HILLS TO DIE ON: TSITP, Taylor Swift, Pineapple Pizza + More

0:14My Sister's Diary Host:Welcome back to My Sister's Diary, the podcast where it feels like you've snuck into your sister's diary and found all of her unfiltered stories, thoughts, confessions, and things she'd never say out loud. I'm your host, Sam, and I'm excited for today's episode. It's going to be a fun one. How's everyone feeling today? How is everyone feeling? I mentally am feeling fantastic. Truly. Physically, though, I'm not. I'm kind of down in the dumps, and I'll tell you why. It's because I've been eating, like, garbage the last week. Not even the last couple days. Literally a week. Because my husband's birthday was last Sunday, and then my daughter's birthday was on Wednesday, and then my family came out for the weekend, and we had pizza and snacks and, like, that stuff.

0:54So I went from having birthday cake and ice cream to two days later, three days later, having birthday cake and ice cream again. And then, oh, and pizza that night for my daughter's birthday. And then I ate leftover pizza. And then I had pizza again the next day. And then I had brownies and candy. And I have just not been, you know, treating my body the way it deserves to be treated. And my stomach is hating me right now. It's kicking me in the butt. And I hope you guys are all feeling a little better than I am. I'm doing, I'm doing fine. I just am a little dramatic when it comes to pain because I don't like to be in pain.

1:29You know, who does, but I don't. Let me tell you what we're talking about today. Enough about my stomach. We're talking about hills. Hills we're willing to die on. And in case you don't know what that means,

1:42My Sister's Diary Host:I'm sure everybody does, but in case you don't, it's opinions, thoughts, whatever we have that we truly believe in and we will not change our minds. So it's something that we will defend until the day we die. The hill will die on essentially. And you will defend it no matter what. I asked my Instagram followers for hills they were willing to die on and I got some interesting responses. Some of them are a little bit, well yeah, controversial for sure. And some of them are a little deeper than others, but I'm going to read most of them. I think all of them, actually. Yeah, I think I have all of them.

2:22Well, no. No, I don't. I have probably half. Okay. Anyway, sorry. You guys don't care about that part.

2:29My Sister's Diary Host:Anyway, that's what we're going to do today, and I'm really excited. I'll tell you a couple of mine, but I'm really going to keep that portion really short because I want to dive into your guys' stories very quickly. But first, before we get started with any of that, we need to read my diary. I need to read you some of my diary entry for the week. Actually, I only have one. The only one I really need to talk about, honestly, I've been putting this off because I'm like, oh, nobody wants to hear about it. But I think I have more listeners that watch than I think because people will always message me whenever I talk about it on Instagram.

3:00And it's the summer I turned pretty. I need to talk about it. I need to quit being in the dark about it. I need to share my thoughts and opinions a little bit out loud because I've been obsessed with the show since it came out.

3:14My Sister's Diary Host:Actually, no, it came out, I don't remember which year. It wasn't last year. I don't know. Whenever it came out, I watched it. I binged it in like two nights. I'm not kidding. Two nights. And then I was like, oh my gosh, I need more of the show. So then I read the books and then the next season came out and then there was a whole year between the last season and this new season and I need to talk about it. I need to talk about it to somebody. So I'm going to talk about it to you guys and I'll tell you what I've done recently. I did another reread of the books before the season came out because I just want a little refresher, you know, and I have recently done a rewatch of the series as well.

3:57My Sister's Diary Host:And my thoughts on those things are, I still hate Jeremiah. I was like going into it a little bit more open minded and being like, okay, let's give him give him a chance. But watching it again, the show specifically, I'm like, why is anybody team Jeremiah? Like, it's clearly Conrad and Belly's story. Like, that's the story that's being told. That's the only reason this story needs told in the first place. Like, it's about Belly, yes, but it's about their love story. So I don't understand how anybody is like team Jeremiah, because they don't, they don't fit. I don't know how to explain it. They don't, I'm acting like these are real people.

4:37I know they're not, whatever, they're fictional characters, but the story is Conrad and Billy's story. And regardless of how you think Jeremiah treats Billy, it does, that's not the point. The point is Conrad and Billy love each other, and they're soulmates, okay? That's the whole point. So, in the books, though, I will give

4:57My Sister's Diary Host:Jeremiah a little bit of credit because as I'm reading it, I'm like, why was I ever team Conrad? Like, when I'm reading the first book and the second book, I'm really like, okay, I kind of like Jeremiah for belly in the books. I don't know. Maybe if I read it again, I'll be like, okay, yeah, Conrad is fine. But in the books, he kind of acts like a jerk. But it also, So the books in the show, people are like, they're totally different. But the writer of the books is like producing the show, right? So in my mind, I'm like, well, she's showing the show. She's showing these characters in the way that she wanted them to come across on a TV screen and wanted them to be interpreted in her book.

