Intellectual Expression

"Sometimes I think I can put up with anything."
-A WOMAN IN BERLIN, 2008 film

Twenty-five years ago today

March 11, 1986
Tuesday

Every time I call DIRECTORY Yellow Pages I hear not-so-good-news regarding current openings. There seems to be only Staff Clerk or Administrative type positions right now.

My sales day was not the greatest on this Tuesday.

Steph Bautista presented me with my most recent job evaluation. I was rated as all “HIGH”. She is going to sign me up for the ASR (Account Service Representative) test. If I pass this test I don’t think I will accept a job offer. It’s not what I really want.

Steph Redding telephoned.
“Michael, I sent your pictures in as an entry for the GQ Contest to Eileen Ford in New York today.”
I replied, “Well, that’s a plus…but I think my chances are slim at best.”
Her comments made me wonder what Steph actually wrote about me. I imagine it was only good things. She’s sweet.

I bought bunches of lettuce and a SPORTS Fitness magazine that had a major feature about bicycling. It’s good.

I telephoned Chris Cordellos today. He is coming over to my house on Thursday to cut my hair. He’s so nice to do that. What a chum.

But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.
-Oscar Wilde
"The Picture of Dorian Gray"