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Friday, March 2, 2012

The dramaturgy behind my memories

"the dramaturg works on the historical and cultural research into the play or opera and its setting." ~some website I found because I'm too lazy to explain it in my own words (and sad that it's partly what I got my degree in, you'd think I'd be able to come up with something)

I saw Nanny at Xmas and she looked good. She's gained some weight and was quite cheerful at my parents' house. I don't know if she remembered me or not but she acted like she did.

She used to tell me stories of her childhood and she was pretty good at laying the scene. She'd describe what she liked to wear, the movie stars she and her sisters would talk about, the wallpaper in her room. But I'd always wished she had more photos because I wanted to know exactly how her life reflected the time period, whether it was fashion-wise, economy-wise, music-wise etc. I really like knowing the background details of things. Ask my boyfriend, I'm a human imdb / obscure history textbook / 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon enthusiast. I like to observe how humans have evolved over time.

I imagine that I'm going to share a lot of my memories to my own kids and grandkids if I get any. I also imagine that a lot of detail will be given on the 80s. I think I'm going to create some sort of scrapbook to illustrate the stories. I don't know about you, but I'll be sure to include a lot of:


And I'll make the kids watch "Clue" for homework.

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