Down to Earth Influencing with Blunt Bae

What if you could gain an insider's look into the world of cannabis influencing? Welcome to the realms of Sheba, our special guest famously known as Blunt Bae, a titan in the cannabis influencing space. Together, we traverse her journey from a budtender to a content creator, sharing insights on the balance required in being fully present at events while simultaneously capturing content for social media. She shares her techniques on staying visible despite being shadow-banned and the importance of sustaining connections.

Cannabis influencing isn't all smoky screens; it's a creative art that requires consistency, discipline, and dedication. Listen as we explore Blunt Bae's favorite cannabis smoking methods. She shares tips on maintaining smoking accessories in pristine condition and the use of the New Peak Pro Puffco dry when dabbing. We delve into her unique promotional tactics involving custom-made glassware and bongs, and Backwoods. 

Finally, we take a moment to reflect on the importance of maintaining a healthy relationship with cannabis, and the physical and mental toll it can take. Sheba shares how to navigate brand partnerships, cannabis marketing challenges, and collaborations while staying true to personal content. It's an episode that uncovers the thrills and spills of being a successful cannabis influencer.

So, join us and get a whiff of the highs and lows of the cannabis influencing world.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 8 and 7, 4, 3, 2, 1. Did you boy shone? I have Charlie and this is higher orbit, episode 4. Back of the shop. Holy shit, Episode 4 already. Love that. We're super excited. We've got a pretty awesome guest today. We've got Shiba, aka Blondepe. Yeah, good friend and fan of Cosmic Charlie's and knowing you for some time Actually she flies, doesn't it?

Speaker 2: 0:39

Yeah, really does.

Speaker 1: 0:40

Welcome to the show.

Speaker 2: 0:41

I'm honored to be here. Thank you guys. My first podcast experience. I'm so excited.

Speaker 1: 0:46

Yeah, we're so happy to talk cannabis influencing with you, I guess, and kind of jump into that right. Yeah, that's popping off the page for me. I mean, I follow you on Instagram but, like over 10,000 Instagram followers, still more going. Lots of collaborations, lots of fun stuff. You're always working hard and I feel like I was saying this to someone else. Like everybody in the cannabis influencing space, I feel like it's a hard time, but you guys work your asses off and I think a lot of people think it's just like you know peace and gather real and putting it online and but I'm sure there's a lot more to it, right.

Speaker 2: 1:21

Absolutely. It's really hard for myself. I find to like be in the moment at events, but also be able to capture content. I feel like it's either one or the other.

Speaker 1: 1:30

Right.

Speaker 2: 1:31

I'm either on my phone just capturing content or I'm in the moment interacting with people you know, conversing, networking, all that stuff. So it's hard. One person that one of my friends actually is really good about doing that Jaden, shout out to Jaden yeah, she is so good about that kind of stuff.

Speaker 1: 1:46

The multitasking, like keeping kind of like just on top of everything. Yeah, there's a lot going on too. When you're trying to like capture an event, I'd say I'm new to the game. I can't do it at all, so I don't know if Charlie and I are cannabis influencers just yet, but definitely you guys are definitely.

Speaker 2: 2:02

You guys own a shop, you have influence, you know.

Speaker 1: 2:06

Appreciate that. Yeah, no, I guess I just mean still getting used to the. Yeah, I feel like I'm either like the guy on my phone walking around like this, or like I'm actually interacting with people and trying to, like you know, just be in the moment Exactly and be present and try and like. I'm terrible at it personally. No, you're much better than me. Just, I'm just thinking of a funny kind of incidents where Sean for sure makes makes his efforts to go to more things than I go to less, but sometimes I'll go to one. He's like wait, you don't have anything for me. Sorry, pal Zero.

Speaker 2: 2:37

You're making the connections.

Speaker 1: 2:39

That's it. I try, you know, getting better, getting better. So thank you.

Speaker 2: 2:43

Yeah, it's difficult. Yeah, I'm just not good for me.

Speaker 1: 2:45

So there you go. She's human, we're all human or aliens. You're definitely like a seasoned pro and can smoke with the best of them. I would say, no doubt there. You know, you're known for your nails, your bongs, your blunts, your backwoods. All the above All the above Guilty is charged. Absolutely, do you have like a preferred method personally. Definitely Backwoods Also like lately I've just been Sorry.

Speaker 2: 3:13

Yeah, motion cream is my favorite. Yeah, and then I mean I've always loved dabbing, but lately it's just been like consuming more by dabbing. Like I dab so much more versus like blunt. Like I still love to smoke my blunt in the evening, but I just dab all day long, especially with this guy. Shout out to you guys, I'm so excited that I won this from the giveaway. Yeah, I have not stopped using it goes everywhere with me.

Speaker 1: 3:34

Everybody knows I'm always pulling it out of my bag so you keep it in immaculate conditions. Are you dry? You do a dry puff coat.

Speaker 2: 3:40

I do. Yeah, like it dry Well, I mean, either way is good is good, but I find that with this but particularly, gets more dirty and like more like residue stuck in there with the water.

Speaker 1: 3:51

I know what you mean. It gets kind of gnarly, like I've seen my brothers and yeah, it's a little banked up, yeah.

Speaker 2: 3:56

I never moved around with it.

Speaker 1: 3:57

Exactly it probably tastes just as delicious.

Speaker 2: 3:59

Mm-hmm. Yeah, I like more flavorful.

Speaker 1: 4:01

Even there you go Pro tip Struggling to open my shish soda over here. I want to try that.

Speaker 2: 4:07

Those are a struggle with these. So the ASMR.

Speaker 1: 4:12

Pro tip. I forgot to do it. This is your pro shish tip, don't forget to. I just forgot. But you got to turn it upside down, like ever so slightly, to like, distribute the cherry juice evenly.

Speaker 2: 4:23

Oh, okay, pro tip.

Speaker 1: 4:24

There's my that shish. That's impressive, isn't it?

Speaker 2: 4:26

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1: 4:27

Don't forget, shish is the official sponsor of Hyro-Bits Shout out to she. I just sneak it in there, grab your soda. I think they just won in a word too.

Speaker 2: 4:35

Yeah, they did, and I wanted to shut them up for that.

Speaker 1: 4:38

So shout out to Matt and Jack Golin, I believe his other partner there, sheesh and they won Beverage of the Year at the grown-up conference. The Victoria that took place yesterday Not bad, so that's pretty awesome.

Speaker 2: 4:51

Have you guys tried a Sheesh float with the ice cream?

Speaker 1: 4:55

Yeah, he did that activation in our store.

Speaker 2: 4:57

So good.

Speaker 1: 4:57

Popped off. We had a lot of people come in actually specifically for it.

Speaker 2: 5:00

So it was a lot of fun. It's a good event, yeah right.

Speaker 1: 5:03

Who doesn't love a little float? Don't forget to follow at. Where can they find you?

Speaker 2: 5:10

Blunt underscore bay underscore. You're gonna probably have to type in my whole name because I'm shadow band everywhere, but you can find me on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube.

Speaker 1: 5:19

That's super impressive. I think that's about it for now. How did you grow your following to that with like being shadow band? That's impressive. So I didn't know you. I didn't realize you were that shadow band.

Speaker 2: 5:29

Yeah it's rough out here. Luckily with like you know now that like collaboration feature on Instagram where you can like post to multiple accounts with like one post that helps out a lot.

