The Beginnings - Part 95: MY SOLITARY TIME

“You have to keep your wits about you.   Never let up for a second.   A machine is your servant and it is an excellent servant, but it makes an imbecile master.”-Alice Munro:  CARRIED AWAYOPEN SECRETS, Short Stories
Twenty-five years ago on October 6, 1987PHOTO:  Me, at home, looking rather dumbfounded while in the kitchen
The Beginnings – Part 95:   MY SOLITARY TIME
September 27, 1983
Work was dull.   I went to CAPWELL’s on my own because Helen wanted to fidget around in the company cafeteria (as usual).   
I called George to wish him luck.   Tonight at 11PM is the start of his first graveyard shift.   
I wanted to take Salima out for lunch.   Perhaps we will do that later this week when she will be switching to the 11AM-NOON lunch period (like me).
I examined my new INTERNATIONAL MALE Catalog clothes when I arrived home.   I was very pleased with everything except for the desert boot shoes.   They’re a little too big.   That’s okay though…I’ll just add some sock for extra cushion.   I also trust that one particular pair of pants will eventually ‘feel my fit’.   
I went to see EXPOSED all by myself at the UC THEATER.   I enjoyed it immensely.   I love Nastassja Kinski’s work.   She played a Wisconsin farm girl who leaves family and an English teacher/lover and escapes to New York City.   She soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model while in New York.   She is approached by this mystery man and his motives are suspicious.   I won’t give anymore away…but I really loved the intense dramatics.   I love escaping to film, art and love.   
After the movie I browsed at the PIGGY MALONES Card shop and bought some nifty new cards.   I enjoyed my solitary time.   I feel it is so important to enjoy solitude.   These moments can be very meditational while helping to silence the mind.
Up to that time I had repeatedly been inclined to doubt the real value and importance of the game.   After all, every neatly solved problem…could provide intellectual pleasure.-Hermann HesseTHE GLASS BEAD GAME