Dododo (Day 4415 - 12/26/21)

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The vlog starts off with Kepler in a cardboard box playing with his toy rat that he got yesterday. Stephen talks about how he and Mallory spent most of the day lounging about and only getting a little bit of work done. He mentions that they went to his parent's house for dinner earlier with the intention to come back home and get work done, but they ended up continuing the Christmas celebrations. Now back at home, Stephen wants to try some of the popcorn that Mal gifted him yesterday. However, before he can try some of the special popcorn, Stephen says that he'll be making some normal popcorn that came with it so that he can make sure it comes out just right. He continues to say that the popcorn came with a special popper, something he's never used before as he just had the microwavable packs growing up. Mal breifly mentions that the popcorn set came with some gift messages that she didn't write, the one that stood out says "Enjoy! So good seeing you this last weekend!", to which they both joke about.

Stephen shows off the popcorn popper bowl and notes that not only is it silicone, but it's also collapsable. He reads off the intructions on the popcorn packet and prepares to microwave the popcorn, noting that this is only a gift and not a sponsored video. Stephen and Mal love the fact that the bowl is collapsable because they don't have too much kitchen space. Even though Stephen says they have a decent sized kitchen, their pantry and cabinets are all full. Stephen casually mentions that they have a lot of coffee mugs and buy new ones all the time. Stephen opens the microwave to put the popcorn in, and shows off the gingerbread house that Mal made a few days ago on stream that was stored in the microwave to hide it from Kepler. Stephen says that he and Mal ate his gingerbread jail after the stream.

Stephen put the popcorn bowl in the microwave for 4 minutes, but stops it with 1 minute and 30 seconds left as it finished popping. After reading the instructions, Stephen pulls the bowl out of the microwave and shakes it for a bit to "distribute the flavor". After opening it up, Stephen and Mal try the popcorn and it ended up with roughly 30 (actual count is roughly 45) unpopped kernels. Stephen and Mal said it was good. Mal says that she normally doesn't like popcorn, as it doesn't feel great on her teeth, but these kernels are "more tender". Stephen says that him and his parents would eat popcorn at the movies, and made popcorn regularly at home. He says this popcorn flavor is pretty normal to him if not better. He's excited to try out more flavors in the next few days.