In the Weeds: Right NOW is your “Good ol Days”! Don’t Miss Them!

I've been thinking a lot lately, mostly because I have a baby. How do you know you're having a good life while you're actually living it, while you're in the middle of it? I think we're pretty good at recognizing it afterward. I mean, we look at an old picture and go, man, those are the good old days, like when you're talking with your friends. But in that picture, if you think about it, you're probably worried about money, or annoyed with somebody, or convinced that your haircut looks stupid.

You aren't walking around thinking, I should really appreciate this. In 12 years, I'm going to miss this exact Tuesday. You're thinking, why is this person taking so long to order in front of me? Or something like that, right? But now you'd give anything to sit at that table again. Same people, same restaurant. Even the person asking 17 questions about a sandwich in front of you, it's like, come on, let me get a sandwich. There's the line from The Office.

I'm a massive Office fan. that Andy Bernard says, I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them. And I've been thinking about that a lot because that's a pretty serious thought coming out of a show where people put staplers in jello. And I love the show. And I think the reason that line sticks so much is that most of us can immediately think of a time that it applies to. A job, a group of friends, a house you lived in, probably an apartment that you lived in is probably crappy. A summer where nothing especially impressive happened, but everybody was around. At the time, you were probably trying to get somewhere else. A better job, a bigger house, a relationship, out of that relationship. I mean, depending on

the summer. And then years go by and suddenly the place that you were trying to leave is the place that now you wish you could go back and visit. Now, not permanently. Let's be honest about that. I don't need to go back and relive every financial situation I've ever had. It'd be nice to visit. I'd like to get a guest pass, one of them Disney fast passes. I mean, two hours. See everybody, then return to a life where my debit card actually works. But that's what I'm talking about now. Is there a way to recognize some of the good old days before they become the good old days?

And I don't mean walking around being grateful for every second. I'm just so happy. That is exhausting. Appreciate every moment. Every moment? You ever been on hold with an insurance company? Those are moments that I'm comfortable letting go. If I had a toothache, that's okay. I'm comfortable letting that go.

I don't want appreciation to become another thing I'm failing at though. Like I already have enough stuff I'm supposed to do. Now I'm supposed to be emotionally present while somebody explains while the printer isn't connecting. And that happens all the time. Like every moment I don't love, but maybe there's a smaller version of this. Maybe I can occasionally notice what's good without making it my full-time job.

So I came up with five things that I want to keep in perspective. Five reminders that there might already be a lot here right now that I'll miss someday. One is that ordinary time with people that I love and that time counts. And that sounds obvious, but I don't think I always treated it that way. On the radio show recently, we were talking about when are you happy?

And that's hard for me because I never really, at least haven't allowed myself to be super happy because I'm always afraid it gets ripped away. But I said, you know, on a weekend where I'm just hanging out with Caitlin and Billy, because now she's at an age where she doesn't have to be tended to every second, every second, every second. That's just fun. Obviously, football's on. But that's a moment where nothing is going on that I can now appreciate. And I understand when it comes to those moments, a vacation counts, a birthday counts, a big occasion when someone hires a photographer counts. We get dressed, we take the picture, we understand we're making a memory. But that regular Saturday at home that I was talking about, that

can feel like the time between things that count. dinner, cleaning up, somebody trying to find something that they just had in their hand. I do that all the time. Where are my keys? And they're in my other hand. I'm like, where are my keys? And they're in this hand. Asking what we're going to watch, then spending so long trying to find what we're going to watch on Netflix that we don't actually have time to watch the whole show.

That's surprisingly a large portion of adulthood, just reviewing entertainment that we'll never actually consume. I mean, sometimes we spend more time looking for a show than actually watching the show. But Those regular nights are when you're getting the most, I don't want to say quality, but like good time with people. And I've been thinking about this a lot lately because now I have a baby. There are big milestones and obviously I'm excited about those big milestones. But I don't want to get so focused on that specific day or what she's going to do next that I skip over what she does now because a baby changes.

