Biker Babe(PART 1 OF 3)
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Subj:Hi, Diane
...singing in the rain?
Date: Sat., March 31, 2012 9:16:45 PM
Pacific Daylight Saving Time
From: barclay1720@aol.com
To: diane3760@canada.ca
Hi, Diane
Tsk, tsk, tsk, ... Wet, wet, wet, ... one of these days, eh?
How's it going?
...hope you're skipping and hopping around like a teenaged bambina in the workout room.
Are you sweating a lot?
I've been watching a number of interesting DVDs these days.
You know, I practically live at Joe Fortes Library, but I'm not paying any rent.
Do you think they will charge me someday?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ...
Well..., talking about fascinating DVDs, I've just written an article.
I'm pretty sure that you'll love this article at the end.
Why?
Well, you'll see...
Please click the following link:
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■"Anne Frank"
(Sat., Mar 31, 2012)
I hope you'll have a heart-felt laugh at the end and feel like skipping again in the workout room.
Your truly faithful follower, Kato
with love
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Subj:I'm glad
you got your postcard FINALLY.
From: diane@vancouver.ca
To: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Tue., Apr 3, 2012 7:31 pm
Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Hello, Kato!
Thanks for the above article and the fascinating information.
It was good to see you this afternoon at Joe Fortes.
The libarian tells me that you're now paying rent and that you're one of their best tenants; quiet, peaceful, intelligent and mindful. Not bad.
There could be worse places to hang out in, that's for sure!
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I'm glad you got your postcard FINALLY.
... seems that everyone I sent those to had the same experience as you did.
They've taken over 20 days to reach Vancouver.
Bit too long, I'd say.
Did you like the stamp?
I've got a thing for stamps and these are special ones, apparently, and just to be used for postcards.
I thought they were very attractive myself .. unique.
Thanks again for all of this material.
I'm still digesting it ~ you are such a sleuth, kiddo.
Love, Diane ~
Kato, are you fascinated by biker babes?
What makes you think so?
What a stupid question! You've just pasted a picture of an attractive biker babe at the top of this page.
You know what, Diane?... I was creating the above photo when you dropped in at Joe Fortes Library on your way to the yoga class last Tuesday.
Oh, I see...
What do you see?
I asked you to join my yoga class since my instructor was offering a free lesson, but you seemed apathetic and preoccupied with something else. So, you were working on the above photo, weren't you?
Yes, I was.
Is she one of your ideal girlfriends?
Yeah...sort of...ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ... By now, Diane, you've been quite familiar with the above girl in the picture, I suppose.
She has appeared in my articles quite often.
I see...so, she is June, isn't she?
Yes, she is. June was born and brought up in Ottawa. After high school, she moved to Vancouver.
What is she doing for living?
She is now working for an animation production company in Tokyo as a public relations specialist, promoting the works of animation and manga in Canada as well as in the States.
She speaks Japanese, I suppose.
Yes, she does.
Is she really a biker babe?
Well... she is not so crazy about bikes as you are.
How do you know I'm crazy about bikes?
...'cause you showed me the following pictures when you came back from London.
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I showed you only the one at the top. You've made up the other two, haven't you?
You're telling me, Diane...by the way, what has made you a biker babe?
I'm not so much of a biker girl as you think, Kato. Well...when I was an innocent and curious girl in the late sixties, I watched the film called "Easy Rider," which gave me a great deal of influence. This movie really made me get excited about the prospect of experiencing some new things in the coming future so that I could shake me out of my routines.
Easy Rider
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Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper.
It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of asserting their freedom.
The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late sixties.
The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998.
A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination," Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle.
Plot
The protagonists are two freewheeling hippies: Wyatt (Fonda), nicknamed "Captain America", and Billy (Hopper). After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, Wyatt and Billy sell their contraband to "Connection," a man (played by Phil Spector) in a Rolls-Royce and score a large sum of money.
With the money from the sale stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars & Stripes-adorned fuel tank of Wyatt's California-style chopper, they ride eastward in an attempt to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, in time for Mardi Gras.
Later, the duo pick up a hitch-hiker (Luke Askew) and agree to take him to his commune, where they stay for a day. Life in the commune appears to be hard, with hippies from the city finding it difficult to grow their own crops in a dry climate with poor soil.
The notion of "free love" appears to be practiced, with two women seemingly sharing the affections of the hitch-hiking communard, and who then turn their attention to Wyatt and Billy.
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The hitch-hiker wants the two bikers to stay at the commune, saying, "the time is now", to which Wyatt replies "I'm hip about time...but I gotta go."
While jokingly riding along with a parade in a small town, the pair are arrested by the local authorities for "parading without a permit" and thrown in jail. In jail, they befriend American Civil Liberties Union lawyer and local drunk George Hanson (Jack Nicholson). George helps them get out of jail, and decides to travel with Wyatt and Billy to New Orleans.
George Hanson (Jack Nicholson) with Wyatt (Peter Fonda)While attempting to eat in a small rural Louisiana restaurant, the trio's appearance attracts the attention of the locals. The girls in the restaurant want to meet the men and ride with them.
(To be continued)