Diary

DINNER AT KINGS TABLE. GOOD + PLENTY + EVERYONE BEHAVED. KEN DIDN'T SAY MUCH... SUIT + STUPID YELLOW ROY ROGERS TIE. HEIDI SANG US GERMAN SONGS. EMILY IS LOOKING GROWN UP. MEG HAS LOSSED WEIGHT, BUT ATE LOTS. GO HOME + OPEN PRESENTS. NOTICE THAT HOUSE LOOKS CLEANED UP. I GOT CDS AND "WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH AS HBS" WHICH I ALREADY HAVE. DAD GOT FISHING POLE + TACKLE BOX. MEG LIKED THE MIXER I GOT FOR HER. SHE ONLY HAD A REALLY OLD ONE. PLAY WITH THE KIDS AWHILE. EMILY GAVE ME OLD IN + BEACH BOYS TAPES. [margin]EMILY PLAYED AWAY IN MANIER. HEIDI KEYED SOMETHING BY HEART.[/margin]

7:00 THEN IT WAS TIME TO GO AND I ALMOST DIDN'T WANT TO. MAYBE I'LL GO BACK SOME WEEKEND, DRIVE HOME. AFTER AN HOUR AND AFTER MOM FALLS ASLEEP, DAD + I HAVE CONVERSATION. WASN'T TOO BAD, BUT I WASN'T COMFORTABLE. HE'S NOT TOO INTERESTING EXCEPT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STUFF WE BOTH KNEW ABOUT... TALKED ABOUT LANDING GEAR DESIGN.

10:30 GET HOME, UNLOAD, WATCH 20/20, NEWS, AND JOHNNY CARSON. GO TO BED AT THEIR HOUSE AGAIN.

FRI, DEC 26 '86

8:00 GET UP, MISC. BREAKFAST, LOAD CAR, GO HOME. UNPACK. LAUNDRY. WRITE UP CHRISTMASS EVE + DAY. PAY BILLS + MAIL GROCERIES.

12:45 MAKE + EAT LUNCH. PLAY WITH FLIGHT SIMULATOR, LANDING

3:15 DICK TITUS CALLS.

3:30 GO TO GYM DINNER AT RAX WORK TO DROP OFF "HBS" AND EMAIL TONY ABOUT BUGS + MAYBE NOT BE IN NEXT WEEK GO HOME

7:30 REGROUP DO MAI. CALL DICK. READ ~ BILL IN FORTUNE 50.

8:30 THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT 5 DAYS: ONLY AWKWARD FLIGHT TO SD [comment]ONLY AIR CAL WAS WEEKEND RATES TO SD![/comment] TOMORROW. NO DISCOUNTS TO OC OR LA AVAILABLE LOTS OT SEATS TO SF. RESERVE ROOM AT PORTLAND MARRIOTT TOO

9:30 DICK COMES OVER. VODKA TONIC. COFFEE + SCHNAPPS. GRASS. DIET PILL. BEERS. HAD FUN.

2:00 [highlight]STILL BUZZING. GOTO TUBS. MEET ROB CARROLL. BRING HOME. NICE BODY + PERSONALITY, ONLY 23.

4:00 TO SLEEP. NOT VERY DEEP.

SAT, DEC 27

10:45 GET UP. MISC. [highlight]DECIDE TO GO SAN DIEGO. CALL BILL FARRELL[/highlight] PLAY WITH FLIGHT SIM. PRACTICE APROACH + LANDING.

2:00 MAKE + EAT LUNCH PACK. CALL MOM + DAD

3:45 LEAVE FOR AIRPORT READ SOME OF GODEL, ESCHER, BACH. CHANGE PLANES IN SAN JOSE. VERY MEXICAN / TECHY / BEER-BELLIED PRETTY TACKY DECOR. MARBLE LINOLEUM + PLATES ON WALL. BUT SAW MODEL OF NEW AIRPORT DINNER OF VEG + RICE + BREAD IN AIRPORT COFFEE SHOP. READ DIANE KEATONS INTERVIEW

10:35 LAND IN SAN DIEGO. BEER AT HOME. FUN EVENING WITH BILL + BOB WEST ICE TEA AT PEACOCK. STOP BRIEFLY AT FLICKS + DILLONS. VODKA TONIC AT WCPC NICE CROWD BUT NO ONE STANDS OUT. --> EVERYTHING CLOSES AT 2:00 GO HOME FOR VANILLA W/ORANGE/COOL.

3:00 TO BED. FINALLY SLEEP

SUN DEC 28

PRETTY, SUNNY DAY

10:00 GETUP. MISC. BREAKFAST AT HOME.

12:00 LEAVE FOR ESCONDIDO WILD ANIMAL PARK. NICE DAY. GOOD TIME. MONORAIL. GORILLAS. GIRAFFES. RHINOCEROS. ARABIN ORKS. VULTURES IN TREE COFFEE. ICE CREAM CONES. POPCORN. QUITE COLD AT END.

4:45 HEAD HOME. CHANGE CLOTHES. ! [group][highlight]LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT/DAY: SEATTLE 12/21 7:56-4:21 8:25 LA 12/27 6:57-4:51 9:54 SF 12/27 7:24-4:58 9:34[/end highlight][/end group] MISC

6:00 GOTO GOLDEN DRAGON GOOD CHINESE DINNER

7:15 BOB + BILL DROP ME OFF AT FLICKS BUSY BUT THEN I REALIZE I DON'T HAVE JANET'S NUMBER OR ADDRESS BUT HAVE A GOOD TIME ANYWAY. MEETING CHRIS W/AMSTERDAM SHIRT AND SOME GUY WHO LOOKED LIKE MIKE RAGATZ, BUT TURNED OUT A PEST

8:00 GOTO PEACOCK. [?] NO ALCOHOL TALK WITH SOME GUYS FROM PHOENIX, GRADE SCHOOL TEACHERS. NICE. THERE WAS SOME HUNK, BUT UNAGGRESSIVE GOOD VIDEO. WIRE FRAME FACES FOR BOOM CHUCK SONG, AND BANANARAMA [?] WAS GREAT.

9:00 GOTO JAMIES ON 5TH FOR STRIPWHOW BUT IT DIDN'T START + WAS PACKED WITH TROLLS SO I LEFT. COULDN'T GET JANET'S NUMBER FROM PHONEBOOK SINCE UNLISTED.

9:45 BACK TO FLICKS + BOB (RAGATZ) COMES OVER AND WANTS TO GET ME A DRINK. RUN INTO JAY FROM SEATTLE AND PAUL SPARROW TOO. AT FIRST I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE JAY THINKING HE WAS CRAIG MASON. THIS PROBABLY HEAPED INSULT ON INJURY.

10:15 TOLD JAY GOTTA TAKE DELIVERY ON A DRINK + MOVED ON TO GET DRINK FROM BOB (RAGATZ). HE REALLY BORED ME, SO I MOVED ON AFTER AWHILE. TALKED A BIT WITH THEM, THEN BOT (SWEATER) CAME OVER AND PUSHED INTO OUR CROWD. AND SO AWKWARD. SO I STEPPED AWAY TO BUY A DRINK.

11:00 THEN WENT TO OTHER END OF BAR SOME GUY ASKED ME IF I LIKE POT. AND I GOT PRETTY NEGATIVE. THAT WASN'T TOO COOL, BUT... WENT BACK TO PAUL + JAY AWHILE AND THAT JUST FELT AWKWARD. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. AND JAY WAS NOT COHERENT TO ME. BOB (SWEATER [RAGATZ?]) KEPT BUGGING ME. EACH TIME I MOVED, HE EVENTUALLY FOLLOW[ED?].

11:15 HE EVENTUALLY LEFT, AND I WENT BACK TO PAUL + JAY + GORDY, FROM VANCOUVER (A REAL MESS!) THAT LITTLE SCENE DRAGGED ON + ON. WHEN I PUT ON JACKET THEY ASKED IF I WAS LEAVING THEM, SO I FELT A LITTLE TWINGE TO STAY. ALSO DURIN THIS TIME I TOLD PAUL I THOUGHT I'D MET JAY IN SEATTLE + PAUL SAID "YOU DID." SO THAT MADE ME WANT TO STAY MORE. BUT PAUL JUST WOULDN'T FINISH HIS BEER VERY QUICKLY. BUT THEN STEVE SOYCE FROM SEATTLE WHO HAD MOVED TO HOUSTON SHOWED UP, AND I TALKED WITH HIM AWHILE.

