#65 | Ronee Martinez [The Official Corpus Christi Horror Club]

[00:00:00] Speaker A: What's going on, y'all? Corpus Christi Originals back at it again. Coming to you live from the Produce Sound Studios, downtown Corpus Christi, Texas. Shout out to El Vago Burger & BBQ, located in Molina, 4701 Barrera drive. Have you tried them before? [00:00:13] Speaker B: No, but I keep wanting to. Trust me. I'm like, I'm gonna get out there. I promise. Like, I'm gonna keep sharing their stuff, though. [00:00:21] Speaker A: Yeah. Shout out to them. So appreciate you guys. So today we have Ronee Martinez. What's going on? [00:00:27] Speaker B: Hi. What's up? [00:00:28] Speaker A: The Official Corpus Christi Horror Club. [00:00:31] Speaker B: Yes. Yes. Owner and operator. [00:00:35] Speaker A: Did you feel like you had to put the “Official" in there because there was other clubs or. [00:00:40] Speaker B: I did, because there was some backlash back in the day, like, ten years ago, where there was other people that were just like, well, I'm gonna have my own horror club or whatever. So I'm like, okay, well, I'm official. Not technically, but ten years ago. Yeah. Oh, yeah. This been. This has been a thing. It was started with a group of friends of mine. We were just. We all loved horror movies. We would do cookouts in my friend's backyard and watch horror movies and play games, and we were like, well, let's make this a club. So we kind of just made a page and stuff. But unfortunately, we all got married, moved away. [00:01:18] Speaker A: Oh. [00:01:19] Speaker B: Kind of broke up. So it was just a meme page for. For a while. For a long while. And, yeah, just recently that has changed a little bit more. [00:01:30] Speaker A: So have the goal. The goals, I guess the goals have changed since you first. [00:01:34] Speaker B: Okay, yeah, tremendously, tremendously have changed from just memes. I still share my memes, but now it's more of being interactive with people in the community. Sharing. Yeah, local, you know, podcasts showing. Sharing people's, you know, burger places and all this stuff, you know, food trucks, events, stuff like that. That people can be like, go to a place. Hey, I want to hear about scary stuff, but I also want to know what's going on in the community. [00:02:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I was gonna say, yeah, you have your own twist, because there's other people doing that, too. [00:02:06] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, there isn't. And I have the. The cc goth moms, I guess you could say, like, we go and we go watch a scary movie together, which is awesome. Yeah, we're all wearing black, but we have our kids and stuff. It's all awesome. Shout out to Ashley and Maria and Kat. They're the ones that, you know, go with me most of the time. But of course, anybody's invited to our. I put it out there if you want to fill up for the movie. [00:02:30] Speaker A: Yeah, come. [00:02:31] Speaker B: Come by. Come with us. We're not gonna bite. [00:02:33] Speaker A: And so it's always a horror movie, I assume. [00:02:35] Speaker B: Yes. First one was slaughterhouse, believe it or not. That was. It's a sloth. [00:02:41] Speaker A: Oh, Slather house. [00:02:43] Speaker B: Yes. It was in a, it was a, like a frat house, right. Or a sorority house. And this girl gets a sloth. Spoil it. But, yeah, it gets a little intense at the end. [00:02:55] Speaker A: There's a sloth involved. [00:02:57] Speaker B: Yes. It's so b rated and hilarious. Sloth goes off. [00:03:03] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:04] Speaker B: Might want to rethink getting a sloth in the future, but, yeah, it was. It was an awesome movie. We enjoyed it. [00:03:11] Speaker A: Wow, man. So how did you. I had a, there was a question from t by the sea cafe, she said, regarding scary movies and haunted stuff. What convinced you to go to the dark side? [00:03:23] Speaker B: Oh, I have always, and I was talking to Chris from night creatures about it. Like, we talk backstory. Like, why do we like this stuff? What's wrong with this? It started from our childhood. We grew up with Elvira, you know, tells from the crypt. [00:03:38] Speaker A: Wow. [00:03:39] Speaker B: So even though I wasn't supposed to watch it because my parents are die hard catholics, right. I couldn't even walk into hot topic. I am a late in life Goth, by the way, because I couldn't really wear black, and I went to catholic school all the way up into junior high, so, yeah, I couldn't look at that. But I would see it actually at night when they go, like, tell us from the creek, Friday the 13th series, stuff like that. And then I just saw Freddy cougar, and I was like, man, wow, I really dig this. Like, this Elvira. [00:04:04] Speaker A: Really? That's so crazy. [00:04:06] Speaker B: Yeah. So, yeah, comic books, too. I was into comic book. [00:04:09] Speaker A: Oh, nice time. [00:04:10] Speaker B: You know any kind of vampirella? [00:04:12] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:12] Speaker B: Actually have her tattoo, which people think it's dark winged duck, but it's vampirella. Shout out to darkwing duck for being badass. [00:04:18] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:19] Speaker B: But, yeah, so it was basically just that, just that. Me loving on rice books, too, wanting to be a vampire. I am going to be one, one day. [00:04:29] Speaker A: Cool. [00:04:32] Speaker B: So, yeah, that's basically it. That was my childhood, just watching stuff at night after my parents went to bed. Yeah, comic books. Vampirella comic books. [00:04:39] Speaker A: Wow, that's amazing. And we were talking, me and Maya, the producer, talking earlier about the different types of horror films. [00:04:46] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. There's, there's all these flash or gore. I can't, I mean, I was telling. [00:04:52] Speaker A: Like, the, like, I think the mystery ones are the ones that are most scariest. [00:04:56] Speaker B: Like a psychological type. [00:04:57] Speaker A: Yes, exactly. [00:04:58] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. No, those freak me out and actually, so I don't get really scared, but the paranormal ones kind of freaked me out because you just never know. Yeah, paranormal, like, the paranormal activity movie was kind of like, yeah, freak me out and scare me too much. But I was like, man, and then the Hell House LLC, which is a good haunted house movie, they have a whole series, which is good. But my go to, I guess, and I'm sure someone's gonna ask me, what's your favorite horror movie? [00:05:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:25] Speaker B: Yeah. So overall, Takeshi Miyake, he's a japanese horror filmmaker. He's got a whole bunch. Ichi the killer, and I actually have his tattoo of his main villain of Kakihara tattooed on my. [00:05:40] Speaker A: I saw a preview, a review of it. I thought he was. [00:05:46] Speaker B: No, no, he's Kakihara. [00:05:47] Speaker A: He's like the yakuza probably just as bad as. [00:05:51] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I know. This guy is way fucked up. It's a really, you know, screwed up movie. It's. It's just. [00:05:59] Speaker A: It's always a wild movie. [00:06:00] Speaker B: It's weird. It is wild and it's gross and it's just like, oh, my God. It's. But I like that kind of odd. Yeah, kind of. [00:06:08] Speaker A: Yeah. So that type is like, like in your face. It's like, right there. It's not, there's no mystery to it. It's like, we're gonna throw it to you. [00:06:14] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. [00:06:14] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:15] Speaker B: And it's just, it's all basically gore. And see how we can just like, I mean, his mouth opens and then his jaw comes out. [00:06:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:22] Speaker B: He likes to add the BD. Not really bdsm, but he likes the sadistic kind of being tortured and stuff like that. Just off on another level. [00:06:29] Speaker A: It's crazy stuff. [00:06:30] Speaker B: But my man, if I have to go with american horror, Freddy Krueger, nightmare on Elm street, that's like my all time favorite, you know, american horror movie. I love a man that can make me laugh. You know, he always made me laugh. So Robert England is just, you know, I think it was like, is there. [00:06:46] Speaker A: A debate between him and the other, like Jason or whatever? [00:06:51] Speaker B: Like, oh, there always is. There's always just like, oh, this person has so many kills, and this person doesn't matter, you know, and it's just like, somebody will like this, you know, horror guy more than this other guy. Some will go off about terrifier because he used a gun shooting. He shot. I mean, no, one knows slasher or whore really uses a gun. Yeah, to kill somebody