The Furious Spinner

Dreamed last night I was part of a conservative religion and I wasn't allowed to touch men and I had to do all the cooking. I was struggling to get free from it. Very strange. I am now on the couch watching old B science fiction movies. Perfect. I love these old movies. We've turned on the dish for a week so I can watch movies during my recuperation. I'm not even tempted to watch any commercial TV. I don't know how I put up with commercials all those years.

First I watched It Came From Outer Space, from a Ray Bradbury story. Now it's The Thing From Another World. I'd forgotten this was from a story by John Campbell. Next will be Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I grew up on this stuff. They'd play these in reruns in the sixties on Saturdays on Sir Graves Ghastly Theatre or some other Saturday show. You can tell the major philosophical differences between Bradbury and Campbell just by watching these movies. In It Came From Outer Space the aliens have to hide from us because we're too violent, yet they are esssentially peaceful. In The Thing the alien is a monster and the scientist is stupid (and kilted) for trying to make peace with the monster. Finney's Invasion of the Body Snatchers has some major holes, but I never cared. It is eerie and creepy and wonderful. Later Matheson's The Incredible Shrinking Man is on. I probably won't watch that. It's excellent, but it's too sad. Feels too much like real life. (Environmental degradation causing so many to disappear.) These are all manly movies, by the way. Not enough women, but what the hell.

Them is one of my fave B movies. (Little girl wandering in the desert only able to say one word: "Them.") It's not on today. Instead, they're playing Quatermass. (Well, maybe not "instead.") British sf movies just don't do it. Give me Day of the Triffids or nothing. (Yes, I'm basically babbling. But you didn't expect brilliance, did ya?)

When I was a kid, I was from another planet. Did I mention? I was from the Planet 2000 where the women (and girls) had great powers. The men stayed home and took care of the children etc. I'm sure I mentioned this before. The villain was a woman too. Today I can't remember her name! That's a bit scary. Tomorrow I hope. (Saturn Polo. That was her name. All of us had a "horse" name, thus the "polo" part of Saturn Polo, like polo pony. Yes, that was stretching it. I had one, too, but I don't think I've ever published it.) I chased Saturn Polo around the universe. I had my own planet where I lived with my best friend. And lots of horses. We were on Earth to live with Earthling families to observe them. At recess, my friends and I would go out onto the playground and continue our adventures. Once a magician put us under a spell and I wasn't able to undo it before we had to go back inside, and we couldn't talk. (My teacher was not amused.)

Anyway, I brought all my friends into my world of girls. Did I mention that Planet 2000 was code for horses?

OK. Time to sleep again.

P.S. Kaiser just called to see how I'm doing. She was surprised that I'm not taking any pain medication. Everyone is always so surprised. Why? If it doesn't hurt, why on Earth would I take pain medication? I'm perplexed by their perplexity. But I was impressed by everyone. 0 comments

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