… are the mad ones. And I’ve found a mad gone gal. Keri doll. We met at a supermarket in California. Actually thru yahoo but met in person at Safeway 13 days ago when she invited me out for drinks at the Duck. An instant connection. It’s as if we’ve known each other for years and have been together as long.
At the Duck, we traded journals and sketchbooks and shot the breeze with black and tans and cranberry vodkas until well after 1 a.m. when we took the conversation back to Snug Harbor for a bowl. The conversation has yet to end. Even now, with her in the other room, I can hear her.
The only night we’ve spent apart was New Year’s. We both had made other plans prior to meeting. Her date flaked which really was no matter now that she’s with me. Each night spent like teenagers up until dawn in each other’s arms.
Keri’s from Spokane of all places. I wonder if Randy has seen her around town. I wouldn’t be surprised. Over the summer she had an epiphany and sold most of what she owned, packed up her volvo, and hit the road to Monterey with the intent on eventually moving on to New Orleans. To quote Lennon, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Keri is here to stay for a while and at some point when I’ve put in a good amount of time with Steven at the studio and Dad’s got the gallery up and running, we’ll take off to wherever life takes us. England?
Keri blows my mind. Seriously. I don’t know any other high school dropouts with TWO art degrees. First woman I’ve ever met who knows her way around a hardware store too. Ha ha.
Author: Justin Lewis
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Finally home for the next day and a half at least. The trip to Oakland for Lisa’s party was cool. Cat and the baby were sick so they stayed home and I went up with Kirk and Aaron. Greg and Rose were at the party too. Spent pretty much the whole time eating, drinking, smokin, and playing games. Good times. Rose gave me a set of Buddha magnets and a copy of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Awesome and very thoughtful gift. Cat and Kirk gave me a little Hotei bodhisattva statue for my altar. Lisa gave me a gift set from Starbucks full of goodies from which I’m now currently eating the truffles. Aaron gave me this funny devil clock with a moving goatee.
I worked with Steven today. Easy slow day. Worked on the kneeling sculpture chasing today. Helped with a photo shoot for his new ad for Carmel Magazine.
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Ok. Finally. This is my absolute last day of work at the Aquarium. Last weekend was supposed to be it and I told them that but damn did they get mad so I said I could give them this one last day. That’s it. No more. Goodbye! ha
So anyway, I haven’t been able to post in days. Was going to Friday evening but got message from Kirk to come on up and they’d pay for a cab ride in the rain. That was the plan then right as I called for the cab Josie showed up at my door with some more of my stuff. Still no cds. Cancelled the cab when Josie offered a ride up.
Went to Jesse’s work ASL xmas party yesterday and only single woman there was about 5 minutes away from giving birth. So no luck there.
Tonight, going to relax and watch tv if anything good is on. Working for Steven tomorrow and probably Tuesday.
more later…