Wednesday, October 6, 2004
I dreamt last night I was watching a movie on a screen with a screen ratio of 10:1. It was a Star Wars film and we got to see never-before-released footage of Han Solo talking to another (new) bounty hunter. We also got to find out the real reason Han left his home planet. Oatmeal with pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar. More computer setup same as yesterday. Patrick got upset today when he walked into a bookstore and saw that the other Patrick Ryan had gotten a story published in a new anthology. There just happens to be another person in the world with the same first and last name who also happens to be a gay writer. We had dinner at Xiao Loong because he also had a lengthy exam today for Second Language Acquisition, so we were both too exhausted to cook dinner. My fortune: A friend you see as gold and silver reflects your own precious qualities. (I stuck Patrick's fortune in my pocket, but couldn't find it later.) Deep-fried wontons with cream cheese. Garden vegetables. Sichuan spicy garlic and eggplant. Shandong pork with shitake mushrooms. Steamed rice. Our landlords had plumbers install a larger drain pipe today, so hopefully that will fix all of the water problems we've been having.