Improve Your Posture

Before even trying to find out why I'm feeling uncomfortable, I try to change my posture, to make it more elegant.

When I draw myself up again, I realize that this simple movement has helped me to feel more confident about what I'm doing.

Human beings should be elegant in their actions and their posture, because the word is synonymous with good taste, graciousness, balance and harmony.
-Paulo Coelho
'Like The Flowing River'

Twenty-five years ago today:

April 14, 1984
Saturday

I awoke on this Saturday morning at 10AM when I heard my brothers, Tony and John, enter the house. I chatted with them for a while and then went for a refreshing bicycle ride from 11:30AM until 2:30PM. I was wearing one of my new International Male tank tops and ended up with a 'tank top' sunburn. I hate that! I tried to even it out by lying on the beach shirtless. It did not help much.

Chris Cordellos telephoned me at around 2PM while I was still on my Saturday bicycling adventure. I called back at his mothers' house in Concord, assuming he had arrived in the Bay Area.
His mother responded surprisingly. "As far as I know he is still in Eureka."

Time passed slowly. Chris finally called again at 6:30PM. He suggested we 'go out' tonight. Chris explained that he was not going to dinner with Barb or his folks.

And so, I eventually found myself at The Kabuki Night Club in San Francisco where I met Barb and Chris. It was crowded there and we ended up at the I-BEAM. We had a pretty good time. The night flew by.

I remember a 'French dude' got busted outside of the club, adding to the excitement.
I remember a 'Black dude' who started rapping with us during the bust.
The guy was saying, "Yeah, I just got outta jail and the cops gave me a joint."
We laughed silently.
We fed our food cravings at a local Sub-sandwich shop. I soon departed for Alameda. Chris and Barbara departed for Concord.