"A virginal sex goddess" (St. Albert)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Taylor lights a canoe on fire, Maura experiences an embarassing gas leak, Vanessa sees Daniel Radcliffe nude, and much more. Recorded live at the Arden Theatre in St. Albert. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our St. Albert eventRate or review GRTTWaK in iTunesJoin the email newsletterUpcoming live eventsMusic by Podington Bear and LullatoneClosing theme is “Oh Dear Diary” by SloanTwitterInstagramFacebook

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0:00.0	When Kelsey was in junior high, she kept a journal, and she imagined that someday lots of people might read it.
0:08.8	Dear journal, I wish I didn't have to go back to school tomorrow, but in a way I do because I want to see all my friends.
0:15.5	From now on, I want to try to keep this journal neat. Maybe it will become famous like Anne Franks.
0:26.1	That's Kelsey, reading from her junior high journal. I'm Dan Meisner, and this? This, right now,
0:33.6	is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids? How are you doing tonight?
0:47.6	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:57.1	This time recorded live in St. Albert, Alberta, we have a flaming canoe, an embarrassing gas leak, a naked Harry Potter character,
0:58.8	and much more.
1:05.1	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and by revisiting it, this stuff can also help us understand who we are today.
1:06.9	So think about who you were when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:17.4	Music So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around. In 1986, our next reader Allison wrote a letter to her future self.
1:23.0	And the contents of this letter were fairly sensitive.
1:26.2	She didn't want anybody else to read it. So,
1:28.4	after she finished writing this private note to her future self, she took a roll of scotch tape
1:35.2	and sealed the whole thing up, it is a letter written to herself and it is titled,
1:43.3	when in doubt, please welcome to our stage, Alice. to herself and it is titled, When in Doubt.
1:46.1	Please welcome to our stage, Allison.
1:49.0	When in doubt.
2:06.4	Alison, you know very well that you are a virgin. Thank you. Right now, someone is
2:29.3	someone is pressuring you, and you are losing touch of your reality.
2:38.0	Maybe more than one person is applying this pressure, only you know.
2:46.3	The purpose of this note is to remind you of your ideals, morals, and especially of your future.
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