Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Slept in. Patrick cleaned in the morning before going to JJ to write. Spinach and cheddar hash for breakfast. Archived Web sites and documents, threw out papers I didn't need anymore. Georges came over with a plumber and they determined that a piece of pipe between the house and the street is clogged with roots and needs to be replaced. We should be okay plumbingwise for at least the next month. Mikey arrives from Seattle for a visit. He's staying with us until Saturday. I picked him up at Glen Park BART. We got home and I made a fruit smoothie while we chatted. Mikey settled in and took a short nap. I archived Web sites to CD-RW. Patrick worked on Second Island. Dinner: Patrick made assemble-yourself salad with green leaf lettuce, onion sprouts, grated jack cheese, fresh mozzarella cubes, red bell pepper slices, fresh basil leaves, cucumber, sliced red onion, heirloom tomatoes, and Annie's Green Goddess dressing. We drove to the Red Vic to watch Foxy Brown on the big screen—fantastically groovy! I laughed when I saw that the choreographer for the opening credits was Anita Mann. I laughed again at all the wacky patterns on the fabrics. Mikey made friends with the guy running the popcorn machine and snack stand. Back at home, we watched a Simpsons episode in which Marge persuades Springfield to have a film festival—unusually weird, but still funny. We read Best of Craigslist.