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This is my friend Laura, and she's 80 years old.
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And this is my friend Tiffany, and she is 26.
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And we live in a retirement community.
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I'm a part of of the Artist-in-Residence program at Judson Manor.
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Which is a residential program where young musicians get to live here rent-free in exchange for performing recitals and concerts.
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When I tell people I live in a retirement community, I get a lot of mixed reactions.
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Some people don't believe me, other people think it's a wonderful idea.
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I had not been a part of this community more than two days.
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I was in the lobby and they told me about Tiffany.
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And I walked over and introduced myself.
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And I said, "Do you like dogs?"
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Oh, she loves dogs.
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And Tiffany and I became friends, we just formed a friendship.
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We'll talk about art, we talk about clothes.
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I don't wear fashionable shoes anymore, but Tiffany does, and we talk about shoes.
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Laura, to me, is like a grandma, and also a friend, and a confidante.
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I don't think the age difference is something that I am constantly thinking about, or that I'm aware of.
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You don't think, oh, I'm having dinner with this 100-year-old and this 90-year old.
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I'm having dinner with my friend Laura and Sarah.
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In a way it is almost like being in a college dorm with the fact that there are so many people here from different places, from different backgrounds.
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It might be a little bit quieter than a normal college dorm.
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But I think we still have just as much fun.