-as heard in the 2006 film, MISS POTTER
April 22, 1983
Friday! Yeah!
I was given AX (Excused Absence) time at 3PM. I split the scene and had time to watch THE EDGE OF NIGHT with mom (and John).
Doug Siu gave me a ride in his new 528 BMW to the parking lot across the street from the Emporium-Capwell in Downtown Oakland.
I received a phone call from Barbara Reynolds who wanted to thank me for the card I sent her. She’s sweet.
Helen asked, “Could you call me this weekend about getting together to go to Japan Town in San Francisco?”
I explained, “It sounds good but I already made a deal with Mike Miller to go to Santa Cruz. If I get back at a reasonable time I will call you though.”
“Okay.”
Today was Howard’s birthday; however, both he and Seanne did not acknowledge my phone call from last Monday. And so, the hell with them… I’m worth a phone call as Helen would say. I’m thankful for buddies like Mike Miller. I am waiting for him to show up right now. I’ll fill you in (journal) on the retreat upon my return.
Well, Mike and I left at 5:30PM. We didn’t arrive at the Camp in Santa Cruz until 8:30PM. We listened to some speaker aid. These are the notes that I wrote:
LIFE is real.
Our lives should be lived purposefully.
When we are laying in our graves we should each have something out there to prove that our life was meaningful and that it served a purpose.
We should NOT live each day as work, play and sleep.
We should add a little more to LIFE for ‘you’, others and GOD.
Spend your money on other people as it gives you the greatest reward and not merely on material things for yourself.
LIFE has vast potential.
LIFE has purpose.
LIFE is brief.
Eternity is in our future.
We’re accountable to GOD.
We have been bought.
JESUS is Lord.
Believers are stewards who administer affairs and cater to others.
Souls are dying.
Christians have the answer.
Jesus said, “Go…”
Judgment day is coming and all of our service will be brought into review.
That pretty much summed it up for Message #1 from the first speaker at this Christian retreat. I totally agreed with some of his statements. Michael and I registered and paid our fee (twenty-five dollars each). We ate a couple of strawberry turnovers with hot apple cider and then went to Cabin Number 9 (as in Cloud 9). I slept on the top bunk over a guy named Gary Garcia of Hayward. I actually have a cousin named Gary Garcia (but it wasn’t him).
It wasn’t a very good night of sleep with one of the guys who kept tossing and turning all night. One was coughing and clearing his throat repeatedly. Another guy was snoring and another was supposedly talking to himself in his sleep. Gee whiz! I found out later that it was Michael Miller who was the one snoring. He must have been really tired from the drive. We had ‘lights out’ by 11PM.
“I find that one NEEDS one single pure activity.”
-as heard while watching the 1969 film
WOMEN IN LOVE
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