Saturday, December 16, 2006
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Did some catching up on e-mail. Updated Lodestar to no longer accept submissions. Patrick went to Simmone's to practice. Archived documents. Tidied frankfarm.com a bit, very minor changes. Tested borderless printing with InDesign CS and the Brother MFC-845cw—took several combinations of InDesign settings and printer settings to get it to work. I also didn't understand how the 4 x 6 photo paper (index card) mechanism worked; I put in 4 x 6 index cards but when I printed it came out on letter-sized paper instead. Eventually I figured it out—you need to slide the 4 x 6 photo paper bypass tray forward when you want to use that paper and then slide it back when you want to return to regular (letter) paper. Patrick got home and ate lunch. We napped. On Thursday at lunch Julie mentioned that she was planning to sing karaoke tonight and I thought it would be fun to join her and hear Patrick sing as well. Patrick's mom came along, too. We met Julie's friends Robin, Mike, and Rex. Everyone sang except me and Mom Ryan—it was a lot of fun. We three enjoyed everyone's singing. Patrick's first song was My Man by Barbra Streisand, which he sang flawlessly and with a style which made me proud. His second song was Cabaret, which he also sang well but we were all surprised that it was a really short version with the part about Elsie omitted. His last song he sang for his mom—Angel by Sarah McLachlan. I didn't think to film with my camera until Cabaret. Dinner at Red Jade (415-621-3020, 245 Church Street) with Julie, Mom Ryan, and Patrick: green onion pancake, crab rangoon, combination wor won ton soup, vegetable chow mein, garlic prawns with vegetables, peking duck, steamed rice. The food and service here are both good. No complaints. Patrick's fortune: You should be able to undertake and complete anything you desire. Mom Ryan's fortune: Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. My fortune: Focus on the color purple this week to bring you luck. Home. Weight training: plank, push up, barbell curl, hammer curl, concentration curl, lateral raise, front raise. Late snack: yogurt x 2. Shower. Chatted with Melissa.