In this episode of “Create Your Story,” hosts Sam and Jayden reconnect after a busy period, starting with a lighthearted apology from Jayden for oversleeping. They catch up on recent life events: Jayden enjoyed a weekend off with friends and family, and both discuss an upcoming snowboarding trip to New Zealand, with Sam planning to buy proper cold-weather gear. Sam is about to start university, his first time in years, studying sports and Aboriginal studies; he admits to feeling nervous but values his life experience and is ready to step out of his comfort zone. They also share a fun story about visiting Timezone, an arcade, where they played a team-based game and enjoyed the competitive challenge. The conversation shifts to the census, with Sam passionately encouraging listeners to complete it, arguing that it’s essential for population data and funding, and criticizing those who fear government tracking, noting that people already share personal information through phones and social media. They share humorous tales of interacting with salespeople and reminisce about old Christmas hamper traditions. Overall, the episode blends personal updates, lighthearted banter, and a practical call to action, reinforcing their theme of taking charge of your own story.
My name is Sam Russell, one of Jay Mright and this is "Create Your Story". Just a quick disclaimer before we start, Jayden and I are not professionally trained counsellors or psychologists or health trained. This podcast is based off the opinions and lived experiences from ourselves. If you are struggling, reach out to Lifeline on 1-3-1-1-4 or book an appointment with your GP and talk about a mental health care plan today. Sohoj, A, episode 12, 1-2. Alright, before we start today, Jayden. Doesn't. I want you to look down the barrel of the camera right there and I want an apology for Saturday. I'd just like to say I'm sorry. Things happen, you know, I slept in. I'll be the first one to put my hand up. No, I'll let the podcast down, but I'll let the community in. You know, and I've been trying to pave my way to last few days. I'm starting to make it up for Rokin. No, you're right. I was going to wear me, Sonny's just saying, I'm sorry, but I'm taking me sonny's whole quarry worth and tenang. But now we're back, episode 12, a dozen. A dozen deep. A dozen deep? That's not going to be the name, dozen deep. Deep. It's been a bit since we've sort of had one. We've just been flat out both of us, I think. So what do you been up to anyway? It's been a flat out, bro. Like I've probably spoken this podcast for, I'll go to ballon for work of a weekend, but last weekend I did not went during the week. So I had last weekend off. So yeah, spending time with mates and family had a few beers to be honest on Friday and Saturday. And then spent some time watching the sharks play Sunday and not really want to talk about that. But other than that, yeah, just mentoring. Just pretty flat out to be honest, bro. And I got New Zealand coming up in a couple of weeks. I'll be good just to tell me phone or phone. I'll go snowboard and I'm, I hope it's good at snowboarding. Yeah, it's going to be good. No, I'll be good. And these last couple of days have been windy as of freezing. I've never seen snow either. I think we went to Barronton Topse once when I was just now on a little bit. When I was eight, I was like a little bit of Austin's side of the road. Other than that, now I haven't seen it. I don't really know what to expect. I need to go full shopping. I reckon to get some out of those. Well, that's I was been looking in the middle of our, our, our, our valley. That's go today. I reckon. I reckon it's, every time I go to Audi, I'm like, yeah, I'll just go out and assess the middle stuff. See, my, my thought process is bad with that stuff. I'm like, oh, I can't be that cold. Look, I'll pick up the beer in. It's boiling me. Yeah. I'm a top of person like if I'm cold and really cold, I just can't function like you know to me when you're that cold and you're like, yeah, it's sort of in survival mode. And you're just like, I can't even do anything. So I'll be, I'm going to get it mad just to mad jacket, but they're just freaking layers. If you, if you layer up, then you're like, it's like a shirt long sleeve jumper and then like just a mad jacket. So I'm usually right in the cold, but my new job, it's freezing. And they're like, because it's, it's an old cop shop. True. So like, or brick. Oh, and then there's this one room where all I stood, like five was a store and it's with the old cells. Right. Eat like 80s for a reason. Well, good to see you taking this, I'll land back one step at a car. Yeah, look at the cop shop. What do we got next? Yeah. Yeah, we're just taking a look at that. Yeah, should be fucking cold down there. But it's nice. What is it like, is it like, I'm the ground. No, no, just next to it. It's weird. Yeah, but it's just freezing, but the air conditioner does nothing. Yeah. But then if you don't put it on, it's even colder. Yeah. But I mean, a bit sick actually lately, just bad on a video, right? Yeah, we said that yesterday, now I think I'm maybe, I've been sick this year touch wood. Well, I didn't get the flu shot. Yeah, I didn't get. Yeah. Well, I used to and then I stopped and now I've been a bit crook, so I don't know. Yeah. I'm like, I say this all the time, but I'm always big on no cold and flu tablet or pen and I was only thinking it started the sickness, just let your body fly out and