Monday, January 29, 2018

It's National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day! #doctorwho #arkinspace #bubblewrap


Thursday, January 25, 2018

Annie is watching "Genesis of the Daleks" with me. #doctorwho #catsofinstagram


Repeating myself (of course)-"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays"-Arthur Dent via Douglas Adams #hhgttg #thursday #douglasadams


Pulled out my July 1980 calendar as that was the month I first saw "Genesis of the Daleks" on WTTW Channel 11 Chicago. I was attending summer classes at Northern Illinois University.  I had no TV of my own so I would watch in the student center in one of the two TV lounges. What interesting things can I pull off of this? Doctor Who - WTTW was doing a horrible job at showing stories in order. They were showing one episode at a time, though. "Robot" - July 2 "Sontaran Experiment" - July 8 "The Ark in Space" - July 10 "Revenge of the Cybermen" - July 16 (I haven't seen that story since this showing in 1980. I'll be watching it again next week for the podcast) "Genesis of the Daleks" - July 22 "Terror of the Zygons" - July 30 (Correct order of those should be Robot, Ark, Sontaran, Genesis, Revenge, Terror) WTTW changed the air time from late afternoon to 10pm on July 21. Other notes - In January I had put science fiction convention dates on the calendar that I wanted to attend. Most of them are marked "no go" as I missed them. NISFA (Northern Illinois Science Fiction Association) meetings were every other Monday SCA (Barony of Carraig Ban of the Society for Creative Anachronism) meetings were every Thursday I saw both "Airplane" and "The Blues Brothers" for the first time on July 12 at Cherryvale Mall in Rockford IL with some friends. In the student center (Sandburg auditorium) I attended a Haley Mills film festival (yessir! A Haley Mills film festival!) on July 17 and also saw "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on July 31, with a note on the latter "Bad Film"! I also saw "Mary Poppins" on July 8 in a rerelease at the Campus Theatre, which may have been the first time I saw the entire movie. Most of the other notes are school related (i.e. "test") except for the notation of the 11th anniversary of the moon landing of Apollo 11 on July 20. #doctorwho #genesisofthedaleks #sontaranexperiment #revengeofthecybermen #arkinspace #terrorofthezygons