What it is....: November 2016

Friday, November 18, 2016

Movies

I spend a lot of time going to movies. I prefer the "cheap" theater with the $5-6 movies. I prefer to go alone. I prefer to sit in the very back row because I like to keep an eye on people but many times I'm the only one there.

I was checking what movies were in at the cinema and saw one called "Christine". Checked the info and as soon as I saw the name Christine Chubbuck I knew I was going. See, I read about her a while back. She was a news reporter back in the 70s who committed suicide live on air. She read a news story & then said : "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in 'blood and guts', and in living color, you are going to see another first—attempted suicide." She then put a revolver to the back of her head and shot herself. Now, back in 1974 the news station didn't always record the broadcasts & the VCR wasn't available yet. But, just recently it was discovered that there is a tape of her final broadcast. The station owner's wife had it. It will never be shown. I'd watch. I watched Budd Dwyer. Turns out there is barely any footage of Christine doing her news show. When I was watching the movie I obviously knew the ending but oh, how I wanted to be there in 1974 to be her friend & to hug her. She was broken like so many of us are & after so many times of being let down sometimes it is impossible to mend.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/02/01/christine-chubbuck-the-1974-washington-post-story-about-the-anchorwoman-who-killed-herself-on-live-tv/?client=safari

There is also a movie called "Kate Plays Christine" that also was shown at Sundance. I haven't see it yet. Funny, two movies about Chubbuck at Sundance.

Budd Dwyer:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer

There is a video on YouTube showing him shoot himself. Very sad.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Another drain

Ok, trying to type my posts and then copy them to the blog...

I see PS tomorrow (today now) to have a drain put back in to drain my back. She gave me the option of have the fluid removed my syringe every week or a drain. It hasn't filled up as much since Tues so I guess we'll see what she wants to do. As for the procedure she'll do it in the office with lidocaine. No biggie.