October 31, 2007

  • Wednesday, October 31

    We had a little earthquake last night but it wasn't anything spectacular at our house and it didn't freak out the dogs.  I got up and walked Rufus down 17th to Market only to have a reporter shove a camera in my face to see if I had any comments about Halloween in the Castro this year..  I was in my pajamas.  I had bedhead and I was barely awake I declined comment.  At the end of my walk I finally came up with a good quote:

    "Halloween shouldn't be about shooting and stabbing.  It should be about dressing up like a whore, getting piss drunk, and having sex with a guy dressed up like a sailor.  Wait-- no, that's Fleet Week."

    But alas, no cameras were around when my funny woke up.  I got ready and headed out Corbett to Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and then down to the ocean.  I came up the Great Highway and took Geary up to the Palace of the Legion of Honor.  The sun was just starting to come up:

    Here I am illuminated by my freakish tan:

    I headed down Lake to Arguello to California to Jordan to Euclid to Presidio to Post to Kearny to Bush and into work.  I had to run over to Union Square in the morning and I took a few pics.  This is Grant Street from Geary looking South.  You can see the Humboldt Bank building dome rising in the background.

    This building is at Grant and Geary.  It's being renovated and its glass sheath is completely new.  I love, love, love it.

    This is the view down Geary street to Market:

    Over lunch I headed home as I almost always do.  They're finally getting rid of the horrible Teal paint job on the historic portion of the Gay and Lesbian Center at Octavia and Market.  You can vote for either a lavender or a beige color scheme.  I like both of them but prefer the beige because I think it will wear better at the car traffic heavy site of Octavia and Market.  Practically anything will look better than the current paint job which looks like they stopped after applying primer.

    This billboard at Noe and Market is advertising a gay themed flight from SFO to Sydney for Gay Mardi Gras.  Here's what I wrote about this site on an aviation enthusiasts web site, the you in my statement referring to the reader and not anybody in particular

    "I guess I like it, although I don't know about the "raging swirl of
    pink" part. That sounds like something unpleasant you came back from
    the gay mardi gras with that might require a penicillin shot and maybe
    a topical cream to treat, you filthy little minx."

    I think that pretty much sums it up.