WHEN TIMES WERE A TINY BIT BETTER...YET BEING DIRECTED BY POSERS

I CAME ACROSS A UCLA EXTENSION COURSE MANUEL, A COURSE THAT I HAD TAKEN, TITLED, "NEW TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTING INDEPDENT FILMS" THE CHAIRMAN WAS A MARK LITWAK...IT WAS ON A SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 1989 CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL 2025 AVENUE OF THE STARS, CENTURY CITY, CA...IS DISPLAYED ON THE COVER... THOUGH I BELIEVE THE ACTUAL COURSE WAS GIVEN AT 10995 LE CONTE AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024...AND WHO DID I RUN INTO WAS MARY MCFERRIN FROM AFI...A FELLOW SCREENWRITER WHO I LIKED, AND REMEMBERED HER VIDEO WAS GEARED TO ANTI ABORTION AND SHE CLEVERLY HAD PRESENTED IT ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT IF YOU ABORTED JESUS CHRIST WITHOUT KNOWING IT?...I CONSIDERED HER A FRIEND AND A GOOD SCREEN WRITER AND I REMEMBER HER CALLING ME AND TELLING ME THAT SHE HAD FINALLY MADE IT WITH THIS GUY THAT WAS AT AFI (THIS WAS BEFORE SHE MARRIED OF COURSE)...I REMEMBER HIM BEING MUCH SHORTER THAN SHE WAS, AND I REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT THEY HAD FINALLY CONSUMATED THEIR FRIENDSHIP BY SHARING SEX, AND SHE SAID, "I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TIME" AND I LIKED THE WAY SHE HAD EXPRESSED HERSELF ON THAT ONE... GETTING BACK TO THE POINT OF MY THEORY IS 90024 STILL THE ZIP CODE FOR WESTWOOD UCLA?...BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING, EACH ZIP CODE IS COMPETING WITH OTHER ZIP CODES AND TERRITORIES ARE BEING DIVIED UP AND CHANGED DEPENDING, I ALLEGE, WHO IS AT THE HELM, PITTING ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP,IS WHAT I BELIEVE... THOUGH LE CONTE AVENUE IS IN WESTWOOD, SINCE ZIP CODES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO ACCOMODATE THE SECULAR MOVEMENT I ALLEGE... MARY AND I HUNG OUT AFTER THE SEMINAR, GOING TO A PLACE I DON'T QUITE REMEMBER THE FOOD AND THE TALENT WASN'T REMARKABLE AND I DO RECALL THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A CAR SO I DROVE HER TO THE PLACE WHERE SHE HAD TO DIRECT ME AS I DROVE, IT WAS A WOODED AREA AND SHE WAS STAYING WITH FRIENDS I BELIEVE, AND SUDDENLY THE HOUSE CAME IN TO VIEW WHICH COULDN'T BE SEEN THAT WELL DUE TO ALL THE TREES AND SHUBERY, I WAS TIRED, AND A BIT IRRITATED, AND WAS CRANKY BECAUSE SHE WAS DIRECTING ME CLOSER TO THE HOUSE AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY CAR GETTING SCRATCHED, AND I HURRIEDLY SAID GOOD-NIGHT, AND QUICKLY TOOK OFF, AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I HAD SEEN HER...UNTIL... RIDING THE BUS RECENTLY I SAT BESIDE A YOUNG VERSION OF HER AND HER TWO FRIENDS WHO SAT BEHIND ME, THE SAME BUS WHERE I SPOTTED MAYOR BLOOMBERG GETTING ON THE BUS, ONE SIDE OF HIS HEAD SHAVEN, BOTH ARMS FULL WITH LEGAL PADS WITH MUCH SCRIBBLINGS, AND A LARGE BLACK ZIPPER CLOTH BAG THAT HE AWKWARDLY CARRIED AS IF FEARING HE WOULD DROP EVERYTHING...HE ENTERED THE BUS AND TOOK A SEAT WHERE I COULD NO LONGER SEE HIM IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THE YOUNGER VERSION OF MARY NOW SITTING NEXT TO ME ON THE BUS, SPEAKING IN A LANGUAGE WHICH I SILENTLY QUESTIONED THE AUTHENTICITY, AND I ASKED, "WHAT LANGUAGE ARE YOU SPEAKING?" AND SHE TURNED AND LOOKED BEHIND AT ONE OF HER TWO FEMALE COMPANIONS AND THEN TURNED BACK TO ME AND SAID,"POLISH"... I SMILED, NOT BELIEVING WHAT I HAD INTERPRETED AS A FALSEHOOD, AND WONDERED WHY SHE FELT IT NECESSARY TO LIE TO ME. (C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWENDOLYN L MITCHELL ON FEB 12, 2015 AT 4:52PM LA,CA 90046 USA