Like, oh my god.
Jens Lekman is one of those people (there are several) that I seem to be consistently out of town for every time he comes through. So I was pretty excited to see him tonight. I bought literally the last ticket for tonight’s show. Tomorrow night’s was already sold out. He played at Bottom of the [...]
I’d read about Omegle before. It’s a service that randomly connects you to a stranger with whom you can chat. After being reminded about it again by Los Campesinos!’s blog, I decided to give it a shot. I love meeting strangers, and though strangers on the Internet hardly count, it seemed like it might be [...]
Remember when I accidentally busted some taggers? I got back into San Francisco tonight to find, among the junk mail, a subpoena to appear in court to testify against one of them. Presumably the one that was dumb enough to tell the cops his tagging name.
All this is very annoying. I definitely don’t want to [...]
I was on the phone with Carissa, staring out my bay window (as per usual) when I saw something strange. Across the street from me is a bus stop and the glamorous E&E Electrical Supply, a view I often make fun of but actually really enjoy for all the people-watching opportunities. While one or both [...]
I was reading this month’s issue of The Atlantic and in amongst an unrelated but interesting psychology article about the science of self were these quotes which relate to a debate I’ve been in increasingly over the past few months.
First, from the introduction:
[I]f you ask people about their greatest happiness in life, more than a [...]
One of the amazing things about San Francisco is how almost every part of the city is iconic of the whole. New York, to pick an example, has a billion well-known buildings and monuments, but if you saw a picture of an average street, you’d be hard pressed to specifically identify from which large east [...]
While I was in Israel, I plowed through an astounding amount of reading material. I’m not sure I’ve had a more productive reading month since I left high school. In addition reading the paper every day, I also plowed through four New Yorkers (that had piled up from my previous trips to Minneapolis and Portland) [...]