“Iceman:
You can be my wingman any time.”
“Maverick:
Bullshit! You can be mine.”
~ Top Gun, 1986
Looks like my powers also work when it comes to movies. On May 4th, I was so itching to watch Star Wars so I started with The Phantom Menace, then Attack of the Clones. And since I haven’t bought a copy of the third movie, I watched A New Hope. That was late May 4th up to near 3 a.m. May 5th. Then I saw messages on Twitter saying “May the Fourth Be with You” with the hash tag, #StarWarsDay. So I was like “that explains it”.
Last night while writing a manuscript, I started to get restless because 1) I wanted to finish it, and 2) the characters’ children are making a fuss. One of the kids is going to be Lt. Brian Herrera, a Naval Aviator. So I said, “okay, Ian. I’m going to watch Top Gun so be a good boy and settle down”. I got the DVD Edith Joaquin got me (because she loves me and I’m a brat), popped it into the player and watched while I wrote. I alternately lusted after Tom Cruise, the planes, the aircraft carriers, and the academy rings worn by some of the characters *sigh*
Then, once more I looked at Twitter and lo and behold, May 13th also happens to be Top Gun Day.
I first watched Top Gun when I was around 8 (with my mom putting her hands over my eyes when the kissing scenes come on screen), and that was the start of my obsession with anything Navy: the planes, the white uniforms, the aircraft carriers. At that young age (and the fact that I’m a girl), it became one of my favorite movies. And, come on, a young Tom Cruise? What the heck is not to like?
So I guess I’ll go watch it again… or maybe not since I might finish writing the Naval Aviator story before I finish his dad’s. I guess I’ll just go kick some @$$ at the Top Gun game on my iPod. Yes. I do have it.
And, oh yeah! Happy Top Gun Day! 
P.S. I also got RT’d by @NavyNews! Which, in my world, is made of ten kinds of awesome.
Thanks, Jette! See you in July.
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