Reminder -Tax Day - Jokes

Just a quick reminder to do your taxes lol jokes. Just reminding you all reminders aren’t bad some are meant to heal and guide us to our new destination. But for reals if you haven’t did your taxes.. do them haha be blessed and check out the site below 

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We hope you're doing good. I want to welcome you to the podcast. Whatever can join us as we talk about whatever we want to talk about. Could be your ex, your spam breath, or just to answer some random questions. Remember, the podcast is not responsible for how jacked up your life is. Our views and opinions are that of the podcast. So don't go crying saying we said this and that. And we made fun of you. Because in the end, it's all just jokes. We love you.

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Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. What is up, my peoples? Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is April 15th. And guess what? It is your last day to do your taxes. Holy smacks. I have not even done my taxes. I'm a procrastinator. So today, this morning, I am going to go ahead and officially file. Officially file my taxes. Oh man, let me borrow your kid. Let me borrow your kid, and let me borrow a couple kids from you guys. And hey, I do not like tax season, and every year I have to pay back. And it is slowly going up. Like, holy cow, last year I paid almost close to$3,000 back just because of the extracurricular. Hey, extracurricular activities that I do. Like if I DJ, you know, the thing I like about um doing contracts is you have to fill out a tax return form, uh, which is fine, you know, which is fine and everything. I don't like to um, I don't like to uh what do you call it where you have to write down everything gas, how much you spent on gas, miles. I don't do that. I just file it straight. I'm just like I could care less. I just want to file it, you know. Um the only the only thing that I liked about when I did receptions and stuff like that is you just get paid straight cash, whatever that stuff like that. You don't have to uh you don't have to report to the IRS if you don't want to. If it's under$600, hey. Uh so don't tell them hey, don't tell them, don't tell them, hey, joke said, but I hope you guys out there file your taxes. I hope you guys got your taxes back. If not, then hey, today is the last day to file, man. Tax day, tax day. I know a lot of people don't like tax day because some of them, like I said, you have to pay back. Some of you guys don't even get anything, and some of you guys got like 80 kids and you get like 50,000 back. Hey, let me borrow a kid, man. Let me borrow a kid. Oh man, I am on my way to work right now. It is uh just a little after 6.25 right now. Uh, we were supposed to have recorded a podcast last night, me and Shells, but um, you know, like I said, Shells is a family man, man. Uh some stuff came up. He had to handle business with the family, which I respect. And I just ended up just staying home, just chill. Uh, just watched a couple shows and everything, and I was surprised. I was surprised. I heard I heard a knock at the door. Heard a knock at the door, and I opened it, and holy cow, it was it was one of my closest, like bestest, bestest, bestest friends in the whole entire world. Like, mind you, we've not seen each other in in a while. Like, even though, you know, he just lives not too far from me, we're busy. He's a father, you know, he's a husband, and he has stuff that he makes he needs to take care of, and I respect that about him. And you know, same thing with me. I'm always busy. Uh, we do text, uh, and man, when we get together and when we talk, it's like we never skip the beat. I am just passing Shiprock, and I did not notice that the carnival is in town in Shiprock. What? That just shows you I do not look around when I drive. Like, I do not look around when I drive. I pay attention to the road. Uh, that's why I hit deers, hey. That was the only time I wasn't paying attention. No, I'm just joking. Those fucking deers came out of nowhere, hey. Uh, but no, like um, he came by and he visited last night. Uh, and we just chilled, we talked. Holy cow, we were talking. I see I kid you not. Like, we were, we, we, man, I don't know how how long he was there. We were just sitting there, we're talking, we're just reminiscing about back in the day, you know. And we it was just a good conversation. And he lost his he lost his father too, about maybe I would say a year, a year and a half ago. And he was there like when when my dad passed away. Holy cow, man, it is and and this is gonna kind of come back to it. Um everything. Uh so yesterday, when I was on my way home, I'll I'll I'll tell a story, my bro, you know? Uh yesterday when I was on my way home, my mom had called me, and everything became real again. Everything was opened up, everything was fresh again, and I seriously, I was like, damn, you know, tonight's gonna be a shitty night. Uh, because I feel these feelings. I'm in these fields or whatever, you know. Uh, but yesterday when I was on my way