In a bathroom, the door won’t close. Try putting another door to close first, but it won’t work. Get some rope and tape and try to tie it shut, but it keeps sliding off the door. Get close, then some guy wants to leave, so I let him through. Keep trying.
At a kite thing.
October 15th, 2023
In a courtyard, some girl pilot is circling in a jet and yelling that she can’t help me.
Driving down SOM with mom. Help her turn onto Jackson.
October 14th, 2023
Walking through campus, some odd rabbit girl is following me. I start trying to run, but can’t. I go down a hill then back. She’s out of sight, so I hurry between buildings and away. I don’t see her, so I go through another quad.
October 10th, 2023
Some guy sort of like Malfoy crossed with Eminem is bothering me. I take him down and he gets me in guard. There’s a half-circle of people around us. Warns me not to mess with him. I let him go and he leaves on horseback. I follow to a tall black building. Go in the bottom entrance and up some stairs. See a bedroom and start calling out. Go back down and some girl asks me what’s happened. I tell her as some guard comes down the stairs. She says he’ll leave me alone if I leave him alone. I leave.
October 9th, 2023
Need to pee-go into a bathroom and start peeing everywhere. Can’t stop, and someone comes in. Try to clean up.
October 5th, 2023
Talking to someone about whether I worked in Maryland. I say yes and tell her Towson something. I look it up on my phone so I can have a story made up. Walk into an office, the receptionist looks mean. The guy I’m working for comes out and we quickly go into the back. He locks the doors and tells me to watch out for that receptionist. Someone comes to the door and he unlocks everything.
October 4th, 2023
In a pavilion, washing some large symbols, talking to someone about how it all really doesn’t matter, because you’re everything already, and all you have to do is remember it then not worry about it after that. Finish up and walk across the courtyard.
October 3rd, 2023
Sitting in out car by the side of the road. Hear a roar, and someone says it’s the president’s plane taking off. Go out and a huge plane roars by, but it’s a Fedex plane landing with a chase plane? Look back and a bunch of scruffy guys are standing around. One is taking a piss, and it’s windy. I laugh that he’s pissing into the wind and get back into the car.
Walk through a park with a couple of people. Take Salem to an interview, then see the interviewer afterwards. Ask how they did, and she says great and we really like her. Help Jacob? get dressed and walk them over to an interview.
September 27th, 2023
Hanging out, some guys want to spar. I watch, then one wants to spar with me. We try it out, then I get onto the mat with him and pull him into a back-breaker. Walk away.
Waiting at to corner of Lake and Oatfield. There’s an invasion, but we don’t see anything coming. Walk up the hill and across. Still nothing. See a line of small things-it’s a bunch of cats in single file coming up the hill.
September 26th, 2023
On a bus going down Lander with the gamelan group. There are rats, big rats climbing all over and people aren’t noticing. We chase some out the side doors, then stop and chase them rest out the back.
Make fun of M and he starts to cry. I feel bad.
September 25th, 2023
In a house by the San Diego border. Planes flying overhead.
September 20th, 2023
Trying to help out a superhero, but they destroy a big window. They get fired, and we walk around trying to find them a job. One interviewer is super rude-we walk out and I call them names on the way out. We walk around some more.
The Second Summer is here
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We’re in Second Summer-93 degrees today… No more apples, but the plums are almost ready. Not much going to this interval, watching the political entertainment, listening to NPR, working out, going to work. Trying to keep my head above water-not succeeding. There are a few things I need to do, and a second gig might help-if you read this and need web stuff or graphics, I can help.
Monday (8/28). Looking forward to a few days off this coming weekend. I’m tired. Fine gamelan last week-I have the patterns down for the lancaran. My gamelan crush has returned. Drove Erika and Salem to Breitenbush Thursday-went to the outlet on the way. The fire damage is tremendous. The sun was orange on the way back down the canyon. Took a few pictures. Got 2 12’s of Gatorade Cucumber Lime on the way back for after working out. Got my new Fitbit. Tough workout on Friday-didn’t get through the run or the workout. A thing, disappointing. Drove back to pick them up Saturday morning. Stopped on the way back a couple of times. Home, interesting thoughts/realizations Sunday morning waking up-maybe a new essay? Fine workout in the afternoon. Hard to get up this morning.
Tuesday morning, listening to the all-company broadcast. Went to bed late-reading.
Wednesday noon. Got my new crown put in-15 mins-this guy is great! Good workout last night-bike and NR1. Not much else-Erika and Salem went to the state fair.
Thursday afternoon. It’s been raining all day. Glad I covered the porch couch last night. Meh gamelan practice last night-only a few people showed up, so we went round robin with the fast lancaran-I didn’t do great on the bonang, and failed on the imbal demung too. Bleh. I did get the gong part quickly… My crush was there too. Not much else-I have tomorrow and Tuesday off.
Tuesday (9/5). I have the day off and slept in. Same with yesterday-went to the binz, gathered apples-not many left, and pulled a recycling bin full of blackberries, plus herbicide, so maybe fewer next time. Today I have doors to remove and a bidet to install (didn’t-I couldn’t close the hot water valve). Weekend was pretty quiet, took Salem to the record store Saturday, got a few cheap ones, slept in Sunday, worked out Friday–meh and Sunday–ok, and later today…
Friday, time for bed. Decent workout, pretty quiet otherwise. Work, Salem’s first week of school, Claire’s enrolled too. Ok workout Tuesday, no gamelan Wednesday.
