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You know, do you remember those viewfinders from the 70s? I was really into that and I had viewfinders and I had a projector.

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I was allowed to bring boys up to my room if I was going to show them these projections I had and so that was really exciting.

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I did really like showing these projections in the dark and telling stories. There was a sort of stories that were supposed to go with them, but I would change the order and make up other stories.

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That was a very sort of calm moment for me, these stories I would make up.

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The Red Baron was a favorite one. And then mixed with you know, if you can imagine, this story about Bessie Smith

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and her car accident and that she wasn't able to get to the hospital...or she was able to get to the hospital and they wouldn’t take care of her.

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So, these slides would all get jumbled together and would end up being part of my slide show in my narration.

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And, you know, it kept people really quiet. I mean usually I was really territorial and really fighting with the boys in my neighborhood a lot and and they were very,

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at least momentarily, obedient and quiet and listening.