Adelicate Barflow

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What a limited universe. Sex life, Christmas slots. Husband and wife Lou and Adele Marlowe present raw impressions. We went to university.

We went to university. We went to university. And tired of being a sex object. Flies relax your mouth.

Surprise. Lid, mid, tea, flight school. Touchy, feely relax your jaw. Tongue, like Aaron Burr.

Well, you trained Christmas. Well, you trained mid, tin, par, verse. That's word per. Just relax your mouth.

Do you know what this is? Adele? I've realized what this is. I'm listening to it and I'm like, what the hell is this?

And then I'm like, aha. Fuck you. It's your, oh. Fred dust.

Fred dust. Fred dust. Fred dust. OK.

Oh my gosh. I found the vocal coaches. I didn't find the CD, but I found a collage that I made from the CD back in 2002 of our accent coach. He gave us a lesson, like in person lesson.

And then he gave us a CD to take away to practice at home. Because Lou was in a movie where he was supposed to have an English accent. That was supposed to be the beginning of the last week's episode. Laurel Canyon experienced, go back and listen to that if you haven't heard it.

Or go back and listen again. And now just for fun. But so that. That's what should have opened last week's episode.

Oh, OK. But now it's a new week. Let's just put that aside. Yeah.

I just wanted to bring that out and share it with y'all. Because you found it. Because I found it randomly. It makes me a little nervous even hearing that.

Like, oh my gosh, I would feel so stressed trying to have an English accent. Oh, it was painful. We don't want to talk anymore about the movie. I said, but here we go.

We had one thing where we were actually between the three of us, Russ and Mod and I, were just sitting on the couch like talking to each other in English accents and just fucking around. And the director heard it and was like, whoa, put mics on them. Put mics on them. This is great.

They're improvising. So they went through the whole thing of putting mics on each of us and putting mics underneath the table in front of us. Like, OK, action. And then we're just cannot recreate that.

And they were like, it went on for like maybe five, they tried a few takes. And then they finally literally went and pulled all the mics off of us, pulled the mics from under the table. And it was like, because when the lights were on and the heat was on and everybody here, the focus of that 50 people in that room, it just drained all of our spontaneity from us. I can totally relate to that.

I feel like that would have, the light and the mic would have totally just, yeah, boner killer. But again, last week, this is a new week. We've got new things to talk about. We do.

We do. We've been doing things. We went on another trip. We went on another trip.

And this time, Agile, do you want to explain where we are? OK, well, I'm going to warn you that, and maybe my mom, mostly, since she says that sometimes I cry too much in the episodes. And then she also said, we talk too much. I'm going to lose allergies in his nose.

But we're going to wait until I get hemorrhoids again. OK, so we'll cover that pile topic when we get there. Oh, yuck. Dang.

So this is just, I don't know. She says you cry too much. She said I cry too much. All right, all right, fine.

You know what? I'm a human being, and I have emotions. And I feel it all like Feist says. And she has a nice song.

I think it's called, I feel it all. She has a lot of really good songs. I don't know that one. But every time I hear a Feist song, I'm like, that's really good.

Right? Every time. Every time a Feist song comes on, it's like, it's Feist. Oh, of course, it's good.

Yes, so we're not here to talk about Feist. But we're going to recap some things from our weekend. We had a really memorable, very special, very emotional weekend. It was our friend, Casey's Mother's Memorial Service.

And she's a dear friend of ours and her and her family. Yeah, we were on the whale watch. Yeah, that was the service. Oh, gosh.

OK, so Casey's mom was an avid whale watcher and photographer. And so all of her friends and her fellow whale watchers and the community in Hyannis. And then of course, Casey, her family and her friends. Yeah, all came out for it.

They chirted a boat for it. And like a whale watching boat. Yes, a whale watching boat. And so we've been planning this weekend for some time.

And leading up to it, well, I have kind of, I guess you could say, chronic vertigo. It comes and goes. And it's been a challenge in my life for about 10 years or so. I got.

You prone to motion sickness. I'm prone pretty terribly to motion sickness. I was nervous about being on a boat for this, for a variety of reasons. I think to be perfectly honest, the thing that was really difficult for me was I was so afraid of drawing attention to myself on the boat because that's one of my least favorite things to do.

I want to just draw. I have attention on you and those situations maybe when you're compromised. Yes, exactly. I really don't like it.

I'm very sensitive to it. I kind of want to slink away. And so I had been researching motion sickness pills and all this stuff and consulting friends out here in Massachusetts and asking for opinions on what I should do. And I did get a variety of opinions and things like that.

