Random SF

- Luxury Condo Pods abound while people sleep in the streets. My built in leftist sneer is kickin' in.

- Dont have to be sunny and friendly to passerbys ala Berkeley.

- I need a map.

- Beware of Point A to Point B on the maps. A straight line on the maps are often steep hills in sweaty reality.
They can kill.

- As usual in the West, take any direction given with a grain of salt.

- The weird people are scary and entertaining at the same time. SF people are like opening a never-read comic book on random pages.

- SF is a happy pictorial hunting ground. I. am. feening. for. a. camera.

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"Ok, you know Berkeley is very 'girl-girl', right?"
"Got no problems wid it."
"Well, The City is VERY 'boy-boy'. Think you can handle that?"
"From your tone of voice, Im starting to have second thoughts..."


"As long as you mind your own business, you shouldnt have any problem there."
"Yeah."
"Well, you shouldnt have any problem with that, I know you keep to yourself until you get to know people. And youre not a user, so you wont get caught up with the crap that goes on there."
"Yup."
"Over there, 80 percent of the people there are addicts."
"Heh. So far, Im finding that almost *everybody* in California are users or alcoholics."
"Noooo. Well, just *assume* that everybody is a user, treat them accordingly, and you'll be ok."
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Today's horrorscope

When you enter unfamiliar territory, don't let your confidence slip. Everyone is a beginner at something.
You know quite a lot, but thank goodness you don't know it all.
Revel in your ignorance of the subject - you can build your base of knowledge to your specifications. Ask brilliant questions.

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I started to grouse about the process Im going through to get situated here.. and then I took the rose pill.

"Youre in fucking SAN FRANCISCO! ENJOY THIS!!"

And so, I am.