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- [Podcast Host] I love that.
I love how it's the perfect image.
- [Podcast Host] It sweats and then it's like...
They just spend their whole lives
trying to create an image of themselves.
That really kind of landed for me.
- I feel like I never really wear glasses in my video,
but I literally just woke up
and I'm eating breakfast
so we haven't put the contacts in yet.
Anyway, I am currently in LA, as you can see,
the background is a little bit different than usual.
I just got in yesterday,
so I have just been settling in.
I still need to kind of unpack a few things
in my Airbnb.
I'm here for a few weeks.
There's just like a couple work things that I need to do.
But it's already been so nice being in somewhere
with like sunlight and warm weather.
Even the one day that I've been here,
I'm already like...
the serotonin levels are on an all-time high.
But today, I definitely want to catch up on some work.
I have to work out,
so I'm gonna do that
and then hopefully have a productive day
for the rest of the day.
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Workout complete.
I took a shower, my hair is wet,
and I'm just gonna get ready,
do a little bit of makeup.
Does anyone else like doing their makeup
sitting on the floor?
I don't know what it is,
it's just very comforting to me.
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I just finished my hair and makeup, as you can see.
I had blow dried it earlier briefly
just to get it mostly dry,
and then I gave myself a nice, little, quick blowout
with my round brush.
I just feel like my hair looks so healthy
and shiny and bouncy right now,
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They were a little bit wet still
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All right, I'm gonna go get changed now.
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This is my chocolate outfit.
Gotta have my bullet journal.
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Okay, so I just got back from lunch
and now I'm going to organize my stuff a little
since a lot of my stuff is kind of thrown everywhere.
And I feel like there's two types of people in this world.
There's the type of person
who unpacks their stuff whenever they travel,
and then there's the types of people
who just leave all their stuff in the suitcase.
I definitely need to unpack a little bit
in order to make myself feel kind of at home.
And I also just don't like seeing
a really messy suitcase in my place.
So, I'm gonna try to organize things a little bit,
at least for the time being while I'm here.
Oh, did I show you guys my Airbnb?
It's just this cute, little guest house.
Kind of small but it's kind of the perfect size
for what I'm doing.
I mean, I'm not here for too, too long,
just a few weeks.
So, yeah, it's a guest house.
The host of the main house are really, really sweet.
She left some cookies when I checked in.
Okay, let's organize a little bit.
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All right, so suddenly it is evening.
I don't know where the time went today.
I got so much work done though.
I had so many emails and bank stuff,
payment things that I had to catch up on.
So, I mostly did that,
like basically things
that I needed to do all on my computer,
which felt so good.
Like, ugh, you know when you have a clear email inbox?
Like that's just when you know your mind
is at its clearest, personally.
Anyway, I do have to pick up a C-stand
from my friend Jesse
because I'm going to be still streaming my Twitch streams
from here in LA,
and I didn't wanna travel
with a big, heavy tripod or C-stand this time.
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Jesse has this ergonomic chair
that I've been meaning to get.
- [Jesse] It it looks weird,
but it's the most comfortable thing.
- Like I actually could sit like this forever.
- (Jesse giggles)
- [Jesse] Pretend you're typing again.
(Jesse laughs)
- Wait!
- It's like those- - Oh, there's wheels on it!
- [Jesse] Yeah, it like moves around.
- Oh my God. - It's perfect.
You gotta get one.
- Wait, and my back is up too...
(Jesse laughs)
- She's loving this. - I feel like I prayed-
right now. - And literally,
best thing for meditation,
best thing for meditation.
- Oh my God, I'm converted.
- Hello, this is Alex. - Hey, guys.
Hey, what's up?
Today, welcome to my channel.
- [Amanda] Wait, do your Picasso, I like it.
- Picasso, I like it.
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- This is Alex. - Hello!
Oh my God, I love this.
- [Amanda] Oh, thank you.
- That's so cute. - My fellow Torontonian.
All right, so, I'm at my photo shoot today.
I'm not gonna...
Actually, I'll give you guys
a little sneak peek over here.
We're doing some fun stuff with the projector.
I don't think the project will be announced
by the time this video goes up.
So, I can't show you that much,
but I'm really excited.
I think it's gonna be really, really cute.
By the time you guys see this video,
I think you'll find out
in about a month,
so you don't have to wait too long
but just know that it's really cute.
Like, really cute.
Okay, I'm done teasing you guys.
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