12:10[?] FINALLY LEFT FOR SHOW BIZ BJ'S. VERY LEISURELY, AND I WAS STARTING TO FEEL ANTSY. [comment]JAY WAS KIDDING WITH PAUL ALL THE TIME.[/comment] JAY WAS SO CUTE, HUNKY, BUT I GOT NO POSITIVES. IT WAS DISCONCERTING. AND BOB, (WHO EVENTUALLY DROVE ME) WAS FOREVER PUTTING HIS ARMS ON ME. BUT THAT PLACE WAS SORTA FUN. THOSE GUYS KEPT STOMPING THEIR BOOTS! AND THEY WERE BUYING SHOOTERS, WHICH I DRANK SO I WOULDN'T BE ODD. I FELT BAD WHEN I GOT HOME, (IN THE REMORSEFUL SENSE, NOT PHYS'LY) BUT IT LOOSENED ME UP AND I ENJOYED THE TIME WITH LESS ANXIETY. AND THROUGH LITTLE QUIPS WITH JAY, I DETERMINED HE WAS "FAVORABLY IMPRESSED" IN SEATTLE AND HURT THAT I NEVER PHONED HIM. I SAID "I'M SORRY" AND GOT THE FEELING FROM HIS SOMEWHAT PLAYFULNESS AFTERWARDS THAT IT'S OK. I DO REMEMBER DISLIKING HIS SMOKING, AND BEING IN FED'L WAY. [margin]LITTLE SCENE IN BATHROOM WITH PAUL + JAY PEEING.[/margin]

MON, DEC 29

1:00 NOW I HAD TO GET HOME. OUR GROUP DROVE WITH BOB IN HIS TRUCK TO FLICKS AND WENT IN BUT NOT WITH PAUL AND JAY. AFTER I BEING THERE BRIEFLY, JAY SHOWED UP AND ASKED WHERE PAUL WAS AND SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW, JAY LEFT SAYING HE'D BE BACK. HE NEVER RETURNED, SO I SAID I NEEDED TO EXCUSE MYSELF TO LEAVE, AND BOB OFFERED ME A LIFT HOME. WELL WE COULDN'T FIND IT SINCE WE TOOK THE WRONG STREET UP FROM WHERE PEC'S IS, SO HE BROUGHT ME BACK TO FLICKS.

1:30 CALL A CAB. MEET GUYS FROM SF. CAB WON'T TAKE ME HOME.

1:45 SO GUYS FROM SF DRIVE ME VIA HWY 8 + TEXAS ST EXIT BACK HOME

2:00 TELL BILL ABOUT IT. WRITE A BIT.

2:30 TO BED, BUT HARD TO SLEEP. JUST RESTED ALL NIGHT. WAS IT THE TEA AT DINNER OR WHAT? OR WAS I JUST ANGRY AT MYSELF FOR DRINKING SHOOTERS.

9:00 GET UP MISC. BREAKFAST W/BILL + BOB WRITE UP LAST NIGHT! [highlight]WHAT DO I THINK OF SD? [group]IT'S A SMALL TOWN WITH PEOPLE WHO ABUSE ALCOHOL/POT OR ARE BORING OR IMMATURE. THEY ARE FRIENDLY, BUT NOT INTRIGUING.[/end group][/end highlight]

11:00 HEAD FOR BEACH, BUT ACCIDENTALLY TAKE HWY 15 TO ESCONDIDO, THEN DRIVE WEST THRU RANCHO SANTA FE TO DEL MAR, AND OUT GEN[E?]SEE TO BLACKS BEACH.

12:00 DOWN THE CLIFF AND OUT THE BEACH. BEAUTIFUL DAY. NICE BODY NEAR US. DECIDE TO GO FOR A RUN IN THE WATER. CROSS PATHS WITH NICE BODY, DAD FACE. READ FORTUNE AWHILE, BUT BILL + BOB ARE READING TO EACH OTHER. SO GO FOR LONG WALK. SUIT OFF. SPLASH! EVENTUALLY FIND CRUISY AREA. CRUISE AWHILE. MEET TROY BYRNE. THE TIME REMINDED ME OF PIRATES COVE NEAR REDONDO, BUT MORE. J/O. FUN [highlight]BUT VERY TROLLISH + I WAS GEN'LY UNIMPRESSED