it's a guy. And pump it towards the end. So I had some cold and flu this morning, ready to drop and I'll see it. But yeah, I'm kind of just, this is my last week of freedom or my last week before I start uni. So I'm kind of just kicking back really, doing a bit of the things that I like to do, like things that I would probably classes, I don't know, like luxury or use of time, like gaming and stuff like that. Is it starting next week? Yeah, Monday, first day. First day, boy, fucking hell. Are you nervous? I'm heaps, no, it's because like I went and picked up my student ID card the other day. I probably didn't have to. I probably could have waited, but I wanted to just go over there and get my, my over the land and just get his bearings. He's just like, yeah, it's like, oh, I have dreams like pretty frequently that I'll go back to school and like on the heaps older and like everyone's maybe shang, and I'll just start wiggling out. Yeah. You'll be like, it'll be like the first day of school backpack on. I think the good thing for me is like, like I have that bit of life experience, probably over everyone. And I think that like, I'm not really the end of make friends either. I just do my own thing and whereas like there'd be a lot of people fresh out of school that like thinking like, you know, that a wig in and I'm just kind of like, or I'm at a point now where I don't really care what other people think. Yeah. I don't really care for social norms and stuff. So yeah, obviously don't pee. So like the first subject on Monday is like court striking game. So we do like netball. True. Softball, volleyball. Basketball. So you have a little boy, you know, so and then what so you do obviously theory and practice that stuff. Yeah, practice every second week where it's like you got to demonstrate the fundamental skills. True. That's alright. Break it up. Yeah. If you're a pro, just say boy, bang. Yeah. That'd be good. So I said to Raleigh, you want to look out of him doing netball at uni. I'll be coaching that netball team. Hey. Yeah. The nation's one. I can't. No, the other thing. The other thing. Oh, yeah, true. True. Guess what? I went on the weekend for the first time in about probably 10 years. Yeah. Tom's own. It's underrated. Matt. That was heck. Fucking takes him on a quick bar. Yeah. We met with Raleigh's two sisters. Right. I was like getting stuck on that punch and things. I was getting so close to the high school. I was like wanting it up too, you know. And then you do that and you're like, cuts like. I did that to someone. I'd break the skulls enough. I'm good at the basketball one, bro. Yeah. That was my. I'm good at just going bang, bang, bang. And yeah. There's this one. I'm going to the back wall and it's called. Oh, I mean, what it's called, but it's got like full rope off. You're going there. And it's like, I guess, tempered glass. I guess floor and like walls are not glass, but like whatever. Clear, like see through. And you have like everyone works as a team. You can play one to six players. And then you've got to touch all the blue squares, but you can't get touched by the red squares. So you're running around touching blue squares, dodging the red squares on the ground. And then like it gets harder and harder and harder and you have like six lives. True. And like I was getting frustrated because I'm mad like strategic brain. Yeah. Like I was coming like we were up to like level 14 and it was coming to a point where it was like. There's no red squares at all. And then you can touch blue, but then randomly like every like four or five seconds, the whole thing's red. So you got to get back to your green dots. True. So we lost like blue, burn like four lives. And I was like, guys, I've worked it out. You've only got, you've only got like four or five seconds to do it. I was like, just grab a couple and get back. Grab a couple, get back. You just can't do on that. No, I'll Riley may just stand on red squares for fun. Trying to create her own story. Yeah, but no. Session needs stuff from the bottom. Well, I love time zone. I said, well, especially with my nephews, a little bit younger, like every Christmas or birthday, they get a time zone voucher. So that means I'll be able to take them and play with them. We should do a create your story. We get 50 bucks each so you can get the most tokens. Yeah, that'll actually be mad. Oh, we know. I'm strategic in which games are played with. I know which ones get the more clean. Yeah. But it's yeah, like I said, it takes him any pretty quick. I did some mentoring with the young players. I just want to go to time zone. And then he just kept, he kept low. He tried to ignite himself on the hammer thing. I said, perhaps take him $2.50 each time you do it. Get in that tent, okay? Hey, so I just start from the bottom. That's one fifth of a rent again. It'll work your way up. Work your way up. That's it. That's it. No, but that's exciting for you, bro. I like it. Yeah, it's sort of like starting a new job, but in a bigger, in a bigger sort of way, because obviously you haven't been to school for a while. And it's just a whole different environment as well. It's like to have this feeling of like, and with that sound, I ring in like, I've dominated my industry for like the last probably five, six, seven years. Yeah. And to have this feeling of like uncomfortability and like this feeling of like, don't want to expect it out of my comfort zone. Like it's. I'm going to race in it. No, I'll be interested.
