Johanna
Appearances
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
Like, she thinks fashion disasters are, like, the worst thing ever to happen. So she gets really angry when I tell her what to wear, and yeah... May gets very angry a lot. And her face turns red and yeah.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
Yeah. And I was like jumping and jumping and twitching my legs.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
I told my mom that's the only way for me to calm down.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
I said, I want to punch you in the face and that's the only way I can calm down.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
Um, I want to kind of think about that. Um, you can punch me in the butt instead.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
I punched it hard because, like, to try to get all the anger out. Because if I punched it softly, it sort of only lets a couple pieces of the madness out of you.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
Yes, because I punched it super hard. She definitely hit it very hard.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
Um, I'm used to having a lot of siblings and I get beat up by them all the time, so it didn't really hurt me.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
I don't really know why she acted nice to me when I was frustrated.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
And she got what she wanted, so I think that made her happy.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
Yeah. I've been here for six. I've been with her for six years of my life. I know her pretty well. I've known her for her whole life. So I could watch a whole entire movie about her in my mind.
This American Life
851: Try a Little Tenderness
It's sort of a funny story. So my sister told me to wear long sleeves. I mean short sleeves because it was like summer. And I wanted to wear long sleeves. And I just got mad. Yeah. And I also said stop bossing me around. So she really didn't like it and she has a very fiery temper.