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_________________ 12 38 pm pst [ homeward bound ] We are in the car driving back from Vegas and the sun is shining so bright on the screen that I have no ability to see what I am writing. I get car sick, so I may have to quit shortly anyway. Neither Matthew nor I wanted to gamble. We talked about it and both of us concluded it wasn't so fun. After our big brunch yesterday, he got a double espresso and I suggested we sit a minute while he drank it. We were on our way to see The Sixth Day and we were in the middle of Exxcalibur. There was a little fortune telling machine and I insisted that Matthew have his read. I got out four quarters and put two in for his fortune. After hearing that he was critical and that he had a red-head in his future, I elected not to invest another two quarters for my fortune. I told matthew he had to put the remaining two quarters in a slot machine, and once they were lost I anounced that we could now say we had gambled on our trip. So it was rather surprising to both of us last night when I wipped out fourty bucks and said that Matthew ought to play some blackjack. He talked me into playing with him, so we planted ourselves at a $5 table with Matthew's father and one of his uncles. It was a spur-of-the-moment, might-as-well impulse. I have played blackjack once before, and don't know all the rules of play (I know the rules of the game, such as when to hit, but not the rules on how to stack your chips and whatnot) so I was getting instruction and advice right and left. Matthew and I each got a blackjack, and he kept asking if I wanted to stop, which I didn't. Finally he said he wanted to stop, so we went to cash in our initial investment plus $10 in winnings. I wanted to go dancing at Studio 54, but it was already so late and Matthew was so tired that we decided to call it a night. We try so hard to indulge each other. We spent a good portion of yesterday sitting around and talking, so I feel very close to him right now. [I love the carpool lane. I think we need carpool lanes on the 10, and that the ones in the bay area need to be in effect 24 hours a day. The carppol lane is one of my joys in life.]
* * * 3 years ago today: Hopefully I can cultivate some nice moss on my brain. 2 years ago today: I am slaving over the book... well, not really slaving. The revision process is enjoyable. At the same time, I am preoccupied with my family tree, trying to form connections to disparate souls in my mind... 1 year ago today: As part of my ongoing need to create, I have been dabbling in watercolors of late. * * * << yesterday |
