Happy Late Night, my Darling,
I hope your day was a good one, whether in Colorado, Wisconsin or in between. :) I went in search of a new trail this afternoon. I saw a picture that someone had posted on the Santa Susana Field Lab Facebook page, of what looked like an Indian cave. It had a bunch of graffiti inside, which was gross, but whoever posted it commented that it was located on a trail in Dayton Canyon, at the end of Roscoe Boulevard, which would put it about two miles south of Santa Susana State Park. I had never heard of Dayton Canyon, and had never been down to the end of Roscoe because it doesn't look accessible. It just trails off into what looks like an old, single lane private road. Having passed it over the years, I always figured it led to someone's ranch or something. But I checked Google Street View today, and that road does indeed widen out as it goes over a hill, and it becomes a residential street like any other, a public street. And that's where the trailhead to Dayton Canyon is.
So I drove out there.........and couldn't access it because the road was closed. They are building a new housing development there, and so it will probably be closed for a while.
Oh well. The housing development bugs me more than the road closure. I am not a fan of developers, as you know, and I thank God that the Santa Susana site is apparently protected by the State of California, and also by a strong Chumash Indian lobby, or the developers would probably be razing it to the ground as well. Anyhow, I kept driving another couple of miles and ended up at El Scorpion Open Space, home of the Cave of Munitz, and had a short but very nice hike there. Man, that place is Bee Central! You can hear that omnipresent hummmmmmm throughout the park. Good thing I'm no longer terrified of bees...... :)
That was my day, except for the usual reading and shows, tonight an episode of "The Loner". I am not too sure about my Michael Salla "Secret Space Program" books, one of which I bought and one of which I got from The Libe. I think I mentioned that his main source for info, in the first book anyway, is a guy named Corey Goode. Reading about his supposed exploits, I was thinking "this guy is a disinformation artist". For the record, I do believe there is a secret space program, and that there is stuff on the moon we haven't been told about by NASA, and it's quite obvious from NASA photos alone that there are anomalies on Mars that cannot be "explained away". There is a lot of fantastic stuff out there, in other words, and NASA knows about it and won't share it. But Corey Goode talks about Reptilians (ala David Icke), and that he was "an empath" for a secret government group that had him "time travel" to "other star systems"..........and that's where I get off the boat.
There is a lot of good info in the Michael Salla books, especially about the Nazi effort to build UFOs in the 1930s & 40s, which is well documented elsewhere. But the Corey Goode stuff is pure fantasy, designed to sell to (and fool) the New Age crowd, of which I am not a member. Those are all the people who - every one of them - has been abducted and implanted by Aliens, and have been "given a message" of some sort or another. They are a dime a dozen, and all phoney baloney.
A real story, like what happened here in September 1989, doesn't even get acknowledged, much less talked about.
But anyhow.....
I saw one post today, about "it's insane how much life has changed in one year", and there is no doubt about it! And that's because you drove down the road with the sign marked "Artist - this way --->".
And on that road, there is no turning back, only forward. :)
That's all for tonight! See you in the morn.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Excellent Work Once Again!
Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,
I hope your day was good. Are you still in Colorado? If so, you are no doubt having a blast and taking many pics. Remember to take pics "on the road" during your journeys - pics on the way to each destination - so that you can compile a kind of lifelong travelogue. That is something I would love to do one day, just drive on backroads all over America, and take photos of Stuff That Strikes My Eye. Make my own American Album so to speak. :)
Your video for Anna was excellent, with a lot of nice motion shots, one in particular of the camera following her in a circle around a flower bush. And the high speed "rewind" at the end was a nice touch too. She seems to be a natural in front of the camera, and you say it was her first time acting. Perhaps you contributed to that also. You have a knack with your subjects in still photography, so it carries over into your video work as well. With Anna, you got her to relax, and brought out her personality. You are very good with people, the #1 skill a director must have (though some old time Hollywood directors might not agree, lol, as some were tyrants....)
