"Things to do with your menstrual blood" (Toronto)

Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

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4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Olive lists things to do with your menstrual blood, Shirley describes a terrifying solar eclipse, Jeff reveals his secret soap opera obsession, and much more. Recorded live at the Tranzac in Toronto. ## Links ## Rate GRTTWaK in iTunes: https://goo.gl/ORf4qV Join the email newsletter: https://goo.gl/aQsmXk Upcoming live events: https://goo.gl/Jbnlsg Photos from our Toronto event: https://goo.gl/2C3UHK Twitter: http://twitter.com/GRTTWaK Instagram: http://instagram.com/GRTTWaK Facebook: http://facebook.com/grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids

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0:00.0	When Marley was 10, life seemed really hard, and she wrote about it in her diary.
0:07.0	Being nine years old, it's all too tough.
0:10.0	I'm not popular at all right now.
0:14.0	Everybody teases me. It's so mean.
0:17.0	I feel like the whole world has turned its back on me. Now, besides that, life is great.
0:26.0	That's Marley, reading a conflicted diary entry written when she was nine. I'm Dan Meisner, and this?
0:32.5	This is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids. It's nice to see you, Toronto. Hello!
0:38.7	This is a show where we go back in time
0:41.1	to remember the good, the bad,
0:43.2	and the awkward parts of growing up.
0:45.3	This time, recorded live at the Transac in Toronto,
0:48.1	we have an abominable snowman,
0:50.4	a terrifying solar eclipse,
0:52.5	and a secret soap opera obsession.
0:56.3	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and if you listen closely, you might just hear something that hits close to home.
1:03.1	So think about who you were, when you were a kid, and stick around. Joining us on stage right now.
1:17.0	Olive is going to read a journal entry they wrote at 14 or maybe 15.
1:23.0	Please welcome to the grownups read things they wrote as kids stage olive things to do with your
1:35.8	menstrual blood okay one mix it with a bit of water and feed it to your plants, in brackets, to be elaborated on.
1:51.3	2. Smear it on your face and have a good primal scream. It's very liberating, especially when you've
1:58.6	just started your period and are feeling quite crampy.
2:02.9	Three, mix it with water and put it in pretty jars or vases.
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