Trying To Swoop On You

"Alas, we cannot understand each other on any point. We are separated by an abyss."
-Honroe de Balzac
"Seraphita"

Twenty-five years ago today:

November 13, 1985
Wednesday

Chad’s surprise will be the fact that I recently ordered him a telephone shaped like a piano. I am excited about going to the gym tonight.

I reiterated to Leonard about my aspirations to be an Advertising Sales Representative. It seemed like he wanted to say something. He never said it (?). He did give a reason by saying, “I want to expand your horizons.”
However, he didn’t tell me exactly what he was thinking.

Margaret Lai and I had lunch together today. She invited me to accompany her to Hong Kong next year. I am interested. Perhaps I will actually visit the Orient this time around. I don’t know.

I made it to the gym after my brief aerobics at home. I arrived between 7:15PM and 7:30PM. Chad wasn’t there. I left at 8:15PM but I learned later that Chad did make it to the gym at around 8:30PM. I missed him.
In Chad’s words, he said, “It was my loss.”
I liked that.

I made a pit stop at SAFEWAY and I was watching DYNASTY later that evening.

Lorraine Garcia phoned and she may actually come over to visit me on Sunday. She received the postcard that I’d sent her.

Then Chad telephoned and we spoke of doing something together on Friday night. We may go bike riding on Saturday, too. It sounds fun. I shared some ‘big subjects’ with Chad from my journals like my incident in 1980 and my sperm donor contributions to the Northern California Sperm Bank. He sounded so interested.
“I can handle it, tell me more about it,” Chad said.
I said all I could say on the subject.

 
Chad never mentioned the postcards that I’d sent.
He did make me feel good when he said, “I thought of you during my History and Math classes today.”
“That’s funny. I had a contractor’s job site order for phone service in Castro Valley and it made me think of you.”
We exchanged a lot of goodness between each other.
Of course Chad asked about Leonard.
“Oh yeah, Leonard says hi to you.”
“I’m jealous because I thought he was trying to swoop on you,” said Chad in a serious tone.
I laughed. I think he was just kidding around.


"Of course, only those who know how to choose will get true love."
-as heard in the 2000 Korean film "Il Mare" (Love Across Time)