Welcome back to the peripheral.

On today's episode, I speak with an old friend.

My guest is Xavier, and we actually met during one of my first ever Generation Y meetups.

It was in California, and as most people know, 80% of my listeners are women.

So when a guy shows up to one of my meetups, I always try to make it a point to go over and talk to them because they took the time to show up.

And Xavier is an awesome guy.

He's been in many bands, and he's a very talented musician. He's been in many bands and he's a very talented musician.

He's currently in a band called Virtual Nobodies. When we did this interview, I think we probably talked for over two hours, but I was asking him specifically about an incident that happened while he was on vacation with his father.

So this interview is a little over 30 minutes long, but you kind of just get dropped into

me talking to him and then asking him about his father.

And then the interview sort of ends.

I apologize.

It doesn't have much of an ending or intro,

so bear with it.

And I will be playing one of Xavier's songs

at the end of the episode

and putting all of his information in the show notes.

I hope you enjoy.

I have very little idea about what we're talking about today,

but apparently you went on a trip that changed your life. I would say so, honestly. It changed a good amount for me. So it's, by the way, the first and only time I'll ever go on a trip with my dad.

Was it just you and him?

No, it was me, my dad, my stepmom, brother and sister, my cousin, and a family friend.

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