In this heartfelt episode of Smosh Mouth, host Courtney shares her diverse and deeply personal special interests, ranging from her fascination with Sabrina Carpenter’s performances and style to her love of discovering unique music outside mainstream platforms. She reflects on how music, especially in its raw and unfiltered form, has long served as a powerful emotional connector, evoking memories and shaping her worldview. Makeup emerges as a significant creative outlet, rooted in both technical skill and self-expression, with a personal journey from special effects work to embracing her identity through curated, individualized application. The episode also dives into playful, imaginative scenarios involving small-scale food interactions—like climbing into pickle jars or wearing fruit roll-ups as dresses—highlighting how tactile, sensory experiences foster joy and connection. Additionally, Courtney discusses her appreciation for games like 2048, which she finds meditative and mentally stimulating, aiding in problem-solving and thought organization. The conversation underscores a broader theme: admiration for art, music, and people is often rooted in fantasy and inspiration, not real-world connection. Ultimately, the episode celebrates curiosity, creativity, and the power of imagination in shaping personal identity and emotional well-being, while emphasizing the importance of non-algorithmic, human-curated experiences in today’s digital world.
Hello and welcome to Smosh Mouth. I'm Shane. Hello. I'm Amanda and we have a wonderful guest for us today. - Hi, court. Hi. I don't know why. - You do this every time you come. - Yeah, every time. We're talking normally, and then we're like, "All right, we're rolling. Okay, we're going to intro." And then you're like, "Ahhhhh!" - I don't know why. - You cringe away. - I do. I don't know why. Okay, I was watching this TikTok crazy of this guy just doing an impression. Yeah. Crazy of this guy just doing an impression of a woman who's excited, and she's just like, "Oh, the outrage is woman in the kitchen." - Oh, my god. - Oh! - Christmas tree. - That's you right now, court. - I don't know. I suddenly got the feeling of like, "You know when, like, from your kid and your parents are like, "Okay, come out and show everyone your trick." - Yeah. - I suddenly got that feeling just now. - Yeah. - So I don't know. Hi. Thanks for having me. I love being here very much. - Yeah, because you got to pick all the topics for this episode. Amanda and I have no idea what we're going to talk about. - Zero. - And you know everything. - Everything. - And you love how you call it special interests. - Wow. - It's your special interests. - Wow. - That just feels very parents- - Yeah. - It's like, "Okay, show everyone your special interests." - All right. - What are you into? - What was I do with this? - To pull me here. - Oh, well, we did this with Kiana a long time ago. We're Kiana got to format the whole episode, and it was really fun. And then we did it recently with all the crew picking stuff, and so. - Yeah. - So we thought you. - That's so nice. - Yeah. - I think you have a lot of things that you know you love, and you love to talk about them. - It was fun when Selena sent me a little message about it. I was like, "Oh, I got to write out my interests." And it was interesting to dig into my own brain of the things that I spend a lot of time thinking about. - Yeah. - What do I look like my special interests are? - Well, first of all, you look incredible. - Oh, your hair is incredible. - Thank you. - You look like you pay attention to detail currently. - Thank you. - Like the jewelry, like you're wearing all silver right now, and I saw you yesterday, and you were in your gold. So now you're in your silver, and everything's matching, everything's connected, and the hair. - Thank you. - Yeah. - I do love details. That is one of my special interests. - It is. - Details. - Details. - We actually brought up in last week's episode. With Noah, it came up organically. We talked about Burlesque. - Oh, shit. - Really? - So I don't know if that's going to come up later in the episode. - Work your way out of TrueShirt. - I made him watch that. I made him watch that. - It's the best movie on the planet. - It's an amazing piece of work. - You must watch it every single year. And as Shay said, I'm essentially Shay. - You are Shay in that movie. - Why are you watching TrueShirt? - That, but her song is insane. - Oh, I can't, I can't with her song, but I do love her, my club. I will never, ever get rid of this club. You've got to show me you belong there, or that no one can get you off that stage. - Test, test, you know all the music. - Tell me which one you want to see. We can see the whole movie. - You guys are just doing the entire movie right now. - Which one you want to see? - Where are you going to work for her? - Did anybody ever give you a chance? I'm dying to be up here. - Give me one chance. - One chance, test. - What's wrong with a little male attention? - Yeah, seriously. And Kristen Bell. - Oh yeah. - She's a hot bitch. - In it. - She's a hot bitch. - She's a hot bitch, and she gets really wasted. - She's a hot bitch. - She's a hot drunk bitch. - She really is. - God, that movie is incredible. - How did I not know I was queer when I was watching that movie? You know, like it, like. - Well, I watched that movie so many times. I was like, "I just love this movie." - Why do I like this movie so much? - What are you saying about me? - I also love it too. - Yeah, what does this say by you, Mitty? - Give the queer-- - It's a bit more serious. - Queerious. - Seriously though. - Anyways. - It's actually interesting. - So burlask. Great. You got it. - Well, women, speaking of women dancing. - Okay. - I feel like you should read what I wrote for the first special interest. - Okay, we got our number one here. - Okay, I've been very into looking at Sabrina Carpenter. Do I want to be her? No. Do I want to meet her? No. I simply like looking, sometimes even listening. But nothing else. I spend a lot of time simply looking and nothing else. - Okay. - Okay. Let's break that down. - Yeah, let's break that down, shall we? - So you don't want to be Sabrina Carpenter. You don't want to meet her? No. You just want to look at her. - Yeah. - Mm-hmm. Yeah. - You know what? I fully accept that. - Shane likes to watch football. - I like to watch. - I like to look at Sabrina Carpenter dancing around. - Yeah. Looking and looking. - You know, whenever she has a music video drop, you're like, "Oh, we got to watch this." - I kind of can't take my eyes off of her though. To be completely real. She's so-- - There's something, it's like-- - Magnetic. - Yeah. She's magnetic. And also, like, you know, like, when you see like a squishy little thing, you're just like, "Oh my god, you're so freaking cute." - That's how I feel about her. - People talk about how small she is. She doesn't, like, I guess because I'm only seeing her in my phone. She doesn't look small. She just looks like a normal woman. - Yeah. - But she's always so sparkly and like, I can tell where she gets a lot of her inspo from. And it's all like the same shit. Like in her SNL performance where she's in a bedroom and just a t-shirt with a head