Today, the writer's block question asks: "If you could be a teenager living in any decade, which one would you choose?" The consensus seems to be the 1960's, and I admit I would have loved to be alive then, as well. I would have loved to watch the maned first lunar landing and pick up a first edition of Stranger In A Strange Land, not to mention the abundance of peacelove and the divine music scene. I would have also loved to live in the 70s, epecially to see Ziggy Stardust come to earth and experience How The West Was Won in person. You know, 1972 was a good year for music. Music aside, there was lot going on back then. Huge revolutionary advances and all. I know that time period wasn't perfect, like so many romantics (which I myself am often guily of) idolize it to be. There was still horrible wars and racism and violence, but I suppose every decade is tainted in some way.
Assuming I have a way to travel time, I would like to experience every decade in the 20th century as a teenager. They're all so interesting. I want to visit a time when people actually danced... I want to go to the swing age. I'd like to visit a time when cloche hats were popular or when people gathered around radios.
If I think about it some more, I'd fancy seeing the Victorian era. There was an awful lot of beautiful buildings and attire back then. I could transform myself into an glorious young man and find Robert Ross. (Originally, it was my scheme to become Oscar Wilde's lover, but he and Bosie are so lovely I wouldn't want to interfere. Also, if I were Robert Ross' lover, I could still visit Oscar Wilde and hang on his every word.) I've got it all planned out. Besides, being a woman in the Victorian Era wouldn't be too shibby...
While I'm traveling the ages, I'd want to see almost every time period, if only for a little while, including the future. You know, this reminds me of a book series I used to read when I was younger called The Magic Treehouse. It was about a brother and sister, Jack and Annie, who traveled through time in a treehouse completing tasks for their friend, Morgan le Fay. She would leave a book about wherever they were traveling to, for Jack and Annie so they could learn and have a sort of guide. They were good books.
Also: Star Trek, Back to the Future, and Harry Potter teach me the dangers of time travel. I'd have to exercise caution, careful not to disrupt anything or create a paradox or anything of that sort.
If you're still with me after all that ranting... I noticed that very few people who answered the writer's block question were content living now. While I long to go to so many times, there are good things about now. I wonder if people in the future will ask this question and answer, "Oh, I'd want to visit the 2000's! I could see the turn of the milenium, see the rise of the Internet age, go to Harry Potter midnight release parties, go to Obama rallies, see all those funny reality TV shows, cruise around in a blue Prius..."
