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Growing Up White...it's weird! episodes
- Chapter 1: Dad is Dead
Rape and death. A snake and a guinea pig. Fake aunt and cousins. Yes my dad is dead! But he was quite the character and life was a weird adventure with him as the head of the household--mom really wore the pants.
It's weirder than you think it is!
16 min - Chapter 7: Cakes part 1
Cakes of the Stars! "Glendar" You had to be there. Appendectomy and sailors. My first heartbreak. Cakes Rock N' Roll. Fleetwood Mac, Iron Maiden, Foreigner, Lover boy, The Cars, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Elton John...
It's weirder than you think it is!
18 min - Chapter 2: Hawaii
1968 - 1970 paradise! Surfing Waikiki and hippies rule. A ghost of an encounter. Brides of Blood. Hawaii 5-0. Diamond Head and slingshots. centipedes and banana tress.
It's weirder than you think it is!
11 min - Chapter 3: My LIttle Girl (Glennerina)
Pease, love and...no I'm not gay! Nor was I trans, but people mistook me for a little girl. Raped by a close family friend.
It's weirder than you think it is!
15 min - Chapter 5: Alice Cooper rocks my world!
Rock star Alice Cooper was my first concert--age 12. Catholic school and altar boys. Basketball champs. Wine bag and marijuana. Puking and an M-80. Puberty and Playboy girls. Masturbating and shooting a bird.
It's weirder than you think it is!
45 min - Chapter 6 Mom(mie Dearest)
You guessed it, my mother was just as weird as your mother. They were all weird. Right? Oh and she's dead, too!
It's weirder than you think it is!
29 min - Book 1: Preface
In the beginning...there was me, this little white kid in a dysfunctional family...
It's weirder than you think it is!
5 min - Book 2: Still "Weird" after all these years!
Yep, same little white dude, and new book as an adult. It's getting weirder!
It's weirder than you think it is!
9 min - Book 2. Chapter 2: Homeless & Gay Porn
Yep, I lived in my car and then above a gay porno vidoebook store--it's even weirder! West Hollywood life!
It's weirder than you think it is!
9 min - Book 2. Chapter 2: Homeless & Gay Porn
Philly to LA! And it's even weirder now than the previous 28 years. Rock n' Roll, cocaine, homeless, gay porno video bookstore, etc.
It's weirder than you think it is!
9 min
About Growing Up White...it's weird!
From the publisher's feed
Book 2 and the weirdness continues on from Book 1: Death. Money. Incest. Rape. Lies. Secrets. A Ghost. 1970s. Hawaii. Hippies. Child Labor. Fake Aunt & Cousins. Jewish camp. Just a normal life…
of a white kid, raised by white parents in a white culture. It was normal to me, but only weird as I look back on it. You might find it funny, sad, shocking, strange, unbelievable or even relatable.