Friday, November 10, 2006
House chores. Cut my hair. Showered. Tina got me a big box of dozens of homemade cookies as well as a beautiful watercolor painting she made and a collection of photos on cdrom. Patrick and I met Mom Ryan, Danny, Phil, and Drew at the Ferry Building Marketplace to eat brunch at Boulette's Larder. We had seen in BK's photos that they had beignets, but we hadn't realized that they serve them only on Sunday. We enjoyed a delicious brunch nonetheless. PDD got me a gift certificate for Beard Papa—yummy! Afterwards, Patrick, Danny, Phil, Drew and I went to the new Century San Francisco Centre 9 to see Borat. It seemed this film was immensely popular; its imdb rating was 8.4. My co-workers Scott and Esther tried unsuccessfully to see it last weekend; it had been sold out. I had also seen the word "Borat" appear in subject lines for spam (!), so you know you've made it when spammers think interest in your film will generate more eyeball traffic. I thought parts of Borat were extremely hilarious, but overall I was disappointed because the film was more crass and rude than funny. I feel misled by people who said things like, "I could not stop laughing." The film's subtitle should have been "What happens when you break the rules of social etiquette in American society." Afterwards we did a little shopping. I would have spent $40 at H and M on a necktie, but the line was too long for just one item, so I didn't purchase it. Grocery shopping with Patrick at Tower Market. Home. I napped while Patrick cooked an amazing dinner: homemade pumpkin soup, Patricia Wells's roast chicken, homemade ginger-peach-passionfruit iced tea, homemade pear tart, Seattle cherry sorbet. Reviewed Tina's photo-cdrom. Processed photos. Listened to voicemail messages from my sister's family. Many thanks to all who sent me e-wishes! There were so many of you!