For Your Eyes Only

"We're all here for the same reason. We all want to be good at something."
-GLEE, Season I, Episode I

Twenty-five years ago today:

December 28, 1986
Sunday

And so…I actually left Mark Landreth's house at three o'clock in the morning. I should have just stayed overnight. Next time…maybe (?).

I am sick all right. I didn't even ride my bike as much as I wanted.

I telephoned Johnny Schaefer in Los Angeles. He was surprised when I told him that I had Joan Collins home telephone number.
"I have access to a lot at the phone company. I know it's her number because when I called her there was no mistaking her voice!"
Johnny was trying to encourage me to delve in to the show business world.
Johnny added, "You'd just do so great in that business…show biz!"
I changed the subject and spoke about my new bike.

I slept a large part of the day.

Early this morning I did call Eileen Grabinsky.
"Do you want to have brunch today?"
Eileen responded in a cool tone, "I'd love to but I have plans at noon."
I dislike when I don't know what the plans are. In any case, she called back and her plans had changed and she wanted to get-together.
I said, "Oh well, I'm not feeling so great and I'm in bed in my pajamas, so I think I should take a rain check."
She understood and we confirmed a new date for this Saturday night, January 3, at The Carnelian Room in San Francisco which is situated on the 52nd floor of the Bank of America building.

I slept and 'sweat it out' while half-watching TV.

I managed to gather up enough energy to drive to NATIONS Burgers where I bought two burgers (one for me and one for mom). After our dinner Dad's niece, Cecelia and her husband, Jim Markus, dropped by with two of their three kids (Jeremy and Jessica). I came by and showed them my Polaroid photographs from the holidays.

Mom's sister (my Aunt), Lillian, telephoned the night before.
Lillian's daughter (my cousin), Shonette West, said, "Michael, I saw your pictures and I really liked them a lot!"
Her comment encouraged me.
I thought, "That does it! I should go into show biz!"
I wonder if I should at least try to go for it. What have I got to lose? I know it's a competitive world but one day I could win out. I can always have trust in that notion of winning. I mean, look at all of the geeks that have hung out and succeeded like Larry Hagman, Ricardo Montalban and Don Johnson. I'm just as great…if not better.

I watched some of the James Bond film "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" while at mom and dad's house. I enjoyed a cup of coffee from mom's new Mr. Coffee maker. Then I went home and realized that I was going to really hate it when the alarm clock started to ring the next morning.

The traffic will be smooth. No one in their right mind is working this week either.

I am tempted to talk to Nikki Bovee, my second line manager, about moving south to Los Angeles and working down there. I would be closer to show biz connections. Then again, the conveniences of living here in Northern California are too good. Perhaps I am just giving myself excuses. I am going to shape up and take some new, good photographs of myself. I'll send them to the 'powers that be' and see what happens. That would be a start.

"That was the greatest moment of my life.  I loved what I was doing."
-GLEE,
Season I, Episode I