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Hello, bienvenito.

Welcome, misgiorno. Welcome, misgis-amigos, to a brand spanking new episode of the low-life podcast. I'm your flaming hot and

spicy, seasonally depressed, white wine drinking, iced coffee overspending, talky finger licking,

hot mess of a host, Lorenzo von Arumph. And I'm so happy to be here with you today. There is no place I'd rather be than right here

with my low lifers. I hope you're having a beautiful day so far. You're feeling great this week.

But if you're not in a good headspace right now, it's a weird feeling when you feel off,

especially during the summer specifically, because it's beautiful outside. For the most part,

the sun is out we have longer days

and so we have every reason to be feeling good especially if you're getting some sunshine right now

but you could still end up feeling like shit and i've been right there with you if you're feeling

really down or depressed even when it is sunshine and rainbows outside you could feel like complete

shit and so if you're feeling down right now, we're just anxious and overwhelmed with life in general. I get it. I understand you. You're not weird. And you've come to the right place, boo-boo. We're about to turn that frown upside down. We got a great show in store for you today. Oh, I'm so excited about this week's episode. It is the

perfect episode if you need a little pick me up. And I say that because as I was recording it, I was laughing and smiling and just had the best time with this specific guest. I'll get into that in a minute, though. Before we get into this week's very special Barbie edition episode, let me rate my mental health this week. On a scale of one to 10, one being food poisoning from your local Chipotle. Once you get one of those salads, they spray a little E. coli on it. Once in a while, you get the E. coli burrito bowl or salad. And it will go right through you, or me at least. I've experienced that. And I know I have listeners who have had the Chipotle squirts before. It's bad. But I still roll the dice every time. I'm in a toxic relationship, very open toxic relationship with Chipotle. I still go back for more, no matter how many times they do me dirty. I would love to have them as a sponsor. So that would be a one for me. A 10 would be feeling incredible on cloud 9, euphoric bliss, a beautiful vacation spot, unlimited cocktails,

edibles at your fingertips. Ania is playing, the waves are crashing, and you feel like you're in

heaven. That's a 10. Definitely not there right now, but I'm going to rate my mental health this

week, a solid 6.5 out of 10.

It was a little bit higher earlier this week when I recorded this episode with Lexi.

But right now, full disclosure, I'm not feeling like shit because I have COVID.

So I don't know if you could hear it in my voice.

It sounds like I've been smoking a pack of six a day, a little bit of the rasp in my voice. But it's because I have COVID right now. And I got COVID from this week's guest. She's going to hate that I just said this from this week's guest. Contagin Barbie, Miss Lexi Petway. So let's get into this week's episode with Queen Lexi Petway.

I love her. A little background on Lexi. I always like to give you an intro on who I'm talking to,

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