Saturday, January 26, 2002
Sam calls at 8:04 am to let us know that he's bringing over hot pork buns. I just happen to have gotten up 20 minutes before he calls, but Patrick is still in bed. Sam doesn't arrive for another 50 minutes or so, so by then we're both up and invite him in for a chat. We talk about how Simmone took all of his neckwarmers, which are like socks you wear for your neck. They reminded me of legwarmers from the Flashdance era. Sam takes off to buy more neckwarmers. Patrick goes to meet Aaron at Jumpin' Java while I read over "Love is the Rage," the title of which Patrick has now changed to "An Undisturbed Dark Place" at the suggestion of David Lister from the Bellingham Review. I meet Patrick at A Different Light Bookstore at 1:00 pm. We went to my secret fun thing to do: the Cartoon Art Museum at 655 Mission Street. The exhibits were Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Jeff Smith (Bone), Edward Gorey, and their ongoing gallery of a history of cartoon art. The exhibits were fun—it was neat to hear people laughing in a gallery space. 655 Mission is new for them—it opened on December 1, 2001. It's very nice inside—comfortable and well lit, except for the display cases in the centers of the rooms. Of all the exhibits, my favorite is Piraro because his humor and satire are just what I like and mostly because his personal notes provided delicious insight into nearly every piece. Afterward, we got a snack at Cafe de la Presse: onion soup, crab cakes with spinach, latte bowl, orangina, and chocolate croissant pudding with pecans and caramel sauce—$38 after tip (!). We go home and I nap while Patrick looks over my revisions. We listen to music.