home, my mom called me and she was just kind of sniffling, she was just crying and crying, and I was like, oh shit, mom, what happened? What happened? You know, I was expecting bad news. Um and you know, she was just she was just like, Michael, can you just stop by really quick? And I was like, okay, okay, okay. So um my mom, my mom is the only I I like, okay, I like this. Is this just for uh some people out there that know me best. I like being called Michael. Michael. My real friends call me Mike, Mikey, and everything, you know. My closest friends, they call me Mike, Mikey, but uh, I like Michael. Hey, I like Michael, hey, and uh, I like the way you say it. She's uh hey, joke said, but so I'm on my way in, I stopped by my mom's, and um dad got in the call today. My mom had gotten a call today for the funeral home, and my dad's headstone came in, and she would show me pictures of it. I want I wanted to go over there to go look at it, but I was, you know, like I got home late and they closed at a certain time, you know. So I was like, oh man, everything just just was opened back up again. Just it became real and it became a reality and it sunk in that damn, I no longer have a father, I no longer have a dad, my dad is not here because in my mind I played this, I played this that my dad was just at his appointment. Because sometimes when I went to go visit my mom, my dad, my dad was at his appointment, you know, and he was at his dialysis appointment, that dialysis appointment, and I wouldn't see him until either the next day or when I would come back a couple hours afterwards. But he was always usually tired and just kind of you know chilling. So didn't want to bother him then when he came back from his appointment. So in my mind, that's what I was playing. That's what I was playing was okay, my dad is at his appointment, I'll come back and I'll see him later. I'll come back and I'll see him later. I'll come back and I'll see him later. I'll that was my mindset. But when my mom was showing me pictures of the headstone yesterday, like man, it sunk in and it and it hurt, you know? And I was looking at the the headstone, and freaking it's a it's a dope headstone. And I was reminded, like, damn, yep, my dad's no longer here. My dad is not here. Seeing the the the day that he passed away engraved forever, forever in a piece of rock, I guess you could say it, was heartbreaking. Was really, really heartbreaking. And I was like, damn, this is real. And I stayed there with my mom for a little bit, you know. We cried and we're just I told my mom, I said, mom, I said, this is real. I said, I and I told my mom how I was thinking. I was like, every time that I came to visit, I thought, like, okay, my dad's just at his appointment, he's gonna be back later, and I'm going to see him tomorrow. The next day when I visit, he wasn't there. I would my mind, I would have my mind play that. Like, okay, my dad's at his appointment. I am going to see him tomorrow. This went on, it's been officially uh holy cow, let me see, November. Uh, five months, five months since my dad. I had to have to count on my fingers. I had to count on my fingers there. I'm sorry. It's been five months since my since I lost my dad, and it still is the hardest thing in the whole entire world. And I've always, I have friends, really good friends, like my friend Mystery. Uh, his his name's Brandon too, as well. Uh, he lost his dad two years ago, and him and his dad were really close, and that was probably the hardest thing that I had to see him go through. And then my friend Ray, um, he lost his father about a year, year and a half ago, too, as well. That was probably the hardest thing I had to see him go through, too, as well. And I always wanted to ask him, ask, ask him, hey yeah, freaking axe. I always wanted to ask them how they deal with the situation because I told you guys um on previous podcasts, like, I'm I'm a runner, like for real. I only some people I will talk about it with, only some, and that's the same thing that goes with my brother. Like, if you guys, I got listeners that are family that that are friends, close friends that know me the best, knew how hard it was when my brother passed away. And then again, when my little brother passed away, uh that was that that was a shit show for me. Not not for not not for the passing or anything like that, but that was a shit show, you know? And so I was, you know, I always I always text the the bros and I ask him, like, man, dude, like uh how how how did you feel about that? And the same thing, they they said the exact same thing. They said, I I I tricked my mind to think that my dad was still here, that he was just out doing something, he was out in the farm working the fields, or he was at work, and he doesn't come back late because that was the routine for some of my friends' dad, you know. And so I was like, okay, okay, so I asked them, I said, is this is this a wrong feeling? You know, is this a wrong feeling to have? And they were like, no, no, no, no, that that's normal, you know, that that's part of the the the healing process. And last night when I was