San Francisco is a magical town.
Let me ramble on as I readjust my post. Why? Because I'm too drunk to tell EVERYONE why they fucking suck while being able to speak in complete sentences.
A romantic walk down the block allows you and your date to experience a whole bunch of things really quickly. It also works out well when you bring your parents into town.
SCENARIO / SETUP:
My wife and one of our friends were going to get a haircut and do the girlie thing tonight. When girls get haircuts, they need to show them off... (and if you're a guy who disagrees, you either don't get laid or wear mink coats after Al Davis decided to give you 55 million dollars -- i.e. you don't need a personality or any life skills because your pinky could kick my ass).
FUCK YOUR OPINION:
Living in SF is expensive. Blah blah.. it is a given. If you are a yuppie dot-com transplant person living here, then it is understood that you have exactly ZERO influence into what made SF awesome... but would love to bitch about it. You would love to walk down the street and see "The Mission" become "El Mission" to respect the community that was built for you to invade even though you only know Spanish via college courses and practice on the American-born guy named Paul who you want to practice ordering tacos from...
SF is a fucked up social experiment.
I live in the Mission. I'm white. I'm not an idiot and I'm also not completely oblivious to the fact anyone living in my area a few decades ago was probably beaten up with a baseball bat because of their skin color. I'm also aware that the world around me is stupid.
I respect my hood. And I've got a lot to prove.
I TRY to clean up the street in front of the house (even though I completely fail since all of my neighbors do a WAAAAY better job).
I welcome all new businesses into the neighborhood and show them off to all my friends who are really really really progressive and hip but have never talked to a minority before.
I try to respect where I live..
Because I'm an asshole by choice.
SF DISCONNECT:
Being young, I won't comment on the people who own mansions in Nob Hill..
But... being able to type, I can comment on today's world. Hanging out with a friend of mine the other day, I realized there is a huge disconnect between the computer geek kids of today and the rest of the world. "If they think they can pay me under 100k, they can suck a dick" is one side. "I make 8.75 an hour and would kill for your job" is another.
Friday, March 12, 2010
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