Saturday, April 12, 2003
Patrick woke me up around 9:15 AM. We went to Harbor Village for dim sum and invited Amy, David, Jason, Sam, Aaron, and Jamie along. Aaron and Jamie showed up late, but everyone had a great time. It was Jason's first time having dim sum! Patrick distributed his first mix CD called The Beat Archaeology which he created with Mixmeister on his laptop. We made the CDs using the CD-RW/DVD combo drive that we recently bought for about $75. He used clear standard jewel cases and custom CD labels using the Avery Afterburner "label system." Amy and David gave Patrick a smart collection of herb seeds for making a garden as well as an origami rabbit. (Patrick laughed when he pointed out my dangling modifier in the previous sentence, so I'll leave it in.) Jason gave a bottle of Francis Coppola Merlot 2000 and a fine edition of Albert Camus's The Stranger (Every Man's Library, Knopf). Sam gave a trio candle set with a glass base. We stopped at Site for Sore Eyes to pick up my new glasses: one pair is prescription with clear lenses, the other is non-prescription with dark lenses for sunglasses. They're both more rectangular than my oval brushed silver glasses I occasionally wear, mostly at home. Bought gas. We returned home and Patrick previewed new music for his next mix CD (probably house, he thinks) while I tidied and organized and did pseudo-yoga. Later in the evening we went to Jamie's place for Aaron's birthday party. In attendance were: Hilary (sp?), Jason, Lill, Steve, Pauline, Alina, Nicole, Aaron, Jamie, Joanne, Patrick, me, Brock, Brian, Randy Williams, Scott, Tucker White, Tom, Sue, Iku (sp?), Tara, Tara's friend, Kai, Evan. We ran into Joseph as we were leaving. Patrick said, "It was a blast. We played my DJ mix CD. People danced." I talked mostly with Jason, Joanne, and Randy, who all seemed like nice people. Bought gas on the way back.