used a gun. And even I was like, a gun? Really? No, I was like, okay, so I got more. He got more when he sliced that girl in half. And I was like, okay, now we're getting somewhere. It's, it's mainly about the kills for me. Like how crazy saw, honestly, a close, like a new, newer type of horror film. I love to saw. [00:07:31] Speaker A: So crazy. Wow. [00:07:32] Speaker B: I just got the Billy doll actually from Wild Wolf. [00:07:36] Speaker A: Crazy. Ashley Holland. Hello, on YouTube. [00:07:40] Speaker B: Ashley, my coworker. [00:07:41] Speaker A: If you had one favorite movie that isn't the normal boy band of horror villains, who would it be? [00:07:55] Speaker B: I mean, I guess I would go back into like the old school horror because Frankenhooker. Have you ever seen Frankenhooker B movies or like back in the school eighties? [00:08:07] Speaker A: Like eighties. Okay, okay. [00:08:08] Speaker B: Tense. Oh, my gosh, really? Frankenhooker is like hilarious. Totally off the wall. Not what you expect, but that stuff, you know, God, night of living dead, stuff like that. Any kind of like old school movies. Wow. Even nosferatu, you know, nosferatu black and white movies. Yeah, those kind of gave you a chill because they were so intricate on how they were going to do it. So I think they put more of emphasis on how we're gonna scare these people instead of like, I'm just gonna flash them up, you know, like that nobody gets scared anymore. [00:08:44] Speaker A: Yeah. So I guess it was a different type of like scaring people as, because now, like, they wouldn't have like ichi, like, yeah. At that time, like, you know what I mean? Yeah, because it would be like, what the heck? You know, people would really freak out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:08:57] Speaker B: I totally understand that. Yeah. But, yeah, it's just so many genres and so much like horror. [00:09:03] Speaker A: What, what elements do you think make a horror movie? Great. [00:09:08] Speaker B: Well, a good horror movie. Oh, my gosh. Actually, korean horror tale of two sisters. Let me tell you, korean asian horror, they just know how to like get under your skin. Like Takeshi, he does a, there's this one of the audition is his, one of his movies, he puts, he has a girl putting spikes in our needles and the guy is like nails and just thinking about, or in the eyes and it's just like so visceral crazy and you get to like, what would that feel like? Oh, my God. [00:09:42] Speaker A: How do you think of that stuff? [00:09:43] Speaker B: Right? [00:09:43] Speaker A: Like, how do you. [00:09:44] Speaker B: Yeah, that kind of like, what book are you reading? Yeah, but not just that, just the whole backstory of how it came together and how they put it in order. Like, I think that's what makes a good horror movie. You're waiting to see what is the end game. Like, what is the real story? Because there's always, like, more to it than just what you see on the, you know, oh, they just killed somebody. How are they gonna kill? So, why are they killing so easy? It's just getting to a good plot. [00:10:09] Speaker A: So at the end of that, that ichi, the killer, GG, not Gigi, but that takihara, he committed suicide. Suicide. Okay, so he was murdered. Okay. Yeah, he got it. He got it. So what? Horror movie recommendations for newcomers. [00:10:32] Speaker B: Is that my brother? [00:10:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Hey, Ralph Martinez. What's going on? [00:10:40] Speaker B: Okay, so what's it? [00:10:42] Speaker A: I was gonna ask you if you had brothers. I know you mentioned your dad. [00:10:45] Speaker B: That's my oldest brother, Harlingen. My other biker brother, which is Roland Martinez. I know he's probably out partying. [00:10:55] Speaker A: So all you are from Corpus, then? [00:10:57] Speaker B: All of us are from Corpus. Yeah. This one moved to Harlingen. And then my other ones at Nbville or mineral, Texas. [00:11:04] Speaker A: Okay. [00:11:04] Speaker B: Not too far away, but. So. Oh, newcomers. Newcomer horror movie. [00:11:09] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, if I'm new, somebody's new to the genre. Like, where would you. [00:11:13] Speaker B: That's hard because it's. [00:11:14] Speaker A: All right. [00:11:14] Speaker B: What do you want to watch? You want to watch more gore? Do you want more to the plot? A pretty girl in it? Do you? [00:11:20] Speaker A: I like, like, I like, like, say, somebody that's in the thrillers. I like thriller movies. Like. Like crime. Like crime thrillers. Or, like, you're always guessing, like, damn, I wonder what. How this happened or how. That's okay. You're good. You're good, you're good. Oh, man. Yeah. So, yeah, thanks for coming on the show. So you had. You introduced me to the horror guys night creature? Yes. [00:11:49] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm in their movie. Yeah. [00:11:53] Speaker A: You actually have an IMDb on there. [00:11:55] Speaker B: I do. And then now I'm on his website because I'm an event coordinator, because I try to. I'm helping them put events together as well so they can get out there, promote, get money for their new movie. Yeah, evil inheritance. So that's the whole thing. So I have a picture on the website, too. [00:12:09] Speaker A: Now, how is that, like, how is that so far? Like, I guess getting money coming in, you know? [00:12:15] Speaker B: Oh, my God. So this is like, the crazy thing. So I started getting out, obviously, you know, getting myself out there. I was like, screw it. Let's. Let me see what's out in corpus. And, you know, Chris and I started talking more, and he's just like, hey, would you like to try out for a movie? And I was just like, what? I don't know how to act, but I guess. And then he's just, we're at Starbucks. I was like, I didn't get to do that. I did so many takes at home. I had my kid on the phone reading the lines to me, and it didn't even capture any of it. And I was like, and I couldn't send it. So he's like, meet me at Starbucks. We'll do a thing there. So we did it, and he's like, okay, you know, we'll have you as this person. I played the bitchy ticket. [00:12:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:50] Speaker B: And then it was just from there on, we just, like, developed a stronger relationship and a friendship. And I was like, I want to help you with this, and I want your, your movie to get off. I didn't get to audition for this other film, which kind of, kind of sucks. Yeah, I think I'll have a bit part as a demon, which is fine, but it's more about me, like, putting them out there, sharing, and which is why I do what I do for all these other, like for your podcast, for social or the local places. I share whatever you guys put out there, because I know that's going to get you more views. Because sometimes I know a lot of people don't have time there. They have other jobs to do. So if I'm sitting there and I'm on my phone, hey, I'm going to share this person's event, or I'm going to share this person's podcast, because that's what's going to build our community. That's what's going to make it better for all of us, not just me. [00:13:38] Speaker A: Like, whenever you're doing that, do you ever feel like. Like some people are like, oh, she shared their stuff, but she didn't share our stuff. [00:13:44] Speaker B: I feel so bad when that happens. I'll look back and I'll like, three days ago, this person had this event and I'm like, I did it. Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. It's internal. I don't think people are mad at me. I think they know I try my best, put out or share whatever I can, and I tell people, tag me if you want me to share it, tag me. I more than happy to like, and I think Blackmont tavern tags me. And, you know, a couple other people. Or if you put at all followers on your thing, I'll be like, okay, I'm sharing it. This. This person wants this out there, and that helps me a lot on getting it out there and some. But sometimes I'll have to, like, look at or, like, google them or not Google, like, type their. Their name in the search bar and they have anything coming up, because I'm like, okay, I wonder if this is because it doesn't pop up on my feet always. [00:14:28] Speaker A: Wow. That's cool. It's cool. Yeah. And then. So. And then we had another question from Lauren McNabb of the McNab micro farm. [00:14:36] Speaker B: I need to get some of their stuff. [00:14:37] Speaker A: It's pretty, man. It's good. I tried it. They gave me some samples. It's good. [00:14:40] Speaker B: Yeah, I saw that on the podcast. [00:14:45] Speaker A: Yeah. And we were talking. I was like, man, I eat tacos in the morning. He's like, well, just put some of that on it. And I did exactly that. I was like, all right, cool. Yeah. And it's. They're so, like, you can. You can taste the