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May 09, 2004
a home at last
so officially tonight i am not a guest anymore but an official housemate at 2059 Fulton, S.F. CA 94117. apparently the house meeting went well they all voted me in. i will be paying a ridiculously small amount of money for rent, power gas and electricity, plus all staple foods and 16 vegetarian dinners a month. in return i will cook 2 dinners for the 8 other roommates, help aaron with the bread run on thursday morning, and continue in my role as assistant procurer of lowcost foodstuffs.
i'm really excited. after a month of looking on craigslist and calling people, trying to find an open room, i can finally settle and relax. i made a list when i first got here, of how my ideal living situation would be, and this house fits every item except for location. riding back up here from my day's activities, i found that the 20 minute uphill ride from matt's house afforded me time to think and burn some calories, and i was not unhappy a bit to not be living in the mission. also, the morning downhill tear-ass bikeride to work and downtown is so exhilarating, i wouldn't trade it for an easy flatland commute.
so last night we saw 3 weird ass bands, nigel peppercock, bloodhag, and extreme elvis. nigel peppercock sounded familiar, and i realized why when i saw the lead singer. turns out when i toured with vae victis from reno, back about 6 years ago or so, they played a bunch of shows with nigel peppercock and this other band from belgium, unhinged. nigel peppercock was pretty much the same, the guitarists and bass player had balloones pinned to their bodies, the keyboard player had a weird paper mache apple over his torso, and the singer was as drunk and coked out as the last time i saw hiim.
bloodhag was who i really went to see. they played short death metal songs about their favorite science fiction authors. before each song they talked a little about why they liked that particular author, then commenced beating on their instruments and shrieking and growling. i'd seen them before in reno, and they were as good as ever, though the san francisco show crowds continued to disappoint both me and whatever band plays to them. we're making stickers about this phenomenon, i'll post them when they're printed.
the last band was extreme elvis, which consisted of a pretty talented band playing elvis tunes while an obese naked elvis impersonator badgered and insulted the crowd, while running through them and rubbing his sweaty gross body on everyone. after bloodhag i was a little let down, we watched about half the show then decided to go get burritos.
so today woke up, went to punkrockbreakfast, then aaron, matt and i headed down to the deserted docks. after going through 3 holes in 3 fences, we arrived at this abandoned building they really like. there was talk of building it into an alternate living situation, personally i doubted it's security. after that we climbed up on a giant abandonded barge tethered to the dock, and committed some balloon launcher mayhem directed towards a huge cruiseship that got the coast guard called on us. quickly we jumped off and escaped on our bicycles, laughing all the way. another sunday afternoon in s.f.
from their i headed out to the airport, where i got to hang out with my father for an hour as he and jane waited for the final leg of the flight home from a 3 week trip in china. dad had many exciting stories about his trip, made me jealous to be seeing new places. not that jealous though, things here are really great i must say.
i sat around the airport for an hour, then megan's flight arrived. though i had some doubts, she's moved out here as well. i helped her get her luggage back to the city, then we went and ate pupusas, my favorite el salvadorean dish. i took a rest at mat's whle she went to look at a room in the lower haight, then i rode back up here, to get the good news that i'm a roommate.
tomorrow the bike store's closed but tuesday i'm gonna go pick up my new bike. seems like it will be money well spent, though i'm assured some crashes as i learn to ride a fixed gear.
all in all, a great weekend. i feel really up now, summer is shaping up to be really fun. i start work on tuesday with this lady reviewing and translating her footage from cuba, if more video jobs like that turn up i may be able to quit the restaurant, which is the only thorn in my otherwise happy and well fed sides.
anyways, feel free to write me or mail me cool stuff.
dan gingold
2059 Fulton
san francisco, ca 94117
Posted by bendan at May 9, 2004 10:25 PM
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