Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] What's going on, y'? All? Corpus Christi Originals back at it again. Solo episode. Today I'll be interviewing myself.
[00:00:05] Shout out to the coffee mug, which is this beautiful spot that I'm at right now in the private upstairs area for the Corpus Christi Originals. Thanks a lot to Susanna out there.
[00:00:16] Try the Hedwig. I'm drinking the Hedwig today.
[00:00:19] If you like white. White mocha. This is just. This is my jam right here.
[00:00:23] Also, the cinnamon crumble.
[00:00:28] This thing is bomb. I already bit into it.
[00:00:38] Get it warm.
[00:00:40] They warmed it up for me. She said, would you like it warmed up? Yes, please.
[00:00:43] Oh, yeah. So interviewing myself real quick. I wanted to shout out this.
[00:00:51] So the topic that I'm talking about at the moment, actually, let me get to the interview questions. My name is Jesus Eladio. I'm the host of the Corpse Christian Originals podcast.
[00:01:03] It's actually a network now. We got two other podcasts, and just. That's who I am. Corpse Christy Originals. Jesus Hernandez. Jesus Hilario Hernandez. If you want my full name. But let me get these questions out for you guys.
[00:01:15] So initial. Initially, coming into the shop.
[00:01:21] I've been here before. I love Harry Potter. I like. I've seen all the movies. I've only read, like, the first book, but I like the theme that's in here. It's really cool. It's really cool. The music that they have is chill.
[00:01:33] Like, it's. It reminds me of me, like in the 90s. Reminds me of 90s and stuff like that.
[00:01:41] There was people here enjoying themselves. It was amazing. They have a table with, you know, business cards. And I was like, oh, cool. I might be. I might want to interview some of these people. So that was pretty cool. I also met the person that sells the decaf. His name is Travis. For roots and spores. Coffee.
[00:01:59] So I'm already networking just coming into this place.
[00:02:03] It's amazing. Aside from the coffee and the. And the. The muffin here, I still want to take a bite of that, but I don't want to.
[00:02:12] I'll take a bite off camera, actually. Let me take a bite.
[00:02:16] This is nice. I gotta take another one.
[00:02:28] Cheers.
[00:02:31] So it reminds me. It remind me of my. The last episode I had with Susanna, episode 108, where she was mentioning that coffee.
[00:02:41] It's.
[00:02:43] It brings people together. It's like a culture. It's a culture. Whole cultural vibe. And it's so true. Like, I just. Coming in here.
[00:02:50] Okay. Before coming in here, I went next door to see if the neighbor wanted to be interviewed because my the per. My guest canceled. Right. So I was like, let me see if I could try to get somebody last minute. They didn't want to. They were busy. And this whatever, whatever have you, but that's networking. They were like, follow us. I follow you, whatever cool came in the place. Barista was very, very nice. She asked me what I wanted. I already knew what I want.
[00:03:16] And in the meantime, the person that drops off their decaf, you know, the person that sells their decaf, Travis, with roots and spores and coffee. He recognized me, and he was looking at me initially. And then the second time I glanced at him, he was like, looking at me like he recognized me. I was like, oh, okay.
[00:03:35] I have to remember that I'm a public. Public figure, stuff like that. So check test, mic test. Yeah. So going over the. That is pretty cool. But being able to network, just coming into this place is awesome. The vibe is nice. Like, music is going in the background. I'll share some photos to my. To the Instagram so you can see, get a feel. But thanks a lot. Susanna with the coffee mug, located here on.
[00:04:03] On Spid. Let me get the address real quick.
[00:04:06] Forgive me, I'm very unprofessional, but I want you. I want you guys to see that nobody's perfect. You know what I mean? Let's see. But that's not an excuse. You know what I mean? But at the same time. So the coffee mug, check them out. Located 4535 South Padre Island Drive, Suite 14. Corpse, Christie, Texas, 784 11.
[00:04:29] Harry Potter theme. Got the hedwig and a cinnamon crumble muffin.
[00:04:34] Check them out. Yeah, so real quick, let me get into the quote. Let me get into these interview questions for about myself.
[00:04:41] And then a little later, I'll answer some questions about.
[00:04:47] Some questions that you had guys had asked me on. On social media. So the first thing is the brand and the mission.
