Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Hard Knox Cafe
Since I've been covering the Dogpatch for my story, I've gotten to know a few good eats around the area. Hard Knox Cafe is fantastic. Love, love, love the potatoes. Slash the omelet was hella bomb.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
B.I.G
Yes, I've just seen Notorious. Surprise that it was long and surprise that I actually liked it.
I was a terror since the public school era
Bathroom passes, cuttin classes, squeezing asses
Smoking blunts was a daily routine
Bathroom passes, cuttin classes, squeezing asses
Smoking blunts was a daily routine
Cause all we wanna do is...
...bullshit and party!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Serpentine
Located in The Dogpatch District of San Francisco. A modern warehouse looking restaurant with great but expensive cocktails. Doesn't the bartender look like Justin Timberlake? Well I think so.
Monday, April 27, 2009
SF WAR
San Francisco Women Against Rape
Walk Against Rape is an opportunity for the communities of San Francisco to come together and raise awareness around sexual assault. Statistics show that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 11 men will be raped in their lifetimes, and it is estimated that less than 20% or rapes are reported to the police. The silence and taboo around rape in our society cause survivors to feel isolated and unsupported. The goal of Walk Against Rape is to empower survivors, their friends, families and supporters, to break that silence by walking together on the streets against rape, and declare that San Francisco will not tolerate sexual violence. - SF WAR [www.sfwar.org]
Start - Embarcadero
Finish - Dolores Park
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
faces in the city
Part of a story I'm doing that includes Protrero Hill, Mission Bay, Bayshore and the Dogpatch. Here are a few faces I've met along the way.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
a day at Haight
A couple of graffiti art on the walls of Haight Street, San Francisco.
Either came from Britain, Australia or Japan. My bet is Britain.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Airplane!
What came out of an 80's movie night. Part one consisted of Airplane, Heathers and Big. This had to be the best out of the three for me and the funniest spoof I've seen. hah, humor in the 80's.
Airplane (1980)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The One Who Got Away
I stole this from my home-boy. I'd give the writer a high five for it.
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"God determines who walks into your life. It's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."
The One That Got Away
Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal
In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with ...and the one that got away.
Who is the one that got away?
I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a long time partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing.
It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequential become deal breakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. The day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come.
Hopefully you're single… but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about. You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?"
That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.
If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that if you're already with the one you're with, that this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.
Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.
But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple... find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee; ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow. And it would be a great feeling, if in the end, you'd be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."
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"God determines who walks into your life. It's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go."
The One That Got Away
Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal
In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with ...and the one that got away.
Who is the one that got away?
I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a long time partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing.
It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequential become deal breakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. The day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come.
Hopefully you're single… but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about. You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?"
That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.
If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that if you're already with the one you're with, that this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.
Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.
But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple... find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee; ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow. And it would be a great feeling, if in the end, you'd be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I Met The Walrus
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into john Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.
Thanks Jan for video!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
A definition of hate:
SFGate Article
It happened to someone, it can definitely happen to me or any one of us. When will it ever be safe for a person to live their life for being who they are and not get hated on?
The comment that makes a very good point:
A 31 year old man led what is alleged to be two teens and another yet to be found forth individual in this hateful crime. To those who believe the anti-gay/lesbian rhetoric in churches do not increase hate crimes, look at this situation. When you make a group of people ‘scapegoats’ 'less than' or 'sinners' it empowers the darker elements of society to do the unthinkable. If you approve of gay/lesbian people or not, you should not fuel the hatred that leads to this kind violence. While the Evangelicals, the Mormons, the Pope or the Archbishop would never condone violence, referring to gay people as the cause of the end of civilization, as the Pope did on 12/23/08, incites hatred. Plain and simple. Is this what Christianity is really about?
And to think living in the Bay is a haven for queers?
SFGate Article
It happened to someone, it can definitely happen to me or any one of us. When will it ever be safe for a person to live their life for being who they are and not get hated on?
The comment that makes a very good point:
A 31 year old man led what is alleged to be two teens and another yet to be found forth individual in this hateful crime. To those who believe the anti-gay/lesbian rhetoric in churches do not increase hate crimes, look at this situation. When you make a group of people ‘scapegoats’ 'less than' or 'sinners' it empowers the darker elements of society to do the unthinkable. If you approve of gay/lesbian people or not, you should not fuel the hatred that leads to this kind violence. While the Evangelicals, the Mormons, the Pope or the Archbishop would never condone violence, referring to gay people as the cause of the end of civilization, as the Pope did on 12/23/08, incites hatred. Plain and simple. Is this what Christianity is really about?
And to think living in the Bay is a haven for queers?
Bye 2008, hello 2009!
Happy New Year!
Hope everyone had a fun and safe one this year. I celebrated mine in Virginia this year with just the parents in our new house and the cutest chic on webcam. Yeah, it was pretty chill.
So I welcome 2009 with open arms.
Bring it on!
Hope everyone had a fun and safe one this year. I celebrated mine in Virginia this year with just the parents in our new house and the cutest chic on webcam. Yeah, it was pretty chill.
So I welcome 2009 with open arms.
Bring it on!
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