- Hey, good morning everybody, and welcome to the vlog.
I'm just kind of admiring the enclosures that we've made
over the last days over here at Universal Rock.
We've got one last day today to make the actual enclosure
that has two types of glass.
So, it's gonna have a front and then the back
is gonna be glass too, so I'm really excited
about these enclosures.
Also, Lori is flying in today to kinda see what we're doing
and we have a little build off contest with Stewart
a little bit later.
I need Lori because, you know, it's a little bit unfair
to throw the wolves to the,
to throw the, to throw the,
'cause it's a little unfair to throw the sheep
to the wolves, you know what I mean?
Stewart might be a little better at decorating,
so that's gonna be a little later in the vlog.
For now, we're just gonna go work on these enclosures,
get some things done, and Lori should be here
within the next hour or so.
So, these are actually the panels right here
that are gonna go on the double glass cages.
So, I love the fact that the sides are gonna be really
kinda cool, so this is what they are.
I can't wait to see what Stewart comes with this design.
(upbeat music)
Look who showed up, Lori is in the house.
You ready to go see this place?
- Oh yeah, actually I'm really excited.
- Oh I didn't, I don't know if I told you,
we're having a build off where it's,
me and you have to build this enclosure
with all of this stuff.
Stewart is building this one, and we have to beat him,
and it's her idea, so blame her,
this is Lori, by the way. - Yeah no, no,
nobody told me that. (laughs)
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Are you excited?
- Uh, okay. (laughs)
- [Brian] I'm gonna show her around the place,
so we're gonna have some fun.
So, these are the crazy molds.
- So, okay--
- So, these are the molds--
- Molds, so he pours the stuff in--
- Into there, yeah,
yeah. - This is kinda cool.
- [Brian] Let me show you a couple of new
enclosures, all right?
- Okay.
- If you don't touch anything, you'll be okay.
(Brian laughing)
- Yeah, I know how that goes, believe me. (laughs)
I'm not planning on leaving here not black. (laughs)
- [Brian] That's awesome.
So, I was gonna show her the cages and stuff like that.
Oh, and by the way--
- They are putting, there's somebody in the process
of putting them all over in that one room.
- Oh okay, perfect. - So, these two have still
got a little bit to go, but other three there
are joining the other one over there.
- [Brian] So this is the one.
What you think?
I mean obviously, this will all be cleaned up and,
you know, matte, it's not gonna--
- Oh yeah, I know. - You won't see the seams
and stuff like that.
So, nice size though, right?
- Okay.
Yeah, so this is on the wall?
- [Brian] This is on the wall, yeah yeah.
So, there's that, and then this is,
well, that one's sideways so it's hard,
you could see a couple here.
There's another one here.
- Okay. - And again, obviously,
lots of plants and stuff like that,
so we have four of these built, two of those built,
which will be the whole wall.
You know, that's gonna take up that whole wall,
these things, and then I'll show you what we've got
going on next, okay?
- Okay. - Oh, speaking of which,
look at that palm tree.
- I saw it.
- [Brian] I was thinking about, what about putting
a couple palm trees out front in the Reptarium?
- Out front? - Yeah, like on either
side of the door, like, kind of like,
more towards the parking.
Wouldn't it be cool?
- Um, I mean,
yeah, you'll have to show me where you're thinking,
'cause I can't picture where it could go.
- This is all the stuff.
If you see anything in here that you like,
you know, like these are all rocks,
and this is what I was talking about.
There's so many options here, you know,
as far as backdrops, and then you've got
all the water bowls of rocks and,
I mean, it just goes on and on.
You've got like, big branches and, look at,
you know, down here you've got, you know, all this stuff.
I mean, it's pretty endless, huh?
- Yeah. - Oh, look at the little
hippo head, do you see it over there?
- Oh, and there's the gator I was looking at.
- [Brian] Oh, there's the gator--
(Lori laughing)
Funny, oh my god.
- Perfect, perfect.
- Is it good? - It's a perfect fit.
- This is my next Halloween costume.
(both laughing)
So Lori, here's the other enclosures that we did already.
So, these are the small ones, obviously,
but I mean, don't you love that,
this one's super cool, isn't it?
Kinds of reminds you of Moab, right?
- Do you have an idea of what you're putting in
which one yet or no? - Yeah, I've got some
ideas of what I'm gonna do, yeah,
I've gotta still work on a few things but yeah,
I've got a pretty good idea.
- It does look like Moab. (laughs)
- [Brian] Yeah right, it's so cool.
So these are the only four small habitats we'll have,
everything else is bigger.
These are the smallest of the cages, so,
they're still big, but they are gonna be
the smallest ones.
These are the middle aisle cages.
- Okay, good I was curious. - So, you'll see there'll be
glass on both sides, yep.
- So these are the two sides.
- [Brian] Right, these are the two sides here, so--
- And then, these ones will have the rocks--
- [Brian] Yeah, those will have the rock panel,
like panel, panel, whatever in the middle,
stuff like that. - And then, is it going
to be on a platform or--
- [Brian] It will be up on, yeah, it'll be about six,
eight inches off the ground.