5:40Does that make sense? So I'm like, you can't say they're two separate things because it's by the same creator. She created this world. So why would she show us a completely different story? She wouldn't. She wouldn't do that. So anyone who's saying it's going to be Billy and Jeremiah at the end, I just simply think you're delusional. I don't think she would do that. That would be, that would be crazy. I understand people like, well, the vampire diaries ended different than the books. Yeah, but the person who wrote the books didn't help produce the show. They didn't help. And I know there's been other adaptations that end different than the book.

6:16But I can't think of a lot where the writer, the author of the books helps write the show. I don't understand why she would change it. Because these books came out in like 2009. It's been a long time. And people would be very upset. I feel like she would upset a lot of her fans if she changed the end to you. Anyway, let's get back to the show. Let's talk about season three a little bit.

6:38My Sister's Diary Host:We have had way too many Belly and Jeremiah scenes. We've had way too many. I was okay with like a montage at the beginning. And then I wanted to see more of Belly and Conrad at the summer house. I know we got some like iconic scenes from the books, but I wanted more. I wanted more of them interacting. I wanted more specifically of Belly's inner dialogue. That was completely missing from most like the first half of the show, the first half of the season, I mean. And that is kind of a bummer to me because it provides so much context of what's going on in belly's head. And that's important because the actions she's taking don't match her inner dialogue.

7:19And so you really see the struggle that she's having. But when you don't have that inner dialogue, you only have her actions to go off of. And you're like, yeah, she clearly doesn't like Conrad. That's why you need her inner dialogue because you know, like the beach scene, for example, you have the inner dialogue was important there because it helps you understand why she was so harsh to Conrad. She says to herself, like, I need to get this right. I need to let, I need to make sure he lets go. Like she's trying to get him to let go of her and trying to get herself to let go of him. That's why she's so harsh to him.

7:49It's not that she, I don't know, not that she feels those things exactly. She's just trying to get him to let her go.

8:00My Sister's Diary Host:So she's just being delusional. She's trying to lie to herself, trying to convince herself that she loves Jeremiah in the same way she loves Conrad. And it's very clear in the books and very clear, I think in the show, I don't understand how people don't see it, that she loves Conrad and she's always loved Conrad. And yeah, whatever. The other thing is, why is everybody being so mean to Conrad? Why is everyone being so mean? I understand he blew up the wedding, whatever. However, I think this is Belly's fault. It's Belly's fault. She, you know, she knew she still loved Conrad. She knew she would always love him.

8:41She lied to Jeremiah, said there's nothing between Conrad and I. She kept saying this. Jeremiah knew that she loved Conrad. Conrad, I don't know if he knew that Billy loved him, but he knew he loved her. So that part I understand, but I'm like, he's not the only person who did something wrong here. And the only reason he told Billy that he wanted her and that he still loved her was because he found out about Jeremiah cheating. And that makes that makes a difference because before he thought that jeremiah was the best person for her that he would never hurt her that they were good together and that he deserved her she deserved him whatever and then once he found that out he's like this isn't what i thought it was like he you know what i'm saying does that make any sense that's my opinion on that and steven steven specifically is going way too hard on conrad i'm like bro chill out when he's like you left me you didn't check up on me one time and I'm like did you call him like did you call him and I don't know maybe he did but they didn't make that clear in the show so I only have my assumptions which my assumptions are that he didn't reach out to Conrad either and Conrad went to college he didn't just get up and move for no good reason like he's going to Stanford everybody knows that that was his dream school so why are they being so mean and mad about it and also why would you want to stick around and watch your brother date your ex-girlfriend.

10:07You wouldn't. Even if it wasn't the love of your life, you wouldn't want to stick around and watch your brother date your ex-girlfriend. Then nobody would want that. I blame Belly mostly for that whole situation. I did feel bad. Well, not bad. Yeah. Yeah. I did feel, I felt empathy for Jeremiah in episode nine. I think his actor, Gavin I can't say his last name but he did a really good job during the scene where they're breaking up just kind of talking to her and showing like his emotion and I was like I get it like I understand him being like it's not enough that you love me if you still love Conrad because I think he knows that the love she has for Conrad will never be the same as the love she has for him and he wants that love he wants the love that she has for Conrad like when he says you've never looked at me that way, not even one time.

