bumsville,USA

yesterday was mostly amazing and a little awful-which I guess is a pretty good day.
i stumbled home in the morning after sleeping out for no good reason except I knew the house would be empty and creepy like it usually is when everyone's gone.

Christine took me on a ride down the Great Highway and i sat around by Ocean Beach looking at the water while Skip & Christine talked about Tonga.

dropped Skip off at work and got free coffee & an almond croissant, met up with naomi at the park and we sat around while random hippie christians ranted about their sinful lives and sang pretty monotonous folk-y songs.pretty bad on all fronts, so we walked off to get falafel and juice, then came back and pretty much spent the entire rest of the day at various spots in the park with different friends. Ran into bert who ended up telling me about a party and hanging with stephen until some random dudes came around and we left.

walked over to meet up with juan & austin at the needles, straitjacket nation show at balazo. got bummed. got drunk and ended up actually having a pretty good time and hanging with kids i don't see or hang out with often enough. the bands were awesome and i was psyched to see needles since I've been hearing they're pretty good for a while. straitjacket nation was really good and had the most brutal drummer.
then jenny and alec came by the show and we went to meet up with bert to go to this party which had been already described to me as a party full of yuppies playing 70's jam rock-but it was a block away and there was free alcohol. it was some of the worst dancing I've ever seen-but the DJ had changed and after a cup of whiskey it didn't seem so bad and the girl that was doing intepretive dance on the couch was more hilarious than annoying. also bert is a great dancer.
Around 3 they had to end the party and Alec & Jenny drove me over to Daniel's to eat pizza and watch Heather's-a pretty good end to the night, passed out on a cramped bed and tried not to let anyone hog the covers.

tonight I'm pretty sure daniel's friend is giving me a tattoo which i'm completly psyched on and looking forward to since I've been wanting to get a new tattoo. and, i've also been pretty bummed so maybe this will cheer me up a little. i need to do some serious thinking, quit my job and more than likely move out/away.

-s!

so that this isn't all words until i get a cord to connect to the scanner-here's an unflattering picture of me at 16

Beginning of summer

this summer i want:

sleeping in late
staying up until sunrise
exploring places I've missed here
gallons of lemonade & a mountain of home fries
watermelon agua frescas & cherry pie
dance parties & house hang outs
laying in my backyard with my boombox
a kiddie pool in the back
small shows in the backyard
starting a band with christine and whoever else
continuing/finishing me & sonrisa's zine
making non stop summer fun mix tapes
listening to "this must be the place" on repeat
going on a ridiculous number of beach trips
laying in the park
summer love
re-reading all the books i love & finding new books to love
making 22 the best summer I've had since I was 18
tons of friends visiting!
a hammock in the backyard-somehow and backyard naps


the past two weeks is what I want all summer, even if some of it was specifically suited to the past two weeks:
like the rosie's starting off my first/last(?) san francisco summer
or me and jennifer's underwater themed birthday party
but some of it wasn't like

geary bar and the amazing bartender that calls me babygirl
playing $3 worth of erotic photo hunt (babes & hunks-your two choices)
photo booth pictures
old cab drivers that tell raunchy jokes while your friend sings to his girlfriend in the back
trips to santa cruz
summer crushes on the boardwalk
watching the sunset at aquatic park
huge 11 person breakfasts
taking pictures of everything
east bay hang outs
sweaty punk shows
house parties
mix tape trades
lemonade and cake and my boombox in the park
drinking wine coolers & watching stardust while nick and rich exchange emoticons
hot crusties on the cave train


I've been sick since my birthday, today i just tried to breathe through the summer heat and my fever while eating soup in the backyard. alternately crawling through erika's window into her unbelievably cool room to hang out with everyone and taking naps on the ottoman beneath the backyard stairs.it was fun hanging out with Sylvia, Rich, Jennifer, Alex and Christine once she got home-it felt like all day summer fun, hosing things down in the heat and blasting my boombox. then going to get indian pizza.
i got kinda bummed-thinking of all kinds of mistakes I've been making lately, but summer wouldn't be summer without making mistakes caused by heat, delirium & boredom.

more pictures later, and maybe a mixtape post.

<3
s!

Also:the beast that lives in my house(dexter)

more bro-mance between juan & daniel
tony & gabe's love