And now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. Roma Wines, present. Suspense. Tonight, Roma Wines bring you the man who thought he was Edward G. Robinson, a suspense play produced, edited and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear. Suspense. Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live, to your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of everyday meals. Yes, right now, a glassful would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you Edward G. Robinson, as both himself and as a certain Mr. Homer J. Hubbard, a man who thought he was Edward G. Robinson, this remarkable tale of suspense. Yeah, and I'm making this statement in accordance with a promise to a very dear friend. It is a complete statement in every detail, even including those matters which are to me personally incriminating. Because my trust in my friend is such that I have the slightest concern on that score, or any other. What follows concerns primarily two persons. Myself, Homer J. Hubbard, and my wife, Ada Samsey Hubbard. Even when I was courting Ada, I was aware that hers was a strong and domineering personality, to say the least. And after we were married, well, at first I put up with Ada's constant nagging and petty persecutions as best I could. I put up with them for five long years. It wasn't until a memorable evening in 1930 that the first day of outlines of an escape and finally a plan began to take shape in my mind. Ada and I had gone to the movies to see a picture called Little Caesar with an actor in it whom I had never heard of before. Oh, so you thought you'd rat on me, huh? Well, get this. Nobody rats on Little Caesar. See? The moment I saw that face on the screen, the minute I heard that voice, the world of reality around me simply ceased to exist. I lived that picture. I was Little Caesar. I was Edward G. Robinson. I was dimly conscious that my voice was like hers, that even my face without my spectacles and with my hair parted differently might have been mistaken for hers. But it was more than that. It was this personality that fascinated me and that I assumed. Calm, assured, tough, the kind of a man who made people do what he wanted done the way he wanted it done. Walking out of the movie theater, I knew something had happened that was going to change my whole life. Well, Little Caesar, they call him and, well, they may. What's his name? Edwin G. Robinson? No, no, no. Edward G. Robinson. Oh, Edward G. Well, I'll wait. You'll be hearing plenty about him from now on. He's no cast for milk toast. Yes, dear. Is that all you have to say? Yes, dear. What does it take to arouse a little enthusiasm in you anyway? Well, uh... Here you've seen a fine performance, a picture that would get anybody in the world excited. And all you can say is, yes, dear. Yes, dear. Oh, I wish you a half the man that Robertson is. Yes, but from that moment, I no longer really cared what Ada wished to thought. I had begun my escape into a dream world of my own making, a world in which I was Edward G. Robinson. As the weeks went by, I began to identify myself with him more and more. I imagined myself in countless dangerous situations. And when no one was looking, I imitated him and affected his mannerisms. I would start daydreaming at my desk, wondering what the other people in the office would think if I suddenly exposed this hidden side of my personality. Good heavens. What's the matter? Is Edward gone mad? Is he joking? Okay, okay, everybody, now say where you are.  I don't want any monkey business, see? Now stand back there, Ryan. Any funny stuff from you, and I'll let you have it. Hubbard, this is preposterous. What do you mean by such behavior? Is this your idea of a joke? You'll see whether it's a joke or not if you make one false move. That's a gun. This isn't a water pistol I'm holding here, you know. Hubbard, go fire. Leave this office immediately. Oh, don't make me laugh. I'm getting out all right, but I'm not fired, see? I'm even well-heeled, and that's why you come in, Mr. Ryan. Oh, look, I'll find it when he says. Please, please, Hubbard. No, no, no, be reasonable.  Keep your hands up in the air. Walk over to that safe. Open it up. Get all the money out of it. Put it right here on the desk in front of me. I get gone. All right, all right. I don't want to have any trouble with you, Ryan. I'm going to calm three, and if you're not moving when I finish, you'll never move again, see? Hubbard. One, two. Hubbard. What are you daydreaming about? You better get busier. I shall be forced to report you to Mr. Pemberton again. Oh, oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Ryan. I'm terribly sorry. I can't understand what could have come over me. Well, that's the way it went. At the office, walking down the street, riding home on the bus. My life outwardly, calm, well-ordered, possibly even dull, was actually 24 hours. I was actually 24 hours of harrowing adventure with myself as the central figure. I saw every Edward G. Robinson picture that came out. It was the day after seeing Brother Orchid for the third time that Ada finally caught me. I was shaving that morning and talking to myself. Okay, okay, all right, you ask for it. If you don't come out, we're coming in and get you, see? Now we're coming in shooting. What's that? Oh, yeah? And only a dirty yellow rat would say that. Okay, boys, let him have it. Well, of all the fool performances I ever heard of, this beats all. What the world are you jabbering about in here? Oh, it's really nothing, dear. I was just sort of trying to imitate Edward G. Robinson. You were what? Yes, I was. Edward G. Robinson? That's right. Oh, that's rich. Oh, no, I can't believe it. Well, I was. You were trying to imitate Edward G. Robinson? Yeah. But don't stop. Oh, no. Don't let me interrupt the performance, Mr. Movie Star. Well, don't laugh at that. Come on. Do your act for me. Well, dear, I don't see anything so funny about it. Maybe you don't. But you're the only person in the world who wouldn't. Well, I'll leave you to your rehearsing. But why don't you imitate Donald Meeker's Shirley Temple? I think you'd find it easier.  For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you the man who thought he was Edward G. Robinson. A radio play by Leslie Raditz. Roma Wines' presentation tonight in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills. Suspense. Between the acts of suspense, this is Ken Niles with a friendly suggestion. When friends make you feel perfectly at home, no matter how unexpected your visit, that's hospitality. Such is the hospitality of millions of Americans who always keep Roma Wines on hand. For there's a Roma California wine to please any guest on every occasion. For friendly entertaining, serve Roma sherry or muscatel. 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She'd really killed me at home and in front of our friends. Sometimes she would let a few weeks go by without saying anything and I would think that perhaps she had forgotten. No, but Ada never forgot. She would wait until we were in a group of people and then she would come out with it. Why, my dear, you mean I haven't told you about Homer's dream world? He thinks he's Edward G. Robinson. Tell us, Mr. Homer G. Robinson, when do you think you'll be getting your next contract from Hollywood? Oh, you folks have got Homer all wrong. He's a killer at heart. Just a cold-blooded killer. I have one to buy a gun. Sure, bud. What kind of a gun? Well, I don't know much about guns, but that one looks all right. Yeah, that's a nice little gun. $28.50. Do I have to have a license? Not unless you're going to carry it on your person. Otherwise, we just register it for the police records under your name. What's the name? Edward G. Robinson. You hide me, Mark Edward G. Robinson. See? Oh, I had made my plans very carefully.  It would be a night when the moon was full so that I could see her head on the pillow and aim carefully. I would fire the shot, quickly wipe my fingerprints from the handle of the gun, then push it into her hand. Then, as the shocked and bereaved husband, I would call Dr. Wallace. The police wouldn't come until later, and when they did, I would be ready for them. I would be telling my plans that I hadn't been reading the papers and had to be told the big news.  Would you mind passing the spinach? That is, if you're not too preoccupied in planning your next murder. Yeah, you held up any banks lately, Homer? Here you are, dear. Oh, say that reminds me, all kidding to one side, as the fella said. Did you know that he's going to be here in town next week? Who? What? Edward G. Robinson. He's going to address the hobbyist convention. Is that so? Yeah. My, my, I'd like to hear him. I would, too. I'd like to see what a real he-man is like. Not just a poor imitation. We went. And at first, it was the most terrible disappointment of my life because he wasn't tough or hard-boiled or anything like it. He seemed to be a mild-mannered man, a little shy, almost like me. And he talked about orchids and modern art. They were his hobbies, he said, raising orchids and collecting paintings, modern paintings. But as the lecture went on, I began to understand and by the time it was over, I knew. And so, ladies and gentlemen, I consider myself twice blessed. Every man is blessed who has a hobby, but I am among the fortunate few who has two hobbies. And as the fellow said, whose fiancée had a twin sister. Oh, I see you already know it. I love them both. Thank you very much. Later that evening, I made an excuse to get away from Ada and went down to the hotel where I knew Mr. Robinson was staying. I bribed the bellboy, a $1.75, to tell me which was his room. I went down the hall and knocked at the door of 708. Western Union! Just put it on the... Well, say, Western Union dresses their boys up pretty snappy in this town, don't they? Well, I must apologize for adopting the subterfuge, Mr. Robinson, but I have something of the utmost importance to discuss with you, and I was afraid you might not see me since we had never been formally introduced. Ha-ha-ha! Formally introduced? Well, that's all right. What is it, autograph? I'm afraid it's something a good deal more serious than that, Mr. Robinson. Yeah? Well, you caught me right in the middle of shaving, as you see, but if you don't mind my finishing the job while you talk. Oh, come right along inside. Tell me all about it. Thank you. Well, now, what's on your mind? Well, Mr. Robinson, I have a problem. I followed your career since its earliest fame, and that is why I feel that you'll be able to tell me what to do. Uh-huh. Well, what is the problem?  Kill somebody? Yes, yes. In your own home. Somebody who is, shall we say, related to you. Now, hold on a, Mr. Hubbard. Homer J. Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard, I may look like a bad guy on the screen, but when I'm not working, I'm just a plain piece of living citizen, just like anybody else.  It was very good, and I quite understand why you do it. A man in your position must have a front, of course. Yes, but you didn't fool me. I know. Rather, I knew that I could come to you and be perfectly frank. What about? Why, about the murder? About the what? Well, look at me, Mr. Robinson. I'm a shy, inhibited, weak, utterly ineffectual person. At none of your assurance, your hardness, your ability to cope with any situation, the direct, the ruthless way. How many times I wished I had, because for 20 years my life has been made horribly, unbearably miserable by one person. My wife. Oh, so that's the way it is. Yes, yes, for years I bore it as best I could. And then one day I thought, how would you have coped with it? And, of course, I knew it once.  Now, wait a minute, wait a minute. Are you kidding me? Oh, no, no, Mr. Robinson. I wouldn't think of such a thing. Look here, look here. I've even secured a gun to do it with. Yeah, you better give me that thing. No, no, no, don't point it. Hand it to me by the barrel. Now, we'll put it over here. Safer, you know. Yes, I must admit, I know very little about firearms, and they're quite distasteful to me. Yes, you and me both. I mean, small arms like that. Of course, a tommy gun, that's different. That's the only thing to use. Yeah, yes, I suppose you're right. But I didn't know where to get a tommy gun. And I was afraid even if I did, I'd never master the art of using it. Yes, well, now you want to kill your wife, is that it? You want me to help you? You would, Mr. Robinson, if you could spare the time. I can't tell you how grateful I'd be.  Your wife must really be an old battle axe to have got you in a frame of mind like this. All right, I'll tell you what I'll do. I will help you. Oh, Mr. Robinson, yes, but it's got to be done my way, see? It's got to be done right. You've got to plan these things. Now, take this gat, for instance.  Why, the caliber is all wrong. The ballistics would be all wrong. The dicks would be on your tail just like that. Now, I've got to get home. That's perfect for this job, get me? I've knocked off Humphrey Bogard, Orson Well, Jimmy Cagney. Oh, I don't know how many guys with it.  Would you, Mr. Robinson? Oh, sure, sure. Now, when you get it, you just lay low, see? Now, don't do a thing that you hear from me.  Oh, Mr. Robinson, I don't know how to thank you. Oh, forget it, pal. Forget it. What's a little murder between friends? I could scarcely maintain my composure in the two days that followed. The second day, sure enough, the gun arrived. It was a great heavy thing, the kind that is referred to, I think, as an automatic. Yes, that's it. Remembering its history, I handled it with the utmost care and reverence. I hid it in the garage where I keep my pipe that Ada won't let me smoke. It was the next afternoon on a Saturday that the phone rang. I rushed into the bedroom to answer it and close the door after me so Ada wouldn't hear in case it was. Yes? Well, this is Eddie. Eddie? Yeah, yeah, Eddie Robinson. Oh, yes, Mr. Eddie. Uh, did you get the package I sent you? Yes, I got it. Okay, now, but don't fool around with it. See, until the time comes, it's kind of tricky. Oh, no, no, no, I won't. Now, listen, if we're going to do this, the sooner the better. The deadline is tomorrow night, midnight. Now, here's the layout. You go to bed just the same as you always do, but have that gat handy and leave the front door open. Oh, say, I meant to ask you, is it, uh... is it safe to talk where you are? Oh, yes, yes, the phone's in the bedroom and the door is closed. Oh, the bedroom, eh? Oh, that's well.  She's asleep, of course. Now, you take a spot just outside the bedroom door where you can keep an eye on her and on the front door, too, see? Yes. At midnight, I'll contact you. We'll do the job and make a quick getaway and you can call up in the hideout I got until the heat's off. Get it? Tomorrow night. I'll do everything just as you say, eh? Eddie... I followed his instructions to the letter. Oh... Well, it seemed hours before Ada went to sleep that night. It seemed days until my watch finally crept around towards midnight. But at last, the time had come. I crept out of bed, got the gun out of my coat pocket and took my position on the landing outside the bedroom door as he had told me to. And then, suddenly, the stillness was shattered by the ringing of the phone. Oh, I... I was another panic. This was one of those unforeseen things that could ruin even the best of plans. Even plans made by Edward D. Robinson. I rushed back into the bedroom, hoping against hope that I could catch it before Ada woke up. But she already had the light on. Homer! Hmm?  Why, I... I thought I heard a burglar. Burglar? Yes. When I've answered this phone, I want to talk to you, Homer Jeremiah Hubbard. Yes, dear. Hello. Eh? What? Oh! Homer, there is a burglar. Someone just saw him trying to get into the house. Are you sure? Of course I am. Somebody just phoned that they saw him. Well, don't stand there. You've got a gun. Go down there and stop him. Oh, but Ada... Go on. You want us to be killed in our beds? Go on, I say. Oh, Ada, why do you have to spoil everything? She pushed me out. There was nothing to do but go. I crept down the stairs in the darkness. I knew what Edward D. Robinson would have done. He would have gone down and captured the burglar without the slightest trouble and turned him over to the police after giving him the beating he deserved. But somehow I didn't feel much like Edward G. Robinson just then. It was at that moment that the terrible thought occurred to me that maybe it wasn't the burglar. Maybe this was Edward G. Robinson. I had no time to pursue the thought further. Hey! There he is! Suddenly! Suddenly there was a barrage of shots and a confused yelling of voices. In my terror, I suppose, I must have squeezed the trigger of my own gun because it began jumping and flaming in my hand. I crept on something and the next thing I knew I was tumbling headlong down the stairs. And that was the last I remember. When I woke up, Ada was holding my head in her arms and she was crying. They made me stay in bed for a couple of days, but I really didn't mind. There were reporters to see me and take my picture for the paper and all kinds of people. Even Mr. Ryan and Mr. Pemberton came to see me. And Ada? Well, Ada was simply a changed person. Nothing was too good for me. My slightest wish was literally her command. The whole thing hadn't been an accident. If I planned it that way, it couldn't have turned out better. And then, as the final climax that afternoon, when the phone rang by my bed... Yes? Oh, oh, yes. Mr. Eddy. You did, eh? Who is it? Quiet. It's nothing, really. Yeah? Well, about that, things have changed. Quiet now. Will you be quiet when I'm talking to somebody else? I don't get me all excited. Excuse me. Mr. Eddy. Yes, they've changed quite a lot. I don't think we'll have to go through with it. That's right. Oh, sure, sure. She's right here. Just a minute. Eddy wants to talk to you, Ada. Uh, Eddy? Yeah, sure. Eddy Robinson. Quite a pal of mine. You mean Edward G. Robinson? Oh, yes, the Robin.  He was in town after I let you. We got pretty chummy. Here. She's going to talk to you, Eddy. Yes. Hello. Oh, yes. Yes, Mr. Robinson. Oh, I know he is. Oh, I certainly will, Mr. Robinson. Oh, I know I'm lucky. All right, Mr. Robinson. Goodbye. Oh, Homer. He knew all about it. He'd seen it in the papers. Yeah, yeah, so he said. And he said you were a hero, a real hero. Bigger than any movie hero that ever was. He did, huh? Oh, Homer. Well, if Eddy Robinson says I'm a hero, I guess maybe I am. It couldn't have turned out better, Eddy, and you know how grateful I am. I'm a regular little Caesar around town now. My married life is all I've ever wanted it to be. Because there are some things about the whole thing that confused me a little. It has even occurred to me, I will confess that you might have had more of a hand in it than was generally known, that the gun you sent me might have contained blanks, I believe you called them, don't you? Because in spite of all the shooting there wasn't one bullet hole anywhere in the house and the gun had disappeared, which confused the police somewhere, too.  Yes, but I don't think you would do a thing like that to a pal, Eddy, would you?  I never would. But even if you did all that, Eddy, I don't really mind. Because, as you might say yourself, what's a little joke between pals? Suspense. Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. And now this is Ken Niles with a double helping of compliments for you, Mr. Robinson, for excellent performances in both the roles you played tonight. And here's a note from the control room.  Well, thank you very much, Mr. Niles.  And, Eddy, since you're one of Hollywood's most celebrated hosts, we know you'll enjoy this gift basket of Roma California wines. Well, a handsome gift, Ken, and many thanks. For the bottle of Roma Burgundy, Bill Spear suggested we serve tomorrow night if Mrs. Robinson can get any meat. Well, Eddy, during these shortage days, when you rarely find the porterhouse steak or juicy roast you want, Roma Burgundy rescues many a meal. For robust Roma Burgundy with its tempting taste harmonies for hearty meals, makes ordinary pot roast as flavorful as roast beef. Yes, the finer taste of Roma Burgundy brings out all the subtle hidden flavors in food. Adds richly to mealtime pleasure. Sounds mighty good. Well, Roma Burgundy is mighty good because only Roma, America's greatest vintner, selects from the world's greatest reserves of fine wines. Only Roma possesses so vast a treasure. That's why every Roma wine is better tasting every time. No wonder more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. Well, you convinced me, Ken. And now tell me who stars on suspense next Thursday. It's that very lovely and very talented actress, Miss Susan Hayward. In a play about a wife, a husband, a blackmailer and a remarkably ingenious murder plot. I think you'll want to listen, Eddy. Why should I want to be different from everybody else in the country, Ken? I certainly will listen. Good night. Good night, Eddy. And we're looking forward to seeing you in your new failure production, The Red House. Next Thursday, same time, Miss Susan Hayward as star of Suspense. Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Judy Garland, Jack Carson, Brian Dunleavy, Kerry Grant, Roddy McDowell and others. Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills. This is CBS, The Columbia Broadcasting System.


