Saturday, November 2, 2002
Patrick and Sam practiced sword while I cleaned the shower and vacuumed the bathroom. Patrick took a nap while I ate noodles with spinach for lunch (he wasn't hungry). Car wash. Patrick and I get a snack and run errands and hang out in the Castro: Escape From New York mushroom pizza slices, Walgreens, Cliff's Hardware and Variety. Got a drink at the Bar on Castro. Dinner with Patrick at Fuzio. While at Under One Roof looking for holiday greeting cards, we run into Amy and David and two friends of theirs whose names I have forgotten. It was quite a nice surprise. We chatted for a while but they had a book club meeting at 7:00 PM in Glen Park so they had to leave. Watched the bonus materials disc of the Harry Potter DVD. The bonus materials were just okay—they mostly simply restated things that happened in the movie in the context of interactivity. Great for people who have a lot of spare time, but otherwise not particularly enjoyable. Since this was the first Harry Potter movie, I would have been more interested to see an interview with the author about how she created the stories, what obstacles she had to overcome, what parts were her favorite to create.