22nd (Friday) [Math]
Showed Hannah 'Memorandum'. Intelligent
response. Was celebrating her birthday
at work, & was mildly & pleasantly
drunk. Told me about a forthcoming
trip to Czech Republic. Visited UBC
this afternoon. Felt very relaxed at
the cafeteria. Pleasant sun & breeze
23rd (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Free hot dogs in front of Save-on-Meats
Strange woman who was fascinating to
watch
24th (Sunday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
25th (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
26th (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
27th (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Visited Shelagh this morning for over an
hour. HEAVY rain this afternoon. Visited
Shari about four. Reading transcript of
the hearing, which was entertaining. Eliza
quote: 'My mommy's suing the lawyer.'
28th (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Great little visit with Shelagh. Showed
her 4 of the 'Stardust' drawings. Told me
about the 'Phantom Crapper' of Eaton's
29th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
June
1st (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
2nd (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Finished outline
3rd (Wednesday)
Sweet-smelling, warm afternoon at UBC
4th (Thursday)
Time spent reviewing, editing &
labelling all the math work
5th (Friday)
Reviewing & editing the 'large' text
of Stardust at the Archives this
afternoon. In August Donna taking a
years absence to go to New York
6th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Began detail work on the drawing
7th (Sunday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Showed Monica photos of the large
drawings. Liked 'Odyessy' & grabbed
one of the photos of it. Had me write
on the back, 'From Richard to Monica'
Didn't care for any of the others
'Sorry,' she said, handing them back
to me. Took about a dozen B&W's of her
8th (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Took nearly 50 shots of Trish downtown
this afternoon
9th (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
10th (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Showed Shelagh some stuff by Dali
Both of us agree on it's merits
11th (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
12th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Showed Monica the photos, who was very
generous paying for them. Long visit with
Shelagh at Eatons tonight
13th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Said good-bye to Meechi this afternoon
Gave her 3 photos: 'Forth Bridge', 'Kits'
& 'Afri-Kola'. Have her address in Japan
14th (Sunday) [Math]
15th (Monday)
Beautiful rain storm, lasting about 20
minutes, in the valley below Majuba
Sat at the top of the stepladder,
watching
16th (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Watched Detroit win Stanley Cup
17th (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
18th (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
19th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Showed Chinese girl at Granville Island
photos of the large drawings. VERY
intelligent comments. Remarked about
woman in 'Wedding Portrait' being 'tough',
& that things have to go 'my way or no
way at all'. Picked up on 'Debutante'
'She's tough too.' Short, but pleasant
talk with her upstairs at the end. Photo
session with Jenn on again (4th time)
20th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Summer shower about 8 this evening, with
patches of blue sky, coloured clouds &
snatches of sunshine
21st (Sunday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
A whole day of US Open golf. Won by Janzen,
at Olympic, SF. Girl at Shoppers this
morning who had a strange fascination:
hair dyed black, something like Lisa had,
black lips, fleshy face, patterned black
stockings, platform shoes, fast walker
Outside, cool blue sky streaked with
dragon clouds. Odd combination. Showed
(Hoim) at Robson some of the art work
Liked '(Sky)diving'
22nd (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
23rd (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
24th (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
25th (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
26th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
July
1st (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Idea for a new drawing, titled, 'The
Weather Girl'. First ride to Spanish Banks
2nd (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Showed Granville Island Cathy a few more
pastel photos. Still prefers '7-Up'. Shared
a few cherries with me
3rd (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Cool & rainy
4th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Developing the idea for the new drawing,
its full title, 'It's like Armageddon, but
it's the Weather Girl.' Watched replay of
Wimbledon this evening, working on the
drawing
5th (Sunday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Buying t-shirts at the Bay, beautiful
woman at the cashier in a shirt shades
of pink, horizontally striped. Photo
session downtown this evening. In one
of the alleys an old guy on a bike rides
past, 'Do you wanna buy some vodka,
bud?
6th (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
7th (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
8th (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Dropped in on Shelagh this morning for
10 minutes. Things seem to be okay now
Watched France/Croatia. Met Gilda at
Denman. New hair looks good. Nice colors
9th (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Showed Cathy 'Eva Braun'. Thought it was
'amusing'. Not sympathetic to Japanese
killed by atom bomb. Annoyed they haven't
apologized for actions during the war
10th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
11th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
12th (Sunday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
World Cup this afternoon. Won by France
3/0 over Brazil. Felt good this evening
Cool & rainy. Girl with black coat & long
skirt to her ankles, walking barefoot
along the wet sidewalk along Cardero
13th (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
14th (Tuesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
15th (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Shari in response to a description of
my visit with Shelagh today: 'Stop
sweating bullets over trivial shit.'
I hope she's right
16th (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Finally did the session with Jenn for
the 'Factory Girl' drawing. It was
overcast, very humid, with pale blue
sky on the eastern horizon with a
view of Baker
17th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Met Shari at Sinclair this morning
Reaction to 'Memorandum': Liked the
hand & the face, complained about the
left arm & knee. Didn't understand
the idea. Beautiful girl in black at
bus stop. On the phone later S
complained she was 'rude' & she
seemed too interested in what we
were saying
18th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
19th (Sunday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
5 1/2 hrs of British Open, won by
O'Meara in a playoff
20th (Monday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
21st (Tuesday)
Saturna Island, on the Mayne Queen
22nd (Wednesday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Visited Donna at Archives, donut in
hand. It was good to see her. Leaving
for a year in New York next month
23rd (Thursday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
24th (Friday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Saw 'Saving Private Ryan' at Park
Theatre, at 3 o'clock. Heat wave
continues
25th (Saturday) [Urban Desert Mirage]
Finished the drawing this evening, then
went out to see the fireworks
27th (Monday)
Bowen Island, on one of the hottest
days of the year
