An Uncomfortable Time

“And so it hurts a bit, doesn’t it? But the hurt isn’t because you actually have had your heart broken. It’s more because you feel that you engaged in a lie. And now you’ve had your sense of trust staggered.”
-John Katzenbach
THE ANALYST

Twenty-five years ago today:

July 27, 1986
Sunday

I telephoned Mark Landreth when I got home at the wee hours of the night.

“Hello.”
“Hey Mark, I just wanted to make sure you got home okay.”
"Oh, you caught me at...uh...an uncomfortable time."
He was pretending that some girl was there with him and then he confessed and told me the truth. He was alone, watching some movie called “LIFEGUARD”.
I said, “The only ones here are me and Rodney.”
I had previously told him about Rachelle naming my ‘you-know-what’ Rodney, so he knew what I meant.
Mark laughed.
We both went to bed.

In the early hours (7:45AM) I received a phone call from Julie Waller, the cute Vietnamese girl that always had a crush on me in high-school. She could tell I was asleep.
“Oh, I’ll call you back.”

Bruce Goree called in the mid afternoon. He’s the one I met ‘way back when’ during Traffic School. I was napping. I had just returned from a visit to mom’s house (breakfast and playing with my niece, Ashley).
Bruce asked, “What are you up to the rest of this week?”
“The usual…work and more work. I think I’m going to take a nap now though.”
I tried to not be rude. I think he got the message that I didn’t want to schedule a meeting.

I washed clothes. I showered and cleaned house. I washed my car. The only thing I failed to clean was my bike.

I went to visit mom and dad’s house just as Tony and Helen were leaving. I love Lauren Michael’s smile. She is so CUTE. I ate dinner at mom’s house and ended up staying there until 9:30PM.
I reviewed by stock holding positions and contemplated becoming a millionaire by saving $100,000 in ten different banking institutions. It’s a new goal: $$$

I went home and Johnny Schaefer called me from Los Angeles.
“I might be going on strike on August 9th, so I may drive down there to visit.”
Johnny said, “Great. You should see the movie ALIENS. It’s really good. It’s so intense.”
“I don’t think I’m in the mood for an alien flick. I like more serious, comical or happy movies.”
“Well, I saw RUTHLESS PEOPLE and that made me laugh because that’s really happy.”
I laughed, “Well, the title doesn’t sound too happy.
He laughed.

I had a dream about stock investments. I thought of buying SONY, SAFEWAY and UNITED AIRLINES stock. I’m yearning for more money, aren’t I?  One day my day will come.

“I love solitude.  It doesn’t scare me.”
-Walk On Water, 2004 French Film