Yowei Shaw
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A fire chief needs to be cool, calm, collected, In moments of emergency, you also have to be a leader. Like the charisma part is seems really important because everyone's a volunteer. So you have to get people on board with the mission and keep them engaged enough that they'll keep serving. Mm hmm. You also kind of have to be like a coach. Yeah.
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Like you have to like get the morale up, make sure everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing. Probably someone who's very good at like direct communication because like we're dealing with life or death situations. So like no passive aggressiveness. If someone's fucking up, you're like, pick up the goddamn phone when I'm calling you. There's a fire. Oh, wait.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Yoe, hello. Welcome. Thank you for coming. Hello. Thank you so much for having me. I feel like I've made it to the Gossip Olympics or something.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
That's all the way at the top. A lot of skills. I could keep going. And the answer is absolutely not. I would not trust myself.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh, my God. Okay. That feels... It's starting to get a little creepy.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I'm always hunting for gossip to the point where some of my friends find me dramatic. Which I disagree with. I'm just looking to be entertained. And I am launching this new podcast, so I don't do anything right now. I've just been in crunch mode, and I am depending on my friends' gossip to feel alive. Recently, I had these two friends who did this very cute thing.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I mean, I live in Philadelphia, where the move bombing in West Philadelphia, I mean, haunts everybody here.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
OK, well, 24, your brain is not fully developed until 26. It's true. So that's my first concern, which is just like impulse control. Like that was one of the skills that we listed. You're right. That Clara had. Right. That Clara had, which is to be calm, cool, collected in an emergency. I'm with Kennedy in having concerns, but also what is she going to do about it?
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I'm not liking this. I like responsibilities being taken off Kennedy's plate for her work-life balance. But whenever, like, the person in charge is like, now it's only up to me how funds are being allocated, that's a red flag.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
They're these two very imposing, tall, manly-looking men who were in Austin recently, and they went in together on these – $400 snakeskin cowboy boots that they were going to share. And they live in two different cities. So they were going to trade off who was wearing the boots. Wait, custody arrangement for the snakeskin boots? Sisterhood of the traveling pants, but for cowboy boots.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Wait a minute. I just love this phrase. You just said a slut for paperwork. I'm going to steal that. I love that. We need the people who are sluts for paperwork. We need more people to be easy and slutty around paperwork. I'm not one of those people. And we need them. Yeah.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh, my. This is the good shit. OK, this is like tech industry level snack. OK, where are they getting the money for this? This is a volunteer operation. I understand treating your workers well, but these people aren't even getting paid. So, like, maybe start there, you know, before spending on Himalayan popcorn.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
So recently I was catching up with one of my friends and I was like, so who has the boots? Is there any boot drama yet? Yeah. And he was like, boot brothers don't have drama. What? And then he said, I quote, I try to live without gossip.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
It should be outlawed that anybody talks about the dean's list after you graduate, period.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Now that I know about the sleep deprivation, I'm like, Kennedy. The red flags are adding up. I totally feel for Kennedy.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I felt very judged. And I also felt sad for him. Yeah. Because I was like, you're setting yourself up in this very cute situation. Why wouldn't you try to squeeze some like gossip juice out of this? Yeah. You know, like even if it's positive gossip. Exactly. I have a very expansive definition of gossip. So like positive gossip counts too.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Damn, she's becoming like a firefighter influencer. Yes, exactly. You know, like she just wants to like look like she's doing all the glamorous work. Like, let me take photos. Let me post on social media, etc. but like making other people do all the work. Correct.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I don't think I have. I've been in the freeze part quite a lot. That's my go-to stress reaction. Grace has the same one.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh my god. Caught in the act. This is so delicious. This is so delicious.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Okay, let's see. Rachel. Oh. I'm going to talk to you. Like, I'm... Totally calm, but I'm actually seething. Yo, I am scared.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I mean, it really only comes out with my husband, Kyle, when he's really fucked up.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Let me take a selfie with my boots and send it to you every time I wear them. Show me the boots. That's gossip. Yeah. There's endless amounts of possip to get out of these boots. So I feel sad for him. I'm choosing not to take it personally. It's really about him. It's not about me.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I'm still thinking about the snacks. The Himalayan sea salt popcorn? The Himalayan sea salt popcorn, the peanut butter filled pretzels. Grace is going down. That's what I'm crossing my fingers for. Otherwise, there's no justice in this world.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I do. I have this friend who I'm going to call Harper. And last summer, Harper went to an action in D.C. She was planning on getting arrested. And as her friend, you know, I was like worried protests can get violent. Okay. Okay. Okay.
