Diary

2:15 Put laundry away (two loads) 2:30 Pack + snack. 3:15 Leave for Portland Stop for Coffee in Tacoma. Think about last nine years of database + investing + trading, etc. stop somewhere for popcorn. Too salty at one place, and burn it in Microwave in the other place. Drive more. Nice weather close to Oregon. 7:15 Arrive at Meg's. Lady (dog) is very friendly. See Meg [?] (house) of Emily's. Play with Henry + Heidi. Debbie (Eva's boss) is visiting. Smoker. Immature, socially agressive. Reminds me of girls at Bethlehem Lutheran. Go to King's Table to eat. Meg restrains herself. Good. But it's not easy with Eric + debbie [?]ing. Go to Multnomah County Fair. Good rides, especially Octopus. Drive home, stopping at grocery. 12:15 Get ready for bed.

SUN, JULY 26th

(CLOUDY, UNEXPECTEDLY) SO SLEEP IN. SLEPT VERY WELL. 8:45 GET UP. TAKE A BATH. HEIDI HAS ALREADY USED IT. HAD TO REMEMBER HOW. GOT ON KNEES TO WASH HAIR. WHAT A SIGHT. BREAKFAST. GLAD I GOT THE CEREAL + MILK, LAST NIGHT ON WAY HOME FROM FAIR. HEIDI + HENRY WATCH ME SHAVE + BRUSH TEETH. MISC. HEIDI TOOK PICTURES OF HORSES + LADY. WATCH PART OF "ARTHUR" WITH LIZA MINNELI. FUN ENGAGEMENT PARTY SCENE, MUSIC. MEG GOES TO GET FREDDY, BUT HE'S CRANKY, SO SHE TAKES HIM BACK TO "SHOP." 12:15 FINALLY WE LEAVE FOR BEACH. PRETTY GRAY DAY, BUT THAT JUST REMINDS ME OF MY TRIP LAST OCT HAD NICE TALK WITH HEIDI EN ROUTE. STOPPED IN TILLAMOOK FOR LUNCH @ GABBYS. CHICKEN, MASHED POTATOES, GREEN BEANS. TALKED MORE ABOUT NUTRITION + DIET.

STOPPED AT SAFEWAY FOR FILM. THEN TOURED TILLAMOOK CHEESE FACTORY. INTERESTING WHAT CHEDDARING IS, ESSENTIALLY THEY DON'T WASH THE CHEESE BUT LET IT AGE IN ITS WHEY BY ADDING AN ENZYME CALLED RENNET, WHICH MEANS IT MUST AGE AT LEAST 60 DAYS, BUT USUALLY 3, 6, OR 9 MONTHS. BOUGHT SOME CHEESE CURD. AND SOME BABY (35¢) ICE CREAM CONES. GOOD, INTERESTING SIDE TRIP, THEN UP TO OSWALD WEST LOOKOUT. SO DRAMATIC. TIMED HEIDI RUNNING, MUST'VE BEEN HAVING A GOOD SUGAR RUSH. SO COLD I CARRIED HENRY JUST TO KEEP WARM. SO WINDY TOO. AND UP TO ECOLA STATE PARK. GOOD VIEWS OF HATSTACK ROCK + BEACH. I'D LIKE TO RETURN AFTER AWHILE WHEN IT'S SUNNY + WARM. COLD TODAY THEN ON TO SEASIDE. COFFEE. POPCORN. RIDE ON SWINGS WITH HEIDI + RUN TOO WHILE MEG, ERIC, EMILY + HEIDI WALK TO THE WATER. TOO COLD FOR HEIDI + ME. THEN DROVE BACK. HAD BACKSEAT TO MYSELF FOR A QUIET TIME AND A GREAT SUNSET AND THOUGHTS ABOUT 1973 - 1976 AND HOW I FELT OUT OF FRIENDSHIP W/ BILL + PAUL. TOOK ERIC BACK TO HIS PLACE. CAME HOME. MISC. PUT KIDS TO BED 10:30 WRITE UP TODAY. 10:45 TO BED.

MONDAY, JULY 27 '87 8:00 WATCHED URBAN COWBOY ON SHOWTIME. 9:00 DRIVE UP TO PORTLAND. CLOUDY DECIDE TO GO TO GYM. LOPRINZI'S. NOT BAD. GOOD WORKOUT. (SOME CHINESE GUY (REAL SMILY TYPE) MENTIONED TO A FRIEND BUYING MICROSOFT STOCK AT 115 AND SELLING AT 95!!) 12:00 SHOWER + LOOK FOR RESTAURANT. FOUND GOOD ONE 74TH + GLISAN. HALIBUT. MASHED TATERS. BEAN SOUP. DESSERT. 1:00 DRIVE OUT 84 AND FIND ROOSTER ROCK. AND FOPUND HEAVILY PARKED SECTION IN LOT. JUST AS I WAS GETTING OUT, SAW HUNK GETTING OUT OF HIS GREEN JALOPY.

