with your burn effect. So that is your tier B guys, so these cases may be leveled up if you don't have a choice, but they're not really the core of your team. Okay, so we go next to tier A, so for your tier A, we're going to be starting off with, let me check who I'm going to start off with. So let's start off with Horus, for tier A, okay, so for Horus, armor break, high damage in the single row, meaning front and back, plus additional if armor is broken or armor broken and immune to rage reduction. So Horus is, can be, you know, part of your mainstay already, she's a good, she has good utility aside from high damage. So next up in tier A would be Kiki, one of my favorites from the start, huge damage, unfortunately she was nerfed, she used to target for random enemies. Now it's just a random row, so it's going to be just two, front and back, it's random, but it has a huge damage, buff attack percentage, rage also to start the battle and adds peers to attack. So again, even though she was buffed, she still has very good value because she has peers and she has high damage to boot, okay? So next up, we have Nez, okay, so for Nez, I failed to get her previously. She does do freeze to the nearest corresponding enemy right in front, so basically her targets could be three or four with her freeze depending on the position and rage to start the battle. She's a very good utility and damage dealer, you can't go wrong with her, freeze actually makes the enemies miss a turn, so that is why she is very valuable and she is with tier A. Okay, next, we have Vivi, Vivi by the way has rage reduction and attacks three random enemies. So rage is basically speeding up the turn, so if she gives rage reduction, definitely they're going to be slowed down in terms of their turn. She's very valuable, rage reduction is kind of a debuff, but it's going to be three random enemies. Okay, next is going to be Neftis, probably the second best healer in the game. At this point, heals allies in the same row and also inflicts burn. So take note of that, that is for Neftis. Next is going to be Shiyu, okay, so for Shiyu, damage and burn, two corresponding enemy in front and surrounding enemies, so again it's between three to four enemies for one target for her skill, has self revive only for one time. So she is also a good core to start with and moving on to the next, we have Zawa. So this is Zawa, buff transfer, her skill is kind of a bit of unique because of the buff transfer, increased damage for every buff she has over her target and attacks also corresponding enemy in front and surrounding that enemy. So again, most likely three to four targets as well. So increased damage if she has more buffs than the enemy she targeted. Okay, so moving on to Gryff, Gryff is, actually I like the damage of Gryff. Large damage to the row of enemies, so meaning front and back. If burn, if those targets are burned, she deals additional damage but even if they're not burned, her damage alone is very good to two enemies front and back. And the last one is going to be Nightingale. I never realized that Nightingale was this good until I reviewed all their skills. The damage to four random enemies with a chance to inflict silence. So again, she's good, she's going to be one of your debuffers. She's going to disrupt tempo for your enemies and she is our tier A and that rounds out our team A. So we're heading off to tier S. Tier S is kind of your must have already but they're the best of the best already. Your must haves are, if you can get them primarily, then do get them but don't make the mistake of not looking at your tier S because tier S is already very good. So we'll start with Audrey. Okay, Audrey has Regen, gives Regen and Rage to the back row. She's a very good support actually for what she gives, Regen and Rage. One of the most sought after supports that we have in the game. Although she was nerfed, she used to be a must have unit but now she's with tier S. Next is going to be Panpan. Panpan gives shield, critical resistance but only to two random allies. So again, she was part of the must have before but I'm afraid that she's gone down at this point. So she is with tier S then next on tier S is going to be Ferencia. So front row damage, skill damage increase every 10% HP lost of the enemies that were targeted. Okay, so if they have lower HP then skill damage is bumped up. Okay, next on tier S is going to be Yulia. Probably the best defensive case that we have. She has taunt on the front row targets. She has damage reduction for 10% of HP she lost. And she's going to be your best defender if you don't have her. It's really sometimes hard to clear some stages but if you have Yulia build her she's one of the best and if not the only best defender that we have. And the last one to round out our tier S is going to be Dina. So Dina, best healer in the game, period. She has the lowest HP among allies. Okay, so best healer to level her up, look for copies of her. She's going to help you progress in most stages if not all of the stages. She's one of the best that we have in the S tier and she rounds out our S tier guys. So moving on to the must haves, I'm not gonna lie, we are lucky to get her. First is Fenrirow for enemies, she used to hit all enemies. Now it's for random enemies for her ultimate or her special. Additional damage for those who have HP below 50%, additional hit as well. Increase attack from the start of the battle for three rounds. Definitely a very, very good damage dealer, a must have and we get her for free. Take note, it's really a must to build her up and the last one would be Iken. It's okay, damage to all, there are a few damage to all cases here. Iken is one of them, she has also true damage and a crit buff. So must have Iken and Fenrirow, you will never go wrong with them guys. And here is your tier list to start off our global or our official launch. Okay, so if you have any questions, any suggestions on the tier list, please put them down in the comments section below. I would be happy to address them, probably adjust the tier list in next month if we have more cases coming in. And by the way, before I forget, the SSR avatar that we're going to be getting, the ones that we choose from either male or female, they're also good to use. I just don't have an icon here, but that one, the male or female avatar is going to be belonging in tier A. I forgot to mention that, but the avatar is actually good to use. They can be used up to the mid game. I've been using them ever since I got the female avatar. They're going to be good, so they're going to be tier A. Please do use them, especially if you don't have much SSR units. They start out at SSR. Eventually they will scale up to SSR as you progress within the game. So again, guys, this is the tier list. If you have comments, if you think that some are out of place, please do comment in the comments section we will discuss. And I could probably adjust them in the next tier list. So thank you guys for staying this far.  This is The Warden and I'm out of here.


