A Little Double Wide

I wrote that I went to OR.  I had written in the previous post (and notebook) that how I got to OR.  I wrote about getting there.  On the way there I stopped in Redding and stayed at Joe’s.  I had a rental and my cot.  In the morning I had breakfast and went to Cave Junction.  That was the 22^nd of August—a week before.  When I wrote that, I had down loaded .Net to the Pink Computer.  Eventually I had to leave the coffee shop.  I got some print outs from the print shop and went to O’brien.  On the way Joe told me his band practice would be at Chinook bar and not his place.  Mom and dad were at the rental house—a little double wide at an RV park.

I got settled in there and went to Chinook Bar afterwards to get my bike.  On the next day, I rode to Joe’s and spent the whole day on Regina’s computer making a map.  I up loaded the data from GPS to Google, organized it and then made photos which referenced on another.  Then I made a power point and placed them in there.  I made a vector shape for each image piled them up and made a PDF.

This didn’t work on Margaret’s printer so I had to make everything darker.  Eventually the print out worked and I rode to the RV park to get the GPS and returned for a walk with Edgar.  That was fun since we took he took me up a new trail and we managed to find three parcel corners—both Joe’s and his.  I then sat around Joe’s place on the 23^rd and watched them prepare for their party.  The next day I was lazy and showed up at 2 at Joes after puttering around the RV park.  I bumped into Keith and Nelly on the road biking.

Joe and his band mates were already playing.  There were about 15 people there.  Eventually another 10 people came.  Lots of children were there.  I met Doug and Shane.  They are associated with KS Wild.  Joe and Deb brought their friend Randy.  Joe’s buddies Shaun and Farrell were there too.  I ate a lot and Regina had made soda drinks to consume.  It was mostly between the deck, the car port and the Gazebo/platform.  The party was on for about 10 hours.  Mom and dad left at around 8 and I rode with David to the RV park.

The next morning I rode back to Joe’s and hungout with the three couples that had stayed with their kids.  Apple and Sable had two crazy kids.  There was another couple of ladies with kids.  Stew and his girlfriend had children too.  Stew knew some Columbia people.  When they had gone Joe and I went for a walk.  He texted Regina a few times to see if mom and dad had arrived.

Later I wrote that we really just walked to Whoville and then the bike path.  Later Joe went running back to the house because mom, Regina, he and I were going to Takilma for a hike.  I was drinking ginger beer.

The hike was interesting.  Takilma reminds me a little of Kennedy Meadows.  There is a trailhead at the end.  Randal, Joe’s bandmatesaid that the road was paved all the way to Happy Camp.  When we were done we went to the RV park and met the Morton’s with Dad.  We sat around and talked sports and looked at the books.  I went with Joe, Regina and the Morton’s to the house and we ate the left overs.  Apparently dad had gone to McGrew’s to see the Niners preseason and mom was alone to discover she had no keys.  She used my rental and when she arrived we are more food.  I got the printouts I had made Joe and Edgar and they came up with ideas for the KS Wild benefit.  I rode back to the RV and used the computer for the last time.

The next morning the computer was permanently broken.  I had coffee and packed and then rode the bike to Joe’s.  Then mom and dad and I said bye to Regina together.  They went to CJ and wasn’t very good at saying goodbye.

I stopped in Cresent City and texted Josh and Owen.  At that point it had begun to set in that I was jobless and single and in the middle of nowhere again which I should have been working towards employment and graduation.  That made me grumpy.  However, I understood it would be necessary to check in with mom.

I drove to Arcata and ate at Hey Juan’s.  Stormy didn’t say anything to me when I came through.  I then went to Couple Cups (aka Muddy’s) and read the paper.  That place was way different.  I did some laundry at Emerald and walked to the Plaza and then I went to the Bike Library.  I switched the laundry and went to the bookstore.

Owen texted me and I stopped at Josh’s place on the way to meet him.  Owen and I went to Humboldt Brewery and had dinner.  I saw Nicole’s friend Jennifer.  We walked around and then went to the Shanty.  There Owen and I had some phone calls.  Josh showed up in a bit and I started to drive Owen home.

I noticed that my rental had its lights on but then realized that I had looked at the wrong car.  Then I drove a couple of blocks and got pulled over for not having my lights on.  The cop asked if I had been drinking and I said I had had a beer at dinner.  He let me go.  I kicked myself.  I dropped Owen at his place and returned to the Shanty and told Josh about it.

