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My last working incandescent fairy lights strand. The color faded, more white than blue now. The bulbs get warm when it's plugged in. A hundred little furnaces in glass.
I still remember, about 30 years ago when I first bought them, plugging it in and draping it across my neck, lights adorning me, the warmth against my skin. Lights adorning the room. That room where I used to listen to music, dance, stare into the internet on the glowing computer monitor.
The short wave receiver, receiving signals through the air, sent from the other side of the world.
Compact disks, audio cassettes, the internet delivered over telephone lines.
The electric blue rug from that room is here in this room now.
Per my notes, the strand uses 41 Watts. That's not too bad. Do I keep it? For the physical tangible link back to my memories? Even though I've already replaced it with a strand of bluer blue LEDs?
I still remember, about 30 years ago when I first bought them, plugging it in and draping it across my neck, lights adorning me, the warmth against my skin. Lights adorning the room. That room where I used to listen to music, dance, stare into the internet on the glowing computer monitor.
The short wave receiver, receiving signals through the air, sent from the other side of the world.
Compact disks, audio cassettes, the internet delivered over telephone lines.
The electric blue rug from that room is here in this room now.
Per my notes, the strand uses 41 Watts. That's not too bad. Do I keep it? For the physical tangible link back to my memories? Even though I've already replaced it with a strand of bluer blue LEDs?