I just never got a round to do it. And it was something that we spoke about before where I was like, oh, I think I was like 22 at the time. Like, oh, I finished bottom 26, but I'm like, if I did it then, I think there's no bit of time like we say than the present. So that was one thing that helped me back. So I'd be interested to get your feedback of your experiences and how it was. And just a whole dynamic of it because I know, even from probably before I was 10 years, Guy Unis changed a lot. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's the biggest thing that I'm doing. Aboriginal studies is like my secondary. So the first course is online for that. And it's called Black Australia. And I was like, I get a wide detail. I'm going to be like, no, it'd be interesting. But he's Blackfellow. It'd be interesting. Interesting. Interesting than the content. Yeah, that stuff too. Yeah. And how that's progressing. Yeah, they put a thing in there and was like, I don't think he meant it until next week. But it was like, introduce yourself, tell your story. I'm not around. I was in the video or podcast or. Yeah. I was in the episode one great story. Hey, that's me. Listen to whatever you want. That's right. That's good. That's good. No, good on your brand. Good luck. The smashing. I just be like he said, it's just something completely different out of your comfort zone. But like he said, you've got that lived experience where you sort of ahead of everyone else. But it's just a, yeah, probably just a different environment that you have to sort of get yourself in the rhythm in really. That's it. But you're right. You just follow my lead. If you didn't do your census last night, you would have caught the 364 little farmers more than when you woke up. That's fucking wild. Every day. I ring one of the boys, yes, Dean. He's like, doesn't have socials. Just he's a chippy. Doesn't really. He has socials, sorry, but just for his business page. Yeah. And I messaged him, I said, census, I'm, he goes, what? I said, you do your census. He goes, what the fuck's that? And I don't ring him. And I'm like, oh, he's like, what's, what's census? And I'm like, oh, I'm excited to be like, fuck that. He goes, they're just trying to work it what I'm doing. And then he's like, what? So it's a 360 dollar fine each time I said apparently. Yeah. Like, that's what they are. I don't really agree with the whole. They just try to track me because that's a very new age that the government try to track everyone's COVID. But census is being on for years. 100. It's just that's statistics and stuff like that. Some of the questions I ask are pretty rogue. Honestly. But I was going down, I was deep diving into the questions. And I'm like, I think Ali answered one last yesterday. She's like, um, it was like who will be staying at your house and actually put more name down because I was staying there. That means you don't go to do it now. I've really done a part. Yeah, true. I don't know. I'm just, well, you wrecked up system because you only do it early if you know where you'll be staying on the limit, which is at your own house. Yeah. See, well, I did, I did man rightlys because like, if, if, everyone's staying at home, you can just do everyone in the house. Yeah. So, I'm like, oh, Riley, I'll put you down for zero hours of cleaning. Well, so far, I was working away. They're not put that address down. Um, if you were working away, you, you would have done it last night and you would have just set away from home. Oh, yeah. Yeah, mate. I don't know, 360 a day. I'd like to see if anyone hasn't done it. Yeah, reach out. Yeah, reach out to us. What do you, yeah, because realistically, like, you could, you don't have to tell the truth guys. If you've worried about them tracking you. Yeah, I won't do it. Yeah, like, put what we want down to the census. Right. I was answering the brows, loving it. Yeah, I love this thing. Yeah, and my cause, yeah, I'm 250 K. Yeah, speaking gut time and I. Yeah. Full Christian. Yeah. I put night really, you know, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I say something on a community page yesterday and said, guys, um, may I please ask everyone if you're atheist and you don't have religion, can you please just put Christian in it down because they'll use the information to build more things and we don't need any more mosque or anything like that in our area. I'm like, car's relax. You need to just worry about yourself. Like, yeah, yeah, create your own story. All right. If you want to get on here and tell your story, they're probably not going to, um, you, they're going to probably not even going to use them for. No, they'll use it to what they, yeah, the, what, how suits that. I think it's more so like they update the populations where we town and everything with the census. Yeah. Well, it's like, um, and then I think for average, for Aboriginal people, it's good to know, average percentage, um, and see how that climbs. Yeah. But it's also like with anything, right? Like a data, you need data and data and percentages and stuff to back things up. It's like, if you run a program where you do this or do that, and if you don't agree with the census, then how else are they ever going to track population? That's right. And I think that only way to scare people to do it is at $360.4 each day because it's a fuck out of me. Like you need to know what the population is. And that's how you, that's how you generate money. Fuck it. Yeah. It just frustrates me, bro, because I'm like, everyone's just been scam mungered into this whole, like, government's trying to track me, like, and I'm just like, bro, like the census is not a new thing. And how do you think they sit there and go like, Gangogo, he has grown by 48%. We better get stuff out there. Yeah. And then yeah, he'll refuse to do the census. Then you'll wonder why a small town like that doesn't have anything. Or we've grown where there are high as growing some urban and hunt of alley. Well, we didn't do the census. Yeah, did you do your fucking census? Like, oh my God. But some of the questions are like, why do you got to know what we're doing? But I think they all kind of tie into each other. Like if you look at it like you're volunteered, you work full time. And then they'll look, I'll break that down a bit more and go like, now we have at 70% of mum and dad's