spontaneous san fran
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3:51 p.m.on friday i left for san francisco. the drive up wasn't bad at all. i made a mixed CD of all my guilty pleasure songs. it was fun. i stopped maybe three times. i raced old people who cut me off and tailgated me and i got there in like 5 and a half hours. not very smart considering that i don't have insurance. but i made it and that's all that matters.
i got there and hung out with dave all weekend. it was nice to just relax. we watched some movies that night. one of them being a bootleg copy of the hulk. i thought it was okay. it was better than what most people are saying. the direction was unique and i liked it. definitely comic book styles. but there's an extremely long and boring setup and big finale wasn't at all impressive. so moral of the story: without an impressive script, there's not much you can do to style to save it.
dave had yoga in the morning, so i went to a coffeeshop outside his gym in the castro to meet him. i got an iced chai and read a little of the dharma bums while i waited. i hardly paid any attention to the book, i was too impressed by my surroundings. there were cute boys everywhere, but i wasn't paying much attention to them either. there's something magical about just being in san francisco that makes me happy. just being there alone. i don't need much. just a place to sleep and food, and i'm happy. also, dave's welcoming arms weren't so bad either.
after he got out of the gym, we headed out to the megaplex. i think that's what it was called. we had some time to kill, so we walked through compUSA. i think i want a mac now. just a simple ibook to wet my appetite. and we'll see if i want to fully convert into being a mac person. but ideally, i'd like to have something in both. a nice powerful g5 would be great! but anyway, dave and i had an interesting discussion about my future and why i do the things i do. it's got me thinking. and i think i know what i want now. it's really hard to filter out what he says from my emotions. i think it makes me sad to realize that i've always known about all these things. i'm smart. just not when it comes to myself.
but underworld was a fun movie. very matrix-esque. but i liked it. it was just fun. not the greatest piece in the history of vampire films, but i liked it. i'd watch the sequel.
we headed home and he put on the two towers. we watched that and i fell asleep. i was just so exhausted.
on sunday, i had lunch with my dad. he was stationed in alameda. so i thought i'd see him while i was there. i was hoping i could get some money from him, since i was extremely low on cash. we ate and i realized that we really don't have a lot to say to each other. it was kind of strange. i've never really spent any time with just my dad before. it was a little awkward. so i dropped him off at his ship, and i decided that i couldn't ask him for money. but before he left he asked if i had any money, and before i could answer, he gave me $100. i thought that was pretty cool. that was enough for food later and gas money home.
i went back to dave's and we headed out to baker beach. i've never really seen the golden gate bridge before. so i wanted to see it. plus, baker beach is where burning man started and it would've been cool to check that out as well. we drove through golden gate park and around to the beach. it was pretty packed and i couldn't find parking. apparently, there was a little heat wave that weekend. usually, it's a lot more cooler and gloomier. i was kind of hoping for the cold and gloom, but the sun was nice.
i got back to the apartment and had to wait for my friend to get there. he lives in san luis obispo and was in town for the weekend. i had offered him a ride home, since it was on my way. but he didn't end up showing til about 9 or so. then we hung out there for a bit and didn't actually end up leaving san francisco by 1030. it was pretty late and i was tired. i was kind of hoping to leave earlier, but i had promised a ride to him and didn't want to leave him stranded in san francisco.
the drive home was actually pretty cool. even though i was extremely tired, i had a great conversation. i haven't really talked to him before and it turns out that he has a wealth of knowledge on lots of things. he did most of the talking, as i was fighting to stay awake and focus on the road. we made it to his place in no time and i decided to crash on his couch a little bit before i continued on home. i slept for maybe five minutes and realized that i couldn't do this and would rather have been home. so i got back in the truck and left. after like 3.5 to 4 hours later, i made it home. i crashed for four hours and then i went to work.
there wasn't much to this trip, but it was great. i got to feel what it's like to drive up by myself and it wasn't that bad. and it was really nice to spend time with dave. and really cool to see a bit more of the city.
plus, i used half of the money my dad gave me to get my guitar back from the pawn shop! never again! i'm so happy to have my baby back.
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