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Wow. The organizing got the person in power to just fold. She sounds like a tech leader who has been found out and is on their way out. Low-key giving Elizabeth Holmes. I know, I know, I know, I know. That's so delicious.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh my God. So that's why she's leaving. Well, at least she'll be gone. Yeah.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh, my God. What a thrill. What a thrill. That had everything. Snack embezzlement, union organizing, nepotism.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
So let us know if you want to hear that. There's a lot happening in this island. Clearly we all need to go visit. Island life is clearly popping off.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
And what you need to know about Harper is that for the past year or so, she's dated a string of very similar people, all from the same social justice organizing circle. Let's just say the type is like DIY punk musician working odd jobs to support their activism and music. All these guys loved to cook for her.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Not only are these dudes the same person on paper, they all broke up with Harper in similar painful ways. You know, so the pattern is like she meets the guy. It's great.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
And then things sour. One day they're at her house making falafel and hummus for her. And then 36 hours later, they're not returning her texts.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
So, yeah. So Harper has, you know, had her heart broken by this string of X, by the same person, essentially. And she's never got an apology from any of these guys that doesn't involve hooking up again. And all of these breakups have like messed with her confidence in a similar way where it's like, you know, the guy will say stuff like, oh, you care too much about your career.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
You care too much about work. What? No, I know. I really hate when people say that as someone who works all the time. Yeah. But, you know, like Harper's like, am I not artsy enough? Am I not cool enough? Am I too square? Harper, it's not you. I know. But this is where Harper's at when she goes to this action.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
So what ended up happening was at the action, she ended up getting arrested and handcuffed to someone. who is also from the same social justice organizing circle. Someone who she's friendly with and who's friendly with all of her various exes. And they end up getting handcuffed together for 13 hours in the blazing July sun in front of the Capitol building on the sidewalk.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
That's a really long time. It's way too long to be handcuffed to anyone. So they just start talking to pass the time. First hour, second hour, they're just, like, talking about the action. Will they get food? Like, will the police let them go, you know, to the bathroom? The answer is basically no and no. And then by, like, the third and fourth hour, they've switched topics.
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They're, like, getting to know each other. Like, what are their hobbies? And Harper learns that, let's call him Jake. He... is also a DIY punk musician. Jake is also really into cooking, specifically vegetarian Indian food. I'm not surprised. Also, Jake just got out of a relationship, but recently has been hooking up and having a great time.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Harper's like, oh, shit, this is the exact same person who I've been dating and who's broken my heart multiple times. So long story short, Harper and Jake get put on a paddy wagon. They end up in this warehouse with hundreds of other protesters who've been arrested. It's like hour five or six by now. They're still handcuffed. And she's just like feeling delirious and loose inside.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
And so she's just like, Jake, I want to get your read on something because you're actually kind of similar to my exes that I've dated. And she just proceeds to tell him all about her exes and the breakups and how it made her feel. Yes. And Jake listens, nods his head. And when she's done talking, he's immediately like, I am so sorry.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
And he's not saying sorry in like a, you know, breakups, they suck kind of way. He's like being really specific because he knows these guys and he identifies basically he's had similar struggles. And he starts like kind of apologizing on their behalf and And he's like, that's really shitty. Like, they shouldn't have treated you that way. Like, they probably feel insecure for X, Y and Z reasons.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Like, they're probably threatened by your success. And you're totally artsy and cool enough. Like, this is like stuff they need to work on that I had to work on in my relationships. So... When Harper gets home finally after 13 hours, she gets to go to the bathroom. She's relieved. She feels like a burden has lifted off of her. And it's not just because she's not weighed down by urine. No.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
It's because she told me in this text that, like, she feels like her heart is lighter. She wrote, Yo-A, I had a real life proxy conversation.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
No, no, I know. This is why she texted. She was like, Yo-A, I had a real life proxy conversation and it was helpful in my healing, actually. These proxy conversations being the thing that I do on my show or, you know, I place people with strangers who have relevant experience to talk through the problem that they share.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
And she said that like there was just something that hit different because like, you know, I had been telling her all her friends had been telling her the exact same things this whole time. But there's just something about like hearing an apology from someone who has played that role before in a relationship and who like resembles that person that you're having conflict with. It was like healing.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I know. That's like really the follow up that we have to investigate.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Exactly. Yes. Maybe that will be a proxy investigation.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Are you ready for some gossip of your own? I cannot wait. I'm so excited. Yeah, let's go.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I used to be involved in the Chinese Christian church community as a kid, and that did not end well for me. But I want to go to that island. That sounds like a nice version of the tight knit community so far.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh, wow. So she was like really inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
She wants to be him without being a cop. Yeah. She took the most important part of that movie. She got the right message.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Oh, my God. That right there means that nobody wants to be on the planning board. And you are really reaching. You are like, anybody, please volunteer. Yeah.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
I have to say I'm absolutely a wuss. So the answer is absolutely not. If there's a fire, I'm running away from the fire. But I think I had a fantasy at some point of like getting with a firefighter because that sounds hot. Oh, same.
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Sluts for Paperwork with Yowei Shaw
Can pick me up. and carry me out of a burning building? Sign me up. Enough said. Enough said.