Today being Tuesday, no hike was had. Hopefully I will go on one tomorrow. I am finding, with the Smudge Cam (my Lumix), that I do not notice the dust smudge so much in landscape pics, which have a lot of varied textures in the imagery. Those kinds of pics mask the smudge very well. Also, depending on the zoom length and the degree of Sunlight, the smudge can almost disappear. In other cases it becomes a hard, dark shape. Anyhow, I can apparently keep using my cam for the time being, though I am still gonna get a new one fairly soon. But I am glad I will still be able to use my original one for certain pics. It's funny, because I am not a very materialistic person, and yet certain things can acquire a great sentimental value for me, like my five year old little point and shoot, just because it has been with me from the beginning on all my hiking adventures, and has been the source of every photo I've taken since 2012. So I am just glad I won't have to discard it. :)
That's all the news for today. No movie tonight, but one episode of "The Loner" and one of "One Step Beyond", a half hour each. And I started a new drawing. I've gotta get some fixative spray for pencil and pastel drawings so that I can stack some of 'em without smudging........there's that word again, haha. But I've had to lay out all my drawings separately thus far, laying them flat or standing them up mounted all over The Tiny Apartment, which is becoming difficult as I continue to draw, due to lack of space. Because my skull is thick, as previously noted, I only discovered a spray (made by Krylon) in recent days. But now I must buy some, so I can seal my drawings up.....so I can stack 'em and they won't smudge. :)
Have fun in Colorado if you are still there!
See you in the morning. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I hope your day was good. Are you still in Colorado? If so, you are no doubt having a blast and taking many pics. Remember to take pics "on the road" during your journeys - pics on the way to each destination - so that you can compile a kind of lifelong travelogue. That is something I would love to do one day, just drive on backroads all over America, and take photos of Stuff That Strikes My Eye. Make my own American Album so to speak. :)
Your video for Anna was excellent, with a lot of nice motion shots, one in particular of the camera following her in a circle around a flower bush. And the high speed "rewind" at the end was a nice touch too. She seems to be a natural in front of the camera, and you say it was her first time acting. Perhaps you contributed to that also. You have a knack with your subjects in still photography, so it carries over into your video work as well. With Anna, you got her to relax, and brought out her personality. You are very good with people, the #1 skill a director must have (though some old time Hollywood directors might not agree, lol, as some were tyrants....)
Today being Tuesday, no hike was had. Hopefully I will go on one tomorrow. I am finding, with the Smudge Cam (my Lumix), that I do not notice the dust smudge so much in landscape pics, which have a lot of varied textures in the imagery. Those kinds of pics mask the smudge very well. Also, depending on the zoom length and the degree of Sunlight, the smudge can almost disappear. In other cases it becomes a hard, dark shape. Anyhow, I can apparently keep using my cam for the time being, though I am still gonna get a new one fairly soon. But I am glad I will still be able to use my original one for certain pics. It's funny, because I am not a very materialistic person, and yet certain things can acquire a great sentimental value for me, like my five year old little point and shoot, just because it has been with me from the beginning on all my hiking adventures, and has been the source of every photo I've taken since 2012. So I am just glad I won't have to discard it. :)
That's all the news for today. No movie tonight, but one episode of "The Loner" and one of "One Step Beyond", a half hour each. And I started a new drawing. I've gotta get some fixative spray for pencil and pastel drawings so that I can stack some of 'em without smudging........there's that word again, haha. But I've had to lay out all my drawings separately thus far, laying them flat or standing them up mounted all over The Tiny Apartment, which is becoming difficult as I continue to draw, due to lack of space. Because my skull is thick, as previously noted, I only discovered a spray (made by Krylon) in recent days. But now I must buy some, so I can seal my drawings up.....so I can stack 'em and they won't smudge. :)
Have fun in Colorado if you are still there!
