Sep 14 - James Michener's Drifters

Thursday, September 14, 1972 - Page 258
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

2:35 AM
Last night I watched a lot of T.V. -- "I Dream of Genie," "The Goldiggers," "The Paul Lynde Show," "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (A movie of the week)," and "The Julie Andrews Hour." I found a book near the T.V. called "The Drifters" by James Michener. The cover depicted three laughing young people, hand in hand. One of them was a sexy blonde in hot pants and a sans bra T-Shirt. It seemed close to the character in "Time Fall" so I figured I should read it. I'm reading it the only reasonable way you can read a Michener book (it is 768 pages loooong) -- I read the first few pages of each chapter, a bit of the middle that catches my eyes, and the last few pages which in this particular book are interrelated, all taking place in Torremolinos, Spain which attracts all the characters. It's nothing like "Time Fall" but I'm already on page 134 so I'll have to finish it.

The Drifters, 1971 (wikipedia info)

3:35 AM
Hopalong Cassidy died on the 13th [no, he actually died on Sep. 12 -- this refers to actor William Boyd (info), best known for portraying the Cassidy cowboy character in a popular movie series]. I carved off the black scar from the burn blisters on my index finger as if it was plastic. I also trimmed the deflated blister on my thumb, so both should heal soon. ---

11:30 PM
Got to sleep at 7:00 in the morning. Mom was late for work -- nowadays she has to be there at 6:45 A.M. I woke up at noon to answer the phone -- it was mom saying I had to be a pall-bearer tomorrow so I should be bathed and ready to go out to get clothes. I went back to sleep and got up around 2:30. Exercised and took a bath.

Mom got here around 5:00. She tried callin Dad but his line was busy -- tried Chunk but he wasn't home. At 6:45 we drove to dad's -- dropped off some trash and picked up some books and a credit card I guess. Then we drove to the Broadway at Fascist Island [actually Fashion Island]. Bought pants, a shirt, belt & shoes. Left there and got chicken at the Golden Chicken (mom wrote a check for it), and we bought milk (she had a dollar) and cigarets. Got back around 9:30. Chunk'll be a pall bearer tomorrow too. ---

TOMORROW: I am a pallbearer at the funeral

Sep 11 - Bloody blisters from the "Match Trick"

Monday, September 11, 1972 - Page 255
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

ROGER BARKLEY'S BIRTHDAY (HE'S 36)
[He was part of "Lohman & Barkley," KFI 640 AM's morning comedy show that I often listened to]

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR ALL THE LITTLE BUMBS
(I'M FREE -- WHEE!)

4:30 PM
Was pretty tired and slightly exhausted yesterday after bike riding so I went to sleep about nine thirty. I woke up at 11:45 and read and wrote a bit. Then I got back to sleep at about 5:00, so I knew it started raining this morning at around 4:45. I woke up at noon and listened to Wink Martindale's special on Gary Owens [wikipedia info]. It was a clear sunny day for a change, so I tanned my hide from 1:00 to 3:00. I'm still unfortunately pale but I'm hoping I can get dark soon. At 3:00 I did my exercises and took a bath. Now I'm listening to the Gary Owens show and, believe it or not, writing in this journal.

Incidentally, the black blisters on my finger tips are still there [from the August 24 incident] but after I wrote "believe it or not," I noticed blood on my index finger. Apparently my chin ups (of which I did 30 over a period of about a half hour -- 10 chin ups each time) split the blister on my thumb tip. This is real interesting, right? --

It's a few minutes later now and I've cleaned out the blister. It was old blood trapped in the blister that made it black and I've emptied most of it and washed it out. Now I'll see how fast it heals. That's enough for now. Quite enough. ---

11:00 PM
Bleech! I just looked at my thumb tip for the first time since I took off the band aid several hours ago. It looks hideous. Anyway, I started to organize my notes on The Tempus Fugit Series, Time Fall, Nexus, and various insundry miscellaneous. I got pretty weary so I gave up temporarily and dropped off to sleep with a clunk.

I just woke up (I went to sleep around 7:00).  Now I'll get around to reorganizing my trash. But right now my mouth tastes like the wrong end of a sewer pipe. And we're out of toothpaste. So I'll drink some ice water & get to work. It is 62° in Hollywood according to the radio. ---

TOMORROW: Nixon's Generation Of Peace

Jun 02 - Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State**

Friday, June 2, 1972 - Page 154
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

5:55:55 AM
I woke up this morning at 5:10 after having gotten to sleep at around 7:30 or 8:00 last night after Tricky Dicky's speech at 6:35. He just got back from the Summit meetings in Russia. (He closed by saying history books will note that this was the year in which we: "...went from the lowlands of war to the high plateau of world peace" [thunderous applause -- standing ovation], if I remember correctly. We shall see, shan't we?)

Dad came over today with my 5$, and I finally got the dishes washed. I wonder how long I'll retain this 'Early to bed, early to rise' schedule. It's now 6:02:22 A.M. ---

(1:30:30 AM 6/3/1972)
I'm sorry I can't say I read "Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State" today, because I like to mention it everyday, but I promise, the next time I read "Mansrisetocivilizationasshownbytheindiansofnorthamericafromprimevaltimestothecomingoftheindustrialstate" I'll mention it. (There, that makes up for the lack of mentioning it yesterday.)

