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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

4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Jamie lists things (and people) she hates, Nora and Stanley find love in the feminine hygiene aisle, Carlito writes a song about girl repellent, and much more. Recorded live at the Mercury Room in Edmonton, AB.

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0:00.0	When Lindsay was 13, she started dating her very first boyfriend, a guy named Mitch.
0:08.9	But as she confessed in her journal, Lindsay had a bit of a wandering eye.
0:14.2	July 1st. I need to see Mitch really bad. I mean, today on the beach, I saw three really hot guys with their shirts off.
0:23.5	And then I reminded myself that I have my man at home.
0:30.0	So that kind of threw me off, L.O.L.
0:36.0	Well, I better get out of the bathroom now, or my parents will think I'm having a really big crap.
0:40.9	Love Lindsay.
0:46.5	That's Lindsay, trying not to blow her cover as she secretly journaled in the bathroom.
0:52.0	I'm Dan Meisner, and this is grown-ups read things they wrote as kids.
0:56.2	On this show, we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of growing up.
1:02.5	This time recorded live at the Mercury Room in Edmonton, we have a list of things to hate,
1:08.7	love in the feminine hygiene aisle, and a song about girl repellent.
1:14.0	This stuff is weird, it is wonderful, and some of it has been in the bathroom for a suspiciously
1:20.6	long time. So think about who you were, when you were a kid. And stick around.
1:38.3	A minute ago, we heard Lindsay read from her journal.
1:43.8	At the time, she was 13, and she was in her very first relationship with a guy named Mitch.
1:47.5	Here's Lindsay reading a few more journal entries from that year.
1:49.5	October 26th.
1:51.4	Guess what?
1:54.9	I found a website and on it are flirting tips and stuff.
2:04.3	And I picked out a few things that I'm going to do to Mitch before fifth period.
2:07.3	Number one, smile.
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