When Gabrielle was 16, she dated a guy named Mark, but it didn't really work out.

So she thought about the kind of person she wanted to date next and listed the quality she was looking for in her diary.

I need to find someone who, like Mark, is always on his phone so he can answer me.

I need someone who's on Tumblr.

I want something real casual, just like what I had with Mark, just more often, and not with Mark.

Thank you. often and not with Mark. That's Gabrielle, explaining what she was looking for in a date.

I'm Dan Meisner and this?

This, right now, is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.

How are you doing tonight? Wow, it is

very, very, very nice to see you. This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good,

the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time recorded live in Moncton, New Brunswick,

we have a war between Canada and the U.S. F time recorded live in Moncton, New Brunswick, we have a war between

Canada and the U.S., fart spray in the school hallway, kitchen utensils that can talk, and much,

much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and it can help us understand who we are today.

So think about who you were, when you were a kid.

And stick around.

When Amanda was in middle school, she kept a private diary, chronicling what her life was like at 11 and 12.

And at our Moncton show, she shared a few different entries about crushes

and what she describes as shenanigans.

Please welcome Amanda to the Garnup's Reithings they wrote as kids stage.

A quick heads up, Amanda uses some cuss words in her diary, which we do not bleep.

The year was 1997.

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