Joel Kim Booster

I had fun. It was like, you know, it was like a way to be athletic for people who were not athletic. But to feel included. Yeah, I know. My roommate broke her arm playing Quidditch. Why or how? Listen, it was a contact sport at times and she got contacted. Sometimes you're a beater and sometimes you get beaten. Exactly. Were you a beater or were you beaten? Exactly.

exactly the sex that says your first cat was named rock hudson yep um we had a naming convention for all our pets growing up where they were all old hollywood names like so we had like marlena dietrich and errol flynn and like those were like the names of our pets and stuff like that and um Yeah. My mom brought this cat home and it immediately bonded to me.

exactly the sex that says your first cat was named rock hudson yep um we had a naming convention for all our pets growing up where they were all old hollywood names like so we had like marlena dietrich and errol flynn and like those were like the names of our pets and stuff like that and um Yeah. My mom brought this cat home and it immediately bonded to me.

And so they're like, OK, Joel, this is your cat. Like, what do you want to name it? And I was like eight. And I was like, Rock Hudson down. And they were like, great. And like, I don't think my parents were even aware of the like secret gay life of Rock Hudson. And I certainly wasn't aware, but I think I intuited, you know, and I yeah. And so I had a cat named Rock Hudson growing up.

And so they're like, OK, Joel, this is your cat. Like, what do you want to name it? And I was like eight. And I was like, Rock Hudson down. And they were like, great. And like, I don't think my parents were even aware of the like secret gay life of Rock Hudson. And I certainly wasn't aware, but I think I intuited, you know, and I yeah. And so I had a cat named Rock Hudson growing up.

And and was he a nice cat? Oh, he was. He was a cat who thought it was a dog. Like literally would follow my dogs outside in the backyard and like just sort of like trot on. And every time like they would go to the front window and bark at somebody, he would be there like sort of like trying to make the same noises. It was so cute. And he was so affectionate and so great.

And and was he a nice cat? Oh, he was. He was a cat who thought it was a dog. Like literally would follow my dogs outside in the backyard and like just sort of like trot on. And every time like they would go to the front window and bark at somebody, he would be there like sort of like trying to make the same noises. It was so cute. And he was so affectionate and so great.

And like, yeah, I loved him.

And like, yeah, I loved him.

Four dogs, five cats, two birds and a lot of fish.

Four dogs, five cats, two birds and a lot of fish.

okay noah's ark yeah okay and we and not i think the most we had concurrently was three dogs three cats and one bird um but like over the course of my time yeah at home that that was it was that number um so it was a lot and my mom's a home health nurse and most of them were strays that she would like find on her route and like pick up and like my dad would be like you can

okay noah's ark yeah okay and we and not i think the most we had concurrently was three dogs three cats and one bird um but like over the course of my time yeah at home that that was it was that number um so it was a lot and my mom's a home health nurse and most of them were strays that she would like find on her route and like pick up and like my dad would be like you can

Like a real boss does.

Like a real boss does.

Like, that was his real name. That is exactly fitting with what my family was. Exactly.

Like, that was his real name. That is exactly fitting with what my family was. Exactly.

No. They don't know nothing.

No. They don't know nothing.

Also, it says on here that you used to work for Groupon Corporate. I was the 70-something employee of Groupon, actually. Wow, you are old. It was my first job out of college. I was a customer service temp. I started as a temp there, answering phones for people who bought Groupons and had problems. And by the time I was 25 and left that job to move to New York,