This blog does prove a little factoid I've been noticing of late:
Women do not reminisce. They are not particularly nostalgic.
In the course of life, boys look to the future when they will become men, and then regardless of whether they become successes or failures they seem to spend time looking back upon their childhood and adolescence - The Good Old Days, as it were. Women definitely perceive things differently. Sure they sometimes reflect upon the past, but it's usually limited to when the kids were babies or toddlers. Their way-back machine has a much shorter range than ours. Women never seem to stop looking forward, and making damn sure we keep looking that way too.
One need only look at the almost exclusively male traffic on this site to really drive the point home. Steve O. had voiced his disappointment that the women were not participating in something that the rest of us were so excited about, but it's just not their fault. If you get anything out of them, it's most likely to be what they're doing now and not some silly talk about what happened on the back street 25 years ago.
Yes siree, it's all in the wiring.
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Calling all Prospect Place/Court and Sunrise Avenuers!
This is an attempt to connect with people from long, long, ago. Perhaps the connection will last one simple paragraph, never to be heard from again, or reignite to last a lifetime. Who knows. I just think it would be fun to catch up with people that share so many fond memories from childhood and beyond. Some of us already do still keep in touch. While some might be content to keep the past in the past. Either way. Lets see what happens.
Steve O
Steve O
3 comments:
My original intent was to use the technology of the internet in a positive way. My wish was to connect with as many as possible. But, as Zogman pointed out, some don't care to play. And as you point out, most of those "some" are women. There may be many reasons for this. Perhaps they are self-esteem rooted. They think they are too fat, or too poor.(Not that i care. I'm both!) Perhaps they are going through personal struggles. The reasons could be many.
I know that Sandy constantly reminisces about her childhood growing up in Canarsie. We tour her nieghborhood every once in a while. She would love to see inside her old house. I told her i would knock for her, just give me the word. Life is short.
Yes, this is quite perceptive. I can only agree. I like to explore the things we did back then and compare them to what we've become. I believe that our antics were somewhat unique in the world. We had a combination of intellect and adventure, and we all liked music, laughing and a constant eye on the future.
Once when I was speaking at MITI in Tokyo I was asked of my impression of Nintendo and I said- "single handedly responsible for keeping kids off the street of America." Yes, it was unique.
Ed Loss' fire club. LOL
You are pretty much right about some of the girls, but that goes for some of the guys too.
I am so glad that steven o got this blog going I like to hear what everyone is doing these days and remembering growing up on our blocks, Their is only 1 thing i don't like is i can't go back to see my old house cause the only thing left in the house when i was growing up is the staircase oh yeh. But that doesn't mean i'll ever forget the memory of growing up in Bellmore @ 103 Prospect Ct.With all my freinds!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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