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April 21, 2005
Palace of the Fine Arts/Giants Game
Lets see.... Today has been fantastic considering last night was a bit emotional. I was a little depressed yesterday over a few things I won’t mention.
So on to the good stuff.
Last night I spent some time learning a little about InDesign. I made it to chapter 2 (which is better than my first attempt at it). Hopefully Ill pick up more in the near future.
To start the morning, I purchased a plane ticket for my best friend Jason to come visit. We are going half on the trip which suites me fine because Id rather buy a ticket to have a friend come out and visit than go back to Rochester to visit. I guess theres just so much to do here, I couldnt imagine why anyone wouldnt want to come to San Francisco. Anyway with that out of the way and a quick hooray! I will be seeing him the beginning of July. *smile*
Today I got my FAFSA forms filled out for school. I cleaned the bathroom a bit and made right (I hope) of something that lead to the depression of yesterday.
After chores were done I hung out with my friend Rick. We started with lunch at Harvey’s and then decided to go to The Palace of Fine Arts.
What a fantastic place to take photos. The place was amazing and walking distance to the beach where I got some great pictures of Golden Gate Bridge.
Afterwards, Rick had an extra ticket to the Giants game & I said I would go. It’s been a wonderful experience. My first SF baseball game.
When Rick first asked me to go to the game with him, I debated it in my head. First of all I usually hate sports but I thought it would be a great place to get some experience taking those kinds of photos as well as using my camera with the zoom. The second thing that came to mind was memories of when I was little, living in NYC and going to the Yankee games and Mets games.
People have asked me in Rochester to go to the Red Wings games and I pretty much turned it down every time. I guess after the major league games in NYC, nothing would quite be the same experience. I was hoping to recapture the feelings of youth by going to see the SF Giants at SBC Park.
It was a great experience, however several things happened. First, I noticed all the advertising and when I was little, they all seemed like such big named corporations like VISA, Budweiser, Chevron, etc. Now these same names, seem so common, and a part of every day life on such a smaller level.
The other thing I noticed was all the drunken people who were there. God, were these drunk people there when I was little. We watched a guy carrying his friend down the steps, barely holding him up by his jacket. The guy was not stumbling, he couldn’t walk. He was like rubber and just going through the motions as if his friend was carrying a giant rubber doll. He found his seat before security came, and they let him stay. He fell asleep and slept right through the game.
Not more than a 1/2 hour after this guy walked by, there was a group of younger girls. Again, it was a repeat of the same experience, only different age bracket and different gender. Guess they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Mind you, this was all before the game even started.
So other funny things happened as well. Of course you have the vendor walking by yelling PEANUTS! There was a strange twist to this. The first time he walked by, he looked at us, and shouted "Salted Roasted Peanuts". Funny thing was he only said that when walking past us. I thought it was a bit odd and dismissed it until he did the same thing.
PEANUTS! PEANUTS! and the SALTED ROASTED PEANUTS when he walked by us. I mentioned this to Rick who laughed but we still both thought "coincidence". Until it happened a 3rd time. Now there was definitely something strange going on. The stadium began filling up and we lost track of the guy but the experience will still live in my memory (and my journal) forever.
So on to the audience on the big scoreboard (which looked a lot smaller than I remember when I was little). Its kind of fun to watch people when they are on camera and don’t know it. This one spotlight of this young boy was cute but in the background it was funny. Two girls, and all I heard in my head was Josh saying, "Stop dressing like a slut, please! thank you!". With that I started making jokes to Rick, mimicking the girl, saying things like "oh I’m a whore" and "Ill give you a blowjob". We laughed but it was a moment later when she actually made a motion for giving blowjobs (you know tongue in cheek with the hand gesture to go along with it). With this we laughed even harder.
We left at the top of the 9th, tied game, around 9:30pm, so that we could beat the rush for the Muni. We really didn’t care who won but of course we wanted the Giants. It wasn’t until I was out drinking, around 12:30am, I ran into two guys who had just got back from the game. Yes 12:30 which means the game must have lasted until about 11:45pm. The Giants won in the 13th inning, 4-3. Hooray.
So that was my night. When I finally find software for mac that I’m comfortable with, Ill be updating my web page and posting the pictures. Again, the Palace of Fine Arts was amazing. I can’t wait to show off the pictures.
Thanks Rick, I had a great time hanging out with you.
Posted by Des at April 21, 2005 09:24 AM
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