And then the new version becomes normal so fast. It's already happened like crazy just in the seven months she's been alive. I mean, you barely get a chance to say goodbye to the previous version. It's like, boom, now I'm sitting up. Now I'm crawling. And so all that's happening. And at some point I realized she's going to talk.

And then eventually she's going to explain while talking why I'm wrong about something. So I should just enjoy this stretch where my arguments go unchallenged because I know if she's anything like me or her mom, she's definitely going to challenge everything. But the broader point applies even if you don't have kids. That ordinary conversation with your spouse, your friends sending you something stupid. We all have meme friends and group chat friends. A family member calling without a major announcement. I have one, my brother-in-law, DJ. He calls all the time just to talk. That's crazy to me.

It's crazy that someone calls on the phone just to talk. But that's what DJ does. And you know what? Most of the time I answer. And you know, that can feel... Like it's interrupting you when you're busy and then you later realize you should have answered that call from DJ because you had time for it. You just needed to make time. But that's the good stuff. That was the part that made it good, the talking about something. They weren't calling because they needed something. You were just somebody that they wanted to talk about something with. I don't think every dinner needs a speech about how lucky we are.

No need to get the glass and ting, ting, ting. If I did that every dinner, nobody would invite me to dinner and nobody invites me to dinner now anyway because I eat dinner at 4.30 p.m. Nothing has to happen after that. I don't want to photograph it. I don't have to improve it. I can let it be a regular night just now that I know I'm enjoying.

I don't need to write a diary entry about how much I'm enjoying life. I can just enjoy it. Because if I only count the occasions that require planning, I'm leaving out most of my life. The second thing is that some of what feels normal now is something I used to really want. And this is where I have to be careful because I don't, want to use my past to invalidate anything that I feel in the present.

You can get the job you wanted and have a hard day at work. You can love your house and still hate the repairs on it, which by the way, for me, it's a swimming pool. I hate the swimming pool. I always wanted a pool. I hate the pool. Getting something you wanted doesn't mean you signed a contract agreeing to never complain again. But I think it helps to remember for me that I didn't always have it. Because I can get used to something good remarkably fast. Something I would have been thrilled about years ago can now become an inconvenience today because now there's something new I'm trying to get or trying to get to. And I understand ambition. I'm not giving a speech about how everybody should stop trying. I like trying. I like having something

to work toward. I just think I sometimes move the finish line before I let myself get any credit for crossing it. Imagine doing that to somebody else. And this is what I have to do a lot. This is a therapy tool. Your friend finally accomplishes something. And here you are. And you do to them, you say, oh, wow, that's cool. But what's next? That'd be an awful friend.

You'd get invited to celebrations only if somebody needed help, like taking down the decorations. You get the, whatever, the join the party. What's that thing called? When you get that, save the date. Only... for later in the evening to help clean up. That's not the kind of friend you want to be. I can do that to myself and call it motivation. I shouldn't do that. I get the thing, and within about eight minutes or so, I've identified a larger thing. I wish I didn't do that. You know, there's always another level. Somebody else is always doing more or has more or figured out something else faster that you've been working on, and that goes with me as well.

And in comparison... When you do that to yourself, what do they say? Comparison is a thief of joy. Like that's real. Comparison is especially weird because I can compare my entire complicated life to one excellent piece of somebody else's. Just one little sliver I know about theirs, I compare it like all of my complicated, hard, fun life. That's not fair. I see their vacation, but I don't see them trying to get six people out of a hotel room on time. I see the boat. I hate boats, so I'm not going to do the boat thing. But nobody posts, beautiful day on the water, none of the family speaking to each other. But you know what? That crap happens. So I want to remember what I once hoped would happen and then notice the parts that actually

did happen. Maybe it's being able to pay a bill without panicking. Maybe it's having people that you actually trust, because for me, I trusted no one for a long time. Maybe it's doing work that you really care about. Maybe it's finally living somewhere you feel comfortable. Those things don't stop having value because you get used to them. They have value because they're valuable. I don't want to spend all my time visiting the next version of my life and then barely spend any time in this version of my life. I can still want more. I just want to occasionally acknowledge what's here. Now, the third thing is the freedom to do everyday things without thinking too much about them. And I mean, things so ordinary, they barely

make the list. Walking around, going outside, driving somewhere, eating dinner, being able to decide, I feel like doing this. And then actually doing it. Now, everybody listening has a different situation. Some people are dealing with illness, money problems, responsibilities that make all this more complicated. And I don't want to sit here and pretend that everybody has the same options.

