This deeply personal story starts with the latest LA condiments then travels back to Merrill's days as an art student and her attack by an intruder.

MERRILL MARKOE is an Emmy-award winning TV writer (Late Night with David Letterman, TV Nation) and prolific author of books including What the Dogs Taught Me, How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me, Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love, The Psycho Ex Game and Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.

This performance was recorded at Un-Cabaret's spoken-word series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction.