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May 3, 2004 - Monday

Today we had stifling heat (92 degrees). There were mosquitoes and gnats and I stayed in all day. A bit of July in May and I’m afraid it was a forerunner of the summer to come. For someone who likes the outdoors, I should be hardier about the heat but it, combined with the bugs, was more than I felt like dealing with today. My excuse was that I’m waiting for the water tank salesman to call back so I spent most of the day at my computer or fooling with the guitar.

I’m learning the chords to some Pink Floyd and Neil Young songs and I’ve reached a point where I can almost recognize the tunes. They’re pretty easy but since I can’t sing, I have to get extra elaborate with my playing to make them recognizable. Of course Neil Young doesn’t have the greatest voice but still, I’m self-conscious about trying to croak out his tunes. Gotta admit, I feel a little silly singing, “Hey, hey. My, my. Rock and Roll will never die”. I don’t think anyone but Neil Young can get away with singing his tunes. I’ve also been listening to Woody Guthrie’s “Dust Bowl Ballads” and if I can find the sheet music I might try some of his songs.

Things are pretty quiet here on the West Coast so I’ll be on my way and leave you with a photo I took on our backpacking trip last October.

 


Paradise Valley - Sequoia

 

THEN

May 23, 1968 Thursday

I’ve cut so much school in the past few weeks that I’ve actually been out of school more than in. They look the other way when it comes to seniors so no harm.

On the other hand, today was my first full day of school since last Thursday and it went pretty bad. I’ve given up studying or at least studying hard. After dinner I was in a pretty bad mood so I went driving. After going to Imperial Beach I got home around 8:00 and narrowly missed having a fight with the parents. I then went for a long walk down the beach and I think it helped my mood a little.

Lately I’ve been totally wrapped up in my own thoughts and I didn’t even notice my surroundings during the walk. I’ve lost all ambition (what little I had) and I seem to have fallen into sort of a limbo concerning any thoughts of my future. I used to pride myself on my loner personality but lately I’ve spent so much time with my friends that its begun to get me down. I find that their personalities have begun to rub off on me. I can’t say that I like it either because I’m not totally satisfied with them.

I find that I have become more disgusted with myself and I can’t exactly understand why. I guess I haven’t lived up to my expectations. I only work on Saturdays now and I have found that even with the extra time I can’t complete my obligations. The trouble is, I don’t know what to do with myself when I have time to myself.

A week or so ago Ron and I spent the night at the beach – or – at least a good portion of the night. We took some beer and built a fire on a desolate portion of the Strand. At 3:30 the police came and chased us away.

Last Friday Bill and I got drunk.

Looks like Bobby Kennedy is going to run for president.

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