SWEET DANGO

#139……….9/29/2004 1:12:05 PM…..back at the excellent COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER at Eddy & Leavenworth run by NETWORK ASSOCIATES………left THE JEFFERSON HOTEL a bit late-ish in the day today…….lounged around in bed listening to the intelligent discussion on KQED radio……..there was an interesting discussion of THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT of the Bay Area – 40th anniversary this year……on the way, saw tenant representative (name deleted) in the lobby – also leaving at the same time, neighbor (name deleted) – informed him that my movie pick for today, the Japanese samurai flick YOJIMBO, was playing tonight – he hadn’t heard of it – maybe he’ll show…….now, back to notes from yesterday: picked up at THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY a copy of INTUITION by OSHO – formerly RAJNEESH – plus a video cassette of GIRL, INTERRUPTED………..then back to the hotel, yesterday, at half after four in the afternoon………..napping in there – been taking it easy a lot…….haven’t had much alcohol to drink due to lack of money – getting three-hundred-and-8 on Friday – guess I’ll be back on the juice then……really gotta make my money stretch for the entire month – spent, oh, well over a 100 bucks last month on alcohol alone, I’d say……..now: political analysis on the radio, on KQED, a lot these days – I’m not particularly focusing on the Presidential race – I guess MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM is on my mind more of late – should take more interest in him and in politics in general………and about then, friend called to invite me to dinner after her yoga……..then went to the YMCA on Golden Gate, a coupla blocks away, to fill up my water container with their filtered fluid……..the Jefferson has a Y pass so that tenants can use the facilities for free………..then later, on the radio, former Poet Laureate of the United States, Billy Collins, was featured at a San Francisco appearance – heard the show before but it was entertaining to hear it again…………and had some trail mix I’d groundscored some while ago, plus YERBA MATE TEA – recommended beverage to replace coffee – more nutritious and not as toxic – or, not toxic at all…………healing, even…..and then I tuned in to the BBC radio program at 9pm – getting more into news in general again after laying off for a long time – there was, as I sipped my tea, a story about how King’s College in England is checking into the scientific basis of the healing plants of the world – apparently curry has the healthful properties that have been attributed to it in Indian tradition…………then, about 9:35pm, on my bicycle to the Mission, to the Bikram Yoga facility to meet friend………got there in about 20 minutes – got there early, waited a bit in front of the recommended DOG-EARED BOOKS at 20th and Valencia – unique selection of books there………then over to PANCHO VILLA on 16th near Valencia, friend and I, for a meal – we had the same thing, her choice, a veggie burrito without the wrapping, all on the plate…..plus a TECATE for me – tho’ she had second thoughts about getting the drink for me…….I ate about twice as fast as she did – got more salsa (the mild kind – they’ve got a selection of killer heat salsa) for my chips, had the beer, and we had a generally pleasant time, at least from my point of view………about 11 we were done, and I walked her back up to her place…….on the way back, got flagged down by a friend on the street at Albion, across from the Delirium bar – we chatted a bit, then he looks at my bicycle, and it turns out that it’s his, one that got stolen……..so, despite my not wanting to, gave it back to him – he says it had been taken to Burning Man – the dust from the desert was still on the wheels……..guess he was on the level……I had paid 5 bucks for it on the street – I don’t usually traffic in stolen goods, pretty near never, but I had taken this bicycle, no questions asked…….and it’s an unusual turn to find that I had gotten the thing back to my friend, circuitously………so I am bicycle-less again………my friend gave me what he had in his pocket, a buck and 40 cents, and I walked all the way back to the Tenderloin – coulda taken Muni, but I wanted to get a drink…….so midnight-ish, there I was, crossing town – only around the Mission and 16th Street area did I feel a bit apprehensive – after, like, 14th and Mission, streets mostly deserted, and felt safe enough………paused at the GOODWILL store there on South Van Ness – pretty DAVID LANCE GOINES poster – I remember him from my BERKELEY days – good artist who was also a master printer, used all the old equipment to make his work, his stylish work…………and back in the hotel, call from friend who’d bought me the dinner – various of the usual – said she is really wanting to move – a sign to indicate this is that she has left her room key twice where she was working…….she figures she’ll move when she lightens her load a bit……….and up in the room, got a dime, and with the buck and 40 went up to THE NEW PRINCESS MARKET for a NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE………….and then no more notes…….kinduv a hassle to keep ‘em……….been carrying a pencil as my writing instrument these past few days………wanted to pick up one of the adult literacy class pens at the library but when I went in to get one the woman at the desk wouldn’t give me one – I’ve taken, like, 5 of their pens and used them well, but she refused – they have an unusual triangular shape and fit well in the hand……..oh well…………so that about brings us up to the present, in a manner of speaking – no more bicycle, boo-hoo….when I get money in a coupla days I suppose I can get one that’s not hot……..that samurai film is on in 4 and a half hours – thanks to JEFFERSON HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN SAMUEL for putting it on – in the meantime, maybe over to see BROTHER PETE SELLARS at the ODD FELLOWS LODGE……get some work, some secretarial work, and maybe a free Olympia or 2……..then over to the library, check my record, see what is in to pick up……..or back to the room, study a bit, listen to the news on the radio…..pick up a copy of THE EXAMINER and examine the news therein……or an audio book……..but no whiskey, no money………

