Compliments From The Heart

“There was something more enticing here…the thrill of the hunt.”
--John DiCarlo
In ‘Telling Tales Out of School’

Compliments from the heart elevate others’ spirit and will often result in an encouraging word from someone else…a domino effect.

Twenty-five years ago:

Tuesday, February 28, 1984

I am in a new section at work now. My new supervisor is black. Her name is Gerri Rogers. There is something about her that ‘grosses me out’. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is. Helen is in my section now, so that is nice.
My brother, Tony, played chef tonight. He made tortellini for John and me at our pad.
John bought some new bar bells. He surprised me when he showed off his two new record albums: Nena Hagen and Billy Idol.
I now realize that John has varied tastes—-but then--isn’t that the case for all who are GEMINI?

I was released from my ART Class early due to our instructor’s mild cold. I bet he just wanted to get out of class to see The Grammy Awards. I ended up catching some of the show. Culture Club won the Best New Group category. Boy George made me laugh.
“Thanks America, you know a good drag queen when you see one.”
Boy George is too much.

Chris Cordellos called at eleven o’clock to tell me he went to see ‘Terms of Endearment’ in Arcata, CA.
We talked about possibly meeting up tomorrow since he said he would be back in Concord. We shall see how the timing goes.

It was funny as I thought to myself. “I do have an appointment after work at the Sperm Bank.”

Wednesday, February 29, 1984

I kept my appointment at The Bay Area Sperm Bank. It was a fascinating first visit. I believe it is an excellent choice for me. I get a free medical check-up, too.
“You have an excellent sperm count at 175+,” says the Sperm Bank representative.
I had to masturbate in a room to some tunes and shoot it into a Styrofoam cup. It was a bit difficult—at first—but I did it. If this works out I wonder if I could have a lot of kids. They may be half-way decent looking kids at that! At age eighteen the child will have the option to look me up. I simply have to keep my locale information up-to-date. I am told my identity (and address) is kept strictly confidential. It is an exciting way to disperse myself into society here, there and everywhere. Besides helping the woman in need I am leaving a part of me. Won’t this unknown child be lucky?

Paige LaBris called me from Sacramento, CA that evening. She wanted to come to visit this weekend. However, the weekend is closed for Chris Cordellos’ 21st Birthday activities. It was very pleasant reconnecting with Paige. I persuaded her to come for that visit next weekend. We discussed the possibility of driving south to Carmel-by-the-Sea. It will be nice to see her again.

Chris Cordellos arrived while I was watching ‘Dynasty’. We took a walk to the Harbor Bay Landing lagoon. We had a late-night breakfast at Denny’s and returned to my pad for a “semi-dessert”. I learned that his neck is very ticklish. Chris seemed nervous when he first arrived. Why this is so is still a mystery. Is he ‘too much in like’ or ‘smitten’? Who knows? I do like that coy way about him.