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I just spent the better part of the last hour in conversation with a woman at a grocery store who is Cambodian and was in her 20s during Pol Pot's time. She told me some stories and discussed some politics and whatnot about Cambodia and shared some of her memories and showed me some photographs.

I got her number and such and she's promised me that I can scan some pics and she will give me an on camera interview. She also promised me a dinner. Mmmmmm Cambodian food.

Incidently, this leads me to my question. When you see a member of an older generation, how do you react? Do you talk to them? Are you annoyed by their slowness? Do you gaze into the face of your own mortality?

Anyway ... that's all.

Ta.

I take note of my reaction in case of a thread like this.

I like older people. They're wise and all-knowing. Besides, they're fun to antagonize and poke fun at.

Kidding aside, I do have lots of respect for seniors. They were around longer than I have and have experienced more what of life has to offer than I have. Some people may find it boring but I like listening to them.

I take note of my reaction in case of a thread like this.

You never know when such things will pop up.

I love talking to older people. They lived what I only see as history and have many more years of experience than me. Plus, I love to talk, and older people often seem more willing to simply have a conversation than people my own age.

That is not to say, of course, that I take everything they say on value. My grandmother was full of racial and gender references that I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.

I like older people. ... They're fun to antagonize and poke fun at.

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Hey, I was only kidding!

"I appreciate an old man's cautious opinion more than the valor of a young man" - Imam Ali

Mmmmmm Cambodian food.



Ta.

read: dog. roasted.

kidding. i talk to older people more than i should. i guess because usually they are just grouchy, and make some nasty comment about a girl like me being all tattooed.
but i like to find out their life- their experiences, etc. i deal with many many older people at work. and i have found that a recently widowed elderly persons always has fascinating anecdotes about a time that i am too young to remeber, because they always like to talk about meeting their spouse, and what was going on at the time. awesome stuff. who cares if they are slow.

Old people and children love me. Old people talk to me all the time and I dig it. Mostly because I'm trying to come across stuff like Keruvalia came across-good stories. Congrats man. ITV goes in big for that, might even be able to get it on a local PBS channel.

Hey, I was only kidding!

"I appreciate an old man's cautious opinion more than the valor of a young man" - Imam Ali
Yes, yes. I know. :)

Yes, yes. I know. :)
I figured - confirmed it after the smiley.

Old people and children love me. Old people talk to me all the time and I dig it. Mostly because I'm trying to come across stuff like Keruvalia came across-good stories. Congrats man. ITV goes in big for that, might even be able to get it on a local PBS channel.

Nod. I'm a sucker for good stories. Unfortunately, I'm very novice when it comes to film. I understand lighting and mood and such from years of photography and sound from years of recording music, but my filmmaking is maybe 2 steps above home video (which, incidently, is 3 steps above soap opera).

Hey! Come to Houston. Bring equipment. You can crash on my couch.

Nod. I'm a sucker for good stories. Unfortunately, I'm very novice when it comes to film. I understand lighting and mood and such from years of photography and sound from years of recording music, but my filmmaking is maybe 2 steps above home video (which, incidently, is 3 steps above soap opera).

Hey! Come to Houston. Bring equipment. You can crash on my couch.
If I wasn't in the middle of one right now, I soooo would. The suck part is making the transcirpts of the whole interview, and logging it as you go. The cool part is editing after you've edited down the transcripts 'cause it goes sooo easy. Then you use photos and file footage as B-roll to hide your cuts in the interview (the 'uhs' and 'umms' and getting just the good sentence, or the relivant point) - add some of her doing traditional stuff in her new setting, you're set. Then take it here, or just north of here, to SF with ITV, a little street husstle to let the community know you've got a film coming and BAM! you're another social documentarian who started life as a musician. We'll form a club. (I think you're the one who's a musician, I get names confused sometimes)