brush, she does this one dance move that I talk about all the time. I literally wanted tattooed on me, which is one Cameron Diaz in Charlie's Angels is dancing in the mirror with her Spider-Man underwear on. - That's the best scene. - It's iconic. Like, that's who-- that is-- that embodies so many of us. - And then the guy, like, delivers that package. And she's like, "Oh." She's like, "Whoa." She's like, "You can just put it in my slot." That's what she says. Like, "What?" She's like, "Hey, bye." She has a retainer in, right? - Yeah, and I can tell she knows Betty and Veronica, the OG, Riverdale comics, like all the classic girly pop stuff of, like, mid-century modern and '90s and so on. But like, she just creates a silhouette and she's so lovely. - Yes. - It's just, it's that feeling when you're watching, like, an amazing ASMR video or like, "Oh, someone doing, like, perfect lipstick or like, someone getting really excited about a color." You just feel that, like, you're, like, excited, like, glitter. - What? I think it's like, it's great to see, like, just a really great performer. - Yeah. - Like, and she really is. Like, she's hitting every mark, and not-- - Yeah. - And it's also with, like, the expression and everything. Like, she's really in it and doing such a great job. - Mm-hmm. And she, like, leans into the Barbie doll of it all of, like, "Here's the outfit today!" - Yeah. Yeah. - Ony's show. - I love that. - So Barbie. - Love it. - It's so Barbie. - Yeah, that was kind of a joke one, but it's real. - What? - No, that one's real. That one's real for me. - That's real for me. - No one's asking, but-- - Is anyone you like to look at? - Yeah. - Do you like to look at anyone? - You like to look at butts playing football? Why don't you get only looking at the butts when you're around? - I only look at the butts. - Yeah. - Only looking at the butts. - Yeah, who do you like to look at? - Do you like to look at Shane? - Um, I don't know. - He's stressed out. - You put me on the spot. - Yeah, sorry. - You had time to think about this. - Yeah, it's your job to be on the spot. You're on a podcast. - Yeah, you're on a podcast. We're improvising right now. - We're a little improvising. Get up on that stage. - We're on a tour. - We're on a tour. - We're on a tour. - Shares. - Shares. - I do love to look at Shares. - It is crazy. - Like, because I watch that, like, Berlazka. And I'm just like, she's in her late 60s there. It's crazy. - She's-- - Yeah, she's been around forever. - Hey, be nice. - Relax. Hey, slow down. - I think it's amazing. - Yeah, it is amazing. - She's amazing. And she did it too. She was like, check out this outfit today. And she claps and goes down the stairs in her outfit. - Who? - Shares. - When she would be on stage, she'd have the outfit. And it would always have a reveal outfit. And she would take it off. And then she always claps. And then goes down the stairs. Because she's trying to add casual about it. - Yeah. - And she goes, whew. - All right. Let's go down the stairs. - Yeah. - She's brilliant. - Yeah. - Okay, so women. - Well. - So women. - Okay. - And I would never want to meet her. Because I simply would know how to act. I don't want to break that. - Okay. - Don't know. Is that like, do you not want to meet people that you're like your heroes? - I'm not saying she's your hero, but you know what I'm saying. - I think as someone who was like forced to experience that early on in this career, when I had to slow dance with Chris Pratt, that's, I've been through it. I've seen war. - Yeah. - I've seen war in the best way. - Yeah. - And slow dance with it. No, it's just, I think it's like an attraction thing. Like, I'm gonna, I feel like I don't know how to talk. I can't even speak right now. - No, I get it. - Like, don't. We don't need to do this. - It's not, it's not my same. It's not my dream to meet someone that I like really am into on the screen. - I think I recognize from what we do. And like, it goes in million ways, right? Like, you talk about attraction. You also talk about like, who you respect. But I'm like, what I am into isn't technically real. Like, it's a projection, right? - Right, like the idea. - And so I'm like, I don't wanna meet my heroes, because I'm like, you're probably not what I think you are. And I'm inspired by what they've created. That's what I like. So I don't wanna meet the real thing. Because I don't know who they are, really, right? Like, I think I've talked about this with, like, we see comments. And whether they're right or wrong, but when I see comments, they're like, oh, Shane seems like a great guy. I'm like, you don't know. - You don't know. - 'Cause I'm also a piece of shit. - 'Cause you're not. - I think about that. There's people that I'm like, I think they're,
incredible and I'm like so inspired by them but I'm like if I met them they may not be that but what I am seeing is what motivates me to be better and is inspiring to me and I want to hold on to that. Oh great. And so I don't need more than that. Oh great. I like that. I also just like if I there's like a hot like male celebrity that I wasn't married to that I like met like I care about the woman's opinion of me more. Do you know what I mean? 1000 million percent. So a thousand guys can whatever a thousand million percent here's the thing I enjoy I'm married to a man but like a woman's opinion matters so much like the guy like Shane whatever he says I'm just like dude nobody cares I bury it. I'm just like I don't care what you say doesn't matter. No I'm just getting sure for sure. This episode of Smoshmouth is sponsored by Tavala. Amanda last night I tried a new recipe and it was a complete flop. Did you follow the recipe? Yeah I found one online. Spent a bunch of money on ingredients. Did everything I thought it was right but it was overdone and and it sucked. Wow. Well I had an Italian sausage and vegetable minestrone from Tavala and this morning I used the oven to throw in my own breakfast sandwich. I popped it right into my Tavala oven. I walked away to take care of my baby or whatever and I came back and enjoyed a delicious meal. That was my day. Oh I feel so stupid for not using Tavala. You are. Get on it Shane. Tavala is a smart meal delivery service. Fresh meals and a smart oven that does the cooking for you. It is so easy you pop it in the oven and you don't have to worry about anything and it's delicious. I really should take your advice. Thanks for saying that. You should. Yeah. For a limited time because you are a Smoshmouth listener you can save up to $300 on the Tavala smart oven when you order meals six plus times by heading to Tavala.com/Smoshmouth and use my code Smoshmouth. That's up to $300 off when you head to Tavala.com/Smoshmouth and use promo code Smoshmouth. One last time that's T-O-V-A-L-A.com and make sure you use my promo code Smoshmouth for up to $300 off the Tavala smart oven. Remember with Tavala dinner is taken care of. So you don't need to be a dumb dumb idiot like you. Right. Back to the show. No. No we're going. We're going. Back to the show. You go ahead. Oh buddy don't do this. I'm going to stay here. All right well I'm heading out. Okay. Gonna bring this stuff with me. All right. All right. See ya. See you later. [Music] That's