But for me, I want to notice the options that I do have. Because when something works, it tends to become invisible. You don't spend the whole drive thinking, this car is doing a tremendous job. You wait until it makes noise and then you get angry. And it gets all your attention. I think I treat my life in that way a bit. Like whatever's working and is easy then disappears into the background. Whatever's wrong gets a microphone.

I think the internet does this as well. And trust me, I have enough microphones. A small problem can take over the entire story of a day at times for me if I'm not careful. I mean, 10 things were fine. But if one thing is irritating, then that feels like an irritating day. I've talked to artists who will look into their comments and say they can see 100 nice comments.

And if they see one that's kind of railing them, that'll ruin their day. I can describe the person who annoyed me better than the person who was randomly nice to me real quick if I was in Starbucks or something. I have supporting evidence. Like if I really think about it, I can do it. Meanwhile, somebody made my day easier and I barely registered it at the same time. Like I can remember the person that really pissed me off in the parking garage. Now I'm not saying I need to get emotional every time. I make it to the grocery store. I'm fine when I do go. Most of the time, though, I go to the gas station to get groceries, which is why my wife does not send me to the grocery store anymore. But depending on the

checkout line, because we do go to Target, I can get a bit irritated. I hate doing fruit or vegetables that don't have barcodes on them. And I can be irritated at that. I just think of me, there's a version of appreciation that looks like I just need to not be angry all the time at the little things.

If I'm not going to be happy all the time at the little things, you know, just a day where I can go about my business that has value a day where I have the energy to do something that has value. It's amazing. So, you know, I get stuck sometimes is I act like a good day needs a highlight, like something happened, something was accomplished, something that I could explain to another person that would make them say, wow, that's a great day. But some good days are actually hard to summarize. What did you do? Ah, nothing really.

And that can mean I wasted the day or it can mean I felt comfortable and spent time with the people I liked or ate something good or got a good workout in, just didn't have a crisis. You know, I'd like to get better at acknowledging and understanding that. And I think I am just having awareness of it.

I think actually puts me working in the right direction. The fourth thing is that the people in my routine are part of what makes the routine good. When you look back on a job, You might remember the work, but you also remember who sat next to you, who made you laugh, who had a completely unreasonable smelly egg in their lunch all the time. There's always somebody whose lunch becomes an event that when they reheat something, maybe the microwave catches on fire or it stinks or it's just an egg. Eddie brings an egg all the time.

Why do you bring an egg and then open it in the room? But years later, you somehow miss that person and that egg. Not the smell, but the person. Because so much of what makes a chapter feel like a chapter in your life is the cast in that chapter. Your friends who live nearby, the coworkers that you saw every morning, the neighbor that sometimes you'd stop and talk to when you were trying to go somewhere. You know, you can be aware that you like those people without realizing how specific the arrangement is. Everybody's in the same place at the same time, often enough that being together doesn't require a calendar invitation. If you can do that, like that's a win. That is a big deal. just to sit easy with someone or a group of people.

