24th and York

I have a new roommie

2007-05-09T17:27:00.001-07:00

She has a cat.

I want a cat.

A photo or two

2007-03-02T17:28:00.000-08:00

Since I have been putting off updating my blog due to the new conversion, I think it is time for a photo or two from the last few months... I am going to try to update more frequently and I still have to do my 2006 Movies in Review.

This is me and my dad.

This is Kevin Dubrow, lead singer of Quiet Riot who didn't play at the Trife Party.

This is me at halloween.

On my mind

2007-01-30T10:05:00.000-08:00

I have so much lame stuff on my mind. Aaargh. I can't even manage to do my work. And I am way behind.

Teatime turns terrible

2007-01-26T11:26:00.001-08:00

Farts on fire

2007-01-26T11:26:00.000-08:00

Hippo eats Dwarf

2007-01-26T11:09:00.000-08:00

Day 10

2006-12-12T11:25:00.000-08:00

Today is Day 10 of me not smoking. I am so happy.

Port-u-gal!

2006-11-25T18:25:00.000-08:00

Matt went to Portugal this summer, that bastard. He has a new tradition of bringing home hats from his adventures. We already have Hawaii hats and had a fabulous Hawaii hat night. We then had a Portugal hats afternoon at Zeitgeist. I can't wait for his next trip. I am hoping Russia, they have some nice hats there....

Do you think Michaela is jealous?

Secret Spot, CA

2006-11-25T18:09:00.000-08:00

So, I don't want to blow out the special summer place we all go to. But there is an awesome hotel there. It is an old mining town, someplace in California. The rest is top secret.

Ben took me there for my birthday present, what a sweet guy. There is an awesome bar and a porch overlooking the river. We pretty much just got ridiculously drunk and then I threw up. What a time!

Beautiful California...

The best boyfriend!

The best bartender. He shut the bar at about midnight and then partied with us until 3 am. Hence the upchucking...

Go Red Sox!!!!

2006-11-25T17:58:00.000-08:00

So, as you may know, the Red Sox are currently in a desperate situation, they are trying to go to the World Series for 2006! Cross your fingers for them!

OK, I lied. But these are photos from the August 2006 Oakland As v Red Sox game. The Sox were embarassingly bad. And I lost the tickets... but found them at the hot dog stand.

Carley with her first beer of the evening and still having high hopes for the team

Who is at bat? I can't remember

Carley, still positive, and me, without hope.

Laziness

2006-10-17T20:00:00.000-07:00

As some of my friends may know, I am currently lazy. So lazy in fact that I can't even read books right now. Goodness, things need to change.

I have also been receiving complaints about my lack of updates.

So I have a few issues to address with this post.

1) I will start reviewing movies again.

2) I have no idea what to dress up like for Halloween. I was thinking about going as my grandmother's ghost, but wasn't sure if that was inappropriate.

3) Thanksgiving is currently scheduled for my house. I will be brining my turkey. If you don't like that idea, then eat dry, plain, tired, boring Turkey while I devour my succulent brined version.

4) I am currently obsessed with online scrabble. I think this has led to a lack of posts.

I have also been spending too much time in this location... my office.

Book Review

2006-08-31T12:50:00.000-07:00

OK so I am only half-way through the SCARIEST book I have read in a while. I recommend it for anyone who is truly worried about the power that a small minority has over our government right now - the Christian Right.

'Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism' by Michelle Goldberg

It is well written and not too long. She is a writer for Salon.com.

Get it and mobilize!

Sandwiches

2006-08-22T11:00:00.000-07:00

I received a letter at work the other day in which a man, who was currently experiencing severe mental health symptomes, stated that he couldn't be sure but he felt that he was 'a sandwich shy of a picnic'.

This saying will pepper my sparkling conversation from now on.

Full of Pride '06

2006-06-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

Every year I go to the Gay Pride celebration with Matt. We sit in Civic Center and get completely drunk. Then we try to make it home. Sometimes Carley comes. She came this year.

It was nice to see that she was supported

My liver is just grateful that everyone is going out of town for a week.

Matt loves Pride.

Bonnie, Carley's new roommate.

Aaw sexxy

The triumverate

Me and Matt

It seemed like the drag queens were not out in full force this year - I was a little disappointed.

Curtis eating a mango

Carley on the catwalk

After drinking a 12-pack, I went to Zeitgeist and drank 2 bloody marys. Then I went home and passed out at 7:30 pm.

Zeitgeist Part 3

2006-06-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

For Part 2 please visit www.themishdelish.blogspot.com.

Two Sundays ago was our final Zeitgeist Sunday until Carley and Matt return from their vacations in August. It was bittersweet. I couldn't wait for everyone else to get their ass in gear, so Ben and I went early and met up with Felipe.

