Old Enough To Have A Good Time

"Nobody can win without somebody losing."
-as heard while watching the
On-Broadway 2009 show
"The Philanthropist"

PHOTO: 1982, Max Caulfied, born 1959,
famous for GREASE 2 & marrying his wife, Juliet Mills, who is 18-years older and is STILL married to her today.

One of those all-time classic tunes by "Depeche Mode" from 1984 that was quite influential with me: People Are People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XTSZ9TFk7A

"People Are People" lyrics:

Can't you understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully

So now theres different colors
And theres different breeds
And different people
Have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you
So what I could I have done
Can't you understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully
So now you're punching
And you're kicking
And you're screaming at me
You're relying on my common decency
I know it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From my head to my fist (Boom)

Can't you understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully

Can't you understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
Can't you understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully
People are people
So why should it be
That you and I should get along awfully

People are people
Why should it be that we get along so awfully
(Cant you understand) why should it be
Cant we get along cause people are people
(Cant you understand) Why should it be
Cant we get along cause people are people
(Cant you understand) Why should it be
Cant we get along cause people are people

Twenty-five years ago today:

March 11, 1985
Monday

I had forgotten Dale was at a special meeting at the Holiday Inn with the Holiday Inn management.
Dale claims, "If you sleep with the right people..."
Another line I like that he uses is when you ask how old are you and he immediately replies, "Old Enough to have a good time, what did you have in mind?"
Amazingly enough I was anxious and excited about him being at work today. I wanted to hear his opinion of Tony and Helen (not to mention the chocolate chip cookies card that I wrote out for him).

Dale did call me during my work day and we arranged to meet for lunch on Market Street. Dale was pleased to hear the news of the marriage between Tony and Helen.
"Well, I'm glad he's not going to marry Dennis Reno!" Dale exclaimed loudly.
I had to laugh at that one.
We sat near Dale's ex (Terry) and I thought he was being quite brave to sit there.
Dale remarked, "I really missed out last Friday when I was with my friend, Beth."
"Why is that?"
"Well, there were six-hundred PAN AM flight attendants picketing and I would have drooled over all of the men and women."
Again, he made me laugh.

Ryan Hargrave returned from his trip to Mexico with Ron Shelly. He made a point to stop by my desk.
"Oh Mike, thanks for those pictures you sent me!"
I laughed. "We looked so tough."
"Yeah, too bad we don't look like that in real-life."
I think that meant that we actually do look like that in real-life (I think).

Mary and Sue asked for D.O.D. In our office 'made up' acronyms have become a way of life. D.O.D. stands for "Dirt On Dale". I told him his middle name because no one knows it.
"I have something for you. Dale's middle name is Eugene."
I liked their expressions on their faces. I also told them the 'Anita answered the door, wearing only her slip via Bart' story. They were stunned. Now I am fearful this will come back to haunt me if word gets to Dale. What will be his reaction?

I drove home and made it to Alameda by 5:35PM. I took a nap and at 7PM I received a phone call from Bruce.
"I was just leaving for the gym," I said.
"Oh, well, do you think you can meet me at Cafe Bianco tomorrow morning?"
"Hmmm, okay."

I went to the gym and worked out a good one. It was gross when I first entered the locker room because the guy with the zit-filled back was facing me again. I hate his 'zitty back'.

When I arrived home Marty reported that Steff had called again.
I returned her call.
"I just wanted to know if you want to go to see 'Depeche Mode' or 'REO Speedwagon' or if you might want to go to the 'BAMMIE' Awards."
"Okay to all of the above."
Then I started to question myself about whether I was doing the right thing. Am I leading her on? And this Bruce Diamond 'lead on' has to be broken off, too. I needed to discuss it with Dale.

"So I'm supposed to meet him for breakfast tomorrow. What do you think?"
"I'll be there."
Yikes! I do think he was kidding. He won't show up.

You probably think I was wildly overreacting but, you see, I might have been unsure about many things, what to do, what to say, but I was sure of one thing: I was in trouble.
-James Kirkwood
"Good Times Bad Times"