May 9, 2010

I saw Mono at Slim's a few hours ago. It was sublime. For the past week, I've been listening to their songs with headphones on the bus, trying hard to restrain myself from swaying or nodding my head too conspicuously, and watching their concert videos and footage on YouTube, and just totally getting all psyched for the show. There was one song in particular I was looking forward to, needed to see: the last song on their latest album, and their finale, Everlasting Light. They do this really cool maneuver at the climax where the bass and both guitar players all turn toward the drummer behind them and just rock hard to the end, facing and playing for each other in a circle as a band, with the audience made truly only a witness to their music.

None of my friends knew about them before the concert, and I was worried they wouldn't like it. After a while though, I sort of stopped worrying about that, about most things, actually. I was somewhere else. I hope I see them again.

April 8, 2010

Pictures and captions time!

In Golden Gate Park. If you squint, you can make out the woman walking her dog.

OK so here are the parrots.

This is cool. So it was Critical Mass, and she was weaving through the crowd in her magenta bike and magenta striped socks, doing her part in combating the inadequate supply of bubbles in the world.

Where's Gordon? Probably yes!

This is also very cool. I managed to dig out my camera while my train was waiting for the light this morning, and zoomed in on this bus stop on 19th Avenue. I wonder who did it, and if they got the response they were hoping for.

April 3, 2010

I bought a lotto ticket today, at the gas station. I began thinking of all the cool things I can do if I win. Just doing that, the fantasizing, is totally worth the $1. Like, the logistics of sorting through all my material desires and prioritizing luxuries is so much fun. What color Mini Cooper should I buy first, red or green? Delightful! And I like sorting stuff to begin with. Later, I'd forget about my ticket, and get a nice little jot of surprise once I see it in my wallet again, and remember, hey, yeah, I could be a millionaire lol. It's funny how much entertainment I can extract from this.

I'm actually stalling for time. Nothing like updating the blog while waiting all a-jitter.

April 1, 2010

It's been so great lately. I was walking home, and saw this group of people with their cameras out. They were all looking up, captivated. A flock of bright green parrots were flying and jubbling around the Embarcadero all excited, making noise and playing with each other among the cherry blossoms. I took out my camera too, then, and think I got a few good shots.

March 18, 2010

It's easy to be liked, I think; the hard part is to be preferred over someone else. So another example of why it's not enough just to win—others must fail, rawr >:(

March 9, 2010

Saw Alice in Wonderland the other day. When it was over, Elbert was like, "That's so unrealistic." He was referring to Alice being hired as an trading company's apprentice at the end lol, never mind Wonderland.

My desktop is in cardiac arrest and things look pretty grim. After days of reading random forum posts for a cure—the method of choice for solving any tech issue—and performing the extremely risky BIOS flashing, twice!, the computer is still out cold. My only likely option now is to get another motherboard, erg. In the meantime, I'm getting reacquainted with my seven-year-old lappy from college, which is such a trooper.

Pyr is having an essay contest! I'm so entering.

Connie's in her apartment, all's right with the world! The whole moving process with mattresses and U-Hauls and eating take-out on the floor was pretty great, looking back. When it was happening though, it was totally exhausting and nerve-wracking. I wish I took pictures.