deery-lou.
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ya hala! on sunday i ventured out meeting up with some work peeps to attend ya hala: the 14th annual arab cultural festival. i had never been to an arab festival before so i figured what the hell i'm up for something new. the fact that it was being held at the county fair building in golden gate park which is close to my apartment was an added bonus. i had high hopes; however, i can't say that this was one of the better festivals that sf has to offer. besides being quite small [strike 1], they were charging a $6 admission fee [strike two]. i understand it was probably covering the cost to rent the space but there should never be an admission fee for a festival and if there is keep it to a dollar. spending anything more leads me to expect quite a bit. unfortunately, this was not the case since it was quite lacking with only a few booths. unless you were there to see the music/performances it was anything but stellar. there were only two food vendors [one of which only sold crepes] with the longest lines i've ever seen at a festival. i will say this about it, the falafel i had was pretty damn tasty. i was basically done with the festival 10 minutes after i arrived. since i didn't want to seem rude, i managed to hang out for a couple of hours hiding the anguish that was building up inside. until next time…
stay gold & be well…
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
devil in my car
deery-lou.
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it started out simple enough. a few photos from high school posted on facebook by a friend. that prompted me to bust out my old albums and upload the photos i had. which in turn lead to another friend to post some photos, then another, and another, and another, etc. now, with pandora's box having been opened there's no stopping, i've become a man obsessed with scanning the past. three albums down and a whole lot more to go. the trip down memory lane has been somewhat bittersweet, especially when seeing those faces of friends who have since passed on. with each page i turned, i am transported to the past: high school, boston, europe, etc. as i looked through album after album, i couldn't help but notice how happy everyone seemed, including myself. this made me reflect on life now and how mundane it feels. i'm beginning to wonder if i'm bored with life or simply just bored with sf. lately, i've become quite content to stay home. i don't feel the need to do anything or go anywhere. my motivation has left the building. where did my creative energy go? did i forget to pack it when i returned from korea? as much as i try to ignite it, it always seems to burn out. i keep looking for that spark, but have yet to find it. i'm not quite sure if revisiting the past was such a good idea. it has made me yearn for those days when life was so carefree. i can't help but wonder if i've hit that point in our lives when we start to question everything. wondering if the choices we made were the right ones. i can't help but to look at the faces of strangers around me and wonder if they are truly happy. or, are they simply going through the motion. appearance is a funny thing. we can make others see exactly what we want them to. i've always imagined that i'd been in a different space than where i am now. i'm not quite sure where i veered off the path, but i did. the trick now is to find the one that leads me back. i am now a boy in search of himself. until next time…
stay gold & be well…
previously on the e-list…
it started out simple enough. a few photos from high school posted on facebook by a friend. that prompted me to bust out my old albums and upload the photos i had. which in turn lead to another friend to post some photos, then another, and another, and another, etc. now, with pandora's box having been opened there's no stopping, i've become a man obsessed with scanning the past. three albums down and a whole lot more to go. the trip down memory lane has been somewhat bittersweet, especially when seeing those faces of friends who have since passed on. with each page i turned, i am transported to the past: high school, boston, europe, etc. as i looked through album after album, i couldn't help but notice how happy everyone seemed, including myself. this made me reflect on life now and how mundane it feels. i'm beginning to wonder if i'm bored with life or simply just bored with sf. lately, i've become quite content to stay home. i don't feel the need to do anything or go anywhere. my motivation has left the building. where did my creative energy go? did i forget to pack it when i returned from korea? as much as i try to ignite it, it always seems to burn out. i keep looking for that spark, but have yet to find it. i'm not quite sure if revisiting the past was such a good idea. it has made me yearn for those days when life was so carefree. i can't help but wonder if i've hit that point in our lives when we start to question everything. wondering if the choices we made were the right ones. i can't help but to look at the faces of strangers around me and wonder if they are truly happy. or, are they simply going through the motion. appearance is a funny thing. we can make others see exactly what we want them to. i've always imagined that i'd been in a different space than where i am now. i'm not quite sure where i veered off the path, but i did. the trick now is to find the one that leads me back. i am now a boy in search of himself. until next time…
stay gold & be well…
Sunday, August 10, 2008
broken chairs
deery-lou.
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our final holiday groups from france & japan started this week. don't really foresee any problems with this group. there is one french student who keeps testing me, but i'm up for the challenge. the biggest problem is getting the two japanese students to speak up more. i think they are a bit shy amongst all the french students. hopefully, i'll have some interesting tales to tell as the weeks progress. keep your fingers crossed.
my weekend was pretty lackluster. i'm starting to think i've lost my mojo. has anyone seen it? i might have to spend some time trying to relocate it. i did manage to force myself out of the house thanks to misty's help. she called asking if i'd be her shopping guru. she needed to find a dress for an upcoming wedding she was attending. hi! i so in! i literally threw on some clothes, ran some product through my hair, and was ready to go in minutes. we were quite surprised to find downtown busy as hell at 11 am. don't people sleep in anymore? our first stop was the dreaded west field mall. malls always give me flashbacks to my youth in altamonte springs, since we always hung out there. the upper floors of the mall weren't too bad. we were able to weave in and out of stores with no problems. misty found her "perfect" dress within the confines of the mall. score!
