Hello, everyone.

This is E.Badaynex from the Candid Frame.

Again, with an atypical episode,

because we're still trying to recover from the eaten fire,

which if some of you hadn't heard the previous episode, my wife and I lost our home and my studio in the recent Eaton fires down here in Southern California.

So for the last month, a month and two days, to be exact, we've been without a place. We stayed initially at a hotel for a couple

of weeks, and for the last several weeks, we've been in a back house that a friend of a friend

let us rent until the near the end of February. We're supposed to be out by February 25th.

And we are in search of a more long-term residence of at least a year lease.

And I can't believe I'm going to be a renter again.

Navigating in those waters, I've got to tell you, man, it's strange after God knows how many years of being a homeowner,

delving back into the world of having to pull out my W-2s and bank statements and credit reports in order to prove that I'm a responsible adult is really freaking strange and uncomfortable on so many counts.

But, and this is a journey of a lot of discomfort and getting used to it.

And no, I don't think I'll ever get used to it.

I don't think anybody really can, but that aside.

I just want to thank everyone who has supported us over the past month,

both financially and just reaching out with kind words and just you guys have been really amazing to us.

It's been very encouraging to face such a difficult thing, but to know that we have family

and friends and fans from all over the world who are really doing their best to help us in any way

that they can. It really has made me appreciate, as I said in the last episode, the life that we've created for ourselves.

And I just wanted to catch you up on what's happening,

which is pretty much the same.

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