Saturday, December 3, 2005

Breakfast: a banana, an english muffin with margarine, mini tater tots with ketchup. Prepared rental resume, rental letter of introduction, credit reports (Equifax). Chatted briefly with Travis. Reviewed pre-opening-day de Young film photos which got posted to ofoto.com—will organize and announce them later. Patrick did a surprise event for me tonight. He took me to the A.C.T. production of A Christmas Carol, and his mom came along, too. The production is all new this year, less traditional, more modern. It's part musical now. The first spirit is a candle (huh?) who rides in on a swing. The second spirit is dressed in (I believe) a Kwanzaa outfit. The third spirit is the most stunning of them all, and I won't describe it—that would give too much away. Although I prefer the production we saw (I think) 2 years ago, this one is still entertaining. Mom Ryan actually got the tickets from Rudy the maintenance man in her building. Thanks, Rudy! Afterwards, we dropped Mom Ryan off at her place and I changed into nightclub clothes there. Patrick took the train home (shaolin practice at 5:30 AM tomorrow morning), and I went to Steve D's birthday party at Club Eight. Somehow (?) he rented out the entire first floor of the club for his private birthday party and invited a bunch of his friends. Yuki made the delicious angel food cake with (I think) whipped cream and fresh fruit. Afterwards, Marck, Tony Q, Frank, and I went to Club Sexy at Underground SF. The music was really good and we had fun dancing. I got home around 2:00 AM and was hungry. The microwave's broken, so I can't heat up any food easily, so I eat cherries from Chile instead—they're delicious in December!