Reflections
Jan. 1st, 2005 07:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tenayaWell, I went out into the cold night and made as much noise as I could as the clock struck midnight. The tradition goes that the noise will scare away evil from the birth of the New Year. Apparently I didn't make enough noise last year, so I redoubled my efforts. Time will tell if we succeeded.
Alias Smith and Jones rambling:
I'm watching the Alias Smith and Jones episodes on Encore Westerns right and am IN HEAVEN! It's a dream come true. The episodes are uncut and played without commercial interruption, AND have been cleaned up or whatever they do to restore color and get rid of all the nasty flaws. I can't say how happy I am. *g* And I'm saving them on DVD.
As I'm watching the show, I'm being hit with multiple doses of nostalgia. It was filmed both at Universal Studios and the Paramount Ranch in 1971. I've only been to Universal Studios once and that was soon after it opened in 1964 (I remember seeing the keep they had built for the film The Tower and that was released in 1965.) Anyway, I recognize the western town sets and the hills there. Paramount Ranch was where the Renaissance Pleasure Faire was held for a number of year between Agoura and Malibu, and I recognize that, too. It's just kinda sad to think of all that destroyed by developements. It's also weird to realize that those images, those real places, were used to create a fantasy of whatever story they were filming, but the truth is those places no longer exist and are merely fantasies of another kind--the ones that exist solely in the memories of a very few.
And I have to add that I completely adored Pete Duel, but now watching these shows again, I have to say that aside from being terribly attractive, he really was a very good actor, and that's just so damn sad, too, that he died so young.
And the last thing was that I ended up sending my money to Oxfam and will probably kick in some more to Doctors without Borders in a couple of days.
The Garage Guy epilogue:
Oh! I should also say that because it was raining, I did go take Garage Guy to work. Yes, I can't believe it either. He's broke again, says he hasn't eaten for a couple of days, and is sick. The up side is that I was able to tell him about a better busline for him to use to get to work (yes, we went and got him a bus schedule but as always, he just shrugged and said he was no good with things like that) and lecture him about using his money to eat better (he just eats fast foods) and that getting sick so much is a result of the choices he made and he has to live with them. I also told him I didn't want him calling up Mom and asking her to drive him to and from work (which he has done) AND that we would never let anyone live in our garage again. He looked like a chastized little boy as he got out of my car and I told mom this might be a better tack; if he is faced with a couple of harpies instead of enablers maybe he will cultivate other 'friends' to try to impose upon. She tells me she's tired of his bullshit, but then I fine she's driven him to work. Argh!!
Alias Smith and Jones rambling:
I'm watching the Alias Smith and Jones episodes on Encore Westerns right and am IN HEAVEN! It's a dream come true. The episodes are uncut and played without commercial interruption, AND have been cleaned up or whatever they do to restore color and get rid of all the nasty flaws. I can't say how happy I am. *g* And I'm saving them on DVD.
As I'm watching the show, I'm being hit with multiple doses of nostalgia. It was filmed both at Universal Studios and the Paramount Ranch in 1971. I've only been to Universal Studios once and that was soon after it opened in 1964 (I remember seeing the keep they had built for the film The Tower and that was released in 1965.) Anyway, I recognize the western town sets and the hills there. Paramount Ranch was where the Renaissance Pleasure Faire was held for a number of year between Agoura and Malibu, and I recognize that, too. It's just kinda sad to think of all that destroyed by developements. It's also weird to realize that those images, those real places, were used to create a fantasy of whatever story they were filming, but the truth is those places no longer exist and are merely fantasies of another kind--the ones that exist solely in the memories of a very few.
And I have to add that I completely adored Pete Duel, but now watching these shows again, I have to say that aside from being terribly attractive, he really was a very good actor, and that's just so damn sad, too, that he died so young.
And the last thing was that I ended up sending my money to Oxfam and will probably kick in some more to Doctors without Borders in a couple of days.
The Garage Guy epilogue:
Oh! I should also say that because it was raining, I did go take Garage Guy to work. Yes, I can't believe it either. He's broke again, says he hasn't eaten for a couple of days, and is sick. The up side is that I was able to tell him about a better busline for him to use to get to work (yes, we went and got him a bus schedule but as always, he just shrugged and said he was no good with things like that) and lecture him about using his money to eat better (he just eats fast foods) and that getting sick so much is a result of the choices he made and he has to live with them. I also told him I didn't want him calling up Mom and asking her to drive him to and from work (which he has done) AND that we would never let anyone live in our garage again. He looked like a chastized little boy as he got out of my car and I told mom this might be a better tack; if he is faced with a couple of harpies instead of enablers maybe he will cultivate other 'friends' to try to impose upon. She tells me she's tired of his bullshit, but then I fine she's driven him to work. Argh!!