More than 100 sailors of different cultural backgrounds came together in the folk soul of USS John C. Stennis for a Black History Month celebration. I was very honored to be the master of ceremonies at this Black History Month celebration and we had a great turnout. We had a step team, a choir reform and many many speakers and we all did a really good job and it was a really good turnout. The celebration included recognizing historical Black figures that have had major influences on the military, literature, popular culture and the medical and scientific communities. Keynote Speaker was Command Master Chief Eric Faulkner from Helicopter C Combat Squadron 8. The celebration was concluded with a cake cutting on the FMSTX. From USS John C. Stennis, I'm Petty Officer Fred M. Gray IV.


Well, hello everybody and welcome back to my channel. Today we're working on Plan With Me and we are working on Monday, January 14th through Sunday, January 20th. Today is the 20th. I'm hoping to get this video up for you guys today. I was planning on filming it yesterday, but my furnace decided to break. So that was fun. I do have heat now. Everything's good. I am replacing my furnace totally. If you guys follow me on Instagram, you would have seen my stories yesterday, but I'm getting a full replacement and that's happening this upcoming Tuesday, I believe. So it was just really, really expensive and it was very, very adulty. But my furnace was over 17 years old. So it was definitely time. It actually only cost me like, I want to say a couple hundred dollars more to replace the whole thing versus fix every problem with it. So I'd much rather do that because it comes with some warranties and guarantees and things like that. So anyway, that was fun yesterday. And also yesterday was Doyle's birthday.  I pulled out some orange ones too. These are all from my shop if you're interested. But let's talk about the planner right away. I know a lot of you guys watch these all the time, but some people are new. So I use the 7x9 Aaron Cundran Life Planner. I got the gold coil and the hard bound cover this year. However, I did get, it comes with like a little thing here, I did get another plastic cover too just so I could like, I don't know, use it for other things, but anyway. And then also I got the colorful version. I did this washi myself. I did the colorful version and yeah. So we are working on this day or this day, no, this week. And yeah, we're going to just get going with this. I'm going to grab my little thing. This is also an Aaron Cundran thing. It's a bookmark, but I use it to cut washi because it just makes my life easier. And where it was this start, cool. It's so funny. I've had this washi for like the longest time and I have never used it. So I figured it would be good because it's Doyle, or it was Doyle's birthday yesterday on the 19th and he turned 12 years old. He is an old, old man, that little Doyle dog. He's kind of funny. So he had a lot of visitors yesterday because I had a lot of appointments yesterday with people coming into the house and checking on the furnace and everything. So he actually really enjoyed his day. Oh gosh. And now he's sitting at the front door because he thinks it's time to go out and it's like not even 9 a.m. y'all. So I don't, I don't know, it's like when I'm downstairs he's like, oh, it's time. It's time to go. It's clearly not time to go. He just wants to demand things. Yeah. So this is such cute little shiba washi. So much fun. OK, so let's put in my work and then I actually got my hair done this week too and all that good stuff. So let's put in some work. I have this washi, which I think is really cute.  I don't know. Thought that would be kind of fun with the shiba situation. And I always tend to write down my work schedule on a little sticky note over here because I have a flex schedule. So I just, I never know when I show up. And there's some days that I'm like, oh, I have to go in early because I got to finish this project or whatever. And then there's some days where I'm just like, eh, I'll show up at 8.30. It's fine. Actually, Thursday I started at 8.45, but that's because I had a doctor's appointment and I actually worked at home instead of going into the office. So yeah. And then some days I work really late and, you know, just kind of depends. But yeah, Wednesday I was only there until 2.30 because I had a hair appointment at 3. So yeah, I was actually able to get in to see my hair gal wait earlier than I thought I would. I sent her a message at the beginning of January and I'm like, hey, you know, let me know when you have time in your schedule. And I know like she's the owner of the salon. So she kind of books up pretty fast. But she had one random day and I'm like, I'll take it. So that worked out pretty good. All right, and then Thursday, put that in. And then Friday, 7.45 to 4.45. But I'll just, I don't know, over. Cool. Yay, work. All right, so let me grab my work things that I need. I should have pulled all this out before, but I clearly didn't. So whoopsy doopsy. I think I'm gonna use these black ones. But then I keep forgetting to use these scripted words that are like some of my favorite things to use, like work. Ta-da. Oh, here, let's use that one. Here we go. We're gonna use this one instead because, you know, good stuff. All right, so let me pull out five of these. I just think these look so cute together. And these are all from Coffee Break Planner. I do have a discount code down below if you all are interested in checking out her stuff. It's a matte removable paper, and it's one of my favorites. So just FYI of how it works. So yeah, I really like the Coffee Break Planner paper. If you like matte paper, you're gonna like this a lot. And I love that it's removable too because y'all know your girl screws up all the time on these plans with me.  So yeah. All right, so there is that. And then Doyle had a nail trim. So we're gonna put that in. But I think I'm gonna look and see. I have this huge dining table here, but like I never have enough room. I am going to pull a couple of other things here. All right, I'm gonna use this from Chrissy and Designs.  These are Doyle dogs too, but they're like the black and tan version of Doyle dogs. So cute. All right, so I actually have to take Doyle because he's so ornery. I have to take him to the vet to get his nails trimmed. So we did that at, we had an appointment at 7.15 on Tuesday. I'm gonna use these. I actually got these at Michael's like years and years ago. They probably still have them.  But he just, he just doesn't like it. He just doesn't like it. So I wish I could actually trim his nails myself, but that's not happening. It's been 12 years. It's still not happening. All right, then on Wednesday, I actually just saw this. These are the Chrissy and Design stickers for Michael's. And I have this one that says hair appointment. So, duh, why don't I use it, right? And so I had my hair appointment at 3 o'clock on Wednesday. And we did 3 o'clock PM. Oh, I guess I wrote 3 PM right there, whatever. But aren't these cool little stickers? So cute. I think I'm gonna use this as well because these are so cute. And where the heck not, right? Ta-da! All right, so that is done. And then also I had a doctor's appointment on Thursday. So let's use the doctor's appointment one as well. All right, that was at 7.45 AM.  So that's what that one was. And then we'll use this like little stethoscope too. And then that's why I worked from home because I sometimes will have to go back and do another blood draw later on in the day, depending on my lab results and stuff. So I just stay at home because my clinic is really, really close to where I live. And I live pretty far away from where I work. All right, and then we are going to use, I think I have like a little work from home thing in here. But I got to find it. I know I have it in here. Been like consistently, not on purpose, been consistently working from home like once a week, pretty regularly. That's not something I normally would do. But it's just like weird circumstances have come up. And I've had to work from home. So anyway, at least I have the ability to do that. All right, these are from plant to plant sticker co. And I'm just going to put in this little gal working from home. And then after work, I ran to Target this day. And this is Mer-Bear-Crafts. I don't know, I got this years and years ago, but still love it.  And I got these from AaronKondren.com. You can like, you know, customize it where all these stickers are different or they're all the same. So I got them all the same.  And I used last week, it was my birthday. And I used this sheet from Christiane Designs is from that celebrations collection binder. And I figured Doyle turns 12. So we can put in his candles for 12. Ta-da, so cute. And we'll put in some little birthday planner steves, because why not, right? Ta-da. And then for the fun stuff. Well, first thing, let's do some laundry because I did laundry all day. So let's put in some laundry. Here we go. Grab an orange one. All right, so I put in furnace down here, but I'm going to use one of these. Let's see, it's the two year anniversary favorites from Once More With Love. And let's see here. I think we're going to use this Ugg little person. This is cute, because it kind of, that's kind of how I felt. So what happened was in the morning, I woke up and I was like, gosh, it's really cold in here. I'm like, huh. So went, took Doyle on a walk and came back and looked at the thermostat. And it was down to like 54 degrees. And I usually keep my house at 62. Like that just feels good to me. And I was like, what the heck is going on? So turn the thermostat on, turn the thermostat off. I was like, what is happening here? Finally it like turned back on, but then it was just blowing air. It wasn't hot air, it was just like room temperature air. I'm like, what the heck is happening over here? So at that point I was like, I should call. So I called like a 24 hour emergency place that actually happened to be the same place that my parents have used for their home. And I'm like, you know, I don't know what's going on. Can you have somebody come out? And they're like, absolutely not a problem.  And his name was Nathan. So I'm gonna put that in here. And he basically told me that, you know, the repairs, like the minimum repairs would be like $1,500. And the maximum repairs to fix everything then would be like, I think he said $2,900. If I wanted to fix the unit completely and all that stuff. But new units started at about $3,000. So he's like, well, you know, is that something you'd be interested in? Are you interested in just repairing? And I said, you know what? For the cost difference, I'd rather just replace the whole unit. My unit is, you know, more than 17 years old. And the national average at least in the US is about 12 years is how long they last. Some last like 40 and some last like two, but whatever. So then I had a guy named Bill come out at two o'clock and explained everything to me. And we have set it up where I am getting a new furnace on Tuesday. So I will be working it from home on Tuesday as well. See, I'm gonna like keep it going, I guess, right? Just keep working from home.  