Not only is there a difference of 1218 days between my birthday and Tom Cruise's birthday, but the birthday of Katie Holmes, his new wife and co-star of the recent “Batman Begins,” is 12/18/1978.
From 3/3/1959 to 7/3/1962 is: 1218 days
From 7/3/1962 to 11/2/1965 is: 1218 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_holmes
Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes[1] (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003.
Holmes' part on the show, only her second professional role, made her a star. Her movie roles have ranged from art house films such as The Ice Storm to thrillers such as Abandon to blockbusters such as Batman Begins.
In early 2005, Holmes began a highly publicized relationship with actor Tom Cruise. In June, two months after they first met, she became engaged to Cruise. The couple announced Holmes was pregnant in October 2005; on April 18, 2006, she gave birth to a daughter, Suri Cruise. On November 18, 2006, she and Cruise were married in Italy.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married on 11/18/2006, according to that information on the internet. That was 3 weeks, 359 months, after 11/28/1976, the day I recognize as when I left the Jupiter moon Callisto to begin my return to Earth, which occurred on 4/14/1977.
From 11/28/1976 to 11/18/2006 is: 3 weeks, 359 months
33-59
From 3/3/1959 to 7/3/1962 is: 3 years, 122 days
122 / 365 = 0.334
From 3/3/1959 to 7/3/1962 is: 3.334 years
33-34
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129/
Tom Cruise
Date of Birth: 3 July 1962
Top Gun (1986) .... Maverick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun_%28film%29
Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article written by Ehud Yonay for California Magazine entitled "Top Guns." The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, Tim Robbins, and Meg Ryan.
The film follows LT Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, a young naval aviator who aspires to be a top fighter pilot in a prestigious naval school which trains the top 1% of all Naval Aviators. Maverick gets his chance to attend the school after one pilot drops out, allowing for him and his RIO (Radar Intercept Officer, the "back seater" in the two-man F-14) LTJG Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw to train with the best.
The film opened on May 16, 1986 to good reviews, the aerial scenes being most notably praised. The film accumulated over $350 million world-wide, and broke home-video sales records.
From 7/9/1957 to 3/4/1959 is: 603 days
From 11/19/1961 to 7/16/1963 is: 604 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000534/
Kelly McGillis
Date of Birth: 9 July 1957
Top Gun (1986) .... Charlie
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000212/
Meg Ryan
Date of Birth: 19 November 1961
Top Gun (1986) .... Carole
As I noted earlier, "Katie" was the girlfriend of "Doug Masters" in the 1986 movie "Iron Eagle," where "Katie" is similar to Cates or Katz. The actress who portrayed "Katie" was born 59 days after 5/1/1967, which is the day I recognize I first flew a fighter jet by myself, when I was 8.16 years old. Phoebe also portrayed a character named "Kate" in the 1984 "Gremlins." The source of the word "gremlin," according to information on the internet, is related to aviation, and I believe I created that art to represent that Phoebe was my wife and that I was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier pilot.
From 5/1/1967 to 6/29/1967 is: 59 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002124/
Melora Hardin
Date of Birth: 29 June 1967
Iron Eagle (1986) .... Katie
The star of "Iron Eagle" was born 5.93 years after me.
From 3/3/1959 to 2/7/1965 is: 5 years, 341 days
341 / 365 = 0.93
From 3/3/1959 to 2/7/1965 is: 5.93 years
59-3
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001263/
Jason Gedrick
Date of Birth: 7 February 1965
Iron Eagle (1986) .... Doug Masters
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000121/
Phoebe Cates
Gremlins (1984) .... Kate Beringer
From 3/4/1959 to 2/14/1964 is: 59 months, 10 days
10 / 30 = 0.333
From 3/4/1959 to 2/14/1964 is: 59.333 months
59-33
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002090/
Zach Galligan
Date of Birth: 14 February 1964
Gremlins (1984) .... Billy Peltzer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) .... Billy Peltzer
This is the movie I can still "remember" taking Bobbilynn to see. I can "remember" driving in my red 1990 Mazda RX-7 with her down Highway 76 to a movie theatre in Anderson, SC. She lived near Clemson, South Carolina, as did Tracie Rhodes, who I later married, at least in my artificial and symbolic memories. This “memory” also reminds me of a time later when Tracie and I started dating and I took her to dinner in Anderson and I was feeling depressed that she wasn't Bobbilynn. I "remember" all this because I lived in the town of Central, South Carolina, and the Clemson Tigers were nearby. The Tiger is also the mascot of Princeton University. My apartment in Central was on a street named Issaqueena Trail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten_Cop
Release date(s) December 21, 1990
Kindergarten Cop (1990) is a film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough loner police detective, who goes after drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson), before he can get to his ex-wife and son. Pamela Reed plays his partner Phoebe O'Hara, a teacher-turned-cop and Penelope Ann Miller plays Joyce, the teacher who becomes Kimble's love interest.
