October 2005

Happy Halloween! I will post a pic from Castro tonight.

My goodness, this is great, I spent about 9 bucks for my costume, and it rivals those of an era gone by…Booger-Man, John-The-First, Cat-Fish-Ghost, Mt. St. Helens etc…I’ll post pictures of the production now…and later tomorrow night, I’ll post some action shots from candy time in the CASTRO!!!!
Fun fun.

All saints day.

Well, it’s definitely fall here at 800 Chestnut, the fog is back, and I think our “late summer” is officially over…bring on the rain! I’ve been an intern here at Leonardo for just about a year, and I’m moving to volunteer status starting Nov. 7th. I will be coaching women’s basketball at University High School so I can’t make it in every week like I had been this past year.

Thank you for everything, Leonardo.

Pete Ippel

Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, we give out information freely…bloger, gmail, froogle…what we buy, what we write, what we read “privately”…

Interesting. Has community outweighed the fear of being watched…

How does identity “theft” happen when we give it away to feel intertwined with our peers online?

I met some really cool people tonight, a former track and field athlete from ‘94 who actually did professional triathalons…and a film-maker from Guadalajara, we ended up going for a walk to SFAI to see the Diego Rivera mural. The gallery was closed, and we went up to the roof over the theater to view the moon. While we were up there I bumped into EMMA the security guard, and asked very politely if she would open the gallery for us, and she did! So Nick and I had a private showing…

I hope we can collaborate on a project.

I got the assistant coaching job for women’s varsity basketball at University High School!

So today I went to University High School for an interview for their woman’s varsity team, I think it went really well, and should be hearing in a few days…

In other news, I got my glasses!!!

New glasses…you can hardly see ‘em.

From the new George Lucas campus in the Presidio.

Another lovely October day here at Leonardo, the courtyard at 800 Chestnut is filled with fruit blossoms, and the pond is teeming with goldfish looking for a snack from the crumbs of many an undergraduate’s Poptart…

Last night I got to head over to KQED and see inside thier studios, met some CU alums and really enjoyed the show…I also got to submit Rise to the show for next year…

The pond looks amazing here on the campus of SFAI, the sun is out, and ’tis over 70. Presenly it’s really nice to be here. I’m really pleased with our SF summer.

Today I went to Golden Gate Park (GGP) in the afternoon to play the Djembe for a while, the problem was the 43 bus, it took over 40 minutes southbound because of the airshow, and was *PACKED* to the gills, once I got to Haight, I got off and *walked* from Masonic to the end of Haight, and was as fast as the bus was.

The group at GGP was especially good today, got really syncopated rhythms. There were all types of percussion instruments, a didgeridoo, sax, and trumpet…super fun.

Then I left at 7:30 walked to Cole street, and just as I got there missed a #43 by about 1/2 block…Bummed out because I waited until 8:54 for the next one…over a !@#$%@^ing hour! (I felt really ripped off that the fare is an extra quarter now, and the service SUCKS, what’s worse, is I was late to Spanish on the #24 this week, as my class was at 5:30 and I left my house at 5:30 and the bus didn’t come till 6:25, so that meant I got to class at 6:55 and was late) I don’t know how they expect to gain ridership by raising the prices, and not having busses on time. I think it’s about time to write a scathing letter to MUNI.

Grrrrr.

Sunny and clear at 800 Chestnut today, issue 38:4 has just been mailed out to the authors, and now back to manuscript sending, and reviewer goading…

I saw this science fiction movie on Sat. night, and the crowd was what made it so special…it started with news reels and a Bugs Bunny (Rabbit of Seville one of my favorites) cartoon. The message geared for post WWII America is poignant now as we make our moves in the Middle East, and respond to the attacks throughout the world.

The message of be peaceful or be destroyed really hits home on a metaphorical level.

It’s very well done and makes a great point in 2005 just as it did in 1951.

I got a Djembe drum that I have wanted for a really, REALLy long time…I played today at the Golden Gate Park…It’s great, hand carved, chocolate wood, and a great dappled goat-skin head…

As I was exiting it was getting really dark, and you know right at the end of Haight street, there are a bunch of people with dogs, well, right as I walked by, one of the UN NEUTERED *pit bulls* attacked this fluffy white dog. The pit lunged at it from across the street, and I was so scared…the two owners were punching the pitbull to try and get it to release, and tugging at it’s back legs with all their weight, the whole time the white dog’s neck was in it’s mouth.

I was so scared that it was going to get me, I ran away across the street. it was literally 3 feet from me at one point, and when I turned around about a minute later, the white dog was still in the pit’s jaws.

I really want the ban on pitbulls in the city…I’m scared to walk around (and I already was aftraid of those dogs) and now I’ve seen them be vicious for NO reason at all.