Why I stopped talking to the Essex girl

Hello, do you like my new haircut? Had a

bit of an accident with the shavers,

but it looks okay, doesn't it? I thought

it might look better if I shaved the

sides. I thought it'd look a bit better if

I trimmed the sides a little bit.

I just went to get myself a refreshing

glass of cranberry juice because You know,

it's, uh, it's hard work sitting in front

of a camera and talking.

Need something to, um, energize me.

Okay, so now that I'm all energized,

let's get into today's topic. And I know

she's probably gonna watch this, and if

she is watching, I just want to say that,

um, I hope none of the things that I'm

about to say upsets you. These are just my

feelings and how I think, and I guess I

should have told you these things first

before saying them in a video. So me and

the Essex Girl, we don't really talk

anymore. It's been over a week since we

last spoke to each other, and we don't

really talk anymore. And that's mainly

because, well, if you remember the last

video I made on her, I know I said

something about wanting to be friends with

her and maybe us meeting up as friends.

And I did a lot of thinking, and I came to

the conclusion that I just don't really

feel interested in being friends with her.

I'm not really one of those people who

believe that men and women can be friends.

I know a lot of people do think they can

be friends, and I'm sure there are a small

percentage of people who do have friends

from the opposite gender. I'm not one of

those people, and in general, I'm not

really interested in having friends.

That's just what I'm like. There's nothing

wrong with her. I'm sure she would be a

great friend. I'm not saying that she's

boring or anything. I'm just saying that

in general, I'm not really interested in

being friends with women or guys or

anyone, basically. I did a lot of

thinking, and at first I thought maybe

being her friend would be nice and meeting

up with her as a friend would be nice.

But then I had to just admit to myself

that I'm not really interested in being

her friend. And the main thing I was

interested in was, um, cereal.

Now, I know I said I wasn't romantically

interested in her and I didn't want to be

in a relationship with her. And that's

true, but that doesn't mean that I didn't

feel physically attracted to her body.

And I did feel physically attracted to

her, and if she wanted to have cereal with

me, with me, I wouldn't say no. But I know

she's not that kind of person, she's not

that type of girl, and the only way she

would have had cereal with me would have

been if I said yes to being in a serious

relationship with her. And I just couldn't

see myself wanting a relationship like

that with her. And I thought to myself,

maybe if we became friends and we met up

regularly, maybe something would happen

between us eventually if I just kept

seeing her. But I don't think it would

have been the right thing to do, to

pretend to have been romantically

interested in her just so we could have

cereal. The thing is with me is if I think

that either we could be in a serious

relationship together or we could have

cereal together, then at the beginning I'm

very interested in talking to you and I

would make an effort to talk to you. But

as soon as I realize that A, I don't

really want a serious relationship with

you, and B, cereal is probably never going

to happen, I kind of lose interest. And I

find it very difficult to carry on talking

to people long term unless there's either

an A or B. As a viable option there

between us. If there's no A and there's no

B, I start thinking to myself, is there

really any point of us talking all the

time? It just kind of felt a bit pointless

if there's no A or B. And if

you're a girl and you've been talking to

me via DMs on Instagram or some other app,

you might be thinking, hey, aren't we

friends, Daniel? And well, I don't know.

We're not enemies. The reason why I'm

talking to you isn't because I want to be

your friend. I'm sure you would be a

lovely friend, but the reason why I'm

talking to you is because either you sent

me nudes and I think you're cute, or I

think you're cute and I'm waiting for

nudes. If I didn't think you were cute,

then I wouldn't have replied to you in the

first place. And if nudes never come and

you know, we never get into that kind of

flirty relationship. If that doesn't

happen, then I'm probably going to lose

interest and, uh, I'll stop

replying after a while. And that's just

mainly because I just don't see anything

between us happening. No A's and no B's.

People are always asking me why don't I

make friends, or they make fun of me

saying that I can't make friends, which

isn't true. If I wanted to make friends I

would easily be able to make friends with

hundreds of people. The reason why I don't

have friends is because I decide not to

make any friends because, um, I'm not

really interested in having friends. I'd

rather just play Rainbow Six, sit around

on my own, chat on Discord or Instagram.

