go grease lightning

Last night, Amy, Jules and I went to see Grease in Dolores park. They put up a big screen there once a month or so to show a movie and tonight it was extra special because it was a sing-a-long. We got there around six or so and I spread out blankets to hold our spot while the other two went on an adventure to go find us some grub. Forty minutes later they came back with sandwiches from Safeway and beer - yay! Also, there was this Giradelli guy walking around with a giant canister of hot chocolate on his back. As we were finishing up our sandwiches all of the sudden the drama began to unfold:

Let's call the man sitting next to us with his cute little dog - Guy, and let's say the young man sitting a little further over, who was clearly a little strung out on drugs, with a giant pitbull - Tweaker. So Tweaker throws some trash and Guy yells over at him, "Hey man, don't litter in the park." Well Tweaker and his posse will have non of it and start cussing and swearing at Guy. It settles down for a moment, but there is obviously some tension. All of a sudden Tweaker's beast of a dog springs on Guy's puppy and starts attacking. Wine splashes everywhere and finally Tweaker gets ahold of his animal and Guy's girlfriend clutches their puppy. Guy is hovering over Tweaker's dog and telling him to control his animal. Well, Tweaker doesn't want anyone in his business so he stands up and grabs Guy around the neck. Guy fights back and a wh

ole little debacle ensues. The police come over and take control of the situation and make Tweaker and his friends leave. Don't ya just love San Francisco?

Around 8 or so the guys, Mac and his friend Julian, joined us and then the show started. It was amazing. Huge screen, and we were really close to it, with lyrics to sing along to all of the songs. Mac even "ooh-ooh-oohed" a bit, which took a lot of pushing and a fair amount of vino. But we had a blast. At the end Amy really wanted to get up and dance, during the last song, but no one else was. Who cares? We did anyway. So the three of us danced for part of the last song, in front of about a thousand people. It was fantastic.

Jules and I bussed home, and she took a taxi from my place because walking to her place from the main road at night is a b

it sketchy. But the taxi took almost an hour to come so she didn't get home until after one in the morning!

I got to sleep in a bit this morning and then after breakfast I met up with Jules and we headed up via bus to North Beach, up near Chinatown. There was a festival up there today so we met with Genevieve and Amy and did some petitioning to get signatures in support of strong chemical security legislation (see previous post about chemical security phone calls in Nevada -

this is the same deal). It was so hard, and so many people didn't want to have anything to do with it. Although we did get cool Greenpeace T-shirts out of the deal. I only got like 25 signatures in just over an hour of petitioning. But it was cool, we all got to hang out and go grab some lunch and what not. It seems like young guys were the majority of those that were willing to sign the petition and half of the time you had to flirt with them to get them to sign. There was a lot of "Hey, if you want me to write my address and phone number you better give me yours" type things - sure buddy, go visit another beer garden. Highlight of my day was definitely when this guy, who was totally wasted, was talking to Amy and signing her petition. He gave her this long hug after and wouldn't let go, and then kept kissing her ear and cheek - definitely got pictures :)

There are two big changes I have made personally while I am down here. One, I don't think I have really complained in the last week or so - not on a regular basis anyway. We all know how much I love to complain, but honestly, there is no reason to. Sure, I tell ridiculous stories about how much crazy shit happens, but being independent and just having myself to take care of and depend on, and no one else to look out for me has really made me appreciate things I once took for granted and suck it up and deal with situations a lot better. It's a good thing. The other thing is that I will never again take a functioning washer and dryer for granted. The washing machine we have here sort of works, although sometimes it floods, and the dryer doesn't work at all. I could be normal and take my clothes to a laundry mat but instead I have opted for hand washing. Every time I shower I take a few clothes with me and wash them, and then hang them to dry! It's really efficient, I never run out of clothes, and I always almost have all of my shirts to choose from. Haha.