both working full time. Whereas 15 years ago, it was only this amount. Or it's the cost of living like. Yeah. So get your census in. And relax. Can we stop with the whole like government? Not everyone's around us. Okay. But have a look at what you're posting all this information on your mobile phone. Have a look what name that phone's in. Have a look what, you know, every, they already got your info. Because they're already tracking you if they want. Right. You work at Audi at Greenwood. No one gives a fuck what you do. There are CCDV cameras in literally every single shop, every single street. You probably drive a vehicle like, yes, what registered in your name. Guess what? It's probably got a dash cam in it. It's probably got a number of paid attached to as well. You got a mobile phone in your name, maybe an Apple watch, maybe AirPods, whatever else you got. You put your name down in all these other things to try and get money. You're probably doing surveys. You're probably completing 20 surveys for 20 bucks and put your name to them. Who knows? And you're worried about a census. You're posting selfies and you're fucking work. Uniform. You probably use a lot of 360. Hey, yeah. Wait, what about the other day? I can speak about census in the first income tomorrow. I'm one of those people that come door knocking, trying to sell you something. Yeah. I come around the other day and I was like, no one ever got fresh. No one ever knocks on the door. And I was like, this young fella, I'm like, anyway, yelling up. He's like, oh yeah, talking about soul panels and shit. And I was just sort of, like, Janie, but I was and I was like getting heaps info. And we're talking for like five or ten minutes. And he goes, would you be interested? I said, I don't know. I'm just renting here. I'm like, yeah, he goes, well, this doesn't apply to you anyway. I'm like, sorry, bro. He goes, he was a good conversation, but. She said I was keen on half a cell panel on my car. Hey, fucking get a coffee machine. Yeah, I'm a good. I got a phone call one time from someone selling like wines. And I just jean him up. Yeah, it's mad. Like, no, you got anything a little bit more like a bit nicer of a drop. And like full talking for ages about it. And then we go to the part where like I had to pay for these wines I'd selected. And I was like, is it alright? Like if I'm only 17 and he was like, oh, I can't really do that. And I was like, oh, real? And she's like, yeah, I was like, I won't tell anyone. She's like, no, I can't. The old you would just. Yeah. Remember like AVE on. Remember that? Yeah, bra. Yeah. I wonder that everyone that used to do AVE on transition into top of where. Hey, what happened to that part? Top of where parties. Top of where parties AVE on parties. We used to do Chris go. I remember we were. We did Chris go. Yeah, Chris. Yeah, we did get that at Christmas. Right. That was hectic. Wow. We did. We did. We were that much food out in February, but it was wild. We'd just get into all the good shit like H. Surely on it would just be like all the can stuff. Yeah. Fucking Chris go. Is that a still a thing? Yeah. Is it? Does anyone else at Music Specials walk around with the Chris go vaccine? Does anyone still do it? Hey. Bro, we used to get that all the time. I was like, you knew it was Chris and. You can get hate to other stuff on there that obviously more appearance. Never showed me, but play stations. No, we never got any. No, we didn't just food. We just got the food and it was like the basic food package. Yeah. Gabbled always start up this old phrase we had in the shed and was putting stuff in there and then by fair, there's a lot of Chris go fishing that left in it. But yeah, we used to love Chris go. That's when you knew he was Chris and the story. Yeah. Chris go around the corner. I'm going to tell you an embarrassing story. And if anyone remembers this place or can leave me in the right direction, I'd love to be. But as a kid, this is shame. So as a kid, we went to this joint and at the time I just thought like it was like what Costco is now, for example. And we walked in there, and there was like so much food in there and it was all like $1.50. Now, from what I know of it now was like, I think if you need help with food, you can get a voucher for this joint. And it's all like, it's all like out of date food. Yeah. But we went in there and went ham noodles, like milk, like whatever you name it, like we just got all this shit from there. It was down like Toronto somewhere. It was wild. And I used to walk around like, yeah, I wouldn't go back to that place. I was hectic. So that's like 50 cents. But yeah, I would love to know what it was called or anything like that.
that's still around where you can just, I think maybe that big warehouse in mainland London. - That's a bit say, it's like a wholesaler, right? - Yeah. - And you can buy bulk. - From what I can gather, I think it was like, it wasn't open to everyone. - Yeah. - We've got people that like, struggling, I mean, we'll live in a tenant. - Hey, give us some noodles, fuck it. - Yeah. - That made me think, do you remember the Morrisett mega markets? Do you ever go down to the end of the cut? Remember those, do you remember back in those baby mollo jumpers? - Do you remember? - No, fuck, I'll try it. Oh, I didn't even know if I had a photo, but like, adds like the Morrisett mega markets, and you go down, you can buy like cheapest, fuck monster jumpers and that, you'd wear it after one time to get all those wooly, you know, those little condings. But everyone would go down there and there, it was a brand and I would have been, 'cause my brothers, my brothers had been older, so I'd try and wear what they're older boys wore. I would have been like eight, and nothing fit me, but I was, everything was oversized. But yeah, I still remember these baby mollo jumpers. People listening would remember, they were the fucking shit for a bit, I shared it baby mollo if you're listening bud. - What I was gonna talk about was just how, how rubbish TV in general is these days. Like, I've been watching the block with Riley. - Yeah. - More so just 'cause it's like, it's good to do that. And I've actually been getting into the idea, but I think I never used to watch it as a kid, but I think I don't get an older and I'm understanding how I'll see the baby more. And hopefully one day