it wasn't until we headed down to the food court that we realized just how many people were at the freakin mall. can you say, PACKED! maneuvering around the fc was like playing human frogger. step. stop. 2 steps, stop, etc. it was filled with the sound of chair legs being dragged across the floor. i watched one woman pass by the guy handing out free calamari 10 times. with each pass she took some samples. being down there made me want to scream. or in the very least wanting to push someone.
we made our exit from fc hell and headed out to the bustling streets of union square. our next mission: shoes. we stopped in h&m because i wanted to see if they had any jackets. the shopping gods must have been with me. i found an awesome short, black, trench coatesque jacket. and there was one left in my size. happy birthday to me! i also purchased a pair of jeans and some boxers. oops. now you all know the kind of undergarments i wear. hehe. after a brief stop in aldo where misty tried on some stripper shoes, we decided it was coffee time. yeah, iced coffee!
as the day went on, more and more people seemed to fill the streets. there were a few things left on misty's list to do, however, she decided to call it quits. we both had had enough of downtown on a saturday. while walking back to the car, i couldn't help but notice the long line for the trolley which made realize that i've never ridden it. i've been in sf for over 5 years and have yet to experience the joy of the trolley. will have to put that on my list of things to do.
today, i got a very unexpected call from pevil. her and mrs. b were in the hood and asked me to join them for lunch at the tofu house. how could i resist. there's nothing better than good company & good korean food. i had not seen them since pride, so it was great to play catch up. those girls are busy, busy, busy.
i borrowed a book from butterbean a few weeks ago called a gorgeous sense of hope: a love fable. i just finished it and i must say, "i l.o.v.e.d. it!" the message was quite inspiring and the illustrations are super cute. books like this make me happy. so on this note i'll end my post here. happy sunday to all! until next time.
stay gold & be well…
previously on the e-list…
our final holiday groups from france & japan started this week. don't really foresee any problems with this group. there is one french student who keeps testing me, but i'm up for the challenge. the biggest problem is getting the two japanese students to speak up more. i think they are a bit shy amongst all the french students. hopefully, i'll have some interesting tales to tell as the weeks progress. keep your fingers crossed.
my weekend was pretty lackluster. i'm starting to think i've lost my mojo. has anyone seen it? i might have to spend some time trying to relocate it. i did manage to force myself out of the house thanks to misty's help. she called asking if i'd be her shopping guru. she needed to find a dress for an upcoming wedding she was attending. hi! i so in! i literally threw on some clothes, ran some product through my hair, and was ready to go in minutes. we were quite surprised to find downtown busy as hell at 11 am. don't people sleep in anymore? our first stop was the dreaded west field mall. malls always give me flashbacks to my youth in altamonte springs, since we always hung out there. the upper floors of the mall weren't too bad. we were able to weave in and out of stores with no problems. misty found her "perfect" dress within the confines of the mall. score!
it wasn't until we headed down to the food court that we realized just how many people were at the freakin mall. can you say, PACKED! maneuvering around the fc was like playing human frogger. step. stop. 2 steps, stop, etc. it was filled with the sound of chair legs being dragged across the floor. i watched one woman pass by the guy handing out free calamari 10 times. with each pass she took some samples. being down there made me want to scream. or in the very least wanting to push someone.
we made our exit from fc hell and headed out to the bustling streets of union square. our next mission: shoes. we stopped in h&m because i wanted to see if they had any jackets. the shopping gods must have been with me. i found an awesome short, black, trench coatesque jacket. and there was one left in my size. happy birthday to me! i also purchased a pair of jeans and some boxers. oops. now you all know the kind of undergarments i wear. hehe. after a brief stop in aldo where misty tried on some stripper shoes, we decided it was coffee time. yeah, iced coffee!
as the day went on, more and more people seemed to fill the streets. there were a few things left on misty's list to do, however, she decided to call it quits. we both had had enough of downtown on a saturday. while walking back to the car, i couldn't help but notice the long line for the trolley which made realize that i've never ridden it. i've been in sf for over 5 years and have yet to experience the joy of the trolley. will have to put that on my list of things to do.
today, i got a very unexpected call from pevil. her and mrs. b were in the hood and asked me to join them for lunch at the tofu house. how could i resist. there's nothing better than good company & good korean food. i had not seen them since pride, so it was great to play catch up. those girls are busy, busy, busy.
i borrowed a book from butterbean a few weeks ago called a gorgeous sense of hope: a love fable. i just finished it and i must say, "i l.o.v.e.d. it!" the message was quite inspiring and the illustrations are super cute. books like this make me happy. so on this note i'll end my post here. happy sunday to all! until next time.
stay gold & be well…
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
fixer
deery-lou.
previously on the e-list…
oh, the things one finds in their classroom. while cleaning up the other day, i discovered the results from the sentence game that one of the classes had played. it's too good to keep to myself so i thought i'd share it with you. not sure which class it's from. i'm assuming it was from the holiday groups. anyway, here you go. [i'm typing it exactly as it appears]
Yesterday, I went to the park and I saw a Butterfly and a lot of squirrels.