Speaker 2: 5:40

So like whenever I collaborate with like a bigger brand or something like that, that will put me on, like you know, some more people's radar. Yeah, I've just been able to work with a lot of like really big brands and get those, get that exposure from them, like G pen cookies raw, you know just a lot of like work with some, some impressive people, definitely.

Speaker 2: 5:59

Yeah, for sure it's. It's and I'm very, like you know, excited and like honored to have been able to work with those brands, cause, like when I started out, it's like you know, you're trying out these brands, you're following them on Instagram, so, yeah, to be able to work with them is really a big accomplishment for myself personally.

Speaker 1: 6:16

I saw you did like did you do? You did like a class collaboration, just like blunt, blunt by glass there. You did like some slurpers or something or like am I wrong?

Speaker 2: 6:24

Well, I do have a banger. It's not like a collaborator Anything. I just got like my own personalized banger with, like my, my logo etched on it, just for funsies.

Speaker 1: 6:32

I thought I looked dope, yeah, okay.

Speaker 2: 6:34

Yeah, and then there's this company called Alchemy Charms. I also they sent me like a customized bank. So they do like they'll take like already existing glass and add like crystals and like resin and flowers and all that kind of stuff to customize it. So they made me like a blunt Bay one. And then they kind of made this some like spin offs of that. It wasn't like an official collab or anything like that, but for me to like promote it and stuff. So that was really cool. They made me like a personalized piece. It's like really the 24 inch bong, so it's like my biggest one. Oh, wow, yeah, I think.

Speaker 1: 7:04

I think you should look into that because I thought it was really cool, I think I think it would do well for you. I just know you're always hustling and trying to get your brand out there, and I guess that's the name of the game. When you're an influencer, you'd say like literally just getting yourself out there and just always communicating, always posting, or exactly.

Speaker 2: 7:20

Yeah, I mean I think you should be always posting, but I'm not super consistent about it personally.

Speaker 2: 7:26

But that is definitely something that I want to do is like have a shop with you know all my favorite things and, like you know, I've kind of started out with the merchandise a little bit. I just have the Hutties and like I had some crop tops as well. But yeah, there's a lot of things that I use regularly, and that's actually one of my most popular videos on YouTube is like what's in my stoner bag, like the products that I use most often.

Speaker 1: 7:49

Right.

Speaker 2: 7:50

So I really want to like capitalize on that, and I also just get asked a lot like oh, where'd you get that cool thing that you're using? And like, like you were saying, you know, even with my little cuff coat cap and just all the fun things that you know, stoner innovation, yeah.

Speaker 1: 8:05

I love showing that kind of stuff and yeah, sharing what I love. Kind of curious. What well I can look it up online. But what is like your go to? What's in your stoner bag? What can you not leave the house without? Obviously, the Puff Co is one of them.

Speaker 2: 8:17

Yeah, for sure. I mean I could pull the bag over and do a whole like live thing right now. But even if you went online, I need to update it because it's been a while. But yeah, definitely, the Puff Co has been in there nonstop since I got that. I also have like a massive Santa Cruz shredder grinder. It's like literally like this big.

Speaker 1: 8:33

A big wide for like a whole quarter or something.

Speaker 2: 8:35

Yeah, like the super big one, and I always get looks when I bring that out with me. But I'm like, I'm rolling blends. It's just easier for me to have the big grinder, the backwards, the rolling tray, the roach clip. Those are like, yeah, probably like the things that I have to have when I know I'm going to go for a session type of thing and a vape. I was left to have a vape on me, sneaky vape in there somewhere, thc vape, not nicotine.

Speaker 1: 8:58

Me too. Yeah, same way. I was going to try and roll up some of this dopamine. It's a Mamosa times Jagger cross. I'm from out in the Kootenays.

Speaker 2: 9:10

Is that that second jar that we were looking at?

Speaker 1: 9:12

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 9:13

That is a beautiful nugs. It smells so good.

Speaker 1: 9:16

We got a nice, nice one. I hit him jam that I she smelled it right away too and I just pulled it out of there, but it's got like this kind of great candy thing to it. Anyways, I think you really like it. So, anyways, I'm just gonna kind of Start rolling that up while we chat away here. I'm curious to dial it back. So my understanding is you're a budtender at some point, but why? Why the switch? And what was that transition like? Becoming like a content creator and an influencer?

Speaker 2: 9:43

So I was actually a budtender pre legalization. So, yeah, I got to work in the black market. Just before legalization. It was like May 2018 I got the opportunity to work at a black market dispensary and I jumped at the opportunity. So I was working there the whole summer. It was really exciting.

Speaker 2: 10:03

Um, I didn't really like taken like the risk factor of it as much, um, but luckily I didn't have any close brushes with the law during that summer at least. Um, they did get rated at the end of the summer. Unfortunately, once legalization came around, but I feel like they just kind of went around and shut all the shops down. They didn't really like charge people, from what I understand. So it wasn't too bad. Um, but yeah, after that, I was working at Sephora at the time, so I was just kind of doing that.

Speaker 2: 10:31

And then I, after legalization I mean not that I had anything to do, legalization but um, I started like smoking a lot of blends actually after working at the dispensary. Um, I had started were smoking backwards there and I always had my nails done and I like to take pictures of my blends with my nails, especially as I made progress with learning to roll blends and they got better and better. I would like to document my process with my little pictures, um, but I couldn't post them anywhere because of stigma. I mean, even though it was legal, you know, I still worked at, you know, a business that wasn't really cannabis friendly, even like when I would come in smelling like it, they would like kind of give me comments, um, and then also with like family as well, like my family wasn't exactly super open to it, um. So, yeah, I I created a secret instagram account that I didn't tell anybody about, um, and I just started posting on there for fun.

Speaker 2: 11:20

And then, um, from that, I started, uh, getting messages from random like brands, like cannabis brands, like Mainly black market cannabis brands that were looking for help with their instagram Um for me to like create content for them as well as like give them exposure. So, yeah, I just kind of started getting contacted by different companies and it went from like just being for fun to like, oh, I can kind of make money off of this um and it and um, I started like creating the content and like doing the influencer side of it as well as Managing social media and creating content for other brands as well. So I got to see both sides of it as well.

Speaker 1: 11:54

This is like being a first generation Canadian. Um, does that ever like Affect your relationship with your family and like your relationship with cannabis? Is that like? Is that become? Is that like a thing?

Speaker 2: 12:06

for sure. Um, my Mom is much more like westernized, I guess I could say, and like chill about it. Um, like, when I first started smoking in like high school, college, she wasn't down because she wanted me to like finish school and stuff like that. But once I got old enough, she's like you know, I can't really tell you what to do and she's kind of cool with it now.

Speaker 2: 12:24

Um, and I still didn't tell her about my instagram just right off the jump, because I didn't really know what she would think about it. So I was like, if I reach 10,000 followers, I'm gonna tell her. And it happened. And then I didn't even tell her like right away. I just it just kind of naturally happened. I was like, oh, by the way, I like have this instagram account and she was actually like really excited. And she's like, wow, this is really cool, like you built this all from like smoking weed. I was like, yeah, so it was cool that she was like excited about it. But, um, my parents are divorced because they did have an arranged marriage. You know backstory. It's all cool, you know that's fine, life happens, um, but yeah, so my dad doesn't really know as much about my everyday life and all the stuff that I do, yeah, so I just kind of keep it on the deal.