my mom in our house, but I'm really enjoying the putt, I guess, and what they're doing. But bruh, some of the AI and the music and the jokes that the producers put in there, it's just that cringey. - I think, I don't know if I watched it last year, but I've watched it previously, and I'm watching it this year, but I've just noticed how much AI is in it now. Like, you know how they do, like they break to something, and it's like, I think last time I was able to dress up as thumbnails. - But she mentioned one direction, so I started playing the music. - Yeah. - Oh. - And did you see on, was it Sunday night, how they stitched up the budget, and said they were out of the budget, 28? I was sort of off that couple at the start. - I'm still off of them. - I'm off them, but then I was thinking, fuck, that's actually pretty rogue to put them on show and say, but, - But they cheated at the stale cheat anyway, 'cause they got the fucking carpenter in their painting. - And if you, um, - It's not that big of a deal. Like, if they stood there, granted didn't come back, I would have respected them for it. - Yeah. - But you can't fold on that. You can't sit there and be like, you destroyed my character. Oh, I own my own business. So I know your own business probably isn't doing well if you also support work or in your also this and you also that. That's the first thing I picked up. I'm like, 'cause if you're a business owner and you're doing three jobs on the side, how's the business? And then when I got the budget wrong, I'm like, maybe that's why the business is struggling, but it wasn't even there for. (laughing) - But I only smack these head. - Not when they was walking in. - Yeah, I'm like, bro, you can't sit there and blow up the locks about your own character but then fold and say I'm coming back. - Yeah, no, you, no, well, like he was questioning his integrity. So I'm glad you said that 40 times, you ever know what that means? - Yeah, then he's been investigation. - No, well, yeah, I'll lock it. Yeah, it's, - But I remember as a kid, we used to come home, that would always watch five o'clock news, like only in the five o'clock news. - Yeah. - And then I'd probably tune into it about a five, 40 watch the sports section, bit of weather, six o'clock symptoms, six 30 neighbours, seven o'clock home and away. - Yeah. - Then depending on time of the year, the 730 slot was like always matchos. Do you remember hole in the wall? - Yeah, well, yeah. - Or you know, match the shapes and like, - Ha ha ha. - Big brother was a way to do it. - Big brother games was gone. - Yeah, and Friday night games. And then a minute to win it. - Yeah. - That was hectic, bro. - I'll explain that again. - Remember where it's like, they got to, they win all this money. And then they got, they, it's random games selected. - Yeah. - And they will have to do these things. It's like you got a minute to win it. - Oh, yeah. - You've got to like, one of the games was like, bats, they'd be like four tables set up, bats and ping pong balls, four four and get it in, they've got to get three in. - Yeah. - But I just remember how hectic, like the noises were like when the time ran out or when they got it and then they kept going and stuff. Like that was hectic. - Ninja Warrior. - Ninja Warrior. - Warp out. - Warp out. - Warp out. - Nah. Oh yeah, I agree. - Oh man. - They were all mad shows. And nowadays you got like block the voice. - Yeah. - They're just not good. - Nah. - But I think like Netflix and stuff is just taking over. Like he's like, you can watch whatever you want at any time. - Well, I think that's really, it takes the experience out of a lot of things, but like you said, you'd be like, oh yeah, right, I can't make, do your stuff when you got seven, 30. But now kids can like, oh no, what's this? - Bang. - That's what, no one knows. - I used to program the old school, like I'll, like the other day, my quick quick, we got to put it on 7.30. And when I was like, if we missed first half now, we'll just watch it on the app from start. And I was like, oh, it's not the same. But we got this like mad smart TV. I don't even know what it is, him something. But bro, they've got all these wild channels that are like not, it's not Fox, I don't pay for Fox, but you got your normal channels. And then there's like a 24/7 wipeout channel. - Yeah, right. - It's all these old episodes. - True. - Like a sport channel, like there's all the, like there's a highway patrol channel that plays all highway patrol, crime scene investigation. Like it's weird, on demand. - Highway patrol is good boy. - Yeah, they used to have a highway patrol and the force would be on straight after it. - Yeah. - And all the security. - Like just stuff like that, bro. It was just way better. - Always wondered on highway patrol, like 'cause some of the people that get interviewed or some of the people get filmed, some like fuck bath holes, I would not allow that to go on air. Dricks, they'd have a choice, hey. They'd have to, wouldn't they? - Like you look as. - They must be 'cause some of them are blood out. - Yeah, but yeah, I think I'm not a must be. - I think I'm not a must be. - Some of them must be that dumb, then if they're like, yeah, put that out. - They probably give permission before it happens though. - Yeah. I don't know, some of the stuff that's been with them. - I don't think they do any permission. - Well, they can do whatever the fuck they want, really, yeah, because the thing would just, they've got body warns anyway. - Sure, but you had to play in front of everyone. - You had to play spot. - Sure. - You want to carry on like a cocky? - Yeah, well, maybe you want to. - And then you can't even. - Wait for a mate there? - Yeah, off his face. - I was like for a mate, he's calling me. - There's some wild ones there. And they, I remember when they caught like three times in the same day. - Yeah. - Because, like, - What are you doing? - The forces always mad, just sending the dogs in this year. - Yeah. - Can't, that's. - Bring back. - Early 2000, mid 2000s, 2010 and below TV. - Yeah. - Yeah, I remember even like, kind of, like even like those kind of shows, but I like the Saturday Disney. - Well, remember the Saturday marathon? Like the Simpsons would be like the 24-hour marathon. You just could watch them all. - It was always mad growing up as a kid, because we would play