Cindy: We better see some sea lions! Brandon: I'm excited! I hope we get to see them.
Cindy: Yeah, I didn't pay ten bucks for shit.
Brandon: Oh, there's poison oak, too. Cindy: Ooh! Even more exciting!
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And now onto the video.
This is going to be a short little travel vlog,
documenting my vacation to Carmel-by-the-sea,
a small beach city in California that's mostly filled with old retired people.
Why did I decide to go on this trip, you ask?
Absolutely no reason. I just didn't want to work.
The problem is: I don't know how to drive. So, I had to take creative measures.
This is Brandon, my wonderfully gender ambiguous friend
who I forced to go on this trip with me so that they could drive us.
[Music: Welcome to the Show - sunshine blvd.]
Brandon: Here you are. Cindy: Thanks, babe!
Brandon: You're welcome.
We found two bikes in the garage, so what are we gonna do today?
Brandon: I think we're gonna go downtown to Ocean Avenue and explore there.
Cindy: There's a bookshop that I wanna go to as well,
because it has a "secret garden", so we're gonna see what that's about.
Brandon: Yeah! We're gonna hit up the beach! Cindy: Yaaay!
[Music: These Days - Ben Camden]
Cindy: What are we doing today, babe? Brandon: We're at this Basilica Museum.
Cindy: It's a Mission Church,
but for some reason when I was looking up things to do in Carmel,
this place kept up popping up. Brandon: Wow, we love colonial legacies.
Cindy: Do you think they'll accept us When they look at us?
Cindy: Maybe we shouldn't hold hands.
[Music: Wayward - Joyce Chen]
Cindy: What? Brandon: This person said...
Brandon: uh, this person founded the Mission in honor of Serra's evangelism
and the dignity he held for the native peoples he loved.
Mmm... I doubt that. Cindy: Oh. Oh no.
Cindy: Hm. Suspicious. Brandon: Trying to violently convert
indigenous peoples to Christianity.
Cindy: It's kind of crazy to think about how in all these churches and fancy places
we always go to, it's embedded within colonialism.
Cindy: What is this for? Brandon: It's a... grave. For memorial, I guess.
Cindy: For who?
Brandon: In memory of the Christian Indians and Spaniards
who were interned in this cemetery between the years... oh.
Cindy: [gasps]
Brandon: That's awkward. Cindy: That's so sad!
Brandon: It's kind of ironic that they were "honoring" indigenous peoples.
Cindy: Right? Like, well, they could have honored them by leaving them the fuck alone.
Cindy: Oh my god! They had cars back then!
Cindy: Alright, I'm gonna interrupt this lo-fi music,
to talk more about the reality of this place.
Usually, I like to just show a bunch of aesthetically pleasing shots,
but as Brandon and I kept exploring the Mission Church,
the knowledge of colonization and injustice towards indigenous people
was just too heavy on our conscious to bear.
So, because we ended up being uncomfortable from visiting the Mission Church,
we decided to leave and head to the State Park instead.
Cindy: We better see some sea lions! Brandon: I'm excited! I hope we get to see them.
Cindy: Yeah! I didn't pay ten bucks for shit.
Brandon: Oh, there's poison oak, too. Cindy: Ooh! Even more exciting!
[Music: Sunflower - Pauline Zoe Park]
Brandon: When are you going to read that Sarah J. Maas book?
Cindy: I'm gonna read it on the train back. Brandon: Have you started it yet?
Cindy: Yeah! I'm like 300-ish pages in. The book is fucking 700 pages, though.
Brandon: Oh my god. Cindy: I don't know why she writes so much.
Brandon: How is there so much nonsense? [laughs]
Cindy: I kind of envy that, being able to write so much.
Brandon: I'm assuming the book is not good at all.
Cindy: She is no longer doing young adult, she's like fully embracing adult.
So, now there is like a sex scene like, every few chapters.
And that has kept my interest. [Brandon laughs]
Brandon: Is it the same main character throughout?
Cindy: No, this is a spin-off now. Brandon: Oh! But it's still fairy porn.
Cindy: Yeah! But now this is based on the main character's sister.
And she's with like, this other fairy. The most recent scene I read was like,
he was like sad that he was gonna have to kill someone,
and she was like: "Aw! You're sad.
Let me give you a blow-job to make you feel better" [laughs]
[Both laugh] Brandon: No way!
Cindy: And I'm like, nice. [Brandon laughs]
Brandon: Damn! I guess if I had a fairy boyfriend with a big dick
I would be offering to blow his dick all the time, too.
[Both laugh]
[Music: Sunflower - Pauline Zoe Park]