Hyper and Skeptical

“When you like someone a lot you can have an influence on him or her, but I cannot tell you clearly or specifically how it was. He started to behave as an ‘infant terrible’ with me and that did change things, certainly. Before me it was very tea party, yes, that was it, and after there was no more tea.”
-Alicia Drake
“The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris”

Twenty-five years ago today

March 20, 1986
Thursday

I telephoned Amy Platt from work. She was very “hyper” because she had her photo shoot scheduled in San Francisco at four o’clock and she needed to be in Concord by six o’clock for some fashion show at the Sun Valley Mall. So she rushed me off of the phone. Whatever…

I went to the gym and talked to Mark Landreth a bit. We didn’t work out together as I’d hoped this time.

Chad actually came in to the gym. He spoke to me while I was pedaling on the Life Cycle. I wished I was pedaling on a real bike to getaway but it was a stationary bike (a bum wrap).
I asked Chad, “So how was last night’s studying for your final?”
He look glary eyed.
I added, “It must have been a real heavy final.”
I was sure to add those last words given that he wouldn’t talk to me when I had called him.
Chad finally replied innocently, “I have one more final on Monday and then I’ll have a week off.”
I foolishly said, “We’ll have to do something.”
I knew full well I didn’t really want to.
“Sounds good,” said Chad, smiling a couple of more times.
I don’t know. I’m skeptical. I’m making no plans for Friday night. I’m hoping he will call me this time. I specifically instructed Larry with that message: “When he’s ready to talk have him call me.”
And so, I will not be calling him.

I telephoned Amy later this evening while I was watching THE COLBYS on television. Her photo shoot and fashion show concluded very nicely. We talked a while and then I went to bed.

I really like Amy.

“There’s always this wondrous moment when a man first takes in the sight of a woman’s body. Especially a woman’s body he hasn’t seen before. A view that is all adventure. His eyes simply cascade like water over a cliff, right down the front.”
-John Katzenback
“The Analyst”