not my only special interest haha. Um anyways uh I forget what else I put. I love it. I love finding new music that isn't served on TikTok or top charts. I used to treat spotifies discover weekly like my fortune teller. I love music so much how it can take our emotions by the throat and movies, music videos or just simply the note being played. In high school I used to spend evenings hunting through websites and forums for unique music. That was usually free to download and I would make a bunch of CDs with songs to hand out to friends. Yeah. That was you. So I had friends like that who would make CDs and it I thought it was the best gift ever. Someone who can make a playlist has this like specific like creative part of their brain. Someone who makes playlist like curation. Yeah exactly. My friend Sam you guys know Sam. Sam makes playlist. That's her thing and it always tells a story. That's cool. And I just I just think it's just such an amazing way to express your stuff. I think that's a very underrated and missing element from like current day. Um I know I've talked about this but like how algorithms have kind of like killed a lot of culture. Because where we lack like curators who are like leading the like oh here's what we should like here's here's the good stuff to listen to. Here's all this. It's just algorithms just kind of feeding you a loop of like oh this is what you listen to. So here's more of that. Yeah. So you're not discovering new things and it's not branching out and it's not based on anything. It's just kind of like right. And it's really bad for me because I'm like Tommy where I listen to a lot of singles. Yeah I like to listen to an album. And so it just kind of starts giving me the same thing over and over again. So for me a lot of times like for music it's it's been hard. So I kind of have to just go and just like find an album and just listen to it. Yeah. Do you share your findings with him? Yeah. I mean he has to. He's forced to because like really good stuff at the same time. I was like oh I found this new one and I crank it up too loud. And I love it. Yeah. Do you guys have us discover weekly playlist that you try on? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One of those um I literally used to treat it like I was like it was like oh this song is telling me I should go back to my accent. Oh no this song actually means okay so I should actually be doing my own thing and I really should be. Uh-huh. It was like your it was like your cards. Yeah. It was like your cards. This was like a tarot for a bit. That was like 2014 era. What uh what like new music did you just discover now? I've been really into Hemlock Springs who is a super unique artist such good music. It's so different. It's so fun. They feel like a musician's musician. Like I bet they're respected by like other musicians. Oh yeah. She I think falls into like a category of like where it's like your favorite artists favorite artists. Yeah. I love that. And um where are you finding this job? I'm finding these. So I love discover weekly still. Yeah. It's it's sometimes skewed. I actually had to like turn I have a bunch of playlists that I use for like to practice singing or like to specifically help me like think of ideas and I don't want them to skew my algorithm so I have to like turn those off. But the discover weekly I love it because it's like it just gives me something different even if it's not new. Yeah. Um and so yeah Hemlock Springs I found one of her songs through that and then like someone mentioned her and I was like okay so I need to go to her artist page. I need to go to artist pages more when it because I'm I'm a song by song person too. Yeah. Um yeah like there you there was these websites called like fresh new tracks. Yep. Um where I would just be like you could just download some songs off there like and it would be artists that nobody knew or like I found this one song that in 2012 I was obsessed with this song and it was like a mega mashup of every song and then it went viral on TikTok last year. Oh. It was validating but I was also like what the fuck I I liked this song so long ago and I felt so weird. But yeah it was so fun like being up late in the night on my laptop and it'd be like weird songs that nobody knew and then like Paradise by Coldplay. Sure. A lot of Rolex. I loved I was a dubstep girly back in the day. Really. Yeah. That tracks. But it's like a sensory thing I think. Dubstep is such a massage on your brain. Mhm. It really is a massage gun turned into a sound. It's a thera gun to your hand. Yeah. That's a similar sound. Yeah. Wait. When you were making CDs for people, you were making them for your friends were they like catered to them or were they like songs on the CDs that you really liked that you wanted them to like as well. So I would okay so it's a little different than what Sam is doing because I love that. What I would do is would be like I have found 10 plus songs put them in a playlist in a way that flows and then I make like I burn like 12 CDs. Yes. And have them in a Ziploc bag. So they weren't they're probably a little scratched. But and then I would be like do you want one? Do you want one? And then people would start going oh my god I want one this week. That's cute. That's awesome. Did you name them ever? I think I did. I wish I I wonder if I have any anywhere. But like I would just kind of draw on them or like write the names of the songs on it. I missed physical media man because it was like special. The big the big CD thing you would have in your car and you're like all right what do we want to listen to. It was like so precious. I remember getting in my brother's car because he would like I would go spend the days with him at he was a counselor to summer camp or something like a day summer camp thing. And I'd hop in his car and he would be blasting punk rock. And like he had his just rack of those CDs that you put on the visor and the visor. And so he's just blasting like no effects and stuff. And but it was just like it's like that's what we're listening to because that's what you have. And so like a new album comes out and it's like oh sweet we have new songs. And so truly when you're a younger sibling you're at the mercy of your older siblings taste and everything because I would get the CDs that they were over like and done with. So like I randomly am super obsessed with this one season soundtrack of the OC. Oh well that is that a good just a bunch of random songs that I'm like yeah those songs are ingrained in my DNA. I mean I loved the OC I watched. I need to be watching every I could be wrong but I feel like a lot of people watched the OC. I didn't but it was the biggest show or Laguna Hills and like those were the shows. Yeah. And the soundtrack California. Yeah. Oh yeah. That song that was that era where California was like people like that's the coolest place in the world. Yes. Yes. Yes. California is the sickest all the every Disney Channel TV show was in Hollywood. Yeah. The OC was going. Everything was like guys we're all going to kill. It felt untouched. And this is this magical place that you get to. It took it took less than 10 years to be like wait that place sucks. Yeah. Like I need a bath just by being here. Yeah.