#138…..9/28/2004 2:37:06 PM……been carrying around way too many papers today – newspapers and several other pieces of paper….so here’s my chance to condense the information…….was in the UNION SQUARE area this morning – scored 2 sandwiches with a lot of meat in ‘em – homemade, and the maker didn’t skimp on that roast beef…..so I was checking the area out as I usually do…..picked up, at RASPUTIN RECORDS there on Powell, a flyer for an event at Ruby Skye – never been there, but BROTHER PETE SELLARS of THE ODD FELLOWS says he can get me tickets – wonder if the place will accept my mode of dress? If not, I’m not changing just to get in there – heard it was too yuppified anyway, not my style……..liked the picture on the flyer: drawing of a scantily-clad female deejay at work on the turntables….also good recently (this is no particular order): quote in the “Public Eavesdropping” part of a recent LEAH GARCHIK column in THE CHRONICLE – a little girl says “Now we are in the magic garden and we are getting close to the magic castle.” – to which a little boy – 5 years old, as is the girl – says: “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah…….” – I liked that…….gotta access The Chronicle more – I’m not paying 50 cents for it, tho’…….and: was at the VIRGIN MEGASTORE last night for a while while waiting for a friend to finish work at a New Montgomery location of THE ACADEMY OF ART COLLEGE (or university, or whatever it’s being called now)……..so I took diligent notes on what I listened to and watched…..good song playing just when I walked in: WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS by WAR……and inspected the collected 3^rd season of ALIAS on DVD – good show, JENNIFER GARNER’s fun to watch……..and thanks to RICHARD BRANSON for setting the store up – he was just in the news this morning – he’s creating some sort of space flight program for the public…….and: back to Jennifer Garner – cover blurb about her calls her an “unfaltering delight”……and checked out also the new CD from JOHN FOGERTY called DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN – see johnfogerty.com and Geffen.com for information……and after that War song, it was one by JAMES BROWN – I guess it’s called SUPER BAD……….the third song I wasn’t familiar with……..also interesting in the store, the “Staff Picks” section along the back wall on the ground floor……….and liked a line in a Fogerty song called RADAR: “…..torpedoes at 12 o’clock high……” – related to the vengeful intent of some woman…..the album, the disc, is great – his first studio work in 7 years…….and also at the Virgin Megastore: 26 bucks for a shirt with a picture of BRUCE LEE on it…….and checked out the MARIAH CAREY

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CD section – so many good songs from her, like VISION OF LOVE and EMOTIONS……..and thought of a phrase I’d been considering yesterday: FULL TILT PIMP MODE………….and the 4^th song last night played on the Virgin sound system was LET’S GROOVE by EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE………and the fifth was RESPECT YOURSELF by (thanks to GOOGLE for the quick information about the performer) THE STAPLE SINGERS………and checked also the Top 20 CDs in SAN FRANCISCO – RUPAUL is back up in the mix with Number 20……..and BJORK’s MEDULLA is in the running – that one’s got some t*ts on her *ss – not familiar with her work at all……..and the 6^th song was another I didn’t know – something from the Seventies, maybe…….and in the Top 20 CDs section, GREEN DAY is #1 currently, according to Virgin……RAY CHARLES is #2………ELVIS COSTELLO is #6 – he’s a DEADHEAD………..and I’m continuing to stay in Virgin – had an OLYMPIA BEER from Pete at the Odd Fellows Hall……..and listened to THE BLACK EYED PEAS and was very impressed with their WHERE IS THE LOVE…..not the old school song of the same name………and also impressive – the SHAKIRA concert DVD – big snake and mongoose up there on the stage towering above her as she worked her kundalini mojo remarkably………then it was back to the John Fogerty – listened to “Radar” several times, it was that favorable to me……..nice phrase in it: “….holy ghost rising………” – so that was it for the Virgin Megastore – plenty of material there to amuse and enlighten……..and in other news: friend and I were at the recommended SPARKY’S always open diner recently, had a bit to eat and drink – this at 242 Church near Market – good jukebox – played, on friend’s dime, 24 songs – listed ‘em all down on a menu but the thought of typing that all out is a bit tedious-seeming now……..first selection was WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE by GUNS ‘N’ ROSES…..then DAVID BOWIE, YOUNG AMERICANS…….DRESS YOU UP by MADONNA next………then one of the few Beatles songs I really like, TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS………..and on and on………SOUL KITCHEN covered by X………DEVO, GIRL YOU WANT………….ANIMALS – HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN………..and SWEET CHILD OF MINE by GNR again was the final track selected………I HAVE had trouble in Sparky’s in the past due to my possible misconduct, but was welcomed enough there this last time……recommended anyway………..and, and……….moving on: see the