Felipe

Me and Ben

Ben's photo shoot

Tell him he looks young.

Carley showed up with her new Hulk Hogan gear

I think she might have male pattern baldness under that bandana

What a winner

Jeanette showed up. I can't remember if she was drinking. I know I was.

What goes great together?

Dominos

and beer.

Carley playing OK

Dig deeper

AAaaw yeah!

As part of Carley's Hulkster grab bag she got a pair of yellow underwear things - they work great as hats

And then the torturing of Jeanette began

She didn't want to wear the Hulk panties on her head

She thinks she is homefree

No such luck

Matt get involves

She wrestles hard

She really should wear the undies with those wrestling moves.

Look for us in August.

Zeitgeist, Part 1

2006-06-15T09:26:00.000-07:00

OK so at this point there is no part II - visit www.themishdelish.blogspot.com for that. We have started a new Sunday tradition. Drinking. At Zeitgeist. The first time we did it was Michaela's very last Sunday in San Francisco, until she moves back in two years to Santa Cruz so she can raise children on the Boardwalk (her favorite place on earth, above and beyond even Macchu Picchu).

Here are photos from that drunken afternoon...

Matt and Michaela looking cute

Me ruining an otherwise darling photo

Carley has recently discovered Bloody Marys.

Me in fishnets - so sexy

We had to get all torturing of Michaela out of our systems

It may look like I am highly intelligent in these photos with my finger placed by my chin, but I was really just hiding the Mt. Vesuvius of pimples.

Carley has such a pretty smile

And is working on an excellent 'stache

Nice glasses

Matt doesn't look as drunk as he really was here.

Shoot, Michaela made the same face

No comment

I miss her already

Poor sober Jeanette showed up. She wasn't drinking that weekend. How awful to be around beligerent drunks when you are sober. She is a trooper!

Here I am thinking: How can I torture Michaela next...

After 3-4 Bloody Marys Carley finally switches to beer.

Things start getting a little ridiculous at this point

Did you know at my new job, I work with prisoners?

"Why, oh why, did I stop by here on my way home?"

My last poo poo shot of Michaela...

Jeanette: "I am really regretting coming here, this drunk won't stop leaning on me."
Michaela: "Woo hoo, PARTY!!!"

Westside

Michaela can't do it.

Matt: "Is she really leaving?"

Gossip

As you can see, our eyes have started to glaze over.

Ridiculousness

This is where I start only taking super blurry photos

"You guys are having too much fun across the table"

"Oh lord"

Der dee der

Carley going in for the kill

Carley wearing a toilet seat cover around her neck *NOTE: I DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING*

Matt thinks it is hilarious

And after this point every photo I took looked like this (and I have about 50)

What always rocks the party? WIGS!

2006-06-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

So you may know that Michaela moved to NYC. And it was recently Nicole's birthday. So we threw them a joint going away/getting older party.

It started out innocent enough. With some potluck action and Carley's mojitos.

Dr Jiang, of course, would not miss one of our parties for the world

Matt with his bible

These two losers left super early

Gabe and Carls

Halfway through the night, Carley pulled out her infamous wig collection.

Of course CT Dan had to partake

My boyfriend, Spicolli

Spicolli and Donna from Cranston, RI

Two people I don't know. The cross-eyed dude called me a bitch for not drunk-driving him home.

This girl was kinda funny.

'Hey man'

Then we started getting snuggly on the front steps

Me, Michaela, Gabe and Meghan

Me, Michaela and some creep

We know how to have a good time

So while we were all on the front steps chain smoking and talking shit, Nicole was a dancing maniac in the living room. Like, unless you were in there dancing with her, you didn't see her at all during the night.

Here she is dancing with the guy Michaela later got into a fight with.

There was some of this going on as well

Thats a mojito in her hand.

This guy was partying.

Cher and Spicolli

And the dancing never stopped.

A good party. I didn't think it would be so much fun. Hint: Just throw on a little Salt N Pepa and people will get crazy.

Mexico!

2006-06-12T19:50:00.000-07:00

Ben and I took a mini vacation to Cozumel Mexico. We didn't really like where we were - tourist hell, but made the most of it...

Our room at our hotel which was cheap and really clean

Our A/C - oh yes!

Ben eating his first shrimp cocktail of the trip. I think he ate one every single day we were there

The drugs in Mexico were just not worth it

On the ferry to the mainland

Day two: Ben already hating the fact I brought the camera

Looking cloudy

Tulum is an ancient Mayan site - there are lots of iguanas there.

Ben swimming at Tulum - there was a gorgeous beach there

Me in front of the main building at Tulum

Ben in the same location - note the gathering clouds

All in all it was pretty cool

After a hard day of archeological research we needed to drink

and wait out the rain

Back in town my manfriend bought me roses, awww.

And then ate them

Then we met this guy at the locals bar next to our hotel. Who does he look like???

