Join me and Ashley (from happy hour 19) for a bonus happy hour story! Ashley is awoken during her camping experience at Elk Meadows to some creepy lights dancing in the treetops. A scary midnight mystery while camping in the wilderness? Um, no, thank you. At least she had a knife in one hand and her dog by her side.

Shares not Scares by Justin from Happy Hour Eighteen: Start a movie club!
To make the pandemic slightly more bearable, Justin and friends started a movie club focused on watching terrible movies. They specialize in Blacksploitation and Australian exploitation films, watching them both for the ridiculousness of it all but also to recognize how/why these films are of a certain time and culture. 

Here are some gems he suggested (all descriptions are from the linked IMDB pages): 

Frankenhooker
A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.

Killer Sofa
A killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion.

Blacula
An ancient African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula himself, finds himself in modern Los Angeles.

Coffy
A sexy black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.

Join me for happy hour with Brenna! After Brenna graduated from college, she took the leap and moved to Japan. The only problem is she accidentally broke the law. A new kind of alien tale for Paranoia Happy Hour! 

Brenna’s Boo Club: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Brenna said it best in her written description to me: “It is, like all her books, a romance novel in which Boy meets Girl, Boy and Girl have lots of consensual, respectful, emotionally satisfying sex-- very graphically described, then Boy and Girl have Critical Misunderstanding, Boy and Girl resolve critical misunderstanding by achieving a deeper understanding of themselves resulting in clarity about how they can better relate to others, and then Boy and Girl live happily ever after.”

A romance trope you say? I’ll be picking up a copy from the library just after I finish rewatching Bridgerton.

Brenna’s Shares not Scares: Mental healthcare for children
It’s often overlooked and a vitally important part of children growing up to become well adjusted adults. Also, check out the Autism Society of Oregon! And, if you’re not in Oregon, there is likely a local organization doing work in this area. 

Join me for happy hour with Alexis! Pack a flashlight and leave your existential dread at home, because we’re heading to the Winchester Mystery House. Is it as spooky as the tour claims? Are the staircases and doors to nowhere as eerie as they sound? ARE THERE GHOSTS LIVING THERE? Tune in to find out!

Alexis’s Boo Club
Dusty Corners Podcast
Pod description: “What’s better than getting spooked out by a paranormal story late at night? Come along with Eric and Noah as they take a look at their favorite tales of UFOs, ghosts, cryptids, and more, while discussing the common threads that create the paranormal lore we all know and love. Get the details of your next go-to camp fire story while listening to the Dusty Corners Podcast!”

Sounds Like a Cult
Pod description: “Do you think SoulCycle is a cult? What about Elon Musk stans? Or the Royal Family? What about spiritual influencers? Is Instagram itself a cult? We’re Sounds Like A Cult, a podcast that analyzes a different zeitgeisty group every week to try and answer the big question: This group sounds like a cult, but is it really?”

Alexis’s Shares not Scares: Berna Anat, Your Financial Hype Woman
Alexis describes Berna as her “gateway drug into the financial world.”
From Berna Anat’s website: “I’m a producer, speaker and Fin-fluencer (is that a thing?) dedicated to making financial literacy more funny, more accessible, and more Brown for young people everywhere.” Follow her on instagram @heyberna!