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ROGER DEAN science fiction art at the very fine SAN FRANCISCO ART EXCHANGE at 458 Geary near Powell-ish………..he did the YES covers, you might know………..amazing images……….and from a groundscored Chronicle, learned that ICHIRO SUZUKI is very close to breaking the record for most hits in a season – he’s got two-51, and the record is held by GEORGE SISLER, from 1920…….six more for Ichiro and the record is his……….and for something completely different, a couplet in IAMBIC PENTAMER:

“………we’re taking up where Cowboy Neal left off,

and sure, of course, there’s Vlad, the Nabokov……..”

I tell you, you aren’t gonna get poetry like that even from FELIX DENNIS……..and it helps if you’ve had something to drink……….now, now….gotta get to notes I bothered to write down, what the heck………going back a few days when I actually had money in my pocket for secretarial work I did for the Odd Fellows – and hello, by the way, to SAMI there…….just saw her yesterday at the hall – I was there to write up notes from our last bi-weekly meeting…………..she gave me a sandwich, and the beer I drank was on the house………….so I bothered to keep track of where the money went – started out with 25 bucks – the check cashing place I went to across from the PHOENIX HOTEL there on Eddy near Larkin took a good, fat 10% right off the top – there went 2-50…….spent a buck and 65 on NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE down at the liquor store next to ANANDA FUARA…….then another buck and 65 for another same ale plus 99 cents on a package of turkey slices…….I know PETA, PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, would hate me for that, but it’s cheap…….recently saw tape of poor turkeys being bludgeoned – terrible thing, really…….then made note of newspaper item about GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER pushing for hybrid vehicles of some kind that are less polluting……….and P.J. CORKERY, Examiner columnist, mentioned LARRY ELLISON, his purchase of a huge yacht………and also, P.J. noted that AL GORE was in town recently, seen at the MATRIXFILLMORE to promote his daughter’s book…………so back to the financial expenditure – 2 bottles of northeast English ale and turkey slices………and a buck fifty for something else……….noted that the numbers balanced at that

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point – I’m good with numbers………and had 30 cents in THE JEFFERSON HOTEL room that were leftover from previously – so that left me with 17 bucks and one cent…………and then, in the room for a while – listened to a YARDBIRDS cassette the Brother Pete had given me out of his big collection……….and also, noted that I had distributed copies of one of my blogs in the hotel to 9 people…….then, later, outside again, a buck and 50 cents for more of the Newcastle ale – 15 cents less in the Tenderloin……….then 2-80 spent on Ancient Age whiskey and a can of COCA-COLA to cut it with………then spent 4 bucks and 29 cents on a bag of chips, a copy of The Chronicle, and more whiskey and Coke………..then spent some time with a hotel buddy – and got him a pair of ear buds at THE WHEREHOUSE for over five bucks……..then spent a buck on Market Street for an R.E.M. cassette since the last song had “Odd Fellows” in the title, actually……….then it was the next morning, the 25^th of September, 3 days ago…….listened to KQED radio – recommended – smart people talking, always………and have to mention the Odd Fellows-sponsored art event that just concluded a 3-day run at the hall………RICHARD PERRI really did a whole lotta work on this, organizing it all – for next year, I much intend to add my energies to the enterprise, the 4^th……….REBEKAH CHILDREN’S SERVICES, related to the INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, benefits – they help kids in trouble……….and, and………had my share of red wine at the art event………….hello to former Grand Noble of the Lodge TONY – got to know him more………and met also good folks up from Gilroy, where Rebekah Children’s Services is located……..I am continuing to connect into the whole Odd Fellows venture………….and played good music during the days of the art event, cassettes I brought in – I think they really added to the ambiance…………and at some point, had 97 cents left from that 25 bucks………….75 cents of that went for a morning can of 7UP…..hope this minutiae isn’t bothering you…….listened also to the CAR TALK program – those two guys love laugh, it’s fun listening to ‘em, even tho’ I don’t have a lotta use for cars myself………..and drank my whiskey, lay in bed……..glanced at my pages taken from a J.C. Penney catalogue of a fine brunette in lingerie – really classy-looking woman……and studied also two copies of MAXIM magazine given me by a friend – Milla Jovovich on one, Anna Kournikova on the other………and studied at length, lubed, one MIRCEA MONROE in one of the copies of

