Dec 04 - Dreaming of Jeannie

Monday, December 4, 1972 - Page 339
LOCATION: Newport Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim

(4:30 PM 12/9/1972)
Woke up at 9:30 & got the 10:00 bus. Rained hard from morning to about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, then it stopped, getting very windy, and the wind cleared away the clouds. I worked on the rooms (229, 230) and started to paint them. Got off work at 3:45, got the RTD at 4:15, and was home at 6:15. I bought a 10 ride pass that morning. Got off the OCTD to go to Sav-on to buy 2 batteries for the transistor radio I keep at the motel, a Mad magazine, and Star Trek #8, the new book I'll read after I finish the book on dinosaurs.

Watched T.V. -- Mom was gone to play bridge. I watched "I Dream of Genie," "Stand Up & Cheer," "Laugh-In," a special on the next 30 years of space flight inspired by the Apollo XVII flight on the 6th, a half hour of a Peter Fonda movie "The Hired Hand," and "The New Bill Cosby Show." Chunk called -- said he thinks he found the pro'lem [with my motorcycle] but needs a $12.00 tool to fix it. Mike has one (it's to unscrew bolts) but his brother had borrowed it and din't have it. So Chunk's going to buy one cause he needed it anyway.

Barbara Eden of "I Dream of Jeannie" -- this rare photo features a clear view of her actual belly button which was strictly forbidden by censors on her NBC TV show. The original sitcom aired from September 1965 to May 1970, so in 1972 I must have watched a syndicated rerun. (wiki info)

TOMORROW: Big Computer Convention in Anaheim

Sep 30 - Bless the Beasts & the Children, they have no choice

Saturday, September 30, 1972 - Page 274

LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

11:00 PM

Got up about 10:00 A.M. Got a new Smithsonian Magazine in the mail. I read the comics, went thru past issues of Smithsonian for notes, had a couple of TV dinners. At 3:30 Mom & I went to the Mesa Theatre to see "The Last Picture Show" & "Bless the Beasts & the Children."

1971 original theatrical poster

1971 original theatrical poster

It was over at 7:30 (started at 3:45), & mom bought donuts, then went to Thrifty & I bought paper, then went to Sav-on & bought a National Lampoon & some Sea & Ski Suntan lotion. That shot $5.00 I got as a check from Gramma Lyda for my birthday that mom cashed yesterday.

A typical Sea & Ski magazine advert

Watched the usual Sat. night T.V. shows & turned it off at 10:00 P.M. Looked thru the Natlamp between then & now. That's it for this day.

Bless The Beasts and The Children
For in this world they have no voice
They have no choice

Bless the beasts and the children
For the world can never be
The world they see

Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them

Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from the storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm

Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them

Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from the storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm

The children
The children
The children

TOMORROW:  Big bridge party for mom tomorrow

Jun 22 - PHOTOS: The Galleon Yearbook***

Thursday, June 22, 1972 - Page 174
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

 

The Galleon 1972 Newport Harbor High School Yearbook -- 9" wide x 12" high - 240 pages

(2:00 PM 6/23/1972)
Busy busy busy. I got up at about 9:00. Mom came by with the car at 12:30, I drove her to work, went to the Coin-Op to get gas (tank was empty), then drove to Timothy's to get my annual finally -- I was the only one in the Senior class of '72 who wasn't wearing a jacket and tie. The picture of us overthrowing Tim was in it, on page 127 -- I think we overthrew him just before X-mas vacation. Tim wrote a long speech inside the front cover -- he was the only one to sign it.

Grady Lyda
Page 93

Tim Hourigan
Page 88

Grady (top right) and friends overthrowing Emperor Timothy
Page 127

I went from Tim's to a gas station to put in water (the car was overheating and acting funny) -- but it already had enough water, and the gage continued to register Hot. So to give the car a chance to calm down I went to get a haircut. Now I'm beautiful again. The car was still sick, so I just bought some stuff at Sav-on (film, notebooks, cartridges, Mad), then drove home to give Imperial a rest.

Am now on page 125 in the Prob. Man ("Now" is 2:09:16, Fri.). Went to get mom at 4:00, then we went to get my glasses from Silver, but they weren't ready yet (Humbug -- mom called him and they said we could pick them up) -- We left there, went to the Golden Chicken to buy food, then drove to Grant's where I bought a duffel bag -- cheaper than luggage. I forgot, between Sav-on, and going home, I put in my Amerco Ind check at Mariner's, so I now have $103.03. Did other stuff today, but that's enough said for now -- got to sleep at around 12:30 --- [continued in next entry - June 23]

Mary & Margo, the coolest teachers at Newport Harbor High (Their captions here are pretty amusing)
Page 27

Here is the Inside Front Cover with Tim's inscription (He didn't sign it, and neither did anybody else) It might be difficult to read so I will include his words below...