difference. [00:14:58] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:14:59] Speaker A: As opposed to just, like, heb salad or whatever. [00:15:01] Speaker B: More flavorful. [00:15:02] Speaker A: Yes, exactly. It's like, taste it. [00:15:04] Speaker B: Crazy flavor. [00:15:05] Speaker A: Yeah, crazy flavor. Anyway, she says, what inspires you to keep going, especially in a town where there are a lot of people that may be judgmental of anything that isn't mainstream. [00:15:16] Speaker B: Oh, honestly, I just lock out the haters. Anybody that's just like, negative, negative Nancy. Stay out of my face. I'm not gonna hear it. That's another thing, is just. I know there's some stores that, you know, or restaurants. It's like, oh, this. You know, this place sucked. Or whatever. The person was mean to me or whatever. And it's just like, maybe they're having a bad day, you know, give them another chance. You don't just. I want more positive than there is negatives, because everybody goes to the negative straight away. [00:15:44] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:15:44] Speaker B: Always it's like, oh, this happened to me, blah, blah, blah. [00:15:46] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:15:47] Speaker B: They're gonna, you know, yelp about it. They're gonna Google about it. How about the positive? You know, I want more people to go out there and share, like, what. What made you happy at this place, you know, instead of just going straight to the negative. So that's what keeps me going, because I want people to. Sorry, I. Hair on my face. I want people to know that, you know, give people another chance if you feel that they're. They're not. That. That day they weren't. Maybe they're. They're stressed or something happened. [00:16:13] Speaker A: Yeah. Don't take it personal at first. [00:16:14] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, you never know. Like, sometimes people want to be catered to when they walk into a local business, and it's just like, everybody has things going on. Don't, don't, don't take it personally. [00:16:26] Speaker A: Yeah. We get spoiled with, like, chain restaurants. Yeah. And, yeah, there's a lot to say. [00:16:31] Speaker B: And we got families that are trying to. To do something for the community, for themselves, and bring something to corpus that has never been done. I mean, this is a whole thing here. Like, you know, happen. This isn't regular mainstream here in corpus. But look at you. You're out here kicking out, like, I love listening to your podcast because I'm learning stuff. [00:16:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:53] Speaker B: Getting to know, like, oh, my gosh, is it Paula from. From Sam and Louie's? [00:16:57] Speaker A: Like, oh, yeah, yeah. [00:16:58] Speaker B: Military, like, oh, yeah. [00:17:00] Speaker A: No kidding, man. [00:17:02] Speaker B: That's, like, amazing. Just, like, knowing women that can do that and do their own thing, that's also another thing, is just like, you know, women. I feel women need to be also shown how badass they are sometimes. We're kind of, like, minority chorus, and it's just like, oh, you know, this little girl. I used to be a boxer. Don't tell me you. [00:17:22] Speaker A: I can't do what I feel like someone do. You feel like someone are. But they're humble about it to where they don't want to, you know? [00:17:28] Speaker B: I mean, that is another thing. Yeah. Where it's just like, I don't want to put my business out there. I don't want to put myself out there, you know, because I just don't feel it's. So I'm there to say, no, I'm gonna put you out there because you're badass. [00:17:39] Speaker A: Well, that's. Yeah. [00:17:40] Speaker B: And don't, don't, you know, it's okay to be humble. Yeah. But whenever I know that your product is good and I, you know, other people need to share in the love, I'm gonna put you out there. [00:17:51] Speaker A: Yeah. I guess that's kind of the best publicity, too, when somebody else is saying it. [00:17:54] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:17:55] Speaker A: Instead of yourself. Yeah, yeah. [00:17:56] Speaker B: It's better when somebody else is sharing it because, you know, it's real because they like it for a good reason. [00:18:01] Speaker A: I like the ghost and Mister chicken. Your brother said, oh, of course he does. That's awesome. Has it always been like that for you? Like, did. Did you learn that from somebody as far as, like, being, trying to give somebody a chance and look at the positive instead of the negative? You know what I mean? [00:18:21] Speaker B: How it all started was, believe it or not. I was having. I was in a bad space after losing my mom. And then, of course, taking my dad, taking care of my dad, it was very hard to see them in that process as well. Being this younger sibling, I was just like, I want somebody to support me the way I want to support other people. And. That's right. And then I started watching Anthony Bourdain, parts of known. I don't know if you know Anthony Bourdain. [00:18:47] Speaker A: Yeah, the chef, right. [00:18:48] Speaker B: Yeah, that travel different places. And he. He just kind of gave me the inspiration to this. Like, he's like, says, get out there. Go to a restaurant you never been to. Try it out. Have a drink, meet the people. Just meet new people. And that's. Yeah, that's what I started. I started literally just going to art walk and going to different places, talking to different vendors, and just starting sharing their stuff. And then somebody said, you know what? At this point, you're an influencer. [00:19:09] Speaker A: Because you. [00:19:10] Speaker B: I was like, I'm a what? [00:19:13] Speaker A: That's funny. [00:19:14] Speaker B: I'm a little older, and I don't know what you're saying. So that's basically how it started, just watching his show and being like, I want to be like that. I want to. If I can't travel, I'm gonna go and explore my city. [00:19:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:29] Speaker B: And see what's out there. [00:19:30] Speaker A: That's cool. I love it. Like, the lightsabers you got on there. [00:19:34] Speaker B: Big Star wars fan. [00:19:35] Speaker A: So is that so dark side. You think that's what she meant by saying dark side? [00:19:38] Speaker B: I don't know, actually, if anybody is watching, can name who these lightsabers are, you get, like, $5. [00:19:47] Speaker A: What's the lettering on top there? [00:19:49] Speaker B: Actually, it's. Okay. So it gave it away. Oh, my God. It's feeling sauce. Ventress is a. She was a Jedi. She was a sith, and then she was a bounty hunter, and then she passed away, or she died by saving a Jedi, and she actually was buried with Jedi honors. [00:20:10] Speaker A: Whoa. [00:20:11] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, so she has a really amazing backstory. So I I. Yeah, I wish they would make a movie about her. [00:20:16] Speaker A: I was gonna say, like, did you find out? You must have read about her. [00:20:20] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, no, I've read the books and stuff like that. I was like, oh, my God, this chick is like. And actually, it came from, like, my ex called me ventress, and I was like, what are you trying to say? Cause she's kind of not very pretty. She's, like, bald. She's all white. Wow. That's, like, in the galaxy of Star wars universe. She's considered the most beautiful. [00:20:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:20:41] Speaker B: You know, in the most deadly. And I was like, what are you trying to say? I was like, you know, I think I'm a bitch. What's going on? And then when I started reading more about her, I was like, wow, this chick is actually badass. So I was like, okay, okay, I'm gonna take. I'm gonna take this. And, like, this is gonna be me. This is me now. [00:20:56] Speaker A: Kind of like when we meet people, like, we had these assumptions about them without even knowing them. [00:21:00] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:21:01] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. [00:21:02] Speaker B: You never know. You never know. Yeah, that's the community. I meet people, and I'm like, wow, they create these things, and then I get to meet them and talk to them more. [00:21:11] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:11] Speaker B: You are badass on another level. [00:21:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:13] Speaker B: I just love you. Right. [00:21:15] Speaker A: What sucks for me is, like, sometimes I'll hear people talk about them, like, in a bad. In a bad way, and then I go and talk to them. I'm like, damn, they're. It's different from what people are saying. And then your mind gets like, damn, who do I listen to? You know? You know what I'm saying? [00:21:30] Speaker B: Listen to the