Published 2026-03-10
tag(s): #random-thoughts #español
This is a first, a bilingual post. Because I think the story is short enough that I am fine
writing it twice.
And because I am rebel, it doesn't have the same title. 🤷
Hace unos días en el podcast de Conan O'Brien hablaron con un oyente que se dedicaba a restaurar videos caseros. En un momento de la conversación hablaron de films informales de las decadas del 30 y 40, y que es divertido ver como en esa época la gente no se sabía comportar frente a las cámaras.
Inmediatamente me vino el recuerdo de mi abuela, cuando la filmábamos. Ya sea con la vieja
filmadora con cassettes, o con los celulares, siempre que nos veía filmando se paraba en pose
para una foto y se quedaba dura como una estatua.
Si nos ponemos a buscar, estoy seguro que entre todos debemos tener decenas de videos de ella,
parada de costadito, con una sonrisa, y mirando a la cámara.
Y probablemente todos los videos terminan igual, con alguno diciéndole que estamos filmando, y
todos estallando en carcajadas. Especialmente ella.
A few days ago, I was listening to the Conan O'Brien podcast. They were interviewing a
listener that restores and archives home videos.
During the conversation, he mentioned that he loves home movies from the 30s and 40s, before
people knew how to react to being filmed.
That immediately reminded me of my grandma. Whenever we filmed her (no matter if camera or
cellphone) she would smile and strike this very specific pose, completely still, looking at
the camera.
I am sure that if we looked, we could find tens of videos of her, doing the exact same
thing.
And they mostly ended in the same way, one of us would tell her It isn't a photo! you can
move.
and then we all exploded laughing. Her the most.