[00:04:54] The original definition. What exactly makes someone or something a Corpus Christi original? Is it a birthright or is it earned through the hustle?
[00:05:04] Very tough question.
[00:05:07] I mean, the cool thing about my. My brand name is that it could mean anything. It could mean. It could mean you're actually from Corpus Christi and you're originally from here. It could mean both. It could mean that you are a hustler, like hustling in the. In. In the sense that you're making money.
[00:05:27] And I'm from the opinion of honest hustle, legal hustle.
[00:05:32] Although I. I have been. I've had experience with family members that are from that culture too. And And I recognize that hustle as well. But as far as the Corpus Christi Originals goes, we're talking about honest working people, the. The backbone of the city that is actually making a difference behind the scenes. Because it's like aside from social media and all the, all the shiny spotlight that a lot of companies that have this is for the originals that are unseen, the. The unheard voices. That's who I'm considering. Originals. People that are, that are unseen, that go. They live their life in the city, raising the next generation, raising them to do good, honest work, raising them to be creatives, that those are the originals that I'm. That. That I try to represent.
[00:06:29] And so that's that there. The next question, why, when the idea. When the idea for the network first hit, what was the specific gap in the local media scene that needed to be filled?
[00:06:43] Corpus Christi Originals is now a network. I have two podcasts. One, there's other originals like me. There's other corpse Christian originals that are like me that need to be that. That are creatives as well. They want to do what I'm doing, which is fine. I want people to know with the network that we can have a community of creators doing the same stuff, interviewing people. Check out Lito Cortez. He's part of the court, the. The network. He has a. The podcast called Respond if you please. He had the idea. I said, hey, you want to be on the network? He said, yes, come on. He's interviewing people just like me. No problem. Ben deleon of the Unshuck yourself podcast. He is a he, he talks, he is a self. Is like a motivational podcast. I'm trying to get this muffler on here, you guys. Cuz there's. I forgot that there's people that might be coming in here.
[00:07:41] I'm sorry, that.
[00:07:49] There we go. Yeah, it has a muffler for like background noise and stuff like that.
[00:07:54] Bendelion of the Unshock Yourself podcast, he's on the network as well. And the reason why I wanted to have them on the network is because I think they're cool people and I think that they're creatives, they're originals like me. And I wanted them on the network. Simple. You know what I mean?
[00:08:09] Second part of that question was what. What was the specific gap in the local media scene that needed to be filled? The specific gap to me, I felt was the people that are being unheard.
[00:08:22] Because social media, it'll just show you the most. Like, it'll show you the popular people. That's what I'm thinking about right in, in school, who's the popular people? Usually the loudest ones. Usually the ones that dress nice. This, this, that, yada, yada, people like me who are not at the forefront of that. When I first started using Instagram, I thought of it as, oh, this is just another way to be rejected by the cool crowd.
[00:08:48] So I'm fortunate enough with my upbringing to be able to say, who cares about all that?
[00:09:02] Do your thing. I learned how to play guitar a long time ago. I mean, being a creative is just something that you've got to be a part of the public, you know what I mean? And I feel like a lot of those people that are unseen aren't on the media.
[00:09:16] And the ones that are seen on the media, usually their opinion is usually the loudest. And whenever it's the loudest, people don't really have a lot of options.
[00:09:26] So if I'm coming on bringing people that are unseen or unheard, having their opinion, then other people, then people have options. Different options, like, oh, shoot, I didn't know that that opinion existed.
[00:09:38] So that's that there.
[00:09:40] The Friday Night Original live stream. So here's another question.
[00:09:45] The unfiltered shift. The Friday Night Original live streams are a different beast.
[00:09:50] What? Why was it time to move away from the polished interviews into raw, real time community audits?
[00:09:57] Well, the.
[00:09:59] Excuse me, Excuse me. I had to take a drink in a bite real quick to think about that question.
[00:10:19] So the Friday Night Original live stream is. Man, this light is beautiful. This window is beautiful. Guys, let me show you this window real quick.
[00:10:37] Beautiful.
[00:10:38] Yeah. So.
[00:10:48] The Friday Night Original, the idea came from live streaming and being upfront and personal with the people, with my audience, because I'm starting to notice that a lot of my audience members want to get to know me as a person. Like, who's the host?
[00:11:04] People have questions about me. And the Friday Night Original is an opportunity for y' all to get to know me a little bit more as well as my opinion on things.
