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You know, do you remember
those viewfinders from the 70s?

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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

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IF I was going to show them
these projections I had.

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So that was really exciting.

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I did really like showing these projections
in the dark and telling stories.

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There were certain stories

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that were supposed to go with them,

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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,

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these stories I would make up.

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The Red Baron was a favorite one,

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and then mixed with, if you can imagine,

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the story about Bessie Smith
and her car accident,

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and that she wasn't able
to get to the hospital

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--or she was able to get to the hospital,

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and they wouldn’t take care of her.

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So these slides would all get
jumbled together

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and would end up being
part of my slide show and my narration.

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And you know, it kept people really quiet.

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I mean, usually I was really territorial

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and really fighting with boys
from my neighborhood a lot,

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and they were very--at least momentarily--

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obedient and quiet and listening.