Um, yeah. And yeah, with music, like, it's so cool that something that people have created and his, like, as old as people themselves, like, can affect you in a physical way, like, make you, like, amplify a moment. Like, I, I once, when I was in high school, I was like on a road trip with a friend and I had my little iPod playing music and I was finishing a YA novel. And this one song, perfectly timed out with the ending of the book. And because of the song amplifying everything that I was reading, I was a wreck. My friend was like, are you okay in the car as her dad's, like, driving us to, to whatever city. And I was just, like, sobbing reading the end of this, like, zombie book. Zombies in high school. Yeah, it's just so cool how music can do that. And like, I think I kind of tried to touch into that whenever I've directed, like, with the funeral trailer, making a music, like, special music. So good. Music is so important, I think, to every part of art, I think. I agree. Like, albums can be a milestone too. I connect albums to projects that I've done, or like, big life events that I've done. And I, it's like, it's like when you taste food and you, like, have a memory of something when I hear a song, I'm like, brought back to that time in my life. And it's like, it's just, it makes you think of movies and how most of the most famous quintessential movies of all time have a super recognizable score. Yeah. How, how, like, score is one of the most important parts of a movie. Or TV show. And it's like, yeah, if you think about any super famous one, it's like, yeah, the song plays in your head. Yeah. And if you don't have that, it's kind of hard to make a movie that really stands out, like, truly, like, all the biggest things. Like, you say, if someone says Star Wars, like, it plays in your head. Yeah. Because they're the godfather. It plays in your head. And similarly, like, Guardians of the Galaxy, I felt like re-awakened that part of movies. Yeah, it's so much because the soundtrack hit. And like, yeah. A lot of movies nowadays, I think, I think it's an underrated aspect where it's just kind of all the same. And so you're watching it, you're like, why does this movie feel the exact same as all the others? It's because the lighting, lighting, and score have been very just repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat. So things don't stand out, but music and sound just impact us so much. Fun fact, we were going to try and license a song for the Summer Games trailer. Like, we were trying. We were like going to budget it out. We like, what are the songs we'd like, we even like crazy frog? Yeah. Oh my god. Like a bunch of songs, because we were trying to find something like something that was affordable in licensing that was from 2005. And it was so hard we couldn't do it. It's so much more. But one day, I should have put that on the Smosh predictions. Like, we will license a song. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So we have, wow, we have music and women. And they're kind of subreding carpenter bodies, both. Yeah, you're literally, that makes sense. Yeah. What's next? What's next? Makeup. Even though I feel I've perfected my makeup routine for shoot days, I still love learning the newest tips and tricks. I used to do SFX makeup before Smosh. That's right. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Makeup. Makeup. You are incredible at makeup. Thank you. And you're also are always learning. And then you used to do special effects makeup. Yeah. So before Smosh, before Smosh, I for like a year, like end of high school and then helping college students and their like films and stuff, I got really into bruising with like the first thing I got really into. Oh cool. And then I painted a face to be dead. And their eyes were burned out for like a college student film. Well, I find that to be so fascinating. Simply like bruising cuts, like it's incredible. It's crazy. But like, it's so it's so man. It's so cool. I love what we can do. It's like the face is the canvas, just like Sher says in in in Burlesque, you're you're painting a face. But yeah, like there was I think I told this story before, but like I worked for this music video production company for a few months. And then Olivia was like, hey, do you want to audition for Smosh? And I was like, see you. But in those few months, there was one music video was Soulja Boy. I think the song was designer. And I paint a broken nose on Logan Paul, who now gets broken noses all the time, maybe. But yeah, and it's like that's still on YouTube. And I was really proud of that broken nose. It looked really good. So I covered my mouth as I'm talking into the mic. But yeah, and that was really fun. And I like did a lot of practicing on myself. But I was really bad at regular makeup back then. Like I was mostly special effects. And then this music video production company would like have me come in. And I did not have shade range. And so like I like it was not good. I think I talked about this on another podcast. But like I had like two shades of foundation because it was like my shades that I just like bought when I and like had extra of. And like there was people of color on the on these sets that I was like, I'll do my best. And it had bronzer and it was just like so I was I think I was like 18. Yeah. And it was such a wild experience. But it was because we don't have like or like definitely when we first started me and Olivia at Smosh, we didn't have a makeup artist for like Smosh second channel, which is now Smosh Pit. And so I was like, okay, I'm going to learn how to get good at makeup. And so like it's so crazy. Like how much of a science it is like. Oh, such a science. You're like making a cake every time. Like this is exact amount. How long you let it sit, let it rest. Color correcting. Different shades for different people tones. Yeah. Cool and warm tones. Like I still feel like I'm scratching the surface of makeup. Still sometimes I'll go and I'll be like, oh, I'll be like, oh, this color doesn't look good on me. And a makeup artist will be like, have you? What? Yeah. Let's try that. Because like for me, I have very specific colors that don't look good on me. And it's like pinks, like light pinks don't really look good on me. And like cherry red. So like light pink cherry red. Right. Like, yeah, those colors just don't don't look good on me. No, I think when I first started getting my makeup done at in Sacramento on Sketch, I was getting told that my found might be like, oh, your skin tone, you need like warm tone foundation. So I was like getting yellow on your tone. And it didn't work. I mean, I'm like a neutral, maybe slightly cool tone. But it's also crazy. Where you put blush on your face completely changes the depth and shape of your face. And I finally I found the color blush that I'm like, this is my color. And like, yeah, and it's so funny. Like the things that we don't think about when like, I think someone here the other day asked me like, hey, like, I'm trying to figure out like where to put my like this, this contour, this bronzer. And I was like, okay, well, what are you trying to highlight? And they were like, what? Like, because every face is custom. It's not like you just slap it on. It's like, are you trying to accentuate your cheekbones? Are you trying to reduce the depth of your cheekbones? Like, there's everybody has different goals for their face. It's like, oh, do you want something to do? That's easy. Do you want to have something you never have to touch again throughout