From 7/16/1963 to 1/13/1964 is: 5 months, 28 days
28 / 30 = 0.933
From 7/16/1963 to 1/13/1964 is: 5.933 months
59-33
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000542/
Penelope Ann Miller
Date of Birth: 13 January 1964
Kindergarten Cop (1990) .... Joyce Palmieri/Rachel Crisp
Debra Winger portrayed the love interest of the protagonist in “An Officer And A Gentleman.“ Debra Winger's birthday compared to Phoebe's birthday:
From 5/16/1955 to 7/16/1963 is: 2983 days
Their age difference is practically the same as my age on the day I recognize as when I first flew a supersonic jet aircraft by myself the first time. That is also a valid reference because the character Richard Gere portrayed was going into the U.S. Navy aviation field.
From 3/3/1959 to 5/1/1967 is: 2981 days
This might also be why Bobbilynn Michelle Townsend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Officer_and_a_Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. The original music score was composed by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie. The film is marketed with the tagline "Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...and a woman to love."
The film was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford. It was shot mostly on location at Port Townsend, Washington
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000700/
Debra Winger
Date of Birth: 16 May 1955
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) .... Paula Pokrifki
As with Debra Winger from "An Officer And A Gentleman" the girlfriend of the protagonist from the 1981 television series "The Greatest American Hero" also reminds me of Phoebe and 5/1/1967. I "remember" portions of that television series too and it is all about how he has a special red suit that allows him to fly but he can't fly very well with it and he crashes into building when he tries to fly.
From 3/3/1959 to 5/1/1967 is: 2981 days
From 5/25/1955 to 7/16/1963 is: 2974 days
2981 - 2974 = 7 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783314/
Connie Sellecca
Date of Birth: 25 May 1955
"The Greatest American Hero" .... Pam Davidson / ... (43 episodes, 1981-1986)
From 7/16/1963 to 6/28/2006 is: 15688 days
15688 * 0.359 = 5631
From 7/16/1963 to 12/15/1978 is: 5631 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/
Superman Returns (2006)
Release Date: 28 June 2006 (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078346/
Superman (1978)
Release Date: 15 December 1978 (USA)
I thought a lot about this photo of the USS Taylor FFG-50 after I saw it. Especially because of the perspective of the photographer compared to my own artificial and symbolic memories. The USS Taylor FFG-50 is the first U.S. Navy ship I was assigned to in my artificial and symbolic memories. That camera perspective was also relevant to an experience when I was onboard this ship, which I have written about several times. The date on the photo was about a month after I quit Microsoft and moved out to Spokane Valley, WA. I was staying at a hotel named Crosslands at the time. I remember a woman at the counter at the hotel was talking to someone on the phone and she mentioned that people sometime call that hotel the “Crossroads.”
Crossland Economy Studios Spokane - Valley
12803 East Sprague
Spokane, WA 99216
P: (509) 928-5948
F: (509) 928-5941
The 3/9/2004 date on that photo was 5 years, 93 days, after 12/7/1998, my first day at Microsoft while undercover with my official United States federal identity. The photo had a special meaning to me.
