Friday, January 17, 2003
Worked from home today. Susie's State of the Web document. Mirrored Sue Miller's PC113 site from woodward to pub because her move to Mission Bay will leave her site down for about a week. Did research to figure out how to get the color printer icon restored for all users in the IRC lab. Gave instructions to Kim Bivens on how to fix the HP LaserJet 8000—more users complained of jamming. A few minutes later she called back and said all was well. Fixed a few broken links. We planned to see The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Dark Passage (1947) in a double feature at the Castro—opening night in a weeklong series of film noir. Patrick received news from his mom about his Uncle Tommy being in the hospital. He'd had a stroke and is not in very good condition right now. We ended up leaving late, so we bought tickets and skipped the first film since we'd seen it on DVD not too long ago. Dinner at Fuzio: Patrick had barbwire chicken. I had Singapore BBQ pork with rice noodles. We shared a chocolate-coffee pound cake which was distastefully dry around the edges. Two iced teas. The bill was about US$25.75 before tax and tip ($31.95 after). We talked about Patrick's mom and his uncle. We had some time to kill before Dark Passage started, so we shared a hazelnut latte at Starbucks. We got in line around 8:45 PM. The film was supposed to start at 9:10 PM but we were still standing in line outside at 9:15 PM and we were freezing so we decided to skip the film and we got a refund instead and went home. We love the Castro Theatre, but tonight we were sorely disappointed that they made us suffer in the cold for so long.