talking to my mom, or just before I went back home, um, you know, I like I said, I was looking at the headstone, uh, the pictures of the headstone, and I was like, oh shit, you know, and I knew that the headstone was coming in. I I knew that the the headstone was ordered and it would be in one day, but I try to prolong it uh because you know, where he where my where my dad's buried or laid to rest, I don't want to say buried, but where my dad's laid to rest, you have to build a base. You have to build a base for the headstone. And I built the base for my brother's headstone when my brother passed away. That was the hardest thing in the whole entire world. Uh so you know, uh a week ago, I don't know, for some reason a week ago, I just felt like I needed to go to the to to the burial site and start doing measurements, and I did that, and it's so crazy because the headstone came in legit a week after, probably, yeah, uh probably after a week after I did that. Coincidence? I don't know. I don't know, man. Witchcraft, hey, but it was so surreal, and I was reminded again yesterday. I was reminded that my dad is no longer here. It was sad, it was sad. Uh had to go through all the feelings again, but I was glad that I did. I was glad that I did. It was healing, healing, the healing process. You know, I've always I always talk about healing process, and I always talk about the the there's no right way to right or wrong way to grieve, you know. You grieve at your own pace, is what I was saying, you know. And so I was there with my mom, you know, we cried, and I was just remembering stories of my dad. I share some stories here on the podcast about my dad, those are the stories that I want to share, but there's a lot more stories that I don't talk about, you know, that I like to keep personal because like you guys know, I keep telling you guys, I am a private guy. I keep things to myself, I only share what I want to share. Hey, yeah. And yesterday, you know, I I started uh opening up to my mom, I guess you could say, about my dad, you know, conversations, um, just this and that. And it was good, it was it was good healing. And then after I left, I went back home. Like I said, I was uh, you know, got in contact with Shalles, and Shells was like, oh man, I'm not gonna be able to make it. You know, I got I gotta take care of this. And I was like, hey man, don't worry about it. It is all good, man. We got time, you know, we got time, we got questions, and finally, I can finally go through some of the emails and see what kind of dumbass questions, yeah, uh, see what kind of questions we get in. And I and as I was looking through some of the emails, like I was like, oh man, these are some good questions. Some of them are funny too, as well. But as I was going through the emails and everything, I um like I said, I was just sitting there and I heard a knock at the door. I looked out and I saw I saw this really nice truck outside. I was like, damn, whose truck's that? You know, I thought it was somebody saying, My kids are the keys to your new truck. Uh, but no, like I looked outside and I saw this really nice truck out there. I was like, oh damn, like somebody's here. But first thought in my mind, too, was Jehovah's Witness. Uh, because it was uh uh Toyota, yeah. Thought it was some Mormons knocking on my door, but no, like I heard the knock at the door and I opened it, and it was it was my bro. And we just like locked eyes, and I gave him the biggest hug. And I am not joking, like we fucking cried. We stood there at the door and we cried, and it was so good to see him. Welcome him in, welcome him in, and we just started talking like man, it was no, there was no how you doing? I heard this, I heard that, all this stuff. It was just we went right into jokes, we went right into talking about things that we went through and just having a good conversation, and we were just laughing uh about all the dumb shit that we used to get into, all the dumb stuff that we used to say, and it was so good. And as we were talking, um, we kind of started getting into the serious side, you know, and he asked me, he was like, Mike, he was like, I know it's it's uh and it was so crazy, you know, that that it's been five months, and he said, he's like Mike, it's been five, I know it's been five months since your dad passed. And he was like, Man, he's like, How are you doing, man? And I told him, I was like, I don't know, man. I said, I have good days, I have bad days, uh, mixed with emotions, mixed with feelings, mixed with questions. Um, and I told him, I said, I know, I know, I know my dad's in a good place. I know he's good because my dad was a believer, he was a born-again Christian, he accepted Jesus into his life as his Lord and personal savior. So I know he's good, but I've always said, you know, the selfish side of me takes over. And I I want my dad here, you know. Just want to feel the love and embrace of my dad. Just want to hear my dad say, Hey, it's my sonny boy, one more time, you know. And he was like, Oh man, he's like, I know exactly what you're feeling, brother. He's like, I know what you