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We'd love to have you. All of my recipes are on my recipe website, which is also down in that description box and let's jump in to cookin' for the week. For breakfast this week, I am making zucchini blueberry baked oatmeal. We are going to add some protein to this to really up our protein game for breakfast. So let me show you what's in the recipe. First you're going to need protein powder. I actually shared this with you guys in last week's What I Eat in a Day. It has become a fast favorite for me. This is the Oziba plant protein. 30 grams of protein, 5.2 grams of BCAAs, which is great for muscle recovery, muscle building. Great if you are active at all. There's no added sugar in this and 30 grams of protein. It is unheard of to have 30 grams of protein in a protein powder, especially a plant-based protein powder. This is organic and the ingredients in here are absolute perfection. There is a whole whopping three ingredients in this protein powder. So we have organic pea protein, organic brown rice protein, and organic quinoa. That is it. So there is no sugar, no unhealthy ingredients, no additives, it tastes absolutely incredible. It is not gritty at all, which is one of the things about protein powder that's plant-based that I typically dislike. This one is so good. I've been using it a lot. As you can see, a lot of it is gone because it's been a staple for me. You can pick this up right off of Amazon. So I'm going to go ahead and link it down below for you with a discount code. Definitely pick this up if you're in the market for a nice clean ingredient protein powder. And you have to remember one other thing with plant-based protein is it's a lot easier to digest than whey protein. So if whey protein bothers your stomach or you don't have milk or whey products in general, this is an absolutely excellent choice. Plus it's nice to have a plant-based option on hand. So I will definitely have this linked down below for you and I can't wait to put it in this. And we're going to add it to our baked oatmeal to really up the protein. You're also going to need some rolled oats, milk of your choice, some type of sugar-free syrup. I'm going to use Lakonto as always. I will make sure Lakonto is also linked below for you with 15% off-site-wide. You'll need vanilla extract, one medium fresh zucchini, fresh blueberries and some eggs. So the first thing I'm going to do is grate my zucchini. So the first thing we're going to do is crack our two eggs into a large bowl, two teaspoons of vanilla extract, and then we're going to stir this together, get the egg and the vanilla mixed really well. And then we're going to add in two cups of rolled oats, one and a half cups of milk, half of a cup of sugar-free maple syrup and one scoop of the Oziva plant-based protein powder. Give that a mix until combined. And then we're going to stir in one and a half cups of blueberries and our shredded zucchini. And here's what your mixture should look like. Go ahead and grab out an eight by eight baking dish, spray it with some non-stick cooking spray. And then we're going to transfer the baked oatmeal mixture into the pan. And then press that down into place. You want to make sure that all of the oats are under the liquid so that they'll get completely cooked through. Our baked oatmeal is going into a 375 degree oven for 35 to 45 minutes or until it's baked completely through. So I just pulled the protein-packed blueberry zucchini-baked oatmeal out of the oven. Look at how amazing this looks. This gives me cake vibes, but it's a healthy protein-packed breakfast. Don't forget that I will link the Oziva plant-based protein powder down below for you. That is what really amps up the protein in this recipe. You could pair this with eggs, but I'm just going to have it as it is because it's a very well-balanced breakfast with protein, healthy carbohydrates, fruit that has a little bit of fiber in it. This is going to be amazing all week. So I will go ahead and pop up point calories protein here on the screen for you. For lunch this week, I am making a ground chicken sweet potato skillet. I'm really excited about this. It's going to be a great way to get into veggies, protein and healthy slow-digesting carbs. Plus it sounds delicious. So let me show you what's in our recipe. So you're going to need a pound of ground chicken. You can also use 93 or 99% extra lean ground turkey. I prefer ground chicken over ground turkey. This is also zero points on WW. You'll need some light shredded mozzarella, one large or two small medium sweet potatoes, a yellow bell pepper, an onion, salt and pepper. These are my favorite gravity-fed salt and pepper grinders. I love these. You guys love these. I bought these on Amazon, super affordable. I'll link them down below for you. Some fresh parsley and some garlic.  