So, this will be like, the same height as
our other enclosures, and then there will be a door here
and a door on the other side.
- So, there will be doors on both sides.
- [Brian] Yeah, there's be doors on both sides, yeah.
- Kind of like--
- [Brian] And then, yeah, exactly.
- Okay. - So that's cool, huh?
- Yeah, those are--
- [Brian] Tom, you've never met Lori, no?
- Don't think so.
- [Brian] Oh, so this is Lori.
- Hi there, how are ya, nice to meet you.
- [Brian] Lori, I do have at least one more thing
to show you that we're gonna get, all right?
- Okay.
- [Brian] Ready, so you're good with the hot tub?
(Lori laughing)
So let's go this way,
I'll show you. - I did not say good
with the hot tub, I said it was cool, but--
- [Brian] Actually, I want to show this room anyways,
this room is pretty cool.
- Is this something we're doing?
- [Brian] Yeah, we're doing some stuff.
Isn't this styrofoam cool, though?
- Yeah, that's what I was looking at, crazy stuff going--
- [Brian] I know, right?
Okay, let's go this way.
(Lori laughing)
Isn't this crazy?
This is actually, this used to be all like,
waterfalls and stuff like that.
They're actually tearing it all out and redoing
a bunch of stuff, so the hot tubs are actually
gonna go up here.
(Lori laughing) So that's what this,
but this is what I'm gonna get.
See that, where's the kimono dragon, no, not that.
We need a podcast table.
- 'Cause, because just a flip up six foot table
will not do? - No, what do you think,
isn't that awesome?
That would be a cool podcast table, huh?
- You know what, just do what you're here to do
and build the cages. (laughs)
- No, so--
Got, there's also this, this is my office.
- (laughs) Is that the vault?
This is actually really cool.
- [Brian] Isn't it cool?
Take a look at, I want this office so bad, look at the door,
open the door.
- How do you open it?
- [Brian] Just like, yep.
(metal clanking)
(Lori laughing)
- [Brian] Isn't that awesome?
- This is so cool. (laughs)
- [Brian] Isn't it wild?
- Yeah, this can't be your office, though,
'cause you'd have it trashed
in a hot minute. - I know, I know.
- It could be mine. - Yeah.
- I could function in here. (laughs)
- Isn't it awesome?
I'm excited, Stewart's been working on the glass cages,
again, two sides glass.
We're gonna go take a look and see what he's come up with.
I am pretty excited about this one.
Ready?
- Ready.
- Know, he's making this big like, centerpiece rock
right now, he had it in there before, that's what I want
you to see, so when he comes over, make sure you catch it,
'cause it's sick.
- So again, this is gonna be the enclosure here,
you know, they'll have, obviously rock on either side,
then this is gonna be all glass right here,
straight through, and I guess Stewart has this
cool centerpiece that he's working on way over there
that's gonna go in the middle as well, so we'll wait to see
when he comes back with that, and then really see
what this looks like, what do you think?
Pretty cool. - Lookin' good.
(upbeat music)
- So, we are doing this crazy game where I've gotta,
well, me and Lori gotta go up against Stewart,
the master in design.
I don't know if this is a fair game,
but it's gonna be good.
No time limit, we're gonna just try to landscape
this the best we can, and see what happens.
Who's actually judging this?
- I'm sure people will have lots of opinions.
(Lori laughing) - Yeah, I have feeling that
judging isn't gonna be that difficult,
to be honest with you, so,
let's just have it, we can only grab one thing at a time,
or doesn't matter, grab as much as you--
- Whatever you want. - Whatever we want,
so let's just go for it, let's see--
- Let's see what it looks like.
- Let's do it, let's go.
(Lori laughing)
- [Stewart] Choose your background.
- [Brian] You choose.
- [Lori] I know, you wanted this.
- [Brian] I like that one, yeah.
- [Stewart] Okay, that's the crevice, by the way.
Crystal wall. - Yeah, crystal, crystal,
we use crystal with just a different color.
Well look at that, whoo.
All right.
- When they sit this tight, guys,
you don't really even need to silicon them in.
- Oh really? - So, if it's a real tight fit
then that's, that's fine.
(everyone laughing)
- I think I might've made a mistake
with the birth of my partner.
You know, ironically enough, I met Stewart back,
that's not that bad, at a reptile show,
the NARBC, years ago, and then,
really didn't really link up until my friend Paul,
was like, you've gotta get with Stewart to see
what kinda crazy stuff he's got going on,
and then we came down and actually,
I don't know how to, we came down and saw the place,
and I remember when I first came in, like,
I was blown away at, you know, 'cause I came in,
I thought it might just be like that little building
over there-- - Yep.
- Then we came, it was like building after building
after building and craziness everywhere, I was like,
oh my gosh, you know,
and I really got the, the jist of--
- It's not 'til you get here that you see,
wow, there's lots of opportunities for big cages,
little cages, landscaping--
- Everything, everything. - Everything, so, yeah,
that was good to see you.
