Third day of school and I'm home because the bus never came. I waited from 6:35 to 7:15 (pickup time 6:40) no sign. Before we got to the stop I saw the tail lights of a bus going away from us down Seminole Blvd. Do you suppose it could have been him? That bus was too far away for me to see more than that the tail-lights were in the right pattern for a bus. More than five minutes early -- just what I need!
September 2, 1989 (Saturday)
Spent last night at Marie's. She called about 15 minutes after I got home and asked. Mom said yes but had to wait until 7 to take me. Then we went to Seminole Mall. We were going to see Weekend At Bernie's, but it was sold out so we saw Young Einstein. Not as good as I think Weekend at Bernie's would've been. Then I bought a Metal Edge. Then we went back to her house + ate cinnamon toast and watched bits of The Serpent and the Rainbow and The Terminator but went to bed surprisingly early for us + dreamed sweetly.
In the morning I got up first comme toujours, read Metal Edge, etc. Marie got up when Michelle woke her because they were gonna clean some because their grandfather was coming home from the hospital. Marie fixed pancakes and sausage. We ate them and watched Ghost Fever and then Lost Boys and Little Shop of Horrors and after that they dropped me off at home.
September 2, 1989 (Sunday)
Marie was bored so she called me + asked if I wanted to go to the mall. I was bored, so I did. This time we actually got there early enough to get tickets to Weekend At Bernie's. Hilarious movie! I also bought buttons: Normal is Boring, Life is Uncertain: Eat Dessert First, and You Should Donate Your Body to Science Fiction.
September 27, 1989 (Wednesday)
Just an update on school. Aaron Chausmer, Tom Brummer and Thomas E. Moore, Jr. are all fine + gorgeous. People were right when they said junior year's the hardest but listening to the sophomores cope with their first Davis test is fun. Not much else à dire.
October 29, 1989 (Sunday)
Spent last night at Marie's. She called at 9 in the morning Saturday to ask I said yes. About 1:30 they picked me up + Marie + I went to Seminole Mall + killed time until the bus to Tyrone Mall came so at Aimes I bought [buttons] "Stupid People Shouldn't Breathe" and "Moody Bitch Seeks Kind, Considerate Guy for Love/Hate Relationship" and bought Marie one that says "If You Think You Feel Good, Wait Till You Feel Me!" Then we caught the Tyrone Mall bus; this was the first time I'd ridden the public bus, imagine! On the way, Marie told me about the Seminole-St. Pete game Friday night and how she sneaked off and blew some guy (Chris) and that it was the first time she'd done that while sober.
Then at Tyrone Mall I met the famous Rick, who Marie now thinks is an asshole. Then we went + wandered around and I bought The Rolling Stones and Mything Persons, a composition book for English with a purple tie-dyed-looking cover, and some cookies we ate. Then we rode home on the bus again + went back to Marie's. After we ate dinner (and looked at pictures; I showed Marie the picture of Warrant with Jani grabbing his crotch and she went hysterical {and I gave her the picture}) we went to Baskin-Robbins in hope of seeing this guy Ian that Marie is incredibly in lust with but he wasn't working there. So then we went to Madeira Beach Fun Center. Marie taught me how to play pool. We played stuff on the jukebox, Marie got "Heaven" and managed to miskey "18 and Life" and I got "Rocket Queen" and then on our next dollar (3/$1) the counter guy who Marie thought was hot asked her to play some REO song and she got "Animal" and I got "When The Music's Over." Later we went for a walk over to the bridge, Marie showed me how to get under it and then we walked over it. Then on firm ground again Marie walked on the railing, jumped down, and hurt her foot. So we turned around. Somewhere in this process Marie lost her "I'm not as think as you stoned I am" button off her shirt. When we got back we just sat down and waited for Marie's grandmother to come pick us up. When we got back we watched and I recorded "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years." Except MTV, may they rot in hell for being censoring pigs, edited out most of the good bits! I need to get a real tape of that movie! Then we went to bed.
In the morning we woke up, ate pancakes, sorted out the pictures of Warrant and Tom Keifer that Marie lusted after. And rewound my videotape and other stuff until it was time for me to go. Marie gave her card to some people with little kids down the street for a babysitter.
Nov. 4, 1989 (Saturday)
Marie called + asked if I wanted to go out. I said sure. She and her friend Mary and Mary's boyfriend Johnny (and Mary's baby Samantha!). First we went to Madeira Beach Fun Center and played pool (me, of course, the worst there) and video games and then Johnny drove us to his house about 3 blocks from SPHS and then Johnny drove around to try and find some guy with some drugs while Mary, Marie, me + Samantha stayed in the house + read Playboy + Playgirl. Johnny didn't find the guy so eventually they drove us home. I can't say it was incredibly great but it killed one afternoon.
Nov. 23, 1989 (Thursday)
Thanksgiving!
Shit! Goddamn!
