Jun 6, 2007

Forgot to mention, went with Gary to the eye doctor yesterday. Everything went fine – he was able to transfer into and out of the examination chair by himself. The only thing he needed me for was I had to tell the doctor his rolling chair was on Gary’s foot and would he please move it off!

Gary has been concerned about the pressure in his eyes – evidently there has been problems with that in his family – but his pressure was lower than it’s been for several years. He guesses this is perhaps due to his spinal cord injury, since due to it his blood pressure is lower than it used to be.

We started a new movie tonight – “The Aviator,” about Howard Hughes. The beginning part of the movie deals with Hughes making his movie, “Hell’s Angels.” Hughes wants every detail right, hires a meterologist to find him the clouds he wants, rebuilds the planes so they’re perfect, shoots reel after reel. When they think they’re done with the movie, two years into the project, “talkies” debut, and Hughes re-shoots his entire movie, taking another two years. Evidently the press mocked him throughout this, at one point saying Hughes should just show what he’s got and debut the first 560-hour movie. At this point, Gary remarked, “This whole thing reminds me of your novel.” Smart aleck.