Sonic Rebellion and Incredible Sushi

Dave and I went to the movies last night to see THE SOLOIST with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. We were both disappointed with a pretty shallow script for such a deep and profound story. If it had been cast any differently - the movie may well have been a complete disaster. The script had several big consistency errors and continuity errors - it seemed to jump weeks if not months of time leaving the viewers trying to figure out what went down. It read and played like a stage play more than a movie with lovely intense scenes between the two leads but very little tying it together.

There were some overt religion opinions dropped here and there that felt very much out of place - and some sub-stories that were designed to show the humanity of the Robert Downey Jr. character - and the fall from the grid of the Jamie Foxx character. It made schizophrenia very frightening - but at the same time - tried to gloss over some of the harder stuff. I went into the movie perhaps with too high expectations. There were also MTVesque moments where, scored to the piece playing in Fox's head you'd soar of LA or get lost in a "seeing colours" section that just seemed misplaced. It could have been a lot tighter writing wise... but thanks to the performances by both Downey and Foxx - I'd recommend it for a matinee viewing.

Dave and I had a marvelous quiet and snuggly Sunday morning around his casa in Palo - he was working on his computations; I was typing away on the new work. Vs. how things would be at my place in SF - there was no music playing; no market street traffic. it was startlingly quiet. It felt luxurious to have that much quiet for Dave and I to share.

I drove up in the mini car to hook up with Sky - (and Dave) - and the all-smiles Les (nashobabear) for dinner at my favorite restaurant Barracuda Sushi. I loved it. Dave had seafood udon soup and I had a three-way sushi ceviche platter. It really is so delicious - I don't know what they make their udon noodles with - but they are simply hands-down the best in town. (imho)

What a lovely way to spend dinner! Les was full of all sorts of smiles about his new academic pursuit (a Master in Ethics) - and a new guy he met recently.

Sky (tatmoof) - as always - is just one of my all-time favorite people. He's smart and someone I've grown close to and consider a mentor. He's remarkable.

Then of course, there is Dave how always teaches me things about listening - and how to engage people. He may be quiet but you can guarantee he hears and digests everything - even if it's a crowded multiple loud personality table. He's so lovely!I talked about excited I was that I was past the outlining/researching stage of the book and in the "what do my characters have to say about all that" stage of actually writing novel #2.

Then I ran Sky to the airport - and headed out to dance for a while with Dave at Sundance Saloon. Boy howdy are Sundays crowded... very crowded in fact. I got a little claustrophobic and decided to come home a little early and grab a sample of that peace I'd appreciated earlier in the day. There are nights I go to Sundance and dance all night and laugh and have a great time - others where its a little to loud and crowded for my tastes. When did I become a person that would get claustrophobic on a crowded dance floor of tight jeaned cowboys?

Miss Kate is curled up at my feet here in the Muffin penthouse - and I'm quietly playing one of my favorite records, "Sonic Rebellion" - a classical music collection with Arvo Part, John Cage, Phillip Glass and other modern classical composers. A favorite track on the album is Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet by Gyorgy Liget as well as the Heroes Symphony: 5th movement, Neukoln by Philip Glass.

It was a terrible restful weekend. One full of remarkable closeness for me and Dave - socializing with lovely people... I'm going to walk the goddess - spend a little more time with my characters at the keyboard; then off to sleep for a long work week ahead.