the day? Like, I love that it's like such a custom skill that you're not just learning a skill. You're learning your face and how to do it with yourself. And then to do it on another person is like also so hard. Like, I've done, I've done people's makeup on Smosh so many times. It's not, it's hard as hell. Yeah. I used to, I used to do like some friends makeup, but I'll do like my moms, but I don't, I just, I'm just like, I've just decided that that's not the route I'm going to go. I want to just try my own. But my friends and I have this like back and forth thing. So when my friend really, really loves makeup and she discovers all these new makeups. So she'll like, do like a trial run and put it on. Not post it. Just send it to like us on this group text. And it's, it helps me learn so much about her face, but also like what might look good on me. Okay. And there's like a thousand products. So it's almost like you're getting product reviews. Because at first I was like, oh yeah, you just get one line of products. Yeah. No, no, no. Mix and match. I love your eyeliner today, by the way. I love the color shift in it. Violette's foot. Yes, it shifts. It like changes colors. And I'm obsessed with these liners because they pop the best outside. They pop the best in like nature, which is like I'm we're not filming outside. But for me, for me, a big, a big deal for me is like, I like makeup. Yes, that you can wear all day. But if you're outside and it looks crazy, I'm not interested. I do not want it to be livable. I do not like like, crust it over coverage. Yes, I don't, I don't enjoy it. I don't feel good in it. I want to take it off immediately. I was a 2016 full coverage baddie. I had it on. I was caked up. Yeah. And then just gradually use less and less because I had a really bad acne back in the day. And so I was learning how you like cover that shit up. Yeah, right. And yeah, that's, I've got an older and I guess that the cat acne kind of just goes away or at least it felt feels like it has out of certain people. For some people. But what was I going to say? Oh, have you heard of pre-shower makeup? No. You got to get into pre-shower makeup. Tell me, pre-shower makeup is when you're Organizing your vanity, your. going through your makeup bag or whatever, and you've got products, you're like, oh, I forgot to have this bright purple lip liner. What's this look like again? Oh yeah, let's put that on. Okay, oh, I forgot to have this blue eyeshadow. I haven't even tried that. I should just put that on. You just try all your crazy shit before, and then you're like, well, I'll go get in the shower. It's gone. But it's pre-shower makeup. It's huge on TikTok. - Oh, you're just trying things out. - You're trying things out, and then you take a shower and wash your off. - You could also experiment. - Yeah. - Like if you know you're gonna be taking a shower, you could go just like fuck around, play around. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, that makes sense. - It really is like an art form for you. Like you, it's like a true hobby for you. - It's really fun. I think, I joke about this where it's like, oh, thank you, it's the only thing in my life I can control. You said that, and that has stuck with me forever. Because I'm kind of with you on that. - I also think, I don't think people clock it within themselves, like if you do makeup, if you spend time doing your makeup or doing your hair, you actually have a lot more meditative time in your day, more than a lot of people do that don't do those things, and like, 'cause I don't, sometimes I don't put videos on or music or anything, and I'm just like with myself and my thoughts doing my makeup, but that's an important time that I am like, taking for granted, not even realizing how I have that. - It's actually my favorite time. That's why I don't come here and do my makeup here. I love doing my makeup at home. I do it like an hour before, I do all my makeup, and it's like sometimes I listen to music, sometimes I'll listen to my book or a podcast or whatever, or it's just deadass silent. - It's just nonverbal time. - Yes, and then you're enjoying and you're getting ready, and then it's just like, from then on, it's just chaos. - I have a lot of respect for it, and I think there's a lot of narratives about fashion and makeup and stuff as being covering up insecurity or just vanity. And I think what I really see it as with so many is just truly honest expression, right? It's a form of communication to express who you are, like, and to communicate who you are. And that goes to so many different things, but I think I've really appreciated that with style and stuff, and I used to dress fully out of insecurity, trying to just cover up everything. But now I'm like, it's so cool to see like, there's ways to tell people who you are through how you dress and being proud of who you are, and like, trying new things and stuff. And I think that's really interesting, and I really love it. So, and I see that, like, I think with makeup, especially nowadays, it's kind of this way to communicate confidence and communicate like, "Hey, this is who I am, and I'm proud of being who I am." And I think that's really interesting. - And like an expression too of, I was talking to a court about this yesterday, just like, you wake up and you, I don't know, I feel different every day when I wake up. So sometimes I want to be more femme, sometimes I want to be more like, more aggressive. - Sarah Christ. - More Sarah Christ. So I always want to be Sarah Christ. But like, that's in my makeup. So sometimes I want to have more fun, sometimes I want to be playful, sometimes I want to be like, clean face. - Right. - And I feel like, it's the best way to express yourself. You feel like cozy in your body when you're able to put on the clothes that you want and the makeup that you want. - Right. - Yeah. - You guys have seen me through some eras. - Yeah, it's crazy to look back. It's crazy to look back on so many like eight years ago, watch videos, just like, it's just interesting. Like you've really evolved. - Yeah, I feel like I'm boring now, but it's like, I'm zero percent. - It's like simple. - I completely disagree. I feel like you have refined, refined, refined, and you're like, you're popping. - I don't think interesting always really, it's just complicated or big. Like, I think there's ways to be really interesting in very subtle ways. - Thank you guys. - You're so welcome. - Okay, music, makeup, women. - Music, makeup, women. Wow, we have been a very femton. What else? - The idea of being small and interacting with food. - Okay. - Okay, the culinary crunch clip. - Interacting with food, not culinary crimes. I first talked about this in a games video when we were playing a card game that we were talking, you shush. - You, no, I'm just, how dare you. - You guys, everybody want to be small and be interacting with food. - We talked about this playing this to me. - Our on-smash games. Imagine, you are six inches tall, and there's a cold jar of pickle, spear, pickle spears, and you climb up, and it's cold and crisp, and you get in, and your arms are out on the side. Like it's jacuzzi, and it's cold, and it smells good, and you bite one of them on just the tip of it. - Do I want to get in a bath of vinegar? - Yeah. - Mm. - You know what? - No. - It's like that feeling when you go-- - That would be awful. - When you go to museum-- - Just a little. - And there's like large cups. There's like large coffee cups, and you go to museum, and you're like, "I'm so tiny, look