person that you met that day. Because maybe, like I said, it was my bad day. They met him on a bad day. Or there was. You know, there was an issue that they. You know, some people don't mesh well. I got that. I know there's people in the community that don't get along. [00:21:44] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:45] Speaker B: And I. Or they just have different views on things. [00:21:49] Speaker A: Right. [00:21:49] Speaker B: But for me, I'm just like, I'm gonna love all y'all until y'all pissed me off. Nobody has done. I have to say, everybody has been really respected. [00:21:58] Speaker A: Everyone's got their breaking point, though. Yeah. [00:22:02] Speaker B: No one's, like, on. Gotten me to that level, but everybody's been so. So nice, so supportive, and I'm just like, I'm just gonna share all y'all stuff. If y'all don't like each other, I'm sorry. But for me, I'm gonna love you. [00:22:11] Speaker A: So, can you share a memorable experience or feedback from community members? [00:22:16] Speaker B: Oh, goodness. I mean, just all our. Okay, so I had a wonderful event that I put on last year that I was able to put on a celebration with my Kundalini yoga teacher, Yogi day Manny, because I go to Kuni Laney castes at the US coastal Bend wellness center. Yo. It's. It's a donation based. So I got there from, like, I lost my job, and I was like, what are we gonna do with my life. And these were donation based. You didn't have to pay at that time. So I started going very grounding. Love it. And then they're just like, they knew I was cc goth girl. Like, would you like to put on a celebration? You know, Halloween? So we did last year was huge. I had, like, over 40 vendors. [00:22:55] Speaker A: Wow. [00:22:56] Speaker B: And we give away this big old, like, we had all the vendors pitch in, like, big basket, and actually, the. The grim reaper, this guy that was grim reaper one, was awesome. We had got Kaia Vance and his crew, bobby glory, you know. [00:23:10] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:23:11] Speaker B: Spitting dance and stuff, and just like that. And then I just heard the feedback from all the vendors afterwards, and that the community and my friends that were just like, that was like, that everybody was happy, everybody had a good time, and. And that I think that has to be, like, my most, like, pride. That's my pride and joy and my most memorable, because I was just like, why do this? I was running around, like, I don't know if I could do that. [00:23:36] Speaker A: So that was the first time you. [00:23:37] Speaker B: Had put it up? Oh, my God, my event, and I was stressed. It was only me, and I should have gotten more, but I did not think. And I was running around. I was exhausted. I didn't sleep in that night before. Excited, hadn't eaten, and I was just like, okay, guys, please bear with me. I'm gonna sit down here on the floor for a minute and just, like, zone out just for a second. So that was a good event, and hopefully we're gonna have it again this. This year. [00:24:00] Speaker A: Yeah, I was gonna say, so that's the first time putting it on. Do you feel like you have to. Do you feel like you have to put, like, a certain amount of events in within a year, or. How do you look at it? [00:24:10] Speaker B: Not me, because I think they know. My life has been pretty sporadic, taking care of my dad. [00:24:14] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:24:15] Speaker B: So. And I got, you know, Oscar. He has his artwork that I promote as well, and he's just like, what are you putting another one on when you put another one on? And I'm like, that's funny. I swear to God. And I did, like, not too long ago, I did one at the coast coast bell witness center has been, you know, the greatest bill and them, you know, Manny, to be able to have events there, because we had the Goth yoga. Goth yoga event, and so that was to promote the new evil inheritance movie that's coming out. Production. Yeah, we had vendors there, and it was just that. That was the latest one that I did. And next one is going to be elements realms of beyond Tony and Matt electric youth event. And so they just opened up a new business. [00:25:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:25:05] Speaker B: On staples. So it's kind of gonna be like a little grand opening for. [00:25:09] Speaker A: That's cool. And y'all, you were just involved. A suicidal butterfly. Like, they had a pop up or something just recently. [00:25:15] Speaker B: I wasn't, like, involved, but I dressed up as Latina Elvira. [00:25:18] Speaker A: Okay, taco, like, you gotta. You gotta come. You gotta come. Yeah. [00:25:22] Speaker B: I was like. And I was all late because I did. I didn't go to bed till, like 10:00 a.m. in the morning. Cause I was cleaning my house and I get in the zone, and then I'm like, oh, my God, it's ten in the morning. Let me, you know, let me take a break. And so I took a nap and took a long nap, and then I was like, oh, my God. And Nikki was like, where are you at? And I was like, I'll be right there. So I met a snake nicknamed Snow cone and got to see my vendors and stuff like that. Call them my vendors. And I was cool. And I missed creatures coffee, but they were there. [00:25:55] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been wanting to try them out. [00:25:57] Speaker B: You have not tried them. [00:25:58] Speaker A: No, I'm a her. I stay. I don't go anywhere. I need to. I know I do. I'm trying. [00:26:05] Speaker B: You need to get them. [00:26:06] Speaker A: Please give me a little patience. [00:26:07] Speaker B: Yeah, maybe get them on here. They can bring you the work. No, they're. They're awesome. I'm always like, their merch is awesome, too. I was like. And it was funny. [00:26:16] Speaker A: I like the vibe they have. [00:26:17] Speaker B: Yes. Like that black old Little League. [00:26:19] Speaker A: And even the music they put on their post. Yeah, yeah. It's. I like it. I'm a music lover and just. Yeah, it's cool to see everybody's posts on instagram and stuff. Yeah, yeah, it is. Yeah. There's a lot of community support, too. Not just you, like, there's several other influencers. Yeah, they do the same thing. Yeah. So it's pretty cool to know that you guys are out there, so. [00:26:41] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, I know. It's supporting each other, which is local. Texas foodie. Oh, my gosh. She puts, like, the most. [00:26:48] Speaker A: I just started following her. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:26:50] Speaker B: I'm like, there's a whole. [00:26:51] Speaker A: Believe me, there's a whole list of people that I want to get on the podcast. [00:26:54] Speaker B: Yes. [00:26:55] Speaker A: You know what I mean? And I'm like, oh, my God, so many people. [00:26:59] Speaker B: Isn't that amazing about corpus, because I went to art walk with a friend of mine. Shout out to Jesus. He hangs out with goth mom, by the way. A few of these little ones, they're younger than me, obviously, and he's like, let's go to art walk. So he's hanging out with art, and I'm, of course, seeing my vendors and showing him this person and showing me having to meet this person. He's like, oh, my God. I did not know that corpus was this type of community, not all this stuff. And I'm like, it is like, you would not believe how many people have so much talent and, you know, that are just willing to just drop whatever, like, even the career change and just creatures coffee is one of them. Just went into this business, and look at. They're killing it. [00:27:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:39] Speaker B: So that's. That's what he's like, wow, this is, like, amazing. Like, yeah, corpus is actually pretty meta. [00:27:44] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. There's a lot of businesses too. Ashley Holland says, goonies never say. Is that a Goonies never say. [00:27:51] Speaker B: Never say, dad, it's gonna be my tattoo. A big goonies. And so, yes, thank you, Ashley. [00:28:00] Speaker A: Nice. [00:28:00] Speaker B: Yeah, big, big. [00:28:03] Speaker A: That's cool. Yeah, you were mentioning. So, like, you mentioned losing your job, and you're like, what am I gonna do? Yeah, isn't that amazing? Like, I'm not amazing, but, like, losing your job can actually make you think like that. [00:28:15] Speaker B: You know, it changes your whole perspective on life, and it's like, what am I gonna do with my life? [00:28:19] Speaker A: Like, what the heck? What have I been doing? Or, you know, it makes me reflect. [00:28:22] Speaker B: Right, because you're. You're at this one place. I was there for five years, and then just, like, they just laid us off out of nowhere, basically. And I'm like, okay, um, yeah, what am I gonna do now? [00:28:34] Speaker A: What's going on? [00:28:35] Speaker