11:00I don't think he's wrong. I think he's right in that I think Bella needs to admit it to herself that, yeah, I do think that she loves Jeremiah. She wanted to get married to him. She clearly loves him, but not, I don't think in the same way that she loves Conrad, and I think that will become much more clear as the season goes on. Okay,

11:21My Sister's Diary Host:let's talk, okay, really quick. Last thing I'm going to say is for the next two episodes, this comes out this episode this podcast comes out on Tuesday so I haven't watched episode 10 yet what I'm worried is going to happen is we're not going to get Conrad's letter to Belly until the end of episode 10 and then they're going to be finding their way back to each other all of episode 11 and we're not going to get a lot of scenes of them together and then it's just going to be like like, a quick wrap-up at the last two minutes of the series where it just kind of shows, like, a montage of their life, which will be fine.

11:59Like, I do want a montage of their life if they're gonna end up together, but I don't want it to feel the same way that the book did where it was, like, an epilogue, kind of, like, an afterthought of, like, because to me, like, an epilogue is kind of optional to read, like, you don't have to read it, so I don't want it to feel, like, it's rushed or it's like oh this in case you wanted to know this also happens or whatever I hope they give us a little more time seeing them happy together and like maybe seeing them get married or something instead of just like a quick cutoff of like oh let's be together and then there's two minutes left and it shows like a really quick montage of them getting married and their kids and whatever I hope that doesn't happen I hope we get a little bit more than that.

12:42But, you know, I will also, I'm not going to be mad if that happens. I just want more, if that makes sense. Okay, let's move on. Let's move on from The Summer I Turned Pretty. And if you guys don't listen to that or don't watch that, you should. And I know the first season is cringy. I know it. I don't even care, though. I don't care that some of them are bad actors. I don't care how cringy it is, I still love it. And you will love it too if you just give it a chance. One of

13:11My Sister's Diary Host:my sisters, she has not watched it. And I've begged her. I'm like, just try. Just try. You have to get through the first season. Get through the first couple episodes of season one and then you'll be hooked. Okay? You'll be hooked. And I promise you, you won't be able to stop thinking about it. You won't be able to stop. All right. Let's move on for real this time. Let's talk about some opinions that we hold so strongly, we would literally die on a hill for. And let me share a couple, a couple, I say a couple, I mean two of my own. And I shared these on Instagram, but I'll talk about them a little bit more.

13:46My Sister's Diary Host:The first one is that Nickelback doesn't suck. I'm so sick of people making fun of Nickelback. I understand, okay? I understand a little bit. But at the same time, I'm like, don't pretend like you didn't listen. Don't pretend like you didn't have their CD blasting in your car in 2007. Don't pretend like that didn't happen because it did. And you can't now be like, yeah, they're dumb just because it's a trend. Let's all just admit to ourselves that Nickelback has a couple bangers and they're great songs. Everybody knows them. And why does everybody know them? Because they're good songs. That's why.

14:26My Sister's Diary Host:All right. Next one is Princess Diaries 2 is better than Princess Diaries 1. Diaries 1. I just like the love story a little bit better. I just didn't really feel that connected to, I can't even remember his name, the Lily's brother. I can't remember his name really. And I just didn't, didn't like their relationship. I didn't like that. I liked parts of the first movie, but the second movie to me, she's just more confident and I like where they're set in Genovia and all the things. I just, I just like it so much better and I really think it tops the first one and not a lot of sequels top the original, but I think that one definitely does.

15:14All right, let's move on to yours. The first one is the most cliche thing I've ever heard, but I will, I do have to talk about it. And it says, pineapple does belong on pizza. Please. I'm so sick of talking about this. Whatever you want to put on a pizza is fine. Truly. I don't care. But if I don't want to eat pineapple pizza, don't make me. I'm not going to do it. If you're ordering pizza with a group of people, don't order pineapple pizza. Like say there's a group of people and that you're only getting two pizzas and they're like, okay, let's get pepperoni or cheese for the first one. And then the second one, don't get pineapple because chances are not everybody is going to like the pineapple and you can live without the pineapple pizza.

15:59You can live without it. So just get something a little more generic that more people are going to like. People who are like diehard pineapple pizza fans and they just want everybody to love it the same way they do, stop. Just stop doing it. Nobody cares. nobody cares that much you can like whatever you want to like the fact of the matter is there's no person in the world that likes every single thing they've ever eaten so why why do we care so much my personal opinion is I hate pineapple on pizza because I hate the thought of warm pineapple they just I don't like it I don't like it at all I mean I'd eat it if I had to but like I would really prefer not to my husband however he does like pineapple on pizza but he is a good sport about it.

