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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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A Jim Carrey obsession, Gulf War analysis from an 11-year-old, and the most intense love letter you'll ever hear. Recorded live at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom in Toronto, ON. ## Links ## Rate GRTTWaK in iTunes: http://goo.gl/xHLCxb Join the mailing list: http://goo.gl/xcgA6f Upcoming live events: http://goo.gl/XsQENQ Twitter: http://twitter.com/GRTTWaK Instagram: http://instagram.com/GRTTWaK Facebook: http://facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	When Laura was 11, she became a little obsessed with a certain celebrity, and she wrote about him in her diary.
0:09.4	Dear diary, something strange has happened.
0:12.8	Jim Carrey, the actor who is in The Mask, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Batman Forever, Ace Ventura When Nature Calls, and the Mask too,
0:23.4	somehow has changed my life.
0:28.1	I cry thinking I will never meet him.
0:31.2	I don't need to be his wife.
0:32.8	I know he's too old for me.
0:34.8	I just want to be his adopted daughter.
0:38.3	Thank you. too old for me. I just want to be his adopted daughter.
0:56.2	That's Laura, reading from the diary she kept when she was 11. And this, well, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. I'm Dan Meisner. Gron-syr thinks they wrote as kids is exactly what it sounds like.
1:02.7	Courageous adults get on stage in front of a room full of strangers to read their weird and wonderful childhood and teenage writing. This time recorded live at the Gladstone Hotel
1:08.6	Ballroom in Toronto, we have a catalog of classmates,
1:13.0	an 11-year-old's analysis of the Gulf War, and the single most intense love letter I have ever
1:20.6	heard. This stuff is a window into who we used to be, but it can also help us understand who we are
1:26.7	today. So think about who you were
1:29.3	when you were a kid, and stick around. A minute ago, we heard from Laura, who wanted to be
1:37.8	Jim Carrey's adopted daughter. Well, that was not the only diary entry Laura shared. She also
1:43.2	brought along a series of entries that chronicle her very first breakup.
1:49.1	Once again, here's Laura, live on stage in Toronto.
1:53.7	Dear diary, 6.26 p.m. Wednesday, November 4th.
1:59.0	Tim is coming over, but I'm pretty sure he's going to dump me.
2:01.6	He said he wants to go for a walk.
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