-Alicia Drake
THE BEAUTIFUL FALL: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
Twenty-five years ago today:
April 29, 1987
Wednesday
I managed to have a slice of toast, an oatmeal cookie and a small bowl of CAPTAIN CRUNCH cereal this morning.
I have an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) meeting this morning.
Oh yes, Freddie won’t be around today and perhaps for quite a while. Who knows for how long?
For goodness sake, I was thinking of Judy’s call last night. Did she seduce me when I went to visit her? I guess it could be considered ‘a seduction’. Oh well, I’d never use that term with her. It makes me think of that movie from 1982 called THE SEDUCTION, starring Morgan Fairchild. I should watch it again.
Oh yes, Jeff Sombat called me from Hawaii. He provided me with his new telephone number.
I mentioned happily, “Oh, I received your letter! Thank you.”
“I’m thinking of flying to San Francisco for the next two days.”
“Are you really?” I asked.
“Yes, but I’m not absolutely positive about it.”
It was ‘as if’ he wanted me to encourage him to come. I didn’t bother.
Sometimes I feel obligated to show Irene around the Bay Area more; however, I know I shouldn’t feel that way. I will take it slow and ‘easy’.
Irene did say, “Don’t worry…I’ll stay out of your way.”
I guess that means I can just live my life in my usual way (with her hanging around-?).
At lunchtime today I took a walk to the HEADLINES Card and Gift store to look around. It’s one nifty shop. It’s so ‘perpendicular’. I like that word. That’s my new word for describing something ultra ‘fantastic’. I heard Steve Masters say it on that cool alternative-rock station (LIVE-105).
I dialed mom’s number from work.
I said, “I think my guest may be staying a month.”
“Mmmm….forget it.”
“I know…what did I get myself into.”
We laughed.
Then I said, “Oh, she’ll probably leave soon. I’m not letting her presence get in my way of work, biking and the gym.”
I called Eileen and repeated the same conversation.
Eileen yelled, “A MONTH!”
I could tell she didn’t like that very much.
“Don’t worry…she’s just a friend. And I think Santa Cruz on May 3rd with you will be great for the entire Sunday!”
We ended on a good note.
I was home, bike riding from 5:30PM until 6:40PM. I decided to head over to the gym too. I saw the usual regulars: Dave, Stewart, Patty. I conversed with them all for a while. I also talked to Angela (the half-breed) that works there.
I watched DYNASTY when I returned home.
Bill Matson called for Irene.
“Oh, she’s not here now. I'm sure she'll be here soon.”
I was glad that I had time alone again.
Then Chris Cordellos called to say, “I just wanted to confirm that I’m coming over tomorrow.”
Irene finally arrived home around the ending of DYNASTY. She made me laugh.
“You won’t believe it. I had to take three buses to get to San Pablo and Stanford Street in Oakland today!”
“You’re kidding.”
“Yes, the buses got progressively worse. On the third bus there was some black guy asking me ‘Where Are You From?’.”
“He probably never saw anyone like you before.”
“Yeah, he said, ‘you look like someone famous’.”
Ha-ha.
“Sounds like you had quite an adventure.”
“And then, a woman and her son drove me back here. They were planning on sleeping in their car!”
I thought her escapade was too funny.
I explained, “There really are no buses that come to Bay Farm Island after 6:40PM.”
“Well, I’m thinking of moving to the Oshram or in that nearby vicinity.”
“Maybe that’s a good idea.”
Irene will meet me for lunch in The City tomorrow.
“I’d really like to cook dinner for you and Chris tomorrow,” Irene announced.
“That’s nice…maybe something vegetarian?”
When I spoke to my mom earlier today I told her that I’d introduced Irene to John and Sherri.
Mom said, “Ashley is here and she keeps saying ‘I want to go to Uncle Mike’s’.”I spoke to Ashley over the phone and asked, “Why didn’t you kiss me yesterday?”
She was silent.
“Don’t you like me anymore?”
Ashley said, “No!”
Her “No!” actually meant that she loved me still (I think). It was so cute. Ashley’s a doll. My niece, Lauren Michael is a doll too…and a beauty ‘at that’.
Eileen has to babysit on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
I assured her, “I can probably come by on Thursday.”
I will now have to ‘scratch that’ since Chris is making a house-call to cut my hair.
All my life I’d been swearing that one day I would just disappear. And one day I did.
-Junot Diaz
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO,
Pulitzer Prize winning novel
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