Speaker 2: 13:05

I did recently tell him that I do smoke weed, but he doesn't know like the extent of it. And the whole influencer side. So I'm like just kind of slowly easing him into it.

Speaker 1: 13:13

They'll find out.

Speaker 2: 13:15

Yeah, exactly for you.

Speaker 1: 13:17

I think you, you know, um, I think that weed can kind of help, kind of carry a persona for people. I think sometimes it carries a persona persona for me too. So, um, I don't know, it's cool you get to live that alter, you going.

Speaker 2: 13:29

It's amazing yourself and give you like a yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 13:32

Yeah, it's part of your success and they gave you like a channel and a note let and it's dope. I'm curious because you you mentioned of course there's always risks with you know, black market or anything illegal, but you got to take risks to make things happen. Um, how do you decide what risks are worth or not when you choose who to work with?

Speaker 2: 13:50

It's a great question. Um it, I guess it. It really just depends on, like, if it's something that, like, aligns with my morals and values. Um, you know, if, if it's a brand that I would have liked, you know, despite all of this, like, would I consume their products, you know, would I Fuck with them? You know? Um, yeah, I, I am a very, like, honest person. Obviously, I can just say that you guys don't have to believe me, but, like, if you ask my friends, they'll tell you I'm a very honest person. Um, and I just like to go with my gut and I feel bad when I lie about things.

Speaker 1: 14:27

So, Um, I could sense that. I mean you know.

Speaker 2: 14:30

I don't know you too well, but certainly I'm glad to feel that energy, for sure yeah so, yeah, I definitely like to like trust my gut and, um, you know, I trust my, my values and, yeah, just kind of believe in myself and be like is this right, you know? Do you think this is good for you? Yeah, okay, then go for it. And if it doesn't work out, that's a mistake that you know I have to accept and learn from. It happens.

Speaker 1: 14:54

Well said, everyone makes mistakes. Mm-hmm, can I borrow like you have a scoopy tool like a bro. Just why? Uh, I can. Go get tools.

Speaker 2: 15:02

I have my little, yeah, my little hot knife guy didn't come prepared.

Speaker 1: 15:05

This thing was sick. Yeah, that was a cool little thing. Did you call that again? Sorry, I know it's like a little, it's not it's like a fugazi hot knife.

Speaker 2: 15:14

So yeah, you can just scoop it and then hold down the button whenever you're ready to drop it.

Speaker 1: 15:18

Oh, perfect, yeah, nice figure I a lot of work for me. I'm gonna ask you owners are so Ingenious, yeah, innovative, yeah, it's the best.

Speaker 2: 15:26

That was actually how I started. A lot of my like instagram and youtube videos was just showcasing fun and like interesting products that I found and I was like wow, like this is so cool, like look at all the different ways you can use it, or whatever.

Speaker 1: 15:40

So yeah, believe it or not. Like maybe we'll have to consult you because, like sometimes it's hard for us to find like for us At least the right fit of items and or like yeah, I don't know there's just a million items, some things I'm sure you're aware. People send you shit all the time. You know this is shit. Yes.

Speaker 2: 15:57

That's one of the things I've said no to. A lot is accessory brands like would I actually use this? No, no, get it out of here. I'm not gonna take the check, like sorry.

Speaker 1: 16:06

There you go. You know, there you go. As much as I'd like to, you would actually just never use.

Speaker 2: 16:11

Your kind of legs?

Speaker 1: 16:11

be real.

Speaker 2: 16:12

Yeah, exactly, I'm like you know people try to send me like grinders all the time. I'm like I have a $200 grinder, I'm never going to use that like as much as you're not gonna top a, you won't sell out for it.

Speaker 1: 16:23

Respect for sure. How do you? I guess that's always a hard thing because it's it's marketing and it's truest form. Right, but how do you, like, measure success when people come to you? Or?

Speaker 2: 16:35

Yeah, I mean numbers are definitely like the most Pandable and like easiest, like visible way to see that, whether it's views, likes, clicks, um, you know there's like affiliate links and codes and things like that. So there's ways to see um in terms of that. But also um Messages, like people will message me or like comment or even just tell me in person, like that you know they tried something because I told them or you know, because they saw me post about it, or whatever it is Um, and whether that's right away or down the road, it's. It's hard to um, I guess, gauge that Uh, reach right away, because sometimes it's not right away, it's not instant, it's like down the road and even, like with the youtube videos, um, sometimes the video will blow up like months after I posted it and I'm like, oh okay, well, you know.

Speaker 2: 17:25

Hopping off now, yeah and then sometimes, like affiliate codes will only be like Temporary, so it'll only be for like the first month or something it's active and then after that it's not active anymore. So there's no way to like actually track it right. So there are ways and then there aren't ways.

Speaker 1: 17:40

No, that's, that's cool. It's again. It's a world that's Unfamiliar to me. So I'm very interested have you, uh, have you noticed any new or interesting trends kind of in like the, the um, im influencing space slash? Uh, you know Trial making. Where am I going with that? I brain farted a little bit.

Speaker 2: 18:00

Selling a marketing weed. Selling a marketing weed?

Speaker 1: 18:01

Yeah, people are trying to box you in and say, like we want you to do this. Obviously, you have the veto power.

Speaker 2: 18:07

Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah, I don't like it when people try to like, ask me to post or do a specific thing. I'm like you're coming to me for my audience and my content, so I want to do it my way.

Speaker 1: 18:18

Yeah, that makes sense. You get to kind of dictate the tone, so to speak.

Speaker 2: 18:22

Right Exactly yeah, excuse me, and then, sorry, brain fart your question. Oh, yes, trends in the influencer space. Yeah, so, with shadow bands and social media being so censored and so much censorship, there's a lot of people kind of getting away from showcasing the flower and the actual products and just kind of like being sneaky about it, either smoking and making a meme out of it, you know, like the TikTok trends and all that kind of stuff like repurposing audios to like make a joke or showcase different things, like that.

Speaker 1: 19:01

Finally, it's discreet, the regulations, essentially.

Speaker 2: 19:03

Yeah, but it's very hard to actually show product and be like I'm sure you guys know this like being able to say, come buy it here, we have this for sale, these are the prices. You can't do any of that stuff. So yeah. So, yeah, you just have to be very creative with it.

Speaker 1: 19:20

Um, yeah, Good answer, you nailed it. You're my best. I feel like we'll leave it there. We'll be right back with Lumpi, All right Back of the shop, 821 Quincy West. Follow us at higher orbit and follow Lumpi. We'll see you we'll be back soon. We'll see you soon. We'll be back soon with the thing.

Speaker 2: 19:45

When are we gonna be back?

Speaker 1: 19:46

Ah, soon, Okay cool.

Speaker 2: 19:48

And then I got that we're gonna start with the hashball Sweet.

Speaker 1: 19:51

Yeah, peanut butter, mac black bean. Yeah, we'll be right back, back from the set. We back Shops closed. Lumpi's in the house.

Speaker 2: 20:10

Lumpi, lumpi, yeah, I was gonna say it's like that sounded like boy I don't know.

