Katherine
Appearances
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
You guys always make jokes about the West Side. I don't agree. Yeah, tell us. We're happy to have pushback. Make your case. Well, I'm just more of an outdoorsy person. And so I like the closeness to the beach and the bike path is nice. Obviously, it's not a great time to go to Malibu right now, but I like the closeness to that area. The congestion of the east side really stresses me out.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah, it's just more for me. That's all.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah, I've been like one time. It was good.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
No, I'm not from Santa Monica. I actually ended up at Cedar Point. I was on a mission trip with my youth group, which is not what you guys were expecting, I'm sure.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
So we basically were going to Cleveland and we were helping a church plant and we were doing city beautification, like picking up trash, planting trees. And I was in high school at the time. And so our reward day, our off day was we're going to take all these high school kids to Cedar Point. Nice.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
And I was not looking forward to it because I am terrified of roller coasters. Oh, okay. I hate heights, so it wasn't for me. And I just remember my friends were like, oh, come on, Katherine. Don't be scared. You got to face your fears. Like, just go on some rides. And I really, really didn't want to, but I'm also a teenager and was easily peer pressured into everything.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
We get there and I go on my first ride. I remember it. It was green. It was called the Raptor.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
But I go on this ride called the Raptor and it's intense. It goes upside down and I'm not feeling so hot after the first ride. No, of course not. And I'm like, OK, this is not great. I just got to get through the day. Well, then I got peer pressured again to get on a stand up roller coaster. Oh, I love those. It's called the Mantis. And I don't even know if they still have it.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I don't know if it's safe. So I go on that ride. And after that ride, I am feeling very, very, very bad. I was like, this is not good. You need to like stand up for yourself and say no. Yeah. We take a break. We're hungry. Because I'm an idiot and 17, I order a burger, fries, and a milkshake. Oh.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I was like, oh, I'm starving. Like, I'll eat. It'll be great. When we are at Cedar Point, it is the dead of summer. It is 93 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, sweaty, gross, not a fun time. So after lunch, I'm like, okay, mentally, I'm done. I'm not doing this.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
A lot of people were complaining about their thighs rubbing together and just general back sweatiness.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Very, very hot, not feeling great. So after lunch, we're walking around and I get in a group of people and my crush, and he's like, let's all go ride Millennium Force. Oh.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I'm like, OK, I have to do this because I can't embarrass myself in front of my crush. I have to go ride Millennium Force.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
This is really upsetting. I get on the ride. I'm sitting there. My entire youth group is in the line behind me. I'm one of the first groups to go. My friend Reagan is sitting to my right. My friend Emily is sitting in front of me. My friend Natalie is in line. As soon as the ride takes off, I'm like, oh, no, this is bad. Where's the crush? He's in line.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
No, he's not on the ride with me. Oh, thank goodness. So I don't even scream during the ride because I'm just so terrified. And usually I'm like a big screamer on roller coasters because I'm scared of them and don't like them. I'm afraid to open my mouth. I make it through the ride and I pull into where they load the people on and off.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
And as soon as we click into place, I lean over and just puke everywhere.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
On the ride itself. Like, I lean over my legs and puke everywhere.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
The whole youth group is in the line and sees this happen. My friend Reagan is trying to comfort me. My friend Emily is like, what's going on? Because she heard it but didn't see me because she's in front of me.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah. So then I asked Natalie, I was like, well, what happened? What did you see? She was like, well, I just remember you being scared and being really proud of you. Like, oh, she made it. Like she did a good job. And then she sees me throw up and she's like, oh no. I start like hysterically crying because I'm just so embarrassed. I'm like, you guys made me do this.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I didn't want to get on these rides. Like, I hate you guys. I was guilting them.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
You think the story ends there. It doesn't. I get off the ride and I'm like having to be comforted. And meanwhile, in the corner of my eye, I see the summer high school worker coming with like the broom and the sweet pan.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
He doesn't get paid enough to do that. I'm getting off the ride. I'm so embarrassed. I'm still crying. And our adult leader, her name's Miss Kelly. She came over to comfort me. I'm just trying to get out of there. I make it to the front of the ride and reminding you guys, it's a 93 degree day. And I had just thrown up all of my fluids, all of my food I ingested that day.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I collapsed right outside the front of the ride.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
It's probably the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me. I pass out. Okay, millennial force.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah, it's common because it's a crazy ride. So I pass out in front of the ride. I don't remember a lot of this part. I had to like ask my friends, like, can you fill in the gaps? They call like an emergency cart. And I was out for most of this. But I just remember waking up and I'm on this cart and I'm very confused.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
And I look out the back and I just see my friend Emily running behind the cart to keep up with me. And I'm just like, that's a friend. She's not letting me go through this alone. And Miss Kelly is in the front of the cart being like, I'm here for you. We've got you. You're going to be okay.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah. To be honest. Well, it was bad.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I get taken to the roller coaster hospital at Cedar Point. And I'm in this hospital makeshift bed. They're feeding me Gatorade and saltine crackers and water. And they let me call my mom. And my mom's like, Catherine, what is it? Why are you calling me? And I'm like, Mom, I passed out. And I threw up on a roller coaster. And I'm so embarrassed. I had to take an hour to recover.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Because I was super dehydrated. So they had to like give me fluids. Any person in my situation at that point would have been like, I want to go. It's been a bad day. But again, because I'm with a youth group and there's a hundred of us, I have to wait for the bus to take us all home. Sure, sure. So I'm just stuck there. My friends had to take shifts to be with me.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
So they had to like miss time at the park to just babysit me and make sure that I wasn't passing out again, which is so humiliating. And long story short, I made it through the day. I got put back on the bus. They put me in the back row, had me lay down, fed me some Dramamine, and put a trash can right by my seat, just in case.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
And it was like an hour drive back to our hotel.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Did you marry your crush? Could this have been a meet-cute? No, he's a great guy. He married some other girl, and they're very happy.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Could handle her roller coasters. Someone that didn't throw up at Cedar Point and pass out in front of Millennium Force.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
I don't. I've never been back. And honestly, after that, I've never been on a roller coaster since. Yeah, they're not for you. That's okay. You knew it. I did. That's why I was so frustrated because my friends just thought I was scared. When in reality, it's like, no, I feel physically ill.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah. But I will say, I was 17 at the time. I've grown a lot since then. I'm a big fan of boundaries now. If it's a no, it's a no.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Cedar Point
Yeah, thank you guys so much. I was so excited. You guys were the first podcast I ever listened to back in like 2019. And I loved the honesty and the vulnerability that you guys have. And now I work on a podcast.