11/01/04 05:15 - ID#36425

Emigration Option?

(If things don't go well tomorrow.) Not really up my fjord, but might be of interest to some peeps.

Hash smokers' heaven gets grounded / Denmark out to corral commune
But after 33 years as a hash smokers' sanctuary -- with its own radio station, newspaper, clinic, bakery, post office and open-air hashish market -- this extended commune of nearly a thousand people, more commonly known as Christiania, finds the normally tolerant Danish government breathing down its neck.

Hmmm...my grandparents skipped this part of the tour when we visited relatives in Denmark.

Ok, back to the propositions. If things don't go well tomorrow maybe CA will secede.

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Category: holiday

11/01/04 04:24 - ID#36424

Halloween Alameda style

My neighbor's kid was dressed like a wind-up monkey. This was his first stop and already he has a stunned expression on his face.

Most alarming costume: ~11-year-old girl dressed like a pregnant teenager with two infants already strapped to her. At least I think it was a costume. The infants were definitely fake.

That reminded me of a weird sight last spring. I was biking over the pedestrian bridge the same time the school kids were crossing the bridge going home. About three pre-teen boys were carrying fake infants strapped in those sling things. Was it for sex education? Home Ec? Anybody seen/know about this? We didn't have fake babies when I was in school.

Well, enough about Halloween. Time to let it go. I'm supposed to be researching my assigned propositions for our election cheat sheet now. Tomorrow's the real fright fest.

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Category: holiday

11/01/04 02:22 - ID#36422

Halloween Castro style

Waiting for Market Street lines re-routed underground.

Looking down Castro Street toward Market

Main stage on Market @Castro

BART service extended 'til 1AM. Big whoop. ;)

[hide]Short video clip (2 minutes) - dark, choppy, Blair Witch style camera work. Dramamine strongly suggested.

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Chronicle story and pix.

Note to (e:j3sse) - I was going to cut the video to "Sex Dwarf" [inlink]j3sse,12[/inlink] but that would have been more appropriate for the 'X rated' content which I sadly did not capture on film. Save that for Folsom.

Never did run into Haikuster. Maybe next time!

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Category: holiday

10/31/04 11:38 - ID#36421

Everyday is Halloween

Ok, this doesn't look that different from what I ordinarily wear. Except for the skull mask, of course.

Getting down to the bottom of the candy barrel, then it's off to the Castro.

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Category: holiday

10/31/04 03:22 - ID#36420

tricked

My W. Nile exterminators [inlink]twisted,39[/inlink] are bailing on me. I really hate that.

Might downgrade my costume to generic mystical-style spook. My heart's not in it the same way. Better keep it simple.

I think it's very unlikely I'll have a (e:peep2peep) encounter tonight, but maybe I'll color a blue "e" on a Mylar balloon and attach it to myself as an (e:estrip) beacon. If any (e:peeps) see one bobbing in the crowd, that'd be me. It's always good to have at least one inexplicable component to your costume. Screw 'em if they can't deal with ambiguity.

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Category: family

10/31/04 02:32 - ID#36419

AARP

Dang. It's getting depressing talking to my Dad each week (Sunday ritual since college). His life is way more exciting than mine! This week alone he announced new plans to join friends on a sailing trip to the Bahamas in February (he was invited while they were playing tennis earlier in the week). This is the same couple he and my step-mother Jean went sailing with along the intra-coastal waterways a few months ago. AND he and Jean booked a 27-day trip to China in September '05. That's in addition to the family sailing trip to Antigua June '05. Cripes! When do I get to retire?

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10/31/04 01:00 - ID#36418

time is not on my side

good lord. how many watches do I have?

I don't even wear a watch any more. The two on the far left were gifts.

I also went through a ring-watch phase. Hey, they were originally $12/each, on sale 1/2 off. You can't even buy a watch battery for that!

Here's a close-up of my favorite. The face looks like a motherboard, and it glows in the dark. How cool is that?

Speaking of cool, glowy shit, (e:Soyeon) if you're looking for a computer bag for your new powerbook [inlink]soyeon,137[/inlink] (congrats, btw), I seriously love the one I have. Chrome "Sputnick" in sleek silver

. I used to bike to work with mine almost every day. If you're looking for something to accommodate all your peripherals too, I've managed to cram a lot of stuff in it. But I always seem to need a separate bag for something, which is why I got this one too: eBags TechWeave

(I got it in Ocean Blue). eBags is also having 20% off for Halloween (sale ends tonight). They usually run specials around Christmas too.

Anyway, last year I took two laptops, an external firewire drive, a DV camera, a digital camera, and a shitload of cables (can't wait for a wireless world) home for Christmas. That was fun going through airline security. Then I was really screwed when I had to bring presents back too. ;)

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Category: holiday

10/31/04 12:45 - ID#36417

Halloween Haiku-ster

virtual or real?
Hallow'd rift when worlds collide
through the looking glass

Ok. Along with sketching, add poetry to the list of things I suck at. ;)

(e:haikuster) I'll look for a bong-toting purple caterpillar [inlink]haikuster,30[/inlink] tomorrow night. Hopefully there won't be too many of them. Then again, it is the Castro.

Keep an eye out for Jambi the Genie from Pee Wee's Playhouse. I may be with two West Nile exterminators. That's Halloween for ya.

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Category: holiday

10/30/04 08:50 - ID#36416

Mekka Lekka Hi, Mekka Hiney Ho

I think I'm going to be my favorite psychic personality for Halloween - Jambi the Genie from Pee Wee's Playhouse. My only production requirement is that at least 95% of the materials required have to come from my personal stash of fabric and crap. Here's what I've got for starters:

I even have a partial tube of green face cream. So if my test patch doesn't break out into hives today, I'm good to go.

Have fun at the party! Wish I could be there.

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10/29/04 12:28 - ID#36415

More Green

A few other tidbits about the SF Green Festival

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Ride your bike and get $5 off admission

After-party Sat night includes:
Full bar, Organic Munchies
Free Bio-diesel shuttle service available from San Francisco Concourse

We are in need of:
- Office help with phones all next week
- Phone banking all day on Wednesday, Nov. 3
- Help Flyering at March on Wednesday, Nov. 3
- Help tabling at events over the next week.

Someone with a truck to help with pick-ups & drop-offs next week

(Especially transporting large bottles of water from Marin).
**Couches!! If you have a couch and you feel like lending it to the Green
Festival for the weekend, we would love you, and give you some complementary
passes in exchange.
- Artists? Help with painting/ decorations sometime over the next week.
- Volunteers to help prepare space for Woody Harrelson's "Further" bus at
Cell Space
- We can also use extra help with Festival set-up on Thursday and Friday.

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