mobile10/27/04 05:35 - ID#36412
easy being green
Hello Lisa,
Thank you for volunteering with the SF Green Festival, Nov. 6 & 7. It is a large event and the volunteers make it all possible, so your help is greatly appreciated. Please excuse us for the late response to your volunteer request. This message will provide you with the specific position and time of your shift(s). If there is a problem with the shift(s) that you have been assigned or if you are interested in working more shifts, then do not hestitate to contact us.
You have been scheduled to volunteer at the following time(s) and position(s):
City: SF
Task: Bike Valet
Day: Saturday
Shift: 1, 9:00am-1:30pm
Your shift time includes the 4 hour shift and 30 minutes for training. When you arrive you should report to the Volunteer Registration Desk in order to get signed in. Volunteer Registration is located at the Volunteer/ Exhibitor Entrance to the Festival on 7th St. Please bring along a copy of this email as confirmation of your volunteer shift.
There will be a Volunteer Orientation which will take place 6:30pm- 7:30pm on Thursday, Nov. 4, at the SF Concourse (8th & Brannan) upstairs in the Mezzanine. The orientation is not mandatory, but recommended as it will give a good overview of the SF Concourse, the Festival and its co-producers Global Exchange and Coop America.
There will also be important trainings for all Greening and Membership volunteers immediately following the orientation (7:30- 8pm). Although also not mandatory, if you are working with the Greening or Membership we ask that do your best to attend, as these positions require extra training in preparation for the event.
Thank you again for volunteering for the Greening Festival. You can check the website for more logsitics concerning directions, parking, etc..., and we look forward to seeing you at the event.
Carlos Martinez
Mike Fox
Volunteer Coordinators
volunteer@greenfestivals.org
(415) 255-9319
www.greenfestivals.org
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10/27/04 04:48 - ID#36411
skin
Like so many things that start out cool, mainstream popularity is ruining it.
On a good note, I love that the San Francisco Chronicle has a "Skin" column
. The Boston Globe didn't have that.
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Category: music
10/27/04 01:06 - ID#36410
MIDI relocation program
Brandy / Looking Glass
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Category: movies
10/27/04 02:43 - ID#36409
harold & maude
Harold & Maude
is quite possibly my favorite movie. Definitely in the top 10. I love the soundtrack, Cat Stevens' weirdnesses aside. When I moved to California I kind of adopted it (along with LA Story) as my personal cult flicks. When people come to visit me sometimes I make them watch one or the other while they're here. When I got laid off from my last job, Harold & Maude was playing the same day at the Red Vic. I took that as an omen, although I don't know of what. In any case, it made me feel better to walk out the door and have somewhere to go.That's a great sketch! You must be a wicked etch-a-sketch artist. I'm completely inadequate when faced with a blank canvas.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Category: holiday
10/26/04 09:18 - ID#36408
Edible costume?
Brussel sprouts $2.99/stalk
Not sure yet how these might be incorporated, but considering the crazy-ass vegetables they have out here, I could make a whole Carmen Miranda (vegan version) costume, and have the makings of a tasty buffet afterwards. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
(Wow - first entry with no highlighted words in spellcheck. Do I win anything? Oops, added caption and doesn't like brussel sprouts. Well, that's true for a lot of people.)
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Category: holiday
10/25/04 12:24 - ID#36407
Volcano done
Final Verdict: Foregoing the ash cloud hood, more lava added since this pic, volano is currently residing my nephew's room per his request. Thank goodness for the imagination of a 7-year-old.
Side note[inlink]j3sse,19[/inlink]to (e:j3sse) : yeah, I can't believe this will be my fourth Halloween out here. Although Halloween homesickness drove me back to Boston the first year. Local Halloween parties the last two years. My ex-roomie invited me to go H'ween party hopping this year, but haven't been able to convince him to swing by the Castro en route. Still cultivating other potential cohorts.
In the interest of balanced reporting, here's the story
about how the Castro party has gotten "out of control" prompting attempts to move it to the Civic Center in recent years.p.s. - If Bush wins I'm moving to Toronto.
p.p.s. to j3sse - thanks 'DAD!'
All right. Enough about me. I'm laying low for awhile. I can quit any time. Honest!
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Category: holiday
10/23/04 10:25 - ID#36403
Down the rabbit hole
I'll email you when I know what my disguise will be...
This year, Halloween in the Castro. Next year, the Exotic Erotic Ball
(well, it may take me a couple years to work up to that one). ;)
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Category: holiday
10/23/04 07:13 - ID#36402
Costume envy
I'm supposed to meet my friend at the local sports bar (you won't hear that from me often) to watch the Red Sox, then possibly go see her friend's band play locally. I think I'd rather stay home and work on this costume. On the other hand, I'm supposed to be keeping her out of trouble while her spouse is out of town. Which means she'll be buying to keep me quiet. Hmmmmm...
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Category: music
10/23/04 01:29 - ID#36401
brief concert report
On a good note, the Warfield started giving out free posters again. Somebody's already selling theirs from the Thursday show
(note: CL link won't last long). Ha! That's funny. Maybe I'll sell mine - I can use the money for my next concert ticket.On a not-so-good note, between meeting at the bar, quick/cheap/good dinner at Naan 'n' Curry, and strolling through the oh-so-scenic Tenderloin neighborhood
to the Warfield, I got to sidestep guys peeing in the corner on two separate occasions. What a treat! I'll take a virtual trip to the men's room with (e:Paul) over that any day.Which reminds me, congrats on replacing the dubious (at best) remnants of crap code with 100% authentic Paul Visco code. Maybe you should copyright that for your code library.
It's volcano costume do-or-die weekend, so only expect occasional bursts from me while I recaffeinate.
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10/22/04 01:10 - ID#36400
I want my e:TV
My friend Steve (Halloween guy and videophile) made a cooking show spoof all about using your garbage disposal to prepare a meal. It was pretty funny. Kind of like the SNL bass-o-matic sketch
except no fish were harmed. (Note to vegans and fish lovers - link just goes to a transcript. I don't recommend watching the skit. I had to avert my eyes myself.)The bass-o-matic does share one of my core tenets of cooking - using the fewest possible utensils, appliances, dishes, pots, pans, etc. Now there's a cooking show concept for you. If I could prepare, cook and eat an entire meal off the same plate, I would so totally do that.
PJ Harvey tonight. I've never gotten into her for some reason. It'll be interesting to see how I like her after shelling out $30 to see her live.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
in VR 
groupwork weekend 
Hummus ? 
Spring Feelz