March 15th, 2017

Driving down Long Beach, park the car and walk through an apartment building. Go through an odd exit and realize I’ve lost my shoes. Walk through again looking for them-no joy. Walk back down the street, looking for them.

In a big room with a band. The leader asks me about a venue they’re going to play at-the Armory? I say we’ve played there but that the stage is small. Go set up recording gear in the room.

March 14th, 2017

Going into a classroom, looking for S. They’re playing, and I clean up a bit.

In class, going over notes and books. I don’t have everything, but the prof says it’s ok.

Out on a railroad crossing with S. We’re pushing engines back and forth across the crossing. I push one way far and S goes to push it back. We walk down the tracks and S crosses just ahead of a train. I’m worried, but she makes it across.

March 13th, 2017

Watching a volleyball game. A young team plays well. I comment to the TV people that they may change the game completely. They’re oblivious, so I try again. They just don’t get it.

At home in a big room. I’m fiddling with the drain as it’s not draining. Walk over to the other side and look at the stereo. Go to the door and close it, as people are outside.

March 12th, 2017

In a police? office, talking with a girl. I fill out a form and a log entry, then kiss her. She just stands there, and I make a note in the log. Some famous guys come in, and I hurry to get in line to get their autograph. I’m looking through my book trying to find their entry-it’s some rap group from the 80’s. They’re on page 1.

March 11th, 2017

Driving Kris down some suburban street. We’re going to the freeway. Turn a corner and the car goes ahead. It starts veering onto the curb and I try to steer it back onto the street.

March 10th, 2017

Walking down a fairway. There are trees with close lawn around them. Walk past and into the next fairway.

Trying to help some people get over the border before the feds get them. They’re coming, but we down an overgrown trail and tye cross the border. Go back into an office and talk to Dr. Hawley about the math tricks I did to help them.

March 9th, 2017

Walking around a wooded lot, we need to go, but Sara needs to pee-we go to a hidden elevator and go up to the corporate offices. I walk around, then get back to the elevator-it’s crowded to I wait. It’s very small. I get off and wait for Sara.

With Judy B., she’s a doctor. I walk into a hospital with her and we go into a room-she needs to be somewhere, but I want to play. She starts rubbing, but has to leave. I walk out and it’s really gritty and tough characters around as I walk down the street.

I need to get a train, go into a parking lot the wrong way and park really close to another car. I tell the guy I’m sorry, close up the ragtop (I have a sports car), and realize I’m in a handicapped spot. Move the car to another spot.

March 8th, 2017

Working on a circuit board, it’s bare, so being careful with handling it. Hook up power and outputs, but it isn’t working right. Plug it into a scope, still no joy. Loren comes over and looks at it, as does another guy.

Sitting in the kitchen, vaping. Kris asks me about it, I put a cigarette in my mouth.

March 6th, 2017

Taking S to a stable for a job. We walk in and look around-the owner comes out and I talk to him about S getting a job. He says yes and they leave. I walk around and watch a tiny colt with bad legs walk around. I follow him and other people are watching too. He falls down and I go to help him. I leave and walk out the back fence-there’s an overgrown cul-de-sac with a subdivision on the other side behind a fence. We’re obviously in Laguna, and the houses are off of Laguna Canyon. I start back and the guys are closing the fence-I go with them, and they’re riding down a hill. I go part way and walk over to the road.

March 4th, 2017

In the lunch line at school. Get bread, then go to the end to steal meat because I’m not supposed to get lunch.

March 3rd, 2017

At a cafe with Marybelle. Some guys she knows are going to play. I sit by the drums and ask to play. They say no, some kid is going to play and he’s only using part of the kit. I step carefully through all the people sitting on the floor. They start and the kid isn’t very good.

March 2nd, 2017

In a big room, trying to go through the stuff before we have to move it out. Someone comes and is trying to assign which stuff to which admin. I start telling them which is which. Hillary comes in and I tell her how much we liked the water system, but that it leaked.

Running on a track, a bunch of people are there. I go down the straight and stop by the sprayer. Someone is whining about how much tickets are.

