I'll Drink To That

Recorded: 7/28/26 New Years Joy! Birthday tea party! A year of production unemployment Life is loss Thai and donuts Importance of stability for me 1 year no booze! Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl Bookmobile adventures  3rd Doctor! (from Doctor Who) Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Still not a librarian No DEI for Burbank Tired of the endless ladder God of War Video game ROI ASAP science Bye bye gummies 100 percenting video games  LEGO Hobbit 18 years in LA 60s Batman Artemis II Mayor Mamdani Jedi Survivor Epic Mickey Tomb Raider Red Dead Redemption II Local history librarian work History and democracy Husband job update  Production is in the past now The Full Monty broke me Who knows… Last minute update and goodbye Thanks everyone for 18 years of adventures!  Please follow me on FB: https://www.facebook.com/illdrinktothat/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/illdrinktothatmatty/  

Recorded: Thursday 7/23/26 Zelda Oracle Games on Switch Uncle Mame January 2025 Fires the five Ps: People, Pets, Prescriptions, Photos, and Papers. 18 months without a drink Crazy heart rate Thinking of my drinking experience the way I think of my high school experience Sobriety isn't just not drinking Craving anxiety in the pit of your stomach Zelda: Minish Cap Zelda: Twilight Princess Timothy Zahn's mid-90s Star Wars novels Noises Off Doctor Who from the beginning Feeling feelings for the first time  Gargoyles Book forts Hard core board gaming Exploring my non-drinking/non-queer life Educating conservative family members I'm not a puzzle person X-men Ken Burns marathon Learning to appreciate the national parks First public post about sobriety 157 days in Counting my rhinestones Parade at the Ahmanson Drives crashing Diana Ross at the Hollywood Bowl Beach Boys in Palmdale Shucked Arthurian legend adventures! Scandal noted Pink Panther marathon Sorry for the audio quality during this chunk  Santee alley Journey to the Bookmobile! So much growth and maturity 👴🏻 Baldur's Gate adventures Not an impromptu concert! ABOS in St. Louis Don't combine anniversary trips with business trips Winning best dressed (pic for episode) City Museum in St. Louis Little Shop of Horrors - Nocturne Theatre Being a team with my husband Holidays on a budget Get fun color earbuds

Recorded: Monday July 13, 2026 Friends LEGO I am a LEGO person, not a puzzle person Le Petit Trois Spider-Man 2 Super Mario RPG Seattle marathon visit Dad insisting upon it The damn Dodgers cap Dressed as a tiger for the Super Bowl The Wiz Senior Clerk Promotion! What an ordeal Buying a new bed! Reading for fun! The Neverending Story LEGO The Hobbit 90s SNES Disney Games on the Switch My Peeps hat! Easter dinner Tuna bad! Too many purines…? Come From Away Fat Ham Grease 2 Poor Stockard Channing Public Service Loan Forgiveness Nesting in my new space Puzzle desk Friends of the Library Old school NES games Gummi Bears and my crush on Gusto Resuming trivia Working on not saying "no" First summer as a Senior Clerk Last Pride at the bar, grieving the past, and the change The unfairness of sobriety Surprise 4th of July hotel stay 25th High School reunion The trip was a mess Karaoke was awesome Puzzle table Gender switch version of Company Hungover interview First friends bachelor party Rage rooms Brazilian restaurant Indian Wedding  1980s Anne of Green Gables King Arthur Love triangles are a mystery Spotlight Award at work The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Grinch holiday card

Recorded: June 5, 2026 No longer part of the entertainment business conversation Jan 2nd deep clean First Vegas trip since COVID I joined a union! Starting AA 500 days sober Backstory - counseling where I lied and then drank Naltraxone Finding my meeting The Big Blue Book The 12 And 12 (Traditions not affirmations) It IS a cult My final AA meeting Masters Degree Portfolio Revisiting my Queer Elders paper Music backup recovery Tripping falling up the stairs 1776 Dodgers Pride night Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence kerfuffle  You DON'T need an MLIS to work in a library! LGBTQIA2S+ Library Services Class Information Literacy! Blog link Birdo as Queer Icon Futurama Animaniacs John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl Wine and painting night Barbie Deciding to not go to movies anymore Prioritizing my own serenity Nintendo Switch I don't think I'm a cozy game lover Tom Nook is a usurer! Chateau Marmont Hurricane in LA Palm Springs Graduation Vacation Pee Wee Dinosaur Pee Wee's Playhouse Covid round #4 Switch emulators - all Mario Bros, all Zeldas Online proctored test nonsense Blueberry Stoli and soda Digitizing VHS projects from 25 years ago Grateful for the friends who play pretend with me Jerry Springer Hosts a Cabaret Jerry Springer and the Silence of the Lambs Macbeth in 8th grade Disneyland visit! Magic at Galaxy's Edge Beverly Hills Public Library Angels in America in 2001  

