Dude...weak...

Well, it seems that the first major homefront change will come at the end of this month. My roommate, Kevin, who's probably been my closest friend here is moving to LA at the end of the month. Kevin is originally from OC, so it's sort of like moving home, but not really.

While I am personally baffled as to why he's moving to LA in a recession with no job and no money, I can certainly understand the need for change (hence me being here). Needless to say, he will be missed.

In other news...the Bay to Breakers race is next Sunday (5.17) and I am STOKED. This is a dual purpose event in that its a legit marathon and an Olympic qualifier AND it is a reason to get dressed up like a freak (or run/walk it naked, no joke), get shitfaced, and walk through downtown SF to the ocean partying the entire 7 miles.

I had the (un)fortunate opportunity to partake in this event last year and some of the highlights were:

• Almost getting run over by people dressed like Salmon and running it backwards
• Turning around to talk to a friend and find a naked guy painted like super man, wearing only the cape
• Dressing up like a hippy, carrying a case under one arm, and constantly getting solicited for drugs

This year, I seek to increase my personal classiness by meeting up with a group of friends and do some sort of large coordinating costumes (last year there was a group of 20 dressed as a centipede). We haven't come up with any legit ideas other than 1.) having one guy dress as a bull and chase the rest of us (dressed like we're in Running of the Bulls) OR everyone dresses like a domino and we all line up and fall over at some point.

Falling right in line with the general character of San Francisco, there was plenty of outrage when the city said they were going to be enforcing some manner of order at this trainwreck starting this year. The major beef was that they weren't going to allow drinking, thus making the event entirely pointless. The jury is still out on this one as to how they are going to enforce this at all since I'd say 60,000+ people do this yearly, and there's house parties 70% of the course.

I'm sure there will be photos this year, so I'll be sure to post them.

Enjoy.