feel, and he was like, but he was like, you know what? He was like, man, he's like, I bet you anything, your dad's proud of you right now. And I don't like I've said, I've said, I fucking sound like a broken record. I do not have any kind of social media at all. So I do not know where I don't, I don't want to say where promotion comes from, but I have a street team, alright? People that I trust, people that I've been rocking with for years to help promote either um a show that I was doing and even to promote music. And yesterday, you know, my buddy was just like, man, Mike, it was like I seen, he's like, I seen a little post about you, and it had the link to acoustic heartbreaks, and he was like, bro, man, he was like, that is some crazy shit, bro. And I laughed. I was like, are you serious? He was like, yeah, man. He was like, I he was like, dude, I love it, man. I love it. And like I said, this guy's been with me. This guy's been rocking with me since I was Michael, since I was a teenager. Holy shit, that's how far we go back. Is I was a teenager when I first met Homeboy, man, and we became instant brothers. We went to school together, and we didn't know that we would link back up and do some music later on down the road, you know. Um, he became my DJ and one of my best friends, my longest friends, and he's the one I've been telling everybody because everybody just reached out that has heard that went to the link. Again, go to micless.hearnow.com. Hey, little promo right there. Uh, to listen. All the tracks are up. You guys can listen to the whole entire album there. And I've been telling everybody because everybody's been asking questions, like, Mike, what's this song about? Who's this song about? Uh, you know, like we didn't know that you were in a relationship. Okay, so I was um real talk. Hey, sorry, there was a freaking bird that just flew in front of me and it looked all wicked, and freaking wickedness, and um, so I was talking, and he was on my first EP, where to now, where to now was my first and last EP. Made that, got, you know, did what it did, toward, made what I made, and dipped out, said goodbye to the rap game. And if you guys don't know who I'm talking about, I'm talking about my man DJ Two Tone. Holy cow, man, representing 970 entertainment. Hey man. Um so we were talking, and I told him, I said, dude, man. I said, it's been about I said, 12, I said, this has been like 12 years in the making, bro. And I said some of these were were from back in the day where I was just in my fields, where I was just writing. And like I said, again, mind you, this guy's been through been with me through everything, all the shit that I've been through. Um, and he reminded me, and that's when I felt so fucking old. And he said, Mike, he was like, Where to now came out in 2005. 2005, and he said, We toured for two years after that, two years on and off. So 2007 is when we did our final tour, our say our goodbye tour, when we left, and I was like, holy shit. So it's almost in 2027, it is gonna be 20 years, 20 years since where to now has come out, and I said, dude, I suck at math, man. I was like, I suck at math. I was trying to feel all young and shit. Hey, tell everybody, yeah, this is 12 years in the making. Fuck that. It has been close to 20 years in the making because I gave it off. No, I don't want to say it, not not in a bad way, but I stopped uh when Brooklyn was born, and she's 19. And I was like, I was thinking to myself, I was like, holy shit, you are right, bro. Like, it is almost 20 years. October, my baby's gonna be 20 years. Oh man, I holy shit, that sounds so wicked. But whole I was like, I don't know why I've been saying 12 years, and people have been bugging out about the songs, and some people were like, oh, it's just about so-and-so, but I'm like, nope, this is this is what happens when I am left alone. I can think for days, I can write, it's easy, and none of these songs are about you know anybody, just probably a one, hey, just probably one is about somebody, hey, um, but not in a bad way, you know, it was it's all positive. And I was like, what the hell, dude? Like, you know, next next month is my birthday month. I am going to be fucking old. We were talking about that yesterday, me and DJ Tutone, and we're like, dude, man, like, how fun was that? And he was just like, man, Mike, he's like, I just want to tell you that I had so much fun. It was like those times, you know, it was probably like maybe three years ago. We did a reunion, me and me, me and Ray, me, me and Tutone, we did a reunion and we rocked the show, and it was like clockwork, and like we we fucking we took over that show, and everybody was. Like freaking out, you know. They thought we were just coming out, you know, like these two old guys coming out of the woodworks, you know, just deciding to rap and DJ now. All of a sudden, we're like, Man, these are archives, these are archive songs, you know. And it was so funny. Like, yesterday we were talking, and Ray was just like, he was like, Man, Mike, he was like, I just want to thank you. He was like, I want to thank you for for you