She's Available

"I had only met her once before, but she took it into her head to lionise me."
-Oscar Wilde
"The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Twenty-five years ago today:

July 29, 1986
Tuesday

I did my duty and arrived at 7AM.

I telephoned United Parcel Service about the interview process.

I am now considering a return to school. There’s UC Berkeley and/or Stanford. A Masters Degree wouldn’t hurt. There are so many ideas running through my mind these days.

I enjoyed an ‘after work’ happy hour drink with Mark Landreth and Kathy Ortega (a gal from the gym). This was a spontaneous event. I ended up getting home at 11:15PM.

We started speaking of Anne Alberti, the aerobics instructor at our gym.
Kathy said, “You know…she’s available. She broke up with Jeff.”
I wondered if Anne was really my type. I wondered if Kathy was sent to drop this information to me ‘by Anne’. I didn’t like knowing that Anne was 'with' Jeff. Jeff is the other aerobics instructor who wears these tight pants and you can see every bulge imaginable. How embarrassing.

I was pulled over last night on the way to the gym by a San Leandro cop. Luckily for me, he didn’t give me a ticket. It seems that I cut in front of a red Volkswagen instead of stopping to yield first. The officer was nice for a change.
The police officer asked, “So, where did you get that globe?”
I answered, “It was a gift from a friend.”
He said, “I should get one for my kids.”

"True love doesn't grow with a number of lovers. It wastes away."
-CASANOVA,
2005 motion-picture