Special Feature: A Southeast L.A. Rom-Com

California Love

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🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Erick Galindo tells Megan Tan a fictional story about the wildest thing he did for love. It's inspired by his life. It all goes back to meeting Luna, a woman from Southeast Los Angeles. She could be the one.

This is part one of a nine-part serialized rom-com for your ears.

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0:00.0	What you're about to hear is fiction.
0:16.9	The scenes and characters are inspired by Eric Galindo's life, but it's a made-up story.
0:22.9	Enjoy.
0:24.9	Okay.
0:26.9	Ready or not, here it comes.
0:37.9	I thought of you for two nights in a row now.
0:41.9	All day and night.
0:43.9	I feel like I'm in a Lizzo song.
0:46.9	I don't know what I'm gonna do
0:52.9	I'm crying because I love you.
0:57.9	Because I think maybe I did fall in love with you.
1:00.9	Now don't go running for the hills or anything.
1:03.9	I'm just saying maybe I did.
1:05.9	Okay.
1:07.9	That's me, your boy, Eric Galindo, confessing my feelings to someone in a voice memo
1:15.9	and then sending it to her.
1:17.9	Man, I'm not gonna lie.
1:19.9	I'm fucking terrified.
1:21.9	Waiting for her response is like an eternity.
1:24.9	I keep thinking about this thing someone said to me.
1:27.9	What's the wildest thing you've done for love?
1:36.9	I had a match.com profile once.
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