I had an interesting day today in San Francisco, ending it with a movie in Berkeley.
I went to the Timbuk2 store to pick up a new cross-strap. The one that came with my bag broke. It was cool seeing all the possible designs for bags. If I didn’t have a perfectly functional and new bag, I would get one now. Chicken and egg situation, that is.
Afterwards Susan and I went to this really cool eatery called Frjtz. Susan took some photos, and I will link to them when she puts them online. I will be returning there very soon.
Wandering around we stumbled upon Isotope. I had read about it, and was happy to find this little hip comic shop. The owner proprietor himself (James Sime, it turns out) was there, and I got to chatting with him and he informed me of my next comic purchase, the Ultimates. He suggested it after talking about the Iron Man movie, and how this imagining of Marvel is more in line with the movie versions. I held back because I have a stack of manga and comics waiting ,unread.
When we left there I saw that Justin was watching The Happening, so we decided to return to Berkeley and see it as well. I could write on and on and on about the movie, but instead I will say go see it. I liked it, even though it had me twisted in knots the entire time. There were a few times that I had to blur my vision and realize I was in a theater because I was getting too anxious. The brand of despair prescribed in this movie is something else. We can talk about how it failed after you see it. 