Julian Preto
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46 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard May 2025
Julian Preto’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I don't get as obsessive about the crushes. I get obsessive about fans. I'm a big Taylor Swift fan.
So I feel like I get more into that. But I am watching The Pit and Dr. Robbie is big crush right now.
He's just the hottest.
Oh, I'm impressed. This takes place two summers ago. It's Lollapalooza weekend. Do you guys know what Lollapalooza is? Yes, music. Big music festival.
Oh, really?
I've never gone to Lala. It overwhelms me. It's very crowded. But normally I would not take the L home at night. I tend to transit there, Uber home to be safe. But I feel like most of the fear around being on transit at night is when it's an empty train car. And since it was Lala weekend, all the trains are packed super late.
We went to an after show and it was like one in the morning and there was still a ton of people. So my girlfriends and I were like, this is fine. We don't have to ride that far. There's a ton of people. Nothing will happen. So my girlfriends have to get off two stops before me. I'm the last one to get off. Probably like the stop right before they have to get off. This man boards.
And he is holding like a cup of brown liquor. He's got the glassy eyes. He immediately grabs this open bag of Flaming Hot Doritos that's on the L and just starts like shoving it into his face. He's got the red all over his mouth. And then he locks in on us. Wait, when you say us, how many? It's me and three other girlfriends. But they're all getting off at the next stop. Oh, my God.
Everyone's a little like, uh-oh. Do we want to leave Julia alone? We don't really want to. We're all texting each other. And I was like, I have two more stops to go. It'll be fine. We went to the concert with another friend. He's sober at home downtown. He doesn't live north like us. So I was like, I will call Sam. And he has his wits about him. And if something happens, he'll be aware of it.
It'll be fine. So I give him a call, they get off, and now the guy moves to sit directly across from me. No.
I would say maybe late 30s. Hard to tell, probably.
I call Sam, my friend who's at home, and I'm like, hey, he's feeding me like, I don't know if you see like those TikToks, people on social media, what to say if you're in an Uber and you think you're being kidnapped. And it's like, yes, I'll meet you at the stop. Yeah. trying to like make it sound like somebody's going to be there when I get off. He's like, it's probably fine.
I doubt anything will happen. You only have two stops. And we get to my stop, the Belmont stop, and I get up and he gets up with me. And so I'm saying to Sam, he's getting off with me. And he was like, don't panic. It could just be his stop. Just try to get out of there as fast as you can. So I like fly down those steps to that train station, turn the corner, just power walking down the street.
And for a second, I think he's not with me. And so I was like, okay, I think it's fine. And then I look over my shoulder and he rounds the bend and is just staring at me still. And he's picked up his pace. No.
Yes. I'm so glad I was on the phone with Sam because I don't know if my brain would have done the smart thing in that situation. I live four blocks from the train station. So my gut was like, can I just outrace him home? But Sam was like, Cheesy's is right there. It's like a late night, drunk food, grilled cheese place. And he's like, they have a bouncer. Go in there and ask them for help.
Yeah, good job. I duck into Cheesy's and the bouncer is like this big guy. And I'm like, don't let that man in behind me. He's following me from the train. And so he stops the guy and the guy's like arguing with him. And then eventually the guy starts walking away. So the bouncer comes in and he's like, are you good? You can sit here as long as you need. Is someone going to come pick you up?
I was like, I live three blocks from Cheesy's. It's fine. I'm still on the phone with Sam. I will wait 20 minutes. I'm sure it'll all pass.
No, but I've had many grilled cheeses since. I'm sitting there talking to Sam and I look up and Cheesy's has a glass huge window storefront and the man did not in fact leave. He walked to the end of the front window and has plastered his face and hands against the glass and is still staring at me. I'm sitting at like a table right by the door.
So I tap the bouncer and I'm like, hey, he's still there. So he goes back out there, chases him away again. I reset my 20 minute clock. I'm like, it's still fine. I'm not going to get picked up. Sam lives like a 20 minute drive from me. I'm like, you do not need to come all the way up here to give me a ride home. Talking to the bouncers, just hanging out. Five minutes maybe go by.
And this man's coming back. He's running down the block and he's yelling and pounding his fists on the door.
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