We got there at about 9:00 p.m. and I spent the evening drinking beer and watching pool. At closing we were outside the bar in the parking lot drinking what was left of the brandy. I was high, but not drunk.
Suddenly a guy came out of the bar and was headed for me with his fists clenched. He blurted out, 'So you think you're Jesus Christ, Huh!#*&?%##!!'
I immediately knew that Michael and 'Fish' had set me up and a powerful feeling came over me. - I didn't even want to take another breath. I had had it up to here with all of the people in my life; my parents, my former friends, Michelle, 'OZ', etc. It seemed the only thing people I knew wanted to do was mess up my life and ignore me and the signs. I didn't even want to be there. I turned slowly to the side (I wasn't in the mood to run), looking away from everyone, drew myself up, saw Christ's face on the Shroud Of Turin, and blacked out.
The next thing I knew my consciousness was black and suspended above some large rocks that I could sense, but not see. The rocks seemed as large as some of the large rocks in the mountains. I had no eyes or body. A male voice said, 'Rick??'. My consciousness flicked quickly from side to side and then zoomed in one direction and then zoomed back, zoomed in the other direction and then zoomed back. I had the feeling that my conscioudness had suddenly traveled a great distance in a very short time. Then suddenly it zoomed into my body, up my legs with a whoosh and my eyes came on. I was storming into Dolly's restaurant about a mile from Joey's and it was morning; about 7:00 a.m.
I didn't know where I had been, but I had the feeling that I had vanished for 5 hrs. Was I up walking all night blacked out? How did I get away from that guy who wanted to punch me out? I remembered that I wasn't about to run when I was blacked out. How did I get away from him? How come I felt like I had zoomed into body? It wasn't like being blacked out and coming to. What was the voice that said, 'Rick'? It wasn't my voice. Where did It come from.
I ate a light breakfast and headed for my apartment. When I got there 1 tried to sleep, but couldn't so I went to the student union to listen to music.
All morning my consciousness was very electric. I felt different. In the afternoon, I was looking away from the door and sensed Michael and 'Fish' coming in the door of the union. I turned to look. Sure enough, it was them. They came down the aisle looking at me like I was a ghost. 'Fish' asked me where I went last night. I said jokingly, 'Why? Did I vanish?' He said yeah. Michael had a black eye he said he got when the guy with the clenched fists didn't have me to punch out. The guys were
They left, but two months later, I was sitting in the union again eating when I noticed Michael kneeling and praying next to me on the floor. I told him to get up and sit across from me and asked him if he wanted some of my food. He said no. I asked him if he was still trying to get me to believe that I had vanished that night. He said that I had. He seemed like he was being honest, but I wouldn't believe that I had been vanished in front of them.
I didn't know whether to believe him or not, but told him to forget about it and to go on with his life. I said, 'Vanishing doesn't do anyone any good!'. And left him with that message. Michael didn't seem like the type to go through all of that trouble to deceive me, but I could've been, wrong. If I did vanish, it was God who vanished me. It was not by my own will. I went on with my life. TRAGEDY by the Bee Gees came in at number 16 for 1979 and was the first song in the top 100 that applied to me. {Barry Gibb Is The Reincarnation Of Nostradamus And Maurice Is César Nostradamus. They Are Both Still Jewish And Probably French.} It was a party year, as all years, and the party-boogie, happy songs filled the slots, but this song came in the Top 10 along with WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES by the Doobie Brothers:
Michael Took My Advise And Went To Texas, Apparently.