There is this HUUUGGGEEEE pick up truck that parks on my street - we're talking about the kind that has jacked up wheels (so its 1.5 persons in height), and about length of 2 sedans. What's unusual is that I live in a pretty up-market, nice part of town... where you're more likely to run into the soy latte drinking set than the big truck/ worker type.
I have seen that truck parked on my street a few times and have always wondered what kinda driver would drive that 1) ugly thing that is completely impractical for a city with narrow streets like SF, and 2) a car that has the carbon footprint of a small nation? I always envisioned a big guy driving a big truck... you know, like dogs looking/ acting like their owners.
Tonight I had my chance... as I was making my bed, I saw the big red truck pull into a parking spot that he was lucky to fit in (it could've been 2 small cars!!). It took him forever to park.. and when it popped out...
He was a skinny Anglo guy who can't be taller than 5'8.
What a dissapointment.
Funnily enough he parked in the exactly same spot a car got towed from earlier today... because it was cutting very close to someone's drive way...
Monday, August 11, 2008
Dear, oh dear...
So recently I have gotten some hate mail on here, as well as on another blog site I wrote on.
Firstly - all, thank you for reading. I was actually more surprised that people are reading my blurb... which most often are my thoughts that this very moment in time (as oppose to anything deep, meaningful or prolonging)... I am flattered that people are contacting me to let me know they're reading. So thanks guys!
Secondly... it reminds me that I have to be more complaicent about what I write. Things can be SO taken out of context...
So never mind, lets move on.
I have been watching the Olympics from the US. I now realise how bias the Channel 7 coverage was in AUS. Just like what NBC do here, they splice the official Broadcast Org feed with local colour. Hmm I am watching all the races that Americans are involved in, and not much else.
Life otherwise... been good. Work going good, love life doing good. Learnt to not hate every man who owns a cat. Also learnt that the shy ones often deliver something different and unusual...
Firstly - all, thank you for reading. I was actually more surprised that people are reading my blurb... which most often are my thoughts that this very moment in time (as oppose to anything deep, meaningful or prolonging)... I am flattered that people are contacting me to let me know they're reading. So thanks guys!
Secondly... it reminds me that I have to be more complaicent about what I write. Things can be SO taken out of context...
So never mind, lets move on.
I have been watching the Olympics from the US. I now realise how bias the Channel 7 coverage was in AUS. Just like what NBC do here, they splice the official Broadcast Org feed with local colour. Hmm I am watching all the races that Americans are involved in, and not much else.
Life otherwise... been good. Work going good, love life doing good. Learnt to not hate every man who owns a cat. Also learnt that the shy ones often deliver something different and unusual...
Friday, August 1, 2008
paddling
So the experiment with Underwater Hockey has ended... its not that I dislike the sport, but the team I got involved with was very clicky and not particularly interested in helping new players get up to speed. The fact that they send brand new bodies in for slaughter from game 2 was just brutal. Alas I DID play in a tourney, and we did make it to the playoff rounds. That's pretty good. One day I might go back.
Newest hobby is Dragon Boating. Suppose its something I've known about since I was maybe 5, but never had any inclination to try until B1 asked me to come with her one time. I loved it. It made sense to me and people are noticing that I 'got it' relatively quickly.
The best thing is that I am now crunching my abs for 1.5 hours twice a week - that's the paddling aspect. Surprised that it's a full body workout... the abs I knew, but the 'leg drive' used to exert strength, and the ability to hold your arms up (and steady) for long periods really helped. I really like it.
Anyhow... this weekend I'm paddling down white water. My last outing on the American River was a little dismal... have so done bigger rivers in Austria, Australia etc. Tour companies always hype things up too much in brochures and that was no exception. BUT... its my first time camping in quite awhile. J is coming with me and I guess, indirectly, meeting friends of mine for the first time, CANNOT WAIT.
Oh and I bought J shower curtains. He wasn't offended, or freaked out. Acutally he was super thankful, but a bit embaressed. I mean... he was punching extra holes in his current curtain to keep it on the rod!
Newest hobby is Dragon Boating. Suppose its something I've known about since I was maybe 5, but never had any inclination to try until B1 asked me to come with her one time. I loved it. It made sense to me and people are noticing that I 'got it' relatively quickly.
The best thing is that I am now crunching my abs for 1.5 hours twice a week - that's the paddling aspect. Surprised that it's a full body workout... the abs I knew, but the 'leg drive' used to exert strength, and the ability to hold your arms up (and steady) for long periods really helped. I really like it.
Anyhow... this weekend I'm paddling down white water. My last outing on the American River was a little dismal... have so done bigger rivers in Austria, Australia etc. Tour companies always hype things up too much in brochures and that was no exception. BUT... its my first time camping in quite awhile. J is coming with me and I guess, indirectly, meeting friends of mine for the first time, CANNOT WAIT.
Oh and I bought J shower curtains. He wasn't offended, or freaked out. Acutally he was super thankful, but a bit embaressed. I mean... he was punching extra holes in his current curtain to keep it on the rod!
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