"Hottie Hunter" (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

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Marissa goes hottie hunting, Anna dislikes piano lessons, Jeni writes an unauthorized sequel to a 1964 young adult novel, and much more. Recorded live at the Victoria Event Centre in Victoria. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Victoria 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 Greg was six, his family went out to eat, and he wrote about it in his journal.
0:06.3	Monday, June 1st, 1991. On Sunday, I went to a restaurant and ate Chinese food. We ate spring rolls.
0:15.6	Spring rolls are cooked salad in a crate.
0:23.6	That's Greg.
0:24.7	Reading from his school journal, I'm Dan Meisner, and this, this right now, is grown-ups,
0:30.9	read things they wrote as kids.
0:32.0	How are you doing tonight?
0:34.2	It's very, very, very nice to see you.
0:41.8	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:49.5	This time recorded live at the Victoria Event Center in Victoria, BC, we have hunting for hotties,
0:56.5	an unauthorized sequel to a young adult novel from the 1960s, a fight with a monster, and much,
1:03.3	much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it can help us understand who we are today.
1:10.6	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:19.1	When Marissa was 12, she and two of her friends wrote a poem, and they titled it,
1:25.8	Hottie Hunter.
1:30.0	And when their parents discovered this, their parents threw it away.
1:38.0	However, Marissa had memorized Hottie Hunter and not only transcribed the original poem in her journal but also
1:47.3	wrote about the experience please welcome to the grown-ups three things they wrote us good
1:51.7	stage marissa a quick heads up marissa's poem acknowledges the existence of private parts and slang
2:00.4	words for private parts.
2:02.6	There's your heads up. Live on stage in Victoria, here's Marissa.
2:07.8	I don't have a boyfriend and never really have, unfortunately, although it's nice looking.
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