See you in the morning. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Rocky Mountain High + Red Gown + East Canyon
Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,
Ahh, now I understand what you meant by your post a couple days ago of the guy with his head sticking out the car window : "road trip". :)
Sometimes I don't understand the message the way it is intended, lol, because I don't always know if the text is the message or the picture is the message. And on top of that, I've got a thick skull. :)
But yeah......"road trip" it is. Did you drive all the way to Colorado? I guess maybe it isn't all that far from Wisconsin. Well, anyway, I hope you are having a blast. Your photo was once again awesome and you caught yourself in a very dramatic pose - almost balletic - shoulders back, arms straight down, head turned. And there must have been a breeze, which worked in your favor too because the Red Gown is blowing out in front of you, creating a nice sloping angle which works well in the composition.
The Red Gown Gets Around! :)
That is such a great setting with the snowy peaks in the background. You must be up around 10,000 feet to sustain snow in June. Still, a warm day for a Wisconsinite as you say. :)
I had a nice day, and was able to get out to Rice Canyon in Santa Clarita. I am gonna try super hard, through Extreme Time Management, to create space for hikes this Summer, because I've been missing my parks and trails. This time, the trail at Rice became somewhat eroded and a little too narrow for my liking at about 3/4 of a mile in. It was passable (sort of), but there was enough of a drop off (ten feet or so) to twist an ankle if I slipped, so I figured "why mess with it" and I backtracked. And I was glad I did, because I rediscovered East Canyon. East Canyon and Rice Canyon split off from the main entrance trail, and I've almost always taken the Rice trail because it's so peaceful and picturesque. It's like being in a Tolken world, just like Aliso Canyon. But this time, because of the trail erosion (likely due to the storms of Winter) I went back to East Canyon and re-discovered that it, too, is magical. East is a bit more rugged and out in the Sun. It doesn't have any alcoves like Rice does. It is more like being on a mountain climb, but because it is in the Sun, there were a lot of wildflowers, and I got a good photo of some of the purple ones.
I also saw my first snake in 3+ years of hiking.
He was only a little foot-and-a-half garter snake (thank goodness) but I doggone near stepped on him after I left the purple flowers. I was just looking around at the scenery and noticed motion out of the corner of my eye, and I kind of hopped over the guy as my foot was about to come down on him. He likewise moved quickly and slithered away into the grass. I was surprised to see just how fast a snake can move, and I was once again glad he was a harmless garter.
So that was my hike, and it was wonderful to be back at one of my favorite trails again, and to rediscover East Canyon. I must reiterate that each trail and each place has it's own specific vibe. You can just feel how each one is different and it's like the birds know, too, and the lizards, and even the shadows......each place knows it's own vibe, and it shares it with you, especially when you are in there by yourself.
When I got back to Pearl's I took her and The Doberman straight to Lake Balboa. I want to keep everybody active and enjoying the places we like to go, and the stimulus of all the people and doggies at the lake is good for The Crew, too.
Other than that, I am reading my new book by Michael Salla : "Insiders Reveal Secret Space Programs & Extraterrestrial Alliances". It is a good read, though some of the info I am already familiar with.
No movie tonight, but I watched Episode One of the classic 1967 series "The Prisoner", starring Patrick McGoohan. I have the whole series on dvd and have watched it a few times, every couple years. It's only 17 episodes, so I will watch it here and there through the Summer, when I am not watching "Rawhide" or "The Outer Limits", haha.
Enjoy your time in Colorado! I don't know if you went there strictly for "art's sake" - and for fun - or if you are also working on a project, but whatever the case, have a blast. Post more pix when you've got 'em. :)
See you in the morning. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Ahh, now I understand what you meant by your post a couple days ago of the guy with his head sticking out the car window : "road trip". :)
Sometimes I don't understand the message the way it is intended, lol, because I don't always know if the text is the message or the picture is the message. And on top of that, I've got a thick skull. :)
But yeah......"road trip" it is. Did you drive all the way to Colorado? I guess maybe it isn't all that far from Wisconsin. Well, anyway, I hope you are having a blast. Your photo was once again awesome and you caught yourself in a very dramatic pose - almost balletic - shoulders back, arms straight down, head turned. And there must have been a breeze, which worked in your favor too because the Red Gown is blowing out in front of you, creating a nice sloping angle which works well in the composition.