B: Yeah, so, I mean, it was all. It was almost like, Covid once again, you know? [00:28:39] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:28:39] Speaker B: And it's like, I worked at Pizza Hut for a little while. Delivery driver, believe it or not. [00:28:44] Speaker A: That's so. Wow. So you. So you knew you had to do something about, like, to work. So I was like, oh, wow. [00:28:49] Speaker B: Yeah. So my kid was a delivery driver, and they're like, mom, you want to work with us because we're still working. We're the elites out here, you know. [00:28:56] Speaker A: Nobody cares about us. [00:28:58] Speaker B: So essential workers, as they say. And so, yeah, I did that during COVID I worked at Pizza Hut and Hamline center, and I've made some great friendships there, which is, like, I got to see behind. I never worked in the food industry. [00:29:15] Speaker A: Sales. [00:29:15] Speaker B: I was marketing. I was, like, in a new environment. I did not know about this stuff. And it was just an eye opener. It was amazing how to see how people work. And then, of course, it's like, why don't you get a better job? That's what used to piss me off when people would say, like, well, if you want tips, why don't you get a better job? Okay? If everybody got a better job, how are you gonna get your pizza? Because you're not getting off your ass to go get it. You know, you're not making it on yourself, on your own. You're freaking wanting people to deliver it to you. [00:29:41] Speaker A: Damn. [00:29:42] Speaker B: So don't even. And then these people are work busting their ass. Some of them have kids and, you know, trying to find a babysitter just so they can come into work to deliver your pizza, to give you your pizza because you think they deserve or they need a better job because you don't want to tip them. Like, that's bullshit. I'm sorry. That's where it's just like. And I know, I get it. Some people can't tip. I get it. But I'm like, I've been there now, so I will, like, even tip at curbside because I'm like, dude, you walked out to give me my food. [00:30:08] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:09] Speaker B: Here's a couple of dollars. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. [00:30:11] Speaker A: If you can't afford to tip, go get it yourself. [00:30:13] Speaker B: That's what I say. You know? And it's like, I appreciate. I want to show my appreciation because I've been there. I know how hard. And they're not just to get in their car delivery. No, they're helping make the pizza. They're prepping. [00:30:22] Speaker A: It's hot in there. [00:30:23] Speaker B: It's hot. Yeah, sometimes the AC breaks. [00:30:24] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:30:25] Speaker B: Yeah, the rain, like, comes in, dripping in. And, you know, these corporations, they don't care. They don't care. They're not taking care of their employees. So it's these people trying their hardest to make sure that customer is going to get what they want and to be, like, treated like it's your crap. You know? [00:30:39] Speaker A: You don't. [00:30:40] Speaker B: It's just bullshit to me. [00:30:41] Speaker A: Do you think that the majority. Do you think that, like, the people that are working those jobs, that they're. Do you think they want. Do you think they're, like, work? Well, they're probably working it because they have to. They got families and stuff like that, right? [00:30:53] Speaker B: Well, they grew up. A lot of them grew up like they. That was their first job, you know, and so they stuck with it cuz they're good at it. And they. Some of them moved up in the company, which was good, but they still get treated like crap and it's just like. And then, like, my kid, they want. My kid has always loved pizza. [00:31:09] Speaker A: Who doesn't, right? [00:31:10] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, come to the door and it's like, oh, it's you. [00:31:12] Speaker A: And so when they got name basis. [00:31:16] Speaker B: Yeah. So when they got hired there, it's like, oh, it's you. You want to work here now. You're old enough. So. So they, they, you know, they worked their self up on the chain, became meno management as well. So it's. Sometimes it's just they want to work in that environment, you know? But some are stuck there, you know, that's. That's all they know. And that's all they. They don't feel that they. They can do another job, but they're good at what they do there. [00:31:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:31:39] Speaker B: I mean, they keep the ship going. And it's people like them that you get that good pizza because they've been there for like ten years. [00:31:46] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, man. I do, I do sport logo stuff, the dominoes that I do, like, which is the one on Staples near Baldwin. [00:31:56] Speaker B: Okay. [00:31:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Every time I order there. Oh, my God. Like, it, like, it's always like, good. Like, you can tell it's not burnt. You know what I mean? I mean, it's. And it, it's got to do something to do with the work ethic and then. You know what I mean? The culture that they have at that particular store. [00:32:11] Speaker B: Yeah. They got the right cook. [00:32:12] Speaker A: Yeah. I'm not saying that they're all like that. [00:32:14] Speaker B: No. They're not all perfect. No. [00:32:16] Speaker A: Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. You mentioned your, your dad. So your dad fought George Foreman at one time? One time in his life. [00:32:23] Speaker B: Max Martinez? Max Martinez, yeah. He is a professional boxer here in corpus. And George Foreman up and coming, I think that was like his third fight. And the guy that was supposed to be fighting him out in Houston bailed. And they asked my dad if he wanted to make a few hundred bucks, I guess, you know, back in the day, already retiring, but he's like, why not? Let's do this before I was born, obviously. And he goes and he fights George Foreman. George Foreman gloves him in the eye, he gets a detached retina and it's a knockout after that. [00:32:55] Speaker A: Did you have, did you have. Did you have a choice whether to be a boxer yourself. [00:33:00] Speaker B: So this is the thing. So I have two older brothers. Ha ha. Eddie and Roland, who never were boxers. No, my mother, probably. [00:33:08] Speaker A: Wait, are you in the middle? Are you in this? Are you in the middle between. [00:33:10] Speaker B: No, the baby. [00:33:11] Speaker A: Okay. Okay, okay. [00:33:12] Speaker B: But no, my. Oh, and there's my son. [00:33:18] Speaker A: Master Mooc says, big if true. [00:33:22] Speaker B: So my mother probably would kill my brothers if they even thought about boxing, seriously. So. Yeah. But me, I'm the rebel. I was. My mom was already older. My mom had me when she was 40. I wasn't even supposed to be born. Wow. [00:33:33] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:33:33] Speaker B: Yeah. I was like, hello, I'm here. The doctor actually said you should get an abortion because my mother was too old at that time. Maybe that's what was wrong. I was like, maybe I'm a little. But now you know what? So, yeah, I was just like, I'm gonna do this. Well, okay. So my ex husband wanted to box, and he talked to my dad about it. Cause my dad knew people. So my dad takes him to this place, puro gallo, boxing in this hole in the wild place out by, like, oh, gosh, Morgan, I don't even know who's this hole in the wall. Seriously? [00:34:08] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:08] Speaker B: And he starts, you know, training and stuff like that. And I walk in, and I see other girls there. Whoa. Girls are boxing. What's going on? So he goes to his first barring match. He gets hit once. He's bleeding like crazy. Like, he's just gushing blood. He's one of those bleeders, right? So he's just like, no, I'm out. And I'm like, I want to do it. I start training with the girls there, and I started liking it, and I sparred, got hit horribly bad for a sparring session. But I was like, I got back up, and I got. I started. Kept on doing it. I trained for golden gloves. Went to golden gloves. [00:34:45] Speaker A: Cool. [00:34:45] Speaker B: Trained my own girls. They went to golden gloves, one as well. And. And my dad went to my fights. My mom know. Wow. My mom just knew. She, like, she had. She cannot win that fight with me, so. But, yeah, my dad supported me and all that, and, you know, even helped me get boxing bags and stuff. [00:35:04] Speaker A: Wow. [00:35:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:05] Speaker A: Wow. And so you got into coaching it too? [00:35:07] Speaker B: Yeah, I did. You know Ronnie's boxing gym that I had at movie? [00:35:12] Speaker A: Oh, that's. So you just passing over, like, Ronnie's boxing? Oh, my