Misfit

Some of us are more awkward than others. I told this tale of paralyzing social phobia and the search for friendship at college at the Hartford, CT storytelling show “Speak Up” over the weekend. There was an unintended consequence, but a happy one, as a result.

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Performing: Sat, Sept 28 at Speak Up

On Saturday, September 28 I’ll be performing at Speak Up. The theme of the evening is “Schooled: Lessons Taught and Lessons Learned.” It’s at 7:00 pm. It’s free. You can buy beer, wine and food there. It’s in an old typewriter factory, for fuck’s sake. How cool is that?! Okay. So…

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Two Nails

After reading about the science of happiness, my perception of what it means to replace a medicine cabinet is forever altered. I performed this on Monday, August 12 at Happy Hour Storytelling at UCB East.

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The Rock Stars Next Door

Travel back in time with me to 1972. I’m a seven-year-old girl in Marin County, California. My family is newly settled in the States after a long stint of living in Vietnam. We’re living in a beautiful house, but there’s a growing tension in the air. Our next door neighbors are rock stars. And I’m being gently led toward one of life’s harder truths by one of them.

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Sex on the Beach

This is a new story I’ve been wanting to take out for a spin. It is part of a set of three stories that I’m working on that are all loosely connected around the theme of “public sex.” I guess you could say I’m spreading my, er, wings. I performed this at Tell It: Brooklyn.

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