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.