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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

"Single and ready to mingle" (Kitchener)

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

4.7653 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth faces a betrayal, Nitica disagrees with the President of India, Nathan searches for loopholes, and much more. Recorded live at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener, ON.

Transcript

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0:00.0

When Leslie was in grade five, she had questions about the adult world.

0:07.0

So she wrote them down.

0:09.0

I wonder if grownups ever want to help you with things.

0:14.0

Like, if a kid needs information on something and and the grown-up has it on their computer,

0:23.9

will the grown-up want to leave their stupid Star Trek show to help them find it?

0:34.4

That's Leslie, clearly not a big fan of Star Trek. I'm Dan Meisner, and this? This is grown-ups

0:41.1

three things they wrote as kids. How are you doing? It is very nice to see you. This is a show where we go

0:47.4

back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up. This time,

0:53.5

recorded live in Kitchener, Ontario, we have

0:55.8

teenage betrayal, a semantic argument with the president of India, a very close call with a flaming

1:02.9

hot taco shell, and much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and like a parent who'd

1:10.2

rather watch Star Trek than help you on the

1:12.1

computer, it can also be tricky to understand. So think about the stuff you wrote when you were a

1:17.7

kid and stick her out. When Elizabeth was 12 and 13, she kept a diary.

1:28.5

And at our Kitchener Show, she shared a few entries that cover some of the most universal experiences of middle school.

1:36.5

Dating, crushes, school dances, and betrayal.

1:41.2

Please welcome to our stage, Elizabeth.

1:48.0

A quick heads up, Elizabeth uses a cuss word in her diary,

1:56.6

which we do not bleep. Okay, so April 20th, 2006, music, Billy Talent, time, 936 p.m.

2:02.9

Place, my bed, wearing, door to the explorer boxers I made in family studies and a white tank top from garage just setting the scene for everyone dear diary the school dance was today i danced with no one

2:09.7

they always write about the not so pretty girls who always get their dream guy but it never happens in

2:13.6

real life anyway they played stick with you by the Pussycat Dolls, and I spent

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