March 1st, 2017

At work, they’re having an event and lots of planning is happening. Tables and stuff and people. They’re going to clear off the atrium as well. Walk around, some of the doors are open and others are locked-talk to Lendie about how to get in. Guys are riding collapsible columns down from the roof. There’s talk about who to give the log book to-I take it with another guy and we go to the operations center. I walk through and back out and there’s a floor over the atrium.

So, what’s next?

I have no idea. Flynn resigned, and the admin is bonkers-leaks abound, and people talking off the record, and just dumb decisions by inexperienced people. And the Labor Secretary nominee is gone. A classic case of I told you so…And a dam in NoCal is suffering from erosion-at least it’s the spillways and not the dam proper-they got everyone out just in case. Another sign of oh, it’s OK, don’t worry about it syndrome. Deferred infrastructure maintenance is killing us. And the guy tapped to replace Flynn turned it down-there’s some brains for ‘ya…

Nothing much new, going to my sister’s wedding in Atlanta at the end of April. Work Mon., Tues., Valentine’s-S got a huge unicorn, slept with it, to bed. Panic attack on the bus this morning-it was crowded and hot. I wasn’t sitting all the way in the back, where there’s usually a little more room. I took off my jacket and took a bunch of deep breaths and was OK. Left early, but the bus was late to home, so I was 10 mins late for S’s 3rd grade play. They all did great. C is failing almost all his classes. Dropped off S & E, gamelan, home, dinner, bed. Tired this morning. On a rush. Home, dinner, S to bed, bed. Let’s see, how many times have I written that???

Friday, the same. Talked to mom, she’s going to pay for the boys to come to the wedding! To bed earlyish, for a Friday night. Up, take E to a meeting, home, clean. Listening to CLD on YouTube on the TV. Pick up E, shop, home. Sun., to church, no E or S, home, Whole Bowl, shop, dinner. S to bed late. Up, to work-no people on the buses because of Pres. Day. Tue., same ‘ol, E got tickets to Atlanta. Weds., work, gamelan, home, C went to bed at 4am-aargh! Thurs., work, E, M, S came and got me-S wanted to see the office, spendy dinner at a bar, home.

Fri., the usual, home a bit early, lazy-didn’t want to clean. Slept in a bit Sat., went with E to Red, White & Blue-got an iPod nano 3g for $15! The play button sticks a bit. Fry’s-got the plug, stuff for E. Ate lunch at Sonic, drove to Woodburn to the outlet mall. Hassle parking, both in and out. Walked around, got a Pendleton blanket, E got shoes. Home, loaded up the iPod-took until 3:30. Sun., no church, cleaning. Got everything done, E got a tattoo. Dinner, made our bed, sleep.

February 22nd, 2017

At a reunion, Roger C is there and tells me that he wrote something cool. I go into the bathroom and find a sloppy book with scribbles in it. Go with the family to the cafeteria and get in line. I get food and overload the tray, have to carry stuff and it’s falling everywhere, more and more stuff is given to me.

At 30700 in my room, there’s a storm outside. Hear a bang, and look outside the window-there’s a demon face made out of ice on the tree, and it says “honduras something” on it.

Outside, some young girl wants me to go with her to the store. It becomes obvious she wants me, and I get in the back and try to see how it would work. I get in the front, We drive to a mall, go back and C is there with a group of kids, his arm around a girl.

February 20th, 2017

Driving a friend’s Porsche. We park ahead of a guy and he gives a look. We get out and meet 2 girls. I get the spare-she’s tall skinny and a Latina. We walk to the bar, which is packed. She stops and talks to some friends. I talk about going somewhere else because it’s so crowded, but she wants to dance, so we start dancing. I go look for another way into the bar.

February 18th, 2017

In a bedroom with Harliequinn, we’re smoking pot. I want her, and we lay down on the bed.

At home, go outside, there’s a storm coming. We get into the car and start driving away. A small puffy black cloud comes down and stops right above the car.

February 17th, 2017

Trying to catch a train to the airport. Wait for one, then walk across the square to catch another one.

Driving around a strip mall, go into an eyeglass shop to look for new ones for E. Talk about the Sunclouds I used to have for years, the sales person shows new new prescription ones-I guess $300, they’re really $600.