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Day: October 31, 2009

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And I did. Best potty humor of Summer Tour 2009, ever!

A story in pictures. Swipe to see my profound realization lately [edit—- this doesn’t mean i haven’t sent them. But when and if I do, it’s cuz I WANT to and not cuz I’m pressured into it.]

My dad doesn’t remember falling so the red bruise is really confusing him! Also, I can’t believe how much I look like this man. It’s almost freighting to see a much older male version of yourself.

They let me rewrite my story for the @riskshow book coming out soon (which also features Dan Savage and other famous comedians way out of my league). This version of the story has far more insight and hindsight. Like always, I tackle darkness with humor, so this story about rape and abuse is actually funny. But in a good way, not cuz these topics are funny. If you don’t add moments of humor to tragedy, nobody would ever listen to these stories and then what’s the fucking point of any of this? People can’t handle too much trajedy, so as storytellers we have to figure out a way to walk them through it and hold their hand instead of scaring them or letting them shut down. I’m still most proud of this story than any other. It’s my most popular one too with a couple million listeners I’m told. Which I think is also funny. I had to get raped and almost murdered to get a story in a book lol. Link in bio. Repost @riskshow with @get_repost ・・・ We will be featuring the story “Unbreakable” by @melhamlett in the upcoming RISK! Book. Pre-order your copy today. All pre-orders get us closer to the NYTimes Bestseller list when the book is released. www.risk-book.com/book/ #risk #riskbook #survival #overcoming #strength

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