Fuddy at like nine or 10 o'clock. I'd get up at seven, but I'd boom Saturday Disney. - Yeah. - It wouldn't have Fuddy would get to watch like top 40 count down. And if you didn't, and that was like music, 41. - Yeah. - You didn't know what the top songs were. Like maybe the radio. - You remember Rage? Did you ever watch that too? - Yeah. - Fuckin' bring it back. - Like mortified. - Mortified gun. - Blue one higher. - H2O just had water. - Aye. - Mm-hmm. - But yeah. Nah, she's all changed now. The block is the first thing that I've watched in a while. Or if there's like something interesting that I wanna watch on like 60 minutes or a counterfein, then I'll put it on. - I don't mind them, eh? - Sometimes there's some good like, like crime investigations on 60 minutes or like. - I liked them, yet like the shows that they'll do where it's like, what was I watching in a couple months ago? Like events that change the nation or something like that. - So you're all regularly going YouTube and they'll be like the episodes from that, and I'll just watch that just for something to do. But yeah, like I said, everything's just at a click of the finger now. - I feel myself watching the counterfein a lot more now than I'm watching the block in this way if I could come on. - Yeah. So I'm not sure you're not on the counterfein. - Fuck, what the fuck? - The bird, man. - What's going on? - So long stuff. - Bro, it's just like, bro, you just wanna get on tape. Like you just must be that lonely. You wanna get on TV. - Yeah. - Share that to him by respect to him. - You wanna read that one? - Holy row. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Peak your story out. - Oh, that's one thing I was, when we're talking about a census, now I just can even post these census questions. You want my whole size too? - Yeah. - No, we're, same thing. - Same, I don't know, a bit of a list there. - A message. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just give me a break. Bit of a drink spray, guys. If you got a coffee, have a sip of it. - They put a big iceberg in this one. - Hey, brother, yeah, share that to, um, AMs on church. Brother, the quickest coffee maker's ever. She's a big one, but I'm gonna be bouncing off me. - Yeah, no. - Off me jolly Roger. - Just one size fits all the AMs. Um, so, bit of a new potty segment. Like I said, we haven't been in here for about a week and we'll do, and obviously the quotes, and try to change it up and get in and have a yarn. But it's sort of like a would you rather pick your story, type segment, but it's, would you rather get one chance to apologize to someone you've heard, knowing they might reject you, or live with never knowing whether they would have forgiven you. - Got me to go. - Yeah, you go. I'm someone that hates having something, like linger in me just overthink it, because if there's something that I need to say, or I wanna tell somebody,
someone. I feel like I just need to get it off my chest. I'd hate, I wouldn't, I'd way rather be able to tell them and have that conversation and me sit there and think of what if, what if that like, I feel like everything that's meant to happen will happen, whether you apologize or whether you tell them something, how they take it is always going to be the same way. But if you sit there and let that just sit with you and eat your lie, which it would do to me would just sort of spoil me out. So I think being able to just speak how I feel and have that one chance, whether they accept the apology or what, I feel like I just need to speak my mind and speak the truth, whether I'm in the right or wrong. Even if I'm on in the wrong, I'd like to have that chance to be able to apologize. And like I said sitting there, what I'm knowing, trying to work out the what if, or what if I didn't do that, what if I think I probably care more about, is in the burden of hurting someone than rejection. Yeah. I feel like I feel like I used to be like that. Now I'm like, what it is. Well, I think it's also you've got to put in context like who it is. Right. And what you've done. Like if it's something silly, but where I'm just like, me, I'm just like, I don't even have the energy to deal with that. I just an argument between someone. Yeah. I'll, I'll cut people in my life. Yeah. Well, I've done that. Yeah. Whereas back in the day, I probably wouldn't have been like that. Hmm. I think in context of who it is and what it is. But I think, oh, yeah, I'm someone. If it's something that I know is read the end of it out. Or like that, the second one, or live with never knowing whether they would have forgiven you. That's probably me right now. I don't care. Yeah. I think in context as well. But I think when I read that again, they will live with never knowing whether they would have reviewed. I don't really care in saying that. Whatever. But if it, like I said, if it's someone close to me, well, like fit like you don't know. Yeah. I think it's hard. But if it's, if it's just some random that's, yeah. I think, I think you can look at it like what you're saying. Yeah. Like I think my, my look on it has changed from five years ago to now. Yeah. I'm at the point now where I'm like, breath. If it's over something stupid, it's just wasting my energy, then I'm just like, I can't even be fucked. Yeah. But the other spin to this is like, if you're a big harder person like me, I don't know, you are sometimes you feel like you're an apology when you actually don't. I know. Because you feel like if you don't know what the nail is going to do it, then yeah. And I've been that person where I've apologized to mates four, five years ago. If they listen, they'll know who they are. And I know for a fact that I didn't do anything wrong, but it was just easier because they were stubborn. I was a bit stubborn, but I come to them. I'm known to do that. Yeah. I'm just like, and it's just like, bud, I'm doing me you do you. Yeah. But yeah, I've done that previously where it's just like, fuck, I'll just get it over and down, leave and apologize because I know the other person probably just and the other people are like the ones that are sitting there like, fuck yeah, I've won, but it's like, I don't give a fuck. You need to sort of let them on the other person that I could let that happen and I just don't really care. Yeah, I'm an apologetic me, bud. Hey, sorry for what we, that fuck