Random ejections

[polyethylenept2]

On our last night out together Zach tells me the story from his first stay in Israel. He had a friend in the states and their method of correspondence was via tapes. They would decide on a theme for their tape and then one person would add a song, send the tape to the other, who would add the next song, and so on and so forth till they had a full

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[bouncyweee]

suburbs /=/ small town.

For example, in our little valley bubble, we still managed to be a high school group of two Latinos, one Muslim/Pakistani, three Israelis, one Chinese, and some scattered whites. Yes, we did share social class and culture because we grew up together, but the chance of that happening in a rural area are so much smaller. And that's only one small thing that separates the two.

I'm With Lily

[shnickie]

Idit honey, you lived in LA. Most of the valley is part of LA city limits, including the part we lived in.

Also, for a suburb, the San Fernando Valley is quite urban. I currently live in the biggest city in New Mexico (aprox. 700,000 people) and I MISS the valley. This decently sized city makes me miss how much diversity and opportunity the valley had. Cities like San Francisco and LA just spread their culture all over the little areas that surround them.

[tinyplasticmeat]

What small town are you moving to?? And Shnickie and Lilly are right--the Valley is special in its own little way. There's definitely not as much diversity in my town near Philadelphia, despite the fact that it's almost exactly the same distance as the Valley is from LA.

[mochizpooch]

oh yes, I still have an embarrassing collection of tapes I've recorded off of broadway radio. I want to convert them to mp3 so badly! I do like that I managed to skip the whole beeper era completely. I love the days when we still customized paper cards or something crafty before we had computers to do everything and still appreciate handwritten letters on travel, so I love your friend's care

[mochizpooch]

and I really should get ahold of myself, but MORE BSS love!

http://video.pbs.org/video/1435429298

[mattjosh]

I started to contribute my own belated opinion - it got long.

http://mattjosh.livejournal.com/4857.html