One post is really not enough to cover one's experiences at the Western tip of San Francisco.  There's the end of Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, the Cliff House, and - the real reason I went out there - the ruins of the Sutro Baths.


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No... it's not a post about Halloween or a spooky movie... it's San Francisco's Camera Obscura!


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Ten years from now, I may be living on a commune in Sebastopol with a woman who has a thing for Capybaras.

Why not?


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*Phew* I almost completely forgot Talk Like A Pirate Day!  (Oh noes!)

But I DID spend my afternoon by the water... the big, beautiful San Francisco Bay, to be exact.  And what was I doing there, when I should be locked away at home studying Early Roman history?  I was on a quest to find the Wave Organ and find it I did!


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How nice is that?  The mayor's office sent me this nice certificate of appreciation for helping out with the marriages in June.  No problem, man!  My pleasure.


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The Fall semester is only two weeks away now.  I have all my books and classes (well, I'm "wait listed" for one of them, but I'll probably be able to add) so I thought I'd get into the scholastic spirit by looking up my perspective professors on RateMyProfessor.com.  It's a silly website, but I still have fun tracking some of my favorites.  For ( Read more... )

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While I was volunteering at San Francisco's City Hall to help with the massive amounts of marriages (both gay and straight), a fellow was wandering around and filming wedding ceremonies and volunteers.  My "Check-In" partner and I were interviewed and although I was pretty sure that my bits would get cut, here is the video proof that I was there to ( Read more... )

I must have said that about 60 times today because that's about how many couples I checked in to be married at City Hall.  It was a lot of fun.  I was at the first stop in the process for most couples.  They were all very sweet and very nervous.  I had to check ID and most of them would fumble around and end up dropping the contents of their ( Read more... )