[00:11:14] So.
[00:11:16] And it's brand new.
[00:11:19] And I'm finding that live is just another medium to reach people with the network.
[00:11:24] You get to talk to them directly, you get to know them by name, you know what I mean? Eventually, people begin to trust me and trust my brand, you know what I mean? Because at the end of the day, I'm trying to figure out how to make this a business.
[00:11:40] And businesses thrive and strive on relationships, relationships with people.
[00:11:47] And yeah, that's, that's, that's mainly one, one of the Reasons why I started the life. I'm pretty sure I got more thoughts on that. It's just sometimes I'm put on the spot and I have to figure out what to. What to say and stuff like that. The entrepreneurial lens. Next question. From a business owner's perspective, what is the biggest misconception people have about the Corpus Christi Hustle?
[00:12:13] From a business owner's perspective, what is the biggest misconception people have about the Corpus Christi Hustle?
[00:12:32] I want to say that a lot of people think that the hustle is only seen on social media.
[00:12:38] When I was learning how to play guitar, there was many a night, many a days, many of hours spent in the practice room, no cameras around.
[00:12:51] That's the Corpus Christi hustle that a lot of people don't see.
[00:12:56] And the misconception is that it's only shown on social media.
[00:13:03] So. And like some people, I noticed too, that some people don't want to get interviewed. You know what I mean? Some people don't want to get interviewed because they just don't want to share. They don't want to share themselves. Which is fine because I. I think in social media nowadays, we feel like we need to share everything. But at the same time, the misconception can be that a lot of the hustle goes unseen.
[00:13:27] A lot of the hustle is not at the forefront. It's not seen.
[00:13:32] Although I'm hearing that a trend now, or maybe even like the realization now for businesses is to show the hustle, show the behind the scenes. That way people can know you a little bit more.
[00:13:43] So that's that there.
[00:13:45] Next thing, the talent drain.
[00:13:48] Why stay in Corpus?
[00:13:50] We see a lot of creative people leave for bigger cities.
[00:13:54] Why am I doubling down on this city and this community?
[00:13:59] This is where I'm at at the moment.
[00:14:01] I never really. I mean, I considered moving out of town a couple times. I actually moved out for college. I lived in Tulsa for a couple years, Tulsa, Oklahoma. But for the most part, this is where I'm at.
[00:14:14] Like, and I see like, in like, like family members and people I know a lot of times they feel like they need to move out to start over.
[00:14:24] They. They feel like they need to move out to start over. And my thoughts are like, I've tried that too. I've tried, like, running away from my problems and stuff like that. And it just.
[00:14:36] You can. There's going to be problems where you go. Anywhere you go, there's always going to be problems. So one, like, I needed. I need. This is where I'm At I'm here in Corpus Christi. I'm from here.
[00:14:50] I have my understanding of Corpus Christi. Other people have their understanding of Corpus Christi. And start where I'm at. Like when I first started a brand, a clothing brand called the Corpus Christi Originals, it started as a brand. It didn't start as a podcast or network like that. And before starting that brand, I was thinking, like, how do I make a successful brand? Where do I start?
[00:15:13] And I listened to two creatives online. Big Brando and what's the other guy? Apparel success. Both of those guys, and both of their advice was, start in your city if you can. If you can influence your local city, then you can grow bigger. To Texas, to. To South Texas, to United States, whatever, whatever. I was like, okay, let me try that.
[00:15:35] So that was the idea. Like, okay, well, let me start locally. And let me tell you, when I did that, I didn't realize what I was getting into and what I would find when. Which was awesome. People in this city.
[00:15:49] I never would have thought, like, oh, wow, these people are awesome. Because I had always had a negative view of Corpus island, was one of those where it was just like, yeah, we need to leave the city because there's nothing to do, whatever type of mentality. But since starting the brand, like, it had opened up my eyes that there's. To my local surroundings. So start where I like the idea of starting where you're at so that you can reach more, I think is more important than trying to go upstakes and start somewhere else.
[00:16:26] Because I feel like if you can, if you can influence the people that are around you, then you can expand your network to those that are outside of your sphere.
[00:16:39] Cool. Part two, the creative process.
[00:16:41] Again, we're here at the Coffee mug.
[00:16:46] I'm gonna memorize that address for sure.