just being a part of my life. And he was like, I tried to be there for you as much as I could. And he was like, Sometimes he's like, I like I said, Ray knows me. Ray knows me to the T. And he was like, I he's like, I know how you are sometimes, Mike. He's like, I know how you are sometimes. When you get in your fields, when you get down and stuff like that, you need that little space to regroup. You need that little space to to uh get back to reality. And he was like, that's what he was like, I always do too. And I was like, oh man. And he was like, you know what, Mike? He was like, regardless of anything, he was like, we gonna make it, bro. He's like, we are going to make it. He was like, we made it this far. And then we started talking again. He was like, remember what this person said, oh man, you know, because at that time we were a quote unquote Christian artist, you know? That's that's what our genre was, you know, because our that we were faith-based with with our music, you know, and we were we we didn't look at it as as that. We looked at it as okay, we're just telling the story of our trials, of our what we go through in life, just basically life, you know. But people put us in that genre, of course. Yeah, we were going to church, and like I said, I was a youth pastor at that time, you know. And so, anyways, um, so we were like just talking about that, and I was like, man, dude, I was like, I don't regret any of the stuff that we did, man. I said, I don't regret any of the tours that we did. We're laughing about this and that, and it was just a reminder that we made it, like, not in a sense to where it's like, oh yeah, we're getting money now. You know, we just made it in life. We made it as uh fathers, you know, we made it as sons, we made it as uncles, brothers, and we just made it as friends. I wanted to jump on this this podcast real quick as I drive the work. Um most of you guys know that I like to say a prayer in the morning. Um, whether it's on top of the summit by Narbonapass, I like just I just like to thank Creator for the day. And it's not even a long prayer. It's just like, Father God, I thank you for today. I thank you for another day that you've given us on planet Earth. Please protect me as I drive the work, keep all deer away from me. In your name we pray. Amen. That's literally my prayer in the morning. But this morning I got up and I was just like, man, I was like, man, God, I am so thankful. I am so thankful. There's many times that I could have given up. There's many times where I shouldn't have given up, and there's many times that I should not be alive today. And I said, God, your grace, your mercy, your love is what brought me this far. And I said, God, I am so thankful. I am so thankful for the trials that I've gone through. I said, God, I am so thankful for the heartbreaks that I've gone through. I said, God, I am so thankful for the deaths and the passings that I've gone through, God. I said, because I said, as easy as it was or is to give up, I said, you've always shown me your grace. I said, you've always shown me that you are there with me still. And I just wanted to jump on this podcast really quick as I drive the work to remind you guys that you guys are fucking doing it. You guys are beating the odds. If you guys woke up this morning and you guys got that cup of coffee, that orange juice, maybe you made a breakfast sandwich, maybe you're sitting there eating oatmeal sandwiches, uh, cream of wheat sandwiches. You know what, man? You are blessed. And I want to remind you that you guys are doing it. You guys have beaten the odds. One people said that you guys wouldn't make it this far, you guys did it. One friends and family turned their backs on you, even work turned their backs on you. You made it. You got up every single day. Not because you had to. I know some of you guys are probably like, oh man, I have to, I have to, nobody has to get up. Man, fucking get out of your pity ass party, yo, and accept the fact that you're doing it, that you are fucking doing an amazing job. I know it's sometimes I know sometimes it's so hard, it's so easy to get up in our fields as a parent. Uh, I do the exact same thing. I get up in my fields, I question myself if I'm a good parent. Um at the time, you know, I I question myself if I'm a good if I was a good boyfriend, and I question myself if I was a good son, if I was a good brother. But time and time again, I'm reminded. I'm reminded. Maybe sometimes I don't hear it all the time, maybe sometimes I don't hear thank yous. Maybe sometimes I don't hear the hey Mike, you're doing good, and that's because I'm just being stubborn. I'm a stubborn ass. Hey man. Uh but I wanted to tell you guys that I am so proud of you guys, that I am super, super proud of you guys. I am in your corner, and I've told you time and time again, I will be your biggest cheerleader. Whatever you want to do in life, you and my circle, I'm cheering you on. We're gonna pop bottles, hey man. We're gonna pop bottles when you guys win that championship. Hey, man. But I wanted to remind you guys that life sucks. It does. There's