First Forty 1978-02-24
Tonight we signed up for baseball and we had to sell candy. We called our relatives and they bought some candy.
Jun 06, 2008•10 sec
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First Forty 2000-02-27
Yumi and I go in to the office; over to Ted's to study; after Don leaves, Ted and I get back on the topic of "god-in-a-box"; spend hours conceptualizing miniaturized worlds; Yumi upset to lose our Sunday evening together.
May 31, 2008•3 min
First Forty 1995-02-20
Clear and beautiful — but hot!; everybody down at the beaches; Casey called in the morning; thought about classes for next semester — also about minoring in Philosophy; I need to think about getting a job; called Mom and talked about how Owen’s wedding went; in bed at 11:00 but couldn’t sleep.
May 26, 2008•2 min
First Forty 1990-09a
Trish breaks up with Casey
May 20, 2008•21 sec
First Forty 1986-04-08d
Brunch at McDonalds; take the bus to Quebec; sleep along the way; Fred and I picked up by Mme. Champagne; at her house, we're both scared — now it's real; dinner with the family; help daughter with English homework; watch Nordiques game on television; Connie calls; Fred and I retreat to our hideout in the basement.
May 17, 2008•4 min
First Forty 1978-02-23
Today we started the hockey tournament and we went to Andy’s house. We played with his slime and had loads of fun.
May 16, 2008•34 sec
First Forty 2000-02-26
Kids show at Kuumbwa; Miki comes down from San Francisco with her boyfriend; study kanji at the library; dinner over at Eisuke's apartment; Yumi and I watch Juzo Itami's The Funeral; Miki's car breaks down in San Jose; they phone at 2 a.m., but the connection is lost; nothing we can to do help them.
May 11, 2008•4 min
First Forty 1995-02-19
Sleep most of the day; finish Farewell to Manzanar; go for a ride; stop and listen to drum circle; missing Meggin; feel foolish for wanting to chase skirts; read essays on culture and technology; will I be able to make it all work out?
May 08, 2008•2 min
First Forty 1990-08f
Answering machine messages from Dad, Phil, Amy, Patti, Claire, and Andy.
May 05, 2008•2 min
First Forty 1986-04-08c
Sightsee around Montréal; dinner at Bavarian beer hall; stop in at "Le Club Sex 969" to ask directions; cute coat-check girl; night of clubbing at The Business and The Passport; head back after not getting in to Thursdays; sleep through alarm in the morning.
Apr 09, 2008•7 min
First Forty 1978-02-22
This morning on Ray Rayner they had the winners from the jelly bean count. Nothing happened.
Apr 01, 2008•43 sec
First Forty 2000-02-25
Clean out old files from computer; PCS wants $120 from Yumi for breaking the lease; the What-Nots (Kevin Northcutt's band) playing down at Whole Earth; call Case but we don't have much to talk about; we're both changing; stop by Kuumbwa; Yumi out playing poker with friends.
Sep 22, 2007•3 min
First Forty 1995-02-18
Read most of Farewell to Manzanar; call Grant; head downtown and stop to watch two girls dancing in their house; bad vibe in bar above the Redroom; get too drunk and wake up with a terrific hang-over.
Sep 20, 2007•2 min
First Forty 1990-08e
Out on the scooter one night that Malathion is to be sprayed over the city; surreal; see a girl hitching for a ride outside of the Fish Grill on Beverly.
Sep 19, 2007•1 min
First Forty 1986-04-08b
Arrive in Montreal; rooming with Fred, Dean, and Dan at our hotel; go out for pizza with some of the girls, then Fred and I walk up and down Ste. Catherine street; Montreal is cool because the people speak perfect French and English.
Sep 19, 2007•3 min
First Forty 1978-02-21
Nothing happened today.
