One Direction Mini Post - San Jose Concert

I love my new camera, but there is one problem...it is WAY to easy to take a shit ton of photos and then feel overwhelmed by the prospect of editing them and posting them.  lol  So this is a first installment of photos from the One Direction concerts.  But first, let's set the mood...

 This is Harry.  Our theory is that he is telling the dude under the stage which girls to pull out of the audience.  

Ocean Breathes Salty - Walking Amongst the Sutro Baths 6/1/13

But first, a weird video for your viewing...errrr...pleasure?

Just because weirdness seems to fit here.  I mean, who would take some of the most beautiful coastline, build several amazing swimming pools, and then enclose it in a big ugly building, right?

To see exactly what I'm talking about, VISIT THIS AMAZING WEBPAGE. I mean, I do get it...and it's fascinating, really.  But in my little fantasy world if I had all that money and could do something like this, I would have at least left some of it open to the gorgeous vistas.

But I'm digressing before I even get started!  The point is...there aren't many places in the USA where you can go walk amongst crumbling ruins of a fantasy.  

Ladies and gents, I give you the Sutro Baths.  

That is the view that greets you from the parking lot.  It's hard to picture the place as it once was.  But fun to try.

It's not for the faint of heart...to get down to the actual site, you have to traverse a LOT of steps.

Japantown - 6/1/13

Life's been pretty much crazy lately with trying to get situated for Adrienne to move to USC and all that it entails.  But I'm hanging in there and, despite what some people suggest, we WILL make this dream come true.

On top of all that, I started my new job (which I LOVE) and also have been studying my ass off for another promotional exam that figures heavily on math.  Not my strong suit.  And frankly, I took the test last Thursday and I don't think I passed. But if I didn't, I'll take it as a challenge & retake the test in 6 months.

I've been wanting to get these pictures on here but just haven't had time or energy.  But I'm going to take the time out of my housecleaning.  Win! Right?

I made a completely unplanned stop at Japantown and was glad I did.  They were having the Soy &Tofu Festival (two things of which I heartily approve) and there were some fun things going on.  

But first, I decided to do a little bit of shopping.  
I wanted to buy a lucky cat.  

But I ended up getting a lucky cat mug that sort of resembles an amalgam of my two kitties.

Grace Cathedral 6/1/13

"While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience."  ~~ Joseph Barbera

Picture courtesy of The Examiner

I don't care what religion you are or if you have none at all.  Myself?  I am - as the cliche goes - spiritual, not religious.  I pray often and definitely believe in a Higher Power.  But I definitely DON'T believe that you are going to hell if you are not of the "ONE, TRUE RELIGION".  That one, true bullshit varies by whatever church you happen to be standing in at the moment.  

As Marcus Aurelius once put it:

Adrienne's Birthday - May 15th, 2013 - A's vs. Rangers Game/Union Square

Wow, really behind again.  I need to catch up!  Well, let's start with a few work notes.

1)  I got a promotion!!  Woot woot!  I interviewed a few weeks ago for a PT II position (one step up).  Same division, Unclaimed Property, but on the Claims Evaluation side. 

Just when I was starting to worry that I didn't get it, they not only offered me the position, but told me that I was their top candidate!  Yay!  I don't have a start date yet...hopefully in two weeks.  I'm really excited.

2) This weekend was the end of overtime for at least the month of July.  So Yay! for that too. Although I can always use the money, I need a break.  I've been working 9.5 - 10 hours almost ever weekday plus 8 on Saturdays.

However, I may be put on a special project which will require me to work every Saturday in July.  My new promotion may actually take me off this project, which I would have mixed reactions to.  So whatever happens is fine I suppose.

Now, on to Adrienne's Birthday!

I took the day off so we could go to the A's game.  Unfortunately, it was finals week for Adie so she was in serious study mode.  We got a late start from Sacramento, and consequently got to the game after it had started and the A's were already down several runs.  Boo!

We had good seats. Right behind this dude with the awesome beanie!  It was definitely not beanie weather though. #hot

Supermoon = Superfun! 2013

Yay!  I figured out how to use my camera a little! In spite of a little scare where most of my pictures (including the best ones I must say) were shot in the wrong file format and therefore unable to be saved, I had so much fun trying to shoot the supermoon last weekend. 

Where Did The Party Go? - Sharks/Canucks Game 4 - 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs 5/7/2012

That is my Fall Out Boy inspired (or stolen, depending on your outlook) title.  If you're an FOB fan like me which - let's face it - most people my age are definitely not, you'll know that they used to write extremely loooonnnngggg song titles.  Their new cd is different, so I fixed one of the songs for them.

Just in case you're not a fan, but feel like they sound familiar, this is probably why:

Damn, that video made me really fucking sad. Which is surprising since there is a (not)surprising lack of Sharks in it.   I really thought the Sharks were going to do it this year.  I still think they got robbed.  You will NEVER convince me that the Kings were handed game 2 in L.A. with that incredibly bogus 5-3 in the waning minutes of the game.  The Stuart penalty? Okay, maybe although the Kings are truly the Kings of interference which never gets called.  The Vlasic puck over the glass?  No. Fucking.Way.  That went off of the Kings player.

Yes, you can argue that the Sharks should have killed off the penalty, but that late in a close game...having a bullshit call practically gift a tie to the opposition...

pretty demoralizing, I can imagine.

And don't even get me started on the bullshit suspension of Raffi Torres.  He deserves a lot of things but a 6 game suspension for THAT particular hit was definitely NOT one of them. 

But I digress.

This post is about a HAPPIER time.  A time when the Sharks were ebulliently crushing the Canucks who, ironically, were ardently complaining about the refs themselves.  Oh, good times.

We got there late.  Which wasn't a good time.  We left Sacramento with plenty of time, but traffic was horrible.  So we got there at the tail end of warm ups and couldn't even think about getting close to the glass.  Nevertheless, pictures!