Chapter 13: The Saddest Optimist

Alone: A Love Story

CBC

Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Princess Leia, part-time parenting, the invisible thread and music in the MRI...

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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 understand?
0:24.3	Limited capacity available now on CBC Listen or wherever you get your
0:29.0	podcasts. 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 13 The Saddest optimist.
0:45.0	Training.
0:51.0	The personal trainer looks at me with concern. It's 7 a.m. or in a park and she's about to put me through a full hour of serious workout. It's a Tuesday.
1:05.0	The personal trainer is 26.
1:08.0	Beautiful. I'm 37. Still drunk.
1:12.0	God, I remember once, still drunk.
1:13.3	God, I remember once upon a time I was 26 with my shit together looking at drunk people
1:18.8	with concern.
1:20.2	But hey, I'm here, aren't I?
1:22.3	I didn't cancel on her. I never cancel.
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