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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Amy laments being a pre-teen, Krista writes a letter to her future self, Carolyn’s rabbit dies, and much more. Recorded live at The Carleton in Halifax. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Halifax 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 in elementary school, there was this guy named Kyle,
0:05.8	and Lisa wrote about him in her diary.
0:09.0	April 27, 1988, Kyle is noticing me.
0:13.4	I really love him.
0:15.8	April 28, 1982.
0:18.0	Kyle is really noticing me.
0:20.8	It's just like the fortune cookie said. Friday, January 20th,
0:26.8	1983. I can't stand Kyle. He used all his imagination in grade three.
0:43.9	That's Lisa, reading from her elementary school diary.
0:46.2	I'm Dan Meisner, and this... This, right now, is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:49.3	How are you doing tonight?
0:51.2	It's very, very, very nice to see you. This is a show where we go back in time to
0:59.0	remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time recorded live at the
1:05.4	Carlton in Halifax, Nova Scotia, we have a very Canadian celebrity crush, a vision of Christmas 100 years in the future,
1:14.6	a short-lived pet rabbit, and much, much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it is
1:22.1	proof that, contrary to what Lisa said about Kyle, some of us did not use up all our imagination in grade three.
1:29.7	So think about who you were when you were a kid, and stick her out.
1:37.3	When Krista was 15, she wrote a letter to her future self.
1:42.1	Then she sealed it up in an envelope.
1:45.1	And very recently, after forgetting about it for several decades, she rediscovered it.
1:52.4	She has not unsealed the letter.
1:59.6	And I believe she has a letter opener
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