February 10, 2005
10 minutes into The View, the Pope had the nerve to get out of the hospital, and ABC somehow felt this merited a Special Report. I have my chance at stardom, and they can’t wait for a regular news update to air the earth-shattering news that the Pope is not only not dead, but all better. Luckily it didn’t last too long, and when regular programming returned, there were at least three clear shots of yours truly and company in the studio audience. I forgive the masses for being perhaps somewhat more interested in the likes of Annette Bening then in the denizens of row 5, center. But I figure I still have 14 minutes and 50 seconds of fame coming to me.
Last night we went to an N/A meeting. Although I dealt drugs myself and went to prison, I often find some of their war stories so hair-raising that I find it more difficult to identify. Many of the sharers have had nightmare childhoods (mine was rather the opposite), and violent histories that, while making their recoveries all the more remarkable, are foreign to me. (My brothers and I are the only three boys I have ever heard of who never, ever, beat up on each other growing up. This habit persisted into my adulthood. I have had to defend myself three times in 46 years, and never, ever was the aggressor..)
I did receive a call from the head of the focus group at Being Alive in response to an email I sent following up my attendance there. We talked at length about some ideas I had for the crystal marketing campaign. I was also asked if I spoke Spanish (I do—at least enough to field basic phone inquiries) and found out at present they have no one there who does. So I am feeling very hopeful about this job, bearing in mind that if somehow it does not come through, then there is something else I’m supposed to do instead.
And I am religiously watching a wonderful show on the National Geographic Channel, "The Dog Whisperer" in which a gifted dog psychologist/trainer works wonders with problem canines. My Gaza is, blessedly, a very good dog, but has a few minor issues about which I have gained major insight. I can’t wait to be the leader of his pack again, which should happen on the 19th, when I go up to my brother’s to get my stuff and retrieve my precious boy.
MCO 2005
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