"The first time I'd seen a real one" (Yellowknife)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Maureen contemplates losing her virginity, Rajiv writes a lullabye about the Iran-Contra affair, Kimberley shares a steamy shower scene, and much more. Recorded live at the Black Knight Pub in Yellowknife, NWT.

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0:00.0	When Aviva was in grade five, she imagined what life would be like if she were a madman.
0:06.0	That's right, a madman.
0:08.0	And after thinking about it for a while, she wrote a poem.
0:12.0	If I were a madman, I'd eat all your hair.
0:16.0	I'd eat every pair of your underwear.
0:20.0	I'd eat your truck. I'd eat every pair of your underwear.
0:22.9	I'd eat your truck.
0:24.5	I'd eat your heart.
0:28.6	I'd eat your feet and all your parts.
0:32.7	I'd eat your mouth.
0:34.1	I'd eat your brain.
0:37.1	And then I'd be myself again.
0:38.3	Thank you.
0:44.6	That's Aviva, reading some of her early poetry.
0:46.7	I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:50.2	Yellowknife, this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:51.3	How are you doing?
0:59.7	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:13.7	This time, recorded live in Yellowknife Northwest Territories, we have a steamy shower scene, a 1980s political thriller, and the story of an almost first time. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and sometimes it can shed light on who we are today. So think about who you were,
1:19.9	when you were a kid, and stick around. When you're a teenager, you have to learn to deal with a lot of conflicting feelings, especially when it comes to relationships.
1:33.8	There's curiosity and confusion, not to mention new urges and desires.
1:40.1	Our next reader, Kimberly, read from the diary she kept when she was 16.
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