Grady -- Whatta coulda I tella you?!?

Four years in this dump & I'm finally free to go out into the world (OCC [Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA] for one year & then to UCLA.) Whether I'm a success or failure only time will tell. I don't really blame you for not attending Harbor too often... I know from my own experience that 85.06283% of what I've learned has been out of school.

I still don't know if I'll go to that science fiction deally as I'm flat broke -- I feel like Welfare Boy right now.

You should get Mary-Baby (Lyons) to sign your book fer yuz. She & I agreed that you'll get along quite well in the world of robots, man-eating critters & post-nasal drip (in other words, science fiction).

I feel most awkward as having been the only one to sign your year-book so far...

I guess I'll sign off for now & wish you the traditional success, best wishes, luck, you-name-it, etc.

From the God of
Procrastination,
Humor,
Satire
&
Grossness

to the

God of:
Logic,
Witticisms,
Little Known Facts
&
Vocabulary which
doth us floor...

FARE THEE
WELL 'TIL
WE MEET
ANEW... ..

LATIN CLUB with Tim Hourigan (foot on head at left)
Page 233

More photos from The Galleon 1972 can be found in these earlier entries:

Jan 24 - "You hit my car..."
James Fish
Pamela Grau

Jan 26 - Matt will continue high school

Drama Club with Matt Gold

Feb 01 - Revisiting Harbor High

Loren Dake

Feb 29 - A discouraging Leap Day

Student crowd

Shawna Wood

Mar 01 - Just tipsy...

Campus crowd

Mar 10 - A visit to Harbor High

Masses of students

Jun 11 - A frantic maritime disaster

Newport Harbor band in Tournament of Roses 

May 08 - Kayak-fishing with Mike in Back Bay

Monday, May 8, 1972 - Page 129
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(1:09:00 AM 5/9/1972)
Goddup today at 11:00 A.M. when Mike came over. He took the day off, and we immediately went to buy doughnuts at Winchell's, riding on his bike. Then we went to Sav-on and he bought fishing lines, then we came back to Eye-sore park (I got the mail -- the Bible came along with a letter from Tom) and I bought a feather lure from the Bait Shop, and we went out, it being a sunny day. I wasn't out five minutes before I caught a fish -- a kelp bass, I do believe -- dragging the line behind the kayak. It was only about 8 inches long, so I threw it back. As it happened, however, after about 3 hours, that first fish was the only one we caught. Oh well. About 4:30, Mike left. By the way, I got hit by a big mullet today, right across the face. Couldn't catch it though.

Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)

I took a bath, mom came home and made food, and right on cue Chunk came over to eat it. Mom left for bridge at 6:30, and Chunk & I played chess. I couldn't find a board, so we used a checkered dish towel. Miraculously, I checkmated him on the first game, trapping his Queen deviously and doing away with her, then moving to checkmate the old guy in a complete set up. The two following games I lost, of course. So Chunk left 'bout 7:45 on his bicycle, returned 'bout 8:30 on Norton and he & me rode to Coco's where Winnie's working and we tormented her as I had a hot fudge sundae and he had a banana split.

He expects me to participate in the races at Hansen Dam. He expects me to win the Junior races. Good Grief [See May 20, 1972, for an account of this race]. He just finished Slaughterhouse Five. I finished Cat's Cradle yesterday. We got back by 9:30 and I watched TV and washed the dishes. Nixon's mining N. Viet Nam's harbors to keep out Russia & China supplies. More on that in the history books. Tis now 1:24:26 A.M. FINIS. 

Mar 09 - Mailed new story to Analog

Thursday, March 9,1972 - Page 69
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

10:09 PM
I slept "last night" somewhere between six & seven, then goddup to drive mom to work. Came back, took bath, went to school -- assembly schedule, got Driver's Training Cert., but GPA is at McNally (For insurance). Put $87.00 in Mariners, withdrew $40 from Centinella. Bought stuff at stationery store, got $2.00 of gas. Bought stuff at Sav-on. Drove to Sears to look for a hat -- unsuccessful. Back to school to give Lyons latest yarn -- returned Tim's Flotsam & Jetsam -- saw Peter & Fish. Mary was upset because I said she'd never see me again last time I saw her, so I said I wasn't really there because it was an unofficial visit. Left very soon.

Went back to Grandlydia for the mail. Mailed "Demigod's Demise" to Analog. Went shopping at 3:00 P.M. -- picked mom up at 4:15. Chunk came at 5:30 to paddle (I declined invitation) and I went to sleep at six. Woke up at 8:00 when L & M came over -- they left and I watched TV for a half hour and ate pork chops & dumplings. I'll pro'ly write a few more rejectable stories just to keep a healthy circulation of manuscripts in the mail. I want to collect rejection slips from every magazine in the business. It's a hobby.