The Beginnings - Part 77: MY DATE WITH SUSAN LOW

In every couple it is never the one that you believe imposes things in such an obvious way that does.
-Alicia Drake
THE BEAUTIFUL FALL

The Beginnings – Part 77:  MY DATE WITH SUSAN LOW

Sunday, August 28, 1983

Dad and I moved the remainder of my items from my San Leandro pad.

I telephoned George and he had planned to move some of his ‘stuff’ tomorrow but I have to work and he can’t rent a truck.
“Why can’t you rent a truck?” I asked.
“It’s because I’m under twenty-one.”
“Oh…then we’ll have to do it this weekend. Maybe my dad will let me borrow his truck.”

I drove to Moraga. I was excited about my date with Susan Low. I learned that her surname is not spelled Lowe but actually as ‘Low’. We had the greatest evening together.

Her parents have a nice home in the Moraga area. I noticed a grand piano in the living room and they seem to live in a semi-ritzy neighborhood. From my observations of her neighborhood I came to realize that the pearls she was wearing last Friday night were probably authentic. She seems okay but I don’t like when she name drops about knowing a specific producer in the entertainment world.
She also said, “I was almost going to do a project with Nastassja Kinski.”
She only said it after I said that I admired her as an actress. Perhaps I’m exaggerating about her impressive comments. Perhaps I am simply jealous that she seems to have these connections. Susan is my brother’s age (born on December 6, 1962).

We ate at THE HUNGRY TIGER in Walnut Creek per her suggestion. After the meal I drove to Concord where we watched the new Tom Cruise film called RISKY BUSINESS. We had a good time on our first day. It concluded with a nice kiss at the end of the night. We intend to see one another again. We’ve set a date for this Friday for dancing, fun, etc. Let’s see how it goes.

In mid-September 2012 I found Susan Low (of Moraga) on FaceBook.  She and I actually have a ‘mutual friend’.  She now lives in San Diego.  In her ABOUT ME section she wrote the following:

Since graduating from UCSD in 1989 with a BA in Visual Art/Media (where I adopted the nickname Suki) I worked and lived in LA for nearly 10 years where I did various forms of production work and even took a singing job in Japan. I came home from that trip with a greater sense of purpose and went immediately to massage school. Then I studied aromatherapy and sound healing- by then I was hooked! - And began a Sensory Therapy business integrating aroma, color, sound and massage work. This new vibrational healing method caught on, and by 2002, I had taught workshops in Mexico, Japan and London. My art work, Soul Scrolls, was taking off as well. But life has a funny way of getting us to learn hard lessons, and in 2005 I wound up becoming sick with stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, under-going chemotherapy for 9 months, and then going into remission 3 months later, naturally. I learned that my first boyfriend had passed away, and then my current relationship ended. So for the past 4 years I have been rehabilitating my heart, brain and nervous system, and now, finally, I feel rebuilt and reborn. I have architected a new Self and a new life, and I am so grateful to be here and be Alive! I am rebirthing my art and music and focusing now on creating incredible, sensory environments. I am in connection with my Source, and open to Life and Love's Greatest Design for me. (And a little wackiness along the way is good for the soul.) ~ha ~Peace~

I chose to be a little wacky by sending her the following FaceBook note:

Hi Susan...

You may NOT remember me but I kept a daily journal in the 1980's and your name came up recently as I was transcribing my journal entry from Friday, August 26, 1983 (when I met you at a place called LILY's during Happy Hour in San Francisco). We exchanged info and we actually went on a date on Sunday, Aug. 28th when I picked you up at your home in Moraga.

We ate at THE HUNGRY TIGER and then I drove you to Concord where we saw Tom Cruise's film RISKY BUSINESS together. Does any of this ring a bell? We ended our date with a kiss...and I wrote that I was going to see you again on the following Friday in SF at LILY's...but according to my Sept. 2, 1983 journal entry...you pulled a no-show. Funny how things turn out...

I just took an offshoot change of searching FaceBook for a "Susan Low, Moraga" and your name appeared.

I live in L.A. now...and I came to terms with my sexuality (being gay) and have been in a long-term relationship for 22 years now. Ironically, I see you live in San Diego now...and I'm going to the OLD GLOBE on Tuesday night to see ALLEGIANCE, a musical (that my partner and I invested a bit of $ into).

I hope you'll read this...remember me...and perhaps we can reconnect in a friendly way ...
Hugs,
Michael

“There’s a way to talk to girls…you know, tell her a joke…tell her about your unhappy childhood.”
-Jack Nicholson to Art Garfunkel
In the 1971 film CARNAL KNOWLEDGE