at that big cup of coffee." - This is real. And so, but imagine being in the pickle jar, and then you just dip your head down, and you go, shh. - Nobody can be mad at me, I'm so tiny. - I'm so tiny. - And then you get out of the pickle jar, and you dry yourself off, and then, you go roll around on a sour cream and onion pringle. - What? - Okay. - You had me, and now I've gone. - Oh my gosh, and then you go in, you just lick the sour cream and onion pringle, and there's so much of the flavor powder on the pringle. - I think this would not turn out how you want it to taste. - Yeah, it would. - The texture would be so different, 'cause when you're that small, those salt crystals gigantic. - No, no, no, no, no, no, they're huge. They're like, they're like gonna be this big. - You underestimate me, Shane. - Hey, you guys could do this if you want. You could get a big thing of vinegar. - Yes, you're a big thing. - No, no, no, no, show Courtney in the vinegar, and then take her out and roll her back. - We'll fill her bathtub. - We'll fill her bathtub with vinegar. - Be around the pickles. And okay, guys, I talked about this. Okay, imagine, okay, hold on. Imagine there's a lovely, lovely piece of garlic bread in front of you, and it's this big in front of you. You can't even, like, gutter it, like, bumper it with your hands, you can't. So big, take a big bite of that bread, a big bite. And then slam your head against it also. Slam your head against the garlic bread. So much flavor, smells so good, and it's so much of it. And then you can take a nap on it. I don't want that. - I'm not gonna take a greasy nap. - Yeah, yeah, are you wearing a clueless. - A greasy, cheesy nap. - Whatever you want, you're small. So you're making a little pie. - I like, like, a loaf. They cut a loaf of sourdough bread in half, and they prop it up, and you get up in, and you start digging with your hands, and it's not so good, you just want to be a mouse. Really bad. - And what's wrong with that? - No, I want it to be a mouse. - Through Swiss cheese, and climbed bubbles, and bite it, and hit my head against it. - I think I know, like, what Croats Next Birthday is, we just make things big. - We gotta make some big cheese. - I'm trying to talk to the factory to be real. - Yeah, honestly. - We wrap, we go, "Good night, Courtney, "and it's just a sub-roll." And we're just like, "Good night, Courtney." - Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Get out of the shower, and then the fruit roll up, the big one, the wide one. Wrap it around me, so sweet, and smelling so good, and bite it, and I get the tattoo on me, from the fruit roll up, and it's big on me. - You wear it like a dress? - Like a dress? Yes. Oh my God, fruit roll up, dress. - I am so into this, because I'm just, it's such a surprise for me. - Take a nap in a hot dog bun. - Do you feel this? - No. - Slap? - No, food is, you know, the ideal size, because we've made food the ideal size for us. - You come across a hot dog. - You are smaller than the hot dog. - In fact, I think our portions are too big. - Smacking a hot dog weiner. - Smacking it with your hand. Slaping the hot dog weiner, really hard with your hand. Smelling it, and then taking a bite, and-- - I got it. - As much ketchup and mustard as you want, 'cause it's not that much for you. - I got it. First of all, I'm visually picturing all of this, like Courtney on top of a hot dog bun, be like, "This is just the plot better, too." - I'm small, I'm small, I'm so, so small. - This is just the plot, this is just retitude. - No, no, Courtney, this is how, this is how they connect with things. They need to touch them, feel the texture. They need to do a couple little hits, little slaps. They need to wrap, they need to envelop in the texture of something to connect with it. - A jar of salsa, sit in the jar of salsa, and then slap your arms on it, and then pull the splash around. - I couldn't see me. - And then, and then someone puts that chip. - No, that's tomato, that's gonna burn. - And then someone puts a chip in the salsa, and then I climb up the chip, and you go, "Why?" - You wanna skimboard across it, get on a tortilla chip, and-- - Oh, and my, and my favorite one that I said, "Jelly donut, jelly donut." - No. - Open, on one side of where the jelly is, because they injected the jelly, just to put your feet in, pull your soul in, so your head is sticking out of the jelly donut. The listeners know. - That is actually mine, not me. - I don't think they do. - In it, it smells so good. - Someone is actively throwing up on their commute. (laughing) - No, I think they're gonna be a lot of people who go, "Yes, yes, yes." But then, "I was like, I was kinda with you, "but the jelly part, I don't like things that can take a bath." - And the bath is also small, and it's tea, and the tea bag you can sit on it, and move, scrub, scrub, and you could like, use a broccoli, as a lufa, and,
- And you caught a cherry tomato and half. Did you know this? - Did you know this? - Put the other side on your head as a hat. And imagine, please, I said this on the video too. Please, in your hands, so big, eat it. - These are all like, this is all cartoons from like the pointies. - Please, in your hand, so big, eat it. - It's so big, you eat it. - I like this so simple. - Wow. - I think mice would tell you, life is not so simple, being that small. - No, I think mice would be like, get in here. Girl, this is a controlled setting, I am safe. - You are so safe, you're not a mouse. This is, I literally picture you in a white room with all this stuff and you're like, and then you go into all these things and you eat peas and you eat corn on the cob. Oh my gosh, lay on the hot butter melted on the corn, on the cob, the hot corn from the shock. I love that you just let me, I love the chain. Just let me logicalize whatever the fuck that word is. I love that chain just let me kind of like understand it and his face was like, you're shaking around at me. - No, I get it. - Do you know? - No, you don't. I don't, I don't. - Say, I don't actually know. - I don't know you don't. - Me who doesn't put sauce on anything. - You don't. - I do sometimes. - You don't put sauce on. - I put sauce on things. - When we go to the mill, oh, when you eat. - It's 'cause I'm lazy. - Chain. - Is it? - It's 'cause I'm lazy, but if it's sauce is available, I will deck a hot dog. - I'm lazy, so I just deny myself having this on a regular basis. - No, no, no. - We go to the movie theater, we get hot dogs. - I will also get whatever on anything. - Uh huh. - I'm down to go hardcore too. - Oh yeah, okay. - Chain is here. - Chain is about to fucking dump his whole body into a donut. - All right, can't keep going. - Mustard packet. I sit on it and launch someone else if they want. - Oh, you're talking like one of those, one of those like things on a lake. Where are we now, you see someone get launched and you don't see him come back down? - Yeah, but no, Shane, we get hot dogs at the movie theater. He eat that shit plain. - Yeah, 'cause once it's just like that's. - Why get a hot dog? - I'm just like, I'm not gonna unwrap this here and then rewrap her. - Are you joking? - But if I'm out on the street and if I'm like in another place and I'm like, hey, load it up, onions relish. - It's actually crazy that you're eating a dry hot dog in the movie theater. - I'll eat a dry hot dog. - That's actually shocking. - I will, but I also will get it loaded with everything. - I'll eat a hot dog with anything. - No wonder why Courtney's fantasizing about like