And I had like, I had like, Dramamine and this other thing in my cart on Amazon for like weeks. But I never pulled the trigger because I, again, I got kind of freaked out about side effects. And well, here's the thing is I'm a person who, you know, you see a list of side effects on a drug. I'm that person.

I'm the person who gets the side effects. Not everyone does. But I'm that person. So I was kind of- I just can't slip you any old pill.

You can't just slip me any old pill. I learned that very early on. I was like, well, he, that's true. He gave me a Xanax million years ago for a flight from London to LA.

But I do. I was just saying it was not a good idea. But we don't have to talk about that right now. But that was sort of a lesson for him and that I just can't take anything.

Willy, Millie, correct. You're more of a garbage can. You can just put pills, things in you. And it's like no side effects.

So that being said, I never pulled the trigger on the Dramamine because I was afraid of the list of side effects. So I didn't do it. And I just thought, okay, I'm going to go into this mentally, really strong and I'm going to just take these tools. I've heard one of the women in my meditation class I go to told me to watch the horizon.

If I was feeling unwell and I said, okay, okay, I'm going to watch the horizon line. You did really, really well for at least half the ride. You were like doing great. I did.

And so I actually was feeling kind of, I don't know if smug is the right word, but maybe a little bit like, oh, I think I dodged the seasick bullet. And we, like I was up on the front of the boat. I got to see whales, Izzy got to see whales. And it was honestly really profoundly moving.

And we saw the ceremony. We saw the event and it was beautiful. When they lowered her mother's ashes into the water, whales literally came up as if to greet her mom. Kind of on both sides of the boat.

It was very, it was pretty intense. It was a moment. I'll always remember. And so I feel really grateful that I was there for that.

And it was just a very special time for us as a family to be there. And so after it happened, the boat kind of felt like a little rocky. It was rocky. It was rocking.

It was rocking. And I kind of hit me quickly. I was suddenly like, I think I have to go sit down. And so I told Lou and I was like, I got to go inside.

There was like an interior part of the boat with booths and everything and like a cantina. So I sat down and I was trying, I was staring like desperately out of the horizon. And then Kirsten came up to me. She's a friend of Casey's and she sat down to join me and was, she was sipping a cup of coffee and just sort of chatting.

And I was like, hi Kirsten. Your coffee sent you off. I was like, I don't want you to feel bad, but I can't really talk right now because I have to focus on the horizon. And if I open my mouth, I'm just feeling not that great.

And I was like, I don't want you to think I'm ignoring you. She's like, oh, no, that's fine. She's sipping her coffee. And then I was like, you know, maybe I kind of need a cup of coffee.

I'm feeling really, really drowsy all of a sudden. And I'm like, maybe it's coffee I need. And she was like, would you like me to get you some coffee? And I said, wow, that's so nice.

Kirsten, thank you. So she went, got me a cup of coffee. And then I came back. I took a couple of sips.

Lou has now returned to the interior of the boat with Izzy. Wait, when did we go to the bathroom? Then. Yeah.

Okay. So then you came back in and I again, things kind of happened pretty quickly. I realized I had to pee and I was also mindful the whole time of Izzy and like, okay, Izzy should probably go to the potty, let's do a potty break, whatever. So kind of go like stumbling back toward the bathroom.

Lou's guiding us back there. I bring Izzy into the bathroom with me to use the breast room. Well, so do I share this? You're going there.

Okay, I guess I'll just say this that you're going here, but it's a... Did you know that seasickness? It's a full body thing. It's a full body experience everyone.

Start from your toes and work its way up. It turns out I went south literally. My gut, everything, my butt, my butt. My butt opened up and things came out.

And I was kind of miserable. I was like, oh God. It was Izzy. And so was Izzy.

Izzy came out of the way. She actually was like choking and grabbing her nose and going, oh God, mom, stop. And I was like, oh my God, this is so embarrassing. I'm in only like one of two bathrooms on a memorial service boat.

And here I am creating foul smells and I'm feeling like I'm going to die. On the ocean, the ocean breeze was whipping around. Don't worry about it. You told me you could smell it outside of the bathroom.

I opened the door. And then I was like, oh no. I opened the door. This is going really bad.

I'm like... I'm sorry. I did not mean to know. I know.

You traumatized me by saying you could smell it. I'm sorry. It was one of those moments where I was like, oh. Well, I was like, oh, okay.

Something happened. Yeah. Something did happen already. Look, but that was a fleeting moment.

There was no one around us. Thank God. And they'd have to be, I mean, of course, let's see, sort of not whipping around us, but it's loud. And the rumble of the engine is pretty intense.

I was hoping that it would dissipate with the lead. It was our own little family moment that we had. But Adele then turned to the interior of the boat and things got much, much worse because it did happen. And because then it came in an almost a comic way.

