only the obtuse are unappreciative of paradox

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

All I Hear Is Noise

Arrived, in San Diego. City of the sun. It's hot, I don't quite know what to do with myself in this weather. I'm reading Crónica de una muerte anunciada, which I am quite into. I slept really awkwardly on the plane last night. It's really good to finally get a little rest though. I'm hoping for a haircut by Giselle my Bell before the evening really starts. I also can't wait to see Keaton my Kitten. I'm sure he's going to look so big to me! The Ordstro/Koalacaust show is tonight, so that should be really interesting, possible sunset cliffs bonfire afterward. At the moment, I'm really feeling some music David Lopez got me listening to at Michelle's before I left San Francisco. I wish those two could've come down to San Diego as well. Before I forget, I think it would be wise to make a list of things to do these next couple of days that I'm down here. I always end up forgetting to revisit all the important aspects of San Diego. I'll start now, and then cross one thing off my list by going for a swim.

the pursuit of love is like falconry

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Muse

Oh but I watch him so sadly
How can I tell him I love him
Yes, I would give my heart gladly
But each day, when he walks to the sea
He looks straight ahead, not at me.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet!

I finally got a little bit of rest! Woot! Got to sleep in yesterday because my supervisor at Boudin mistakenly told me I was off when I called to see what time to come in at six in the morning. It was a godsend, that's for sure. I got my laundry done the night before, so I slept in until around eleven, then hung around the house a bit and relaxed, went down to Haight and got a much needed pair of boots. Then Matt and I continued to Chinatown to get some cheap delicious dinner. We took a pretty scenic route and stumbled into a tourist trap type of store for a couple minutes. I ended up finding some pretty cool novelty items in there though, and picked up a beetle paperweight. We met up with Brittany at Grant and Washington and went into Sam Wo. I treated everyone to dinner, it was delicious, as always, and under twenty dollars! Brittany headed home to pack but Matt and I continued our northbound journey toward North Beach. We went to City Lights for a bit and then had beer and gelato at an excellent café at the corner of Broadway and Colombus.

We got home before it was too late, put some records on, played some guitar, made some Sweet Dreams tea and then crashed out. Work was good today, Dani took a ton of photographs of Reb(ecc)a and I jumping in front of the green screen. They turned out hilarious. I checked out some books to take home from the Naturalist Research Center and took a nice nap. Matt came home drunk from Dolores Park and made dinner and now were off to meet up with Reb(ecc)a and Nic at AMC Van Ness for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!!! I'm so excited, hahahha. I'm such a nerd for Harry Potter! Happy Bastille Day Everyone! Vive la révolution!

LOL

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Najelly Rosarin

Well, it's only been a week and I'm already exhausted. Working 7 days a week is pretty intense. I love the Academy though! I don't think I'll ever tire of that place, I want to work there for as long as possible. And I can't forget to mention that I'm in love with Claude.
I got my new phone too; I'm really happy with it. I actually used it to take that photo, the camera works quite well. In other news, Matt is up in San Francisco right now for his birthday. He's been staying at my house. I partied a little too hard for his birthday last night. I did not feel so hot this morning. I'm planning on meeting up with him, David, and Michelle pretty soon, I guess we're going to some party in the Inner Richmond, we'll see how that goes. But basically, I've been ridiculously busy lately. I'm thinking that I'll probably have to quit Boudin when school starts up again in the Fall. But, it's shower time, so goodbye for now.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Jasmine Mice

So, it's back to the work week, oh great Monday! I worked my first day at the Academy today. It was really great, I'm so happy I got this job! It's perfect. It's photography at an amazing museum, the people I'm going to be working with are all really awesome, I get commission, it's in the middle of Golden Gate Park, and to add to it all, with my employee card, I can get into practically any museum in the country for free (with one guest for free as well)!!! I'm actually pretty tired and am probably going to go to bed soon, which is totally out of character for me. I'm not used to getting up early, but I suppose with a little practice I can be the early bird or whatever. In a quick recap... my phone broke on Saturday night. The screen stopped working completely, leaving me unable to screen my calls. Some undesirable cholo guy whose calls I have been ignoring for over a month keeps calling me and I can't ignore him now that I can't tell if it's him calling. It's quite annoying. Fourth of July was good aside from that. I felt like the fireworks were neverending. They went on all through the night. I bought my classical guitar on Sunday and I am currently trying my best to master the basics of Flamenco. But I have to wake up early for work tomorrow, so I'm off to bed!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Are You That Dumb?

Number One, I obviously knew you were using it to begin with, why do you think i moved it into a new location. Number Two, I keep track of my things and have an exceptional memory at times. Did you really think I would not notice??? It probably would not be that big of a deal if it wasn't for the fact that she is the person who accuses everyone in the house of stealing her things, eating her food, hiding things from her when she loses them, and going in her room when she's not home to do who knows what. What a complete hypocrite. But, moving along, I had an absolutely phenomenal day yesterday! It was great and now that I think about it, actually stemmed from the day before. On Thursday, I had a nice short day of work at the bakery, then I proceeded to take the 14 to Rebecca's apartment. It took a lifetime, and the bus even broke down at one point. It was my first time being over and her place is amazing! I love everything about it and she has an awesome cat named Hunter. He's a Maine Coon. He rules. So we drank some tea and some french press coffee and pretty much caught up on about 3 years worth of life. It's hard to believe it had been that long. I recieved a call during this time, and to my suprise it was a man named Doug, wanting me to come to the California Academy of Sciences for an interview the next day! It seemed perfect that I was with Rebecca when he called because she works at the academy.

