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Sep 26, 2010 21:16

Survived working a booth at Folsom Street Fair, pictures to follow. After work I met with an acquaintance who remarked Folsom always seems to be scheduled for the hottest day of the year. Next year, I'm taking an afternoon shift, and doing the goggly-eyed "vanilla tourist" thing in the cool morning ( Read more... )

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dianyla September 27 2010, 05:33:36 UTC

I don't know all the details but I do believe there is already a planned SF satellite rally.

http://ase.livejournal.com/550169.html?replyto=2295065 ase September 27 2010, 06:05:39 UTC

Sweet! FB tells me it's probably going to be at... Civic Center? No! No, FB organizers, don't take this seriously! Ur doin it wrong!

kd5mdk September 27 2010, 05:53:44 UTC

What booth did you work?

ase September 27 2010, 06:08:38 UTC

My PT day job. Spiritually speaking, we were right next to the "wickless candle" booth, who said they usually do farmer's markets.

charlie_ego September 27 2010, 19:09:27 UTC

Yeah, I feel that living (quite comfortably, with roommate) on a grad school stipend has robbed me of the ability to really have sympathy for this point of view. That being said, it is vaguely true that now I have a kid, I feel much more like "look, I want the best for my kid and don't get in my way, buster!" So, there's that.

I also blame the house-buying mentality. Yes, it's probably true you can't afford to buy a decent house ("decent" by non-CA standards) in a decent school district where I live on a $280k salary when you start working, as my parents did thirty years ago on a much much smaller salary. (We have a decent house in a more-or-less-not-horrible school district on quite a bit less, but we also saved up for 10 (!) years to do so.) But who said it was your inalienable right to buy a house? (I do blame the government a bit for this, as both Bush, Obama, and Congress seem to want to promulgate this point of view.)

ase September 28 2010, 00:26:45 UTC

Replying out of order:

But who said it was your inalienable right to buy a house?

Ha, yes. As a recent San Francisco immigrant, I operate on the assumption I'll rent (and have roommates) as long as I live in the City's orbit. I'm not attached to house ownership as a signifier of... whatever it's supposed to signify. Middle class status? Residence security?

That being said, it is vaguely true that now I have a kid, I feel much more like "look, I want the best for my kid and don't get in my way, buster!" So, there's that.

Now, that's how I identify middle/upper class: obsession with getting your kid into the "best" (most competitive / demanding) college-tracked school programs.

Marching for sanity and dissing the self-absorbed lightning58 September 30 2010, 13:24:09 UTC

The remarkable level of resentment from people living very comfortable lives is a big reason that I'm not a Republican. It's also not my fault "you" bought high in the face of one of the most over-inflated real estate bubbles in history.

I'm probably going to the DC event and will post a report.