"He went to Uranus" (Winnipeg)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Suzie explains why it's good to lie (sometimes), Kameron wishes for a job with good pay, Carly and Lauren visit Planet Oreo, and much more. Recorded live at The Park Theatre in Winnipeg.

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0:00.0	When Olivia was 10, she considered herself a pacifist.
0:07.0	But the poems she wrote when she was 10, they tell a different story.
0:11.0	I am punching the snow.
0:13.0	I am punching the trees. I am punching the rocks.
0:17.0	I think I lost my shoes.
0:20.0	My brother is going to die before he even knows. I think I lost my shoes.
0:24.2	My brother is going to die before he even knows.
0:29.9	My brother told my mom that I broke the vase,
0:32.1	so now I'm going to kick him in his face.
0:33.5	Thank you.
0:42.4	That's Olivia, sharing a poem that is light on rhymes and heavy on violence.
0:47.4	I'm Dan Meisner, and this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:49.6	Hello, how are you doing tonight?
0:52.0	It is very nice to see you.
0:59.0	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time, recorded live in Winnipeg, we have a family road trip, a very Canadian boy band, and an unusual sandwich recipe.
1:09.0	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it can help us understand
1:13.4	not just who we were, but who we are today. So think about who you were when you were a kid,
1:19.1	and stick around. Lots of kids keep journals, but our next reader, Susie, she kept two separate journals.
1:31.3	One was the journal she kept for school, the other a private journal, just for herself.
1:36.3	At our Winnipeg Show, Susie shared a few selections from those journals, written from ages 7 to 11,
1:42.3	and as you'll hear, there was a bit of overlap between the school journal and her private journal.
1:48.0	Please welcome Susie to our stage.
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