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Maxim…………killer blonde starlet……….and also recently at CAFÉ MASON with a friend – another 24 hour place……..that evening didn’t end too well – departed from there with one angry employee on my case, following me out the door and acting in a highly-threatening manner……situation defused without incident, but I really should try and avoid, uh, situations like that………..but the Café Mason jukebox is excellent – one can do worse than play some of the music there, have a glass of wine……….and now I remember why I was a bit irate at the place – put in 2 bucks for 7 songs, but the machine skipped all but the first 3 – that is, JACKIE BLUE by THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS, and 2 by recently-in-the-news YUSEF (CAT STEVENS) ISLAM……………wanted to hear, like, SCARLET BEGONIAS by the GRATEFUL DEAD, ONE BAD APPLE by THE OSMONDS, AMERICA by NEIL DIAMOND, and other tunes……….but no……..wrote in my notes: “……….b*llsh*t box……..” – so, now that I think of it, maybe one might skip the place if the box acts funny like that……for sure, I am not welcome there just now – perhaps in a few weeks………thinking back, had similar bad situation there a few months ago……..not sure what the problem is…………….and, and – just to attend to the papers I have before me – groundscores today’s Chronicle Datebook section – worth 50 cents alone, I guess………Leah Garchik is fun to read – mention made of the Felix Dennis appearance in San Francisco………..he’s a poet………….funny title of the man’s tour: DID I MENTION THE FREE WINE FELIX DENNIS 2004 POETRY TOUR………get enough wine into ‘em and they’ll sit still for poetry…………..and MICKEY HART had some drum event up in Laytonville………….been listening to BOB WEIR’s ACE CD recently………and on and on………..wanna fill up five pages and get outta here…….and finally, today’s Examiner………that Richard Branson space flight story on the cover………….ALYSSA MILANO in the BILL PICTURE section – she says she doesn’t mind if a boyfriend cheats on her as long as she doesn’t know about it…………a recent poll shows a high approval rating for MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM………….82% approval found among the 600 who were polled………also, the Mayor unveiled plan to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions……and on and on………and on a personal note………..expected to hear from Brother Pete at the lodge hall for work or whatever…….might just bicycle on over there………might be able to get a drink or 2 if he has, for me, work………

#136….liquored up with a NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE – a buck and 65 at the store on Market next to ANANDA FUARA, the Sri Chinmoy joint for veggie spiritual food – recommended – try the fine PRANA TEA – under two bucks – guess, maybe, I should go for that, perhaps, instead of the northeast English ale…….maybe….maybe a mix……right – just read a transcript of a Sixties ALAN WATTS radio program where he says POWDERED GREEN TEA is similar to GUINNESS plus YERBA MATE TEA……..but where were we? Now: liquored up with that English ale – not bitter, and the price to drink it on the street or in some discreet non-pub location is right – would cost twice as much in a pub……..altho’ the INDIA CURRY HOUSE plus KENNEDY’S PUB there on Columbus across from Bimbo’s – they’ve got 2 buck Guinness pints…..plus a KILLER digital jukebox…….but. Like…….had a dream about LIV TYLER last night, I just remember…….but…….like………..let us get down to business………here at the SAN FRANCISCO facility of THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES……..170 OTIS – recommended for your computer and job search needs………now – back to yesterday at the superlative COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER run by THE NETWORK ASSOCIATES at Eddy and Leavenworth – patronize them……..did a blog, came out through BLOGGER.COM in print much too small, for some reason – was it MY fault? Just done changing the size of the print – should be better now – especially for, like, SAMI, him, at THE ODD FELLOWS LODGE YERBA BUENA #15, MY lodge……….then after the blog at the CTC, to the MOUNT ZION LABOUR OF LOVE venue just down Leavenworth – food all gone – they were delivering quite a bit of what looked like something substantial, right off the truck – good for them – I had food to get to at the INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS lodge, since there was a meeting last night – free food, a coupla Guinness bottles…..and just checked at Blogger.com – the print is of fine size now, easy to read………..now: back in THE JEFFERSON HOTEL at ten after five yesterday afternoon – brushed teeth, sorted tapes from LODGE BROTHER PETE SELLARS……dropped off THE EXAMINER I had picked up and hadn’t gotten to yet……gotta get to THE CHRONICLE – don’t wanna pay 50 cents for it, tho’…..would pay a quarter………..also got some sort of voting guide from the state…….then back bicycling to the IOOF building…….on the way out, friend J on way to friend’s friend room – still thinking about the interlude with said friend’s friend – stoney end……..in the hotel, GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN SAMUEL had programmed 2, count ‘em, 2 Cuba Gooding, Jr. flicks…..had to miss one and part of the second, THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS………..quarter past five, at the lodge hall………..was early, left to go for a bike ride, get to the library……..no food at the lodge til 6……and across from the lodge hall at 7^th and Market, a gathered milling throng had been dispersed by THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT – the black and whites can converge rather quickly………..and into the library, did my thing, whatever……outside, hungry a bit, had some bread from BERKELEY that had been left outside………thought more of friend’s friend………..I tell you, mindf*cking seems to be an art he has worked on……..guess he can be nice enough – another one that has to be HANDLED…………self-defense issues on my mind…..then back to the lodge hall – meatballs, pastrami sandwich, Guinness for me – really full………not a place for sensitive vegans……..met guy named Tony – not a thin one, he……interesting to talk to – mentioned music mogul Clive Davis, and Tony had his many thoughts about him……..and a little after 7, the meeting began……….I was functioning as secretary-in-training, with Brother Pete ably guiding me through the steps………getting paid 25 bucks for the work – glad to get that – and Newcastle Brown Ale probably glad to get the customer………and thought of a line of IAMBIC PENTAMETER:

