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Growing Up White...it's weird! episodes
- Book 2. Chapter 1: Philly to Los Angeles
Still "Weird" after all these years! The weirdness continues from Philly to Los Angeles--all because of my cakes. You think it can't get any weirder, well it does!
It's weirder than you think it is!
9 min - Book 2: Still "Weird" after all these years!
Because of the success of book 1 I thought let's do a book 2 to continue the journey of my white weirdness. Now as you might have guessed aren't we all a little "weird" in some way regardless how society labels us?
It's weirder than you think it is!
3 min - Book 2: Preface to Still "Weird" after all these years!
Oops! Not quite ready to launch into the first episode but I will...preface book 2.
It's weirder than you think it is!
9 min - Chapter 3: My LIttle Girl (Glennerina)
Are you weird? Has your life been weird? Me? Well...ok, it was the 60's and I was cute, "cute enough to be a girl," I heard at times. And what does that even mean?
It's weirder than you think it is!
15 min - 45 min
- Chapter 7 Cakes
Now this is really weird! I made cakes for rock stars and other bands and artists for about 10 years. It should've never happened and would never happen today but it did.
It's weirder than you think it is!
18 min - Chapter 8: Cakes 2.0
More weird cake stories to tell...David Bowie, Elton John, Iron Maiden, Tom Petty, Phil Collins, Foreigner, ZZ Top, Neil Diamond, Loverboy, Bob Seger, Peter Allen, Fleetwood Mac, Judas Priest, Queen, Juice Newton, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Elvis Costello, UFO, Boomtown Rats, Joe Jackson, The Jacksons, The Romantics, Liberace, Buddy Rich, Billy Squier, David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones...
It's weirder than you think it is!
25 min - Chapter 2: Hawaii
Yes sand sun and surf--a real tropical paradise! Especially when you're only 8 years old, and a ghost comes to visit.
It's weirder than you think it is!
11 min - 5 min
- Chapter 5: Alice Cooper rocks my world!
My first concert at age 12--wow, what a show and my introduction to marijuana and a wine bag, and a place of 1970s weirdness including this guy throwing up his dinner--yuck! But it was a magical time for a weird white kid.
It's weirder than you think it is!
28 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.