Things and other things

San Francisco this weekend had its perfectly San Franciscian weather. Lots of fog, drizzle, and cold bay air. Lovely.


Going into the city...look closely, there's a bridge some- where in the distance!

Something worthy.

Shiny! :D

I don't know how to work my camera...








You know, clam chowder and rain and sea-smell are all grand things, but I think the highlight of this particular trip had to be the guy who held two huge branches. He sat, hidden, behind them and then when the unsuspecting populace would walk by, he would wiggle the branches and scare them.

There is something really beautiful in that. I may not be entirely sure what that might be, but just know, and be comforted, that it is there.

In other news, this week was elections, just in case ya haven't heard. Alas, my guy lost, but I had a nagging feeling he might not get the job ;-)...and I'm not talking about McCain here. All I can say is that, when the entire country implodes, as it inevitably would under the leadership of either of those two men, that's not gonna be on my hands.

In any case, congrats to Mr. Obama. May he somehow find a way to untangle what history has knotted.

You know, if history were a boy scout, it'd be an eagle scout, for sure. A venerable master of The Knot.

Sidebar: have you ever considered how truly lame it is that the boy scouts sell popcorn? I mean, really? Really? They get their asses kicked up and down sidewalks across America by girl scouts every year and they still aren't shamed. I'm sorry, but no measly popcorn can ever measure up to the power of the Thin Mint. And that's just fact.

Returning to main line of thought: Unfortunately, the good news of a change in tide for America was certainly overshadowed by a disheartening turn towards injustice. A repetition of all past mistakes. The reemergence of the maculation that is inequality and prejudice. A sad day, indeed.

But, at least we were able to pass a proposition so that chickens and cows aren't so cramped! I mean, really, I think it's just fantastic that farm animals are afforded basic freedoms before human beings are! How could we have been so horribly unjust before this? The chickens can't spread their wings! Oh, but they can now. So, congratulations, livestock! Basic human rights just can't measure up to your needs on the big scale of voter priorities, apparently.

I generally avoid political discussion, as politics are inherently evil and so, so vain, but this particular election seems to have called for a bit of personal opinion and disclosure.

Yes, I voted for a third party candidate. No, I am not crazy or uninformed (though I'm sure there are some who might dispute the crazy part :)), but I cannot stand petty catfight drama. Neither of those two men would have been out of place in a high school social setting at any point during their campaign. They were both self-absorbed and cliche. All this talk of "change" and being a "maverick" is nothing more than cheap rhetoric when observing their actions over the past months.

Politics politics politics politics politics. They fog up everything that needs clarity more than words can say.

Fog is pervasive these days...

I am happy that inevitable mutations in American genetics are coming. I am severely disheartened that prejudice is still so stabbing. I am weary of every day.

I want to stick a syringe of idealism into this nation's veins. I want a pure pursuit of intellect and knowledge to be the leading contender for office. I want this all with a desperate naivete. But we are all too tainted for that. The infections are already too deep. They've taken root in the marrow and now we are left with something so very chronic.

I feel a great deal of fear for what is coming.

Fear and fear and anticipation and fear.

I hope that someday a cure might be found for terror I feel.