PURSUING PROJECTS, ALL CAN BENEFIT……..

So went about the Robert’s Rules of Order business……..interesting to see the formal process in action………at quarter past 8, the meeting ended…….socialized a bit, had more meatballs………at about 10 to 9, back at the Jefferson – watched some of The Fighting Temptations with the amusing Gooding, Jr. and the highly-delectable BEYONCE KNOWLES – really good family movie, very, very much so – O’Jays appearing and on the soundtrack, and the hilarious STEVE HARVEY…….and many others………fine gospel music – the climax happens at THE GOSPEL EXPLOSION, a funny name………fantastic music………..then up to the room – had a Beyonce CD I GROUNDSCORED a while back and listened to the first three tracks – surprisingly, she quotes DONNA SUMMER’s LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY on one track…….pretty secular there, Beyonce……….but I liked it……..she was with Destiny’s Child, a 3-woman act, for a while, but now I guess she’s on to solo work………..then sleep, whatever……….this morning, half past 8 – turned on KQED radio, news of the Kerry campaign – totally off my radar – I’m a bit focusing on MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM and somewhat on Governor Grope-, I mean, GROOVEINATOR – yeah, that’s it………but, after the politics, was really interested in a segment on exercise guru JACK LALANNE, who’ll be turning 90 Sunday……watched him as a kid…….ESPN is running, like, 9 hours of his exercise programs………and he’s selling a good juicer these days, and still spryer than a teenager, from his radio voice……..the man loves to make jokes, full of life force…………funny, tho’ – he actually says he never liked to exercise – weird………he jokes about having a hangover – but not the alcohol kind – the kind when flab “hangs over” your pants, like……..much enjoyed that segment on Mr. LaLanne – check out JOHN’S GRILL there just off Powell near Market – there’s a “Jack LaLanne Salad” on the menu………….not to mention the DASHIELL HAMMETT ambience…………then turned on some music from Brother Pete: THE YARDBIRDS with ERIC CLAPTON from the Sixties – FOR YOU LOVE, HEART FULL OF SOUL, like that………….then over by bike to CITY CHEX with the 25 buck check from the Odd Fellows – they wanted two-fifty as a charge, but I swallowed that – don’t have enough in the bank for BANK OF AMERICA to cash it for me without a wait – whatever……..and across the street, the PHOENIX HOTEL – some big bus outside – who’s there? And would mention two Jefferson folks I saw outside the hotel smoking and drinking coffee, but I’m not sure who wants mentioning………..then down with my plastic bag of library items to return: a collection of 8 classic comedies, including a Machiavelli one, a VELVET UNDERGROUND disc, one from STEELY DAN, one from VAN MORRISON…..THE MALTESE FALCON and TOWERS OPEN FIRE (with Burroughs) on video….and a SONNY BARGER one….then more, the ale, a cell call, it joins all, synchronicities…..

