Sunday, July 13, 2003

Patrick went to the gym. I chatted with Tina for 45 minutes. Met at Cafe Flore, shared a fresh squozen orange juice. Lunch with Patrick at Pasta Pomodoro: two iced teas, two pollo alla griglia ($24 after a $3 tip). Walked around Castro Street. Said hi to Jesse at All American Boy. Haircut with Bao at Nice Cuts. Came home. Got a message from Brian about Nico getting his citizenship this past week so there's a party tonight at their place and we're invited. Made CDs—Patrick's first 2 mix cds called The Beat Archaeology (1 and 2). I revised Joel's fake ad on the secret project and printed it out to bring along. We stopped at the ATM to buy money then stopped at Mitchell's ice cream to buy red, white, and blue ice cream. There was a huge crowd. I dropped Patrick off to take a number, then drove around to find a space. Circled the block, then got one in the parking lot—sweet! However, when I found him I discovered he had number 23 and they were still on 90. Too long to wait. We got in the car and drove to Safeway at Church and Market. Got Dreyer's strawberries and cream ($4 on sale) and 2 packs of blueberries ($3 each). Drove to the party, spent about 10 minutes looking for parking. No luck. Dropped Patrick off at the front door, then found a legal spot a hundred yards away—sweet! The party people included: Brian (all 3), Kelly, Nina, Jesse, Simma, Richard, Tim, Mario, Eric, Adrian, Jerry, Tom, several people whose names I didn't catch, and the celebrated man of the hour: Nico! The house provided various beverages, spicy pearl onions and olives, salad, cassava dessert, ranch dressing, and a critically acclaimed chicken lasagna with white sauce. Brian and Kelly showed us their "digital Holga"—a tiny(-sized) 3-megapixel flashless Mustek camera that has guess-and-shoot focusing and no ability to review photos right after you took 'em. Fun! During the course of the evening, Jesse lost (more than) a catfight with Nina, BK ate the strawberries and cream ice cream with blueberries and ranch dressing on top, Little Brian revealed his archaic cellphone to the amusement of many ("It's sooo biiig!"), and BK and Adrian crammed (studied) for a Japanese exam. We gave Nico 2 CDs of Patrick's mixmeister mixing: The Beat Archaeology 1 and 2. Tons of fun!