Later in the night I met her boyfriend Nic. From what I can tell he's a really great guy and I'm so happy for her. We went to his house and got to hang out with some of their friends and most importantly with Oliver! His teeny tiny kitten! It was a lot of fun, I had a really great time. On the way home, I took the 44 to Forest Hill. It was the first time I had actually been in the station outside of the metro train and I immediately came to the conclusion that it is by far, the creepiest of all the metro stations. It was completely empty. I was the only person in the whole place, alone. As if the building itself didn't have a vacant feel to it already. I also felt like I was much farther underground than normal, like I could almost feel the pressure of the earth above me. There was a ghost breeze coming through the subway and you could see forever down one side of the tunnel. As if it just went on and on and on. And to add to everything, there was the constant, distant sound of running water. It left me with a very strange eerie feeling. When I finally got on the metro, everyone on it was asleep and there was a whole barbeque chicken that was thrown across the floor. Barbeque sauce everywhere, the whole train smelled like barbeque chicken. It was a good night. In the morning, Kristin came over and I got ready for my job interview. We walked to West Portal to catch the metro and ended up making it to the Academy just in time! I found the staff entrance in the back and Kristin went to the De Young tower to hang out while I had my interview. I met Doug, we went into a meeting room upstairs that has a huge window overlooking the main lobby of the museum; It was quite nice. The interview went really well and at the end he told me he would call me within the next hour. I met up with Kristin and we walked to Irving to get some sushi and sake. Before our food was ready, Doug called me to Congratulate me on getting the job and to ask me to come in and start on Monday! I still can't believe it! I am so excited. The position is photography and sales. It's perfect. Kristin and I decided to go to Haight after dinner and Goodwill had an abundance of great little nic-nacs and such. We found some cool stuff there and at some other stores, and I left with a new coat, fresh sunflowers, a new bag, some belts, a new record, a picture to hang in my kitchen, a green glass vase, and a red fondue pot. We met Michelle at my flat and decided to make it 60s spy night. We bought an abundance of booze and made White Russians all night. It turned into quite the little party as more and more people showed up throughout the night. It was a great end to a great day.

Well, Happy Fourth of July America! I'm going to start getting ready to go down to the Golden Gate Bridge to drink and watch some fireworks. So much has changed in the past year and it's happened so fast. I truly feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Animal Queen

Another day, another dollar, and I spent my last ones of the day on a sweet record I found at The Music Store! Good thing I got my "broke ass discount" and saved some money on it.

It's My Favorite Debussy. Good, cheap find, I'm really happy with it. In other news, I journeyed to the San Francisco Zoo. Of course, it was the free day for residents; I have no money to spend. Some highlights were the lemurs, the howler monkey mom and her baby, lazy kangaroos, fighting bears, siberian tiger, and most of all the baby emperor tamarins!

Just you wait until he grows out his mustache! He'll be as handsome as his father! While we were checking out the Siberian Tiger, it really got me thinking about Tatiana the Tiger (As if she doesn't come up in conversations and whatnot enough in my life already). How she managed to escape from the enclosure still makes absolutely no sense to me, now more than ever. It just does not seem possible. But, it's getting late and I have to get up for work in less than six hours, which is quite unacceptable. It has been a long night of drinking gallons of tea in an effort to avoid accidental drunkenness from wine consumption and I am actually quite tired. Tomorrow seems promising and I recieved a great message to end my night with;

talk to you in the morning
enjoy the evening ambiance
the cool and classical sounds of a san francisco night
of a lesbian getting fistfucked and faking an orgasm

So now I will finish this up and hopefully get some rest. And by the way, I picked up an oh so captivating mask during the excitement of this first Wednesday.

Opera

The typical post, "I should be asleep right now..." But alas, it is true. I really should be getting to sleep, seeing as how I'm trying to really get the most out of my day off tomorrow. Got big plans, lots of animals to see at the zoo. Sadly... there is some lesbian action going on in the other room, and apparently, keeping it at a moderate volume is not the thing to do. I've never heard anything that has made me feel so awkward and made me want to laugh so badly at the same time. I'm not really sure how to deal with the whole "situation," so I suppose I'll just try my best to ignore it until the girls that live upstairs from us or one of the neighbors complain. Lucky for my other flatmate and his girlfriend, they're only here for another month, so they have a quick and easy resolution. I did put on an opera record to try and kill the mood, but I started to feel guilty and took it off. I'm really regretting that decision now. As for other significant affairs in my life at the moment... I'm not quite sure what I'd like to say. Registered for classes for the fall today. It's going to be quite the busy semester; Psychology of the Sexes, French, Ballet, English 1B, Spanish, and Advanced Photoshop. I have a good feeling about it though, and on that note, I will now attempt to force myself into sleeping.