From 12/7/1998 to 3/9/2004is: 5 years, 93 days
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http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/040309-N-4374S-008.jpg
040309-N-4374S-008 At sea aboard USS Taylor (FFG 50) Mar. 9, 2004 - The Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship USS Taylor (FFG 50) conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the fast combat support ship USS Seattle (AOE 3). The guided missile frigate Taylor is part of the USS John F. Kennedy Strike Group and is currently taking part in a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intermediate level exercise designed to forge the strike group into a cohesive fighting team and is a critical step in pre-deployment training. During COMPTUEX, more than a dozen ships, and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) embarked on Kennedy, conducted war game exercises using training ranges along the East Coast of the U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico. The exercise took advantage of existing ranges under the Navy’s comprehensive Training Resource Strategy (TRS). These ranges offer training facilities and realistic simulations, better preparing U.S. Navy ships and Sailors to participate in the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. (RELEASED)
The U.S. Navy ship USS Donald Cook DDG-75 was commissioned Friday, 12/4/1998 and I started at Microsoft on Monday, 12/7/1998 with my official federal undercover identity. It also piqued my interest because I was reminded of the year 1975, where I launched on 11/2/1975 for my 17-month journey to intercept the comet. That mission turned into a one-way trip at one point, but then I beat the odds and made it back home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Cook
Donald Gilbert Cook (9 August 1934 - 8 December 1967) was a colonel in the United States Marine Corps and a Medal of Honor recipient.
Cook was born in Brooklyn, New York. He held as a Prisoner of War by the Viet Cong in the Republic of Vietnam from 31 December 1964 until his death.
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) was named in his honor.
Medal of Honor citation
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while interned as a Prisoner of War by the Viet Cong in the Republic of Vietnam during the period 31 December 1964 to 8 December 1967. Despite the fact that by so doing he would bring about harsher treatment for himself, Colonel (then Captain) Cook established himself as the senior prisoner, even though in actuality he was not. Repeatedly assuming more than his share of their health, Colonel Cook willingly and unselfishly put the interests of his comrades before that of his own well-being and, eventually, his life. Giving more needy men his medicine and drug allowance while constantly nursing them, he risked infection from contagious diseases while in a rapidly deteriorating state of health. This unselfish and exemplary conduct, coupled with his refusal to stray even the slightest from the Code of Conduct, earned him the deepest respect from not only his fellow prisoners, but his captors as well. Rather than negotiate for his own release or better treatment, he steadfastly frustrated attempts by the Viet Cong to break his indomitable spirit. and passed this same resolve on to the men whose well-being he so closely associated himself. Knowing his refusals would prevent his release prior to the end of the war, and also knowing his chances for prolonged survival would be small in the event of continued refusal, he chose nevertheless to adhere to a Code of Conduct far above that which could be expected. His personal valor and exceptional spirit of loyalty in the face of almost certain death reflected the highest credit upon Colonel Cook, the Marine Corps, and the United States Naval Service.
http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg75.htm
USS Donald Cook (DDG 75)
USS DONALD COOK is the 25th ship in the Navy's ARLEIGH BURKE - class of Guided Missile Destroyers and the first ship in the Navy named after US Marine Corps Colonel Donald Cook.
Commissioned: December 4, 1998
About the Ship's Coat of Arms:
The Shield:
Dark blue and gold are the colors traditionally used by the US Navy; red is emblematic of valor and sacrifice. The reversed star denotes the Medal of Honor, our country's highest honor, posthumously awarded to Colonel Donald G. Cook for his spirit of sacrifice and extraordinary heroism. The gauntlet grasps a broken chain underscoring Colonel cook's internment as a prisoner of war by the Viet Cong during which he unselfishly put the interests of his comrades before that of his own well-being and, eventually, his life. The swords are crossed to signify the spirit of teamwork while symbolizing the heritage of the US Navy and Marine Corps. The Mameluke represents Colonel Cook's service as a Marine.
The Crest:
The eagle symbolizes the principles of freedom upon which our country as founded and highlights military vigilance and national defense. The tridents represent sea power and underscore USS DONALD COOK'S AEGIS firepower and the capability to conduct operations in multi-threat environments.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Monday, April 30, 2007
bad news - good news
Certainly they wouldn't let me start consciously remembering my wife if I wasn't going home to her immediately.
It would be a bad news-good news kind of deal.
"The bad news is you have to spend 9 years away from your wife until we catch the Microsoft-Corbis-paparazzi terrorists that have targeted you. The good news is you get to go home to her today."