Unfortunately, this shop is not in business anymore and hasn't been in quite a while. But you know what? This is perfect for this day, right? And then I called my mom to commiserate on home ownership. So that was fun. She's like way to adults. I'm like, I know, right? So anyway, today I am filming my plan with me this morning. I will just put it in like right about here. I will edit at some point, but I'm not totally sure. And then this morning I did a little bit more decluttering. So I'm gonna put that right up here. Actually, you know what? Nope, I feel like it will be better if I put this inside one of these. I don't know why. I just really like the way that that looks so much better than just on its own. Do you agree? I think that's so cute. So anyway, that is my week so far. I will probably put in whatever I do tonight, but I am planning on just enjoying my relaxing day and editing this video for you guys. And oh, I forgot to say, okay. So tomorrow the 21st is when tickets go on sale for the general ticketing for Go Wild. It's in Vegas this year. I will link the information down below where you can find it. So I am gonna be going. I hope I meet some of you guys there. I'm so, so excited. I know some of you had sent me messages saying that you're coming for the first time or planning on coming for the first time. So I'm so, so excited to meet you all. So if you all are interested, feel free to check that out. Tickets are limited. So I am anticipating them selling out fairly fast. So I hope to meet as many of you that I can find there. If you see me, feel free to come up and say hello. I don't know what you look like. So hopefully you know what I look like from all the Instagrams and Facebooks and videos that I've done over the years. But if you see me, come say hi. We'll take a selfie. We'll chat for a little bit. And I hope that you all decide to come if that's something that you're interested in.  I actually went completely by myself, didn't have a roommate, nothing, but I still had a blast. And then this year it's gonna be in Vegas, which will be so much fun. I am very, very excited about that. And yeah, I hope to see you all there. So again, the link will be down below for you guys for the information as to how to snag your own ticket on Monday. And I believe, don't quote me on this, but I believe that the tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. It's either like 1 p.m. or noon central standard time. I don't know for sure, I'm sorry. I wish I knew. So yeah, well that's it for this week.  And yeah, that's it. Thank you guys so much for watching. I really appreciate it. All the links will be down below to all the shops that I can find. And I will talk to y'all in the next video. Bye guys. Well folks, it's time to kick it off school. So you can feel cool, baby.


Noss of Nigerians across the country have raised eyebrows as to why it seems like the all-progressive Congress APC has been winning in states where governorship election outcomes were contested in court. After the governorship polls of March 18, several aggrieved candidates presented their cases to the election tribunals seeking favorable resolutions. While some have faced disappointment along this arduous path, others have emerged victorious in the pursuit of justice. But as the verdicts continue to pour in many Nigerians have accused the APC of compromising the judiciary to rule in the party's favor. Let's look at it, out of 28 states where governorship elections were held, the courts have issued verdicts on petitions involving 25 states. The APC has been victorious in 14, the PDP has secured 10 while the LPC has won. Along these states where the APC has been successful in court, only two were due to overturned victories of other parties that's in Kano and in Plur2 state. The other states were originally won by the APC and as such, they are famed victories. So tonight we have a public affairs analyst, Acheke Chude joining us to discuss more on today's development. Acheke, are you there? Good evening. Yes, I am. Good evening. Okay. Now, it's looking like the all-progressive Congress, APC is winning in states where governorship election outcomes were contested in court with all the rulings going their way. What's your take on this? I think it's a worrying development. First of all, it is a worrying development in the sense that electoral matters are now being decided by the courts and not by the polling units, not by the voters. So some other people in the judiciary have to sit down to decide where the voters actually cast their votes and that is absolutely not right and it has consequences actually because today the judiciary has been dragged into the mud, all as a result of the fact that politicians who have been known always for their corrupt ways and now people with their speculation that they are beginning that they have started to make serious erodes into the judiciary and to compromise the judiciary, but the judiciary is no longer what it used to be. The kind of reverence or respect that Nigeria has had for the judiciary has been eroded over time and so this aspect of judicial pronouncement I think is not a surprise to a lot of Nigerians. Nigerians may not exactly have any proof about corruption, you know, being involved in this announcement, judicial pronouncement, but they don't even need that kind of evidence because one thing that is very clear is that some of these rulings are so contradictory, so different, you know, from, I mean, matters sometimes of a similar situation and similar context where you have a judicial pronouncement, for instance, and naturally you would expect that the spirit of the stare desassi would prevail. That is that when a court of a particular jurisdiction of court, the jurisdiction, for instance, has made a pronouncement, other courts of similar jurisdiction have no choice to abide unless you take it to a higher court. But sometimes even courts of a dispute, even the pronouncement of the Supreme Court are set aside by even the lower court, you know, so a lot of people have become, and you know, perception is important, whether you can say you can, what the lawyer can accuse the dealer. Okay, you talked about perception. Let's look at the issue of perception that you just raised. Before now, we've had elections, I mean, going to the court. The court has actually determined election results over the years in the country. What is the difference of, what are the differences, you know, what happened before now and what we're seeing at the moment? And what do you also think about the APC, what people are saying, I mean, do you think the APC has compromised the judiciary to rule in its favor? That's my question. Yeah. You see, I think if there's any difference with what has happened in the past, it is the sense that there's more brisiness now in what is going on. You have much more, again, that also speaks volumes about the conduct of the elections and the management of the elections by INAG. These elections, regardless of what the ruling party says at the center, because they have benefited from the victory of the presidential election, for instance, but we all know what international observers at the kind of reports they gave that this is one of the... Do you think we still have an independent... They have an election and they don't meet the credibility threshold. Do you think we still have an independent judiciary? No, we do not. We have an electoral body. So what is going on is that under this APC government, especially under this specification, corruption has manifested much, much deeply in the way the courts are expressing themselves in the way INAG is organizing electoral. No, the INAG has never been independent in the first place. So what is happening? There was some shred of independence, especially under JAGA. But under the present leadership of the INAG, it has gotten worse. Elections are worse. They are more bracing. Of course, if you look at the last up-circular election in the U.S. state, Kogi state and the Biasa state, it was a general nationwide condemnation of the organization and the outcome of that election, which a lot of people described as no election. And then you now look at the quantum of court cases. It has increased exponentially. Because if we are getting it right in terms of, you know, good conduct of elections, we have less complaints at the courts. But now it has gone up exponentially. That means that more and more people are dissatisfied with the way their elections were. And then you now have the judges also being involved in all manners of controversy. I mean, and it's not just my statement. If you look at it, if you consider the statement of the former president of the MBA, the outgoing president of the MBA, Ulu Mida Patta, he said that the courts are under threats of abduction. He said that there was a deliberate attempt by the Nigerian political class to capture the judiciary. He added that they are achieving results. That is the political class in the attempt to capture the judiciary. And then Chidi Ode Kalo, simply after complaining about the corruption in the judiciary, simply described a lot of the judges at schools. And of course, we cannot forget again what the last, I mean, the outgoing Supreme Court Justice Datijo also said about the courts where he accused the judges of being in the company of some people who under normal circumstances, when the judiciary state had the right kind of image, and credibility would not be found in the midst of what the characters. And so these are people who should know their lawyers and especially when they have a Supreme Court Justice and then the former chairman of the MBA, of the MBA talking about the capture of the judiciary by the political class. So of course, corruption of the democratization process has gotten worse under the APC. And I think I agree with Tatiq Abu Bakar, who says that the APC is aiming for a one party state. And it doesn't matter how they come about achieving that, because already they are making plans for the 2007 elections. And the more states they bag in their kitty, the better for them in terms of the outcome of the elections because once you have executive power at the state, you can use the power of the executive to influence how elections go on in those states. Now, quick one before, because of time, we just need to wrap this up. Now, you talked about perception, the electoral rates, you know, losing trust in the judiciary. And we've seen judges, you know, before it used to be very reclusive lifestyle, they don't go out. But on social media these days, we see judges are partying with, you know, people and all that. Now, what do you think is a solution? How do we curb these matters, you know, going forward? I think there has to be a total overhaul of the system because as it is, I think we've gotten to a level where the corruption, for instance, within the judiciary, which is under discussion, it has gotten to an epidemic level. And so I'm not sure that there's any form of reform that can clean the audience table. So it has to be very wholesale. It has to be radical. It has to be revolutionary. But I think it is beyond that also. I think it's also, you know, us having to do some of our political system. Our political system is not working. And, you know, a system that brings the kind of politicians that are now holding this way in this country is not the kind of system that we can be envious of and that can deliver. You know, it is a system that promotes mediocrity, that promotes corruption. And so we must have a revolutionary... I think if people have talked about the kind of government we should have, is this presidential system working? Do we go for, you know, a parliamentary system? Nothing is absolutely wrong with this system. And it has been said that you cannot keep on doing the same thing, you know, on and on, and to hope for a different result that it is pure madness. So I am not sure that we have the capacity right now to just concentrate on judiciary and clean out the judiciary. Without cleaning out the political class, who are responsible for the corruption of the system. Unfortunately, it would appear that the APC is helping or corrupting the entire system for the purpose of remaining in power for a very long time to come. And that would be very dangerous for this country. Thank you so much. To the dear public affairs analysts, thank you for throwing in your thoughts as regards the judiciary.