jumping into a thing of solstice because your bland is F. - Our fridge is stocked. - I'm easy to please, but I also will go hardcore. I'll, I will eat anything. - You know that I will also, you know that I will also eat anything. - God, guys. - That is true, but it's like, just be happy with me. Happy, make your food, be happy. - I'm fine with a hot dog. The dog itself tastes so delicious. I don't need sauces on it for it to be good. - A movie theater hot dog is so good. - They're actually, they're actually pretty good. - No, sometimes the cheapest of hot dogs are the best. - Wait, what's your, what's your guys is if you could only have one sauce forever? What would it be? - Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. - Well, for everything? - Yeah, that's what I said. - Fuck. - You have to decide. - Oh, damn, dude, that's soy sauce. - Well, this is my world. - Soy sauce or what are you gonna pick? - Soy sauce or mustard? - A barbecue sauce could be a good pick, 'cause I'm like, it's kind of good on everything. Like a tangy barbecue sauce. - Are you love barbecue sauce? - That could work on a hot dog. - Oh! - What are you talking about? Why would it not? Why would it not work on a hot dog? - Honestly. - I think like a, I think like a grain mustard. - That's actually not a bad pick. - I think a grain mustard. - I was thinking about like a type of like, like a honey mustard could also work on a Dijon or so. - Ooh. - See, here I am. - Paul grain. - Talking about sauces. - Yeah, but you, you, you, I clearly, I clearly know, I am a ball-nower when it comes to sauces. (laughing) - Ball-nower? - Oh, what? - Guy was just watching heated rivalry. Ball-nower. - Oh god, he's just a ball-nower. - You're a ball-nower. - Ball-nower. - So, so. - Ball-knowledge. - Shane has watched heated rivalry. You have not. - We watched it all. - Not all of it. When I saw it. - Yeah, he watched all. - I will eventually watch it. - What, all of it. - I have, I have abstained. I have, I am heated rivalry. Celebrate voluntarily because our audience, you guys, you guys have been so intense at Mia on social media about watching. - People have been very intense about it. - And then I'm like, great, good job, congratulations. I'm never watching it now. - Yeah. - But maybe, maybe one day. - In the first year, you can watch it. - Our girl, Nicole Rafi, did a video on the chronically online girl explains heated rivalry lore. He doesn't explain the whole show, but she talks about all the culture surrounding it. - Oh. - I love her so much. So I was like, okay, maybe I will watch it because of her. - Okay. - But not because of your ball-nower. (laughing) - So that's my food. - All right. - Okay, I'm curious. - It's a very specific one. - I think you need to draw. - Draw, guys, draw some fan art of Courtney, - Yes. - In food. - That's what I wanna see. I wanna see Courtney in a salsa jar. I also wanna see her with a cherry tomato. - In a pickle jar. - Swimming splashing. - And I wanna see Shane with a dry hot dog sitting sad somewhere. - Give me the sad Kiano treatment. Me, just with a hot dog, it's like. - And you know what he said? He was like, I was just really hungry, guys. I wasn't even sad. - He's chilling, man. - What's next? - The game 2048. - Yeah, so what? - Y'all know the game 2048. - Nope. - You will know, you've played a game similar to it probably at some point. - It's a very, very old mobile game that I downloaded a few months ago for the first time in years. And I was like, is it the same? And it's exactly the same. It's even like pretty much ad-free until you die, and then you just close the app and open it up again and the ad is gone. But it's, I showed it to you when we were at your house the other day and you were like, oh, H should play this game. - Oh, let me see. - Sorry, I was looking at the mythical essentials line earlier. How old is 24? Oh, yes, you were showing me this. And what's the goal of the game again? - So you're sliding numbers to stack them and double them. So twos can only stack with twos, fours can snack with fours. And then you get the numbers get bigger and bigger to like 128 to 256 and 512. Yeah, I'm Zevrens. - Yeah, show the camera. It's literally a Zevrens mini game. - It very much. - Whoa. - Yeah, I will every now and then look over and Courtney's just-- - But I love it because it's like organizing. It's like almost like ASMR in that sense, but also it's like the one game that I can play while having an active conversation with somebody and what? - I just think I, everything you're saying, I'm just like, I'm picture-- - No, right, correct. Shane like chatting with you and you're like-- - This is what Balotro is for me. I play Balotro on my phone. - Yeah. - And I love it. - If I need to like figure out something and like think about how I need to address something, I will be sitting and playing this and scheming while playing this game. I don't know why. It's just like it's like an organizing game. So it's like I'm organizing my thoughts while I'm playing the game. - Yeah. I had this, what was I trying to fix the other day and I was like, oh, I think I know how to fix that thing. Oh, I had a sweatshirt. That's one of those dual zipper sweatshirts that can like zip both ways. And one of the zippers when I opened the package of the sweatshirt, the zipper was broken off. And I was like, I need to fix this. Try to fix it. Then I had to go to the gym and then I was like, in between sets of the gym, playing 2048 and then I was like, was thinking about the sweatshirt and I was like, oh, I think this is a way that I will be able to fix it. - Whoa. - So then I got home from the gym, I like tried it and it didn't work and I returned. That's one. (laughing) - But- - This makes you think of bad ideas. - But it's, I be scheming and like thinking with his app or it's like, oh, how do I want to go about this conversation later today and like be thinking about what I want to say? Like just kind of organizing my thoughts while playing the set on the game. - You're a problem solver. You need to be doing a physical activity to figure out the problem that you're trying to solve. - I get that. - It's good, it's good. And the leaderboard is insane. - Oh, yeah. - The leaderboard, the top number that you can get in this game, global, top score is 10 million. 10 million is the number one score. - My high score. - How many hours do you have to be on that to get to 10 million? - I don't know. I truly don't know. And I sometimes like wonder if there's more that I need to know about the game with like why numbers show up. - Which probably an algorithm. - Every time you slide a new number shows up, it's usually a two, but sometimes it's a four. And I don't know why, but I need to figure that out. But my high score is 35,476. - That's just really good. - Wow. - And it's like achieving a tile. So when numbers stack, like it has to be 16 was 16. So it's like, oh, it's like multiples of eight usually. And then each time it doubles. And so like there's the, so I said 128 tile stacks into 256 tile stacks into 512. And then it's like the 1024. And then it's called 2048. 'Cause like that's like, you won, you did it, you got to the 2048 tile. But now, at the top it says your next goal is to get the 4096 tile. I've never gotten that tile. But I've, it's been months and I can't beat my high score. - My brain's like, what's happening to your phone while you're playing this? - Nothing. That's a simple little game. - I think it's trying to take my data. - That's what I think. - But I turned off some features.
