Cloud 9

An analyst is considered a scientist of the oblique and of the hidden.
-John Katzenbach
“The Analyst”

Twenty-five years ago today

March 24, 1986
Monday

I called San Francisco radio station KYUU this morning to say that I knew Dennis Oniki. It’s some sort of radio station promotional game. I gave a fictitious name though.
I said, “My name is Jared Clark.”
I asked, “Is this K101?”
“Who is Dennis Oniki?” asked the radio DJ.
“He’s a real person employed with Pacific Bell and he works in San Francisco.”
I can’t believe I actually referred to KYUU as K101. Oh well, I blew that potential win. What the hell.

Amy Platt’s coming over to my place tonight to watch the ACADEMY AWARDS with me. They start at six o’clock.

I have verifications of two job transfer requests on file: One is for ‘Copy Service Artist’ in San Jose and the other is for ‘Analyst’ in San Jose. I am crossing my fingers that something turns up. I still have not received verification of the job requests for Oakland, San Ramon, and San Francisco for the same job title descriptions (Copy Service Artist and Analyst).

I enjoyed some Chinese food with Margaret Lai and Cedric Green and some new transfer gal who comes from the Rhonert Park RTOC (Residence Telephone Order Center). The new transfer gal is named July and she’s O.W. (OverWeight). It was an okay lunch.

I owe Amy Platt the purchasing of a lottery ticket. We placed a bet for BEST ACTOR. I voted for Harrison Ford for his role in “WITNESS”. She went for William Hurt. It’s okay. She owes me two lottery tickets. Amy arrived at my place at about 7PM. We munched on raisinettes and lounged together, watching the Academy Awards.

Sydney Pollack won for his BEST PICTURE: Out of Africa
William Hurt won BEST ACTOR for The Kiss of the Spider Woman (He deserved it!).
Geraldine Page won BEST ACTRESS for The Trip to Bountiful (I’m glad she won but I was hoping for Anne Bancroft for Agnes of God).
Don Amece won Best Supporting Actor for Cocoon.
Anjelica Huston won Best Supporting Actress for Prizzi’s Honor (I thought Oprah Winfrey would win for The Color Purple).

 

Amy really is a sweet lady. I like her more and more.
“You know…you can spend the night if you want,” I suggested.
“Well…no, but I will on Friday.”
I thought, “Hmm…so it might be nice.”
I am kind of on a CLOUD 9 (or a CLOUD 8) right now. I went to bed after Amy left.


Margaret Lai saw Amy’s photograph and said, “Michael, she is gorgeous…even model material!”
I guess I could second the option; however, I didn’t say much.
Cedric Green said, “Yeah, she’s great lookin’.”
It’s not that it matters what others think. It’s I who is making a choice. I do like her lots.


Inwardly, he found himself eyeing people on the street, half fantasizing who they were, and what they did; almost envious of the simple pleasure that identity gave one.
-John Katzenbach
“The Analyst”