Bummed Out

“Better NOT think too much.”
-as heard in the 1974 motion-picture
ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL

Twenty-five years ago today:

June 21, 1986
Saturday

Well, today (or the weekend) has gotten off to a bad start.

I drove to mom and dad’s house. I was picking up mom and dad to attend Sonja’s wedding. Sonja’s father (Ernest Lucero) is one of my mom’s brothers. Anyhow, mom helped by unzipping my back window of my convertible per my request. The only problem was that she didn’t lay the rear window flat and the window crushed into a million pieces after I pressed the button for the convertible top to go all the way down! I was bummed out about it. I tried to enjoy myself at the wedding anyway. My cousin, Mandy Lucero and I danced a bit. She helped in my having a good time.

When we left the wedding party I noticed my Dad was a tad tipsy from too much beer. He forgot to guard my inflatable globe (the gift from Ron Leoni) that was hanging under my rear view mirror. When Dad opened the passenger window the inflatable globe flew out and onto the freeway! I was bummed out again.

I wanted to stay home the rest of the night. I didn’t. Greg Manachevitz and Mike Miller showed up and persuaded me to go to Vallejo to the new “Talk of the Town” club. I had the ‘shittiest’ time. There were nothing but a bunch of sleaze-type girls there. Greg and Mike were talking like the place was fabulous. The band was good but ‘that’s it’. I was glad to return home.


It was a FULL Moon, too. It wasn’t a good FULL Moon for me as per the aforementioned incidents. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

“I’m afraid we’ll have to go in soon. I heard a mosquito a minute ago, and even if they don’t touch me, I’ll imagine they’re eating me alive, which will be just as bad.”
-Nial Kent
“The Divided Path”