some times where we're gonna get knocked down, and it's so easy to stay there. It feels good to stay there, right? And I've said time and time again, you get knocked down, take a time, take, take, take a time to rest. Take a minute or two to rest, but don't stay there too long. Don't stay there too. Don't get comfortable there. Get up, get up, catch your breath, catch your breath. Take that breath in and be like, okay, oh, I got 12 more rounds, I got I got 11 more rounds, I got 10 more rounds. You got this, you got this. My brother always used to say to me, Mike, play like it's fourth quarter, there's 15 seconds left, and you're down by two. What are you gonna do? Play like it's fourth quarter, and the time is ticking away, and you're down by two, and you're in the championship, you're in the championship game. What are you gonna do, Mike? What are you gonna do? And I'm like, man, I'm gonna play my ass off. So I'm telling you guys that this morning on this awesome, beautiful, cloud-free morning, finally, there's no clouds. To get up, dust yourself off, keep walking, keep going, keep pushing, you're gonna make it. I believe in you guys. You guys got a purpose in your life. You guys are meant to be on this planet earth. You guys are meant to be in certain situations. And I've been learning about prayer. You know, sometimes we we ask God, we ask creator, you know, bless me, bless me, bless me, bless me, and we expect the creator to bless us, like physically, God coming to us, physically, the creator coming to us and say, here's your blessing. But did you know that creator puts us in blessing situations to where we can receive that blessing, to where we can get that blessing? But nope, we're too blinded, we're too in our egos, we're too in our feels to even see it that we miss those opportunities. So don't miss opportunities in your life to be blessed. I love you guys so much, man. I am here for you guys. Like I said, if you guys ever want to talk, just hit us up on the email. Uh, go to Buzz or Word Around the Campfire dot buzzsprout.com. Hit us up there. Um email me at Michelis M-I-K-E-L-E-S-S at gmail.com. Uh, even if you guys need prayer, if you guys just need somebody to talk to, like I've always said, I am not a counselor, I just try to uh talk to you guys about my experiences and how I went through some certain situations in my life. But I'm here, I'm here, and I want to remind you guys that you guys are doing awesome. And this game of life, you guys are winning. In this monopoly game of life, you guys are winning because you guys choose every day to get up, because you guys choose every day to keep fighting, because you guys choose every day to keep living, even though life sucks, you guys do that, man. And I am super proud of you guys, and I just wanted to remind you guys of that. I wanted to let you guys know that you guys are doing good, alright? Mistakes and all, mistakes and all, flaws and all, man. You guys are doing amazing. Don't you forget about it, man. Have a blessed Wednesday hump day. Heekaboo, I'm a hump you. If you guys know where that reference from, you guys are the OGs, and but again, I wanted to come on here just to remind you guys. I was reminded. I was reminded, and I am the most hard-headed person to be reminded of anything, hey, but I was reminded today that I'm I'm doing good, that I'm making it. I was reminded, not today, but yesterday, I was reminded that I'm doing good, that I'm going to make it. And so I wanted to come on here real quick to remind you guys that you guys are doing good. You guys are doing awesome, despite what you may give yourself credit for, despite how you guys might feel. It's so easy to to to to be to beat down on ourselves, like, oh shit, I'm not doing this. I'm not where I wanted to be when I first started life. Who cares? Let's work together and let's work towards that goal. And like I said, man, I I didn't expect where I was going to be right now with everything that's going on, and I appreciate each and every one of you guys just for the love, the support, and just within this podcast and just within Mikeless or whatever. I appreciate you guys so much for just being a part of the team, and again, reminder, reminding you that you guys are doing good. Alright, you guys stay blessed. As always, don't forget that you are in the favor of the creator. Ladies, smile because your smile is so contagious. Man, you are handsome, way beyond you. Give yourself credit for. Don't you forget it. And as always, I am Mike Bita, representing 1491 dropouts, representing tribal revival, representing laughter is good medicine, representing scratch nerds and representing the infamous, infamous. I'm so blessed to have him on my team, Culture Kings. Don't forget to go to culturekings.com, spend anything over$200, use a discount code DJWI. Get yourself some fresh gear. Man, I love life right now. Life is amazing, and I hope you guys love life too. Man, as always, man, thank you guys so much for listening to the podcast Word around the campfire. I love you guys. Let's get this day started and freaking be amazing. Let's go, Sheez.