Speaker 1: 20:16

I guess I kind of like iterated it. Weird, you're good. Where were we? We were talking about Shooting the shit. Shooting the shit. I was curious, before we jump back in, what's the update with those plants? Buddy Soil to oil, baby, yeah, willy's Wanderers crushing it. We're in a vegetated still. I started giving them like some nutrients Interesting Using some good nutrients there and they just shot right, the fuck up, exploded, pretty dope. They're already stinking. It is impressive, those AC Infinity tents and the carbon filter and the whole setup. I improved my seal and my window and it doesn't really smell at all, to be honest, but they're stinky. When I open it it's starting to stink.

Speaker 1: 21:04

We've got the sea of green net above it. So we're gonna start like I think I got some clips. It's a lot of stuff, let's start lotticing them up. And I sold a CO2 pillow thing. What does that do? The CO2, they love the CO2, man, fair enough, they don't need oxygen Because they come right. Yeah, they love it and it's gonna make the density. I think it creates the density in the buds.

Speaker 1: 21:27

Okay, sometimes I think you get really good homegrown and it's super stinky and it's like sticky and all that shit. But it's like wispy To get like those like pro-dense and to get your like yield up. You know what's funny? I think you want the CO2. I was going home and I could definitely smell some first batch as a people's homegrown. It has like a distinct kind of like it's cropped over soon, kind of. You know, it's also five years legalization. We were gonna touch base on that. We could chat about that again. Is this something we're celebrating? I always have like conflicted feelings about it. I mean, obviously we have to. Yeah, of course, especially as somebody like I feel like, yeah, cause I, yeah, are your team make weed illegal again? Sorry, what do you think? Are you team make weed illegal again?

Speaker 2: 22:11

I don't know. Yeah, it's terrible.

Speaker 1: 22:12

I should elaborate more on that.

Speaker 2: 22:14

I mean, it's obviously like a great thing that I mean not like, obviously, whatever. It's great that it's like legal, you know, and it's not like Especially considering there's no punitive things anymore. Yeah, yeah, especially.

Speaker 1: 22:28

You were just in Texas, so that it's a very different landscape. Being a cannabis user in Texas, I can only imagine.

Speaker 2: 22:34

Oh my gosh, yeah, terrifying.

Speaker 1: 22:37

Wow, look at that. That's the beast.

Speaker 2: 22:40

This is the beast.

Speaker 1: 22:41

Yes, what are you busting up there?

Speaker 2: 22:43

This is the fried ice cream by headwater the lovely only strain I have been smoking since. I got it Shout out to headwater so good. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Speaker 1: 22:52

Always super chirpy stuff. We're so lucky to have tried the frosted fruit cake hash wraps that Bam made and then he had like the caliphomins in it, but they always do great stuff headwater. So definitely shout out to them. I guess is what I was trying to say on our landscape and our parts of the world.

Speaker 2: 23:07

You know I'm going legal. I think they are so.

Speaker 1: 23:09

Are they?

Speaker 2: 23:10

I didn't know that I'm pretty sure they're in the process.

Speaker 1: 23:12

I'll be. I look forward to that. Yeah, I was going to say I always appreciate that you roll up with like fire from both sides, Like in fact you probably don't remember, but I think the first time I met you was at Bellwood's and you totally gave me a nugget of space pros. Yeah, I do remember. There you go. I was like oh so pumped, it was fire.

Speaker 2: 23:28

Yeah, and I didn't know you guys were brothers. And then he was like, oh, you gave my brother some really good weed. I was like, oh, I thought you were talking about Stan, I was like oh, Stan's your brother, Cause I remember I was giving you to Stan. And then I was like go ahead and I hope you're out there, buddy. Oh yeah, I saw him last week. He's great. Good, not our IP, he's great.

Speaker 1: 23:51

Oh, I mean wow, and the legal and the legal selling market, for sure.

Speaker 2: 23:57

But yeah, Texas crazy.

Speaker 1: 23:59

I feel like you're always somebody that's really genuine. Thank you, I mean, there's a big compliment and we try and be genuine and down to earth too, and I wonder if, like sometimes, you think like, is it like a nice guy finishes last mentality, or is there like value in being genuine in the influencing game?

Speaker 2: 24:18

There's definitely value in being genuine. I find that people like your audience will definitely like see through in authenticity and like a fake personality. So, you know, without giving too much of myself away to you know, kind of protect myself in certain ways as well, I do, you know, try to be as authentic and you know, true to who I am. Yeah, but I mean there's also people who make it really big off of like fake personas and it's all just about, like, I guess, embodying that persona and you know whether it's like a comedic persona or, like you know, sometimes like a, you know, a girl of five persona or whatever it is.

Speaker 1: 25:03

As long as you own it and roll with it, right?

Speaker 2: 25:05

And, yeah, it's also like owning the fact that it's not your true, authentic personality.

Speaker 1: 25:12

Right.

Speaker 2: 25:13

Trying to pass it off as something that it's not is when it's like okay, I don't like that.

Speaker 1: 25:18

Doesn't connect. Important advice on an entrepreneurial level, you know. And yeah, when you're just deciding what your brand's going to represent, that's really important, you know.

Speaker 2: 25:26

Definitely.

Speaker 1: 25:28

And what your values and your core stuff is. And I always like to break out our cosmic Charlie's book and look at that stuff sometimes and remember like, yeah, man, that's what we fucking stand for.

Speaker 2: 25:38

Absolutely. You know, that's how we do things, yeah, and that is a big compliment coming from you guys. So thank you.

Speaker 1: 25:43

Absolutely Interesting. You say that, sean. It's funny. We should bust that out again. I was thinking about you, like that one. Well, I was just thinking about what you know Mike said the other day, a long time ago. But yeah, it's just like you know. It's important to stand for something and live by values, and you know what you said about working with people. A lot of people try to pull off that Fugazi shit.

Speaker 2: 26:09

Pretty sure.

Speaker 1: 26:10

How do you stay like passionate and motivated to continue to produce Cause like again?

Speaker 2: 26:17

it's something that's it's hard, it's hard everybody. It's like scroll scroll scroll, you know. Absolutely.

Speaker 1: 26:24

How do you think you keep yourself relevant?

Speaker 2: 26:25

you know, I mean, I've definitely been struggling lately with like being consistent in terms of like cleaning content both on Instagram, youtube, all that stuff, and it has definitely been like lack of motivation as well as just like being busy with work. So, you know, I just have to kind of not have to but like because I still want it, to enjoy it, and that's kind of why I don't see me forcing content out, but, yeah, just kind of find my way back to enjoying it and find ways like. Find things like whether it's changing my content or you know, yeah, I guess it is changing up my content because I kind of don't really identify with as much of the content that I was posting before, so I kind of do want to change it up in a sense.

Speaker 1: 27:12

You have to evolve, right? Isn't that part of it?

Speaker 2: 27:14

Yeah, yeah, and part of what helps to keep you motivated is definitely like my friends and like my community, but also like just getting like random comments from strangers on like. I just got a random comment from somebody on my Instagram and they were like start uploading videos again and like just getting random comments on old YouTube videos. I'm like okay, people are still watching. Like people care. You know, I'm not just obviously like I'm still doing it for me and because I enjoy it, but it just like helps to motivate and push me that like people out there care and like you know they're like hey, like where have you been? I remember, like I see that you haven't posted, even like Nico from Canara called me out at elevate the other day. He's like where have you been?