Beautiful beach. Sunny now. Set things down + went for a run. Found the hunk. Meaty + cute. Norm Wagner. Big boy 6'2 3/4''. Messed around by pond in bushes. One of those nearly halycon, dreamlike states. Afterwards wading, he still looked good. Nice friendly guy who travels a lot. But young and still in college and living with his grandmother. Went back to my towel + had V8. He left + I laid down in sun + noticed the Mexican disco music. Imagined I was in Puerto [?] of something. Two other friendly but unvisual guys stopped to talk awhile too. 4:15 Left + walked back to car. 4:45 Stopped at awful truckstop to call Eric to say I was on my way. 5:30 Saw Meg a bit. Took bath. Packed. Emily + I ate dinner at Rax, drove up. Stopped at Dairy Queen. She got a Oreo Blizzard. Good. Nice sunset. Talked about cute guys. One on freeway in pickup truck kept looking at her. Too funny. Only 12. 11:00 Arrive at mom + dads. Talk awhile. Go home. Don't put stuff away.

TUESDAY JULY 28 ' 87

Sunny but cold so far. Sure glad I did gym yesterday. Put stuff away. Read WSJ. Microsoft earnings, only $2.60, but no change in share price. Do mail, at least filling it. To Microsoft. Email, [?] sync. 10:00 Put Summer's 2nd XT onto net + enlist. 12:45 Lunch at Bellevue Sea Galley. Gasoline + [?] 2:00 Work on bugs. Look at [?] fixes. Deal with MCGA: fonts + cursor pos'n + [?]. Dinner at Wendys. More MCGA. 10:30 Leave, home + to bed.

WED, JULY 29 '87

7:15 J/O 7:30 GET UP. MISC. START LAUNDRY. WSJ, DO YESTERDAYS MAIL. PUT LAUNDRY IN DRYER 9:45 GO TO BODY NAUTILUS. GOOD WORKOUT. 12:00 LEAVE. LUNCH AT HOME, READING SOME MISC (UNACTIONABLE) ADS. THROW OUT GARBAGE. MAKE ROOM FOR NEW BOOKCASE + RECEIVE IT. TRIM THE PALM + FIX IT'S BASKET STAND. ARRANGE BOOKS A BIT ON NEW BOOKCASE. PUT AWAY (IN BASEMENT) THE ROUND PONY HIDE ARTWORK I'VE HAD ON WALLS SINCE '78. LIVING ROOM LOOKS PRETY GOOD NOW. CHANGE CLOTHES 3:00 TO MICROSOFT FOR MEETING. 3:30 DATABASE, ETC BUGS. 5:00 EMAIL. RESYNC, ETC. 5:45 LEAVE 6:15 AT HOME HAVE BARTLES + JAYMES WITH BILL F (STRANGE DEJA VU FROM LAST SUMMER) AND THEN GO TO SIZZLER, WALK IN V. PARK (SAW TOWER OF LIGHTS ON TOP OF OLYMPIC RANGE?!) 9:00 AND THEN TO SEE ROXANNE WITH DARRYL HANNAH, STEVE MARTIN, AND SHELLEY DUVALL. VERY GOOD + FUNNY. SEE IT AGAIN. BASED ON C.D. BERGERAC. AFTERWARD WALKED HOME VIA B'WAY +WINCHELLS AND DROVE BILL HOME TO QUEEN ANNE. BOB WEST IS ON VACATION (AT BILL'S REQUEST). BOB HAD BEEN MOODY LATELY. 12:00 TO BED

THUR JULY 30 '87

7:15 GET UP. MISC. GO TO QFC. START LAUNDRY. READ WSJ. 10:15 DO YESTERDAY'S MAIL. GO GET CASH + QUARTERS. PICKUP DRY CLEANING. APPTS FOR CH[?] + [?]ILLA. ALSO SET CALENDAR FOR WORKOUTS. AND FOR AUDI BRAKES + TIRE. LOOK OVER [?] COMP SCI + REPLY "NO BOOK" MAKE + EAT LUNCH, READING INFOWORLD. PAY A COUPLE BILLS (BEFORE EOM) PULL LAUNDRY OUT OF DRYER.

1:15 TO MICROSOFT. BRIDGE OPEN. READ INFOWORLD 2:00 EMAIL. RESYNC. 2:30 MEET ABOUT MORE BUGS WITH SUMMERS + TONY. AFTERWARD GO THROUGH REPORTS AND ENTER BUGS OR TAKE ACTION. WORK ON MY OWN BUGS DINNER AT WENDY'S ENTER BUGS FOR SCOTT. 11:30 LEAVE. AT HOME, PUT STUFF AWAY 12:15 TO BED

FRI, JULY 31 '87

7:00 Get up. Do yesterday's mail. Read WSJ. 9:00 Read Infoworld. Good article on SAA. 9:45 Setup to record some HBO broadcasts. Misc. 10:00 Go to Pumphouse. Lunch at Yankee Diner. 1:45 Work on summer guys bugs + problem Work on bugs assigned to me Dinner at Wang's Kitchen: Good Broccoli + Oyster Sauce Work on cursor position + height on MCGA, VGA, EGA + CGA. 1:45 Go home 2:30 To bed

SAT AUG 1 '87 SUNNY + NICE 8:15 Get up. Breakfast. 9:00 Call Vic. No tickets. Call Bob. Has a ticket but not going. Bob calls Vic to sell it. 9:15 Misc. Pay Meg monthly check. 9:45 To Microsoft. Got a lot of misc stuff done. Bugs + resolutions + closings. Lunch at Sea Gallery. Good. More bugs, etc. 7:00 Plan tomorrow. 7:15 Go home. Bob calls. Make dinner. Plan to go to RoboCop. Eat dinner. reading about Weekend houses, but I want my weekend house in the city + weekday house in the suburbs. Start washing sheets to.