Chapter 12: Half-Life

Alone: A Love Story

CBC

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 April 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hookup culture, the paradox of choice, a cute/crazy guy and love off the coast of Newfoundland...

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0:00.0	I don't know what's not real.
0:02.0	Limited capacity is a collection of six darkly amusing stories
0:07.2	about the mysterious ways we interact with the internet and with each other.
0:10.9	There's something going on with him. It's like an act.
0:14.0	I don't trust him.
0:15.0	What?
0:16.0	You're staring at me like I should say something, but I don't really know what to do here.
0:20.0	That's the whole name of the game.
0:21.0	Don't talk about how the town isn't real. You
0:23.7	understand? Limited capacity available now on
0:26.8	CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.6	This is a CBC podcast.
0:34.0	You are listening to Alone, a love story, and I'm Michelle Perizi.
0:39.0	Chapter 12. Half Life.
0:46.7	The Babies.
0:48.7	I'm going out tonight and packing my smaller purse, my dancing purse as I call it. It's the same
1:00.0	items every time, lip gloss, cigarettes, gum, a couple of condoms. Who am I?
1:07.0	When did I become this person? The next day, before I go pick up Birdie at the ex-husband's place, I dump it all out
1:20.3	on to my bed and get my bigger non-dancing purse.
1:24.0	Remove the cigarettes and the condoms, replacing the single lady things
1:29.0	with the single mom things.
1:31.0	Snacks, a pack of hand wipes.
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