Speaker 1: 27:52

You haven't been posting and I was like, oh my God, like not him calling me out. Yeah, that's a nice shout out to him man. It's good if you've missed in the community so that's a good feeling.

Speaker 2: 28:03

Exactly, I was like, wow, you know, I gotta get back to it.

Speaker 1: 28:07

Yeah, that's your own pace. You know it's okay to struggle too. So if you ever get like social anxiety, I'm so I feel like I don't know I do. So I was like, but I'm, you know, I guess I'm still new to having a podcast and trying to be consistent, like you said.

Speaker 2: 28:23

Yeah, like I feel like I have to have like some big comeback post or like if I'm not getting the same amount of likes that I was since you know my last post, then you know, I mean I try and that stuff really doesn't like bother me too much.

Speaker 1: 28:36

but Keep it rolling Exactly.

Speaker 2: 28:38

But, like you know, it's still something that you take note of, like oh you know that didn't do as well, or whatever the thing is. But, yeah, also like feeling like, oh, I have to make a big comeback after not posting for a while. But it's like no, you just got to post and just get back into it. You know people are going to be happy to see something not something rather than nothing but like to see that you're back.

Speaker 1: 28:57

And I see is the name of the game and I think you nailed it there and that's just tough but it is just discipline. Yeah and yeah, working on your craft and going through it, and sometimes failing, helps you evolve, right? I guess that's what they say for sure, we're taking a step back. We're taking a step back, yeah, realigning things. Yeah, if you're struggling out there, we love you.

Speaker 2: 29:21

Absolutely.

Speaker 1: 29:22

We're here for you, how do you kind of balance, I guess you know promoting like a positive space and, I guess, a positive conception of you know weed smoking, I guess, and just being true to you, that's a good question.

Speaker 2: 29:42

I do think I'm generally like a positive person. I try to look on the bright side and, you know, not let things keep me down for too long. But yeah, if you do follow me and keep up with my platform, you'll see that, like I don't usually talk a lot about like negative things, whether it's like negative things going on in the world or like drama or or acknowledging those haters in the comments and stuff.

Speaker 1: 30:07

Yeah, acknowledging haters in the comments or drama in the industry, whatever it is.

Speaker 2: 30:12

I try to stay away from it all because you know when I go on social media that's not what I'm going there for. You know, it's kind of like an escape from reality and I kind of want that to, not that in my. That's what I'm providing for people. But you know, I try to keep everything light and happy and obviously sometimes we do have to acknowledge things that are happening in the world. But yeah, I try to keep it pretty light and positive, for the most part online, because it's Instagram at the end of the day. You know I'm just smoking weed online, sharing my experiences, reviews and trying to de-stigmatize as much as I can.

Speaker 1: 30:46

Well, that's pretty dope. That's very dope. I feel like you do that really well and I was going to say that save me, Charlie. No, you're good. I really had a really good thought there. It's going to come back to me.

Speaker 2: 31:02

You go. Ok, man, we smoke weed buddy yeah.

Speaker 1: 31:05

OK, sometimes it happens, I guess. What are some of the more memorable experiences or collaborations that you've worked with? Do you have kind of some fun thing that's been developing? The name is slipping my mind, but you go live with a couple of your friends.

Speaker 2: 31:23

Absolutely yeah. So sitting pretty live. We do that every Wednesday. It used to be Fridays when we moved it to Wednesdays, yeah so, yeah, that is a lot of fun. I do that with my friend Big Jade and friends who weed. We are all like kind of spread far apart, like we don't live close together, though so it's kind of hard. We would love to do like a podcast setting like this that you guys have, which is amazing, like your whole studio and everything. It's definitely very aspirational, something that we would like to you know, a level that we'd like to aspire to. So right now it's just a live stream on Instagram If you guys want to check it out at Sitting Pretty Live On Tuesdays. It's on Wednesdays On.

Speaker 1: 32:00

Wednesdays yeah on.

Speaker 2: 32:01

Wednesdays we wear pink. On Wednesdays we smoke weed. We just thought it made sense.

Speaker 1: 32:05

So we do this on.

Speaker 2: 32:05

Wednesdays.

Speaker 1: 32:06

That's really great.

Speaker 2: 32:07

Yeah, so we do. You know, we do like arts and crafts, but also like talk about things in the industry. We share reviews, we'll talk about like glass and we have like a 7-10 episode just talking about like concentrate and stuff we love to have guests on. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. Similar to what you guys do, but different format Awesome.

Speaker 1: 32:29

I call one. I had a good time watching it. I don't think I'm like your target demographic, so there you go.

Speaker 2: 32:34

Glad to hear that.

Speaker 1: 32:36

Yeah, that was great. How does Blump Boy handle partnerships? Sorry, I did it again. Blump Boy, it's okay Handle partnerships in the industry and kind of manage those relationships. Do you find it challenging or is it just kind of like natural to you?

Speaker 2: 32:54

It can be challenging sometimes, like navigating brand partnerships and things like that.

Speaker 2: 33:00

Like expectations, like setting expectations and stuff, or Just kind of like being on the same page. Like I think I mentioned earlier about how, like, I don't like to like abide by what other people want me to post, like hey, like if they hit me up and they're like, hey, like, just post this and whatever. Or like we want you to do this in the video or whatever, and be like, if it aligns with what I do, like sure, but if it doesn't, then I'm like you know, you're coming to me from my content and my audience, like I want to do it authentically in that way. But in terms of like collaborating with, like other influencers and things like that, it comes pretty naturally. Like I just collaborate with people that I'm friends with. I don't usually collaborate with people outside of that. I mean then obviously, like brands and stuff, but again, it's brands that like I like brands that I would smoke and consume.

Speaker 2: 33:48

Products that I would use, yeah, exactly Things that I would naturally gravitate towards, that align with me. So it feels natural.

Speaker 1: 33:58

How do you like find, I guess, and decide what to. Well, I guess, what do you like? You always have fireweed, whether it's legal or not, or you're just like constantly on the hunt. I mean, I kind of know when we play that game too. What are you looking for?

Speaker 2: 34:13

I guess I'm right now kind of like content with where I'm at, because I've really been loving this headwater fried ice cream. I have really like not stopped smoking it since I first tried it, probably like early this year, if not like last winter, like you know, 2022. So I've been consistently smoking this for a while. Other than that, I actually like concentrates. You know I am definitely on the hunt for like something new, like new fire on the legal market, particularly because I'm always usually like grabbing a little bit at a time, because if I have a lot I will just smoke it all, like I really will. So I like to just grab a gram here and there and I consistently just grab the nugs, turpol, hash, rosin. It's just really flavorful and like really good bang for your buck. But you know, if there's something out there that's better, everybody always has it too.

Speaker 1: 35:04

It's a consistent one. You're always disposing they do carry that.

Speaker 2: 35:07

Exactly, that's a really nice part about that as well.

Speaker 1: 35:11

It won our rosin at the year last year, so yeah it was a category that keeps getting better Right. So it's fun to see it continue to get better and trying all these products. It's absolutely wild.

Speaker 2: 35:21

Yeah, yeah, absolutely Anything new that you guys want to share. Um oh, I feel like they're always seeing, like you guys are always seeing the new stuff because you have the store Right.

Speaker 1: 35:32

So that was a fun little gem. I mean, what the antidote?