I hung out with Tomi Rae that night and crashed out.  Then the next morning I saw the kids and had breakfast with Mary Ann and Josh at the waterfront.  They told me they would be in the city in a few weeks.  I started to drive home then but had to stop in Garberville because I was sleepy from the food.  Then in Willits I wanted to look at CDs.

I drove the rest to Gordo on 25^th and then went home and unloaded.  After that I put the bike in the car and gassed up.  Then I brought the car to Enterprise and dickered over the bille.  I rode San Bruno Bl to BART and Junipero Serra to Ulloa on the bike.

I had a nap but watched TV.  I had been grumpy because of the trip for a few days.  Probably because of school.  The day after I got back I went to Java Beach and then went through my stuff.  I got a little organized.  I ate with mom and dad and had another food nap.  That was twice in a week.  I noted my wonder at this phenomenon.  I watched TV again and made words with mom and dad.  I wrote that it seemed like all we do is argue and that looking for help only makes it worse.

The morning I wrote this I went to Java Beach and then fielded a call from CSULB.  I had to print out a change of graduation form and then send in a check.  I noted the Pink Computer was a gonner.  I had a sandwich that didn’t sit well in my stomach.  Later while writing these words mom sad she wasn’t happy that I had left food out.

This is series chronicles my life at regular intervals. This Memo series is meant to be a retrospective of what I have written and experienced. In each of these posts I use my notes in conjunction with memory, mementos and souvenirs to create a snap shot of my life.

Some Girl Named Kathryn

I wrote that I had been putting a lot of effort into the thesis.  On the Thursday before I gave up and had beers.  I was at the Shamrock.  I had also been trying to get through the movies before they were due back.  Mom and dad had left that day and Friday—possibly separately.  I noted that I may have made plans to meet Shaun on the Tuesday before to meet Shaun in Oakland, so on Friday after breakfast I texted him that I would head to Oakland around one.  I got there at four.  We talked and I got his keys and made copies.  I then got a bagel.  We were at Farley’s on Grand.  I told him I would text him.

I rode to Newhall Street and Ed let me in.  I met Jay the resident there.  There were about 15 people there: some girl named Kathryn and some other ladies.  We were getting ready to leave when four other ladies showed up with their guy friend.  That made twenty of us.  We went to Ashby and caught the train to Fruitvale.  I got to know Eva and Kathryn on the way and when we got off I got Kathryn and some others a cue sheet.  I met Kathryn’s friend Liz.

We rode to the Port side of Jack London.  There were a few new people.  I collected some trash and Ed noted that the music system for the ride was wireless.  We rode to West Oakland via downtown and it was ok and the park we went to was pretty big.  I went and found Maud and one of the four girls that had shown up late.

Kathryn and Liz were with Ed, Brendan and Tim the whole way.  From there we rode through MacArthur to Broadway and ended up at Lake Merritt.  I had the only beer.  Ed, Brendan and Jessica went back to Jay's and Kathryn and I had tacos.  I went to Shaun’s around 1 and tried to be quiet because he had an early flight.

I got up and went to Farley’s and had coffee and read the paper.  The barista was named Paige.  I then went to the bank and the store.  I got some money for Shaun and some beer.  I returned to Shaun’s, got my stuff and went to Civic Center.  I went to Momi Toby’s and sat next to some beautiful school teacher wearing Converse.  I then rode home and yelled at double parkers on the way.  I couldn’t do much on the thesis.

I watched the Menagerie episodes of Star Trek.  That was amusing.  Eventually, I admitted to myself that I needed to eat so I went to Le Vid with my movies and then Gordo.  I ended up at the Shamrock and saw one of the ladies that I would so often catch the morning bus to work with the summer before.  I also saw Hillary from SF State Geography all those years ago.  She was coming back from Outside Lands.  I saw about 100 bus loads of people coming back from the show while I was sitting there.

I rode home about 1115 and on the day that I wrote this I had to get up around 5 to turn off all the lights in the house.  I got about three hours of work in and had to quit for food.  I was planning a trip to get a haircut and wrote this entry at Java Beach coffee shop.

This is series chronicles my life at regular intervals. This Memo series is meant to be a retrospective of what I have written and experienced. In each of these posts I use my notes in conjunction with memory, mementos and souvenirs to create a snap shot of my life.