#9/8/1989

[remembertheplunge]

Long Train Running

September 9, 1989. Saturday

Long Train Running.

Will some eyes read this 300 years hence? Or, are all our words and deeds herein destined for my eyes only? 

I picked up a book which reflected a diary kept by a man in1660. He lived through a plague and a revolution. He spoke of spending a little on pleasure now, for, if you wait, you may grow too old to enjoy it. 

Fred Small said today “We, in all our pain, in all that we care about, won’t be remembered in 100 years. I agreed verbally, but, somehow, know it not to be true.

For, every little step is important. As Alan Watts says “A fruit fly born and living a million years ago for a brief time was vital to the balance and to the puzzle of it all.”

We may not be recalled individually. In fact, who cares if we are? We will be long dead. But, the spirit of the effort, of the collective process, will still be living. And, that’s why each present building block is important.

"Time is the only thing that we all have the same amount of, so, it’s important to consider how we spend it.” Quote from ancient woman in ancient evening.

Quote from Graffiti board at Cask and Cleaver Bar “No matter where I go, there I am.”

I mentioned this to Fred Small, who left San Diego at 11pm last night arriving at Riverbank at 10am via bus and Amtrak train. He chuckled . It hit home.  He kept saying today “It doesn’t matter where you go, people and situations are the same.. Just, in the case of San Diego, more of the same. 

And, we had a good day together, book ended by silver trains guided into impatient stops by breathless winds and valley sighs. And, as the train lights moved off to meld into memory and endless track, the closure was loneliness.

He races away from what ails him. He will pass Donald DeCamp in Bakersfield on his way down. Another refugee from the embattled Public Defender’s office.

And, I stood there in the fading light. And I watched until he disappeared. And, I knew it was ok to go home.

End of this part of the entry

Note.

Fred Small and I were Deputy Public Defenders together in Modesto, California. In 1989, there were openings in the San Diego Public Defender’s office and at least two lawyers from our office, including Fred, got hired there. I decided not to apply to work in San Diego. Don De Camp also had been a lawyer in our Modesto office,. He left to become a deputy District Attorney in Bakersfield.

Apparently, Fred Small took the train up from San Diego to Riverbank station which is near Modesto, and returned to San Diego by train the same day. That is what I am describing in the above entry.

Alan Watts was a philosopher and writer who died in 1973

[daisyswift3]

The fact that on the 1989 tv cover you can now see her whole face, she has a huge smile and the seagulls are swarming around her and she waited till today to play New Romantics, the only 8/9 1989 surprise song, which has the lyrics “the best ppl in life are free”……She’s gonna break free from her cage

[callitwhatuwanttay]

' 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 , 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 . '

' 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 , 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭 . '

' 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 , 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 . '

' 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ? '

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[indeliblescarspivotalmarks]

tried to change the ending peter losing wendy

[my-only-sunshine-13]

y’all dont understand how amazing it was to find out that karlie was at the eras tour that night. im just gonna walk you through the motions.

i had not been on twitter for a while but knew it was time to hop on the live as the show was starting soon so that’s what i did. i looked at the comments and they were saying that karlie was there. i was like…this has to be a joke there’s no way. i immediately went onto twitter and saw the pictures and everyone was freaking out. spent a solid fifteen minutes pacing in the bathroom saying “what the fuck” over and over again. i finally got a grip on myself and went upstairs again and watched the show. everything about that was a blur except for the surprise songs and i was SOBBING when she played new years day. there’s more to the story im sure but i like to think about it because it makes me happy.

[diamondseaside]

i’m so unprepared for the first la show i’m scared for my life

[cinnamon-coffees]

photos of taylor’s blue dresses last night 🩵🦋🐬

[mmemirrorball]

(pic via swift society on twitter)

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

BLUE SPEAK NOW GOWN

IM SCREAMING

[iwatcheditbegin]

I-

[alyssalovestaylor]

omg it’s finally happening

[audreyistimeless]

HELLO????? NEW MIDNIGHTS BODYSUIT??

she also played I know places last night so she has only new romantics left. I can just FEEL we're getting a announcement today

@taylorswift @taylornation

Source: thetstimes on Instagram

[1989tv]

it’s the way i’ve been getting an ask every night about clowning for 1989tv im obsessed actually

[daisyswift3]

BLUE ENCHANTED DRESS WE’RE GETTING A 1989 TV ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE KK IS THERE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

[theminightwitcher]

a part of me is hoping that harry will teleport from italy straight to la and go up on stage and announce that he’s on 1989

[rosenallies]

Oh she’s sick for ranking red and speak now that low .

[thenerdthatwrites]

How Has Nobody (at least from what I’ve seen) realised this yet?!

At the time that I took the screenshot, the time this will be released (if my maths is correct, but I wouldn’t always trust it) is at 8:09pm on the 27th!