…during which nobody was arrested, hurt, ill or left behind
In Meme Yet Green: 1982
So, as part of that “tell us about your life in the year XXXX” meme, I was assigned the year 1982. Of all the years that could have been picked, 1982 is one of the top ten most interesting years in my life…and that’s saying something. Anyway, here’s the scoop…
I started 1982 by celebrating a year of living in San Jose, California. I was working in a restaurant as a cook, rooming with my best friend and pretty much enjoying the bachelor life. So, you ask, what was the really interesting stuff?
1: Lots of partying! At least 2-3 parties a month, plus many nights of hitting the clubs (and by clubs I mean everything from dance clubs to biker bars to neighborhood dives). There were also many nights of just hanging with friends.
2: Gaming! And by this I mean roleplaying and by that I mean AD&D first edition. My group celebrated a year of playing in late February of 1982. We played 2-3 hours every Wednesday night and from 8 to 12 hours most Saturday afternoons/evenings…and we did this about 40 weeks a year for 2 years. I was the GM 99.99999% of the time.
3: Sex! Lots of sex. Some…well most of it…with the same 4-5 women (no, NOT in a group, you dirty minded scalawags), but there were also some one nighters. And a few two nighters:)
4: Travel! The bulk of my travelling was within California, but hell, that covers a fair bit of land. There were a couple of trips to Nevada…one to Oregon…an unplanned side trip into Arizona…and a rather hasty and still not discussed trip all the way to northern Montana.
5: Good health amongst family and friends! Nobody died or got sick among my family or friends, altho 1982 was only about a year away from my Dad getting the cancer that would kill him in February of 1984. In fact, it’s rather a miracle that I didn’t get hurt at all in 1982. I guess I got a year off after breaking my collarbone and wrist in 1981.
6: Adventures! Most of these were connected with #4 above, but a couple were because of #1 or #3. Come to think of it, there were even a couple linked to #2. Of course, the vast bulk of my adventures were because of CENSORED and CENSORED, including the one in Las Vegas.
7: Movies! The whole time I lived in San Jose, I don’t think I saw less than 2 movies a week. Some weeks, thanks to theatre hopping at the $1.00 a person 10 screen second/third run multiplex, I’d see 5 or 6 a week.
So yeah, in 1982, I pretty much indulged myself in a hedonistic lifestyle. It was hella fun.
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