Speaker 2: 35:37

Oh yeah, no, that was fire, don't put me in that. That was pretty nice, we yeah.

Speaker 1: 35:41

We didn't really follow up with the review of it, but it was like a great candy.

Speaker 2: 35:45

Yes, I'd say yeah, yeah, yeah the creamy grapes, kind of thing the smell really translated into the smoke, into the flavor right all the way to the end. It was really smooth.

Speaker 1: 35:55

Nice. Also, what do we try some? I got some pink that's going around. If it won't, kind of pink, it is, but I'm always a big fan of pink. I haven't had a pink in a while. It was like you know, worth mentioning anyways. Yeah, yeah, you know there's lots of them, but it's been good. Oh, you said you tried something crazy at Mike's event some jokers candy. That was really good. That's from the heavy, heavy shop.

Speaker 2: 36:16

Dylan showed it Dylan was at the, the hash, the hash that we tried from really, really good. Right that you know it's a man.

Speaker 1: 36:25

I believe is the hash maker Anything else right now the Scotty, but Scotty Rosin rolls. I like those. They tasted fresher. Yeah, not really a secret now Not a set by by 1964 is pretty good. What else I haven't smoked weed in a while. The death of my nice for is good. Did you have that yet?

Speaker 2: 36:45

No, I don't think so. It's more checking it up. It's only like 30 bucks. Okay.

Speaker 1: 36:49

Oh, we got the Percy. Dysfunction Junction Rosin. Whoa you might check that out.

Speaker 2: 36:54

I haven't heard about that one. Yeah, we have a couple of jars, yeah okay, damn, it was really good.

Speaker 1: 36:58

Mm-hmm, that's what checking out?

Speaker 2: 37:00

I would say so how long is your break been going on? You said you have it smoked in a while.

Speaker 1: 37:03

Oh, 30 days.

Speaker 2: 37:04

Wow, do you have like a Goal or an end date?

Speaker 1: 37:08

It's just one more day. Okay, wow, no one Each time you're farther there but yeah, he's never saying never, but he's just going for a bit. Yeah, cool. Yeah, probably longest have gone, in incredibly long time and how's your experience with that been? Yeah, what's in the most challenging? They preach early Mm-hmm. Uh, it is a struggle. The first 14 days are brutal.

Speaker 1: 37:29

No no, I yeah Mostly the physiological effects, so like stomach, sleep, sweats, mental tension. There's a lot. You got a lot of physical stuff in you. Yeah, well, there's a lot of mental too, that goes with that. The physical is just very like apparent when you're going through it. So right, but it's good, I'm feeling pretty good about it, yeah.

Speaker 2: 37:53

I can really relate to that. The last time I had a break, which was like 2017, I went through a lot of those like physical symptoms, yeah, a lot of like anxiety, not being able to sleep. I like cried a lot. I don't know if it was just like emotions or what, but yeah. I'm not being able to be being vulnerable, yeah, so that is definitely part of you know to be more vulnerable, part of why I don't take a break.

Speaker 2: 38:17

Yeah, I don't want to go back to that feeling, but also it's like once you're past that hurdle, it's like you don't want to go back to being dependent on it.

Speaker 1: 38:23

Yeah, that's getting to the real side yeah we can't have a consumption, that's okay, when you're happy, hitter. It doesn't talk like that. So yeah, for sure I think you just go through the feels more, and then you said that to you. I don't know and maybe that kind of goes with crying. It makes sense like I feel like I've taken a couple days here and there and things just hit you harder sometimes.

Speaker 2: 38:43

Like like whenever.

Speaker 1: 38:44

I had come no, absolutely.

Speaker 2: 38:45

Whenever I'm having like a tough moment, all like smoke a dab or smoke a blunt, and I don't, I numb the emotion Right. So you have, you have to feel the emotion unless you're, like you know, numbing it some other way.

Speaker 1: 38:55

But there are worse ways. Let's be real.

Speaker 2: 38:57

Yeah, definitely.

Speaker 1: 38:59

You're 100% right, mm-hmm. Yeah, no, it's good once in a while. Gotta, take a break, gotta you know, everyone's got to help is important.

Speaker 2: 39:06

Yeah, definitely check in with your relationship with the plant.

Speaker 1: 39:09

You got it right.

Speaker 2: 39:10

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1: 39:11

Make sure it's still a secret to you. Yeah, that was a great conversation.

Speaker 2: 39:16

Interesting segue.

Speaker 1: 39:18

The interesting segue will leave out there. We'll be right back on higher it's balloon. We got a bag. Fucking nice cone with that fried ice cream Mm-hmm. She was oh, do your roll. No, no filter, I like it.

Speaker 2: 39:31

Yeah, that's how I roll.

Speaker 1: 39:34

Don't forget she's the official beverage of higher a bit.

Speaker 2: 39:36

Cheers.

Speaker 1: 39:41

We're back Just talking about how much we love weed. Just talking about how much we love weed.

Speaker 2: 39:47

Nothing else pretty much.

Speaker 1: 39:49

That was pretty good. Thanks for all that tasty backward.

Speaker 2: 39:52

Mm-hmm, god, you liked it.

Speaker 1: 39:54

Yeah, yeah, I'm young, fried ice cream, my go-to combo. I did have. What was I gonna say? I think, like your second, your passion is music. Oh, your second passion, I mean I Were we With that Snoop Dogg concert together. I enjoyed that experience. Mm-hmm, I know you're kind of working, but they definitely go.

Speaker 2: 40:15

I still got to enjoy a lot of it, so that was really cool.

Speaker 1: 40:17

That was a cool experience.

Speaker 2: 40:18

Yeah, and definitely goes hand-in-hand right Speaking of.

Speaker 1: 40:21

I thought it was kind of interesting that that jar has a music pairing on it, which is oh yes, which is kind of just phantom. And we had a small gift for you. I got a rip tip for you.

Speaker 2: 40:30

Oh, wow.

Speaker 1: 40:32

Shout out to go to scientific in the rip tips. Do you know? Which color do you want?

Speaker 2: 40:36

Is that just like a clear, clear one?

Speaker 1: 40:38

and there's one like a chartreuse. That's also a reminder that if you want to shoot us a question, you could win a rip tip.

Speaker 2: 40:45

So I was.

Speaker 1: 40:47

Charlie at higher orbit dot ca.

Speaker 2: 40:49

Wow, that's so cool.

Speaker 1: 40:52

Thank you.

Speaker 2: 40:52

I'll go for the clear one.

Speaker 1: 40:53

All right.

Speaker 2: 40:54

Thank you. These are so cool. I've like smoked out of these, like other people rolling them, but I've never had my own. So thank you guys. So much yeah excellent.

Speaker 1: 41:02

We leave empty-handed, we'll give you the mug. You can't leave without a mug.

Speaker 2: 41:05

Oh my gosh, you guys are too kind. I'm just happy to be here.

Speaker 1: 41:11

Speaking of concerts. Oh yeah, you just had a pretty wild trip yourself down south. You said right.

Speaker 2: 41:16

Yes, yes, I got to go see Beyonce and then, oh, had a my closest interaction with the law on the way back from the concert.

Speaker 1: 41:25

Oh no. Yeah well, first of all, how is the Beyonce concert? That's the fun part of the story.