So I went ahead and grabbed out a large skillet. You can also use a cast iron skillet. I sprayed it with some non-stick cooking spray and I'm going to add my ground chicken, your ground turkey and we're going to allow this to start browning. When your ground meat is just about cooked through, we're going to add in our diced up onion and yellow bell pepper. Allow those to cook until translucent. We're going to add in a big scoop of minced garlic, salt and pepper and the chopped up sweet potato. Give that a quick stir. We're going to throw a lid on our skillet and allow those sweet potatoes to cook until soft. If you feel like you're running out of liquid, you could always add in a little bit of water or even some broth. We just want to make sure that the sweet potatoes get cooked all the way through and that they're nice and soft. This looks so good. We're going to add half of a cup of light shredded mozzarella right on top and then garnish with some fresh parsley. And here is the finished ground chicken and sweet potato skillet. This looks really good and like I said, it smells amazing. You could pair this with some fruit for a perfect, perfect lunch. So I'm going to allow it to cool in the pan. I'll toss it into a storage container. I'll pop up the points, calories and protein here on the screen for you, but this is going to be such a great protein packed healthy lunch. For dessert this week, I'm making blondies. And originally I was going to make maple glazed apple blondies, but I just realized that I forgot to buy apples when I went grocery shopping. So we're substituting banana. We just need some type of fruit for the filling of these blondies. Do I think apples would be better? Absolutely, but you know what? We're going to make do and I'm going to add some bananas. So let me show you what's in our blondie recipe. You're going to need cinnamon, baking powder, all purpose flour, brown sugar substitute of your choice. As always I'm using Lakonto. I use Lakonto sweetener for all of my substitutions. So again, Lakonto is linked down below with 15% off. I also have the Lakonto powdered. This is the Lakonto granulated, vanilla extract, light butter. In my case, two bananas, otherwise you would do two apples and then some eggs. The first thing we're going to do is make the apple, aka banana filling.  We're going to add two tablespoons of Lakonto golden, one tablespoon of light butter, about half a teaspoon of vanilla extract and some cinnamon. And we're going to allow this to cook down for about three to four minutes. We want the bananas softened, kind of caramelized with the brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. So here's what your filling will look like. It's thickened up a little bit and those bananas or your apples are nice and soft. So the first thing we're going to do is add one cup of softened light butter to a bowl. And then we're going to stir this, mix this, grab your handheld mixer, but we basically want to cream this together until it's light and fluffy. Then we're adding in one cup of Lakonto golden and a quarter cup of Lakonto granulated. And again, mix that together really, really well. And then we're going to add in our eggs one at a time, mixing in between each egg. And then we're adding in two cups of all-purpose flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, cinnamon and vanilla extract. And then mix that in until fully combined. Go ahead and pull out a baking dish. You could do an 11 by seven and nine by nine. I'm going to do a six by nine. We're going to add half of the blondie mixture to the bottom of our baking dish. And then you're going to spread that out. Now the recipe says that sometimes it's easier to use your hands or you can use the back of a spoon, but you want to get that spread out nice and even in the bottom of your baking dish. And then we're going to add that yummy filling right on top. I do have to say this little faux pas of not buying apples may work out well because this filling with the banana smells really delicious. And then we're going to top it with the other half of our blondie mix. And then again, spread that out nice and even on top. It is okay if a little bit of your filling peeks through. Now our blondies are going into a 350 degree oven for about 15 to 20 minutes or until they're cooked completely through. Our blondies are in the oven. I'm going to make up a glaze. So the first thing we're going to do is add two tablespoons of light butter, one half of a cup of Lakonto powder. And I don't think I even showed you this in the beginning but you are going to need some maple syrup, a quarter of a cup. So of course I'm using my Lakonto maple and this is the cinnamon maple syrup, some vanilla extract and some cinnamon. And then we're going to mix that together and that will form our glaze. I did go ahead and pop mine into the microwave for about 30 seconds just to get that butter melted but this looks so delicious. Our blondies are out of the oven.  I'm going to allow these to cool for about 10 minutes. Then we're going to add the glaze. They do not have to be cooled completely. We do want the glaze to actually soak in and caramelize into the blondies. And we're going to take that yummy glaze and just drizzle it right on top. And here are the blondies. Don't these look so good? I mean that glaze, it's drizzled down the sides. It's going to soak into all those little nooks and clannies of the blondies. This is going to be such an amazing dessert this week. I will go ahead and put serving size, points, calories and protein here on the screen for you. I mean me for this week's meal prep. I hope you are as excited about these three easy yet delicious recipes.  It is linked in the description box along with nutrition coaching, links and discounts to my favorite things. And of course, come on over, join our Facebook group. We'd love to have you. Happy Monday friends. I hope you have an amazing day. Stay tuned a little bit later this morning for my video all about the new WW plan. And I'll see you all in the next one. Bye.