#134: 9/22/2004 12:31:03 PM……back at the excellent 170 OTIS – recommended for free computers…..now – to the latest notes: something about roast beef last night at the MOUNT ZION LABOUR OF LOVE MININSTRY on Leavenworth near Eddy – musta had some……no whiskey last night, and none this morning – about 24 hours since my last Ancient Age hit…….not feeling it – am at what the Alcoholics Anonymous people call the first stage – the fluid is still benign and it feels like one’s life is benefiting from the drinking……had 10 copies of the last blog – not sure about how to distribute them, if at all……don’t really need, don’t really want so many to be reading this, anyway – just some money in my pocket is the objective….at half-past six last night I was at the COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER on Eddy doing another blog – four pages – a list of the 42 items that I currently have out from THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY comprised the last 3 pages…..and more food had been delivered into THE JEFFERSON HOTEL, probably by FOODRUNNERS – chicken in a creamy sauce that I didn’t particularly care for, pasta – took my share and didn’t eat it all……knocked on doors of 3 people who may not have known the food was downstairs – only one responded, tenant representative Prince Bush – he went down and thanked me later………so back to the room – the blog printed out on 2 double-sided pages, which I rarely do – the printer was set that way, didn’t intend it – liked the effect……then the room – no whiskey – moved my library items to a shelf space above my closet – had trail mix I found somewhere, groundscored somewhere….listened to my audio version of the abridged The Thin Man……feeling sexual desire, not focused on anyone in particular – erotic feelings……drifted into sleep – listened to my audio book of The Warlord of Mars……..then it was this morning – had a weird dream which featured Michael Jackson, me introducing him to my mother – weird…….read a bit in my Paul Bowles Tangier diary volume, and selected Marco Vassi’s In Touch for later reading – my bookselling friend STEPHEN HENEL has got some primo porn in text form for sale – gotta get some of that, I guess…….listened to the groundscored CD I got with the likes of GREGORY ABBOTT doing SHAKE YOU DOWN and EARTH, WIND AND FIRE doing CAN’T HIDE LOVE…..had some of my VITAMINERAL GREEN powder mixed in YMCA filtered water – get it at RAINBOW GROCERY……then downstairs – sat in the lobby a bit, talked with desk man Walter – part of the Sunday paper was downstairs – read about local writer Cintra Wilson, now in New York – and TV idol Katie Holmes…..THE BAY GUARDIAN new one was out – “The Sex Issue” – only 4 articles on the topic, which is a very small percentage of the entire issue, actually…..Walter joked to me about guessing who was gonna host today’s, Wednesday’s, Jefferson Coffee Day……I paused…..was gonna say Mayor Newsom, but guessed Henry Kissinger, who is mentioned more than once in that FAWLTY TOWERS CD set I am listening to, for some reason……..Walter jokes that it’s him – I get along well with Walter – no static at all……..so to the 4 sex articles: liked photo of woman in some show called “Pussy Factor”……..and donuts were to be had this morning – had one – but no coffee………and a hippie lady who lives in the hotel came downstairs – name deleted – spoke of going to the Avalon Ballroom back in the glory days, walking barefoot for blocks and blocks down Van Ness to get there, and sitting close, very close to the musical luminaries……..and turned my attention to the Kimberly Chun SONIC REDUCER column in The Bay Guardian – critical of Mayor Newsom for possibly having something to do with the taking down of music show flyers from poles in the Mission – she comments on his pomaded hair – low blow………then another hotel mate comes by and says he has coffee in his room – we go up, I have a cup – he goes out for a bit and I stay in his room and turn on that Key West girls in bikinis tape I bought for 5 bucks on the street – got bored with it – put on READY TO WEAR, which I groundscored for free – I guess groundscoring precludes the free part – if it’s groundscored, it’s free, by definition…….but then my friend came back – he was bored with Ready to Wear, so I turned it off…….spent a few more minutes with my friend, then to my bicycle, and off to Otis……….saw the mayor walking east on Van Ness with a contingent of folks and a coupla police officers keeping guard – the mayor was addressing the folks about something – I was zooming by on my bike – always nice to see Mayor Newsom……..paused to check the SF WEEKLY for the ROB BREZSNY Free Will Astrology column – didn’t find it as relevant today as I usually do…….then to 170 Otis – had to wait 45 minutes for a machine, so I was out of there……….then to the library to check on my patron record……..ran a check on what they had for Winona Ryder – wanted ALIEN: RESURRECTION but it wasn’t available for some reason – missing copy, whatever….selected GIRL, INTERRUPTED instead………so that’s the end of my notes – been doing stuff between that request and now, 1pm in the afternoon, but for the life of me I don’t remember what, exactly – certainly not drinking whiskey………that’s it for now……

Number 129…….four-eighty-three Guerrero, at BUILD – art show – check ‘em out…….good happenings there, fo’ sho’………..in fact, a lotta art all around in there – at MIMI BARR….ADOBE BOOKS…….all that fine area, in the 16th and Valencia area…….and from NATURE’S FIRST LAW – e-mail……..RAW ORGANIC CACAO…………..GOOGLE on DAVID WOLFE…….25 bucks for a pound bag…….and from THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, FACTORY MADE is waiting for me to pick up – WARHOL, ANDY, and THE SIXTIES……..saw this a while back at CITY LIGHTS up in NORTH BEACH, but it’s free for th’ picking up at the Main Branch of the library down there, thee, at Groove and Mr. Hyde………and DUSTIN WELLS or WELLES from NEW COLLEGE is gonna have a BIG FREE BEER KICKOFF when his book comes out – be there or not be a sphere……….and hello to the wonderful AMY TIPTON from there as well……and CS, an individual of few words, sent me his number…….and MIKE CROMWELL might need to check his in-box ‘cause my message didn’t get through – out there in Hayward……..and message from JCB –
mentions THE SAN FRANCISCO BREWING COMPANY,
PADDY bartending there (or not) – and ALLAN PAUL or ALLEN – is the owner……..
and JOE-ALBERT ALVAREZ was there with my buddy JCB……….
nice place – go there,
when in North Beach –
well, now – plenty more to relate,
but, like, um, yeah –
just gotta fill up a few more lines of this…….
.how about some IAMBIC PENTAMETER?
In honor of,
like,
You,
and San Francisco:
“…….beyond the golden gate, it’s platinum/because the Western will is far from dumb……………………