Good morning, everyone. I just made some matcha very very proud of myself also guys just like look how beautiful this is Ignore that one candle. I still have to be on the candles for these, but it's so pretty Good morning, everyone. My battery is still sitting there. You guys know the drill.  So I just had to switch to matcha I have some water and then I'm gonna do my morning reading officially. Good morning. It is like 10 30 I just did my reading. I need to go right now at my studio actually my studio guys It's set up in my closet Also, I'm wearing my workout clothes because I change into these immediately when I get up in the morning Makes it really easy to actually work out and it makes me work out I haven't vlogged in like a week because honestly It was a very bad week for me as I established in the last vlog, but I am back my flashlight is on how did that happen? Anyways, I'm back. We're gonna vlog. I'm gonna record the intro for this week's podcast. It's actually a really good one I'm really excited. I don't know. I said actually they're all really good obviously. Can you guys tell I miss vlogging? I'm kind of going crazy So I'm gonna record this intro sent it over to Taylor our producer and then I think I'm gonna work out. I've been doing the Melissa Wood health stuff. Love it Big fan. Okay, so product wise I've actually found so many products that I really really love most of these will be in the email But I'm just gonna share one with you right now the superglow glow screen. Oh My gosh, this stuff is so amazing It just makes your skin look so healthy and pretty as it's nice tent All right So that's a lot longer than I thought because I actually had three ads and I haven't had like I normally don't have three Outs so it's like all my blogger now are literally the same. So I'm so sorry I have a drunk elephant like haul to do for you guys, but Tomorrow's episode for those of you guys who really want more like faith content and stuff That is the episode that you guys have been asking for basically gotta give the people what they want You know anyways, obviously like this isn't gonna just be like a faith-based podcast But a lot of you guys are requesting that so I thought I would just share even if you're like not into that sort of Thing I think it's kind of encouraging because he's really cute. So anyways, it's 11 20 now I don't know how I spent so much time in here already. I think I'm gonna go downstairs I might do a Melissa wood health workout, which I've really been liking all right So I'm gonna choose my Melissa wood health workout. I've actually been really liking this I know I said I think I said in the vlog recently that I didn't want to keep paying subscriptions But I've actually really loved this and I think that something about paying for something monthly It's only $10 a month but paying for something monthly Makes me actually work out and use it from home That's I am with like if I get an unlimited membership at a studio I'm way more likely to go because I'm already paying for it So I find that I'm more likely to do this than I am to be like a free Instagram live thing Which I know is not like the smartest financial advice. I mean, it's only $10 a month But that's just what's really helped me stay motivated working out at home I actually like it when I do it but getting me to do it is a lot harder Anyways, she has a new workout that I think I might do I don't have one pound weights. Yeah, I've been waiting for my Weights I actually ordered two pounds, which now I'm like should I just ordered one, you know, but okay So I think I'm gonna do this one Here's my work after the day slippers and all and then my lemon mat. So I'll talk to you guys after my hair looks great All right guys. I just finished my workout It just like there is something about the Melissa wood health workouts And I know so many people are talking about right now because everyone's working out from home But I'm normally someone who likes what is on my lip with that I'm normally someone who likes like listening to SoundCloud rap and it has to be so loud and like my workouts just being like intense and Very opposite five of hers, but I actually love them. I find them like so relaxing So there's stuff in my coffee table They're just so relaxing and I work out and it's a really good workout And then I just feel so good after like cannot recommend it enough.  It's like 12 16 Q and I have some plans for today, which I'm excited for my friends heard of book club So I want to get on that zoom call because I miss all my friends. I really like Really really really really miss my friends in LA now, especially because like I can't really even see anyone here But yeah, I've been like I just FaceTime Taylor and she didn't respond to me the first the first time ever And she's gonna be like shot because she faces like every day I never respond because normally my phones in the other room and if I text back I'm on my laptop So they will think I have my phone and then I don't have this on my laptop. So that's where we're at So anyways, oh also, I'm gonna make a recipe book. So we're gonna upstairs and do laundry and then we'll get going Okay, guys. Well first off. Oh my gosh, I need to do my new chair. Here's my new chair It's from article. It is the cutest chair ever. I'm absolutely obsessed with it Um, I will have it linked down below, but I just think it's so cute So anyways, here is my bed all of our normal stuff Hopefully I'll have the new nightstand soon and then all of this will just be better But my rug is supposed to come in today, which has made it way cozier this room is just getting cozier and that's kind of the goal I am now wishing I would have gotten a way taller bed. Honestly, but for now This will do and then also I'm gonna take all these off and spray paint them white so that they'll be back To white also this dresser is just like literally the worst quality But it is what it is for now guys We have all that then I'm gonna have my rug and then we'll have another one there and everything will just be better But anyways, oh first I wanted to show you guys my drunk elephant box So I got two boxes from them one was just of my favorite skincare stuff I really want to try some retinol. This is one of their newer ish products the retinol cream It's not new by any means, but it wasn't like the first launch. I don't think this is my all-time favorite drunk elephant Oil and this is like my one of my skincare holy grail. It's so good. Then we just have a moisturizer. We have the normal sunscreen and I gave Q a few things so anyways the newest launch This is really exciting also very convenient for me because I actually just ran out of my shampoo and conditioner And obviously like we can't really go to the store or we're not going to the store as much right now So there's body cleanser shampoo and conditioner This is a scalp scrub, which is awesome a body lotion. I'm so excited for this is a little tingle spray There's a deodorant right here. This is really cool. It's like a dry brush But obviously it is I think silicone right so you guys are familiar with dry bushing I haven't done it at all, but I've always wanted to live that I think I'm forgetting things They sent me a robe which I'm really excited for and then a comb some hair things And yeah, that's really cool, but I'm really excited drunk elephants. Honestly one of my favorite brands, so I'm really excited All right guys, I just showered I forgot to lose what I forgot to use the lotion I used the cleanser and it felt so good I didn't wash my hair because I just didn't need to but I feel good I FaceTime TK and since we're on FaceTime, I just ended up doing a full I mean, this is not would this be a full face of makeup. You know what I mean Like to find a full face of makeup because when I think full face makeup I think like Desi Perkins snatched, but I put on a little bit of makeup for the day. So anyways, it is 1 out 8 p.m. I want to sit down. I'm actually really hungry, but I literally know if we have to go to the grocery store I really want to sit down and make my recipe book. These are the things I get excited for now guys So since I get asked about this literally all the time and I've answered it so many times My cue necklace is from the m-jewelers just everyone knows and he got it for me for Christmas. So It should still be up on my resume. It's only been a few months. They literally always have sales, too What is the business model where you always have sales like a boohooer? I'm in business school. I'm I forgetting this like misguided Which is what always gets me which is why I made four orders in the past month. I mean it's on sale Actually, though, I think I'm misguided so that's I really love them. Why can't I get this sort? So I really need to make my recipe book so I know what I'm eating tonight so I can make my grocery list I'm really hungry as I do this. So it's just really bad timing. I also knew my Hoops, you know, alright, so I just made some apples and peanut butter for my snack and guys I'm so well first off Coco I will never forget you for this. This is my holy girl product and looked what she did to it But my apple pen is gone missing. I brought it and my I put it in a bag and like all of a sudden It's gone missing. Also. Look at these slippers. These are 20 on Amazon. These are 30. I'll have a link down below But I needed my pen to make the journal perfect. So that's really unfortunate. Hopefully it turns up It could only be into what two bags and those are just gone and I've literally bought like three apple pens I'm so over myself. All right, everyone. So it is 2 30. I don't know my eyes keep wondering so bad I'm actually just like in bed on my laptop and I was working on some recipes But I think we actually aren't gonna go grocery shopping today. So I think I haven't really ordered food in Honestly, I've pretty much eaten or I pretty much cooked every meal that I've had since being in quarantine And I also really do want to support like restaurants and businesses But I just don't like I know everyone's doing it but for some reason to me It's like kind of scary. So I think we're gonna do that today, but it's 2 30 I haven't had coffee yet, and I normally can go without coffee and I'm fine I think I just also haven't had enough water my head of flasks right there. I'm gonna get that But I'm so tired. I'm also laying in bed. So like what do I expect, you know, but anyways, um, I Seriously just like love my room right now so much and it's gonna only just get better My rug was supposed to arrive yesterday, but I just got an email that I got shipped today So that'll be here soon, which will really I think pull it together and then