"Be careful of anyone named Trina" (St. John's)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Childhood revenge fantasies, a fake newspaper article, and a journal entry written directly to God. Recorded live at The Rocket Room in St. John's, NL. ## Links ## Rate GRTTWaK in iTunes: http://goo.gl/83A07W Join the mailing list: http://goo.gl/vr9iGr Upcoming live events: http://goo.gl/WQN0Gw Photos from our St. John's event: https://goo.gl/cH6Blg Twitter: http://twitter.com/GRTTWaK Instagram: http://instagram.com/GRTTWaK Facebook: http://facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	25 years ago, Ashley wrote a letter to Santa Claus.
0:07.0	Dear Santa, I have been a good girl this year. I would like clothes, jeans, sweaters, and a blue jays jersey.
0:16.0	I will leave you a cold beer and a couple of smokes.
0:27.6	That's Ashley promising Santa Claus something a little stronger than milk and cookies. And this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. I'm Dan Meisner. This is a show where
0:33.6	we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:39.6	This time recorded live at the Rocket Room in St. John's Newfoundland, we have a fake newspaper
0:45.2	article, sibling revenge, and journal entries written to God. This stuff may be weird, but it can also be revealing, not just about who we were,
0:57.8	but about who we are today. So think about who you were when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:08.3	When Stacey was 13, she kept a journal, and some of her entries were addressed directly to God.
1:15.4	Here's Stacy, live on stage in St. John's.
1:19.8	Dear God, you probably already know, but in case you don't, I did a couple of gross things today.
1:28.5	After school, Trina and Kelly in grade 9 asked me and Lacey to go to the fire break.
1:33.7	Trina and Kelly go to the roller rink on weekends and always hang out there with the cute guys.
1:38.0	They're not all cute, actually.
1:40.0	Maybe two out of ten, I would say are cute.
1:45.9	Anyway, me and Lacey thought it would be cool to hang out with them.
1:47.9	I still can't find my crimping iron, by the way.
1:52.5	Mom said she'll ask my aunt
1:54.1	to send one down from Ontario this summer.
1:57.2	Anyway, please don't be mad at me, at least
1:59.9	not for long, because you have been one of my bestest friends for a while,
2:03.6	and I know you don't gossip.
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