16:42My Sister's Diary Host:Rarely, I don't even think we've ever actually ordered pineapple pizza before. You know, it's like pineapple pizza but it also has Canadian bacon on it which I also kind of hate Canadian bacon. So that just is not a good combo for me. But anyway, everybody can do whatever the heck they want with pizza but don't order pineapple pizza for a large group of people because you like pineapple pizza because chances are most people don't like it. Okay, moving on. This one says, social media ruined childhoods and also every quote hidden gem tourist spot. Actually, everything. Social media ruined everything.

17:22My Sister's Diary Host:I do, I was thinking about this the other day actually about how the childhood that I had growing up is not even possible anymore. Like I had, I had so much, so much less pressure from the outside world because I didn't really have access to it. Like people are getting phones these days at like seven years old, sometimes six years old. And not that they have Instagram, but I'm like, you're already connecting them to the outside world, which is just crazy to me. And I mean, everybody has their own reasons for doing it. Some people do it for safety. Some people, I'm not going to judge parenting in that way, but definitely I think that there's a different feel for childhood these days and how kids are going to grow up, especially with social media, especially as teenagers and tweens.

18:17I think that people care way more about other people's opinions than ever before, which is crazy to me because when I was that age, I cared so much about their opinions. But now, I can't even imagine what it would be like to have Instagram at 13 years old. That would be insane because even I, as an almost 30-year-old woman, sometimes catch myself comparing my body to other women's bodies or like my personality to other people's personalities on Instagram or TikTok. And I can't imagine doing that at 13 years old where like I don't know who I am. I'm trying to figure it out and just being lost and having all these outside opinions on everything.

19:03So yeah, I just think what we need to disconnect as often as possible and not that like you shouldn't have social media. It's going to be a part of our world forever. So I think teaching your kids how to use it properly is important. You can't just be like, never ever use it.

19:18My Sister's Diary Host:At least that's my opinion. There's going to be parents who are like, no, absolutely no social media. That's fine. And maybe as my kids get older, I will feel more strongly about them not having access to it. But I also want them to learn how to use it in a safe way. That's just going to have to be something I figure out when it comes to that point but disconnecting in the sense that like you don't have to have your phone in every room of your house like you can leave it in your bedroom and go watch a movie and not be on your phone at the same time like this constant hit of dopamine that we need from our phones or serotonin whatever the thing is is is crazy I will sometimes find myself on my laptop doing something while watching a movie and playing a game on my phone.

20:10That's three screens. That is crazy to me. And I'm an adult, but I can't imagine doing that as a child. Like, I feel like it takes away so much creativity from kids and, like, inventive minds because they have access to all these things that they can just look at instead of, like, going outside and doing stuff. So I don't know. I just, I agree with it. Not necessarily ruining childhoods, but it's definitely changing the way kids are experiencing the world, which is kind of

20:44My Sister's Diary Host:scary because we've never, this is uncharted territory. Also about the hidden gem tourist spots. Absolutely. I was also thinking about this the other day. I was like, there's going to come a point in time where every square inch of the earth, I mean, except for the ocean, I guess, will be untouched. No, will be touched by human life. Like there's not going to be a single spot where you can go and it hasn't been like explored before. There hasn't been a bunch of people there. Like even going camping now in places we went when I was a kid, I was like, this is so much different than it was when I was a kid.

21:20It's, it's, you can tell it's been more used and I don't know, it's kind of freaky to think about. And all these places are just like riddled with people now, all these places that used to be, I don't know, because, because not that, um, like word of mouth is how you spread like where cool things are, you know,

21:43My Sister's Diary Host:but when influencers or people with a lot of followers or something like that post these places and they're like, this is really cool. There are millions of followers are going to be like, yeah, I want to go there. And so it's just going to flood these places that used to be kind of more quiet and fun to go to because there's not a ton of people there. So not that people shouldn't get to experience those places, but it just gets a little overcrowded. You know what I'm saying? And then it kind of ruins the magic of it. All right. Next one says, the bachelorette slash bachelor is just socially accepted polygamy.

22:21I don't know if I agree with this one because isn't polygamy like actually being married to them?

22:26My Sister's Diary Host:And they're not getting married. I think it's more like polyamory. Isn't that where you have like multiple partners? Yes and no, because it's a TV show and it's definitely not as, um, I don't know. I mean, I've heard, I've listened to a lot of podcasts where the leads are talking and they're like, I knew who I wanted from the beginning and I just kind of had to play it out through the whole show because I signed up for the show. So I don't know if like, I don't know. I do think it's weird. I do think it is a weird concept to date that many people. And personally, I could never do it because I'm, I would be way too jealous and way too in my head about everything.

23:09It would not be good for my mental health. And as we've seen on the show, I don't think it's good for a lot of their mental health.