[00:16:50] 4535 South Padre Island Drive, Suite 14, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411. Check them out. Coffee mug. I'm drinking the Hedwig.
[00:17:01] This is. This is me stalling for my next.
[00:17:04] My next section of questions. Here we go.
[00:17:10] Cinnamon crumble.
[00:17:16] So let me get these next questions here.
[00:17:20] The Creative Grind, Focus music, trucking. And 13 stand up mic Journey.
[00:17:29] So I just recently started stand up comedy. I'm in 15 mics at. At the moment. 15 open mics in stand up comedy.
[00:17:39] What is the biggest difference between the guy who walked onto the stage at the first one versus the guy standing there now? Huge difference.
[00:17:50] The very first open mic is totally different than Open mic number 15 because I'm learning a lot about it. Like, the first open mic, I had some idea. Okay, this is. This is the main thing I want to mention, is the main thing that comes to mind. When I first started open mic, I used AI to help me write the jokes.
[00:18:12] When I got to about, like, mic 13, Mike 12, I was just like, this AI stuff ain't working, bro. I thought it would help me with my jokes, and I tried, and it. I. It felt robotic. Like, it felt like I was. It was. It felt like it was a crutch.
[00:18:29] I was using AI as a crutch to help me write jokes. I was using AI to help me get around the work, which I think is something that we can get stuck in, like using. Trying to use AI to.
[00:18:44] To solve all of our problems. You know what I mean? So I'm more comfortable on the last three open mics where I didn't use AI. I just went up, just use what joke, what ideas I had in my mind, and just went. Just went off. It just went off.
[00:18:58] It's like you're just going up to pluck with your guitar. Okay, this is what I know. Pluck, pluck, pluck, Same thing. And it was more freeing because it gave me a confidence that I had that I.
[00:19:10] Because I feel like that with the AI gave me confidence, but it was false confidence. So then when I went without it, I was. I felt my personal. My own confidence come through, and that's. That's the biggest. The biggest difference that I can say with that.
[00:19:28] The bombing lesson.
[00:19:30] What was the hardest I've ever bombed in these first 13 mics?
[00:19:35] Why was the actual.
[00:19:38] What was.
[00:19:39] Why was that actually better from my growth than a standing ovation? Okay, so when you bomb, that means. Bomb means that you feel like you did a bad job on stage.
[00:19:55] The. When I felt like I bombed, I like open mic number three.
[00:19:59] First two were. I was fine with the second. The third one, I was like, dude, it. I. I didn't want to. I. It was.
[00:20:11] It made me feel small. It made me feel like I didn't know what I was doing.
[00:20:15] And like I said at that time, I was using the AI a lot, and it was. It was a crutch.
[00:20:23] And I feel like maybe now that I'm looking at it, that people notice that, and.
[00:20:30] And it's embarrassing.
[00:20:33] People noticed it, and it's embarrassing.
[00:20:37] Another way to bomb, and I'm thinking musically is say you have a performance and you haven't practiced for that performance.
[00:20:47] You go on stage, it's gonna show. It's gonna show that you haven't practiced. The audience is not, it's, I mean it. When you, and when you feel like you haven't practiced, you have this level of confidence, your confidence goes down and the people can tell.
[00:21:01] So be more prepared is probably something that I learned from that.
[00:21:07] And don't just go off of a whim.
[00:21:10] I mean, yeah, every now and then just go and try to throw something out there, see what sticks. But at the same time, try not to be unprepared.
[00:21:19] The windshield think tank Spending hours hauling hazmat on the road provides a lot of solitude. How much of the podcast strategy or comedy sets are actually written while behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler?
[00:21:34] I. I'm so I'm a truck driver by day, creative by night. No, like, I'm always creatively. Like, even on the road I can't like, and I'm ADD ADHD.
[00:21:45] I can't stop thinking like my brain just goes 100 miles an hour, like all the time. Like, oh, I could do this, I could do that. I'm wanting to start like 100 projects and like knowing myself later on after those 100 projects, I'll stop. I'll be like, why did I start this project in the first place? Because it won't get finished.
[00:22:07] But I'm constantly using, listening to books. That's, that's the one thing I've been doing lately. Listening to stand up comedy comedians, just getting smart, listening to podcasts. I use a lot of that time. I, to be honest, like you would think that a truck driver listens to music a lot.
