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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Unsolicited apology notes, vampire-inspired poetry, and political analysis from a 9-year-old. Recorded live at the Bytown Tavern in Ottawa, Ontario. ## Links ## Join the mailing list: http://goo.gl/xcgA6f Upcoming live shows: http://goo.gl/XsQENQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/grttwak Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	When Jessica was in grade eight, life was rough.
0:04.2	Dear Diary, I have a huge problem.
0:07.2	So I think I have feelings for Michael, and I think he likes me too,
0:10.3	but he's two months younger than me, and I don't know how I feel about dating a younger man.
0:17.6	He's taller than me, but ugh, he's so young.
0:23.1	That's Jessica, reading from the diary she kept in grade eight.
0:27.3	And this, well, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:32.2	Grown-ups read things they wrote as kids is a live open mic where brave adults get up on stage and read diary entries, poetry, creative
0:39.9	writing assignments, and all kinds of weird and wonderful things that their young minds came up with.
0:46.0	This time recorded live at the Bytown Tavern in Ottawa, we have unsolicited apology letters,
0:52.9	Seagull-inspired poetry, and some pretty astute political analysis
0:58.0	from a nine-year-old. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and some of it might just sound
1:04.5	a little bit familiar. So think about the stuff that you wrote when you were a kid, the stuff
1:09.1	you might have packed away in a closet somewhere,
1:11.6	and stick around.
1:19.5	A minute ago we heard from Jessica.
1:21.7	She was the 14-year-old worried about dating someone two months younger than her.
1:27.1	Well, shortly after her crush on
1:29.3	younger man Michael, Jessica moved on. Now, just as a heads up, this next diary entry does
1:36.0	contain a cuss word and it mentions drugs. Okay, here's Jessica reading from her diary
1:42.7	about a new boy.
1:45.0	So I have a crush on Sean DeCary now.
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