That's good enough for me. I don't really

feel like I need to have friends that I

need to— that I have to meet up with and

socialize with. My socializing

requirements and urges are fulfilled

by the internet and playing Rainbow Six.

So I hope that brings a nice neat

conclusion to this particular chapter in

the book. Hope that explains everything.

I thought that I've explained my thoughts

and my thought process pretty well. Hope

there's no hard feelings between me and

her, and I don't think I'll ever see her

again. I'm not sure if I'll ever talk to

her again. I'm guessing she might message

me after seeing this, or maybe I'll

message her after a few months' time. Who

knows? And I wanted to say that she is a

really nice person, and I'm very thankful

that she came all the way to London to

meet me, and she was very kind, and it's

just a shame that, um, we didn't feel the

same way about each other. Because then I

wouldn't have to go all the way back to

Japan again. Hello and welcome back to

another episode of Cooking with Daniel.

Today we're going to be making a potato

and leek and onion and bacon soup,

and like all of my recipes, it's very

simple and easy to make. Here are the

ingredients: we have a leek, a potato,

an onion, bacon, and we also have

this roasted garlic and herb mayonnaise.

That might be interesting. Have— we have

some salt, and finally, good old basil.

Okay, so first of all, we have our potato,

very important ingredient. We're just

going to cut it in half like that and

then cut it into little chunks, and then

I'll tell you what we're going to be doing

with Mr. Potato? It's not

going to be pleasant. He's going to be

boiled alive in a saucepan.

He's not going to enjoy it one bit.

Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Potato, but some of

us are hungry. And then we have Mr. Leek.

What's going to happen to Mr. Leek?

He's is going to get chopped up into tiny

pieces, tiny, tiny pieces

like this,

and then like so.

There we have our leek and potato.

I don't think we need the onion because a

leek is kind of the same as an onion. And

then finally, we need to cut up some

bacon. Good old bacon,

my favorite food in the world.

Mr. Bacon used to be a pig,

but then he got slaughtered and turned

into bacon. What a sad

story. Story for Mr. Pig.

He didn't do anything wrong. He just

lived on a farm. He ate,

and then he was bacon. But it

will be good in my soup.

Bacon can go back into the fridge. The

leek can also go back in the fridge.

Okay, so what we do now is we take our

potato and we boil it

in water until it goes soft and

mushy. Mr. Potato,

we're gonna boil you alive.

Like so. Hello.

Okay, the potato should be finished by

now, and we can check by using a fork to

squish it. And if it squishes, then it

means it's cooked. Yes, very nice.

So now we want to mash it up a bit so we

have some soupy consistency for the soup.

Okay, so the next step is we need to fry

the bacon and the leeks in a frying pan,

and we're going to need some oil. Put some

oil into the pan, and whilst we're waiting

for the, for the pan to heat up, we can

add a dollop of this Roasted garlic herb

mayonnaise. Smells pretty good. It's just

going to make the soup creamy and more

flavorful. So get a nice spoonful and

whack it in there,

and then give it a mix so it's all mixed

in. It's going to be very creamy.

Okay, now we can add the bacon and the

leeks into the frying pan.

And next we need to add some basil,

add some basil, and then some sea salt.

Give it a bit of a mix. Whoa!

Oh! Stupid tripod can't even stand

up. It has one job. Give your soup

a bit of a mix like so.

And let's have a look at the bacon. Give

it a bit of a stir around and make sure

it goes golden brown.

Okay, so we finished cooking the bacon and

the leeks, and we can just add it straight

into the soup

and

then give it a bit of a mix.

And that's pretty much it. Very easy to

make, very tasty.

Now we can put it into our bowl.

Get your soup bowl and then just pour that

lovely soup right in there.

Wow, it's really good. Smells good,

looks good. Let's give it a try.

Mm, I can really taste the potato and the

bacon and the garlic mayonnaise. Garlic

mayonnaise really bumped up to, to a

better, higher level. Well, that's my soup

for today. Hope you enjoyed it and