Recorded: Wednesday 6/10/26  2022 (NOT 2023) COVID still a thing! Sir Mix-a-lots basement Seattle New Year show School all year long New Years Deep Clean Staff Day at Work - Teaching Podcasting Managing Yappers Boomer Not Understanding How Presentations Work EVERYONE is creative "You should write that!" Work dress code Elizabeth Goldman is a coont! Last of Us II LAPL Central Library The Guilded Age Sorry about the quality change during the second block of the episode. It gets better. Orange is the New Black Matt Baume, Sewers of Paris Honey, I'm Homo Irate Ireland Library Donations telling a tale…and adding to my collection Don't Say Gay Heardle YA Classes Gay bashing outside the gay bar I'm a bad boy First bout with COVID 4/29/22 - My printing press tattoo! It shouldn't be a surprise I want to be a librarian Mothers Day cards My Dad is sneaky The gift of being oblivious Googling myself First post COVID visit home Never underestimate down time with a family trip Burbank airport hot tip! Hierarchical relationships Drinking was still a problem. And I still held onto it even though it's the only issue in my life I've treated that way. 510 Days without booze Roe v. Wade overturned Being silly Officiating a gay Disneyland wedding Diane Keaton project Flash flood in the desert Wrenching my back at work Mpox My open relationship Variety show history paper Academia icky Loving collections management https://archive.org/ My personal music database X-files rewatch Dramas aren't my thing IRL drama! Jinkx & De La Christmas special Threads is Nice

6/19/24 Missing Mixer Reflections on reflecting 40th birthday in lockdown  Week o' movie nights Rage and frustration January 6th ***Not me sharing misinformation about Fox News! There was no moment where they said "we're not news we're entertainment"*** The Last of Us game Missing W-2 Biden inauguration Amazing Race Drag Race rewatch VITU A year of COVID Vaccines! New career game plan You don't need a masters degree to work in a library!! Covid outbreak at work 2nd vaccine  Tin Horn Flats Trump Rally Science with impossible burger The world opening up again East coast Covid funerals Dramatic revelations Ask the question! Paying off credit cards in May! School scholarship Bye bye PS2 Job offer at VITU Page test Pickwick Gardens Going back to school LOTR marathon in 2020 heatwave Star Wars Marathon Questioning Star Wars fandom  La petit trios Cop Rock Hamilton Hired by the library Boston believing in me Carvana used car Helix piercing  Gay elders research paper #librarypagefinds Picture books count toward your annual reading goals Stephen Sondheim's passing 3rd vaccine Log Book Podcast Delivery driver training Libraries don't do fines anymore! Back at trivia Grandma smith passing  

Final Season Recording in 2024 Lost mixer August 2020 last recorded episode April 2020 Mom ready for a road trip! Little Richard and Larry Kramer died Black Lives Matter To The Best of Our Knowledge Podcast, 6th stage of grief, giving meaning to loss. Nintendo Power online archives Personal archives scanning project Family COVID deaths Lay off in July Unemployment issues 1st Experience with Depression That was the end of production for me Just one day off Scream into the void Iceland Reface App NOT LEGO Simpsons house An Honor to be Nominated Podcast Snow storm in CO in September 7th the day after 90 degree temps Broadway dancer aerobics in the living room, 5th grade flashbacks Gay bars COVID closures 2020 Election We needed a little Christmas What we do in the shadows Lockdown thanksgiving  Being part of a team Queer Magnolias Libraries of LA Music getting me through World AIDS Day 2020 NORAD Santa Tracker Santa Hat 2nd Place Covid nightmares  

Facebook Losing My Mind Disco Album Miserable weather Coco's solitude videos Streaming movie community Late night drinking…cause I'm bored Counseling chaos Dad can't hug son Superman The Soundtrack Show Earthquakes and locusts Swallow some Clorox Redecorating the apartment Tuna noodle caserole New Zealand Day Planners S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Facebook Sweet Caroline COVID Meme Pete Butigeg drop out, Primaries Reluctant Biden RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 COVID vs Early AIDS Online Museums Kanopy Things Getting Cancelled in the Middle of March Scanning project Apocalyptic Ralphs Adjusting to the new world Dumping rain forever Learning to survive via delivery Start of my late night weekends Tomie dePaola Closing Time -Semisonic

Early Covid on the horizon Clueless at work Boston's Surgery We've been here before Joker Parasite Oscars Bingo Springtime for Hitler Lynn Shelton Music compulsions Primaries Gout attack in my knee Springtime for Hitler - The Producers