{"id":2566,"date":"2021-04-30T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T04:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2021-04-29T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T23:44:56","slug":"z-my-zoom-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2566","title":{"rendered":"Z – My Zoom Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Z – My Zoom Meeting<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I had just finished writing my \u201c<\/span>Y – Fountain of Youth<\/span><\/a>\u201d piece when I thought I would get more input from my friends and family about their opinions on getting young again. I started up a Zoom meeting, planning on sending invites to a number of my friends and family when all of a sudden I got Zoom bombed. I have no idea how they got the link nor how it was even possible for them to connect to me. I knew everyone one of the participants. Well, let\u2019s just say I was every one of the participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a screenshot of what my Zoom screen looked like:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wasn\u2019t quite sure where to begin. Though these all look like images, be assured they all were real and could communicate; well, almost all, Harvey Pre-1, constantly babbled during the whole meeting, but he looked like he was trying to communicate something.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here to discuss the Fountain of Youth,\u201d I stammered, \u201cI\u2019d like your thoughts on its potential\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Hockey couldn\u2019t wait to jump right in. \u201cLove it, Love it, Love it! I finally get to figure out how to play this game and all I get to play in is an Alumni game when I\u2019m 52. Get me back to my early teen days when I started to play, I\u2019ll show them a thing or two.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cForget it\u201d, remarked Harvey Lifeguard, \u201cMake that a few years later, that\u2019s when you were buff, man. Then you could show off your skills.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I looked at Harvey 3yr, who definitely looked like he wanted to say something, but wasn\u2019t about to interrupt the big guys, so I asked him, \u201cDo you want to say something?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey 3yr coyly looked at the screen and said, \u201cI\u2019m cute, I want to push a button on the screen.\u201d That was the last we heard from him as he managed to mute himself. Even as the administrator of this Zoom meeting I couldn\u2019t figure out how to unmute him. But trust me he kept on looking adorable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Unkempt was looking me over on the screen and somehow managed to switch all the screens onto speaker view, with his picture being in the spotlight. \u201cLook at all these guys, all neat and straight-laced, except maybe the musical madman. Don\u2019t you want to be me my age? Let your hair down and let it grow out, man. You\u2019d be back in being cool days\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I pointed out to him that in 2020 with COVID lockdowns, had I had his hair, I certainly would have looked that way and it certainly did not look cool. I prefer to have some control over the few hairs I have left.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Violinist pointed out that if I went back to pre-high school, and put more time into playing a real instrument like the violin, I might have become a great player that could read music and be in a famous orchestra. \u201cI think my hair looks quite appropriate for a classical musician,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Musical Madman might have had something to say, but I had to mute him as all he could do was play silly songs with his guitar and that marching kazoo in his mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey World\u2019s Fair pointed out that 1964 was a great year to go back to. \u201cThis is when we went to this great Fair in Queens. I don\u2019t know if there will ever be another one like it. All it cost me was a 15 cent subway ride to get there from the Bronx. All the exhibits were awesome. Also, maybe with the knowledge you older me\u2019s have now, this time you might even pass the entrance exam for the Bronx High School of Science, which I didn\u2019t get into.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Teacher rebutted with, \u201cBut then maybe you might have become a scientist instead of the teacher you became. Think of all the creative ideas you will miss having, like teaching kids how to bake bread, which is what I\u2019m doing here as part of our Westward Expansion unit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHey, don\u2019t knock scientists as a profession. You end up marrying one; think of how much more you and Christina would have in common if you were a scientist. And you may have met her much earlier in your life.\u201d Harvey Retire blurted out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Dad did not even try to get into the conversation. I could tell by the glazed look in his eyes that all he was thinking about was being a father with a family for the first time. I\u2019m sure he would have suggested going back to when David was born.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Storyteller kind of summed it all up, speaking directly to me, \u201cYou\u2019re the one who has all of this knowledge and memories and went on all of the adventures. You are the keeper of all the stories. What if when you go back to your youth you have to start over again but don\u2019t keep all these wonderful experiences that you have had? Would you be willing to lose that and be someone other than who you are today?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I was about to respond when our 40-minute Zoom window ended. I tried to restart the meeting, but I never could get any of my me\u2019s back again. I guess I didn\u2019t need to at that point. I had gotten the answer to what I was looking for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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