This show is brought to you by these awesome people. Hey there, you beautiful people! Today's highlights. Walt Nodes, well, it happened. Le Mans 1955, a tragic and true story. And Genshin Impact Style Tree Fulllage. Welcome to the BNPR show, a celebration of stylized and non-photoreal rendering. As per usual, first, the news. Wu Yiming and the Grease Pencil team made a few very visual improvements to the Grease Pencil line art modifier. Now, you can make hair from floating edges. These are edges without a face. This doesn't work with particle hair though, but it will work if you convert the particle hair into a mesh object. They also made floating edge chaining much better, resulting in a much nicer hair appearance. And now, just like the face smoothness feature in freestyle, line art modifier now has a smoother edge detection. This fixes inconsistencies with line thickness on meshes with a higher face count. Line art also now supports freestyle face marks. So you can freestyle face mark faces along with marking edges for line drawing. Line art modifier also supports intersection filtering within collections. So it is now possible to make these colorful intersection lines. We heard you like speed. The intersection detection has gone through multiple speed ups as well. Closer to that of real-time line rendering. That's quite a bit. Keep up the good work, guys. Miguel Pozo has been working on a more visual approach to coding malt shaders in the form of nodes. At this moment, only mesh shaders are available, but more will be available soon. With a new node tree, we have a new window called Malt node tree. In it, we have all the built-in shader functions. This is keeping true to the goal of BEER being an NPR feature first, rather than a purely atomic shader building approach. But this is not a dumbed-down version of the powerful GLSL programming interface like in EV. For advanced users, you still have the full GLSL programming interface that you can link in as nodes. To add flexibility, you can overwrite shader properties on the properties window on materials using the same node tree. This is true to how shaders are coded and used in practice like in game engines. If you look at the node tree closely, it is 100% like GLSL code in the shader examples. This is, however, a double-edged sword. One, to use the node, you will have to understand the shader code structure. Two, to make more advanced shaders, you will have to learn code. With the shader examples and the shader library available, everyone can code shaders when they have seen the shader code enough times. And coding NPR shaders is easier than most people think. You can learn shader programming in Malt and the knowledge is usable in other places. If you want further support or more malt node development, go to Malt's Patreon page and drop a few dollars a month to get endless NPR goodness. As for the beer project, there will be updates when there is more to show, so please stay tuned. Here are a few wonderful tree-making tips by Pedro Domicino. The first tip is getting the shape of the foliage right. The most common shape is like a sphere with a cut-off bottom. Second, to add color variety, use a vertex color data transfer modifier. Now the foliage isn't just a single hue. The third tip is using a normal transfer data transfer modifier on more than one sphere for the best shading effect. Fourth, use this shader setup to enhance and solve the shading problem. This is basically a vertex color with a fixed normal. Feeding it, the subsurface scattering and foliage alpha texture. And with that, you have a convincing NPR tree similar to that in Genshin Impact. The steps are very few, so why not give it a try? Now for something hueful, that is creating a gradient grease pencil brush by Sophie Gentak. A note, to use this brush, you will need a pen tablet with pen pressure. Here are the steps to making the gradient brush. First, enable vertex color paint mode. Second, enable stroke randomize. Third, change the hue value to the amount of hue variability you want. At 1.0, the hue change is the full circle, meaning it can be any hue. At 0.5, the hue change is half the hue circle from the hue you selected. Four, enable stroke random. This randomizes the hue in the stroke level. And fifth, enable use pressure. The hues will change with the different pen pressure. With this simple setup, you can make colorful calligraphy, colorful line art, and use strokes as fill. And yes, yummy cupcakes. You may have seen Gaku's spectacular 3D looking sketches featured in this show. And now, he's giving away his secrets. First, the line setup. With your mesh ready, add a solidify modifier. Then create two materials. Set the second material with back face coaling enabled. On the solidify modifier, flip the normal. Then assign the second material to it. Second, to get the more organic silhouette lines, add a displacement modifier. Change the scale of the displacement, then add a cloud texture. Third is the first material hatching setup. Now add a basic tune shader combined with a hatching texture. To get an interesting hatching, place a few lower powered point lights. Fourth, change the background of the scene to the same color of the first material. Fifth is the human touch portion. Now use grease pencil ink brush. Set the stroke placement on the surface with a big offset. Dry your extra hatching and lines. To optimize your lines, sculpt the strokes to your liking. With the secrets known, you're ready to make a 3D sketch using any organic models that you may already have. It's Hall of Fame time. Let's see which artworks got selected. Dayoto Madachi has an original animation. Hamster face fan and his abs have to fend off against two of three ninja assassins sent by the emperor to prevent the end of the world. And McDonald's was somehow involved. Hamunculus Overworld 1 is a grease pencil animation by Rory Carson. It's short but showing great storytelling potential. It reminded us of the whimsical story from the Discworld series. Le Mans 1955 is a tragic motorsport history animation directed by Quentin Belieu. Produced by Eddie and Windy Production with the participation of Canal Plus. Please watch it for the art style and storytelling. It's really good. It's not over yet. The wise among us will advise you to visit the show notes for an extra dose of NPR greatness. There are a few more tutorials, artworks, and copyrighted animations we can't show here for obvious reasons. And this show is made possible by these awesome people. Please thank them kindly. Before we go, one final question. What sort of animations will the BNPR Studio make?


