22-24 JUN 2007 : FRIDAY – SUNDAY
For some reason Jackass 2 was in our Netflix Queue. Maybe because we saw it advertised when we saw Snakes on a Plane. Regardless, we watched it. It was pretty silly, but not nearly as disgusting or stupid as I had expected. OK, it was pretty stupid. I did not see the first nor the actual MTV show. When was the last time I watched MTV anyway? I suppose after watching the movie I am more culturally literate. Hopefully.
Amanda had Saturday Children’s Clinic.
Amanda wanted to bicycle up to Husky Stadium and canoe and whatnot, but I was leery of the weather. The days started sunny, but looked to be windy and rainy later. Amanda’s bicycle also needs some work (which I am waiting for some parts and tools to arrive). We walked around Seward Park instead which was nice. I had no idea there was so much poison oak there. We stopped by a pottery sale in the park; I also had no idea there was a pottery studio in the park, either. We did not find anything enticing. I noted that while handmade ceramics certainly to not have to be perfectly round or symmetrical (and certainly the stuff I made at university was far from perfect), I found a lot of stuff displayed to be pretty Not Pleasing To Me due to what appeared to be a complete disregard of symmetry and proportion and craftsmanship. And not in a artistic way… more like “eh, whatever, it looks good enough”. On the other hand, some stuff was nice. Just expensive.
We went to Heather/Andrew/Zubin/Megan’s new house in Montlake near the bridge for a party. It was billed as starting at 1pm and going on till… who knows? We arrived around 6pm at the start of their “second wave”. It was a nice place, and rather well set up for four people / two couples. The weather did turn windy and cold, so I was vindicated. Anyways, the party was fun.
The weather on Sunday was pretty lousy and Amanda was dragging a bit in the morning. She perked up after I suggested we go to Chipotle.
We stopped at the Japanese Garden before heading up to the University District. We fed the koi! There was a very Not Nice juvenile mallard there who wanted all the food and pecked at the poor koi. There were also a couple of very misbehaving kids who were pulling up vegetation and whatnot to throw in the water. Their parents didn’t !@#!@ care! They were not inducing me to have a peaceful and contemplative experience.
On our way there, I saw that the IHOP that she and I went to a few years ago before going to Mt. Rainier had closed… after 40 years! I imagine a mixed-used building will go up in its place. Or perhaps an office tower.
We stopped by Weaving Works after lunch. Amanda wanted to look for knitting baby patterns for an imminently expecting coworker and herself. I personally found a lot of the patterns either, um, ugly, or the kind of thing that people made to show how cool they are as to being, say, functional clothing. We did find a book we both liked. Amanda said perhaps that is not surprising as her Fashion Consultant Friend Carrie had it. I was intrigued by a book that promised knitting stuff for dogs and cats, but it all turned out to a Big Fat Lie as everything was really for dogs.
Amanda also picked up some yarn for socks.
We looked for buttons for a sweater that Amanda had knit for her coworker. Amanda and I clearly had differing ideas on what buttons looked good. I was all about some simple and tasteful wooden ones or some really cool silver gecko or lizard ones. Amanda preferred various polymers of either plain colors or with pictures of flowers or animals or whatnot. Actually, I was also thinking that buttons in general would be bad (don’t babies swallow stuff like that?) but Amanda did not seem too concerned. Amanda ended up deciding to wait until she knew the sex of the future infant, although I said that one should not be basing button choices on gender (or any baby clothing for that matter). Alas, she ignored me.
We went to University Village so that Amanda could get a notebook for work. She was also going to get a study guide at Barnes and Noble for Step 3 of her medical boards, but she verified she could borrow Heather’s instead.
We watched Lady in the Water. I had heard it wasn’t all that great, but then I actually really liked the Village in spite of tepid reviews, so I was hopeful I would really like it. As it turned out, I thought the story would have worked better if it was simply written; it did not really translate very well to me on the screen. Regardless, I still found it entertaining.