YOGA flyers – accepted……….so up to Red Jade – paused at THE TWILIGHT ZONE to inspect their selection of SALVIA DIVINORUM…….and thought to myself about ALVIN TOFFLER, his POWERSHIFT, and FUTURE SHOCK – told friend Toffler’s Sixties book is still relevant…….then this and that……..friend accompanied me while I taped up the yoga flyers……..paused at VALENCIA STREET BOOKS to see the fine cat there, getting bigger all the time, and sleeker……..paused also during that excursion down Valencia Street at BORDERLANDS, the science fiction and fantasy bookstore, to see RIPLEY, another amazing and unique cat………..and friend gave me a copy of a locally-produced Mission comic book from SFHOODIECORE@YAHOO.COM - gonna write the guy and comment on his work…………and thought of a line for something: “SHE COULD USE HANDLING,I COULD USE CASH.” And turns out I only put up half the flyers and gave my friend back 5 of her dollars. Then various and ultra-whatevers not noted………to the Jefferson to see the two movies for the night, THE JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION (with CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER) and SOUL PLANE (with SNOOP DOG and TOM ARNOLD among many others)……..Manager Brian had provided hot dogs and salami for us for free – I try to tend to the non-carnivorous but I had 2 of them meaties anyway, with the fixings………SHANNON ELIZABETH was notable in the first film – stone cold fox, and funny as, like, f*ck………..then up to the room – had one of the prescription aspirins someone had given me – he said they were aspirins, but they weren’t no ordinary ones……..guess I felt the effect – anyone in the house have VICODIN? And mention of SPECIES 3 in one of the films – ad, I mean, before a flick – that should be good – perhaps to star the excellent….geez, her name skips my mind just now – she was also in the great TV series SPY GIRLS, or whatever the name was………she was in a Jean-Claude Van Damme flick…….whatever……..then to sleep……….up at half-past nine this morning – awake earlier but I was drifting in and out of sleep – listened again to the audio of RICHARD CARLSON’s DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF……..turned on KQED radio……..had sexual fantasies aplenty, but didn’t touch myself…………Vulcan mind meld reference on KQED by some Democratic political consultant……..and coming up later, tho’ I didn’t hear it, Kevin Starr with a new book about CALIFORNIA called COAST OF DREAMS – history, covered 1990 to two-thousand-and-three………..and did a few push-up……………..groomed myself a bit – then down on the bike to the artisan and antique event at United Nations Plaza – saw my bookselling friend STEPHEN HENEL there, we chatted a bit……he had, for twenty bucks, an apple of my eye, THREE LOOSE WOMEN………from Pocket Books – and I wondered just how hardcore any text of that genre could be from Pocket, y’know? And Stephen showed me a magazine with an article about his own comic book company from a few years back – featuring a strong female character who I found appealing……….then to 170 Otis for this………..thought of some phrase: “….women-luvvin’, whiskey-drinkin’, music-listenin’, bicycle-ridin’, blog-writin’…………” – and whatever………..so that’s about where this all sits and stands and lies and rides for now……..it’s Friday, tho’ most days are kinda the same to me now…….very infrequently do I have to be anywhere specifically, and that is the way I like it………gotta “date” with a judge on November 15^th…….not a “hot date”, tho’, ha ha ha……….

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Class Listing For Chris Bertram By University Corporation Version Chronology By Prestige

The University Of Maryland
1985 Parapsychology
1986 Concepts In Computing
1987 Computer Applications In Management
1988 The Uses Of Information In A Democratic Society
1988 Computer Applications In Education And Training

SFSU
1991 Logic/ Psychology-Critical Thinking
1991 Space Time + The Universe-Relativity
1992 Assembly Language/ Introduction To Computer Organization
1992 Assembly Language Programming Laboratory
1993 Introduction To Computer Science
1993 Graphic Design For The Macintosh
1993 Disease
1993 Introduction To Archaeology
1994 Genetics
1994 General Organic Chemistry
1994 Introduction To Biological Anthropology
1994 Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory
1995 Einsteinian Revolution
1995 Calculus + Analytical Geometry
1995 Introduction To Computer Programming
1995 Calculus + Analytical Geometry

Merritt College
1988 The History Of Asian Americans
1988 Elementary Algebra
1988 Composition And Reading
1988 Intermediate Algebra
1989 Composition And Reading
1989 Pre-Calculus
1989 Composition And Reading
1989 Pre-Calculus With Analytic Geometry
1990 Basic Human Anatomy And Physiology
1990 Introduction To Data Base Management
1990 Introduction To Sociology
1990 Group Discussion

