pre wrap up pre-up
Ron from iFanboy and James
from Isotope Friday
evening...
I just wanted to write a
little bit about my fantastic weekend in San
Francisco. I went up to see Oliver before goes and
retrieves his family from China and though I expected
a good time, I really did have a
fantastically good time! Other than finally getting
to hang out with Oliver and literally do nothing for
most of the day on Saturday (a skill we spent many
years honing in high school and college)--something
we haven't been able to do in a very long time--we
ended up having a typically random evening with
James, Kirsten, Ash, Allie and special guest star and
friend Ron Richards from the iFanboy comic podcast, who was
in town for a variety of very cool reasons.
Saturday night was dinner at Tom's then hanging
out at Paul's party. Very fun, meeting
up with new friends and old (got to see Giamma, Al and Allison, etc...!).
Ollie at his Mac station doing important stuff:
Oliver, Mike Gibson and I joined this motley crew for
dinner, then we met up with Tom and his friend Chris
at this really fun burlesque show at
the DNALounge that James knew about. See? I told
you--random. James actually knows of all the very
cool places to go, and actually has a rapidly
becoming world famous San Francisco Tiki Bar Tour
that I actually have yet to embark on.
(later)
Funny, I just returned to this after typing from the
other day, and I was apparently in the middle of a
sentence that reads, "So, it was cool, I was able to
check out..."--and I have no idea what I was
referring to. Sigh. Maybe I will remember.
LA doesn't have these.
As is often the case, my
return home to San Francisco was both calming and
energizing at the same time (oh, I think I remember!
dope, I will write about it in a few sentences). The
weather was really nice, and it was just nice to roam
the streets a bit and hang out without having too
much of an agenda. I was bummed to see that they have
completely demolished The Coronet movie theatre,
which was one of the best houses on the West Coast.
So bummed.
The Coronet would play all the BIG movies. It's now
just an empty lot.
I did end up
(and this is what I was talking about before)
checking out a yoga class at Yoga Tree near Castro. The
studio looked like it was an old dance school or
something--massive room that was kept really warm
(again, what is with that?). Great teacher,
though, and really fun class. We did this crazy
"OM tapestry" where everyone had to say "Om" 12
times so it was just this crazy long "ohhhmmm"
that went on for a minute or two. It was totally
cool, I had never done something like that--and
yes, if you had told me a year ago I would talking
about chanting Om a bunch of times with a bunch of
folks after a 90 minute yoga session, I would say,
"Really? That sounds really trippy but I guess I
can see it." Funny how life changes (and doesn't,
of course). Still, it's nice to go to a city and
find a new class, it's just fun to jump into a
class and have an idea of what to do while still
learning new poses, etc.
Cafe Abir has been totally redone--it's much nicer
than when I lived nearby. The best part...
$4 Hoegaarden's!
Flash mobbers at the Muni bus shelter on lower Haight
on Friday night...
A good visit, all in all;
I found it difficult to want to get back into my car
and drive back, which I guess explains the hour and a
half I spent at Starbucks with my parents just
talking about everything that's going on, etc. I
would have to say that one of the good things about
growing older is watching my relationship with my
parents change. I relate to them now much more as
good friends, and have a much better idea of how they
must have been like when they first met, in a way. It
is a great gift to have a good relationship with my
folks, and I am much happier now that we are on the
same coast.
And now it's Wednesday and, whew! I am tired, yo! I
blame myself. I was up until 1am playing Halo 3 with Nick. Yes, I caved
in like everyone else, and I am happy to report
that it was worth it...great game, a lot of fun. I
felt like I was in high school again. Or college.
Or even just a few years ago when Halo 2 came out.
Or perhaps earlier this year when I played
Gears with Tom until late at night.
Acting wise, it has been busy with some auditions and
a callback, but nothing to write home about yet. I've
been dutifully recording the pilots of a few shows in
case I get a chance to audition for 'em but haven't
seen anything yet. Whit's gone for the Dawn launch (tomorrow morning);
I guess she got to see the Space Shuttle and
traverse around the catwalks in the hangar...so
cool. It's not good to be jealous of your spouse,
but I think it is warranted in this case.
All right, time to post this. I have a funny little
widget that shows who is looking at the site from
where, but I doubt more than one person is looking at
this at any given time. Who knows? More soon...