Ash
In your twenties, friends come in and out of your life fast. You join a kickball team, or run into someone at a bar, and in a couple weeks you're doing everything together. Pub trivia, poker nights, beach trips, ski weekends, flights to Vegas. But then, somebody gets
SF sports
He picked the 49ers to win the Super Bowl. We didn't do it, and we made some goddman stupid mistakes, but we held on and fought like hell. And Kaepernick proved himself.
banality
When he was almost finished, Richard wet a towel, patted it on my head and grabbed a fistful of my hair. "Gotta add some moisture," he said. "And I can see where the weight is in your hair." He kept grabbing fistfuls of my hair, all
working out
Rocco just signed us all up for a Tough Mudder in Tahoe this summer. You run 11 miles through 28 different obstacles, including a Mud Mile, Cargo Net Climb, 12-Foot Wall, Belly Crawl, Underwater Tunnels, Balancing Bridge, and at the end... Electroshock Therapy, where you "sprint through a field
Corin
I met up with Agent Coulson, Rocco and some of their buddies at Fly Bar last night to hear about Coulson's trip to DC. We were talking about photography, developing film in a dark room, and I mentioned something I'd said to Corin last week about
dreams
At first, they were just gross, with their DayGlo feather boas, ten-gallon hats and atonal music coming out of a 1990s boombox. In this dream, I didn't have a car, so whenever I needed groceries I had to go to the store in their VW Bus, with the
living in SF
I'm on self-imposed exile in the suburbs for two days. My grandfather had hip surgery a week ago so I came down to visit. And while a I was out running errands and visiting family friends with my mom yesterday, I noticed all the streets in the sleepy
Monday Movie Review
You can guess: critics and pundits will decry it for excessive violence and use of the n-word. The irony is that, for once in his career, Tarantino isn't embellishing. At least not where it counts. Because the gruesome reality of slavery is "uncomfortable and people would rather
dating
Not sure why, but something Joan told me popped into my head today: that reading a book on Muni is a great way to meet guys. Now, I didn't walk up to Joan when she was reading (I met her at a party), but apparently lots of guys
dating
Updated my OkCupid profile and sent my first message since Laina and I broke up. It's been a couple months. Need some alone time, some bro time, but here's what I'm putting out there: My Self-SummarySome days I wake up wishing I was in
growing up
...that's a line from "Some Nights," by fun. I've had it on repeat for the past three days. Like their other big hit, it's about being young. Obviously, right. But to me, it's also a song about not being so
Monday Movie Review
Since the dawn of time, men have worshipped badasses. Taken was a movie about nothing more than Liam Neeson being a badass. And it was great. Taken 2 isn't about anything beyond that – although it could be subtitled "How to Teach Your Daughter to Drive & Throw