But while I was staring at them someone taught [not really sure about this word but it looked like a t] me.
and i was very happy
because I like nature
and everything about animals, but suddenly one of the butterfly bite me.
I was very sad because I like them, so I decided to kill them,
but before my mother said me: don't kill the butterfly because is really beautiful, and i was angry.
So now, I'm doing a secret plan to kill all of the butterfly.
You know, be careful, I'm very dangerous, I'm butterman!
stay gold & be well…
previously on the e-list…
oh, the things one finds in their classroom. while cleaning up the other day, i discovered the results from the sentence game that one of the classes had played. it's too good to keep to myself so i thought i'd share it with you. not sure which class it's from. i'm assuming it was from the holiday groups. anyway, here you go. [i'm typing it exactly as it appears]
Yesterday, I went to the park and I saw a Butterfly and a lot of squirrels.
But while I was staring at them someone taught [not really sure about this word but it looked like a t] me.
and i was very happy
because I like nature
and everything about animals, but suddenly one of the butterfly bite me.
I was very sad because I like them, so I decided to kill them,
but before my mother said me: don't kill the butterfly because is really beautiful, and i was angry.
So now, I'm doing a secret plan to kill all of the butterfly.
You know, be careful, I'm very dangerous, I'm butterman!
stay gold & be well…
Saturday, August 02, 2008
edge of seventeen
deery-lou.
previously on the e-list…
muni conversation 154
subjects: 3 female [either high school students or college, who can really tell these days]
route: line 5 [from downtown to inner richmond]
unfortunately, i don't have any direct dialogue from these ladies. i didn't catch wind of their conversation until my ipod had stopped playing. normally, i try to jot down what i heard but it's been a couple of days and of lot of it has escaped me. i am constantly amazed at the amount of people that feel the need to have phone conversations and personal conversation on the bus. granted, i know we all have them, but there are ways to carry on a conversation without everyone on the bus hearing. it's the need to talk at full volume which grates on my nerve. personally, i don't care to hear what you need to buy at the store, or what you watched last night. if you are planning to converse so that all can hear, at least be talking about something interesting.
case in point, the three ladies mentioned above. i couldn't see any of them because the bus was extremely crowded. all i know is that they were somewhat close to me. they first grabbed my attention because they were talking about being bi. two of the three claimed to be so. one girl was talking about how her mother was bi. this lead to the other to start inquiring about her mom as if she wanted to met her. the other mentioned how she has a gay cousin and was surprised that no one caught on to her being bi since she bonded with her cousin. then they started talking about a girl in their class who was bi. this eventually lead into a discussion about gay people and how they love them so. the one girl literally yelled out, "gay people are so cool. i love them."
once they finished discussing the gays, they moved on to gang banging. apparently, all three of them are gang bangers. they went on to discuss which gangs their boyfriends belonged to and so forth. one of them seemed to have dated members from each gang mentioned [bloods, crips, etc.] and was comparing them. that's really all i heard. they got off the bus during their gang banger debate. i must say, it was all quite entertaining. if every one's conversation was this interesting, i wouldn't mind the public conversations so much. sadly, it's not always the case. anyway…stay tuned for more enlightening tells from muni.
stay gold & be well…
previously on the e-list…
muni conversation 154
subjects: 3 female [either high school students or college, who can really tell these days]
route: line 5 [from downtown to inner richmond]
unfortunately, i don't have any direct dialogue from these ladies. i didn't catch wind of their conversation until my ipod had stopped playing. normally, i try to jot down what i heard but it's been a couple of days and of lot of it has escaped me. i am constantly amazed at the amount of people that feel the need to have phone conversations and personal conversation on the bus. granted, i know we all have them, but there are ways to carry on a conversation without everyone on the bus hearing. it's the need to talk at full volume which grates on my nerve. personally, i don't care to hear what you need to buy at the store, or what you watched last night. if you are planning to converse so that all can hear, at least be talking about something interesting.
case in point, the three ladies mentioned above. i couldn't see any of them because the bus was extremely crowded. all i know is that they were somewhat close to me. they first grabbed my attention because they were talking about being bi. two of the three claimed to be so. one girl was talking about how her mother was bi. this lead to the other to start inquiring about her mom as if she wanted to met her. the other mentioned how she has a gay cousin and was surprised that no one caught on to her being bi since she bonded with her cousin. then they started talking about a girl in their class who was bi. this eventually lead into a discussion about gay people and how they love them so. the one girl literally yelled out, "gay people are so cool. i love them."
once they finished discussing the gays, they moved on to gang banging. apparently, all three of them are gang bangers. they went on to discuss which gangs their boyfriends belonged to and so forth. one of them seemed to have dated members from each gang mentioned [bloods, crips, etc.] and was comparing them. that's really all i heard. they got off the bus during their gang banger debate. i must say, it was all quite entertaining. if every one's conversation was this interesting, i wouldn't mind the public conversations so much. sadly, it's not always the case. anyway…stay tuned for more enlightening tells from muni.
stay gold & be well…
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