"One big, long, painful, adolescent experiment" (Ottawa)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Caitlin contemplates her first kiss, Todd writes a poem about picking your nose, Melanie reviews The X-Files, and much more. Recorded live at The Gladstone Theatre in Ottawa. Show notesSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Ottawa 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 Emma was 13, she had a lot of questions.
0:04.4	So she wrote them down in her diary.
0:07.5	Here is what I wish I knew.
0:09.6	Where is Michael? How old is Michael?
0:11.4	Does Michael even know who I am?
0:13.5	Does Michael have a crush on me?
0:15.4	Who will I marry?
0:16.4	How can I please Sarah at choir next year without really changing me too much?
0:25.6	How much time do I have left with my grandparents and great-grandparents? Will we ever move away from here?
0:27.6	Will I ever stop being afraid?
0:29.6	Did Stephen Gallagher really forgive me?
0:31.6	Am I abnormally boy crazy?
0:33.6	Am I fat?
0:34.6	Should I have not quit ballet?
0:36.6	What should I choose as my career? If I died right now, would I go to heaven? Am I fat? Should I have not quit ballet? What should I choose as my career? If I died right now,
0:39.4	would I go to heaven? Am I smart? How can I be less self-centered?
0:48.2	That's Emma, reading from her teenage diary. I'm Dan Meisner, and this? This is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. How are you doing?
0:59.1	That is what I like to hear. It is so nice to see you. This is a show where we go back in time to
1:07.6	remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time,
1:12.3	recorded live in Ottawa, we have a first kiss, obsession with the X-Files, a poem about picking
1:19.1	your nose, and much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like Emma's diary,
1:26.3	a lot of it is full of uncertainty.
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