Speaker 2: 41:30

Oh my god. Like, truly amazing. Like they do not call her a queen for no reason.

Speaker 1: 41:35

Like sure she's dope.

Speaker 2: 41:37

Honestly like speechless, like she's so amazing. There's actually gonna be a concert movie coming out about this whole. Yeah okay, like December 1st, I think, so look up for that. Make sure you get your tickets in theater in the theater near you your first time seeing her this time yeah yeah, first time and yeah, I was in Houston, her hometown, which was really cool.

Speaker 2: 41:57

My friend lives in Austin and she got tickets and she's like come visit, so we went and then. So Houston is three hours away from Austin, so we drove and Cannabis is decriminalized there, but yeah, but in Houston only in Texas like overall.

Speaker 2: 42:15

Yeah, so it's decriminalized, but not like vapes and Edibles and I guess like dabs too. That stuff is like a felony. So we had some weed on us and we were smoking in the car. It was my friends friends car and there was four of us, basically all girls, and it was like four in the morning. Okay, we're driving back from this Beyonce concert. It's like three hours long. We're smoking in the car and I'm not thinking anything of it because they're from here. So if they're okay with doing it, I'm just going along with it right.

Speaker 2: 42:47

Anyways. So I guess a cop was going down the road the opposite way from us and and we were going a little bit too fast, they guess we pulled us over. Yeah, stank like weed, like we had finished smoking the blunt like a little bit ago, but like it's still stunk in there, like we didn't really air it out or anything, which like big mistake. And I was like they were like oh, somebody get perfumes. I pulled, went into my bag, pulled up perfume, starts bringing like crazy. Ah. And then I'm like tucking it back into my bag and the cop comes on my side, he comes to my window, tells me to roll my window down. He's like what are you tucking into your bag? I smell weed. Is that we were talking into your bag? And I was like no, I actually didn't have weed in my bag. No, like that's not what it was, it's just my bag.

Speaker 2: 43:29

And then he gets the. He tells the driver to get out and pulls her aside and like asked her questions. We thought he's gonna make her do like a sobriety test, but I guess he asked her if there was any weed in the car. He's like I smell weed. Do you have weed? Tell me, because I'm gonna find it. So she said, yeah, I think we have a couple grams.

Speaker 2: 43:44

So he tells us all to get out of the car, out for in the morning on the side of the road While he searches the car. So he's searching the car and then like deep searching the car, like there's a pack of Clorox wipes and he's opening it up, like looking into the wipes, like everything Okay, and the other cop is like talking to us, like being friendly, but I like watch a lot of you know cop interviews and stuff and I'm like it's a good cop, bad cop routine. He's trying to be friendly with us and make us comfortable and like fade ourselves out. So I was just like zipped and my friend was like oh, I was like shut up, like I heard down, you know.

Speaker 2: 44:20

The cop was like oh, sorry for annoying you and I was like oh, my god, no, like just not trying to be here right now, you know being like I'm from Canada, like I don't want to be here, like I'm scared I'm gonna get deported and like arrested, like ban from America. And they keep telling us like Do you have any vapes or edibles? Like vapes and edibles are a felony. So like you guys, better, don't have vapes and edibles, you're, you're gonna go to jail, like threatening us and we had a vape in the car. So we're like terrified, like oh my god, I'm gonna find the vape because he's deep searching the car.

Speaker 2: 44:47

We're like, how's he not gonna find it? We're terrified, after like 20, 30 minutes of searching, he pulls out like all the week because we like, we're upfront, we like handed him over the weed before even search the car. We're like, here you go, sir, here's the weed. So he comes up and he's like alright, like I want you guys to dump out the weed and like crush it up, like step on it, basically, and I'll and I'll let you go. Like not even a speeding ticket, which we were going like 10 miles over the speeding limit. I guess, yeah, no, speeding ticket, no, nothing, you didn't find the vape. I don't know how, um.

Speaker 1: 45:18

I guess you guys cooperated. You're lucky you didn't find the vape though exactly like the. You know what. That brings up a really crazy story, and I'll tell it now. Should we tell it surely? No, absolutely not. Um, as juicy as it sounds, I don't think so. That's wild. I mean, how lucky are we to be in Canada? They really seem like they bait you out, and that is like a technique that they do. They're trying to like just ruffle your feathers and Even though you didn't really like do anything wrong as far as I'm concerned.

Speaker 1: 45:48

Mm-hmm, they make you feel like you're guilty. It's just, yeah, it doesn't make any sense.

Speaker 2: 45:52

Mm-hmm, yeah, yeah it was. Yeah, my, it was terrifying. We're all really scared. My friend, like works with kids, so she was scared like her life was over. And I and like right before I had gone to Texas, I was in the car with a friend and we got pulled over for a speeding ticket here. Not that we're smoking the car, so it didn't smell or anything, but the experience with the cop was so different and Like she was going like 50 over the limit and he only gave her a ticket for going like 10 over. Like he was so nice and he's like as soon as he walked up, he's like, just so, you know, I have a body cam on, everything is being recorded. I mean, well, like they didn't do any of that and like I was also like when they were talking to Canada this time.

Speaker 2: 46:30

Yeah, so yeah excuse me when we're in Canada. Yeah, he was like, you know, body cam, whatever he didn't. They didn't do any of that in Texas. I don't know if they did have a camera or anything. But the other thing I was also thinking was the whole time was like anything I say candy will be used against me. You know, like they're probably recording me right now, so it's like literally tight-lipped. But yeah, just like the contrast of that situation was so crazy, to me very cool. Yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 46:54

I've had a few encounters, but we don't need to. I don't personally want to get into it.

Speaker 2: 46:59

No, that's fine for another day.

Speaker 1: 47:01

Yeah, exactly it's fun. Yeah, what it's fun. Sean's like itching to tell the story.

Speaker 2: 47:06

No, it's all good, it's all good. Yeah, I know, it's all good now I can look back and laugh at it, but like, yeah in the moment, exactly nothing really happened.

Speaker 1: 47:17

I'm so glad that you know, you're.

Speaker 2: 47:21

Didn't find the fucking vape, so I don't know if he was just being nicer. He just didn't find it, but damn without selling too much detail.

Speaker 1: 47:27

Yeah, no, no, yeah, sorry, now we're gonna get back on track. Buddy, you're fixated. So what do we think? What are some of the things? What do you guys think about? We already talked about legalization five years. We kind of did already, didn't we? Yeah, we touched on it, that's for sure. We're at the stony part of it.

Speaker 2: 47:54

Gas, in case you don't realize most deep. Yeah, dubs.

Speaker 1: 47:59

How would you say, like your perception, I guess, of Any cannabis user, a stoner's changed over the five years of legalization? Right, like, obviously used to deal with, still deal with some black market folks we do too. How do you see that that being transformed?

Speaker 2: 48:18

I mean in terms of like, my perception of like cannabis users, like from when I was working at that Dispensary for that brief time that I was there, even though it was an illegal shop like just seeing all the different types of people that would come in there, whether it was a young person, an older person, you know people from all different walks of life were coming into that store. So that just like really opened my eyes to like Anybody uses cannabis, not even just smokes, weed, but like topicals, edibles, you know, vapes, all the above.

Speaker 1: 48:45

What was the scene like in Houston? How was the weed? That's what I wanted to ask. I guess we're hard to say what was the weed that you toss out? Was it a sad one? Yeah?

