Episode 45 - Happy New Year 2022!
Welcome back yet again friends! Just a brief holiday update and mostly-spoiler-free review of Matrix: Resurrections - assuming you’ve at least seen the trailer. Hope you’re all having a wonderful holiday season and that 2022 is even better for all!
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Intro - 00:15
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Interview - 7:44
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Welcome back to Awakened Exchanges! I’m your host Jay Rich and I want to thank you all so much for joining us today. It means a lot to see that you’re still listening to and apparently sharing this podcast with others, it warms my heart during this typically chilly season. As for those that are just joining us, please accept my warmest welcome to the exchange. I truly value the new thoughts and energy and they truly help this podcast and community thrive. Please remember that if you have any suggestions for topics or guests, I do listen to the listeners, and I look forward to your email, either from our website or you can contact me on twitter @AwakenExchanges. I hope you’re as excited to be here as I am to be back with you!
Well, I was going to get this out to you guys on Christmas day, but…things happened. I’m fairly surprised I’m getting this out before the new year, but I miss the podcast family and wanted you all to know that things are moving forward. I’m looking at selling my house this coming spring and finding some property to start the Hemp and Medical grow. Here’s hoping that 2022 is a better year for us all and that we turn the covid-corner.
What’s going on around here lately? Not a whole lot really. It’s just more of the same around here, looking for a job until I can get growing again and trying to stay afloat. You’d think that’d mean I have a fair amount of time to make more podcasts, and while you may technically be right with the “time” aspect, the stress of the unknown has taken its toll on my motivation. I spend so much time trying to make it through to the next month, that I don’t focus on any of my creative endeavors. I definitely miss the creative side of me and that was part of why I started these podcasts. That said, creating scripted content was never really my goal and guests are harder to get to commit than you’d think. I try to use my other artistic skills, and If you’ve been on my Instagram, then you know I dabble in memes and NFT’s as well. I hope to be expanding on those kinds of things in the coming months, as well as updating Shadow’s instagram, which you can find @ShadowCat420; not only is she one of the most well-traveled cats in the country and she will do tricks for her treats, I’ve also continued her training and am now working on giving her speech via her own custom AAC device. Crazy right? We’re only on day 3 and her brain is working hard. Last night she pressed her first button on purpose and I got so excited. Is it sad that I got that excited?? I don’t know, but I think giving her a way to feel heard is something that every creature could benefit from. Not to mention a testament to how intelligent our pets truly are.
Anyway, what else do I have to share with you today? Well, I’m going to talk a bit about the Matrix: Resurrections movie, giving as few spoilers as I can, but also resetting some expectations, as I think it’s useful to go into it with knowledge of what you’re getting yourself into. I’ll also speculate on how it and the Matrix Awakens demo may fit into the Matrix NFT project that is ongoing at Niftys.com. I really think it should be an interesting one for you, even if it’s short-ish!