The Red Gown Gets Around! :)
That is such a great setting with the snowy peaks in the background. You must be up around 10,000 feet to sustain snow in June. Still, a warm day for a Wisconsinite as you say. :)
I had a nice day, and was able to get out to Rice Canyon in Santa Clarita. I am gonna try super hard, through Extreme Time Management, to create space for hikes this Summer, because I've been missing my parks and trails. This time, the trail at Rice became somewhat eroded and a little too narrow for my liking at about 3/4 of a mile in. It was passable (sort of), but there was enough of a drop off (ten feet or so) to twist an ankle if I slipped, so I figured "why mess with it" and I backtracked. And I was glad I did, because I rediscovered East Canyon. East Canyon and Rice Canyon split off from the main entrance trail, and I've almost always taken the Rice trail because it's so peaceful and picturesque. It's like being in a Tolken world, just like Aliso Canyon. But this time, because of the trail erosion (likely due to the storms of Winter) I went back to East Canyon and re-discovered that it, too, is magical. East is a bit more rugged and out in the Sun. It doesn't have any alcoves like Rice does. It is more like being on a mountain climb, but because it is in the Sun, there were a lot of wildflowers, and I got a good photo of some of the purple ones.
I also saw my first snake in 3+ years of hiking.
He was only a little foot-and-a-half garter snake (thank goodness) but I doggone near stepped on him after I left the purple flowers. I was just looking around at the scenery and noticed motion out of the corner of my eye, and I kind of hopped over the guy as my foot was about to come down on him. He likewise moved quickly and slithered away into the grass. I was surprised to see just how fast a snake can move, and I was once again glad he was a harmless garter.
So that was my hike, and it was wonderful to be back at one of my favorite trails again, and to rediscover East Canyon. I must reiterate that each trail and each place has it's own specific vibe. You can just feel how each one is different and it's like the birds know, too, and the lizards, and even the shadows......each place knows it's own vibe, and it shares it with you, especially when you are in there by yourself.
When I got back to Pearl's I took her and The Doberman straight to Lake Balboa. I want to keep everybody active and enjoying the places we like to go, and the stimulus of all the people and doggies at the lake is good for The Crew, too.
Other than that, I am reading my new book by Michael Salla : "Insiders Reveal Secret Space Programs & Extraterrestrial Alliances". It is a good read, though some of the info I am already familiar with.
No movie tonight, but I watched Episode One of the classic 1967 series "The Prisoner", starring Patrick McGoohan. I have the whole series on dvd and have watched it a few times, every couple years. It's only 17 episodes, so I will watch it here and there through the Summer, when I am not watching "Rawhide" or "The Outer Limits", haha.
Enjoy your time in Colorado! I don't know if you went there strictly for "art's sake" - and for fun - or if you are also working on a project, but whatever the case, have a blast. Post more pix when you've got 'em. :)
See you in the morning. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Monday, June 5, 2017
Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday Night, SB,
Just checking in to say hi. It was Your Basic Sunday for me, though with good singing in church and a good rehearsal, which is always nice. I saw your photo of James - great work once again, capturing his serious side :), and also highlighting his hair, which is what they used to call "blue-black", like Elvis's, meaning "so black that it's blue-black". James should hurry up and patent that haircut. It's original.
That's really all the news for today. This evening I watched a great episode of "Outer Limits" called "I, Robot". The robot's name was Adam, but no resemblance was noted........
See you tomorrow. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Just checking in to say hi. It was Your Basic Sunday for me, though with good singing in church and a good rehearsal, which is always nice. I saw your photo of James - great work once again, capturing his serious side :), and also highlighting his hair, which is what they used to call "blue-black", like Elvis's, meaning "so black that it's blue-black". James should hurry up and patent that haircut. It's original.
That's really all the news for today. This evening I watched a great episode of "Outer Limits" called "I, Robot". The robot's name was Adam, but no resemblance was noted........
