So I've been watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles  an ill-fated but well conceived series that aired from 2008-2009 I saw the original movie in the theater when it first came out in October 1984 (I was 11) and when T2 came out I was a senior in high school  which means it was perfectly timed to penetrate and embed itself deeply into my psyche  weaving its threads into the fabric of my identity alongside Aliens  The X-Men  Nirvana and permed hair