As adults, just getting four people together can require the logistical work of a professional sports team. That's right. Can you do Thursday? Which Thursday? Well, now we're in December. I have one friend. We cannot get on the same plan at all. Same plan, same track. We can never hang out. We've tried six times. So there's something valuable about the people that you get to see as part of your normal day. And sometimes I think we save our appreciation just for when that arrangement ends. I think about whenever the Bobby Bones show is finally over and it's like, oh man, that's crazy. We did 20, 30, however many years we do this. Wow, look at the appreciation we have, but we should have it now. Not

just when it ends. You know, somebody leaves the job and we write a beautiful card explaining all the things that we could have said while we were sitting just 10 feet away. And if I were to make another office reference, it was a job fair and Pam ran off to get paper and Michael Scott's there and He says, man, Pam does such a great job. She's so great at her job. She's lovely. I'm paraphrasing. And they go, why don't you tell her that? And he's like, oh, why would I do that? A little bit, that's what I'm talking about there. I mean, a friend moves and we finally tell them how much that we loved having them nearby. Now, I get it. The change actually makes you notice. When Tom Petty died, I listened to Tom Petty music all

day long. I didn't the day before, but you notice when things happen. But I don't want every compliment. that I mean to give somebody require a farewell party or a card. I just want to say, hey, good working with you. Or I'm glad we get to do this. It doesn't need to sound like I've received concerning medical news.

That's when we say the nice stuff. Like it is okay to appreciate someone casually. I'll say that again. It is okay to appreciate someone casually. And this is also a reminder about being distracted. I can physically be in a room with somebody I enjoy and and spend the entire time being on my phone and paying attention to people that I don't like on my phone. That's an incredible trait. Think about that. A person I chose to spend time with is right here. And I'm reading people commenting on stuff and fighting with them on Twitter. And now I'm mad at somebody whose username has 11 numbers in it. It's probably a Russian bot. I'm fighting with a Russian bot right now. And now I've missed a conversation I actually came for with a person I like.

And also, I'm not going to pretend that I'll never look at my phone again My wife would think I'd been replaced by an alien, like an alien body snatcher if I just stopped looking at my phone. As a matter of fact, the other day, I like to take baths. And I was in the bath and I was not looking at my phone. And she walked in and she said, you're not on your phone. That's crazy. And I said, yeah, I'm just trying to have a little more time to think.

In reality, my phone had died. But I did say I just needed some more time to think. And she says, wow, look at the growth. But in reality, my phone had died. But sometimes I can catch it. I can notice that the room I might be in might be more interesting than the room I'm trying to access, which is TikTok or Twitter or Instagram. One more thing. The fifth thing, because I said I had five things here, is that having something to look forward to is part of having a good life as well. Because I don't want this entire conversation to sound like everything good has already happened and that the assignment is to hold on as tightly as possible. I mean, that would make Sunday night even more stressful because I want to recognize what I enjoy now,

but also like knowing that there are things I haven't done yet. And they don't have to be huge. A book I'm going to start. A game I'm excited to watch. Dinner. A trip. A conversation. Just something, and it doesn't even have to be on a calendar, but it can, that I actually want to arrive. And I can fill a calendar pretty easily. I am known for it. But that doesn't automatically mean I'm looking to jump to all of it and fill the calendar up seven layers deep because I do that as well. I mean, sometimes everything on there is something I agreed to do when it was so far away. Do you know how many events I ended up doing? Because I thought, well, that's nine months from now. That'll never happen. I'll agree to it. So many.

And then all of a sudden that event becomes tomorrow. And I'm thinking, who approved this? Me. A much more optimistic version of me. But I think there's room for putting something small in the week that I'm glad I said yes to. As I'm recording this right now, I'm looking forward to going to the farmer's market here to park near our house. Now, Is it life-changing? No, but me, my wife, my daughter, we go roll around and we buy some stuff and they have dairy-free cookies. That's awesome.

You know, that's what it's all about. Something that makes a day like a Wednesday more than a place that I have to pass through just to get to Friday. Because if all of life is getting through the week, then getting through the month and getting through this busy season, eventually you're through a pretty big chunk of it. And what were you trying to get to? There's always something coming.

I don't think there's a permanent stretch where everything settles down and nobody needs anything. I keep waiting for my schedule to become clear like it's weather. Looks like responsibility should move out by Thursday. That never happens. But I can't give myself something to enjoy inside a regular week.

