Thanks to Joyce for showing me this one. Spectacular and educational.
Author: FourMajor
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A Humorous Way to End a Shitty Day
As you saw earlier I got a flat tire this morning on my bike. Not a good way to start my day. After class today I discovered a $70 parking ticket on the City Carshare car. This was because I forgot to put the parking voucher thing in the dash – I had paid for the whole day but they didn’t know that. So overall my flat tire cost me at least $150.
So I get home and for the first time in a while I am looking at my blog’s statistics. There, I notice that there have been 0 visits and 27 hits from an…eyebrow blog. (Jesus, they really have a blog for everything, don’t they?) 0 visits and >1 hits usually means that someone is using an image on my site. So I follow the link and…
BLAM!
My eyebrows are the feature picture on a post talking about how more men should thin their eyebrows! Hahahaha. I think that is hilarious.
Since they are using the image off of my site without the courtesy to ask (just as a politeness thing, I don’t care about the law on it), I have taken the opportunity to update the picture with a barely legible note.
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Cycling Woes
It was great bicycling weather: cool and overcast (so I don’t sweat). At Valencia and 24th I got a flat. I noticed some glass earlier and tried to avoid it but it seems I wasn’t able to. Sure enough, pulled a piece of glass out of my tire.
I left the apartment with plenty of time to spare and I had just packed my bag with maintenance stuff: needle nose pliers, inner tube, pump, pressure gauge. So I go to replace the inner tube. It seems that the person and Valencia Cyclery did not sell me the correct size. That was a very annoying and costly mistake. Thankfully I was right at a City Carshare pod location. I reserved a Prius for the whole day and off I went. Of course this was not all great as it will end up costing me over $60 just for the car.
And now I get to go to Ocean Cyclery during lunch time to get the correct size inner tubes. Maybe have them install it for me and show me the correct procedure to do so.
Moral of the story: I don’t often get pissed. But the person that shattered glass in the street really pissed me off. And to a less extent the person at Valencia Cyclery that sold me the wrong size tube pissed me off too. Something else that pissed me off? The automated phone reservation system that City Carshare uses.
Update: The inner tube was not too big. It turns out (surprise!) that I just didn’t know how to put it on correctly.
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Police Brutality in Denver
As some of you may know, the Democratic National Convention is currently ongoing in Denver. Sounds like a great reason for a protest.
So far, over 100 people have been arrested. I have been following the progress on Colorado Indymedia and on Submedia. Keep in mind that both of these sources are openly pro-anarchist/activist. But the videos, they don’t lie.
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Took a Nasty Spill
I was having a great bike ride this morning from my apartment to SFSU and back. It looks like it will take about 40 minutes each way.
On the way back, I was going eastbound on Market Street, wanting to go left onto 7th St. So I started to get over. I tried to go diagonal over the street car tracks. I made it over the first one fine, but the second one, my front tire decided it wanted to align itself into the track. Down I went. OUCH. I banged up my left leg and scraped my left elbow. I got up pretty quickly and walked across the street into UN Plaza. Then something weird happened. My hearing was pretty much shot for about a minute. After that I was fine. I think my body was just like “What the hell just happened?”
As of now my leg hurts but I am sure it will be OK. And I will have some nasty scabs on my elbow.
The bike is mostly OK. I just have to put the chain back on and straighten the handlebar.
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Last Weekend of Every Month
For the last Friday of every month: San Francisco Critical Mass
For the last Saturday of every month: Really Really Free Market -
Monitored and Recorded
I just got a call on the super secret Stuphone in the closet. It was AT&T.
att: Hi my name is suchandsuch and I’m calling from AT&T.
me: OK
att: The purpose of this call is to ensure that you are receiving the best possible service from AT&T.
me: OK
att: This call may be monitored or recorded for quality purposes.
me: But I don’t want to be monitored and recorded.
att: Well it is just for quality purposes.
me: Is this a necessary call?
att: It is necessary to ensure you’re receiving the best possible service.
me: But it’s not necessary. And I don’t want to be monitored and recorded. So we should end the call.
att: Oh. Whatever. *click*Funny how some people can’t comprehend that you don’t want to be recorded when they call you.
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A Lot Has Been Accomplished
In the 26 hours since I got back from New York, I have: joined the YMCA, purchased a sweet road bike, canceled a credit card, paid more money to SFSU so I can sign up for more classes and fixed a billing problem with City Carshare.
w00t
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Trip to New York, Day 6
Yesterday was not as much of a success as the previous days. It started off pretty well. I headed out to The Bronx, where I made Tino’s Delicatessen my destination. Of course I walked around the neighborhood some too, and I liked what I saw. There were a lot of people out on the streets. I also liked the unique, tall brick residential buildings. My sandwich at the deli was spot on.
After dodging the rain a bit, I made my way to the Upper East Side in Manhattan. There, I visited a ridiculously overpriced cafe called Via Quadronno. I just had a latte and some gelato, both of which were pretty good, and it kept the cost down. I dodged some more rain drops and got on the subway to head to Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan’s East Village. My purpose for going here was to attend an anarchist meeting. I was sorely disappointed and discouraged that no one showed up for the meeting.
From there, I walked, which was stupid of me because of the rain, to Revival where there was a CouchSurfing event. I met some nice people and I met some bizarre people. But it was fun. I also got a “I Couch NY” shirt, where the couch is a graphic instead of a word – a spoof on the “I Heart NY” shirts. After this I headed back to the place in Brooklyn. I stayed up all night doing laundry, packing my stuff and talking. At about 5:30am I made my way to the bus stop, where I caught a bus to Boston, which is where I am right now. I’m looking forward to my two days here.
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Trip to New York, Day 5
I am not in much of a writing mood today so this may be a bit short. But I can always update it later.
I started the day yesterday by bumming around Chinatown for a bit. Nothing too exciting. Then I met up with the Harlem couch surfer for lunch; I feel much better about the situation from the other night even though it still doesn’t make much sense. We had some pretty good Vietnamese food.
He recommended to me that I go to Bluestockings book store, so I trekked over there. I believe I actually fell in love with the book store. My love for it might be equivalent to my love for City Lights. I picked up a few books and a t-shirt for myself and a friend.
After that, I walked back to Chinatown and got a massage. It was the first paid massage I’ve ever had and it was awesome. Only $21 for 31 minutes too. I might go back today.
I then walked over to Greenwich Village in a post-massage daze to meet people for pizza and gelato. Both were tasty and delicious. The normal activity of having a few drinks at a bar followed in unspectacular fashion, but we still had good conversation of course. Back to the Bushwich loft we went to hang out on the rooftop again.
Yesterday was a good day. Today I hope to go somewhere in Brooklyn, maybe a more relaxed day to do some reading. Tonight there is an anarchist meeting I will go to.