my comedic reading debut

[Kestra]

A couple months ago I got this great opportunity to participate in the live recording show for the CBC radio show "Grown-Ups Read Things They Wrote as Kids". I didn't make the radio cut, but my friend took a video of my performance.
I read this totally random thing I wrote when I was about 14 or 15. It was the intro for a Star Trek Choose Your Own Adventure book, but that has very little to do with what I actually wrote.

Doing the reading was one of the highlights of my life so I wanted to share it with my SL friends.

My Youtube Video (http://youtu.be/AWK0PTu0K6Y)


If you like podcasts I'd highly recommend this one. It's hilarious. You can get the radio show/podcast from CBC Radio or itunes.

[iris lily]

That's funny, very well done!

The long bit about title pages was really funny. How old were you when you wrote it? If it was said, I missed it.

I met Dave Barry some years ago when his band, the Rock BOttom Remainders, were in town for a charity concert. DH drove them from their hotel to the performance venue. I was tasked with working the hall set up which included preparing their books for purchase. He has such a baby face! He was in his 50's at the time and looked like he was 35 years old. He was goofy and always joking around.

[Kestra]

Thanks for watching, IL. I was around 14 or 15. I remember writing that piece pretty clearly, unlike lots of my other childhood writing. It's so weird thinking back 20 plus years - if I'd known that I'd actually read that on stage - pretty wild if I'd known.

[rosarugosa]

That was fun Kestra, thanks for sharing! I love DB. I remember reading "Big Trouble" on the subway and trying unsuccessfully to squelch my laughter.

[iris lily]

I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books but don't remember that they each had unique introductory material. Did I understand that right, this was an intro to one of those books?

[Kestra]

I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books but don't remember that they each had unique introductory material. Did I understand that right, this was an intro to one of those books?

My plan was to write a Star Trek choose your own adventure book but I got so into writing the intro that I didn't write the actual book at all. (Though I eventually wrote 3 other novels) . And no, in the real books there was no long crazy introduction. That was all me just riffing randomly.

[Spartana]

That was great Kestra!! Being nearly deaf (even with hearing aids) meant I had to use the closed captioning which didn't always work right so couldn't make it all out. But was funny and I like the idea behind it. I think it would be pretty cool to do that.