Into A Tizzy

"It was a weird evening, everyone was trying to out-shock everyone else."
-Alicia Drake
"The Beautiful Fall:
Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris"

Twenty-five years ago today

May 14, 1986
Wednesday

What a freebie day! I met Jane Webster in Walnut Creek this time. We did our 8AM meeting and there were some raunchy, old dudes that argues with us about how the receive orders from the Business Office that don’t make things clear. We handled it. Then we went to Sun Valley Mall and had breakfast. We also drove over to Downtown Walnut Creek for a while and talked. Jane’s really nice. I like her. She’ll probably come to my Birthday party.

By 12:30 (after our Noon meeting) we departed. The noon meeting was a breeze. I went to Chris Cordellos’ house but he forgot his haircutting scissors, so he couldn’t cut my hair. I stayed at his place for a while and then drove over to my mom’s house in Alameda.

Mom made me a sandwich and by 3PM I was at home for nap time. I was on my bike at 4:30PM. I rode by TRANSBOX, the place where Steve Green works. I didn’t see his car anywhere around the parking lot though. I continued my bike ride along the South Shore beach. I stopped by at John, Sherri and Ashley’s house. Ash cutely lured me in to her bedroom and made me sit down and have tea with her. It was cute. She kept pointing out that all of her stuffed animals were hers.
She kept saying, “Mine!”

I left for the gym and I saw Jeanette Melcher. We exchanged a few words.

Suddenly, Mark Landreth walked in wearing his red sweatpants and a gold half t-shirt. We worked on our stomachs together for a while. I left the gym by 8:45PM with Ric.
Mark said, “Later.”
I replied, “G’Bye…later.”

I drove over to Ric Green’s place to see DYNASTY. I was thinking this would be the last episode of DYNASTY for the season. I had some champagne and apple juice. Ric’s friend Rick and some other guy named Rob were there. Steve Green got into a tizzy after calling David.
Then Steve snapped at me after I said, “Try and relax, Steve.”
I ignored him after his rudeness. Later, Steve, Ric…and later Rob…went into the kitchen to counsel each other about stress in relationships. Rick and I remained in the media room and watched THE HUNGER, a movie about vampirism that starred Catherine Deaneuve, Susan Sarandon and David Bowie.


I left Ric’s place at 11:30PM.
Before I departed Steve apologized to me and said, “I may come over tonight.”
He didn’t. I fell asleep. I may go to MacArthur Park in Palo Alto on Friday night with Steve Green. He still wants me to go with him to meet his old professor friend who is fifty-two years old. I may go out with Mark though. I don’t know yet.

The bait was in the water.  Now he had to sharpen the hook.
-John Katzenbach
"The Analyst"