-as seen as a tattoo on the actor, Domini Monaghan, as Charlie
In the TV series LOST
The Beginnings – Part 154: SPONTANEITY 'IN LOVE'
December 4, 1983After driving Tammy home I went to mom and dad’s house for breakfast.
I was soon bicycling again along Shoreline Avenue in Alameda. The beach looks as though it is partially demolished because of the recent storm yesterday. My ride was still as invigorating as ever. The fresh squeezed orange juice I drank in a tall glass at mom’s house quenched my thirst, now I’m thirsty again.I went to my pad and read some of my new book (LIVING, LOVING and LEARNING) when Nici Maurino called me.
“I may come over later to see that flick with you…if it’s okay.” I sighed, “Okay, sure.”
When I hung up the phone I took a nap until five o’clock. Nici did come by at around six o’clock and I selected one of my favorite movies to watch: BREAKING AWAY.
Bill Helbush called while we were watching the movie. "I just want to apologize for not calling. All sorts of fellows were at the place today and my CALCULUS was taking much of my time.”
“It’s okay,” I said, pretending not to remember that he had suggested a matinee for today. “I’ll call you back later tonight.”Bill said, “Okay, that’ll be great.”
Nici and I left for ROUND TABLE PIZZA. We talked and shared a bit more about each other. I told her about my little breakdown that occurred between December 1980 and April 1981. She confessed about her major problems while in high-school with dope and her fist-fighting brothers.
“Sounded rough,” I said.
“Oh…it was. You have no idea. I won’t even get into the divorce between my ma and pa.”
We returned to my pad and watched another one of my favorite films: THE HEARTBREAK KID, starring Charles Grodin and Cybil Shepherd. Nici made some slight seductive hints. It kind of scared me. Or maybe it just made me feel a tad uncomfortable.
I can’t just ‘do it’ when someone says, “Let’s do it!”
Nici still reminds me a bit of that girl I had a mad crush on in high-school (Terri Baker). Time will tell as to whether we will make it together or not. We all need that…time.
I telephoned Bill as promised (at a little after 11PM).Some strange fellow answered the phone and said, “He and others have gone to the END UP in San Francisco.”
This news did not impress me in the least. I wonder if he will ever call me again. He’s a pleasure seeker. I can somehow relate to his spontaneous nature though. Am I a pleasure seeker too?
As Tolstoy knew well, there was no story to tell in Eden…only afterward, once it had all come to ruin, once history had begun.
-Paul RussellTHE UNREAL LIFE OF SERGEY NABOKOV, a novel
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