Blogs by Marcus Dino
Fifi's Thoughts
7/20/2009 8:11:48 PM
WHERE WERE YOU ON JULY 20 1969? THE DAY THE MAN ON THE MOON BECAME REALITY
FIFI: "I WASN'T EVEN AN APPLE OF AN APPLE OF MY MOTHER'S EYE. OF COURSE MY MOTHER KNEW MY FATHER AND THEY WERE BOTH HAWKEYES BACK THEN....I COULD HAVE BEEN AROUND BACK THEN BUT DIDN'T COME AROUND TILL THE 80S...THAT SPACE SHUTTLE STUFF IS WHAT I GREW UP ON...."
MARCUS....."YEAH I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER '69....A SMALL KID BACK THEN....'ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND...SAW IT WITH MY FAMILY ON AN OLD RCA TV SET IN HAWAII...THE TV SET WAS COLOR BUT OFF COURSE THE LANDING WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE..."HEY THOSE APOLLO AND GEMINI PROGRAMS, MOVIES LIKE '2001' AND TV SHOWS LIKE 'STAR TREK' MADE ME PROUD TO BE A 'SPACE SHUTTLE ENGINEER' A LITTLE OVER A DECADE LATER...."
FATHER..."FIFI YOU KNOW I WAS AN IOWA UNDERGRAD BACK THEN....YOUR MOTHER AND I WERE DATING.....I SAW THE LANDING ON AN OLD BLACK AND WHITE ZENITH IN MY DORM ROOM....I WAS GOING TO SUMMER SCHOOL AND WORKING....NOW FIFI YOU KNOW I GOT MY DEGREE IN ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS....AHHH TO SEE THE LATE GREAT WALTER CRONKITE GO 'WHEW' WHEN IT HAPPENED....WHAT A GREAT SCENE....."
MOTHER....."OHHHH FIFI I SAW IT WITH YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER ON AN OLD BLACK AND WHITE PHILCO OUT HERE IN DES MOINES......"
150 YEAR OLD MAN........"AHHHHHHHHHHHH GIRL I WAS DEAD ABOUT 20 YEARS BUT MY ASTRAL SPIRIT FLEW ALL OVER THE WORLD AND CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF THE MOMENT.....ALLLLLL THE PEOPLE WATCHING SUCH AN AMAZING SITE ON THEIR OLD ANALOG BLACK AND WHITE AND A FEW COLOR TVS.....YOU KNOW GIRL I EVEN FLEW OVER RUSSIA AND EVEN A FEW OF THEM WERE WATCHING EVEN THOUGH THE OFFICIAL BROADCAST BY THE 'TASS NEWS STATION' WAS A BALLET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT...."
ALOCKI......MY COMPANION HELOS AND I WERE STILL ON ZATORIS FIFI....OF COURSE WE PICKED UP YOUR RADIO SIGNALS AROUND 4 YEARS LATER AND WERE QUITE PROUD OF YOUR FEAT...."
FIFI....."OF COURSE ALOCKI IT'S NOTHING GOING TO A LOCAL SATELLITE 250000 MILES AWAY COMPARED TO TRAVELING 4 OR 5 LIGHT YEARS TO GET FROM ZATORIS TO EARTH...."
ALCOKI...."FIFI YOU SHOULD NOT BELITTLE SUCH A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT OF YOUR PEOPLE...WE HAVE BEEN AROUND QUITE A FEW YEARS LONGER THAN YOU EARTHLINGS THAT IS WHY WE ARE MORE ADVANCED THAN YOU....IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES IN SPACE..."
FIFI...."OH NO NO ALOCKI I'M QUITE PROUD OF OUR APOLLO ACCOMPLISHMENT....PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AND AN EARTHLING...I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY LIFETIME WE WILL VISIT MARS AND BEYOND....YOU KNOW ZATORIS....AFTER YOU AND HELOS US 'PRIMITIVE EARTHLINGS RIGHT?"
ALOCK..(LAUGHING)...."RIGHT FIFI...."
ALLRIGHT YOU PEOPLE SO THESE PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT GREAT DAY 40 YEARS AGO WHEN THREE GREAT AMERICANS, NEIL ARMSTRONG, BUZZ ALDRIN, AND MICHAEL COLLINS, LANDED THE APOLLO 11 ON THE MOON......OHBYTHEWAY LET'S NOT FORGET ANOTHER GREAT AMERICAN AND FELLOW MIDWESTERNER WHO JUST PASSED, WALTER CRONKITE, THE VOICE OF THE 20TH CENTURY.....IT'S JUST IRONIC THAT WALTER WAS THE VOICE WHO BROADCASTED THE MOON LANDING TO EVERYONE....JUST LIKE HE BROADCAST ALMOST EVERY MAJOR EVENT IN THE MID TO LATE 20TH CENTURY.....REST IN PEACE IN WALTER....THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE LIKE YOU...THE FATHER AND GRANDFATHER OF ALL MODERN JOURNALISTS TODAY.....MORE THAN ENOUGH THOUGHTS FOR NOW
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