God, that's gotta be. That's big right there. [00:35:18] Speaker B: I was wonderful. I had all girls, and they were so wonderful. And, you know, that's why I. Boxing is such an amazing sport. It's 100% chance you are going to get hit in the face, but you can if you come back from that and you have the skill. And I used to spar guys. Razor Rob's, Robert Delgado, he has a. Yeah, he, he used to train with us. Jerry Belmontes, Sal Belmontez. [00:35:44] Speaker A: Wow. Shout out. [00:35:46] Speaker B: Yeah, I used to spar with those guys and they were little beauty. [00:35:48] Speaker A: Wow. [00:35:49] Speaker B: Now they're big boys with their own family and. Yeah, yeah, it was, it was an experience. And I have to say, I like, the boxing community is strong here in corpus. An amazing community. [00:36:00] Speaker A: Yeah. REALLY. [00:36:00] Speaker B: They support each other, which is great. [00:36:02] Speaker A: Yeah, it's amazing. Wow. Yeah, my daughter, she's in jiu jitsU. [00:36:07] Speaker B: NICE. OKAY. [00:36:08] Speaker A: But I know she wants to do boxing, kickboxing, whatever, something where she's hitting something. [00:36:14] Speaker B: Right. And see, I know I had an ex that did jujitsu and I was like, what is this whole, like, why are you grabbing each other? [00:36:19] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:21] Speaker B: And that's why I was a boxer, because I didn't want people grabbing me. I wanted to Hit somebodY. [00:36:25] Speaker A: Yeah. Keep them LiKE, yeah, I got you. [00:36:27] Speaker B: STAY away. Yeah, I couldn't do kickboxing because the leg thing kind of scares the crap out of me. Yeah. So. But no, anybody that could do those type of sports, even jujitsu, like the ground game, I didn't know that you do it, you go on the ground for a reason and then you have to get out of these holes and you do it. So I respect all these. [00:36:44] Speaker A: So what do you think about, like, like, as far as get that, you know, the brain and the head getting hit and all that stuff do like. [00:36:51] Speaker B: There'S, there's damage that can, you know, that can. I don't know how my dad got hit. [00:36:56] Speaker A: I was gonna say, like, did you see that in your, in your dad at all? [00:36:58] Speaker B: No. Like, this guy was sharp to the end. Like, this guy was just like, witty and just honestly, I mean, he noticed all the pretty nurses real quick. [00:37:09] Speaker A: That's when, you know, he was like. [00:37:12] Speaker B: No, he was always sharp to the end. So I don't, I do know that there. And that's because he had a pretty long professional boxing thing. But I think it's just certain people just either get him the wrong way or just, you know, they're just not, not able to take it. I don't really know the science behind that. [00:37:33] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, it seems like it's hard, but, like, what? You kind of have some padding on the. But you're still getting hit, but. [00:37:39] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. My dad said that George Foreman had the heaviest hands. [00:37:42] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:37:42] Speaker B: Hit by a train. Yeah. So. [00:37:44] Speaker A: And you said. You said he meant his detachment, like. [00:37:48] Speaker B: Very minimal sight on his left eye, so. [00:37:50] Speaker A: Yeah, but he. [00:37:51] Speaker B: That guy drove until he was, like, 86, actually, so they were just like, dude, you need a chill. And still driving. [00:38:00] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:38:01] Speaker B: And I guess that's where I get my stubbornness from. But, yeah, he was a. He was, and I. That's where I get where I can talk to people, because he loved to talk. [00:38:09] Speaker A: Really? Why? [00:38:10] Speaker B: That guy, he can take him anywhere, and he's just talking to, like, what's your name? Where are you from? You know? So, what are you doing today? You know, just, like, completely just have that. And I guess. Yeah, because I can go to someone and be like, hey, what's up? I can just sit next to someone I don't even know, and it's like. [00:38:24] Speaker A: Hey, is it easy for you to, like, pick up social cues, like, when people don't want to talk at all? [00:38:29] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:38:30] Speaker A: Okay. [00:38:30] Speaker B: So I'm like, all right, I'll catch you later. You don't like scary movies? I'm out. [00:38:38] Speaker A: I don't get them, and I'm trying to figure out how to get them, you know? So that's just how my brain is. But I do. I do find myself, like. Like, talking to people whenever I do gets, like. I don't like to be social, but when I do get social, I like it. You know what I mean? It's like, there's always that when there's. [00:38:56] Speaker B: A good connection and somebody has the back and forth that you can. Yeah, good banter. You're like, okay, we can talk. [00:39:03] Speaker A: That's awesome. Yeah. So, where. So you're. You're the horror club. Where do you see it going? I guess in the future. [00:39:10] Speaker B: So, more movie meetups, more events are what I'm planning to do, and my main thing is I have something in the works which is kind of hidden right now, but. So be on the lookout for that. But the one thing that I am trying to get out there is I want to do Corpus Christi after midnight. It's kind of like a. It's not a podcast, which. I'll probably turn it into a podcast. [00:39:32] Speaker A: Cool. [00:39:33] Speaker B: But it's a web series where I want to do, like, a whole talking about certain murders that happened here in Corpus, because Corpus is. It wasn't just Selena that got killed around. [00:39:42] Speaker A: No kidding. [00:39:43] Speaker B: There are some things that have happened here in haunted places here on corpus, missing people, stuff like that. Because corpus has a lot of stuff. [00:39:55] Speaker A: Yeah, you're right. [00:39:55] Speaker B: That I would love to talk about. And, you know, either investigate why this happened and also use it as a platform. Check your mental health. Check where you're going. You know, that's cool. I want to put resources in there. This is where you can go. You know, you can go to Amistad clinic if you don't have, you know, insurance, coastal bend wellness. You know, there's places out there that you can go to if you need to find a mental health place, and you don't have the money, so that's big. [00:40:21] Speaker A: And that, in that, as far as people getting hurt or murdered. [00:40:25] Speaker B: Yeah. Because I think a lot of people go unchecked, and they don't realize that there's a lot of. And the stigma is, oh, you know, you just. And as a hispanic, it's, oh, you're fine. You know, you got our kuna that. [00:40:35] Speaker A: I said, just keep going. [00:40:37] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Just like, you know, you just brush it off. Especially in the male community. Just like, guys are tough, you know, you don't need to be checked out. No. You know, some guy. That's the thing is that society sees the men as like, oh, they have to have everything set and do everything right. And when they don't get it done right, it's like, oh, you're a bad person. You're not good enough. And that's gonna harp on a guy. Like, I get. Cause I have a lot of guy friends, and they're just like, well, you got brothers, too. [00:41:00] Speaker A: Like, you understand. [00:41:01] Speaker B: Yeah. So I know what it's like that. It's just like, they're humans. Everybody's human, and everybody goes through a certain part of their life that, you know, sometimes you're just not feeling okay. And, like, Emma from weird corpus is like, she asked her. I'm like, hey, how's it going? And she's just like, I'm having okay day. I'm like, you're not having a great day? She's like, no, sometimes I'm having an okay day, and that's okay. And I'm like, you know what? You're right. You know, not all of us are gonna have an amazing day, but so I. And I learn off of people, like, you know, her, which is. Is an amazing thing. Like, that's another thing about this community. You learn things from everyone. [00:41:35] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:41:35] Speaker B: So it's just, like, amazing. [00:41:36] Speaker A: That's why I like this podcast. Like, I like to learn stuff in general, and just like, you saying you like it, too. That's good feedback, because it's working. That's kind of the reason why doing it, you know? [00:41:46] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. And that's why I do. I support local, and I go out there and I talk to them. I learn things from. [00:41:51] Speaker A: If you guys are watching on the video, check out this shirt she's got here. I wonder where she got it from. Corporate schizophrenia originals represent. [00:42:01] Speaker B: