Rod, Justin and Karen discuss working out with the Fitbit, Karen losing weight, yogurt, Rod’s fears of exercising, Scandal, Norm MacDonald, LHHATL, BBWLA, Revisiting Boondocks music, I’m Not Like Them Other Niggas and reality show news.
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Greetings Rod, Justin and Goddess Karen. I just wanted to give ya’ll a shout and give props to Karen for losing weight and Rod progressing through his irrational fears of running outside/working out. I was the same way, I used to talk myself out of lifting weights because I’d come up with the craziest scenarios of me dying while lifting on some Final Destination shit.
It wasn’t until I ended up in the hospital shortly after my daughter’s birth due to stress from work and not taking care of myself at all that I overcame my fear and got serious. Almost 7 years later it was the best decision I made in regards to how I look, feel and having more energy for doing shit with my wife and daughter. Plus my wife has always stayed in great shape and bounced right back from her pregnancy, so that was motivation as well.
I’m with Karen and I’m team walk/hike with a stick. Dogs are always just roaming about, you gotta stay ready. Fuck a PETA.
Lastly ya’ll talking about the local news cast of various cities had my dying. The transition of watching the news in Baltimore to Denver was hilarious. One of the first days I was living in Denver the top story on the evening news was the local police handing out citations for people not shoveling snow. Meanwhile the local news in Baltimore was always a Wire plot line. Now living in Atlanta it’s back to the news being crunk all the time.
Sorry about this being long form, I just love your show. Have a good one.
Greetings Rod and Justin!
First – Rod, I can’t thank you enough for your hard work in getting the premium RSS feed back up. The timing was so perfect. I was overseas and had gone to bed pissed because one of my bags didn’t make it to my destination. It was the bag with my swimsuits and I had planned to spend my first day in the Middle East at the pool. I woke up to find my app downloading a bunch of premium episodes and my mood immediately lightened. I fully expected to catch up on my flight home but I kept falling asleep and then starting back over. Needless to say – I’m still behind.
Second – I loved the fitness discussion. Rod, you have to put your Fitbit on your shoe when doing those exercises. My current favorite cardio is spin class. I loop my Fitbit through my shoe straps because I’m getting those steps. I used to be a runner but then I started having hip problems. I had a love-hate relationship with running. Like Karen said, running outside was so much better than the treadmill. I can’t wait until Karen does her first 5k.
Third – I hate I missed Rod ‘live’ tweeting Scandal. I have to go search for that because this season was SO good.
Finally – Rod, I took no offense to you saying I sound like a fun girl. I am! Seriously, after all the crap I deal with in Corporate America, I definitely make sure I enjoy life to the fullest! I truly believe in work hard – play harder.
I hope to join you guys live today. After being out last week on vacation, the man has his foot on my neck this week but I’m going to sneak in when I can.
Love y’all! Keep doing what you do – it’s worth every penny.
Hello guys, had to write in when I heard the queen Karen was going to grace you two unwashed heathens with her presence. Karen who’s laughter and voice reminds me just good black family times. She is the mother, auntie, sister, big mama that is there when we ain’t shit, and there when we finally make it. The woman that lets us know when you are fucking up, but always send us home with a plate.
Even though you beat Rod, we know it is because he don’t be acting right, hell if Justin needs to be blessed with those hands go right ahead, lord knows he needs it. For all that you do on the mic and behind the scenes I am thankful. And I hope the joy you have brought into this world is return to you a thousand fold.
Thanks and take care
What up, niggas. Just writing in to see if y’all are up on The Carmichael Show? I’m late to the party, but this show is hilarious. As I’m writing this they’re just under an hour from starting season 3. So, by the time you read this season 3 will be underway. Anyway, it airs on NBC Wednesdays at 9. I binged seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix about a month ago, and now I’m all caught up and ready for season 3. Like I said, it’s hilarious and it talks about real shit. Everything from protesting a cop killing an unarmed black man, religion, gender identity, and many other topics relevant to blackness. Hell, in that protest episode one of the characters wore a Black Lives Matter shirt. The show stars Jerrod Carmichael, Amber Stevens West, Lil Rel aka Rod from Get Out, David Allen Grier, Loretta Devine, and Tiffany Haddish. It’s also set in Charlotte, so I’m sure y’all will get a kick out of that. So, if you haven’t already been watching it, I highly recommend it. That’s all I got for now. Peace.
Leonard
P.S. Rod, I think it was on last week’s Balls Deep where you asked if I’m cool with people calling me stuff like Len or Lenny. Naw, son! Lol. There’s no short hand version of my name that I like so I prefer people to call me by my full name. There are a FEW exceptions to this, but the people who call me something other than my full name or by some nickname they have for me are folks I’ve known for a long time or relatives. For everyone else, Leonard, or LB will work.