[00:22:26] I don't really listen to music a lot. I listen more to like audiobooks, podcasts and things, things of that nature. I, I don't talk to a lot of people. So there is a lot of hours on the road. And one thing that, so I'm creative during the day in thinking and writing stuff down, having ideas I get to post on my, on my downtime.
[00:22:49] So that helps. But yeah, it's, it's always a part of the process. Just being a, being a truck driver. Music as a blueprint. How does a background in classical guitar and music theory actually make someone a better podcaster or editor?
[00:23:05] Is there a rhythm to a good interview man?
[00:23:09] Back my background in classical guitar. Take by this.
[00:23:21] Cheers.
[00:23:27] Should chew down more.
[00:23:33] Class. Being being a trained classical guitarist in college is, is huge.
[00:23:41] I learned how to read music.
[00:23:44] I spent hours on, on my craft, on learning the guitar.
[00:23:49] I spent hours learning the guitar, Man. That's a good question, man.
[00:23:58] How does the background in Classical guitar and music theory actually make someone better podcaster or editor.
[00:24:04] Is there a rhythm or to a good interview? I mean, I noticed that whenever I would perform classical guitar, I had to listen to the audience. It was at one part of performing. You listen to the audience, are they liking what you're playing? Can you hang on the note longer? Are they really listening or are they chattering? You know, so being able to listen, I think is huge.
[00:24:28] And I think that like analyzing music too, like analyzing music and listening to it, you, you listen more than once. Like you listen for the, the, the, the timbre, the rhythm. You listen for the, the harmonial structure. There's. You listen to more than one thing. And I noticed that whenever. I'm not sure if this has to do with, I mean, music, like music theory, like, I don't know. I, I can't. That's a tough question, man. I've always been like an analytical person, like trying to figure out how stuff works.
[00:25:05] So. Sorry. Excuse. Excuse me. Sorry about that, guys.
[00:25:11] I haven't really thought about it too much, I guess. I guess the takeaway from that is just being able to listen, being able to hear the person that's across from me and listening to their song. You know what I mean? I guess I could look. Think of a person's conversation as their song. The flow of the song.
[00:25:35] Oh, this is, this, this is the bridge right here. This is interesting. Tell me more about the bridge. Tell me more about the chorus. The chorus could be like the recurring theme of like their story, like they're always referring back to.
[00:25:47] It could be grit, you know, they're always talking about, oh, when I was younger, this.
[00:25:52] Always going back to this. You know what I mean? That's a Rick. That's a course versus something that's kind of common. Sounds the same, but it's in between the chorus, but it's a different sound. You know what I mean? You could think of it in terms of that. I mean, I can get real geeky on music if you want me to.
[00:26:10] Next thing on part three, which is the creative grind, talking about the gym. Creativity, connection.
[00:26:17] I spend a lot of time, not a lot of time. I don't know what, why AI comes up with this. I spend time sometimes, usually like at least once a week with kettlebells and metabolic training.
[00:26:29] Does the physical discipline of the gym translate to the mental discipline needed to edit a two hour podcast?
[00:26:37] Yeah, I mean, I'm getting older, I'm in my 40s, and being physically fit and mentally fit is huge because I'm married and I have kids.
[00:26:50] So there was a time there when I stopped working out, like, all together. And I would be like, oh, and I'll be all right. I'll be all right.
[00:26:57] But now I'm just like, I can't. I can't keep doing that because my.
[00:27:01] I. My. I could. My mind could tell. Like, I can tell my mind, like, nah, your body's fine. You'll. You'll be fine in the next couple years. You look like you still look good in the mirror. This and this and that, but that. I was only tricking myself, so I had to tell myself, like, look, you need to go at least once a week. Two, three times a week is better.
[00:27:33] Sorry. Looking at my camera here.
[00:27:36] But I. I want to say that I learned discipline at. In physical.
[00:27:40] Physical things. Like, since I was young, my dad always had us in sports, so it was always go to practice, play the game. Go to practice, play the game, like, for years. So it's discipline that I learned from. That my dad had instilled in me right from growing up.
