On that day in 1980 - 14 July

This was kind of a typical weekend for me in those days at the Manor. I had a fulltime job in Gardena, but I worked four days a week, 11-hour days, and had a three-day weekend every week. At this point in time, however, we were trying to fix up the house. When groovin with Lucy, I would become very industrious!

14 July 1980

Somehow Elliot talked me into splitting the acid with him. We had a tea party in his room. It took so long I didn't think it would ever work, so I drank the rest of that bottle of wine - got a teensy bit drunk but it didn't last long. Then we were all sitting up in Shawn's room - Jason and Cindy too - and all of a sudden it hit me. I kept looking out the window. And laughing at everything. Cindy pointed out that Shawn looked like that cartoon dog. He does!!! [Not Deputy Dawg, not Muttley... but someone like that...]

Kristin called and said Todd was on the John Davidson show! I'd always wanted to see Todd on acid!! Well, I'd missed the first song (The Very Last Time) and had to sit through the whole rest of the show; there was one OK part with clips from the "worst" (best) movies ever made.

When they finally came back they just did Love and Only Love and then talked to them and then that dodo J.D. says, "I heard someone was putting together a TV show for you." Doy.... [Have no idea what I'm on about, but John Davidson was kind of a dodo, wasn't he?]

[Ah, the wonders of youtube! The song I missed and and the one I saw are both there; started to embed the videos but it's taking too long and the JD interview is missing!]

We had to do all this work on the house: plastering, sweeping etc... Took the junk off the dining room wall including the 'unbreakable' record. I bashed it around a bit and managed to chip it. Then I was tossing it about and it gashed my hand (vicious vinyl!!!) and I got furious and smashed it in a hundred pieces with a hammer. Never had so much fun in my life!

I swept and danced to reggae music (we entertain while we work!) I kept taking rests in the hammock and singing negro spirituals. And they'd all tell me to get up and get back to work. Keith kept trying to freak us out. I hid out on the balcony jungle.

Then, I don't know why, but they sent Elliot and me to Standard Brands to buy plaster. Elly drove and went over these really fun bumps and in the parking lot I saw some plants like I wanted for my room but Elly wouldn't be my partner in crime.

Inside we couldn't find the plaster and that's when the stuff hit me the hardest. Especially when we had to ask the guy where it was and he said, "By the putty..." I thought I would DIE! I kept saying, "Putt... putt ... putty!" and "Why did they send us? We could have come back with toilet seats. We should, just to show them!"

Later on we went grocery shopping - to three different markets - it was an adventure.

Fun day - it had really cheered me up and made me forget my problems. Except for my latest parking ticket.