-Janet Frame
An Autobiography
April 10, 1983
I woke up at 7:30AM to a KMEL Radio Talk Show on drugs. I’m so glad I’m not addicted to any pills or booze. I never have an urge or feeling that I must have liquor or drugs of any kind. I don’t need that to have fun.
I telephoned Debbie Honcik and D.A.
I watched Saturday Night Live with guest hostess Joan Rivers. I watched it on Sunday morning because I had taped it. I was eating by delicious and crunchy corny Corn Chex cereal as I watched it.
I think I will call Linda Wanczyck today. I will make a suggestion of a bike ride together. I recall how Laurie Robertson used to think of the word ‘lithe’ when she thought of my body. I hope Linda will feel that way. If not, it’s her loss.
Linda said, “Well, I’m going to San Francisco with my folks.”
“Oh, well how about another time?” I asked.
“Well, I’m seeing someone…but I do love bike riding. I would like to rid with you sometime.”
“Okay,” I said and hung-up.
The question is ‘when’.
I sent Paige a card with a bicycle pictured on the front of it. It reminded me of our old bike riding days in Sacramento on La Riviera Drive, Goethe Park and other areas of Sacramento. I tried calling her for her mailing address but she wasn’t home. Her mother gratefully gave me the address. That was sweet.
Mom and I went to see John’s model condominium at Park Webster that he plans to rent with Marty Rivas. It is very nice.
After dropping off a videotape at MAGIC VIDEO, getting some chicken for dinner, mailing my film from the zoo for developing and mailing my car payment I went home.
I took a nap later and was awoken by a phone call from Paige. We had a good talk.
Paige said, “You know, Michael, I just want to thank you for that dinner we had at the SAUSAGE FACTORY earlier this week.”
“Oh don’t think twice about it.”
“And Leslie and I are trying to hold back on our VALLEY GIRL talk in your presence.”
I laughed and asked, “LIKE…for sure, LIKE…are you for real?”
All kidding aside I told her that they did a good job of holding back. We also talked about porno movies. That was an odd subject as we both agreed that watching such movies can be quite boring. However, now that I think twice about it…once in a long while, a porno flick isn’t so bad. It was really funny to talk about porno flicks with Paige.
Paige added, “I also bought you a card. I chose it especially for you.”
“I can’t wait to get it!”
Paige makes me feel good. I love her hair and I do like her a lot. Who knows what the future holds where she and I are concerned.
Well, I watched the film LIPSTICK tonight that was starring the sisters Margaux Hemingway and Mariel Hemingway. I also watched THIS IS ELVIS which I found to be a pretty good documentary. I started to watch TRAPPER JOHN M.D. and decided I should go to sleep soon. I was thinking about Elvis and his younger days. I also thought of Paige and the guy at the zoo who was wearing that turquoise-colored shirt.
On the TRAPPER JOHN M.D. show there was some seventeen year old boy who was having a problem. He was a junior in high school and had not reached puberty yet. He kept going into fits of rage because of this fact. I thought it quite interesting, yet strange.
April 11, 1983
The Academy Awards were a disappointment. GHANDI swept away with most of the awards. I was happy that Jessica Lange won for TOOTSIE at least. She was recognized for FRANCES and I thought she should have won for that performance. Meryl Streep certainly deserved her BEST ACTRESS win for SOPHIES CHOICE though. That was well-deserved. I loved seeing Nastassia Kinski present an Academy Award. I still love her in the films TESS and CAT PEOPLE.
My brother, Tony, returned from Las Vegas tonight. Details on his so-called business trip are still a mystery.
Once you’ve been moved, you want to be moved again, and more deeply for love and beauty. You’re always left wanting a little more.
-Christopher Bram
SURPRISING MYSELF, a novel
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