Saturday, September 2, 2006
Brunch with Patrick: Orphan Andy's. Shopping on Castro Street but didn't buy anything. Stopped for a mocha (Patrick) and a chai latte (me) at the coffee shop next to Superstar Video. The shop is new, replacing the same kind of coffee and pastries place which didn't seem to last very long in that spot. Chatted briefly with Adrian at Body. Bought one of two new printers at Best Buy—an HP LaserJet 1320. We ended up paying a lot more money than we should have (you can find it a lot cheaper online) but we cannot easily accept packages at home, and it's more troublesome for me to pick it up from work where it would have been delivered. It's a lot of money for the convenience, but I don't really care. Home. Nap for Patrick. I worked on Lodestar and attempted to work on Corinna's website but had some connectivity problems. Dinner: noodle soup. Grocery shopping at Safeway. Watched A Streetcar Named Desire (original director's version) on DVD with Patrick and popcorn and peach sorbet. I can't recall having ever seen Marlon Brando except perhaps parts of The Godfather trilogy. (Superman [1978] doesn't really count, I think, since I can't even remember the baby Superman scenes appearing in the theatre.) I was familiar with his name, but hadn't really known what all the excitement was about until I saw Desire, which appears to have been only his third film. All the acting is impressive, particularly Vivien Leigh, and the film really succeeded with me in creating a claustrophobic space in which the scenes played out.