And looking forward can also mean allowing myself to believe that I'll like the future versions of my life. That's okay. I don't have to assume the current good stuff is the last good stuff. That's one of the problems with calling something the good old days. Sometimes we say it like there was only one shipment of good old days.

We've already used it up. But I've had times I've missed it. followed by times that I wouldn't trade anything for to go back. And both can be true. I can miss an old job or the way that we did something in the old days and still like how I'm doing it now. Like missing a chapter doesn't automatically mean the book got worse. And not missing it, like skipping it, but like it's okay to miss things and also still enjoy things. So those are the five things that I'm trying to keep in perspective. The ordinary time with the people that I love, the things I used to want that I have now, the everyday freedom I tend to overlook, the people, it's always about the people, the people who make everyday great. even without it having

to be every day. The people that just make it easy. And none of that requires me to declare that every part of my life is going well just to appreciate that. And I think that's important because somebody listening might have had a terrible week right now. You're watching me on YouTube and you're going, okay, I had a terrible week.

That's okay. That doesn't mean that it's going to stay terrible. And it doesn't mean that it can't get real good eventually. You might be thinking, okay, glad you're enjoying dinner. I have an actual problem. And that is absolutely fair. You have problems. I have problems. Some problems need attention. Some situations need change. Appreciation shouldn't become a reason to stay somewhere that's making you miserable. It's complicated, but even in a complicated stretch, I think it can help to be specific about what's good and what's bad because my life is bad is an awfully large statement. Sometimes it's accurate to say this part of my life is really hard right now. That still leaves room for something else to

be good. It can be hard. It can also be good and it can get better. I mean, the opposite works too. I can say my life is good without claiming I've solved every problem. I don't need everything to agree before I actually am able to enjoy dinner. You know, I'm good. That might be the most useful part of this whole thing for me. The good old days probably didn't feel completely good while we were living them. We just don't include every inconvenience when we tell the story later.

I'm trying to grow. I hope for you. That's what it's all about. So keep it up. Appreciate your friends. Don't judge your present versus somebody else's because you're only getting a slice of theirs. You're getting all of yours. Thank you for watching. And remember, this week hasn't been edited yet. You, me, we're experiencing all of it. Of course, it feels a bit messier before the edit. That's what happens.

It's supposed to feel messier. And maybe years from now, I'll see a picture from this week and feel like something I didn't know now is something I know then. I'm doing Back to the Future now. So I'm doing my tenses. But I'll appreciate not knowing it because I learned something really important in the process. So, you know, I'm trying to spend more time just appreciating where I am now. And I hope you do the same. So thank you for watching. Thank you for listening, however you're consuming this. And you don't have to live by my five, but I hope that you're a little more present in your life and realize that all the things that you're hearing are the ones screaming at you. And don't forget to pay attention to the things that are actually good

because they're the quietest. That is all. As Paul Harvey would say, good day. No, I can't end it like that. I can't end it like that. What would mine be? As I would say, I lost my glasses. Can anyone find my glasses? That's what I probably say the most. The Bobbycast. We'll be right back. And we're back on The Bobbycast. We're going into week six, and now it's time for my weekly power rankings. Now, I won this show once, so obviously I am the most qualified to make these rankings. My mirror ball is real. It is not made of chocolate. The expertise is mostly me. Just watching other people dance and then me doing it for one season. So here we go. Now, this past week, the scores were out of 40 because there was a

fourth judge. So I'll tell you what the score was last week. And we'll also talk about their total score as well because I've tabulated all of that. So here we go. At number 10, there are 10 couples remaining. Connor Wood and Riley Arnold. Bad scores last week. Total score of 25 out of 40. Season-wide... They're at 95.

So they're the only team that hasn't clipped 100 so far. It's a tough night. And I really like him. Tough night. Lowest score. The judges had more to say about his blue fringe pants than the samba, which that's rarely the goal, is to have your clothes talked about more than your dance. So, Connor, you're now at the bottom. Which, by the way, happy trails to Guillermo Ramos. What a run, though, buddy. I should have said that at the beginning. What a run.

