Friday, December 24, 2004
Woke up too early, couldn't sleep: 4 AM. Patrick closed his amazon.com account today due to the knowledge gained from buyblue.org, which we found because of an article Mark Morford wrote in sfgate.com. Patrick had trouble finding the proper page for doing so, but found it after searching the help section on "close account" (no quotes). Sam came over—we opened presents with him because he's leaving today on short notice for New Orleans. I napped. Tina and Daniel called to say hello. Tina loves the candy-cane-encrusted rice krispie treats and peppermint pinwheel cookies Patrick and I sent them on Wednesday. We dressed to go to dinner at 2223 Restaurant. We arrived in the Castro early, so we walked around. Shops were starting to close up and there didn't seem to be many people doing last-second shopping. We laughed when we saw a porn movie called Drill Bill—the cover done just like Kill Bill. 2223 was bustling and festive. Service was rather slow tonight but we didn't care that much as we weren't in a hurry to go anywhere. I had had a cocktail and a little bit of wine, so by the time I had gotten home I zonked out in bed even though we had picked up a movie and intended to watch it. Dinner: We both had the crab and rock shrimp bisque to start. Patrick had the duck, I had the beef tenderloin. For dessert, we shared the bread pudding and the ginger cake. One half-bottle of wine for Patrick, one cocktail for me, two coffees.