- And I've been here how many times,
and I still, like, find crazy stuff.
What are you doing, Lori, slow down a little bit there.
(Stewart laughing)
(Brian laughing) - Get that out,
get that out of there.
You don't even know what you're doing.
- Bearded dragon, because that's what I used to catch
when I was about 10 years old
in Australia, in our backyards,
and then snake neck turtles, snake neck turtles,
so I first bred, had first batch of babies
when I was about 14 and all these babies,
that was fantastic.
- Lori, you are, what's going on here?
- I'm creating, you're just talking.
- Oh yeah, we needed mulch--
- [Lori] I know, but I'm not quite sure yet.
- You're not there yet, what do you mean,
you gotta have mulch.
I love all reptiles, so it's impossible for me to choose,
but I will say my rhino iguana is like,
really special to me.
I mean, that animal is ridiculous, you know, so--
- [Stewart] How long you had that now?
- Well, I've had her for a few years now,
she's only about three and a half years old.
I got her when she was about six months old,
but man, she is, she's just crazy, and now we've got
two new ones that are now about coming up on a year old
and they're starting to become just like her,
where they're just like, super tame,
like coming down for pats.
- Probably my favorite, well,
I don't know that it qualifies, does it?
- What's that?
- Our tortoise, our aldabra tortoise.
- Why wouldn't he qualify? - Is a tortoise a reptile?
- What?
What did you just say?
Is a tortoise a reptile? (Lori laughing)
Did you just say that out loud?
Jeez.
I'm not even gonna say anything.
- [Lori] Thank you.
I'm tired, I've been up since 4:00 A.M.
- Well, I can tell with your design choices.
I've literally not put one thing in here yet,
and you're just stacking stuff up all over the place.
- Okay, I'm cheating a little bit over here, guys.
I'm doing the next generation in making this look
a little aged, so after I finish here,
you're welcome to do this as well.
Just by doing this extra bit with some, you know,
coconut fiber and some sphagnum moss and things like that,
it just makes it look like this has been out in the weather
and the rainforest for a long time.
- For me, I just couldn't ever imagine not
doing my own thing, you know?
I was always the person that would work ten times harder.
I just can't imagine punching a clock, you know,
I can't imagine starting work at 8:00 in the morning
and going home at 4:00 or 5:00 or something.
To me, I just want to do my own thing and have the freedom
to do whatever I wanted to do and follow the path
as I do, even if it means I have to work way harder.
We need a plant there.
You know, I'll work harder to do what I love than,
what are you doing?
You're crazy.
Have I, Jay, have I done one thing yet, like--
- No. - Have I, I put the,
I put the padding in.
- Well, I think for myself, why do I work for myself,
why would I work for myself, because I don't think
anyone would employ me.
(everyone laughing)
(bright music)
- So, that was pretty fun.
Obviously, I didn't do any work, Lori did everything.
Obviously, Stewart's turned out amazing,
I love the little moss and all that type of stuff.
I think Lori did do a good job,
I really do think that it turned out better
than I would have done on my own, 100%,
but let me know in the comments, Stewart's or Lori's,
and a little bit of mine, which one you like better
and stuff like that.
Really, they're both good, I think they did a great job
and I was just glad to be a part of it.
So, this is more or less the finished product.
Again, we'll be sprucing up a little bit,
fixing everything, but again,
you'll be able to see right through.
We'll have a door on this side,
we'll have a door on that side,
it's gonna be absolutely incredible.
The entire center aisle is like this.
Of course, each enclosure will be completely different,
but nevertheless, couldn't be more happy,
we crushed it down here, it is time to get out of here,
hit the road, and drive 17, 18 hours to get home,
but I was really happy with what happened so far,
so one more trip down here and we should get ready
to ship this up and get the Reptarium started.
How long have we been driving, three hours,
we've been driving for about three hours or so?
- [Man] What time is the--
- 5:16, we left about 2:00--
- [Man] Yeah, at 1:30, 2:00--
- Been driving for about three and a half
or four hours or so, it's starting to get a little bit
dark out and we're gonna drive all the way through
the night, won't get into the shop until tomorrow morning.
Again, we have a tour tomorrow, so we have no choice
but to drive through the night to get home in time.
That's why Lori came down too, to help with this
overnight drive, which should be pretty fun.
You excited about it?
- So excited, so stoked.
Let's get this done. (laughs)
- We're in Oklahoma, by the way.
Long way to go.
(upbeat music)
We've both been driving straight through the night,
about 16 hours, we have about an hour to go.
The sun is just coming up.
So, it's almost tomorrow today,
so it's almost the start of a new day,
gotta get home and then get ready for a tour
that's coming in just a few hours.
And I am back here at the Reptarium.
Yes, that was a long night.
Yes, I am tired, I have a couple events I have to do
today so I'm going to end it here and actually start
the vlog right here as well.
So, I hope that you enjoyed the journey down to Texas.
We're gonna head back again here in a few weeks
to finish this thing up, and then start the Reptarium.
I can not be more excited.
Let me know in the comments what you guys think.
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