[00:27:58] And when I do edits, like, I don't edit the full. The full version of the podcast. I just edit clips to put them on social media. And that takes time. Like, I find myself having to try to find time for that. And I try to do it, like, during. During my work breaks or when I have breaks in work, because when I get home, I've got a wife and kids that need my time. They need me there. My. My son needs my time. My daughter needs my time. So I find a lot of my editing hours happening before everybody wakes up in the morning or after everybody goes to sleep. And it's like, that's. That's the only time that I really have to edit stuff. So I have to. Like, it's just like getting up. It's just like getting up early for the gym in the morning.
[00:28:41] Like, you set your alarm before everybody gets up, go to the gym, go work out. And then, like, I can even feel myself too, like, going, like, say, I haven't. Haven't been in a week. I could tell. I could feel myself, like, I need to go because it's affecting my mental state and. And my physical body is deteriorating faster.
[00:29:02] And when my mind isn't right, I take it out on. I take it out on everybody, including myself and, And. And the repercussions and the. The collateral damage is my kids and my wife. Like, and it's affecting them because of me failing to take care of myself. Physic Physically and, and that, that's saying nothing about like actual the way I eat, you know what I mean? I mean I, that's something that I definitely need to continue to work on, but as far as having discipline to editing stuff, a lot of times I get behind because I've got so many things going on. But at least I try to be like, okay, I made, I can think of it like, okay, well, this week I did five posts. Cool. That's better than nothing, you know what I mean? Because I can get real down on myself. I can work so hard, hard, hard, hard, and then not sit back and enjoy the fruit of what I've done.
[00:30:00] So moving on to, moving on to the next portion, you guys, The personal front and future, the balancing act between the cdl, the network, the comedy, and being a husband, father. How do you decide what gets your AAA energy every day?
[00:30:23] I mean, I can't really tell you that I have a set, a set thing, priority list, but I'm, but I can tell you that I'm constantly thinking of the things that are important to me.
[00:30:40] And so I guess I just take it as it comes, you know what I mean? Like, spending time with my kids, doing homework with my daughter, my son, taking them to the park, like, and I feel like I'm covering all those bases. But my Achilles heel, I guess you can say, is being too hard on myself, thinking that I'm not doing enough, thinking that I'm a bad husband or a bad father and not realizing how, how far I've come and how much I do care about those things and put them at the forefront of where they, where they need to go in my, in my life. I wish I could tell you that I'm more disciplined in that stuff or that I'm more on top of it.
[00:31:30] I've never been like, I never been like, scheduled like, like every day. I'm the type of, I'll forget the schedule. Like, I forget to leave the. You know what I mean? It's just, it's just how my brain is wired. Like.
[00:31:43] And I don't, I don't want to use that as an excuse either. Like, it's just I've learned how to.
[00:31:49] Excuse me, live being the type of person that I am. And I think I'm pretty successful, you know what I mean?
[00:31:57] Finances are good, family's good. I mean, everything's in its, in its right place, you know, And I tried to focus on the positive.
[00:32:07] Next thing, the 12 year perspective. What's the secret to keeping the home front solid? While chasing these original dreams and being out on the open mic late nights, the secret is, is covering all your bases, knowing what time that you have.
[00:32:26] Like there's some nights, well, I'll check, I'll check the rhythm of the room, the atmosphere of the room. If I feel like my, my parent, my wife or my kids are like, okay, daddy, go over there, then I'll go to open mic or I'll go work on my stuff, I'll go work outside, whatever.
[00:32:45] I just kind of gauge it and I ask like, I ask my, my, my wife like, babe, do you think this, do you think that, you know, I mean, or I feel it or I have like discernment, like how, when to, when to do what?
[00:32:58] Let's see what else the gear talk.
[00:33:02] What's actually in the bag today? Why did I choose this specific camera or mic for the coffee shop session? And what's the one piece of gear that changed everything for the network?
[00:33:11] I'm using the Sony ZV E10 with a Sigma 16 millimeter 1.4 aperture. I use this camera because, look, it's blurry in the background you can see the, the beautiful coffee mug, pillows here, the beautiful coffee mug in the background and it's focusing on my face. This is beautiful camera. Like this is a beautiful setup.
[00:33:31] So the camera is definitely a game changer. I'm also using the DJI mic mic mini and that's a huge game changer. Like all of this, I invested in it because I knew it'd be game changer. Because if I just use my phone with regular audio, yeah, it'll get the job done. But at the same time I care about my craft and I want it to look good.
