"My hand was all the way on her butt" (Halifax)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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🗓️ 12 January 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Dead chickens, embarrassing erections, and a childhood overdose of vitamin C. Recorded live at The Company House in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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0:00.0	When Dan was in grade five, his teacher told the class to answer a question.
0:05.0	Who am I?
0:07.0	I'm a good soccer player when I am on midfield in defense.
0:10.0	I am a smart boy in grade five.
0:12.0	I don't like any kind of math.
0:14.0	I feel pretty good about myself.
0:16.0	I don't like it when people hurt me.
0:18.0	I am sort of good with others.
0:20.0	I fight with my sister a lot.
0:23.9	Oh, and I forgot to include I went to a Catholic school.
0:26.6	I am not totally related with God.
0:29.9	But I understand Jesus' story.
0:41.2	That's Dan, reading a school assignment from grade five.
0:45.7	And this, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:46.8	I'm Dan Meisner.
0:51.1	Grownups read things they wrote as kids is pretty much what it sounds like.
0:56.7	Brave adults up on stage sharing weird, wonderful, and embarrassing writing with a room full of strangers. This time recorded live at the company house in Halifax, Nova
1:02.9	Scotia, we have dead chickens, embarrassing erections, and a childhood overdose of vitamin C.
1:11.2	So why?
1:12.0	Why look back at this stuff?
1:14.4	Well, I think Dan's teacher was asking the right question.
1:18.1	Who am I?
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