Saturday, December 25, 2004
Christmas morning. On the way, Patrick chatted on the phone with his mom. We met Galen at Harbor Village for dim sum—a delicious meal. We didn't go ice skating like I thought we might, however—Patrick and I just weren't in the mood today. We gave Galen a small box of the cookies and rice krispie treats we had made earlier. Patrick and I agreed to meet Galen later today at his place for dinner and to watch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which we had rented last night from Superstar on 17th. Patrick and I went home and opened gifts. Sam got us 2 page-a-day calendars: chocolate facts for Patrick; "fact or crap" for me; a whole lot of Ferrero confections: rochers, mon cheris, and manderlys; a shiny green holiday picture frame; a pink, edible, marshmallow Christmas tree ornament; an Act II microwave popcorn set with 2 packs of microwave popcorn, a pair of tall white and red plastic pop corn boxes, and two shakers of popcorn salt—one butter and one cheese flavor. Tony Q got us a dozen large truffles from Joseph Schmidt: all dark, champagne, all milk, black & white, eggnog, grand marnier, wintermint, amaretto, raspberry brandy, double latte, venetian cream, and bailey's irish cream. We ate the eggnog truffle—sinfully delicious! Patrick got me the DVD for Kill Bill Volume 1 and the CD for Vangelis's Blade Runner. I got Patrick MC Solaar's Cinquieme As (Fifth Ace) and the DVD for Hero and a bunch of books: Marilyn Chase - The Barbary Plague The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco, Edmund White - Genet A Biography, Congwen Shen - Imperfect Paradise Fiction from Modern China, Albert Camus - The Plague. We chatted with Tina briefly. I archived greeting cards, paid a bill, tidied up the apartment, folded laundry that I guess Patrick had started last night and ran in the dryer this morning.