Get off your ass and jam!
I got to see Faster Pussycat!!!! With Marie (Mom wouldn't let me go otherwise.) There's beer in my hair, my ears are still buzzing, and my neck is gonna be so sore tomorrow, but it was worth it!
Danger Danger were supposed to open but their singer got sick. We stood there for all the time they would've played, and were getting very impatient. Marie + I got there early enough so that at the start of the concert I was like three people (nothing so orderly as rows) from the stage.
And they were so great! To introduce Don't Change That Song, Taime goes, "you can change your friends, you can change your mind, you can change your underwear, but don't you ever change that song!" and for Slip Of The Tongue he asked if the guys liked eating pussy and then warned them about slips of the tongue there, and for Bathroom Wall he said he answered the phone and a woman goes "Is Taime there, 'cause I wanna suck his dick." Noting to us that he liked having his dick sucked, he asked the woman where she got his number. The answer, of course, was "off the bathroom wall!" The bit I quoted at the beginning is from the concert version of Babylon [later I heard those lines being chanted as part of the callbacks to the Rocky Horror Picture Show] and Taime had these sweat pants with "Shut up!" printed across the ass + "Babylon" down the side. And when they came back for their encore Brent pulled a bunch of bananas out of his pants + threw them into the audience, and Taime dumped Corona on us.
They played two (new album) [which I didn't yet own] I couldn't identify, and "Cathouse," "Bathroom Wall," "Smash Alley," "Don't Change That Song," "No Room For Emotion," "House of Pain," "A Bottle In Front of Me," "Slip of the Tongue," "Little Dove," and obviously, "Babylon" + "Poison Ivy," and did the Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" for the last encore. After they left before the encore, everyone was yelling "Shit! Goddamn! Get off your ass and jam!" And when they came back out Taime told us that "some stupid motherfucker" (and more, but I don't remember all of his most creative profanity) had locked the door back onto the stage so they almost didn't get back onstage. And earlier while Taime, Brent and Greg went + changed, Eric + Mark did this thing, just bass + drums + it was so great!
Eventually (unfortunately) the concert was over and we went outside and found a phone whie Marie complained about the boots she was wearing. Waiting for Marie's grandmother to come pick us up, there was this band from around here, Cry Tuff, passing out flyers, and one off them (either the singer or the bassist from what I can tell from the blurred way the pictures on this flyer came out) was so hot, he had on these tight white leather or plastic, maybe, pants and...oowh! And another one in red pants, the type that lace up the sides and leave spaces, and you could see he wasn't wearin' underwear. So we watched them until Marie's grandmother showed up. Mom made me go to bed when I got home at midnight so I took a flashlight and wrote the first half of this, and the rest this morning.
God, I hope I never become accustomed to concerts. I want them all to be this great!
Dec. 3, 1989 (Sunday)
Ozzy Osbourne born 1948
It's Sunday, I'm bored, and Michelle (White) has borrowed my other notebooks so I'll write lots of things in here.
Mom has let me open two of my Christmas presents early. They were: a pair of earrings, little silvery balls strung on wire with one hematite ball on each, and a purple tie-dyed shirt with interesting blue designs.
Mom spent last night at Archie's so I got to watch Headbanger's Ball. Now she's back, hung over or a reasonable facsimilie thereof, and told me to be quiet, so I'm in the front room, watching the videotape of Joe's wedding with the sound turned off. I plan to copy the interesting parts of the Aretha Franklin special and Dirty Dancing onto the end of this tape, and put better Doctor Whos on the other tape than the ones that are there now. And hopefully I'll find something to fit on the music videotape.
Friday I forged Mom's signature on a letter to let me get off the bus at Seminole Mall, got Mr. Driscoll [assistant principal] to sign it, got off, went to the library, checked out four books, and walked home. Mom wouldn't sign a note unless I could assure her I had a ride home, which is so ridiculous! I can walk that far and it's broad daylight in a public place, I won't get kidnapped.
School is fine. I got A's in everything except B's in Psych and English, and I would've gotten an A in English if it weren't for Dr. Cline's weird grading system. I even got an A in Physics which I can't believe -- physics is much harder this year. I'm glad I'm testing out this spring.
I stayed home from school Monday because I just couldn't face attending school. Didn't miss anything.
I have one month's allowance, $24. Mom put both our names on her present to Grandmother and Granddaddy L. so I don't have to buy them anything. I got Granddaddy S. a pin and Joe a used copy of Expanded Universe which I hope he doesn't have). I need to buy Mom + Grandmother S. and something more for Granddaddy S. Do you think a book is enough for Joe? He sent me a list of things he wanted. Should I get Melinda a gift? If I just buy stuff for Mom and Grandparents S., that's $8 each, Joe makes $6 + Melinda would make $4.80. I have absolutely no idea what to get anyone (except Joe). I hope I can find stuff, just go spend hours at Seminole Mall looking probably.
