A Weekend in SF

Have I done a week 3 recap?

Well, week 3 has come and gone. I'm trying to have some sort of routine that will allow for writing, but of course that isn't happening.

I watched and read a lot of Game of Thrones. Book and Season 3. I had to wait to finish reading before I watched the show, but y'all after I read a certain scene/death or two I couldn't wait any longer. No spoilers, since other humans have been good enough not to spoil it for me. All I'll say is that it was worth the wait and read/watch.

I got my HBO shows out of my system, all caught up on True Blood too. I will say that I've had my fill of butts. So many butts on HBO. I guess because they can't show vaginas and penises. Man butts, woman butts, jiggly butts, small butts, but mainly tight butts.

Back to my Bay Area adventures. I spent some time in San Francisco on Saturday. In the Mission District to be exact. Wandering around in the cold looking for an art crawl I had found online. My friend and I finally stumbled upon one of the houses on the crawl and boy was it a magical experience. We walked into a place that was called "The Secret Garden." There were pretty lights and plants and that was it's actual name.

There was a stage set up in the garden, so we grabbed some seats on the makeshift benches and listened to this lady sing folk songs in different languages. Spanish, Russian and French. I barely have a grasp of the English language, so I was definitely envious. I'm not a huge fan of acoustic folky music, but it was all especially magical in the garden with the sun going down and the wind blowing. Then the singer and her friends began to harmonize and I think I can speak for all of America when I say, I'm a sucker for harmonization. I don't care what corny boy or girl group you are, if you can harmonize I'll be your fan for a day.

The harmonizations were beautiful and almost other worldy. I forgot all my worries and melted away onto the notes of the lady voices. It was like that. Definitely a lovely cap to a lackluster week.

I'm going to listen to some more Miley Cyrus now, while I job hunt and dream of my future.

MD to CA: Week One

It's been a crazy week y'all. I arrived, I conquered and I'm still here.

San Francisco is as chilly as everyone says, so make sure to step your sweater game up if you plan to visit. I did not heed the warnings. I haven't been freezing but I'm the type that would rather sweat than shiver. Is everyone else like that? I take a sweater with me as often as possible, during summer in swampy D.C., so I won't lie, I was suffering in silence when I first landed in windy San Francisco.

Since then, I've adjusted to the weather, among other things. I found a great place to live in Oakland and in a record three days. I guess I was supposed to be suffering and struggling upon arrival but it's been a calm transition thus far. I definitely feel like I've been making the right decisions, but it can be very overwhelming at times. I think I'll cry week two or three, I'm going to try to hold out until four. I'll keep you updated.

My number one enemy at the moment: California hills. My legs have been worked out more in the past week than in the whole ten months I spent in suburban Maryland. It didn't help that those were probably the laziest ten months of my life, but damn, I wish I had been better prepared physically to be a Californian. Everyone runs and is super fit here, so I hope walking these hills will get me on that status. Main goal: to wear a crop top. When do I plan on doing that? I have no idea.

Anyways, welcome to the blog. I'll be posting as often and randomly as possible with updates on life, my stern East Coast opinion on these Westerners and my plans on world domination via writing, smiling, laughing and charming the silly people I meet. I just want to be rich some day without having to sell my body. Love ya if I know ya and love ya if I don't.