I really do Want to get a plant. I'm not a huge plant person. I understand I need plant whatever I'm gonna get a plant that night soon will be done And then also like I really want honestly this looks so bad on camera but I really want like a full-length mirror which I don't really have room for but I Pardon me wants to do a plant there and then just do like a small full-length mirror because I just need another photo for another place for Outfit photos for Instagram. I know it's so freaking annoying guys like I I know I know But I've been trying to just like watch some YouTube videos and I did get a few recipes on the Melissa wood health website Which I'm excited for and then I just paid some bills and stuff online, but yeah, that's what we're doing All right guys, I really need to go make myself some coffee now So I think I'm gonna head downstairs But also before I forget I wanted to mention that me Who all there's a bunch of us doing Keaton Danielle Natalie Katie Morgan? Michelle Brooke, I feel like I've said everyone, but we're doing a big giveaway on Instagram on Saturday So if you guys I mean obviously I know a lot of you guys haven't affected obvious I mean pretty much everyone has been affected by COVID-19, but especially financially Go follow my Instagram. She's at Kinsey Elizabeth and then you guys will be able to see on Saturday The giveaway which I'm really excited for we're all really excited for it. So just wanted to mention it Oh my gosh, Coco's literally such a drama queen. She just lays like this. Oh my gosh side. I oh You're so cute Hi, everyone. It is now. Oh All the matters came on it is now the blood so loud 338 Quentin are about to do an Instagram live in two minutes I finally have my first cup of coffee of the day. My eyes are watering Normally when I don't have caffeine, I'm actually okay I'm like I've had it to where I'll get a headache or something, but now I'm like, you know, so I'm drinking a lot of water Quentin's texting which takes his full undivided attention every single time. He's very serious about his texts It's important words matter, you know There's so many words in the English language Why because you got to pick the right ones in order to accurately communicate in a concise and precise manner How you're feeling? Yep Well, you're ready to go live Yeah, okay, we're going live on Instagram follows though. So it is currently. I think it's like 6 p.m I don't remember the last time I've logged. I think when we did an Instagram live Is that what I've logged us? I think so Quentin is second up. He's really tired neither of us are Late night people lately though I've been going about a lot later like midnight or one which I normally don't do I actually go to bed at 9 p.m Like if I have no plans if Quentin is home, and I have no plans. I literally go to bed at 8 p.m Keo is like really loving cocoa today. She's matching your outfit. This is a Cuddly cocoa cuddly cocoa different sides to cocoa. Yeah, you just have to catch her on a good day, you know Okay, so we're gonna watch Tiger King Wait, yeah, Tiger King, right? Yeah, I don't know what I said, but I felt so weird So I'm currently on episode two Quentin is on episode one He started watching it and then he fell asleep. So I switched to Nashville I'm like midway through season five, which is sad because there's only six seasons But we will do a little Tiger King recap when we're done watching for the night He's really just having the time of his life Q do you have a life update for the vlog or anything? No, I didn't have a dream while I was napping so nothing really updating just you know playing cocoa Make sure if you're quarantining and you've got a dog. You've got to play with them Coco I literally spend every week. I mean, I normally spend so much time with cocoa But I spend every waking second with her now. So she's hopefully loving this. Oh my gosh The attention is really just getting her anyways, like I was saying we're not night owls So I stayed up late last night and I'm just like so actually tired And I also didn't have coffee till 4 p.m. Because I thought I thought that much it could do it I knew better, but you know when you wake up and you're just like not in the mood for coffee I just keep talking for no reason, you know, well, you don't drink coffee anymore Like some mornings I wake up and I want Parker Some mornings I wake up and I'm like craving coffee and then this morning the thought of coffee is just not it So, okay, we're gonna watch Tiger King. You match my bear for dreams like it. I know I'm very inspired nude is in very about it and I really like RJ. It's a really cool brand and Also Kinsey's friend Keaton inspired me The new no way also Brandon's fits inspire me They're literally gonna I'm not even gonna tell her that we said this he's gonna actually die I mean, I was like looking at some of his hoodie pant combinations. I Respect it.  I've been taking some risks. And you know, he works for Adidas, right? Oh, yeah, I know I Forget you guys. Yeah, I posted a pic and it was with my ultra boost Oh, no, no my alpha bounce and he was like fire. And I was like, I appreciate you. Those are some of my favorite But uh Not his fashion risks inspired me. This is the time of your quarantine. Nobody can see you can try out some like Crazy fits out. Oh, wow great All right guys, we ended up doing a little pharmacy run and then we picked up a few things while you're there Washing in I've seen those things on Twitter I don't really sing a song But I just like to get a nice lather going cute.  Why? Stay inside Okay, so we picked up a few things while I do a few things sort of quits it but different things so We have a Pizza for tonight. We haven't even started watching Tiger King yet guys. It's literally a p.m. So okay I got white cheddar cheese in it because he sounded really good. Oh, you guys were so proud of me So I'm the live today so many of you guys are telling me that I need to make the TikTok coffee the whipped Is it for 25 or 40? Let me check for you really quick It's 400 Okay, so so many of you guys are saying that I need to make the TikTok whipped coffee So I am gonna make it. I don't have sugar. So I got sugar and then this instant coffee Never used this before but everyone's like raving about this coffee So I will be making that on my TikTok, which is just can't deal with it. Go follow me Um, lip rollers because Quintin cannot survive with all the rollers and then I just got kind bars So I've been hungry and we haven't really My coach is telling me, and soccer Look good, feel good, feel good, play good, play good, they pay good Lip roller Essentially, if you feel good while you're in quarantine, you're gonna feel a lot better Right now he's like the parent and fairly all parents where he can't see his head Or like on was it cow and chicken or like Dexter was You say laboratory or you say laboratory Labored Dejuno, it's not delivery. It's Dejudo Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls Okay, they like that boys Guys should um Quintin's actually well Quintin's pretty much good at everything that he tries to do or he does But he's actually really good at singing Um, and he now has a piano that's still in my house right now Cute, maybe you should do covers now. This is how it's hard to Well, okay, this thing was a good idea. What are you guys doing? What are some of your hobbies? I want to pick up a new hobby I considered knitting But I just don't think it's my vibe, but I just don't know what to do I need to get white spray paint to do my not like the things that I talked about earlier in the vlog I Felt really weird leaving the house for a second. That was like really something okay guys I decided that I need to cry make up off Because I just don't know what it is like I feel like maybe I'm just not getting good sleep That's what Quintin was saying too. He feels like he's not getting good sleep either I feel like no one in this world is getting good sleep I normally don't have sleeping problems, but I have been like waking up anyways two nights ago I didn't sleep much and so they always say it's like not the next day, but the next day that it hits you So I'm just powering through all right guys. We're making the pizza right now But I'm trying to finish this little corner like that's someone else's package anyways It doesn't matter but this little corner over here. I need an entry table There's not that much space and then I need a little basket because I would have my yoga mat in there because I do my home workouts right here and Then I'm gonna put those frames on top of it and then figure it out from there So I've been looking at target online. I'm really just looking for fun right now. I like this basket I really like this basket too But I'm just trying to figure it out Quintin just serenaded me. It was so good But now she's insecure, so Are you listening to me? That's all you have to say Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you I really like this table, which is normally not necessarily my vibe. I feel like this is more typical House home. I don't know. You know what I'm saying, but I actually really like this and Then I don't know I can't make my decision. Let me know you guys think I'm not on a rush to order anything But I probably want to Thanks, kid. Oh, yeah, this is a cute set up And my purse just like a lip addict look loss. So that's the spicy one It's not spicy guys. I've said this in a vlog. We've definitely told the story Quintin like hates when I wear well, here's the thing. It's not even like lip-pumping stuff.  Yeah guys. We made the best pizza ever Was I vlogging that day? I don't think so Anyway, no, no, but I don't think I talked about pizza So we made pizza from home and it was so freakin good. What are indicators that a boy is not toxic slash good for you, etc. I think maybe Yeah, that was really good, but I was gonna say maybe like reframe the question Yeah, that's actually really good. I think if someone is toxic and Most instances I feel like they're not consistent like they'll say they're gonna do something and they don't Act one way and then they're on the other side. That's literally the answer. That's so good or I think if someone wants to be with you, they're gonna be with you 9 out of 10 true Yeah excuses and stuff like like flaky, but also if like every day is like a bad day Or it's always someone else's problem or or they are all their exes Yeah, all their exes are crazy. You haven't like they Because you're like, you know, they don't have to be on maybe the best terms with their ex, but like If they're always saying that they're crazy and all this different stuff You're like, but you don't have to love your accent be like there's the best person ever by any means, but it's Like I think it also shows maturity to speak. Yeah, so I didn't work out like the people who are like You know, oh That was really good. You're good at this Okay, what is your favorite thing about me and then I'll just do for everything about you But since you're eating I'll do my food. We answered I answered that on the IG live So now you can answer another one too though. You should really talk about me. I will do yours But you can do mine too. Um, okay, actually, I would say my favorite thing about you is that you're normally very consistent You are very consistent. I don't know. I said normally very consistent. You are consistent yes, um I always this but like there's a lot of things but there's some things that like You can like your eyes or your hair different stuff like that, but you never say like Yeah, cuz I mean like Yeah, I mean cuz like a lot of people can have good hair or like oh your eyes are like pretty unique But I like that you're really like one thing is grounded.  