I mean, in a way that you would see like in a movie or a cartoon. Oh, God. You know, the bricks popped out. The cheeks popped out.

So I went back to sit in the interior seat. And I headed you a bag. And you guys. But you know, it was really contained in the tail.

You filled the bottom of a pretty small bag and it wasn't that much puke. I really wasn't. I kind of like did a small projectile vomit into my half of my hand and half into the bag. Oh, there were people around.

You know. Yes, there were. Oh, God. What you made it?

Viber now. Ready to go. 11 o'clock. There it is.

Tailshot. Tailshot. We were teased on that one. That was the tailshot.

Extraordinary double tailshot. And that's a deep blast in the blow-off. And tailshot. And teeth on that tailshot.

That was a that was a what's going on on the boat because the ceremony had happened. And so then it was just a whale watch after that for several couple hours. It was amazing. So that was sort of the friends around the boat that were whale watchers and birders.

They were with these cameras, you guys that were like paparazzi. They were so massive, these lenses on them. And they were just darting on the boat to the next. And the tailshots are the classic.

The whales going down, there's the fins. Yes. Picture-esque. It's so breathtaking.

You understand why. They're like, it's the tailshot. But then, while you were inside feeling terrible and I was outside listening to the narration, to the play-by-play from the very talented captain and scientist explaining the lives of whales. But it was interspersed with him.

And there's a tailshot. And as it went on and we were on there for a while. And I say this, this is how my mind works. This is a little glimpse.

The tailshot idea and the repetition of it became, it took on different meanings for me. And this guy was awesome. I mean, no disrespect. But I'm trying to illustrate what was going on in my head, which was the rumbling of this really very powerful boat.

And the play-by-play on the tailshots. Meanwhile, you were suffering inside. Well, yeah. So then, once I vomited into my hand and into the bag, which I, the part that landed in my hand, I then scooped into the bag.

But, okay. So, it, you guys, I was then filled with just worry and I was mortified because I was like, this is not about me. This is, I don't want anyone here to be worrying about me. And like, Casey came over and was like, are you okay?

I heard you're not feeling well. And I was like, Jesus, oh no. Like, no. And I didn't want to like, swat her away.

And be like, leave me alone. I just, I felt like crazy. Cause I was like, Casey, don't just, just, don't worry about me. You know, I just didn't want her to worry about me.

And so anyway, it was like, I'm sorry, Casey. I was very dismissive to you and that. And I, and then she, Cool, you could have literally like, shot yourself right there. She worked in a nursing home, didn't she?

She's very understanding. And she, and even, you guys, she's so tender and she literally was like, here, let me help you. Oh, so then, okay, I'm sitting there and I'm kind of like queasy and I'm holding this little barf bag and then busy, who's Casey's like, really good friend and co-host, busy pillows, came down and was like, Adele, you need to go sit outside. You need to get some air.

And I was like, you know what? You're probably right. That's what should happen. And so Casey was like, here, let me take your hand and bring you out there.

And I was like, I don't want you to touch my barf hand. I touched barf and she was like, oh my God, it's okay. Just come out and. Really?

Four o'clock. Extraordinary tail shot there. Oh, close, close. He didn't really sound like that.

No, he did it. He didn't sound like that. Oh my God. Okay, so that's been, what's the word exaggerated for effect.

So it does not come on again. All right, I will finish up. Adele doesn't really know when these things are going to pop on. I didn't know.

I think it's part of the appeal. It is, you know, sort of surprising. Am I talking too long about my barfing? No.

I just feel like the story is draining. Barfing stories. I'm not barfing stories. It's the rule.

Barfing. Pooping. Shitting. Yeah.

Okay. These stories, they are important. They're important stories. They bring us together.

They make us laugh. They can fill us with compassion. You know, they. It's the human experience.

It's the human experience. It's like our most raw selves here on raw impressions. So, okay, just to listen, Casey then helped me and I got out and I sat on the, I don't know if it's a deck or a side for a while. The wind hit me in the face.

It was great. I was feeling better. And then I came in again, sat next to you and Casey and we're talking. She's so, I was thinking a lot about how nurturing Casey is, you know, and how here she was on this event for her mom and she was like, are you okay?

And, you know, checking on me and it was really sweet. But so then she told me something that kind of helped me kind of like calm down about it all, like my mortification over my, my gagging on the boat is that she said, you know, if my mom was here, she would have given you a nickname or she would have said something like funny about you. And I. And you said, well, I've always been called a delicate.

Yes. I delicate. That's kind of. Loon's nickname for me.

Yeah. I think you did a long time ago. No, when I realized when I gave you the Xanax, he almost died. I was, I just realized how delicate you are.