that it had, but it is odd. - What data is it getting from you? - How much I love numbers? - She knows most of the things in the bottom. - Text messages? - You all send the CIA shows up and their makeup is impeccable. (laughing) - They're like, I wanna jump into a jar of pickles, bitch. - I also think it's messed up when any app doesn't have the time showing in the corner. - Yeah, they don't want you to know that. - It's pretty messed up when they hide the clock. - They don't want you to know. - Like, what are you doing? - They want you to stay there forever. What does it say about me that that stresses me out? It stresses me out too. It doesn't thought me though. All of it. - Yeah. - All of it stresses me out. - The numbers? - I used to play this game. It was a different version. It was the threes. - Threes. - It was threes. - What was it called? 33548? - Okay. - 36. - But I was really bad at it. I'm too impatient. - You know the New York Times games? I love those. - Wordal and everything? - Wordal, I love those. But if I'm on my phone playing them for too long, something in my brain like gets really overwhelmed. It starts to like, I don't know. I think I get overstimulated. - What does it say about me? - It's a thing. - That's not going to hold their brains or like that. - Do you want to try? - Brains are weird. - I once let Shane's niece play. And then she lost and she's like, oh no, it's done. And I was like, it's okay. I start over like six times a day. - I don't even know how you start this. - So, it's like, don't go to the left. So the best thing with that game is keeping all your numbers in like one place. So, slide right in left. - Word. - Don't slide. Oh, you already slide. - And Amanda's all to the races. - For it's okay. - We can't see what it looks like. We don't know what's happening. I can only assume she's winning. - Bounce on around. - I'm not doing well. - Probably most people know the type of game that we're talking about. - 2048. Check it out. - See, Courtney has that. I gamble away all the money on sports. - Oh, immediately it says game over. So I think I did something wrong. - Oh, you haven't had. Yeah, you lost. - Aw. - And he added some. - And we got it. - And we got it. - Oh, that sucks. - Guess I can't ever play it ever again. - Guess you're never allowed to play. - Whoops. - Menu. - How to play. Challenges, new games. - So we have women. - Makeup. - Lying. - Lying. - And now, 24. - Little tiny game. - Little tiny game. - And your little tiny game that you play all the time. - And little tiny, little tiny person. - Little tiny person, big food. - Yeah. Do we have one final? - Yeah, do you have one final? - It was that all though? - Let me cook. - Wow. - I think that's literally perfect. - We're at. - You literally timed it up perfectly. - Thank you. - Yeah, great work. - That was my plan all along. - I loved it. - That was really, really enlightening. - Have you ever imagined a Martini Olive? Nothing in the Martini Olive? Punch your arm into the Martini Olive. - And now you're mega man. And you have a big olive, and you bite it, and you punch somebody. Here's the thing. I can feel that excitement for you. And I'm like, yeah, I love that. I don't know if I want my body and food. I feel like I need to like get it off. - Yeah, I like it. - Take a bath. I need you to take a bath. - And then go back. - You take a bath, and then you go back. Is the bath tiny? - It's as big as you want the to bath to be. I don't care about the size of the bath. I care about the size of the food. - Okay. - Okay. - There's specifics in this fantasy. - Yeah. - What the heck? - So. - Yeah. - Cornies. - Corners. - Corners. - Cornie, thank you so much for sharing your special interests with us. - Thank you. - We love you. - Thanks a lot of talking about me, guys. - Oh, that's the point. That's the point. - That's the point. - I will never get out of the image that you have a great cherry tomato top hat. - Top hat. - Side hat. - Sit in it. - All of it. - Yeah. - I can't wait to bring this fantasy to life. - Yeah, we'll find a way. - Yeah, no, we're gonna find a way. - It's gonna be amazing. - Thank you for being here. - Thanks for having me. You guys are my favorite. - Well. - We're gonna tell everybody else. - I'm telling everybody. - All right. - Okay. - Thank you guys. - Bye. - Bye.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The host shares her special interests, including a deep admiration for Sabrina Carpenter’s dancing and style, which she finds magnetic and inspiring despite never wanting to meet her.
She highlights a passion for discovering unique music, especially through non-algorithmic sources like curated playlists and vintage music forums, valuing music as a powerful emotional and sensory experience.
Makeup is a significant personal interest, with a history of special effects work and a growing appreciation for the art of self-expression through custom makeup that reflects her evolving identity and confidence.
The conversation explores the fantasy of being small and interacting with food, such as climbing into pickle jars, eating from a hot dog, or wearing a fruit roll-up like a dress, emphasizing tactile connection and playful imagination.
The hosts discuss the mental benefits of games like 2048, describing it as a tool for organizing thoughts and problem-solving, while also noting its addictive, meditative quality and the joy of achieving high scores.
They reflect on how cultural influences—like retro music, vintage TV, and fashion—shape personal identity and emotional connections.
The episode celebrates the role of curated, non-algorithmic discovery in art and music, contrasting it with the oversaturation of algorithm-driven content.
A recurring theme is the idea that admiration for public figures or art is often rooted in fantasy and inspiration, not the desire to meet them in reality—highlighting how imagination fuels personal growth.
Summary:
In this heartfelt episode of Smosh Mouth, host Courtney shares her diverse and deeply personal special interests, ranging from her fascination with Sabrina Carpenter’s performances and style to her love of discovering unique music outside mainstream platforms. She reflects on how music, especially in its raw and unfiltered form, has long served as a powerful emotional connector, evoking memories and shaping her worldview. Makeup emerges as a significant creative outlet, rooted in both technical skill and self-expression, with a personal journey from special effects work to embracing her identity through curated, individualized application.
The episode also dives into playful, imaginative scenarios involving small-scale food interactions—like climbing into pickle jars or wearing fruit roll-ups as dresses—highlighting how tactile, sensory experiences foster joy and connection. Additionally, Courtney discusses her appreciation for games like 2048, which she finds meditative and mentally stimulating, aiding in problem-solving and thought organization. The conversation underscores a broader theme: admiration for art, music, and people is often rooted in fantasy and inspiration, not real-world connection.
Ultimately, the episode celebrates curiosity, creativity, and the power of imagination in shaping personal identity and emotional well-being, while emphasizing the importance of non-algorithmic, human-curated experiences in today’s digital world.
FAQs
Courtney's special interests include looking at Sabrina Carpenter's dancing, appreciating women in burlesque, loving music discovery and curation, experimenting with makeup, and fantasizing about small-scale food interactions like being in a pickle jar or on a hot dog bun.
Courtney is drawn to Sabrina Carpenter's dancing style, finding her performances magnetic and visually compelling. She particularly admires her fashion choices and the way she embodies classic '90s and mid-century pop culture, which resonates with Courtney’s sense of style and nostalgia.
Courtney enjoys makeup as a creative, meditative, and personal expression of identity. She appreciates learning new techniques, especially for how it can reflect different facets of herself, such as being more femme or playful, and enjoys the process of customizing her look.
Courtney discovers new music through platforms like Spotify’s Discover Weekly, and by exploring niche websites and forums. She once created physical CDs with curated playlists for friends, which helped her develop a deep appreciation for music curation and personal taste.
Courtney enjoys the fantasy of being tiny and interacting with large food items—like sitting in a jar of salsa, climbing into a pickle jar, or eating a hot dog bun from the inside. She also fantasizes about wearing a cherry tomato as a hat and eating a jelly donut with her feet inside it.
Courtney doesn't want to meet her online heroes because she sees them as idealized representations of inspiration. She believes the real people may not match the image she has formed in her mind, and she values the emotional and creative inspiration they provide over real-life interaction.
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