[00:33:51] It's like when you care more care, when you care about how, how things are coming off to people, that's when you start, oh, maybe I should invest in like my shoes. Like I'm wearing old school shoes. Like they, I need some new shoes. And a lot of times my wife would be like, babe, how come you're not wearing your new shoes? I don't know. I just want to pick my old shoes. You know what I mean? But, but she's looking at the aesthetic aspect. Like, babe, maybe you should be a little bit more presentable. Whatever, whatever. And she's, and she's usually right. She's always right. I don't want to say that out loud or nothing, but no, she's, she's awesome, man. But yeah, that's the stuff that I'm using. 2026 roadmap what's the big hairy audience audition? What's the big hairy, audacious goal for the network by the end of this year? Who is one of the guests that hasn't said yes yet?
[00:34:40] The network? I'm just. I guess I don't want to answer. I don't want to tell you guys. The future.
[00:34:45] No, I don't know the future, but. Nah, man.
[00:34:49] Just.
[00:34:50] I don't know. It's just. It's just something I want to continue doing because I'm a creative and this is what I like. I keep looking at the screen right here. You guys are right here. The screen's over here. But. But I just want to. It's just one of the things that I want to continue to do for 2026, I'll say that. And. And there's no sign of stopping at all. So that's. That's the main audacious hairy goal. Just to continue to do it for the rest of the year.
[00:35:15] Last part before I go rapid fire Corpus.
[00:35:21] So last part before I go for that. And take one last bite of this muffin.
[00:35:31] Shout out to Roots and Spores.
[00:35:35] Coffee.
[00:35:36] Get a hold of Travis over there. If you're looking for some deep, good decaf coffee, they got. What's that? They got what you want.
[00:35:46] This is the Hedwig.
[00:35:52] Just want to make sure we shout out to coffee mug for being so awesome today.
[00:35:57] Yeah. Last part before we go rapid fire. Here we go.
[00:36:02] Shoreline Drive or Ocean Drive?
[00:36:05] Ocean Drive.
[00:36:07] Was it Chaparral? What street is that with all the lights all day, every day? Breakfast tacos. Flour or corn flour, bro?
[00:36:16] Water crisis.
[00:36:17] Infrastructure fix or just keep boiling?
[00:36:24] This is probably a long answer on the water crisis. Like, I just want for us to have a stable future in sight, and I don't want us to be in crisis all the time. That's what I want.
[00:36:38] So whoever's in power, figure it out.
[00:36:42] Figure this out, man. Come on. We need. We need to be solid for at least 10 years.
[00:36:47] We need to be solid for 10 years. I'm talking and I'm talking from the unheard voices, the people that are not heard at city council all the time. The people actually working hard.
[00:36:58] We need. I mean, you guys are up there for a reason. Do your job. That's basically what we need. Stable, but do it like, do what you got to do.
[00:37:09] Performing comedy. Mesquite street or House of Rock. The Artisan on Tuesdays and Mesquite street, they're both good spots. I haven't been in the house of rock yet. Best place for a post set meal in the city.
[00:37:24] Post set. So after. Okay. Oh, the best place for to eat after a comedy set.
[00:37:30] There's not really a lot of options. I mean it's mostly chains I'm thinking about like mama, maybe like there's a Jalisco on port. I think it stays open late. I'm not too sure of too many open late, but I usually go to fast food.
[00:37:42] I don't want to say their names or not. Podcast guest, a local politician or a local street legend. The unheard voices, man. The unheard voices that, that nobody hears that people. I like when people say, oh wow, I've never heard of that person.
[00:38:01] That's pretty cool. Podcast I'm like, so I like when they notice, recognize a person that they don't recognize and they actually heard what they had to say.
[00:38:09] That's a huge goal right there. But yeah, so that's my solo episode. You guys shout out to the coffee mug for this and hopefully we get another guest in here with us to chat to.
[00:38:23] That, that, that, that can wanna, that doesn't cancel or reschedule, whatever. But yeah, that's, this is awesome. You hear you guys. Thanks a lot you guys, for listening, for watching. Check out the pictures I sent for today. I took pictures of the place putting it on Instagram. You can follow us at corpus christi originals.com it's currently getting a revamp to where everything is going to be on there. The, the merch, the different podcasts, Everything's going to be in that one central location.
[00:38:53] But yeah, thanks a lot you guys. You'll have a good one. Bye.
