"Don't let the bed bugs get you pregnant" (Victoria)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

Kids, Grown Up, Society & Culture, Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote, Grown Ups, Journals, Juvenilia, Performing Arts, Children, Young, K-12, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Cbc Radio, Education/k-12, Education, Diary, Adults Read Things They Wrote As Kids, Things, Grownups, Cbc, Stuff, Read, Kids & Family, Gurttwak, Grttwak, Grown-ups, Comedy, Personal Journals, Adults, Diaries, Arts, Arts/performing Arts

4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Carolyn finds an envelope full of nude photos, Preeti questions her faith, Rob and Trish read their love letters from 42 years ago, and much more. Recorded live at the Victoria Event Centre in Victoria, BC.

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0:00.0	When Michelle was 19, she went out dancing with her friends.
0:06.2	And as she was getting ready to go out, she wrote a list, a kind of pep talk for herself.
0:13.1	October 1998, you are going to have fun on Saturday.
0:17.5	You'll dress up, go out, and hang out with Gary and Clint.
0:22.3	You'll have fun dancing.
0:29.0	You're not going to get drunk. You'll be safe as long as you know what your limitations are.
0:33.4	You are strong, confident, and you'll have your pepper spray. That's Michelle, reading a pre-party pep talk list.
0:41.4	I'm Dan Meisner.
0:42.4	And this?
0:43.3	Victoria, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:46.5	Hello, it's nice to see you all.
0:48.8	How you doing?
0:49.7	Boy, oh, boy.
0:52.7	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:59.1	This time, recorded live in Victoria, British Columbia.
1:02.0	We have long-distance love letters, a nine-year-old's crisis of faith, and an envelope full of nude photos.
1:10.6	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it has its pepper spray.
1:16.1	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:25.6	At our live events, readers usually get on stage by themselves.
1:30.2	It's just them, their kid writing, and a microphone.
1:34.0	But every once in a while, readers get on our stage together.
1:37.8	And at our Victoria show, we got a real treat from a husband and wife duo
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