"Beating the bush" (Toronto)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Chris discovers he’s gay, Tegan writes poems about Ebola, Ariana falls in love with an older man, and much more. Recorded live at the Tranzac in Toronto. Ariana's poem in this episode was written at a point in her life when she was "really into slam poetry." Her poem's format was inspired by Kevin Kantor's "Honest Confessions on Letting Go." Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Toronto 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 Natalie was in grade eight, she and her boyfriend broke up.
0:05.7	And she explained why in her diary.
0:08.7	Me and Mark broke up.
0:10.4	Like a year and a bit.
0:11.7	I hate him.
0:12.8	He dumped me a week before my birthday, so I wouldn't have to buy me a good present.
0:20.5	That's Natalie, reading from the diary she kept in grade eight.
0:24.4	I'm Dan Meisner, and this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:30.4	It's a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:40.2	This time, recorded live in Toronto, we have romance with an older man, poetry about a deadly virus, and a love letter that was written,
0:47.4	but never sent. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and, like a teenage breakup excuse,
0:53.6	it can be both heartbreaking and not very well thought out.
0:57.0	So think about who you were when you were a kid and stick around.
1:05.0	Joining us on stage right now, we are going to hear a journal entry from Chris, written when he was 14 years old.
1:17.4	And this is a journal entry written at a time in Chris's life when he was trying to figure out if he was gay or not.
1:25.0	He figured it out partway through writing this journal entry.
1:29.4	Please welcome Chris to our stage.
1:38.2	November 11th, 2008.
1:40.8	I think I might be gay.
1:42.4	I don't know.
1:43.4	It started last year when I started beating the bush.
1:50.4	At first it was girls.
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