"I thought my mom was an alien" (Toronto)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Luke wants a pet, Holly goes to a teen dance, Suzan grieves for a llama, and much more. Recorded live at The Royal Cinema in Toronto. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Toronto 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 Susan was six and a half, she wrote a short story about a llama.
0:06.0	The Little Lama by Susan.
0:09.0	One day she came to my house.
0:12.0	I liked her very much.
0:13.0	She was cute. I slept with her.
0:16.0	In the morning, I combed her hair.
0:21.6	And one day she died.
0:24.6	I was very sad, so I buried her in my garden.
0:31.6	And I remembered her.
0:34.6	And whenever I saw where she was buried, I started to cry. The end.
0:47.0	That's Susan, reading an unexpectedly tragic llama story? I'm Dan Meisner and this? This right now is grown-ups,
0:56.6	three things they wrote as kids. How are you doing tonight? It's very, very nice to see you.
1:04.8	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:12.6	This time recorded live at the Royal Cinema in Toronto.
1:15.6	We have a chance encounter at an all-ages dance club, speculation about the bus driver,
1:22.6	a scary scene in the shower, and much more.
1:26.6	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like Susan's
1:30.5	Lama story, it can be funny and sad at the same time. So think about who you were, when you were
1:37.5	a kid, and stick her out. They say if you want something to happen, it can help to visualize it, to imagine what it'll
1:48.0	actually be like to achieve your goals. When Tess was 13, she had a crush, and in her diary,
1:55.3	she practiced what you might call a kind of visualization. Tess outlined her entire plan for meeting up with her crush,
2:03.6	what she was going to do, how she was going to act, what she would say. She scripted the whole
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