Yeah, but cheat with like pizza saucer, you know That's good. Um, thank you All right guys, so that is it for today's vlog. Hope you guys enjoyed subscribe if you guys have not already Follow me on Instagram. I'm gonna eat my pizza and watch Tiger King So we're not giving a tiger king update. I guess because we're just not watching it. It's like 9 p.m. But I hope you guys enjoyed I'm gonna keep the vlogs up. I'm probably gonna film a favorites video the current of sessions I just feel weird about filming those videos right now because like You know just weird anyways, love you guys. I'll talk to you soon. Bye


Welcome back to another one if you are new to the channel. I'm Goldpony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the new 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so I'm in this one today because this SUV is truly a legend. It has legendary off-road status. It's been that way for over 60 years now actually. Legendary reliability. Consumer reports will back that up. I'm sure if you just check out a Consumer Reports magazine there. And my Japanese teacher in college absolutely squares by these things. So with all that being said, I figured I had to check one out today. So what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so MSRP for the 2020 Land Cruiser will start at $85,415. Heritage edition being the one we have today is going to start at $87,745. And by the way, that Heritage edition trim level is a new trim for the 2020 model year. But regardless of trim level that you go with, power plant is going to be the same. Powering this beast is a 5.7 liter naturally aspirated V8, putting out 381 horsepower at 5600 RPM, 401 pound-feet of torque available at 3600 RPM, power sent to all four wheels through Toyota's full-time four-wheel drive system, sent to the ground through an eight-speed automatic zero to 60 time, approximately 6.7 seconds, which is kind of impressive considering the size of this SUV. We will test out that acceleration in a little bit here. But MPG numbers 13 in the city, 17 on the highway, taking regular unleaded fuel though. But still, as expected, miles per gallon are not going to be the very best. It's open out having set all that. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. We'll put that zero to 60 time to the test here and let's do a quick little acceleration and let's see how quickly we can get the new 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser here up to speed. All right, here's our straightaway in 3, 2, 1. Wow, more than I expected. Definitely pushes you back into the seat and that's as expected, I guess, for a V8, but still the size of the Land Cruiser. Still plenty of acceleration. That is what I'm trying to say. That was actually a lot more acceleration than I expected in this thing. But to go along with that acceleration, as always, breaking is equally important.  In the back, 13.58 inch solid rear disc. As far as the 60 to zero stopping distance goes on the Land Cruiser, 121 feet, which is actually quite impressive considering the size of this beast. A lot of larger SUVs will come in in the upper 120s, even the 130s. So 121 is perfectly fine for this thing. So no issues there whatsoever. As far as the braking feel goes, I even muttered it to myself in my test drive already. Braking feels absolutely amazing. Actually, it immediately brings you to a stop in the Land Cruiser, which is nice considering, again, the size of this beast. But so then touching on suspension and handling a little bit up front, you're going to get an independent double wishbone front suspension in the back four-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars and a Torsen limited slip center differential with the locking feature. This I love because essentially what that Torsen differential does is on pavement, it's unlocked in a consent torque up to 40% to the front 60% to the rear. And of course, if you decided to go off-roading, you could put the Land Cruiser in low range and it'll automatically lock that for you as well. So definitely a nice off-roading feature there. In addition to that, the Land Cruiser also comes with crawl control, which I again certainly appreciate. This is essentially a low speed cruise control that works, of course, uphill or downhill. What I particularly have used it for in the past is on the beach. You take the Land Cruiser on the sand and again, it's going to be very capable in the sand. Like for instance, Assateague Island in Maryland here. If you want to drive alongside the horses, crawl control is going to be your friend. That Torsen differential is also going to be your friend. So between those two and lastly the Kinematic Dynamic Suspension System or what Toyota calls KDSS, that is going to give you the ability to disengage the stabilizer bars, allowing independent movement. And so that feature is going to be especially good if you're new, you're going to be going over a rocky terrain or uneven surfaces essentially. That's definitely going to give you more off-road capabilities as well there. And by the way, that's going to automatically sense when you're going off-road as well. It's going to automatically kick in. And then it'll just reengage the stabilizer bars once again, once you actually get back on-road. That is going to be a wonderful off-road feature as well. As far as ride quality goes, it's pretty much as expected. This does ride on a truck platform. That's perfectly fine for what it is. I certainly have new issues. Steering feel is 100% on the weightier side without a doubt. That might be the first thing I noticed when I got in this thing. Definitely a very heavily weighted steering feel, which is a good thing in my opinion. Not like the heavier weighted steering feels personally. The one thing, the one constructive criticism when it comes to performance, we're about to hit it. There it is. Because of this roof rack, you get so much cabin noise coming in through the moon roof. You get this howling and a little bit of rattling. And again, that's because of the roof rack that comes specifically with the Heritage Edition. Under 50 miles per hour, you can't even notice it, but once you hit 50 miles per hour, you can definitely notice the cabin noise without a doubt. And so when it comes to that cabin noise, I wanted to take a further look into this, why there was so much cabin noise, because it was definitely well more than I was used to. So what I found when I actually pulled it into the bed where I was going to do my exterior shots here was that the front shield to that roof rack had actually fallen down, perhaps when they took it through the car wash for me. So therefore, if I were to have stopped on the side of the road, push that back up, I'm sure the cabin noise would have completely dissipated. So I'm going to put a picture up here on the video so you guys can actually see what it's supposed to look like and clearly see it did fall down. That was the issue with the cabin noise. So I did just want to mention that to you guys, the cabin noise is not going to be that bad if that was actually installed the way it was supposed to be. But to that anyways, touching on visibility, there is a massive rear window back there. We'll say their second row headrests are kind of beefy, but you could always remove them if you wanted to. And without them, visibility is going to be 100% on point because again, that rear window is absolutely massive. So no issues for me there. Rain sensing windshield wipers also coming standard and a windshield wiper to ICER actually as well. All of those factors contributing to visibility and just one extra thing I wanted to touch on visibility with this one. I love the hood creases. Looking forward out the windshield, you can't help but notice these massive hood creases, which look absolutely amazing in my opinion. Definitely makes you feel like you were driving a beast of a vehicle. So absolutely loved that one to mention that. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review. You guys, let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of this brand new 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser. And so here she is, you guys, the new 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser finished in midnight black metallic. In case anybody was curious about the color name, let's go ahead and start up front. Up front, you're going to find that the grille is going to differ slightly between your standard Land Cruiser and the Heritage Edition Land Cruiser. For instance, for the standard, you're going to find a slightly thicker tri-bar front grille, a little more black accents with the Heritage Edition as well. So it's going to differ slightly up there to the side. Full LED headlights come standard either way. They do come, of course, with the automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark out at night, they will turn on automatically for you there. LED daytime running lights, also standard up front. Again, dark housings for those headlights if you go with the Heritage Edition, otherwise you're going to have clear housings. And you will find the Land Cruiser logo within those housings as well. Did find that pretty cool actually too, but LED fog lights just below coming standard either way. And if anybody was curious about the ground clearance that comes in at 8.9 inches as far as approach and departure angles, they're actually going to be the same when you compare the standard Land Cruiser to the Heritage Edition. Both of them coming into the 32 degree approach angle, 24 degree departure angle. And you will find a front tow hook up there actually as well. Did want to also mention skid plates are going to come standard either way, covering the front suspension, the radiator fuel tank, and transfer case as well. So again, legendary off-roader, of course, it makes sense that the Land Cruiser comes with skid plates. Now let's go ahead and make our way to the side. Black roof rails come standard. However, with the Heritage Edition, you'll find that Yakima Mega Warrior roof rack. Also zooming out a little bit, chrome belt line molding does come standard. Rear privacy glass also standard. Aluminum running boards come standard as well. Did want to mention those running boards are deleted with the Heritage Edition. So therefore we do not actually have them today. Heritage Edition trim is not going to give you running boards. Of course, you could add them on if you wanted to, but it's not going to come standard with it. Front and rear mud guards also standard across the board. And you will find some chrome cladding across the bottom portion of the side skirts there. If you go with the standard setup, it's not going to come with the Heritage Edition. But so perhaps one of my favorite parts about the side of the Land Cruiser is the Land Cruiser Heritage Badge towards the back. Obviously that's just going to come with the Heritage Edition, but that kind of pays tribute to the old Land Cruisers back in the 80s and even before that actually as well. Again, the Land Cruiser has been around for over 60 years now. So that's kind of a throwback emblem there, which I actually absolutely love. And again, that's just for the Heritage Edition. