David Sedaris is a writer and humorist who has appeared on everything from Letterman to NPR. I read his book Me Talk Pretty One Day last year and could not stop laughing during it. Laughing and crying. Some of his material is pretty poignant. The kind of thing that that you think is supposed to be funny but really just makes you want to embrace him.
Every time I see him speak I spend half the time with my hands over my eyes torn between the desire to scream 'Tell Me More' and the other half saying 'Please Stop Talking!'
He's a 'rara avis' as Mrs Dunar, my Latin teacher from high school, would say. A strange bird.
For instance, before the concert he signed books and the people beside us got their books signed. Here is how Sedaris signed them:
"To Mark, I'm so happy you're alive"
and
A crying snail. I have no clue. Neither did the guy whose book it was.
We had front row tickets. I just happened to be online when the tickets went on sale. Honestly, I think I might have been the first person to get tickets because our seats were the best in the house. Front row center. We looked like total groupies.
My cousin Laura Lee came with me.
My red shoes and the podium he was about to speak at. Crazy close, huh.
Not as crazy as his stories but you get my drift...
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