I got to sleep at about 11:30 A.M. and got up at 3:00. I finished organizing "Time Fall" notes. Dad called and for a while it'll be a toss up whether this summer will be used working for Aeroneurotic or serving time at Beth, S.D. Chunk called, and my immediate future is a bit more definite -- He, me & Murray are racing to Catalina in a Sea Scout sail boat. We stay there over night and race back. So I had to get a sleeping bag, so I drove over to dad's to get it (he & Larry are going to a party at 9:00) and I gave him the wire chair to fix, and the electrolux sink center.

Chunk called again, and we figured out what food I'd bring. I took a bath & made a bunch of turkey sandwiches. I've gotta be at the Sea Scout Base by 8:00 A.M. Tha's early. 11:45:30 now

May 31 - Story notes: Nexus, Time Fall, Tempus Fugit

Wednesday, May 31, 1972 - Page 152
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(2:28:28 AM 6/1/1972)
I got to sleep at about 5:00 A.M., and woke up at 1:00 P.M. It was a warm sunny day for a few hours, so I tanned my hide on the veranda for about an hour and a half. I am now on page 126 in "The Other," and on 132 in "Man'sRiseToCivilizationAsShownByTheIndiansOfNorthAmericaFromPrimevalTimesToTheComingOfTheIndustrialState."

I did some more Chess analysis for the Sennet/Jarlath tournaments in Nexus. I discovered another facet of Nexus Streams yesterday, or the early morn of May 31, and I came up with more plot structure to "Time Fall." The former is the Bourn -- a pure, original nexus which is the goal, limit and nemesis of time travel (too complex to go into at greater detail here) and it will probably be a major ingredient in the last episode of the "Tempus Fugit" series. The "Time Fall" additions include a form of writing used by the people of Beta Nexus: boustrophedon (look it up!) ...

[From Wikipedia 2013: Boustrophedon is a kind of bi-directional text, mostly seen in ancient manuscripts and other inscriptions. Every other line of writing is flipped or reversed, with reversed letters. Rather than going left-to-right as in modern English, or right-to-left as in Arabic and Hebrew, alternate lines in boustrophedon must be read in opposite directions.]

Ancient Greek boustrophedon inscription, Crete, 5th century BC

... which allows more flexible, abstract, free flowing thought that is more conducive to comprehension of temporal theory -- therefore, Norman molds a foundation in Beta Nexus (led subconsciously by Alex) which pools the greatest minds of Beta to deal with the problem of the Temporal Vortex. So he transports them to the Alpha/Beta node to solve the Vortex anomaly. The idea comes to naught though when the gathering attempts to assist the Vortex in its effort to create Beta history, and destroy Alpha completely.

I went to sleep today at 8:30, got up at 12:30 and am now going to read "Man's Rise to Civilization, Etc." 'tis now 2:50:25 A.M. FINIS

May 27 - The Godfather**

Saturday, May 27, 1972 - Page 148
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(12:22:22 AM 5/28/1972)
I had to wake up at 11:00 to hear an interview on KFI with Harlan Ellison -- otherwise I would have slept later. I organized my notes on Time Fall -- or rather I started organizing them. Notes are scattered over my bed along with a jacket, a pen and mom's broken glasses that I'm going to fix. I just got back from a movie -- "The Godfather" at the Buena Park Drive-In. Mom & I left at 5:30, and waited in the theater two hours for it to start. It was long -- from 8:15 to 11:45. Right now it is 12:28:28. Mom went out shopping today, and Laramée and Mike came over with some fishing gear that came in the mail. It was basically an overcast day but it got up to at least 80° ---

"The Godfather" was the Box Office leader in 1972, is ranked as the 2nd greatest movie of all time by AFI (#1 is "Citizen Kane"), and would win three Oscars at the next Academy Awards ceremony.

Hi! I'm back. Now it is 12:36:16. I replaced a tiny screw with a pin in mom's glasses, and clipped off the point with a finger nail cutter. So that's all taken care of. I am now on page 108 in "Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State," and at the movie I started reading "The Other" by Thomas Tryon, which is also a movie. I'm on page 20 in that but I'll read more tonight. That's all for now, I think. Bi! 12:40:10 A.M.

Theatrical Release Poster, 1972

May 26 - ARTWORK: Color pencil drawing**

Friday, May 26, 1972 - Page 147
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(1:00:00 AM 5/27/1972)
Got up today at about 11:30 when Chunk came over in the Barracuda with a boat on top. He had a few minutes so we played a couple games. He won both of them. He left at noon. I've started reading a book I got in South Dakota: "Man's Rise to Civilization As Shown By the Indians of North America From Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State by Peter Farb." Oddly enough, the book is longer than the title, as a matter of fact it is 400 pages long. I'm just on page 73 right now though. It's providing a lot of useful info for "Time Fall."

I did a drawing in color pencil today -- what the heck, here it is.

This drawing is also referred to in the entries of April 24 and June 1

As you may have guessed, there was more to her, but she didn't come out too well from the shoulders down -- and she's fairly modest, y'know, so I just saved her face (she still looks a little uneasy, tho). For a first effort, it's not too bad, I suppose. When I get down to art again I'll probably settle on pastels -- you can't blend as well with pencils. Well, I think she adds a little color to the old dull book.

Mom got home around 7:00, and we went to see "Skyjacked," and "The Gypsy Moths." Got back around 12:30. We're back now. It's now 1:15:40 A.M. That's all for now.

[PS] On KFI tonight, on the Hilly Rose Show, there was a woman representing Disneyland (Emily Zinsor, a Disneyland Ambassador). With my great knowledge of that institution, I decided to call them and discuss the closed circuit cameras in the attractions there. And I recorded my voice on the radio, so I heard me. I was on about 1:25.