All right, number nine. Tyler Cameron, the guy from The Bachelor, and Sharna. Last week, they got a 30 out of 40. They are at 101 total for the year. He showed better timing. He listened to the judges. But he was in the final two before Guillermo was eliminated. The improvement is good. The danger is still real. He needs to become very lovable, very fast. And I don't know if that can happen because he's almost too good looking to be lovable. Trust me, I get it. I live it every day. It's hard. At number eight, Tatiana Ali and Jan.

Got a 29 last week, got a 40. They're up there at 100 overall in the season. Solid, but the judges wanted more power. Now she's staying in the middle of the pack. And sometimes she's upper middle. This week she's kind of lower middle. She needs a bigger score, and she needs more consistent upper middles to really have a shot. She is likable. There is the nostalgia to her.

She can actually go longer, but if she has another lower middle bad week, I got a feeling it's going to be happy trails pretty soon. Also, I don't know which week, but soon enough, they're going to kick two off in a week, and usually you don't know that's happening when it's happening. At number seven, Julia Stiles and Ezra.

Her save the last dance moment was pretty cool. The judges called it her best dance yet. And now she has to prove that she can keep climbing without the 90s nostalgia. For them, they were waiting for the right moment to use that. It was a good moment to use that. I don't know if you can actually declare this was the right moment. They might have felt a little vulnerable this week. That's what they went with that.

So it was either this week or the next couple. They needed to use that for sure. They did. It worked. Boom. We liked it. At number six in the power rankings, one of the two people I predicted would win it is Jackson Olsen. I just commented on his Instagram page. He put up a message. I said, MVP, they're never going to see you coming. And he had a strong salsa.

The salsa is hard. The salsa is Latin. And if you're extremely white, it's hard to be Latin. Take it from someone who is extremely white. So nice bounce forward. I feel like he's building momentum at the right time. He still needs to turn the personality in a little stronger. Look, I thought his personality would be a lot stronger. And I also understand there's only so much time you get.

But now that we're into the top 10, you're going to get a little more time to do you. You can't always determine what's in the packages because you don't see them really until you're out there and then you're not even watching. Actually, when you're out there and you're about to dance, you're not watching the packages because you don't want to get distracted, especially if it's something that may irritate you or make you emotional. You don't want to watch the packages. That is my saying in life.

Never look at the package. And so with Jackson, he's going to have time before and after the dances. And even if it's 15, 20 seconds, you have to use that to your advantage. That is time where if you sit still and you just stand there and let the judges talk and you're not active with them and you're not saying things and you're not being, that's wasted time.

Every second is so valuable. And it's time now, Jackson, because I know you're watching this. You've got to use that little bit of time to your advantage. Thank you. Next up, number five. It's hard to put him at five because I definitely had him as a top-tier guy, and I think he can get back there. But it's Harry Shum from Glee and Jenna. They got a 33 last week. He's better than that. On the season, they're at 120. So they're still a strong couple. The judges finally gave them some notes about adding more content. And at this point, you're very smooth. Cannot be the whole dancer of you. Because he is very smooth. Because he's a professional dancer. He's a guy. He's not the professional dancer.

Like the absolute ringer is Jenna. He would be the ringer if she didn't exist. But he's not, luckily for him. So yeah, with him... We got to add some of that. I don't know. It's a saying I made up. Je ne sais quoi. I took French in college. So I made that saying up. So I'm amazed that these people don't call me and say, hey, what can I do to win this thing? Allow me to honk my own horn for a second. Honka honka. I won't teach you how to do anything dance wise, but I can take anybody that's left right now and coach them into winning the show. Any of them. They all have the ability to win the show here out. Get on. Saddle me up.

I'd coach anybody to the championship. All right, moving on. Number four, Mara Higgins and Mark Ballas. Last week at 33. Total for the season, 120. A slight dip for Mara because she had been a boss the weeks prior. So last week, she was top of the leaderboard. Rarely, though, are the judges going to let you stay there for two weeks in a row. They know what's up. She fought through a neck injury. She stayed near the top.

