"How dirty are you?" (Montréal)

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

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Cora stalks a boy, Jeff puts an unusual spin on a classic children’s story, Eliza learns about personification, and much more. Recorded live at La Sala Rossa in Montréal. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Montréal 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 Eliza was 10, she learned about the literary device personification, which is where you give human characteristics to a non-living thing.
0:10.4	And armed with this new technique, Eliza wrote a poem.
0:14.6	A sneaker's life.
0:17.9	Strangled by the laces, stepped all over day by day, faces of mud, working long hours,
0:26.4	sneakers persevere, only for the reward of the stench of sweaty feet, and when unable to work,
0:33.9	the retirement plan, a garbage can.
0:41.0	That's Eliza, reading a poem about a sneaker. I'm Dan Meisner, and this? This, right now,
0:48.1	is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. How are you feeling tonight? It's very, very,
0:53.5	very nice to see you.
0:57.5	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:04.9	This time recorded live at La Sala Rosa in Montreal.
1:08.2	We have things mostly only Quebecers know, a teenage stalker, an unusual
1:13.5	spin on Alice in Wonderland, and much more.
1:17.4	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and by looking back at it, this stuff can help us
1:22.7	understand not only who we were, but who we are today.
1:26.5	So think about who you were, when you were a kid,
1:29.0	and stick around.
1:32.8	A minute ago, we heard a sneaker poem from Eliza, but that wasn't the only poem Eliza shared
1:39.4	at our Montreal event. Live on stage, here she is with a few more poems, all written when she was 10 years old
1:45.8	at summer camp, and all written shortly after having learned about personification. Cactus.
1:56.4	It spikes scare all away. The cactus has nothing. All friends he finds leave, for a simple pat on the back is the end.
2:07.3	All cactus wants is a friend.
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