Friday, June 14, 2002
Met with Susie and Candy to discuss Candy's Ask the Pharmacist program with Blue Shield. Set up Chris's computer. Worked on computer requirements for fall. Checked out Nina's Web site at millenina.com. It's cool! Nina sent me e-mail today which made me laugh: "ps- I signed up with sonic today. yay! no more earthlink bastard!" I recommended sonic.net to her recently. Went to orangeAge tonight, meeting Brian, Kelly, and Nina there. It was a steep price to get in: US$20 each, but we hadn't gone dancing much and everything was great so we felt it was worth it. There wasn't a single problem I could find—these party organizers definitely had their shit together. I knew we were under special care when I saw a staffperson quickly mopping up a spilled drink from the dancefloor. Plenty of security. There weren't many queer people there, but we felt comfortable. Three different rooms: COSMOSIS, SURREAL, DUTCH v A.T.U.M. and DR SPOOK in the main room with SKYE, AMBER, SHANE, KUSH and I-ONEMAN in the ambient room. The room we liked the most had BAREFOOT, REID ODA, DRC, and JEFF RICHMOND. (Did J:MIAH play?) Patrick enjoyed watching Brian and Kelly dancing. In his words: "like they were the epitome of 'the lifestyle', like woodland fairies dancing in moonlight." Patrick and I left around 2:15 AM and got McDonald's takeout on the way home. We tried out the Dippin' Dots which we'd heard were the most amazing new thing for eating. The tagline for the new product is called "Ice Cream of the Future". Our tagline for it is "What a waste of money!" We paid US$2.29 for about 4 ounces of "ice cream," which was unusual only in its shape: tiny balls about 2 to 3 millimeters in diameter. We got the chocolate flavor, and it tasted exactly like the chocolate shake material. It was served in a short, shallow plastic bowl with a spoon. We recommend you don't bother with this tragedy of a dessert.