A Delightful Change

She thought of the sheer pleasure she got from riding the bicycle, of the exhilaration that rose in her as she felt the bicycle gather speed under her, the panting sense of accomplishement as she reached the top of the slope and the rush of the wind in her hair and under her sari as she went down the other side. Then there was the freedom to come and go as she pleased.
-Shyam Selvadurai
"Cinnamon Gardens", a novel

Twenty-five years ago today

March 14, 1986
Friday

Well, I worked along merrily despite my latest feeling of blues over being at my current job. I hope I get this Copy Service Artist position. It would be a delightful change.

After work I went over to meet with Karen and Amy in the Marina district, near the Golden Gate Bridge. That’s where they were shooting some photos. From there we went to LILY’s to mingle. Then we moved over to BARNABY’s and back to LILY’s and over to BARNABY’s one more time. I made it home by midnight. It was fun. I was feeling good.

When I arrived home Chad called me.
Chad said, “Yeah, I went to the gym tonight and I was wondering where you were.”
“Oh, well I went out with SOME FRIENDS.”
We actually made tentative arrangements to meet at my place tomorrow (Saturday). We’re going to watch a TV movie that I taped starring Farrah Fawcett and Colleen Dewhurst called BETWEEN TWO WOMEN.

Of all of England's rulers, none has ever understood as well as Queen Elizabeth I that the key to monarchy is theater. Her courtier favorites, men like Leicester and Essex, had always pretended they were in love with her.
What is theater and what is real?
One mirrors the other.
-Edward Rutherford
"LONDON", the novel