Monday (9/11). What is that date again? Oh, yeah, I remember what I said about 9/11. Meant it. The day Dubya was visiting a grade school in Florida, after he forgot to pay attention to a briefing given a month earlier entitled “Bin Laden determined to strike in US.” And that’s as close as I’m going to get to politics… Been listening to NPR on the car rather than music. There was an interesting report last night about “Reading Recovery“. Not sure if my kids would’ve been subjected to it if they hadn’t gone to Waldorf. It would’ve been fine for Salem and Claire-they were both good readers from the start, but it would’ve ruined Mathias. Well. Not much this weekend-fine 5k run and workout Friday, driving around and binz Sat., sleep in and quiet Sunday, plus good intervals and workout. Got a little done. Helped Claire out with the FAFSA application. Odd dream this morning.
Wednesday, midday. Trying to get some work done. Pretty mellow-working, nice change of pace cardio & negative workout last night-delayed a bit because I took Salem home. Claire went to a great show last night too, in a tiny venue. They go to a lot of great shows. Gamelan tonight.
Thursday. Got a prod deployment done, finished another thing. Gamelan was fine, fine on the bonang bit, Vera brought a bunch of mushrooms-I’m trying to pickle some. And mushroom soup sometime soon. Trash time.
Friday-gotta gotta gotta get down, dammit! I’m not gonna-giving blood at 5-first time in 20 years…no workout, wife is going to urgent care afterwards to pee into a cup-doc finally got back to her-she’s been low-level sick for more than a week. Salem stayed home. Another quiet day, trying to get my thing buttoned up. Everything else is done or close enough. I think I’ll call this.
Page 23, sentence 5: “Neanderthals and archaic Homo sapiens probably also had a hard time talking behind each other’s backs-a much maligned ability which is in fact essential for cooperation in large numbers. ” Sapiens.
September 14th, 2023
In a big room with a group of people. I’m new. They’re all going to trip together. I talk to the main guy and he doesn’t want me to because I’m new. I’m also worried because it’s been a long time. We talk some more and I decide to micro dose.
With some girls, make out with one, dance with another.
September 12th, 2023
Going into Quest, there’s a complicated entry process and a line. Wait and talk to a person who prints me out a badge. Walk over and automatically go to my old desk, which isn’t anymore. Go look for mine. Walk out into the lunchroom, sit down, and a bunch of old-timers with badges marking them as old-timers come over and we talk about what I’ve done since, and where I am now. Tell them a couple of stories.
September 10th, 2023
Walking down a trail, we go uphill, but it gets too steep. Turn around and go across a bridge and down by the river.
At work, trying to get a job started. Get it running and it’s going to take a while so we leave. Get in the car, then watch a lady and 2 men arguing. One of the men hits the other across the face with a blackjack. He starts crying, and they come towards us and up a hill. The first man pulls out a huge knife and goes up the hill. The woman goes the other way and the man stabs the other in the chest. I start yelling at the driver to call 911.
September 7th, 2023
Walking down a long crowded hall, looking for the toilet. Find it, but it’s full. Go find another, but it’s outside and seen by everyone. Go, but make a mess and have to clean up.
September 4th, 2023
Hanging out in downtown Long Beach. Some guy comes by on a quad going very fast. He turns onto the beach and accelerates. He goes down a ways, then turns into the water. Suddenly the quad stops, and he goes flying into the water. A bunch of people rush up to help, but he’s dead. A lifeguard comes up and asks me if I know the guy and I say no. He asks me to call the family and I say that’s not my job. He makes the call and starts talking Spanish, then starts crying. He hangs up and walks back.
Sitting on a couch looking at some small WWE ledgers. A pretty girl comes in and starts asking me if she can look at them. Vince McMahon comes by and I ask him if it’s ok. He looks up and says yeah (she’s clearly a spy). She sits down across from me and starts asking questions. I put my hand close to her leg and she says no touching. I say I’m not and she continues to try to seduce me and get the ledgers. She finally hauls out a random device that clearly holds a camera. I look up and all the furniture is gone. I put my hand right up to her crotch, and it’s warm and wet. She sighs , and I continue. Walk away with the books, and guys are putting back the furniture. Some guy is getting dragged away by the girl, her hands on his crotch and glowing.
September 1st, 2023
At a US reunion, walk around. Mistakenly go into the girl’s bathroom, see my sweater on the shelf. Grab it and leave. Get a dirty look, go back in and tell that I would’ve been in there of my sweater wasn’t there. Walk over to the dinner table and sit down. My plate is done and we start messing around. The guy next to me tries to tip my plate into my lap and fails. I get him, then he puts mustard all over my plate. Leave and start watching kids playing a game. One shoves another and he starts chasing him. They start doing a skit about tennis and I remark that I wish I had tried out for the team, just to be able to hit around more often. I was good enough, but hated competing. Watch an interview with John Bell.
On a plane, start taking off, but don’t quite make it. Keep going, fail again. I get off and the plane leaves.
August 29th, 2023
Moving. Pack the trailer, worry about driving it all the way and stuff getting damaged. They leave, start trying to organize what’s left. Go into the parent’s room, and they haven’t started yet. Walk up to where the other trailer should be. There’s a ton of stuff still on the shelves and drawers.