See you tomorrow. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Happy Saturday + Santa Su
Happy Saturday Late Night, SB,
I hope you had a nice day. I was sure glad to get out to Santa Susana this afternoon. I had the whole place to myself, and it really helped me to de-stress. My job is not easy these days and the hikes have been hard to come by (as reported a million times, I realise), but today I made it all the way to the top of The Slide, and I even took a few pics in the process. I am getting better at hiding The Smudge, lol, and I only barely notice it in all the pics I took........but I am still gonna get a new cam before the end of the month. Maybe the upcoming Lumix model ZS70, or maybe one of the mid-priced G-series mirrorless cams. I am reading about those and they sound pretty good for my purposes. :)
After I left Santa Su I went right back to Pearl's and took The Crew to Lake Balboa, so it was an active day. This evening I chilled out with a new book : "Insiders Reveal Secret Space Programs & Extraterrestrial Alliances" by Michael Salla. I have already read much about a secret space program, hidden behind the public face of NASA, and I believe it to be true, based on a lot of evidence. This new book has a lot of interesting things going for it, including a lot of information about San Diego Naval Air Station, which Dad took me to several times as a kid, and which I have always been fascinated by. There is definitely "something up" with that place, just as there is with Edwards and China Lake. But anyhow (I know all this qualifies as "weird stuff" and possibly as "boring stuff" too, haha), I am enjoying the book.
I also watched an episode of "Rawhide", which definitely does not qualify as Weird or Boring Stuff!
Everybody loves"Rawhide"! (right?)
Well, everybody loves Clint Eastwood at least, and Eric Fleming too, if they know who he was.
That's all I know for tonight, SB. I saw one post, a pic of Lee from Versus Me. :)
Church in the morning; a very easy song.
Hope all is well.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I hope you had a nice day. I was sure glad to get out to Santa Susana this afternoon. I had the whole place to myself, and it really helped me to de-stress. My job is not easy these days and the hikes have been hard to come by (as reported a million times, I realise), but today I made it all the way to the top of The Slide, and I even took a few pics in the process. I am getting better at hiding The Smudge, lol, and I only barely notice it in all the pics I took........but I am still gonna get a new cam before the end of the month. Maybe the upcoming Lumix model ZS70, or maybe one of the mid-priced G-series mirrorless cams. I am reading about those and they sound pretty good for my purposes. :)
After I left Santa Su I went right back to Pearl's and took The Crew to Lake Balboa, so it was an active day. This evening I chilled out with a new book : "Insiders Reveal Secret Space Programs & Extraterrestrial Alliances" by Michael Salla. I have already read much about a secret space program, hidden behind the public face of NASA, and I believe it to be true, based on a lot of evidence. This new book has a lot of interesting things going for it, including a lot of information about San Diego Naval Air Station, which Dad took me to several times as a kid, and which I have always been fascinated by. There is definitely "something up" with that place, just as there is with Edwards and China Lake. But anyhow (I know all this qualifies as "weird stuff" and possibly as "boring stuff" too, haha), I am enjoying the book.
I also watched an episode of "Rawhide", which definitely does not qualify as Weird or Boring Stuff!
Everybody loves"Rawhide"! (right?)
Well, everybody loves Clint Eastwood at least, and Eric Fleming too, if they know who he was.
That's all I know for tonight, SB. I saw one post, a pic of Lee from Versus Me. :)
Church in the morning; a very easy song.
Hope all is well.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Saturday, June 3, 2017
God Bless All Dogs + Echogram + "The Loner" (western TV series)
Happy Late Friday Night, my Darling,
I hope you had a nice day and that everything is going well. I haven't seen you on FB much since you got back from Porcupine State Park, but I imagine you are probably working on one thing or another. I did see a post today about a doggie. I think he had passed away (not sure), but the post said he was 14 years old. He is a beautiful dog, pictured in the snow. Maybe you knew him? If so, I am sorry (or even if you did not know him; either way). We are so blessed here at Pearl's to have The Kobester still with us at 17 and a half. He is kind of a miracle, and even though he sleeps a lot now and is not very ambulatory, he still seems like he might be with us for a while. Every day with him is precious.....