Oh. [00:42:04] Speaker A: Yeah. We got Richie Hernandez. Hey, what's up, man? [00:42:06] Speaker B: Richie got me into the paranormal. But if you ever listen to podcast. [00:42:10] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. Is that local or. [00:42:11] Speaker B: No, they're from Austin. [00:42:13] Speaker A: Okay. [00:42:13] Speaker B: So I don't just do, like, corpus? [00:42:15] Speaker A: No, it's all good. [00:42:16] Speaker B: San Antonio, they got. I got a little putra trion. So paranormal putas. Freaking hilarious. Leo and Bethany, hilarious women that have a podcast and they talk about. Anybody watch Ghost adventures. They're in love with Zach Bacon's, and I'm in love with Zack Baggins. I used to watch that with my kid all the time. And they just kind of did their laugh, and they go out and they did. They went to his haunted museum in Las Vegas. They did a whole show that was. They have you laughing. [00:42:46] Speaker A: Wow, cool. It sounds like a funny podcast. Just the name. [00:42:49] Speaker B: Their name, right? And they're just the most hilarious women ever, so. And I actually made them Zach bacon dolls, and I sent. Shipped it out to him, which is hilarious, but Richie's the one that got me into them. [00:43:00] Speaker A: Awesome. Night creature productions. What's going on? It's awesome. Yeah, it's. So you're. You're the. The thing you were starting. You said it might turn into a podcast. As far as, uh, yeah, I'm gonna. [00:43:10] Speaker B: Start it with a. Like, I'm gonna do, like, the little videos on TikTok and being like, this is, you know, talk about this one murder that happened here in corpus, and this is how it went, and this is how it ended. Or this is. There's still this. There was this murder, and we don't know who did it, but they think they know who did it. Do you know who did it? It. This kind of thing. And then switch it out, send it off to the full length video on YouTube, and then, of course, get the rest on. [00:43:34] Speaker A: That's pretty cool. [00:43:35] Speaker B: On a podcast. And, yeah, I have a dead. The Dead podcast with Desi. If you ever listen to her. She's awesome. [00:43:41] Speaker A: The Dead podcast? [00:43:42] Speaker B: Yeah, she's local. She's dead. The Dead podcast with Desi. I'm gonna try and get her input on that, too, because she's been doing it. She's been kicking butt. I love listening to her podcast as well. [00:43:56] Speaker A: When did you get into podcasts? [00:43:57] Speaker B: Huh? [00:43:58] Speaker A: How long have you been, like, listening to podcasts? [00:44:01] Speaker B: It all started with my kid, my son, whoever listened to last podcasts on the left, and I was like, it's about serial killers. And so I was like, really? So it's actually during COVID and while we were doing our puzzle pieces because we didn't have nothing to do. And then I started realizing there's other puzzle podcast out there. [00:44:26] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:44:26] Speaker B: And then, of course, you know, then I started looking at, you know, I don't even know how I found the Dead podcast, but I did. And, you know, beer in a movie that I was on. [00:44:35] Speaker A: Movie. [00:44:36] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, there's. Yeah, there's amazing local podcasting, you guys. [00:44:40] Speaker A: I was just like, yeah. And I don't know how to find them, either. I'm like, corporate scripty podcast, and there's. [00:44:46] Speaker B: Only, like, tell me about them. That's how I find out. [00:44:48] Speaker A: That's cool. [00:44:49] Speaker B: Yeah. You know, 50 states of terror, my boy, Anthony. So, yeah. [00:44:54] Speaker A: Yes. Yeah. [00:44:55] Speaker B: So I think people just like. And I think, yeah, that's how I found about 50 states, is. Cause I met Kaylee through a friend, Marcos. [00:45:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:01] Speaker B: And, you know, they. She's like, my husband has this podcast. I was just like, yeah, it's word of mouth. It's word of mouth. And then sharing. [00:45:09] Speaker A: That's cool. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah. So that's what's come. That's what's going on with the future. That's awesome. [00:45:15] Speaker B: Yeah. So that's the thing. And one more thing that I. Yeah, go ahead. No, no. To say there's that one more thing that's gonna be possibly happening in the future, and. And it involves me in costume, so that's all I'll say. [00:45:26] Speaker A: Demon in training, he says, oh. [00:45:31] Speaker B: For evil inheritance. Yeah. [00:45:33] Speaker A: Oh, right on, right on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Check it. Check it out, you guys. Evil inheritance for by a night creature production. [00:45:38] Speaker B: Donate, please, so we can get that movie going. [00:45:42] Speaker A: How is that, like, is it difficult to find, like, people to donate, like, for. I guess, for that project or whatever. [00:45:50] Speaker B: Or any type of, like, you know. [00:45:52] Speaker A: Is it just, like, a local thing or. [00:45:53] Speaker B: I mean, everybody has to. [00:45:55] Speaker A: Well, the economy sucks right now, too, right? [00:45:57] Speaker B: I mean, yeah, it's finding who's going to support and stuff and who feels that you're worthy enough for their support type of thing, and. But basically, that's why we're trying to do, like, little events getting out there. Promote. Promote the business and the production company. [00:46:11] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:46:12] Speaker B: And if people can donate $5, hey, that goes a long way. Or not, because it's just. You know, it builds. You know, if everybody just donated, like, one or $5, do you feel like. [00:46:22] Speaker A: Like there's. There's more creatives than actual people that consume it? Like, is it the city? Do you think if we had a bigger city? You know what I mean? [00:46:31] Speaker B: I think because we. We trade off also with San Antonio. [00:46:35] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. Okay. [00:46:37] Speaker B: You know, there's. There's. [00:46:38] Speaker A: Yeah, well, I forgot about that. Like, there is a market there, too. [00:46:41] Speaker B: Like. Yeah, that. From here, they know there, and it's back and forth. Back and forth. Um, because I think we're in all the little surrounding communities and stuff like that. I think it's just. It's just. Just in general, it doesn't matter where you are. It's just gonna be who's gonna support you and whether they like you. [00:46:57] Speaker A: Right. [00:46:58] Speaker B: To support you. That's the thing. [00:46:59] Speaker A: Right on. That's cool. [00:47:00] Speaker B: Good enough. [00:47:01] Speaker A: So. So you have those things coming out awesome. What are some of the. I guess. Did you have any challenges in the early days of starting the club? I mean, it was more like a friends group, right? [00:47:11] Speaker B: Yeah, it's more of us just to. Like I said, it started off with memes and then just me sharing what I love to do. I was putting on my. My. My page, and then people started sharing and liking, and I started going to, like, events and meeting people, you know, little fetish raves at studio B, meeting all the little gossip. [00:47:28] Speaker A: Studio B is used to be the nasty. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:47:31] Speaker B: So is there. Oh, that's right. Yes, there is a. Yeah. [00:47:37] Speaker A: So, Maya, the producer mentioned that there's a rave tonight. Maya, the producer, runs Basshaven. There's gonna be a rave tonight at Studio B. [00:47:47] Speaker B: That's you. [00:47:49] Speaker A: June. What is it? June 22, 2024. If you're listening later on. [00:47:55] Speaker B: Yeah, but, yeah, yeah, I love that place. It's so grunge and alt. I love it. And then I love, like, all the little goth babies that go there. And then tonight is the. Also the art of drag at the k space. [00:48:07] Speaker A: Oh, nice. Yeah. [00:48:08] Speaker B: Which I was. Horror. Horror. [00:48:10] Speaker A: It's a horror theme. Have they had a horror theme before? [00:48:15] Speaker B: I don't think so. No. I don't know what last year was, was. I forgot. But it was bad. It was badass last year, and I'm excited for, like, I totally support the LGBTQIA community because, you know, my son is trans. And so I, you know, I support anybody being themselves. I support my kid more than anything. They're gonna have a kid. Actually, on Wednesday, I'm gonna be a goth grandmother. Everybody, please send me good vibes and scared as hell, you know, that baby's. [00:48:44] Speaker A: Gonna be dressed in black. [00:48:45] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, yeah. We already got all the vibes, everything. Trust me, we're stuck with that. [00:48:51] Speaker A: And what's wrong with black, too, right? I, like. I