An anonymous tip led to a large drug bust in Floyd County last Friday night. It occurred on September the 6th last Friday at a local hotel here in Prestonsburg. It was a result of anonymous tips that we had received on our anonymous tip line over the last several months. After the investigation, we got all the information together and we were able to obtain a search warrant for that local hotel in a certain room. When we executed that search warrant, we were able to obtain information that the methamphetamine was going to be delivered on that day to that room. After surveillance that day, we were able to intercept the methamphetamine that the accused that brought to the hotel that day had totaled 650 grams of methamphetamine that has a street value of about $65,000. So we were able to get that off the streets or out of Floyd County. And the sheriff's real big on trying to combat the methamphetamine problem as much as possible for our youth. And it turned out that this guy was just 18 years old and he was bringing that large amount into the county. So it's not just the old or the middle age that's affecting everyone and everyone's affected by the methamphetamine problem that we have here in Eastern Kentucky. 18-year-old Scott Logan Reaser of Heinemann was arrested and charged with trafficking in Schedule 1 narcotics and possession of marijuana and launched in the Floyd County Jail. That's a lot of methamphetamine that we got off the streets, 650 grams if you want to imagine. It's like a gram of meth. A lot of people don't understand how you would measure that or whatever but you can think of a sugar packet that you put in your coffee or sweet tea. One sugar packet is equal to about one gram so we got 650 of those off the streets. We get a lot of information from our anonymous tip line and the number for that is<PHONE_NUMBER>. We get a lot of information. A lot of our investigations begin there and people don't have to leave their name. They just give us the information. We follow up on every tip that's left on there and that's how we start a lot of our investigations is from that anonymous tip line. People feel comfortable calling in not having to give their name. They care about their communities but they don't want to put their name out there so we take those very serious and we follow up on every one of those tips that someone calls in. We're seeing more and more of the so-called drug dealers carrying concealed weapons since the law changed in July of this year also. You don't have to ever permit to carry a concealed weapon in Kentucky now so they're taking advantage of that and we're starting to see a lot more concealed weapons being carried by people that probably shouldn't be carrying the weapons. Anytime someone, if they want to talk in person, the sheriff always has his door open for people to come in and they can stop at our office here in Pressensburg anytime they like or they can call and make an appointment with them. He's always glad to speak with people or they can call if they don't want to put their name out there or their face out there, they can always call the anonymous tip line. Scott Logan was released today on a $2,000 cash bond.


I'll probably post just a handful this month. Hopefully this being one of them and Probably, you know a handful in October Been very busy and I'm hoping that as I get closer to November December time To have some time to really I have a list of videos I want to do so I will be Hopefully putting out a lot of videos towards the end of November December and then I don't know what will happen in New Year, I'll probably you know probably won't be able to keep up that pace But I just wanted to give you guys a little update let you know that I am still making videos I think you again for my patreon supporters You should be getting the videos earlier than most people I'll probably working on them in October November, and you'll probably get them around the time that I'm working on them Where anyone else will get them probably late November early December. It's a benefit of being a patreon supporter So that's it just wanted to give you an update and I thank you for watching Please visit filmsbychrist.com even though that posting as much videos I used to I have Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of videos up check out filmsbychrist.com search through them from both my channels I thank you again for watching. I hope that you have a great day