And we are back with an all-new episode of Keep It. I'm Ira Madison III.

I'm Lewis Fertel. I'm back at home. It's giving pandemic vibes. I hate even saying

the word pandemic like when people are like, here I am to bring up the pandemic and something

that happened during it. I'm like, what if you didn't? We already we already did that. Stop it.

Don't do that. I actually am always trying to figure out when I'm writing something

like what to describe. I'm always like, oh, during the pandemic, but I mean, then there's

the pandemic still going on. But then there's also, do you say lockdown or do you say quarantine?

Because when I'm bringing up quarantine, that era, we're usually always specifically talking

about 2020 to 2021. Yes, right. When you were inside for sure, not seeing anybody, right? Yes.

Yes. I do that during the week now, though, just because I don't want to see people.

Right. No. I have this thing called TCM. I mean, like that will keep me company. That's my,

you know, that's my vaccine. Okay. What if I just became an anti-vaxer right on the show?

Just threw it all away. The actual sort of beauty about moving back to New York and being like

in an apartment where I can see people outside all the time. And then like, I'm working from home

writing is now I sort of get to feel like the woman in the window because I see people all,

I literally see people right now as I'm talking to you. And so it doesn't have that isolating feel

of LA where you're like, is anyone around? It's so quiet. But then you can just sort of sit here and

do it really need to leave because you're looking at the window. It feels like I've done something.

Right. Right. Right. Well, actually, do you know what that reminds me of? My life is a little bit

the girl on the train because I out my window. There's a liquor store and I get to see people walk

into it all day. And I really thought I would out like, you know, the down low alcoholics in my

life. And there's been no gossip to share. I have to tell you what's really not panned out for me.

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