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Best part of the World Baseball Classic? Booing Hanley Ramirez.

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:21:26 -0700

Best part of the World Baseball Classic? Booing Hanley Ramirez.

Two of my favorite things (three really, if you count the use of...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:33:32 -0800

Two of my favorite things (three really, if you count the use of Clarendon Condensed).

smooth: DeadFix

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:29:55 -0800

smooth:

DeadFix

Reflections of the last 1/2 hour of my 30s.

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:24:03 -0800

I’ve never been one to think about my own future. I make some short-term plans, here and there. I’ll take a class, order a magazine, even join a book club at work. But never more than a few months out. I’ve been around long enough to know that plans have a way of changing.

Instead, I think about the past. Perhaps too much. Today I’ve been thinking about one day in particular, November 12, 2002. The last day of my 20s.

I don’t have much around from that day. A few resumes, some old web design PSDs I’d rather not open. It was long before Tumblr, or Twitter, or even Facebook. I had a blog back then, and I wrote fiction. But it’s all gone. Lost on a stolen computer. Frozen in the bits of an unreadable zip drive. Sad poems littering half-filled notebooks thrown away with unread issues of Comm. Arts.

What I do remember about 11/13/02 was a vague feeling of uncertainty. I knew what it was like to be 20, but I had no idea what it was like to be 30. Bush was president, 9/11 was just over a year old, jobs were scarce. The outlook was grim. But I went for it.

A decade later, so many things have changed. I’m a dad now, twice. I just taught my oldest daughter how to play checkers. I’m teaching my youngest daughter to skate. In 2005, I found out that I had a sister, and then we met, and now we play words with friends every day.

The 29-year-old version of me didn’t see that one coming.

Sure, I could have done more in 10 years. There are people half my age around here running companies. Good for them. I think it’s great, but in the end, it doesn’t really matter. I gave it my best shot.

So now it’s happened. It’s after midnight. The grains of sand in the bottom of the hourglass ever-so-slightly outweigh the grains of sand in the top.

I’ll wake up in the morning, do the best that I can, and wait for the next decade to surprise me. I’m certain it will be ecstatic, heartbreaking, fulfilling, and baffling. Just like every other decade has been. But this time around I’ll try to remember it just a little bit more.

Be well, my friends!

Sunset from the Presidio.

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:15:22 -0700

Sunset from the Presidio.

Safeway terrifies me. (at Safeway)

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:27:51 -0700

Safeway terrifies me. (at Safeway)

Blue Angels from my apartment. (Taken with Instagram at...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:56:31 -0700

Blue Angels from my apartment. (Taken with Instagram at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption)

Dope mural by my friend Jessie, at So. (Taken with Instagram at...

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:20 -0700

Dope mural by my friend Jessie, at So. (Taken with Instagram at SO)

I’ve come out of retirement for one night only. (Taken...

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:56:21 -0700

I’ve come out of retirement for one night only. (Taken with Instagram at Studio One)

Little-known fact: San Franciscans have over 100 words for the...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:27:43 -0700

Little-known fact: San Franciscans have over 100 words for the concept of “fog.” (Taken with Instagram at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption)

Taken with Instagram at Sloat and Great Highway

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:06:39 -0700

Taken with Instagram at Sloat and Great Highway

Bob Mould! (Taken with Instagram at The Fillmore)

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:49:26 -0700

Bob Mould! (Taken with Instagram at The Fillmore)

Taken with Instagram at Downtown San Francisco

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:54:13 -0700

Taken with Instagram at Downtown San Francisco

weandthecolor: Typographic Poster Design An experimental poster...

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:32:26 -0700

weandthecolor:

Typographic Poster Design

An experimental poster design with distorted type effects by award-winning graphic design duo Sawdust from London, UK.

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lacarpa: Led Zeppelin by Matias Chilo aka Vanth

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:14:12 -0700

lacarpa:

Led Zeppelin

by

Matias Chilo aka Vanth

The most beautiful grocery store in the world. (Taken with...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:36:54 -0700

The most beautiful grocery store in the world. (Taken with Instagram at Safeway)

An Anchor Steam at the edge of the world. (Taken with Instagram...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:26:28 -0700

An Anchor Steam at the edge of the world. (Taken with Instagram at Louis’ Restaurant)

Dom Casual (Taken with Instagram at Pismo Beach Pier)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:03:28 -0700

Dom Casual (Taken with Instagram at Pismo Beach Pier)

(via Flavorwire » 25 Behind-the-Scenes Movie Photos That...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:47:36 -0700

(via Flavorwire » 25 Behind-the-Scenes Movie Photos That Will Mess With Your Mind)

Metropolis

The fog is burning off, it’s Anchor Steam time. (Taken...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:03:10 -0700

The fog is burning off, it’s Anchor Steam time. (Taken with Instagram at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)