Enlightened.: NOSTALGIA & OMEGLE

Very recently I grew paranoid about this nostalgic feeling of mine. I would wonder if I am the only one who is so attached to the past. So I decided to take a survey with reference to deal with this issue and what better way than OMEGLE. I chose omegle because it got people from all over the world who probably would be truthful with their viewpoints as a stranger , unbiased.

Omegle-Talk To Strangers!

My question was:

IF GIVEN A CHANCE TO BE BORN IN THE PAST WHEN AND WHERE WOULD YOU BE BORN SO THAT IN YOUR LIFETIME YOU GET TO DO ALL THE THINGS AND ATTEND ALL THE EVENTS YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO…???

8 out of 10 times , it was classic era of 50s and 60s , very similar to what I have always thought.

Born in the 50s , post-World War , where nations are trying to revive their economies.

A time which would mould the future in every field.

Le Corbusier-"A House is a Machine to live in"

Le Corbusier's Usine Verte [Apartments still look the same these days]


Le Corbusier's Plan Voisin[Early Urban Planning involving Skyskrapers]

Precise, planned ,minimalistic , machine-age fast and economic housing introduced by Le Corbusier , Mies Van der Rohe etc. which are seen in todays’ apartments, sky scrapers and planned cities.

Mies Van Der Rohe -"Less is More"

Skin & Bone Structure i.e. Glass & Steel exhibited in Mies' New National Gallery

Lakeshore Drive Apts. [Giving way to today's Sky Scraper]

USA and The Allied Forces CAPITALIST economy and Russia’s SOCIALIST economy , the resulting COLD WAR and India’s adoption of MIXED economy.

First Crush: Marilyn Monroe, often considered the most popular blonde of all times, she defined class, glamour and sophistication. Blondes are either dumb for real or are smart enough to make others think they are dumb and Marilyn makes me believe it is the later.

Marilyn Monroe 's skirt getting blown up from air from the subway [in the movie The Seven Year Itch]

Marilyn Monroe's Quotes:

"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing."

"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one."

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."

"It's all make believe, isn't it?"

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it."

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

"I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."

"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."

"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time."

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul."

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Sexual Revolution initiated by the likes of Betty Page.

Betty Page

Bettie Page's Quotes

"I was never the girl next door."

"I don't know what they mean by an icon. I never thought of myself as being that. It seems strange to me. I was just modeling, thinking of as many different poses as possible. I made more money modeling than being a secretary. I had a lot of free time. You could go back to work after an absence of a few months. I couldn't do that as a secretary."

"[Jerry Tibbs was] the one who got me wearing bangs. For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides. But he said to me, 'Bettie, you've got a very high forehead. I think you'd look good if you cut some bangs to cover it.' Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark."

Gletchen Mol as Bettie Page in the 2006 Biography Movie 'The Notorious Bettie page'

"I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn`t trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn`t think of myself as liberated, and I don`t believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn`t know any other way to be, or any other way to live."

"No, I don`t think my fans want to see me old and fat. I`ve got to get another 20-25 lbs. off somehow - remember me as I looked when I was younger. I get sad when I see my favorite movie stars when they`re old. Who wants to see Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau now as the The Odd Couple (1968)? Jack Lemmon is a fan of mine."

Imagine you are at this club, Cadillacs with tailfins ,Supercharged Auburns parked outside. Men in their finest suits, Fedora hats , Ducktails, Cigar in one hand , Martini in the other; women in gowns, hair in pompadours , huge sunglasses ,sipping on champagne and long cigarette holder on that dark red lips; an elevated stage, jazz being played in the background, trumpets and saxophones; cabaret dance……