April 12
Why does it seem like this diary is a series of incredibly inappropriate non sequiturs?
1965
I'm Telling You Now - Freddie and the Dreamers
Tuesday! Viet Nam is horrible! It's a horrible war and I wish we weren't in there.
By the way, yesterday I cut my own hair! It's the first time and it looks OK.
GOODBYE DEAR DIARY!!
1973
Wow, what a day…I am suddenly very tired…after all, it is 12:30 EST and I was up at 6. BUT…flying is indeed tremendous, especially take-off. We flew in a DC8, which I guess is big but not extremely...I was feeling light-headed, but I believe it was the Dramamine, not the flying. Once you’re up, you’re up and you just sort of sit there and let it take you to Chicago. I would have taken pictures from the plane, but there wasn’t much to take pictures of once we got above the clouds…the lakes were clear, that’s all. I’ll admit I was a little scared when we came down, since it was a a lot bumpier. (They don’t call it the Windy City for nothing.)
Aunt Grace is extremely nice…I believe one of the gifts of maturity is seeing people as they really are…Mom and Grace and I talking about marijuana and menstruation and how we discovered the facts of life. And yes, Mom is a nice PERSON, too. I think I love her. I guess she ceased to be a monolith in my mind. MOM. She’s Esther…and my mother, and I am beginning to see where we get along and where we don’t. Uncle Tom is a rather neat person…not at all as I remember him, so clean-cut and trim in his pilot’s uniform. All in all, a nice beginning to what promises to be a great trip.
Now that I’m in bed, I miss Jim
Comment 2024
Yes, that was my very first time in an airplane.
1979
“What’s a 4-12?!!?
“Overacting”*
The Smithsonian curator called yesterday and said that my chances for the fellowship are exceedingly slim. After telling me that the 10-week fellowship would not hurt my chances for the predict fellowship, it turns out that’s not true. Mild irritation.
She also said that they have been given permission to search of a second curator, and she would like me to apply. I told Dr. Smith and she damn near had a heart attack. I don’t know what to do now. She as much as told me that would have the UM job next year. The money is not that different. The Maryland Fellowship might prevent me from going to the Smithsonian, though.
Comment 2024
*An April 12th does not go by without reminding me of Stan Freberg.
(Stan Freberg, St. George and the Dragonet)
1980
Time out to be taught by someone else- - an all-day seminar on “The Eotic Influence in Decorative Art”. How do I resolve the conflict between my dreams and my limitations?
2003
What does a lentil plant look like? Where do they grow?
2006
Why does it seem like this diary is a series of incredibly inappropriate non sequiturs?
2023
Because life is a series of incredibly inappropriate non sequiturs.