A quieter run is actually at times advantageous because you start to be a little vulnerable to the judges' critiques if you stay up there around the top because it's not good for TV for someone just to dominate the whole time. If someone's dominating the whole time, they like to drag them down occasionally. So I know she didn't do it on purpose, but a fallback, pretty good for Mara.

And number three, Jenna and Val. Last week, a 36 on the season, 121. It was another perfect score night. Her momentum is real. She's moved from could be good to could actually win this, but she could always actually win this because she could actually be the pro dancer, and then she could take one of these celebrities and dance with them. She's great. Man, I wouldn't kill it the next couple weeks, though, if I were advising them, because they're not going to be in the bottom three.

Scale it back a little. Scale it back a little. Scale it back a little. Because you start Bill Belichick-ing this thing, they just expect you to be up there. And if anything is off 1%, they're going to act like the world is crumbling. Scale it back. Just scale it back a little. Because it's so good. But the negative is it should be so good. Fake an injury.

I used to do that in high school football where if I dropped a pass, I'd grab my ankle or something. I'd be like, oh, drop down. I'd be like, oh, oh, oh, oh. Yeah. And number two, Amber Glenn and Pasha. I'm a fan of her. USA, USA. And the question was, could she take her elite athleticism and ice skating for the gold and turn it into Dancing with the Stars championship? And I think she can. I really think she can. I have her at number two this week. And so she did the samba. Very difficult moves. She's really good. She is tied near the top in the whole season of points when I put all of them together. I mean, she is a serious threat if the judges keep rewarding the dancing. But as we know, it's not just about

the dancing. I need a little more from her, personality-wise. I need to get to know her a little more. And the people that are watching and voting, they're not always the people that are on social media. You gotta use that time in that, I would say two hours, but you don't get two hours. But even whenever they shoot away and they're at the different parts and everybody's standing around and somebody's getting scores and you see the other people, use that time to your advantage. Be funny.

Wave at the camera. Every little thing counts. Every little thing counts. I have Amber at number two. At number one. He's got it all. Ezra. Dude's lovable. Dude has a great story. Dude's a great athlete. It's going to be hard to beat him. Last week, 36. Tied for the high score. On the season, he has more points than anybody else at 122. He has the performance. He has the story. He has the consistency. He's going to be the tough one to beat. Right now, he's the one with the big bullseye on him. But it's a bullseye that I just want to hug up against him. Because even I love him. And I'm trying to find flaws with everybody. He's the one that does not need my help.

2 through 10, you know how to reach me. Actually, you don't. I got everybody blocked right now because of a little incident. But there's a way to reach me. Some of the folks know my number on that show still. Ezra, you are prime time. It's yours to lose at this point. Just keep doing what you're doing. I'm not even telling you to scale it back because you're matching performance with showing your character well. and allowing your story to be told.

And those are the three. Everyone that's fighting through an injury, keep your head down and keep pushing. And you only get one injury a season to get to use to your advantage. You can't have two or three or four. You get one. And so if you've already had an injury, if you get hurt again, you gotta keep quiet about it.

If you haven't yet, good luck to you. I hope you get one. Or if you don't get one, you fake one. You gotta have some sort of story. An injury, a car wreck, somebody dies, your dog's missing. You got to find something to hook the folks. This show is about dance, but more than it's about dance, it's about hooking people. It's about making people like you. It's not only about making them like you, it's about making them get on their phones and vote for you. Think about the last time you ever did something like that. It's rare that, heck, I don't even like people's Instagram posts of the people that I like. And it's not because I don't want to, I just don't even think about it.

You know how hard it is to get people to do something? It's really hard to get someone to pick up their phone and text a certain number because of a show. But you can do that. You got to hook them. Make them feel like a part of your team. Good luck to all. Shout out Guillermo. Crushed it. Shout out Whitney. Great job. And until next week, keep on dancing, mother...

Just kidding. I don't say that word. This has been a BobbyCast production.

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