Adele became a delicate. And so when she told me that and Casey was looking at me, I was just thinking like, oh my God, I'm so grateful for this moment. I love kind of thinking of like her mom looking down and like kind of getting a chuckle and giving me a little ribbing on, you know, this whale watch memorial. And she would have called you and she would have called me a delicate bar flow.

I can't believe I've gotten, I have to say, I can't believe I've gotten this far in my life without ever considering bar flow. And then that wasn't something that I was known as. I know, I know. It's never occurred to me that my name, my last name is so easily turned into something so obvious and entertaining and it could have made me feel terrible as a child.

Yeah, bar flow for sure. Bar flow. But instead, you know, in this moment, it kind of everything felt better and right with the world. And then I felt so much better.

I had to stay out on the deck for the remainder of the boat trip. But it was, I just want to say that my barfing did not in any way detract from the experience. And I think that like, it's a normal thing. I have to just let it go.

Like I'm not alone. People get seasick. It happens. You know, there's a reason why drama mean exists and things like that.

And next time I should, I should just probably take something like that. But. You didn't drink alcohol. You were worried about that.

I was worried about alcohol. Anyway, let's just say we were very, very grateful to, to be there and to be a part of their family's memory that day. And that's my story of what happened for me on the boat. Um, Lou was having his own experiences.

Yeah. He has his own story to share. I do. Thank you.

Uh, welcome. I was talking to another person on the boat and really cool thing about was that people were really into talking. Yeah, I like that. So I mean, strangers are really chatty and strangers that were like, we were enthusiastically talking to each other, but really not knowing each other at all.

Yeah, which was kind of a relief and kind of great. I know. I like that too. So I was having an animated discussion with this woman about schools, of course, and our children.

She's an old friend of Casey. Yeah. So we were having a great conversation about it. And then this gentleman came and stood very close to me and he said, are you Italian?

And I said, well, I'm not, I'm not. Um, and he said, you move your hands a lot when you speak. And I'm actually gesturing right now. Yes.

Yes. You move your hands a lot when you speak. So I thought you were Italian and there was sort of a pause. And then I said, well, my ex wife was Italian.

And he said, Oh, okay. We just do you know how old I am? How old do you think I am? I'm like, I don't, I'm 80.

I'm like, whoa, and he actually did not look at. He looked good. And then he kind of started to tell us about his secrets of longevity. He said that he went on, he liked across the United States at the age of 55.

And he was kind of giving us that and I'm going, I don't know. I was, it was cool. Well, we could talk forever. But then he kind of wrapped it up real quick.

And he said, uh, do you know what my real secret is? And I'm like, no, no, I have sex every three days. The 80 year old guy, so he said that he's like, I have sex every three days. And he said, and actually speaking of which I got to go back into the cabin.

My partner's in there and we're on the second day. Whoa. Like you have to go back and make some time with his lady because tomorrow, was he like, like warming her up? I mean, I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

It could be for play. Maybe he's like a midnight guy at the strike of midnight. It's like the love and starts. Okay.

Wow. And he did look good. And he did not look at. So he looked, I mean, I don't.

He left you there then standing with Casey's like childhood friend. We guys just like, huh, like how did you then process that interaction? I don't remember anything after that. The way that it was echoing in my head.

I was a little confused and then there was probably a tail shot. Oh my gosh. Of course. I'm sorry.

So I might, of course, I had to look at those. What's amazing. What's your last thoughts on the weekend and the trip? I had a great time.

Besides all of the stuff that we mentioned about the memorial service, which is incredibly poignant and the cool stuff about hanging out with Casey and her family, her husband, Matt's like an awesome old school music fan, and a bunch of people that we know in common. I was able to take it when Izzy got really antsy in the hotel room. I was able to take her out of the room and do the thing that I love to do with my kids when they get antsy in hotel rooms, which is explore the hotel. Yeah.

And you know, just walk down the big empty hallways up and down the empty staircases. If there's something really like it's cool because they seem to really, I know, I love it even as an adult. I love these empty spaces of hotels. And I love the long, quiet hallways.

And I love the, I mean, it can be the cheesiest, most rundown hotel, or it could be. It's always like a feast for me. I just love those spaces and I love that the kids can run down hallways. And that's, I was able to share that with Izzy, I think.

I feel like too, she's the perfect person to do those types of things with, because she has this amazing knack to be the ultimate cheerleader for the most mundane things, you know, and I'm always blown away by that gift where she'll just see something that seems so. That's what I aspire to. That's what I want to grow up to be. And my life is a cheerleader for the mundane.

There you go. You know, that's great. Thank you for listening to this. The 20 whatever cares.