'The Hots' For You

She likes to imagine (it's one of her most closely held secrets) that she has a touch of brilliance herself, just a hint of it, though she knows most people probably walk around with similar hopeful suspicions curled up like tiny fists inside them, never divulged.
-Michael Cunningham
"THE HOURS"

Twenty-five years ago today:

August 9, 1986
Saturday

I slept in until 8AM; whereby, I rushed over to GOMES TIRE SERVICE for an oil, filter, and lube job. Then I popped over to GRAND AUTO for an air filter change.

Once I returned home I decided to call Mark. We jointly decided to go to the Bay Fair Shopping mall to see the Crystal Light Aerobic Competition. We arrived at 11:30AM and only stayed until 1:15PM. It was interesting and funny because I dressed like an aerobics instructor. Ha-ha. Joanie Greggains was there (a local Bay Area aerobics fitness celebrity).  I spoke to her briefly about Dave Vigil, my coworker.
Joanie said, “Oh, Dave will be here on Sunday.”
Oh well, we came on the wrong day.

I drove Mark home to his house in San Lorenzo. Then I proceeded to drive home to Alameda to take a nap.

Mom came by my place and cleaned-up a bit for me. She’s a sweetheart for doing that.

I left for Anne Alberti’s 5:30 Aerobics class. She met me at my house later that night. She knew how to get to Alameda because her parents are members of the Yacht Club in town. We watched THIEF OF HEARTS together (that movie that I love). She really enjoyed it.

Rick Ferrer called to see what I was up to tonight.
I guess Rick wanted to go out with me to a club but I said, “Well, I have other plans.”

Then Ron Leoni called.
“I’ll be in Los Angeles on Monday,” Ron said.
“Okay.”
“And then I’ll take a bus to Oakland or fly and be there by Thursday or Friday.”
“You can get away with that with your job?”
“Yes, my job in Palm Springs doesn’t start until September now.”
“Oh, okay.”

Mark called to say, “I had to swim for forty-five minutes because my sail broke far out while I was out in to Coyote Point.”
“No way!”
“Yeah, luckily a boater sprang me in.”

Anne and I were going to go out for pizza but La Val’s had closed. We decided to just call it a night.  She seems to have secrets.  She did write down her telephone number for me.  I gave her a peck of a kiss. I figured it was the respectable thing to do on a ‘first date’.  She’s nice.

I called Mark Landreth back as he’d instructed.  He wanted me to fill him in on the happenings.
“You know, Anne and Patty are going to Hawaii on Thursday.”
“They are?” Mark asked.
“Yes, and get this—both Anne and Patty are going to Cancun in October!”
And here I am set to go to New York this coming Saturday.

I said to Mark, “You’ll like this one.”
“What did she say?”
“Anne hinted that all four of us should go out for dinner or a Barbecue at my house or yours!”
“She did?” Mark asked.
“Yes, I guess that means that Patty has ‘the hots’ for you.”
Mark laughed.
I guess I could have said to Mark, “I have ‘the hots’ for you, too.”
Of course I did not say it.
PHOTO: Actor Ken Wahl

I went to mom’s house at 11PM and started to watch a movie with her. Mom was still awake. The movie was called THE SOLDIER. It was a spy film where Soviet Russians steal a cache of plutonium, leaving one rogue super CIA agent to steal it back and save the world.  I liked the main actor named Ken Wahl who starred in the movie.  I left mom’s house by midnight.  I was tired. Yawn.

This journal functions best as a record of things done and not done.
-Christopher Bram
"Surprising Myself"