mean, you know, slimming. Ain't nothing wrong with it. [00:48:55] Speaker B: When people see me at it. Like, yesterday, I went to La Brujita's tea leaf reading. I saw that not in black, but I had a little. And I was like, who am I? But the dress was dollar 35. It was nice. Whatever. [00:49:11] Speaker A: So, yeah, so you're gonna be a grandma. That's awesome. [00:49:13] Speaker B: Yeah, I am. [00:49:14] Speaker A: Guys, so tonight. So tonight we got that. Studio B and then case based. Awesome. [00:49:19] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:49:20] Speaker A: Oh, man. Hold on. Before we go. We got. We came. We're at 50 minutes, but. Cancer survivor. [00:49:28] Speaker B: Yes. [00:49:28] Speaker A: Do you want to talk about that? [00:49:30] Speaker B: Sure. So, yeah, I think it's about 13 years. That's been a while. I was having stomach problems, which a lot of people in corpus, believe it or not, have stomach issues, even if you're young. Get a colonoscopy, get colon screenings. It's very important. So they didn't know what was wrong with me. They kept on pumping me with all these pills. They thought it was a virus, blah, blah, blah. So finally I had to go to San Antonio, and they're like, you have ulcerative colitis, which is an autoimmune disease that attacks your large intestine. [00:50:00] Speaker A: Wow. [00:50:00] Speaker B: So I had to get regular checkups. I'm there like 20 something years old in getting colonoscopies with these 80 year old grandma's grandpas. And they're looking at me, and I'm looking at them, and I'm like, hi. She's so young. And I'm like, I know. And, you know, it's very humbling having those kind of tests done, but it needs to be done. And luckily, when I actually, I lived in Houston for a while, they found a polyp in my large intestine, and it was cancerous. And they're like, well, we can do one or two things. We can, you know, have you go through chemo, see if it knocks it out. [00:50:41] Speaker A: Oh, no. [00:50:41] Speaker B: Or we can take out your large intestine and knock out two birds with 1 st. So I was like, wait, what? You can live without large intestine? Like, this is a thing. And he's like, yeah, we can do it next week. And I'm like, okay, hold on. Let me process the fact that you can literally take out my largest hudson and still have me survive. I am a horror creature at this point, literally. So, yeah, they did what? It's called a J patch procedure, and they just take out your large intestine. They reattach your small intestine. I had to have the pouch, the little colostomy bag, for three months while I healed internally. They went back in. Stuff that back inside. I would literally. It was so creepy. Touches on the outside. It was crazy. [00:51:23] Speaker A: Just the thought of somebody, like, cutting me up and. [00:51:26] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I know it was. I woke up, and I was like, who stabbed me? And they're like, they're, ma'am, we just literally took out your large intestine. And I'm like, wait, you want to. [00:51:37] Speaker A: Go back to work now? [00:51:39] Speaker B: Like, what's going on? So, yeah, I've lived with, you know, low, large intestine for that long. I'm fairly okay. But I do still have my moments, which is like, you know, I'm just not feeling 100%. I'm tired all the time. [00:51:53] Speaker A: So those were the, like, that's what. How you were feeling? Is that what you. [00:51:57] Speaker B: Now? I still feel it. Like, before, I couldn't even go out, basically. Like, I couldn't. [00:52:01] Speaker A: So you knew something was. [00:52:03] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I couldn't. I would lose, like, 30 pounds in one month. [00:52:06] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:52:06] Speaker B: And then they would put me on prednisone, and then I would gain that. [00:52:09] Speaker A: Did you have, like, headaches? Like, I mean, it was a. [00:52:11] Speaker B: No, it was just stomach problems. [00:52:13] Speaker A: Like, stomach problems? [00:52:13] Speaker B: Stomach problems? I mean, yeah, if you have any stomach problems, you just don't. No, please go get checked. Please go. If. And if they're not getting your answer here, go somewhere else, because it's very important, because you don't want it to get to the state that mine went. Mine was so severe. [00:52:26] Speaker A: Like, it was almost. [00:52:27] Speaker B: It was like, there. It was just. I was taking 30 pills a day, and it wasn't even phasing me. It was just so bad. And it was hard because having a kid and trying to take them to school, I couldn't even take them to school. I was just so. Just sick. [00:52:42] Speaker A: Wow. [00:52:43] Speaker B: But now I don't have. I'm just. Now I'm just a little tired more, and then I can't eat certain things sometimes, and it just depends on whether my stomach likes me or not. But it's not as bad as it was before. So, yeah, shout out to cancer survivors. I mean, I can't even say, like, you know, there's people that have, like, have gone through chemo, and that's intense. And I had to. I bipod. I got my large intestine taken out, but still, like, I can't even. [00:53:08] Speaker A: That's a pretty big deal, right? [00:53:10] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Back to me in a nutshell. [00:53:13] Speaker A: Wow, that's awesome. Well, thanks for coming on the show. [00:53:15] Speaker B: Thank you for having me. Yeah, shout out to all my. Because I'm wearing all their merch. [00:53:20] Speaker A: Yeah. Anything. Anything you want to share? Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:53:22] Speaker B: Like a sung sanctuary. Alfines, uh, their jewelry, a burp post. [00:53:28] Speaker A: The glass, you mentioned it earlier that. [00:53:31] Speaker B: Oh, my God, this bitch love her stuff. Look at this. She glass. This is glass. Like heather morbid. Morbid creations. You know, this is the actual bone right here. And then, like, oh, my gosh. Suicidal butterfly. [00:53:46] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:53:47] Speaker B: To me, with this, like, are you kidding me? So, yeah, no, I mean, synfinity. The girls, there are so amazing massages, if you need a massage. I mean, if you want to know any place to go into, to talk to and where to go. So just follow me, you know, official corpus Christi horror club, CC goth girl. I try to share. And of course, if you have a business and you want me to share, tag me, please. I want to get the word out. I want people to know. [00:54:15] Speaker A: So, Nikki Hernandez. Thank you. She puts hearts on and nitro. Creature says, nothing known to man can destroy. Ronnie. [00:54:24] Speaker B: Not yet. Not yet. I'll be a vampire one day. [00:54:27] Speaker A: Yeah. So how do we find you? Or how do they tag you to share the story? [00:54:32] Speaker B: So on Facebook, I'm the official Corpus Christi horror Club. And then on Instagram, I'm also the cc horror club. And then, of course, the cc goth girl underneath there, so. And then I got tick tock, which is cc goth girl or cc. Actually, I know one of the two. [00:54:46] Speaker A: But I think tick tock. The ad is cc goth girl. And then the name is. I can't remember. [00:54:52] Speaker B: Yeah, it is linked on my page. [00:54:54] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll put the link below. [00:54:56] Speaker B: Yeah. Yes, yes, please. [00:54:58] Speaker A: That's cool. Well, thanks for coming on. Thanks for coming on the show. If nothing else will say goodbye. Thank you so much. Thank you for coming through. [00:55:06] Speaker B: Oh, share your bat. [00:55:08] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Oh, you guys, she gave me a little pat right here, and it came in a little package, a little case right here. And. My God, what you. And she says, I got what you have to do. [00:55:18] Speaker B: You have to name it. And give it a backstory. [00:55:20] Speaker A: Name it to give it a backstory. Oh, that's a challenge. And then, of course, the stickers of Freddy or. Who is it? Jason? Who is this? Who is this here? I don't know. [00:55:32] Speaker B: I think. Oh, that's Jason. [00:55:33] Speaker A: Jason. All right, I'm definitely gonna put these stickers on my computer somewhere. Thank you so much for the gift, and thanks. Yeah, thanks for shouting us out. Purchasing merchandise as well. Always supporting local. Thank you so much. You guys. Stay tuned for the next cop podcast coming up. I know I got some people lined up. Elvago Burger and barbecue, 4701. But I drive right there in Molina. Check it out. Out. My favorite is the el Wapo. We were there yesterday with Il Nino. Actually went by there, and Alex hooked him up. So check it out, you guys. Otherwise, shout out to Maya, the producer, for making this podcast look good, making it sound good, and stay tuned. See you later. Awesome.