Meandering Barefoot Path | Checking Into Boredom Ep 5

**Drew Ackerman** (0:02)
From PRX.
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Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time to take a meandering journey. Maybe with a little bit of walkin and a whole lot of talkin. But no Chris, I don't do a Christopher walkin. But I could do Christopher, Christopher walking. Character name, there's no Christopher, character named Christopher. I'd like to do some walking on streets named after Christophers and Christine's and Chris's and Chris Cr- is there a Chris Cr- this is not a holiday, even seasonally, episode, but is it- I know there's Candy Cane Lane, because I think that's a song. Is there a Chris Kringle Lane, Chris Kringle Road, Chris Kringle Street, Chris Kringle Boulevard? I don't think you'd put Chris Kringle, Kringle Boulevard. Kringle Boulevard, we love it.
Chris Kringle Lane, though, doesn't- it's already taken by Candy- Well, can't you have more than one lane in this holiday village that has nothing to do- How did I get onto Chris Kringle Lane? Well, I'm not even supposed to be on Candy Cane Lane. Chris Kringle Boulevard. Where do- how did we get here? Well, welcome to- how did you get here? I'm glad you're here. I don't know how you got here, but I don't even know how I got here.
I was honestly for 15 to 30 seconds, however long it took me to start the podcast. I was like, wow, this is sounding very stern and serious. I don't have anything silly to even say.
I honestly had no, I was like, I can't force this stuff either. So I was like, well, I'll just do a straightforward beginning of the podcast. Just do my best. Then I was like, okay, no, the story of this episode has a meandering path in it. Next thing you know, next thing you know, we're driving down Cringle Boulevard.
Chris Cringle Creek. Yeah, that could be Chris Cringle Creek. That could be Chris Cringle Circle. No. Are there like hard K things for roads?
Chris Cringle Canal. That's not, anyway, so by the way, welcome to Sleep With Me. This is just the very, very beginning of the show. It's a podcast to take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep, to be a friend in the deep dark night, to keep you company while you drift off, to be a mild distraction, ideally to help you fall asleep or to just bring you comfort in the deep dark night, maybe some sleepy joy and delight. The show is very, very different than most things on planet Earth. Like who would think in, I think this episode's scheduled, I'm recording it in April, scheduled to come out in August. And now as I can think about it, it's Cringle Boulevard. That just has a nice ring to it. I'm not a big Boulevard person because usually that mean like here in the US., I mean, technically I think it means it's got like something in the middle of it. But usually it just means it's not good for walking. But anyway, I'm glad you're here. The show does take some getting used to. So give it two or three tries. That's just what most regular listeners have told me over the years, took two or three tries to get used to the show. Now I come here for this kind of nonsense. I would have never believed that someone who's technically a grown adult rambling, just trying to start their podcast, which should only take one to two seconds, going off topic and then not being able to get off being off topic, would put me to sleep, but it does. That's what takes two or three tries. Would you believe it? So just give it two or three tries, because I'm really glad you're here. I really do hope I can help you out because I've been there in the deep dark night. That's why I call it that. But one of the things that helps is striving to bring sleepy joy into light, not even getting there, and just being there for you if I can. So I'm glad you're here, whether you're brand new, you come back to the show when you need it, in the times of your life where sleep is elusive or challenging, or you're feeling it in the deep dark night or the day, or you're one of our regular listeners.