0:00:10.919,0:00:12.698 You know, do you remember 0:00:12.698,0:00:15.001 those viewfinders from the 70s? 0:00:15.001,0:00:16.669 I was really into that, 0:00:16.669,0:00:18.463 and I had viewfinders 0:00:18.463,0:00:22.044 and I had a projector. 0:00:23.414,0:00:25.849 I was allowed to bring boys up to my room 0:00:25.849,0:00:28.347 IF I was going to show them 0:00:28.347,0:00:30.363 these projections I had. 0:00:30.363,0:00:32.009 So that was really exciting. 0:00:33.393,0:00:35.471 I really liked showing these projections 0:00:35.471,0:00:37.675 in the dark and telling stories. 0:00:38.506,0:00:39.845 There were types of stories 0:00:39.845,0:00:41.653 that were supposed to go with them, 0:00:41.653,0:00:43.201 but I would change the order 0:00:43.201,0:00:45.056 and make up other stories. 0:00:45.627,0:00:47.560 That was a very calm moment for me, 0:00:47.560,0:00:49.775 these stories I would make up. 0:00:50.837,0:00:53.025 The Red Baron was a favorite one. 0:00:53.025,0:00:54.351 [Laughs] 0:00:56.871,0:01:00.843 And then mixed with, if you can imagine, 0:01:00.843,0:01:02.884 the story about Bessie Smith 0:01:02.884,0:01:05.388 and her car accident, that she wasn't able 0:01:05.388,0:01:06.544 to get to the hospital 0:01:06.544,0:01:08.601 --or she was able to get to the hospital, 0:01:08.601,0:01:11.000 and they wouldn’t take care of her. 0:01:11.862,0:01:13.357 So these slides would all get 0:01:13.357,0:01:15.439 jumbled together and would end up being 0:01:15.439,0:01:18.351 part of my slide show and my narration. 0:01:18.351,0:01:19.553 [Laughs] 0:01:21.315,0:01:23.816 And you know, it kept people really quiet. 0:01:23.816,0:01:26.126 I mean, usually I was really territorial 0:01:26.126,0:01:27.926 and really fighting with boys 0:01:27.926,0:01:29.182 from my neighborhood a lot, 0:01:29.182,0:01:30.438 and they were very 0:01:30.438,0:01:31.695 --at least momentarily-- 0:01:31.695,0:01:34.525 obedient and quiet and listening.