"Stupit and dumb and especially ugly" (Hamilton)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Dead hamsters, spin the bottle, and the truth about NYC. Recorded live at the Spice Factory in Hamilton, Ontario. ## 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: https://twitter.com/GRTTWaK Instagram: https://instagram.com/GRTTWaK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	When Allie was in elementary school, she kept a diary, and she wrote about all kinds of stuff, including boys.
0:08.4	And for people who can't see me, I am gayer than Christmas.
0:13.4	Dear diary, all the boys at school are stupid and dumb and especially ugly love Allie.
0:23.6	Okay, and stupid, the word stupid is spelled,
0:31.6	STU-P-I-T.
0:33.6	Stupid.
0:35.6	That's Ali, reading from the diary she kept when she was in grade three.
0:43.8	And this, well, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:48.6	I'm Dan Meisner.
0:50.1	Grown-ups read things they wrote as kids is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
0:54.2	Brave adults get up on stage in front of a room full of strangers to share the weird and wonderful things they created when they were young.
1:03.0	This time, recorded live at the Spice Factory in Hamilton, Ontario.
1:07.7	We have a traumatizing game of Spin the Bottle, some solid advice from a third
1:13.6	grader, and we learn what New York City is really like. This stuff is angsty and awkward and cute,
1:21.2	and in some cases, it can shed light on who we are today. So think about the stuff you wrote
1:27.2	when you were a kid.
1:28.7	And stick around.
1:36.1	Off the top of the show, we heard from Allie. She thought all the boys at school were stupid,
1:41.1	dumb, and ugly. Well, boys were not the only thing Ali wrote about. Here
1:45.8	she is on stage in Hamilton reading a few more selections from her childhood diary. Dear diary,
1:53.8	now I am in grade three. I am so big now because I'm in grade three, not in grade two, and not in grade one.
2:08.2	I got a lot of diarrhea at camp this summer. Love Allie.
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