Stranger Things Day!

Season 4 of Stranger things was an absolute masterpiece. I was on the edge of my seat in horror as well as in tears for those we lost and the struggles this friend group has continued to endure. All the while, holding steadfast to each other and what they have appears to be the lost art of a true blue friendship. After the departure from my binge trance. I felt saddened by something other than their struggles but by something I fear has been lost over the years.

There is something magical about remembering what life was like in times before we complicated things. The restrospevtive friendship bonds we see in Stranger Things left so much room for thought on how things were and where they are going with bonding with our friends at an early age. Or maybe any age to be honest.

Let’s face it, we will never get those days back and that’s all good and grand and every generation seems to come along with a new set of standards for communication. We can create the new and still reminisce about the way things were. Old movie theater rugs being creative as a group to save us all from Bordom.

Growing up near Montauk N.Y we used to visit the site near camp hero where the story for stranger things came out of, better known as “The Montauk Project.” In the early 90s as teens it was a major to do. We read the books, got on a train and explored the site. After getting lost in the woods so far in we thought we’d been captured for sure. When we finally got out, we never went looking for trouble there again. That was one of the last moments I remember being outside and playing with friends before social media. Ironically it felt very much like a stranger things episode but without Vecna, thankfully.

Although the technology we have today would be or some service in times of trouble in their circumstances. I wonder if they would have ever been friends at all in todays world. Yeah, too sad to even think about but I know when you see kids riding bikes now or playing basketball you can feel it. When playing video games with friends from a distance is more common than a room full of kids. Remember the piles of bikes in the front yard and a secret mission? How creative you had to be to have fun or how easy it was to create fun and uncurated memories? The midnight society of storytelling?! I’m at an age where I’ve had technology in my life just as long as it wasn’t a major presence. But after watching Stranger Things 4 I really missed the people I grew up with and have hopes that kids are having these amazing adventures off apps. Piling up bikes and going on a mission. Somewhere I’m sure this still happens. Flipping though an old photo album of my parents in the 80s a few days after finishing the season. The feeling was once again bubbling up and I felt maybe other people feel this too? The candid film photos were just limited and unpredictable but rarely discarded as not good enough, let’s try again for an hour.

This brings me to an idea I had inspired by the gang in Stranger Things. If we have a Stranger Things day! At least once a month. Disposable film cameras if you do not still have an older camera around. Walkie talkies no cell phones and a mission. Maybe it’s just an arcade with a few people who you see more of on the internet but know you’d make great friends. Maybe make it a real strange mission to somewhere people have been talking about in your town. Have fun with it, and don’t forget to thrift some fun cloths or try make up ideas you have seen on the show. show.https://www.ulta.com/beautyschoollive/?utm_source=ulta&utm_medium=nav&utm_campaign=tps