Boy meets Girl. Girl notices Boy's squirrel painting. Boy and Girl fall in love.

I know the cute version of this story intimately because it's the Hollywood version. The version

pedaled by the very industry I'm desperate to break into.

Meanwhile though, in real life, this different version of our story starts unfolding.

One afternoon, Jay and I pile into my old green Jeep Wrangler. When I say it's old, you

have to understand it isn't charmingly old. The zippers on the windows broke long ago,

it's basically got no sides. It's a giant rolling receptacle for smog and dust. Every time

you take a ride in it your clothes end up with these black smudges all over them.

Anyway, Jay and I brave the filth and are driving through the city when we pull up at a light.

Looming before us is this giant billboard. It's an ad for a new TV show starring this hot

muscular white dude. He's hanging off the side of a helicopter hoisting this enormous machine

gun looking all heroic like. Jay casually reveals that she dated this guy not long before

me. That's the sound of a piece of me shriveling up and dying.

Randall Park is one of those rare actors, quietly hilarious, effortlessly charming. That

basically everyone loves. Whether in the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat or the miniseries

Wondervision or always be my maybe, the romantic comedy he wrote with Ali Wong. But real life

isn't like the movies of course. What happens behind the scenes can be quite far from effortless.

In today's meditative story, Randall tells the Hollywood friendly, meet cute story of how

he and his wife first meet and then he tells a much real story churning beneath the surface.

We all have one. In this series we combine immersive first person stories and breathtaking

music with the science-backed benefits of mindfulness practice. From weight to art, this is

this meditative story. I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide.

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