all for me. I just, I just, I think you've, yeah, but I also think the situation I'm in right now and I don't know if I should share this on a podcast because I'm not having a last Friday. But like the situation I've been right now, I feel like everything that I used to apologize for used to happen on the piece. And I'm like, what, nearly nine months over. And I've pretty well made them line up that I don't think I'll drink again. And that's because like there's been so many incidents that's happened. Or I've seen people that are drinking and I'm like, fuck, like I can't believe that used to be me. Like I went to Dungal Glass Friday to Blue Shotem and obviously like everyone's on the piece. The game actually, they got a bit routy. Some of the create like Dungal is always a hostile environment on a Friday night. And that's what we know for like I love that wouldn't change it. Who is against the end story? Curiously. Um, one of the boys was in the ground and the crowd was just beating like Curzy was. Yeah, which I'm not, I'm not against, but depends on what you say. And then the half back from Curzy was like, um, he goes out to the crowd on the hill and was like, um, shut the F up, um, he embeds these and they were like, just give it to him even more. And then he was like, Oh, you people on the hill are related to each other. And then I'm walking off the sideline and um, the yellow shirt goes, you gotta do something about that. They can't be locked up. Like, yeah, but I play a can't be abused in the crowd either. And there's a common mate. And as I was leaving, one of those bloke from Dungal, that I've known my whole life, I won't go into it. Who or like how I don't want to know. But they just said something like wild to me. That was like clearly he'd been drinking all day and just like call me a name and shit and like trying to start. I'm like, bro, like I'm sober. Yeah. Like, and then I just got the car and I'm like, that was probably me when I used to drink just like something dumb to people or whatever. I just get people off side for no reason. I was just like, I'm so glad I'm not in that. And you wouldn't even think about it. Yeah. Like just absurd. He said, I'm just like, bro, like my family and your family are being that close growing up our whole lives. Yeah. And I know where you'd say something like that. It was just so like after just dabbing each other up, like it was just so out of the blue where I'm like clearly just that drunk that like that's you think that's a cause or you just think that now, you know, cups of courage or whatever. It was wild actually. But I'm but also can I just say something on that as well? Like if you're a player and you're going to boy back, expect it to come back. Like if you're going to say something like that, then you just feed them. You know what I mean? Yeah, that's right. And that's all like it's pretty, but yeah, like obviously depending on what they're saying. But I said to it because I was as he was yelling it out. And you know, I've got a bit offensive. I didn't say anything to him, but I got a little bit caught about it because that was my family's part of that hill. Not the part that we're yelling, but the whole hill that he referred to. So I looked at one of the boys and I'm like, surely someone just kind of what I've been trying all game, bro. Yeah. And I turned out that his dad's actually connected to mainland, but true. Anyways, we'll leave it at that. Yeah. She had that. I remember I had a little age days, mate. And they're like a king with parking nose touchy. And I was it was all boys day. And I was like, my dad and always mates know doing like 15 or 16 and they would just fit like feeding me on the soil. I thought it's a touchy. Yeah. But I will say that like, yeah, I'm an out of people that are injured wild. You can't do that. No, I've always been someone that's like even doesn't matter what you're still clapped, even clapped that other team often stuff like that. Yeah. If you just give it, if it's just being I expect that noise, but not if it's not injured. Yeah. So I completely missed. But I just, yeah, I wanted to just say that because I was going hard at the curses. But no, I fucking no. She had the scratches. What else? We got on. We got it for one of these weekend actually. Oh, is it boys as well? First grade's going to wake off. Yeah. Fuck brother. That's going quick. I don't know how it feels for you. We played their entrance on Sunday. True. Yeah. 11. Third. Nine years before us at the entrance. Well, that's all right. Piggas take over on. Nine years ago on all right. Now I, yeah, they got it. And I was saying that when they coached the other day, like, they got a team where it doesn't matter where they finish, they can, they can really shake it up in four. That's my, that's what you want to be. I reckon. Yeah. You want to be those underdogs. Limination final against engines. And then I think Reggie's place. The office at the office on Saturday. True. And that's the qualifying. That, that all verse first place for in the qualifying, which is the winner. Um, West. Yeah. I was going to say West. Yeah. True. It's all happening. It's all happening. And mailing it away. Go off then home. Send me true. Which will be who? Those second and third of BC. I said, and not. No. No. And that entrance got fifth. No. I think it's Cias and. Can't remember. I'm not looking central. Yeah. You want to look in central. Yeah. I'm going to go. It might be central actually. Because I think curry. Well, that will work. Curry playing to whoever what lost at a Western. I thought engines got faith. Central got fourth. Cias got second. Franklin first. Third would be. No. You want me to find it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But that um, yeah, she's all like this. She's just going so quick, bro. I remember back in the day, I parents book, all the people like, oh, just make the most of them. Because once you get a bit older, it goes quick. And now I find myself telling that young fellows. I'm like, I'm just repeating the thing. But I always said, I'm not bra. I know what you're thinking. Because I used to get tired of this. Yeah. And just like just murders all into one bra. Yeah. It's well. I think it doesn't really help. Like because obviously, I've been sort of like playing in like, is it central? Yeah. Central got third entrance for curry fees. Yeah. So it's