I love the guy, and seeing the beautiful dog in your post (and reading the owners' words) made me think of all the places I've gone with Kobi, especially back in 2014 when I was discovering all my hiking spots for the first time. Often, I would bring him along, to places like Vasquez Rocks and San Francisquito Canyon, Corriganville and Santa Susana, and even though he couldn't go far, it was still so special just to have him along for the ride. There is something very calming and inspiring about the presence of a dog riding next to you, in a car. It's like you can go anywhere and do anything...... :)
So God Bless All Doggies, and All Dogs Are Good Dogs.
Today I took Pearl to an imaging center to get an echocardiogram. I am not a big fan of doctors ordering such tests for a lady in her 90s, but I am merely the caregiver. I believe, at a certain point, just let a person live their life, you know? But anyway, Pearl was able to get situated for the test, which took about 45 minutes, and from what I could see, her heart looks pretty good.
So that was the main activity for the day. No movie tonight, but I finished my RFK book and I watched the first episode of a new Western series I just got in the mail from Amazon. It is called "The Loner" (1965), so the series itself is not new, just the dvd release, and I bought it because I love Westerns, and this one was created by Rod Serling of "Twilight Zone" fame. I had not known about this show, and it was cancelled after only one season, but the IMDB reviews were good and the price for the whole series was only 15 bucks, so I bought it. It stars Lloyd Bridges (Jeff's Dad) and the first episode tonight was excellent. With Rod, you always get top notch writing.
Well, that's all I know for today. I hope to see you on FB. I saw one other post this evening that said "don't let anyone slow you down". It was a picture of your friend with his head out of a car window. I don't know if that had any significance or not........but I hope everything is going okay. :)
I am thinking about you and will see you in the morning.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I hope you had a nice day and that everything is going well. I haven't seen you on FB much since you got back from Porcupine State Park, but I imagine you are probably working on one thing or another. I did see a post today about a doggie. I think he had passed away (not sure), but the post said he was 14 years old. He is a beautiful dog, pictured in the snow. Maybe you knew him? If so, I am sorry (or even if you did not know him; either way). We are so blessed here at Pearl's to have The Kobester still with us at 17 and a half. He is kind of a miracle, and even though he sleeps a lot now and is not very ambulatory, he still seems like he might be with us for a while. Every day with him is precious.....
I love the guy, and seeing the beautiful dog in your post (and reading the owners' words) made me think of all the places I've gone with Kobi, especially back in 2014 when I was discovering all my hiking spots for the first time. Often, I would bring him along, to places like Vasquez Rocks and San Francisquito Canyon, Corriganville and Santa Susana, and even though he couldn't go far, it was still so special just to have him along for the ride. There is something very calming and inspiring about the presence of a dog riding next to you, in a car. It's like you can go anywhere and do anything...... :)
So God Bless All Doggies, and All Dogs Are Good Dogs.
Today I took Pearl to an imaging center to get an echocardiogram. I am not a big fan of doctors ordering such tests for a lady in her 90s, but I am merely the caregiver. I believe, at a certain point, just let a person live their life, you know? But anyway, Pearl was able to get situated for the test, which took about 45 minutes, and from what I could see, her heart looks pretty good.
So that was the main activity for the day. No movie tonight, but I finished my RFK book and I watched the first episode of a new Western series I just got in the mail from Amazon. It is called "The Loner" (1965), so the series itself is not new, just the dvd release, and I bought it because I love Westerns, and this one was created by Rod Serling of "Twilight Zone" fame. I had not known about this show, and it was cancelled after only one season, but the IMDB reviews were good and the price for the whole series was only 15 bucks, so I bought it. It stars Lloyd Bridges (Jeff's Dad) and the first episode tonight was excellent. With Rod, you always get top notch writing.
Well, that's all I know for today. I hope to see you on FB. I saw one other post this evening that said "don't let anyone slow you down". It was a picture of your friend with his head out of a car window. I don't know if that had any significance or not........but I hope everything is going okay. :)
I am thinking about you and will see you in the morning.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Happy Wednesday + "The Monster That Challenged The World"
Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,
Not much to report, except for taking The Pinsch to the vet. He got a good checkup, and they renewed his meds, which was the purpose of the visit.