Speaker 2: 48:53

yeah, no, it wasn't. It wasn't too much of a loss, but Just pricey in terms of like cuz I'm paying American dollars, think about that. So 150 announce American dollars. Yeah, it was only a couple grams that we had to throw out, so it wasn't too bad. But yeah, not great, like truly not like very mids, like very low level, like probably like some pure sun farms type of stuff, you know.

Speaker 1: 49:17

All right, fair enough. I was driving the shirt, ironically rocking the shirt.

Speaker 2: 49:21

They have good branding. They do have your branding. Yes, sorry, but we like that team.

Speaker 1: 49:25

It's all good yeah. Well, you know, they know what they are right Again, I've said this time and time again Different stuff exactly. Yeah, I know like people.

Speaker 2: 49:34

There's a market out there for that too, right, yeah. And yeah, back to about Like black market. It's definitely evolved a lot. Like you know, when I was smoking back in the day, my I would just be like I want $80 worth of weed, and it's not like what kind of weed or like what's straight or none of that. And now I can like go online. Even though it's black market, I can still go online and look at the strings and look at like the lineage and the grower and Ordered online and get it shipped in the mail. So it's really cool.

Speaker 1: 50:03

Do you worry about the like carrying your Blunt Bay persona when you're like crossing the border? Is that like something crosses your mind? You worry about it too, Like I don't know? I guess I try and Hide my stuff.

Speaker 2: 50:14

I think about it, so yeah yeah, I mean I feel like I'm not that famous that like people would know about me, but like I definitely like I have a little necklace that says blunt Bay and it's like not that it's like a big old chain that everybody's looking at. But when I was going through the airport I definitely like tuck it into my shirt and I was like not gonna attract any unnecessary attention to myself. I yeah, this is early care.

Speaker 1: 50:37

Those guys kind of tend to usually be a bit of dicks, and again they're like trying to choke you up so that you say something like you know? Where do you work? What do you do? Oh blunt, what's up with that? Right exactly. It's a pretty weird thing, but I'm glad we're moving away from that, and hopefully the US does at some point too I mean at their own pace, I guess. But yeah they'll figure it out at some point.

Speaker 2: 50:58

Hopefully.

Speaker 1: 51:00

Is there anything new and upcoming next year? You got going on any events or.

Speaker 2: 51:05

Um, probably gonna plan another art of the blunt. You know, celebrating blunts, blunt rolling, all that kind of stuff probably gonna be either like late fall, winter this year.

Speaker 1: 51:15

Right, because you've done some of that stuff before. You like teach people how to roll blunts and stuff, right?

Speaker 2: 51:19

Yeah, just teaching, also doing like rolling competitions, just like you know, celebrating the blunt in all, if all of its forms, like you know, bam in the hash rolls and Torsee with his beautiful cigar rolls and all that type of stuff, that's a lot of fun. Yeah, that'll probably be coming up soon. Keep up with me on Instagram for all that stuff. At blunt underscore, bay underscore. I got to type in the full name.

Speaker 1: 51:44

I love it. Don't forget follow her there, guys.

Speaker 2: 51:47

Yeah, and then you can also hit me up for the hoodies and the merch and all that stuff. I don't have a website just yet, so if you are interested, just hit me up in the DMs yeah and who.

Speaker 1: 51:58

Yeah, I really like the design, like how did you come up with that? The creative and all that kind of stuff.

Speaker 2: 52:03

It's just kind of like the vibe that I've been feeling. I guess is just like florals and bubbly letters, that like kind of 80s vibes. But it was designed by a local artist. You can check him out on Instagram same Shane, different day. He's a photographer, a graphic designer all the above. Yeah, he's awesome. He's really sweet. He did my logo for me. I can't even remember how long ago it was.

Speaker 1: 52:26

It was a while ago now. Yeah, very cool. I must have been fun working with him. I haven't seen him in a while, but I think he's like one of the few you know, like Stan he you know.

Speaker 2: 52:36

He's all over the place. He's like in different industries too, with his photography, which is really cool.

Speaker 1: 52:41

Yeah, I love Shane. He does some really good stuff. I think he kind of took a break from the industry and doing some other photography and stuff, but maybe I could be wrong.

Speaker 2: 52:48

But yeah, shane love you, buddy yeah.

Speaker 1: 52:53

What is, what are like, your pinnacle moments as an influencer. What are like some, some of your most memorable kind of like? You know, I'll never forget that kind of thing.

Speaker 2: 53:02

Definitely like the events you know hosting the blunt rolling seminar with Gold Seal cigars and they've done a few events with blunt talk.

Speaker 1: 53:12

Really cool people you've gotten to meet or anything like that.

Speaker 2: 53:16

Oh yeah, I got to meet Tony Yeo, which was really cool on 420. That was like unexpected. I went to you know Che, oh, yeah, yeah, so okay, and like cookies, they were doing a party and yeah, Jaden, she's always got the in on the cool events, so she got us into the back and we got to. I got to sit down and meet and smoke a blunt with Tony Yeo, which was really cool. And I met 50 Cent, like a long time ago when I was like a teenager.

Speaker 1: 53:42

So I'm like two members of GU and it, there we go, practically right. Yeah, awesome.

Speaker 2: 53:48

Also like getting to work. The Snoop Dogg concert was really cool. I got to work the Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert but also just like worked basically at the beginning of it and then just like got to enjoy the rest of it. So it's cool getting to work like a concert that I would have wanted to, you know, buy a ticket to and, yeah, just working with really cool brands, like you know, g-pen cookies, canada, not quite America just yet, but soon hopefully. Yes, and I'm having a brain fart now Black Market, you know.

Speaker 1: 54:20

Yeah, it's hard to work with those guys. I feel like they're kind of tight lipped, so they're with them. I think you're doing something right.

Speaker 2: 54:27

Yeah, I'd like to think so.

Speaker 1: 54:29

Lots of the top brands Definitely awesome. We you know there's always been murmurs. We hope to see you continue to involve and grow and can't wait to see what you have coming up next. That's for sure. Is there anything we're forgetting here? Maybe we'll give Shisha a little hotline call.

Speaker 2: 54:48

Maybe. Yeah, let's call the hotline. It might just be that time.

Speaker 1: 54:52

The hotline. Are you stone Press zero and tell us about it? Matter of fact, tell us whatever.

Speaker 2: 54:59

Just hash it out, you might end up on our Instagram.

Speaker 1: 55:06

Yeah, hey, matt leave a message at the tone.

Speaker 2: 55:11

Hey, Matt, hey she's, it's Blum Bay here with higher orbit. We love your drinks. Shout out to your ice cream floats those are the best. And congratulations on your award at grow up. That's really huge. We love you.

Speaker 1: 55:25

We love you, matt. Yeah, fuck, yeah. Don't forget to follow us at higher orbit. Follow us on Blum Boy. I did it for the last time I don't know why. It's been a long day for me.

Speaker 2: 55:43

Thank you guys so much for having me.

Speaker 1: 55:45

I was lovely to get to know you better. It just feels like I'm gonna have your place to leave it. I had a great time hanging out with you.

Speaker 2: 55:51

Me too, I'm looking forward to seeing you in our views.

Speaker 1: 55:52

We'll talk about Blight next time.

Speaker 2: 55:54

Yeah, can't wait.