So, so, so, curry versus entrance, yeah, at entrance, and then CS first central and the winner of that will play at maintenance. And then it'll lose you out as central and CS versus the winner out of, yeah, sure. That's for the that's for the for you. That's for the for you. I think the last week this week from community to before finals. Yeah, so yeah. What what done got done called make it yeah, I think that's true. Is that the day, guys? What's it going to go to go to the worry is on the worry is on I reckon they can beat them top two teams to which are who West walls and then so on see true. Yeah, so don't go like they just got a lot of you would be cold out there Friday night. That was cold. They just got a way different energy when it comes to finals. Yeah, well, it's just that community feel. So I just hit different the whole town there and they're all they all know each other too. You know, I mean, there's no ring ins really. It's all people that have usually from out that way or connected to that way to this is got that real community. I'm telling you, and we are, no, because I'm obviously being done. I look through my whole life and there's been a couple boys over the years that have moved and gone and played for Clara or Stroud and they like the the rivals. Yeah, there was this one year and there's 21 maybe and Stroud were about the fold. Clara were about to fold today teamed up and they were like the columns off the clouds. Clara was strong. And but they were obviously bit stacked because you've got like two two teams two teams coming together. They first done looking the ground final. Me and Alex my best mate. We were like on the piece, but we were like over the grand sea inside of field one. Yeah. And Clara like the cloud she scored so they were ahead by two and all their crowd was behind us on that hill just. Alex I'm right. Yeah. On that. Yeah. Feed and yes. Like we were on the grandstand. So all that hill in the corner just feeding me and him. And anyways, we kick short, Nungle kick short, kick it out on the bounce, get the ball back, run a bit of shape and then they run it all the way to the wing right and they score in the corner to win the corner. Like the old corner. So I had an ad corner and left his turn and then just like gotten up the crowd like it was that good. I think I remember that. Yeah, but I was Alex's brother that scored in the corner too. True. It was it was a video of it. That's mad. It was just wild like it was the most alpha on the video. It was a hectic ad. But there's no better feel brother than like a ring flock community grand final. I reckon it's a mad feeling and he's like so many different clubs there and stuff like that. Yeah. At lakesides. That's a mad. That's mad. You wouldn't have it anywhere else really. Nah. God's country at the end, mate. That's awesome. That's awesome. Nothing really else to touch. Nothing else to touch on. Yeah, it's been about a week and a half since we've done the potty. So I hope everyone enjoys it. I hope everyone has a good week Wednesday morning. But we'll be back next week and like I said, bro, good luck to the new adventures at uni. I'm coming to hear about it next week, bye. - That's awesome. - That's soooage.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The podcast hosts, Sam and Jayden, open with a humorous apology about Jayden missing a previous commitment.
They discuss recent activities, including Jayden’s weekend off, plans for a snowboarding trip to New Zealand, and Sam’s new cold job location.
Sam is starting university next week, studying subjects like sports (e.g., netball, basketball) and Aboriginal studies, feeling nervous but embracing the challenge.
They talk about a fun visit to Timezone, an arcade, with family, and Jayden’s mentoring work with young players.
A major topic is the national census, with the hosts urging listeners to complete it and debunking conspiracy theories about government tracking.
They share anecdotes about door-to-door salespeople and old traditions like Christmas hampers (e.g., “Chrisgo”).
Summary:
In this episode of “Create Your Story,” hosts Sam and Jayden reconnect after a busy period, starting with a lighthearted apology from Jayden for oversleeping. They catch up on recent life events: Jayden enjoyed a weekend off with friends and family, and both discuss an upcoming snowboarding trip to New Zealand, with Sam planning to buy proper cold-weather gear. Sam is about to start university, his first time in years, studying sports and Aboriginal studies; he admits to feeling nervous but values his life experience and is ready to step out of his comfort zone.
They also share a fun story about visiting Timezone, an arcade, where they played a team-based game and enjoyed the competitive challenge. The conversation shifts to the census, with Sam passionately encouraging listeners to complete it, arguing that it’s essential for population data and funding, and criticizing those who fear government tracking, noting that people already share personal information through phones and social media. They share humorous tales of interacting with salespeople and reminisce about old Christmas hamper traditions.
Overall, the episode blends personal updates, lighthearted banter, and a practical call to action, reinforcing their theme of taking charge of your own story.
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The hosts are Sam Russell and Jayden, though they note they are not professional counsellors or psychologists.
The hosts state they are not professionally trained and share opinions based on lived experiences. They advise listeners struggling to contact Lifeline at 13 11 14 or book a mental health care plan with a GP.
Jayden apologized for sleeping in and letting down the podcast and the community, but he is working to make up for it.
Jayden is going to New Zealand in a couple of weeks to go snowboarding, though he has never seen snow before and needs to buy cold-weather gear.
Sam is starting university next week, which makes him nervous, but he feels his life experience gives him an advantage and he doesn't care about social norms.
Sam went to Timezone, an arcade, for the first time in 10 years. He enjoyed games like basketball and a team-based game involving touching blue squares while avoiding red ones.
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