Tonight's movie was "The Monster That Challenged The World" (1957), which turned out to be every bit as awesome as "It! The Terror From Beyond Space", though like that movie the title was a bit deceptive. The Monster did not actually Challenge "The World", per se, but he did Challenge some Navy divers and scientists, and beachgoers at the Salton Sea in Imperial County, down near San Diego. In fact, he was kicking some major butt for a while until a weird museum guy showed up late in the film with a map of underground rivers, which helped the divers to locate not only The Monster, but also his buddies and their eggs. The Monster(s) turned out to be Giant Mollusks, snails basically, but with some big claws and a monstrous appetite.
The Monster in this one was even better than the one in "It!", at least from a Rubber Suit perspective. This creature was not played by a man, but was built by the special effects department, and was pretty well done for 1957. Had I seen it as a seven year old, it would have Scared The Bejeezus Out Of Me.
Which would have been awesome, of course. Seeing it for the first time at 57, I must pretend to have The Bejeezus Scared Out Of Me, but it's all in good fun, and the movie had all kinds of great location shooting, including at the now stagnant and dead Salton Sea, and at Malibu and perhaps either Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station or San Diego Naval Air Station. The bottom line is that it is as classic as 1950s sci-fi can be. In black and white, of course. :)
Now I need to find more! Maybe "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms", but only if the title is an exaggeration (i.e. he is really only from 3000 fathoms, or something along those lines). If the title is sensational, or exaggerated, it only adds to the classic status of the movie!
Well, that was all the news for today, except for reading my RFK book. While it is pretty clear there was a second gunman in the pantry, I don't think it was the security guard, Thane Eugene Cesar, who many think was the real killer instead of Sirhan Sirhan. But the evidence does not stack up against him with certainty.....
I hope your day was good. I didn't see any posts, but I trust all is well, and that all projects are coming along to your satisfaction. :)
See you in the morn. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Not much to report, except for taking The Pinsch to the vet. He got a good checkup, and they renewed his meds, which was the purpose of the visit.
Tonight's movie was "The Monster That Challenged The World" (1957), which turned out to be every bit as awesome as "It! The Terror From Beyond Space", though like that movie the title was a bit deceptive. The Monster did not actually Challenge "The World", per se, but he did Challenge some Navy divers and scientists, and beachgoers at the Salton Sea in Imperial County, down near San Diego. In fact, he was kicking some major butt for a while until a weird museum guy showed up late in the film with a map of underground rivers, which helped the divers to locate not only The Monster, but also his buddies and their eggs. The Monster(s) turned out to be Giant Mollusks, snails basically, but with some big claws and a monstrous appetite.
The Monster in this one was even better than the one in "It!", at least from a Rubber Suit perspective. This creature was not played by a man, but was built by the special effects department, and was pretty well done for 1957. Had I seen it as a seven year old, it would have Scared The Bejeezus Out Of Me.
Which would have been awesome, of course. Seeing it for the first time at 57, I must pretend to have The Bejeezus Scared Out Of Me, but it's all in good fun, and the movie had all kinds of great location shooting, including at the now stagnant and dead Salton Sea, and at Malibu and perhaps either Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station or San Diego Naval Air Station. The bottom line is that it is as classic as 1950s sci-fi can be. In black and white, of course. :)
Now I need to find more! Maybe "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms", but only if the title is an exaggeration (i.e. he is really only from 3000 fathoms, or something along those lines). If the title is sensational, or exaggerated, it only adds to the classic status of the movie!
Well, that was all the news for today, except for reading my RFK book. While it is pretty clear there was a second gunman in the pantry, I don't think it was the security guard, Thane Eugene Cesar, who many think was the real killer instead of Sirhan Sirhan. But the evidence does not stack up against him with certainty.....
I hope your day was good. I didn't see any posts, but I trust all is well, and that all projects are coming along to your satisfaction. :)
See you in the morn. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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