May 12 - Drive-In double feature

Friday, May 12, 1972 - Page 133
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(12:34:56 AM 5/13/1972)
Woke up at 1:15 A.M. Got my comic collection semi-organized and tucked away. I washed the dishes, mom came home at 6:00 with Fish & Chips, and then we went to the Stadium Drive-In #II to see "Dealing" & "Take the Money & Run." That's all for today. 12:37:16 AM -- No more ---

I cannot find any record of the movie called "Dealing" in Wikipedia or IMDb -- and I can't remember it either. UPDATE: I saw "Dealing" again on later in 1972 and found info about it online -- See October 17

"Take the Money and Run" Theatrical Poster, 1969

Mar 25 - Writing career strategies

Saturday, March 25, 1972 - Page 85
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

10:47:28 PM
Gottup at about 1:30. For the past few days I've been checking the "Writer's Market '72" and the markets available are slightly encouraging. Of all of them, there must be one that's hard up enough to take my stuff -- I'll write for him until I can do better. Then there's fantasy, animal fiction, kid & teen magazine s.f. and science articles, and poetry (which I can steal from Shawna & Matt). I've just gotta start sending garbage out, and keep looking till I hit a desperate editor. I can also sell artwork if anybody needs it. Men's mags should be an easy market -- they just want action & sex. Eventually I should be able to earn a couple hundred $'s so I can take off -- hitch hike to Chicago and learn to write and live. The former won't come without the latter, and that doesn't matter without the former. (Nicely put).

Went to Dad's today to get mail and a typewriter (I'll start filing my markets in a little tin box & note cards I bought yesterday). Analog answered (in less than 3 weeks!) as expected -- one down, several hundred to go.

Mom & I went to see "Silent Running" (Equal if not superior to "2001"), and "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" (typical). Proceeding to type the market cards -- later I'll get to typing unpublished poetry and mail 'em B4 next week. 11:00:26 P.M. FINI --

Mar 03 - Redford double feature

Friday, March 3, 1972 - Page 63
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(9:39 AM 3/4/1972)
Woke up at 9:30 when the cat brought in a large flying insect -- later in the afternoon she brought in another lizard. I took a much needed bath, and got the mail. Tanned from 11:30 to 2:30. Mom and I went to see "The Hot Rock" & "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" in the Stadium Theater (# 4). Got back at twelve. She was broke so I had to pay for it: $3.70 -- now I'm broke. Chunk went off for another weekend, taking "Patch."

Feb 25 - "Moira-Quest" FINISHED

Friday, February 25, 1972 - Page 56
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

11:20 PM
Woke up at 6:30 -- got about twelve hours sleep, strangely enough. Finished typing Moira-Quest, with three duplicates of every page, plus the original. Cut out all the errors on every copy, and it's ready to send out. I may get around to it one of these days. I'm obsolete already -- today they launched a ship that's going to go to Jupiter, then out of the solar system. Pioneer 10. (CORRECTION: 5:55 P.M. Sunday, Feb 27) [This is a puzzling statement since the Pioneer X mission actually launched on March 2, 1972, after several delays]. It'll take a few years to do it, though.

A National Geographic came with a Jay Matternes poster on the back of a map. I put it at the head of my bed. Chunk came over at 4:27 P.M., and he & me went paddling till around five thirty -- he was in the blue down river boat and he went around Lido Isle twice -- I was in the leaky red slalom boat (Patch) and I went halfway around, then returned, and he still almost beat me. Mom & I went to see Pocket Money & Something Big -- got back at 11:00. It is now 11:30.

Jan 28 - Good, Bad, Ugly, Dirty

Friday, January 28, 1972
LOCATION: Newport Beach, California

(12:48 AM SAT, 1/29/72)
Continued organization of photos. Mom & I went to an organic food restaurant for dinner (I had a top sirloin steak) and then we went to a movie to see the last half of "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly," and all of "Dirty Harry." Got out at 11:15 and I am now writing with a pen that says "#AF-49 ACCOUNTANT FINE PT. (BIC) U.S.A. 49¢" on it, and I'm wondering what good that little bit of useless information would be. Who cares. The end, he said.

[Attached to this page: One of Grady's photos of Chicago.

See October 7, 1972 posting for more Chi pics & descriptions.]