Sep 17, 2007•6 sec
First Forty 2000-02-24
Yumi and I take bus up to campus to eat breakfast; Lisa getting an HIV test, in a funk over finishing her dissertation; have one of Grandpa's navy pictures on my computer desktop; receive an email asking for The Last Vaudevillain review a.s.a.p.; see Yumi at Cabrillo.
Sep 08, 2007•2 min
First Forty 1995-02-17
Group-project is frustrating, and I'm confused about the major; first V.A. check finally arrives; Meggin calls with the news that Plouffis has died; I think Hal is growing weary of burying pets; call Mom to pass along the news; she and Tom are making cakes for Owen's wedding.
Sep 07, 2007•2 min
First Forty 1990-08d
Rich goes away for a week to an intensive Forum “camp”, to get over his fear of heights; he says that he’s going to cross over a rope bridge spanning a gorge; Claire is hysterical, saying that he’ll kill himself; when he comes back he’s pretty quiet about the whole thing, and I wonder what happened.
Sep 06, 2007•1 min
First Forty 1986-04-08a
Miss Poly Sci and French because I oversleep; because I need to finish research on a paper, I also miss English; Mrs. Delaney tells me the work is inadequate, and to get my life organized; race home to pack for Canada; Fred's parents take us to O'Hare; have time to think about how to straighten my life out.
Sep 05, 2007•3 min
First Forty 1978-02-20
All we did today was play because we had the day off.
Sep 03, 2007•7 sec
First Forty 2000-02-23
Scan family photos at Amy's desk; in the market for a DV camcorder; Yumi and I go to classical guitar concert on campus; Joseph is the stage director; I am "monkey hand"; talk of Marcel contributing rent; Yumi resorts to "American" medicine.
Aug 26, 2007•5 min
First Forty 1995-02-16
Struggling with Hume; guest speaker in class from Shoshone Nation; cool guy, reminds me of Grandpa; beautiful sunset; attend talk on Hubble telescope; interested in space, once more; night walk.
Aug 24, 2007•3 min
First Forty 1990-08c
Go to Naval Reserve Center to find out what I need to do for summer training; they're going to put me on a frigate based out of Treasure Island, in San Francisco; during my physical, the doctor detects a heart condition: mitral valve prolapse; I'm told to lay off strenuous exercise.
Aug 22, 2007•2 min
First Forty 1986-04-01h
Grant and I go to Jodie's birthday party in Streamwood; it's been ages since we've seen her; Jodie shows us her pictures of the Europe trip, which bring back a LOT of memories; even Grant is feeling nostalgic; suddenly want to talk to Ann.
Aug 21, 2007•4 min
First Forty 1978-02-19
Today Todd and I played and watched Project U.F.O.
Aug 21, 2007•8 sec
First Forty 2000-02-22
Amy furious at Baytree for tracking her down while on vacation; Japanese class is a real train wreck; Tajima sensei is great, but totally disorganized; Ted, Don, and I are ready to take out some of the younger punks; Muria has already promised the garage as a practice space for some friends of hers in a band.
Jul 07, 2007•3 min
First Forty 1995-02-15
No one in Section can agree on a topic; Prop 187 hunger strike planned for the weekend; don't tell me what to do; $7 massage; movies on Western Shoshone; finish National Geographic article on the Universe, which puts everything into perspective.
Jul 06, 2007•3 min
First Forty 1990-08b
Decide to get hair-cut at barbershop on Larchmont; while there I meet Huell Howser, from KCET; we get to talking and he wonders if I wouldn't mind working with him on his next project; we exchange information, but I don't expect anything to come of it.
Jul 05, 2007•2 min
First Forty 1986-04-01g
Go to another meeting at Stu's; stop by Yorktown to see Grandma and Grandpa at the show; while there I pick up re-mixes of "Sweetest Girl" and "Our House"; ask about getting Madness videos; Grant and I play Subbuteo; Jodi calls me out of the blue; she's having a party and would like Grant and I to come.
Jul 04, 2007•2 min
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