Saturday, October 30, 2004
I can't remember all I dreamt last night, but in part of it there was a sign posted that said NO WHISTLING but some people were whistling anyway. Fruit smoothie, hash browns, and eggs scrambled easy for me. Fruit smoothie and grape nuts for Patrick. Archived documents. Patrick and I began watching a DVD called The Works of Director Chris Cunningham. Weird, sometimes disturbing music videos. So far my favorite is Only You by Portishead, which was filmed underwater—very eerie. Late lunch: canned soup by Wolfgang Puck (chicken tortilla, country vegetable). Went to our first GAMX event (see gamx.org) after Tony A invited us to go. A Halloween party, of course. It was held nearby in the Richmond district at Paul N's place. About 75 people replied yes to the evite, so it was a very crowded but pleasant affair. Most everyone came in costume. Patrick and I repeated our costumes from last weekend, with Patrick wearing a blond wig instead of a brunet one. Since there were so many people, I won't attempt to list everyone here. I was most impressed with Hao's costume. He wore dark sunglasses and modified a thrift store overcoat with silver air ducts and foil-wrapped claws to create a 4-armed (instead of 8-armed) Mr. Octopus from the recent Spider-Man 2 film. A ball of fire was in one claw, and a small Spiderman action figure was in another. Fishing line enabled him to "secretly" control the 2 lower arms. The whole costume was unwieldy and he had a hard time eating and drinking, but I thought it was easily the most impressive one of the evening. The disco slut and Grandma and the Empress of China won the 3 costume contests. Stephen W let us try out some interesting, new fragrances. Yan-Hui and others got us to fill out health surveys for research. We enjoyed mostly Asian foods at the buffet. People we knew: Hao, Stephen W, Yan-Hui, Erick S, Galen, Sean/Shawn. Patrick and I enjoyed meeting new people. Where was Tony A?