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My little sideshow of nostalgia

26 Saturday Oct 2013

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Today my hubby, the baby boy, Jack and I went into the city via subway to walk around the village, NoHo, SoHo and all around the general area. Jack was such a well behaved little man both on the subway and walking the streets of New York. When we got to my old stomping grounds of Washington Square Park, Astor Place and Cooper Union, I did feel a strong surge of nostalgia for the younger me and my adventures back then. I took pictures of the back of the building on Lafayette Street that used to house the Conran’s Store and its Marketing, Advertizing and Catalog Departments, I could see my former huge window that was the wall of my cubicle on the second floor. I took two pictures of the facades of several buildings on Lafayette Street and my window was the long rectangular one right above the red traffic light in the red and cream colored building. My job as Catalog Coordinator was definitely never boring, quite challenging at times and always fun.

The other pictures are of views that I found to be interesting and pretty. Cooper Union is one of New York’s universities with an impressive history especially for those who identify as progressive; it was founded on the concept of free education and I know that Theodore Roosevelt spent many hours at Cooper Union after his years at Harvard, I think that it was in the pursuit of his law degree.

Jack was such a trooper today, he sat on my lap without making a peep during the forty minute subway ride, he walked for a few hours and then back on the subway for the forty minute ride back. He also acted like a well mannered dog while we eating at a small French restaurant on Hudson Street called La Petite Abeille (the little bee) we ate outside and he stayed quietly next to us waiting for us to finish our Eggs Benedict. Today was definitely a good day, I have more to tell but it will have to wait until tomorrow. I’m pooped myself.

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Fright night

26 Saturday Oct 2013

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Do you like being scared by books, films, and surprises? Describe the sensation of being scared, and why you love it — or don’t.

I don't like to be scared, I actively dislike the sensation that hits me right in the stomach, and the feeling of light headedness and lack of control over the outcome. The reason why I chose to write actively dislike is because I make it a point to not watch scary movies. I can't ever think of a single time that I went to the theater to pay to watch a scary movie, not once. I have never seen the movie Carrie and I live my life very well despite not seeing it, the same goes for all of the Halloween movies, The Friday the 13th movies etc.

I have seen every single vampire movie there was but vampires aren't scary. Vampires belong in another category, many people I think subconsciously would like to be a vampire, young and immortal, the tortured romantic bad person.

There are books that have scared me and haunted my dreams, being books I thought that they would be safer because there wouldn't be the visuals that movies give us, but I neglected to take into account my own visuals, my imagination. Stephen Kings "Pet Cemetery" and "Misery" were really scary and gave me chills as I was reading them. There was another book, I believe written by Eric Lustbader that scared the bejesus out of me, the descriptive nature of the evil that was terrorizing the characters stuck in my head for days and I had the worst nightmares. Accordingly I have not picked up another book that will scare me, I stick with the nice books that entertain me with nice stories, heroes and noble sacrifice, strong, courageous women; things of that nature.

I would rather laugh than be scared, it feels better.

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