12/25/21

 Joe and Hanskaya are hanging around to patio having a natter and drinking. I go to bed early. The next day, we get into an argument--Joe's pissed that I bailed. I tell her that it's hard to hang out with drinkers and it's easier to stay sober if I avoid situations like this. 

I'm discussing what SMART recovery is all about to someone. 

12/24/21

Lisa from Latcha hands out the Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" albums. They've reissued it and the album cover is made out of cheap, thin cardboard. Then I'm hanging out with Paul McCartney in a recording studio. I start kidding him about some of his lyrics being lame, and he goes along with it. I can't believe I'm joking around with Paul!!!

12/21/21

I run into Greg Marsh and I give him a big hug. I tell him how much fun it is producing commercials. I end up spending the whole day out of the office. Then I'm in an indoor tennis court and the two rackets I have are broken. It's only 7:30 and I need to go over to the recording studio for a bit.  

12/16/21

I sell all my art at an art fair. Then I run into Ed Berger and I get his email address. 

Jim Hood helps me carry a heavy space heater up some stairs. 

12/15/21

I'm at an agency with President Obama and we're discussing commercials. His face gets red and yellow powder on it. I finally bolt and run downstairs. 

I'm on the phone with Pounder and we're discussing printers. 

Out kitchen faucet is leaking. I keep jiggling it and turning it off and on to make it stop dripping. Finally, it's almost turned off and I give up. 

I sit down to dinner and then realized I forgot to call John Batten. I have this big phone and call. Libby tries to call too. Then we pretend we're blind and feel each other's faces. We're laughing our heads off. 

12/14/21

 I'm walking around the offices at D'Arcy which is in the Renaissance Center. The offices are state-of-the-art and filled with expensive decorations and equipment. I can't figure out how this can be since they agency only has a few, tiny accounts. I go into the lunchroom which has an extravagant buffet. There are one pound breaded shrimp. 

12/7/21

I run into Wally and we get along great. I invite him over for dinner and I make a big pot of soup. He brings a big fennel bulb. I chop it up and put it into the soup which makes it real anise-flavored. I invite a few Domins over and the whole family shows up. They bring a ton of food. My dad and Dziadzi are there. I tell everyone they have to leave in a couple hours, and right on queue, everyone cleans up the place and leaves. 

I try to get into downtown but the whole area has been blocked off by the police. I walk through the area and the president of China is sitting in the front row of some theatre seats. I grab a huge pile of burger meat and compact it into a bowl. I take it home and am going to make meatballs with it.