"Arousal ≠ chastity" (Saskatoon)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Carmody lusts after Gary Oldman, Hank gets hit in the face, Mackenzie has a wart removed, and much more. Recorded live at The Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon.Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Saskatoon 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 Lisa was 13, she wrote a poem, and she titled it Two-Timer.
0:07.7	Two-timer.
0:09.1	Girl meets boy, boy meets girl.
0:12.0	Boy's annoyed because girl meets girl.
0:15.7	Boy gets killed, girls go home.
0:18.5	And that is the end of this stupid poem.
0:25.6	Thank you. kill, girls go home. And that is the end of this stupid poem. That's Lisa sharing some teenage poetry.
0:28.4	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:30.5	This right now is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:34.5	How are you doing?
0:36.8	It is so nice to see you. This is a show where we go
0:43.0	back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time,
0:49.3	recorded live at the Broadway theater in Saskatoon, we have a crush on an unlikely celebrity, a Catholic
0:55.7	school sex ed quiz, a surprising reaction to a wart, and much more.
1:02.1	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and by looking back at who we were, this stuff can
1:08.6	help us better understand who we are today. So think about who you
1:12.5	were, when you were a kid. And stick around. Lots of teenagers have crushes, and a lot of teenage
1:24.1	crushes are on celebrities. When our next reader, Carmody, was 17,
1:29.6	she had a crush on the actor Gary Oldman, and she wrote about him in her diary.
1:36.5	August 10, 1997. This is my first entry with my scratchy pen, which I bought today.
1:45.0	I have just eaten some excellent pepperoni and drank some excellent cream soda.
1:51.0	I am also reading an excellent Stephen King book, and all is going very excellent.
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