Chili-lite, or Radioactive mini-Chili

Smooches

"Enough, Sofia"

Ben's buddy, the moth

Relaxing

My view from our rental

We came across this beach that literally covered in sponges, not the anti-pregnancy kind

And piles of coral

Every day at our hotel our maid would make our towels into critters.

Back at the locals bar

Aaaww

Then we met Edmundo... he took us to eat some tacos and loved his sunglasses... Ben did too

He also loved to party.

And tattoos

And me

Locals

We ended up ditching Edmundo and drinking with some nice guys for a while.

The guy in the white is going to be a priest

The next day we went to Chixen Itza, it was mindblowing how amazing it is

And as a gift from the Lions Club to the people of Playa Del Carmen

Voting

2006-06-07T09:50:00.000-07:00

I voted yesterday. Where the heck were you? The polling station in my neighborhood was empty. What happened folks?

Everything I voted on lost except one political seat. EVERYTHING.

I guess I am too liberal for California. I can't believe that people voted down the universal pre-K program. And the libraries. So sad. People would rather pay later in life for kids to be poor, undereducated, turning to crime, etc instead of paying for two years of extra education for them. I don't get it.

I am tired of living in the United States where it seems that every chance voters have to make a small difference for the good of our society they shoot it down.

You had better watch out, next election I am calling everyone I know and making sure they vote.

Hats

2006-05-23T13:25:00.000-07:00

So as many of my close friends now my 96 year old grandmama is slowly dying. I went up to visit her and my mom this weekend in Calistoga/St. Helena. We spent much of the weekend going through all of her old stuff.

Including her hats...

If only my mom was alive during Anne of Green Gables' time. She has the perfect ensemble.

And we would have made great Marines during WWII - my mother would have been a pirate/marine.

Welcome to the working world!

2006-05-23T13:17:00.000-07:00

Carley graduated from SFSU MSW Program this past week. Her dad threw a party for her. She didn't know he was going to be there. Boy was she suprised.

To get in the mood, earlier Car and I had our bridesmaid dresses fitted...

They have to take off at least 3 yards from Carl's gown

And not as much from mine

The lady was saying 'Do you know how long it is going to take me to redo this entire gown?'

Thanks Latin Bride and NO THANKS bridal barn in Fall River.

OK so later at the dinner at ChaChaCha's - as always the sangria was delicious.

Father and daughter

Nicole showed up

Matt loves suprises!

Aaw, Dan Amigone, MSW and Carley Amigone, MSW

Schmitty and those people showed up - but had to sit separately.

The eats!

After we went to Mission Bar - Laura is the best, always treating us like gold!

Car, I hope you dad had left by this point...

Nicole and Jeanette

Michaela and I ran out of things to say so took some glamour shots

I then went home, popped a squat on the way and peed all over my foot because I got freaked out by a large group of dudes walking by. When am I going to start acting almost 30?

Bike to Work Day

2006-05-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

It figures on bike to work day, for the first time since I started my job I have to drive to work for errands.

Usually I take the bus, but would have taken the Haro out for a spin today if I didn't have to go pick up a podium and speaker in Daly City.

Bike folks and nature, please forgive me!

It's been two weeks, baby...

2006-05-09T12:47:00.000-07:00

Matt had his going away party two weeks ago. I didn't start to take any photos until everyone was a little buzzed.

Flashback two hours - this is what my house looked like...

Later it was this...

Looking good, Michaela

Jesse showed up?

Oh my.

Jake and Henry

More Jesse

Dancing

Mie - Congrats!

Oh my.

Aaw, Jeanette

Jeanette and Rob

That guy and Jeanette

This guy

Her

The man of the night

Jesse and his pal

That guy again.

So sad. Good luck Matty.

The CartHome

2006-05-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

2006-05-05T11:36:00.000-07:00

Do you know a lot about the Philippines? I don't.

This movie is what is referred to as a Barrio Movie. The director said that they were popular in the 70s and 80s and have recently declined. It is all shot in one small neighborhood in some city in the Philippines (never named). A young gay boy, Maximo, is raised by his father and two older brothers. They are all involved in illegal means of making money - stealing cell phones and reselling them. Dad is also sort of an authority figure in the neighborhood. Oddly enough, these masculine men are incredibly sweet and understanding of little Maxi and his girlish ways. He cooks and cleans for them. The story is about their lives clashing with some new police in the barrio.

The movie was shot shakily with a digital camera. Once I got over the headache caused by that, I started to really enjoy the film. The actors were good and fun to watch on screen. Maxi was a beautiful boy. I cried at the end.

I still don't know that much about the Philippines. But I guess this movie isn't meant to educate. It did make me wonder how many languages the average Filipino living in an urban area speaks. If you know, let me know, I am just curious.

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