"Kissed by a wet donkey" (Saskatoon)

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

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Corrinne wants a pet gerbil, Heather wants to see balls, Lauryn wants to run away from home, and much more. Recorded live at The Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. Show notes Support GRTTWaK. Become a patron. Photos from our Saskatoon event Rate or review GRTTWaK in iTunes Join the email newsletter Upcoming live events Music by Podington Bear and Lullatone Closing theme is “Oh Dear Diary” by Sloan Twitter Instagram Facebook

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0:00.0	When Corrine was a kid, she really wanted a pet gerbil.
0:06.3	But her mom wasn't so into that idea.
0:09.6	Every time I ask my mom if I can have a gerbil, she always says,
0:14.1	wait, we have to look at them and check if someone wants to sell some.
0:18.9	But she never checks or go and look at them.
0:25.6	The best part of having a pet is playing with it and training it and talking to it.
0:31.6	Even it is stuffed or toys.
0:33.6	If you're mad or sad at your mom or dad or at a friend, it is nice to have some
0:41.1	animals or a doll to talk to. If you don't want to talk to someone or the floor or wall.
0:53.2	That's Corrine sharing a short essay written for school.
0:56.6	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:58.8	This, right now.
1:00.8	It's grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
1:02.5	How are you doing tonight?
1:08.2	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:15.7	This time recorded live at the Broadway theater in Saskatoon.
1:19.1	We have a not-so-private diary, a homemade newspaper, a tragic game of pog, and much, much more.
1:27.9	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it can help us understand who we are today.
1:34.0	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:42.5	One of the things I've learned over the years of doing grown-ups read things they wrote as kids
1:46.1	is that there are a lot of different types of diaries and journals. And one very particular
1:51.3	type of journal is the kind where instead of writing privately to Dear Diary or Dear Journal,
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