Heald Institute Of Technology (Including Microsoft Corporation Approved Classes)
1994 Electronic Mathematics
1994 Computer Technology
1994 Electronics Laboratory
1994 Electronics
1994 Computer Technology Laboratory

1995 Computer Technology
1995 Electronics Fundamentals
1995 Computer Technology Laboratory
1995 Electronics Fundamentals Laboratory
1995 Semiconductor Electronics
1995 Semiconductor Electronics Laboratory
1995 Introduction To Programming
1995 Digital Electronics laboratory
1995 Digital Electronics
1995 Computer Systems Analysis
1995 Computer Systems Analysis Laboratory

1996 Communications Technology Laboratory
1996 Communications Technology

1997 Supporting NT Workstation
1997 Internetworking Microsoft TCP/ IP On Microsoft Windows NT
1997 Systems Management Server
1997 Suporting Windows 95
1997 Supporting NT Server

American River College
1981 Cultural Anthropology
1981 Principles Of Ecology
1981 Beginning Archery

1982 Introduction To Art
1982 Biological Concepts
1982 Physics For Industry
1982 Introduction To General Principles Of Psychology

1983 Introduction To Chemistry
1983 Chemical Calculation
1983 Introduction To Music
1983 Introduction To U.S. Government

1984 General Chemistry
1984 History Of The U.S.
1984 Elementary Algebra
1984 Biological Basis For Behavior
1984 Elementary Electronics
1984 Elementary Circuit Analysis
1984 Elementary Drawing And Composition
1984 Introduction To Data Processing
1984 Advanced Circuit Analysis
1984 Statistics For Behavior Sciences

1985 Chemical Calculation
1985 Weight Training
1985 Research Methods Of Psychology


Naval School Of Health Science
1985 Anatomy And Physiology
1985 Environmental Health
1985 Emergency care
1985 Drug Therapy
1985 Patient Care
1985 Laws Of Armed Conflict
1985 Substance Abuse

Fort Sam Houston Army Academy
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical Chemistry
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical Urinalysis
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical Bacteriology
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical Parasitology
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical Serology
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical Hematology
1985 Basic Procedures In Clinical ImmunoHematology

FAQS About Each Institution.

The University Of Maryland, I attended while in Japan. After working in the Hospital Laboratory, I would walk down the block and visit the University Extension, and computer laboratory. I would then go into town with my Japanese girlfriends, or “Dungeon and Dragons” team, mostly to sushi bars and drink Sake like a rock and roll star.
SFSU, was my dream come true. Everything was magical to me when I was there, and I wish there was more time for me to spend taking endless classes there. There is a pyramid of the sun there where you can sleep in the sun, with your books and girlfriends in tow. Meeting enlightened, and sharp girlfriends was the greatest thing to happen to me, as you get more conversation for your buck. The school bookstore always had student discount computers, software and books, of which I still use years later. For a Math Major, they have all calculators known to mankind.
Merritt College is the campus in the clouds in the Oakland Hills. This place is always alive with the idealism of transferring to a higher University. The library has a great selection. I finally caught on to Mathematics at Merritt.
Heald Institute is like your garage workshop with everything you could possibly want, but taken to the N-th degree. All current, equipment, tools, and computers are available with the latest software. It is serious get the job done style learning.
American River College was my first love. The chemistry department takes you to the absolute frontiers of all of science, and how it relates to everything. The history of science is brought out in vivid detail. This is where I learned the periodic table of elements, from the computer based training there in the chemistry department. I liked sleeping in the library, and the computer laboratory in the basement. They have a well-stocked lunchroom, and video game parlor. I took, Music, and Art there and learned about the D.J, and Music Business.

FAQ: One question I have fielded quite a lot in many years, usually from the criminally insane, sociopathic, or military enlisted, or prior enlisted, is “What about the Organic Chemistry background I have.”
I always ask, “what about it?” The classes and experiences I have in Organic Chemistry are for the detection of unknowns, not manufacturing of “bathtub gin” style illicit drugs. What people don’t realize is that if I wanted to make drugs, I would get a manufacturing license, or work in a chemical drug manufacturing plant. No one goes through Organic Chemistry Classes to make “crank.” The sociopath is usually quite concerned with using education, or training as a weapon, and is usually highly placed in an organization, while the more normal personality considers education as a tool for a productive job, and not a weapon to inflict on others in the workforce.Unfortunately the sociopath, is often undereducated for the position, or often, a misfit in society, yet placed in an authoritarian position. The “drug war” has made things extremely bad because now, every jelly jar in anyone’s kitchen is considered a tool for making speed. I would ask a question about “How someone’s kitchen could be made sterile for the said manufacturing operation?” Another problem I would ask the sociopath, is about the mirror image problem of organic molecules. Some molecule chains have an upper and lower mirror image as well as a left and right mirror image, and “How would the ”bathtub gin” style manufacturing technique eliminate that problem?”