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable heated side mirrors with integrated turn signals as well. Love that. Taking a look down at the wheel setup, 18 inch double five spoke alloys are going to come standard. 18 inch bronze, BBS forged aluminum alloys is what you were looking at right now. And that is going to come of course with the Heritage Edition. That is an awesome look, especially on this black color that we have here today. Love that. Make your way to the back though. Rear spoiler with the integrated brake light come standard rear window wiper just below that. You have some Land Cruiser lettering spelled out horizontally. Got the V8 badging back there as well. LED taillights coming standard as expected to this price point of course. And a rear tow hook back there as well. By the way, the integrated tow hitch comes with four and seven pin connectors. Towing capacity comes in at 8,100 pounds. In case you planned on doing any towing in the Land Cruiser. And just behind it all, you do have a single exhaust out. It's so I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. It's been now since we are around back when it comes to opening that rear lift gate. It is a power lift gate. Cool part about this lift gate is it not only opens up from the top as expected but also from the bottom.  But that is how you're going to open that one up behind the third row. And by the way, the third row is going to come with a standard configuration. Heritage edition deletes that third row. You do get three rows of seats if you go with the standard setup. Did want to mention that. But behind the third row, 16.1 cubic feet, you go with the standard trim level behind the second row either way, 53.5 cubic feet. And that's what you're looking at right now. And with that rear seat folded down 82.8 cubic feet. So that's with all rows folded either way. And again, the heritage edition only comes with two rows standard configuration comes with three.  But to do what I mentioned, that's going to be there for you too. So plenty of space back there, quite honestly. But then if you were to go with that standard configuration, third row legroom comes in at 28.3 inches. So although we don't have it today, I will say 28.3 inches is less actually than the rear seats of my Ford Mustang GT, which has 29 inches. So essentially what that means is the third row is really unusable, with the exception of maybe car seats or very small children, something like that. So you can use it for that, I suppose. But that third row will get some cup holders then, if you were to go with that configuration as well. Make your way to the second row, which I can actually show you guys here, 34.4 inches of rear legroom. That is for reference, I mean, even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. Heated second row seats also comes standard. Absolutely love that, especially at this price point, but always nice to spoil the rear passengers a little bit. Rear center armrest with cup holders coming standard, you do a rear ventilation back there as well. Front seat map pockets. Nobody actually uses maps anymore. Four-zone climate control coming standard as well. And you do have some wood trim surrounding the controls too. Again, a little bit of a throwback there, but absolutely love that as well. 12-volt power outlet back there too. Overall, when it comes to me, plenty of space for those second row passengers, quite honestly. And make our way to the front seats, 10-way power adjustable driver seat with power lumbar. Front seats will come heated and ventilated. That is the standard setup, regardless of trim level that you go with. Leather trim seating, again, coming standard, eight-way power adjustable passenger seat coming standard, although Heritage Edition is going to give you a five-way power adjustable passenger seat, as opposed to the standard setup giving you eight-way power adjustable passenger seat. So want to mention that ultimately the seats are perfectly comfy. I can see no issues whatsoever going on long road trips in the Land Cruiser. So seating is definitely on point. Take a look now at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped with wood green accents on both the top and the bottom portions of that steering wheel. Again, a throwback feature there. And I absolutely love it. Makes it look very high-end. So that is pretty darn cold if you ask me. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You do have a Land Cruiser-specific key, actually, which I absolutely love. Land Cruiser lettering with tire marks on the one side.  But love that you get a Land Cruiser-specific key. That's so stinking cold. But it is a push-button start across the board, as expected of this. All I'm going to do is simply put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the climate control information there. But once started up, tachometer is on your left, speedometer is on your right. And there is a digital display front and center, which can be controlled by using the steering wheel mounted controls on the right side there, giving you a ton of different things like when you need your next oil change, outside temperature, how many miles you have left until you hit empty, which you might find yourself looking at quite often in a vehicle like the Land Cruiser, and plenty of other information as well, actually. But let's go ahead now and make our way to overall interior quality of the Land Cruiser. Power moonroof does come standard. Absolutely love that. Overhead sunglass holder also standard up there. Homeland controls for up to three different garage doors found underneath the rear view mirror there. It comes standard again. Wireless phone charger also coming standard LED accent lighting. Love that as well. And also a huge fan of all the wood grain accents found on the doors just above the passenger side glove box. And it certainly ties in well with the steering wheel as well. And of course you have several compartments actually within that set or armrest between the driver and passenger to ton of space in there. So absolutely love that. But overall finish plenty nice for what the Land Cruiser is. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the tech display front and center. Nine inch color touch screen display coming standard and that includes Bluetooth and audio streaming. No Android auto and Apple car plan, fortunately. But honestly, who really cares? It comes with factory navigation system. The only downside with the factory navigations is that you have to get them updated every now and then. And that costs a little bit of money. But at this price point, who really cares, right? So you do a factory navigation system. You also have your radio information up there. And by the way, when it comes to the sound system, you will find a 14 speaker JBL sound system coming standard across the board. So I think you guys know what time it is now. Let's go ahead and turn this thing back on. See what we got playing on the radio today and let's test out the clarity of this one. Plenty good sound system for the Land Cruiser ton of base. Perfect clarity. Absolutely love that actually. That was well done here in the Land Cruiser.  That is pretty cool. That gives you an aerial view of what is all around you, not just behind you. But as always, that is going to lead us into safety. And so to start front side side curtain airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well. There are also seat mounted second row impact airbags that sometimes optional unlike BMW and higher end vehicles. It almost never comes standard though. So I absolutely love that.  Some of the more advanced safety features include a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert, front and rear parking sensors, a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane departure alert, automatic high beams and dynamic radar cruise control as well. And so when it comes to my final thoughts here of the 2020 Land Cruiser, a bit pricey, but it's a legendary name. I will say that very special vehicle. It's been manufactured for over 60 years now. Definitely not something you see a ton of on the road. So if you're one of those people like myself that enjoy being different, this is definitely a vehicle you got to check out. It's a legendary off-roader, all of the advanced safety features you could want. That's Toyota basically in a nutshell, not the very most high resolution tech display, but I do like that it's large. It's nine inches. That's good, but it's not the highest quality I've seen. No rear window sunshade. So that's also a slight bummer for me personally. But again, the reliability is absolutely legendary there. So although it has a V8, this thing is going to last an eternity because it is a Toyota, of course. I love that too. But that is about it for this one. You guys, thank you so much for watching, for free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there. If you like, be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews. That is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know when I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay gold.