"Dear Michael Jackson" (Calgary)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Inez gets her first boyfriend, Wade writes California Raisins fan fiction, Jessica shares passive aggressive poetry, and much more. Recorded live at the Leacock Theatre at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Calgary 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 Anastasia was in grade 9, she noticed a difference between boys and girls, at least when it comes to socializing.
0:10.0	Boys are so much easier to make friends with than girls.
0:13.0	All you gotta do is smile, maybe flirt a little, but always compliment them and laugh at their jokes.
0:19.0	And with girls, you actually have to talk about something intelligent. compliment them and laugh at their jokes.
0:24.6	And with girls, you actually have to talk about something intelligent.
0:34.4	That's Anastasia, reading from her grade nine blog. I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:41.7	This is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. How are you doing? Wow, it is so nice to see you. This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad,
0:52.5	and the awkward parts of growing up. This time, recorded live
0:56.8	in Calgary, we have a short story about the California raisins, some letters to Michael Jackson,
1:03.0	passive-aggressive poetry, and much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and by looking
1:09.8	back at it, this stuff can also help us understand
1:12.6	who we are today. So think about who you were when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:22.2	A lot of what we hear at growingups three thinks they wrote as kids is about firsts, and that's
1:27.2	not surprising because growing up is as kids is about firsts. And that's not surprising because
1:28.4	growing up is one long series of firsts. When Iness was 16, she had her first boyfriend. And at our
1:36.8	Calgary show, Inus shared three journal entries that chronicle their relationship. A quick heads up, Ines uses some cuss words in her journal entries.
1:46.9	She also acknowledges the existence of teenage sexuality.
1:51.0	There's your heads up. Here's Inis.
1:54.4	Alan, I can't stop thinking about him.
1:57.3	And that doesn't bother me, but my schoolwork is slipping.
2:00.6	I guess that's because Lisa
2:02.1	found out. He might ask me to go steady. I say might because he's so shy that he just might not.
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