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The Aviator

I went to the Director's Guild last night with Adam to watch a screening of the Aviator, Martin Scorsese's latest movie. It was great in every respect. The story was fascinating, the acting was terrific, the cinematography produced a really great look, and of course innovative and impressive directing.

After the movie, Adam and I stopped by Carnegie Deli to get a sandwich. Not only is it $12 for a sandwich, but they charge $3 to split it! It was good, though.

As long as I'm complaining, I just had no luck with the subway system yesterday. I had 45 minutes after I put the kids to sleep to get into the movie, and I'm told that the Director's Guild doesn't let you in once the movie starts. So, I walk briskly over to my local subway stop, which has two express trains I can take: the F, which has a stop within a hundred feet of the theater, or the E, which is 4 blocks south and more than an avenue over. So I get to the subway, and arrive just as an F was pulling away. Fuck! So I wait, and in a few minutes, an E shows up. I'm holding out for an F, though, since that will save me almost 10 minutes of walking. It's now half an hour to the movie, and I know the ride takes 20 minutes, so I'm starting to get a bit nervous. Five minutes later, the next train comes, and it's another E! Now I'm doubting that waiting another 5 minutes or so for an F will be the right thing to do, so I just get on the E, cursing myself for not getting on the earlier E, thus buying myself some time. When I get off the E, it's just two minutes to the start of the movie. I run and run, and in about 4 minutes get to the Director's Guild, which hadn't started the movie yet. I saw Adam, sat down, and in a happy, sweaty way, relaxed and got ready for the movie. Coming home, it was after midnight, and trains only come about 1 every 15 minutes then. I get to the station right as the train is pulling away, of course.

The interesting thing is, I swear I saw Tom Gruber, the CTO of Intraspect, in the theater. He left before I had a chance to talk to him, but I've just sent him mail to see if it was truly him. It would be quite a coincidence if it was him, seeing as he lives in Palo Alto.