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October 29, 2004
Welcome To My Day
So lets see. I napped yesterday for 3 hours, woke up and baked this fantastic cake, and slept another 10 hours through this morning.
So I think Ive figured out what caused the breakout but cant be sure. I think its a matter of switching flavors of coffee. I have been finding that there are so many spices out here that arent on the east coast which my 35 year old body has never come into contact with. Who knows there may just be some things I am allergic to. My arms broke out in a really bad rash and people have been telling me to go to the doctor. I guess Im just stubborn. Even Josh has said in one of his emails "Try not to take anything to suppress the symptoms if you can. LOL this is you I'm talking to, I just remembered you won't take anything until you *have* to. Good boy." Guess he knows me pretty well by now. *chuckle*
So the next part of my day came around 7:30 stepping off the Bart in Oakland. The sky in the mornings here are like a postcard so many times. On one hand Im glad I keep my camera handy but to capture the sky on so many occassions not only will eventually end up with so many similar pictures but will also eventually bore the people looking at them. Ill try to limit my expression in photography but would like to share this picture.
Isnt it amazing?
So finally the work day. We had the Halloween party which turned out well. Lots of food but I must say, they dont know how to party like the people I used to work with. They do however know how to do nothing all day lol. Seems like everyone takes the afternoon off and just lounges for several hours. I like that part lol.
After all was said and done, there was a couple of people I work with who really made me think. Not by things they said but by something they did.
I was reminded once again today as to what it was like being a kid, oblivious to the real world and thinking something we did would make a difference. In some ways I think perhaps we were brighter, more giving, and had a better understanding of what life was like for other people less fortunate. Today we had a party at work. When all was said and done, a couple of people I work with decided to bring what was left, over to the park, so that the people who are homeless here could enjoy it. It makes me wonder about Rochester and if that would have been an option or even a consideration. Is it the fact that California takes care of their homeless a bit more? Is it that people here are more caring?
I think back to when I was a kid, when we wouldn’t have hesitated to do something like that. We would have brought the left overs to the homeless because we knew they didn’t have much to eat. We knew that they were less fortunate than us. We had no concept of the drug use, the lying, the stealing, or the begging for money so that they can buy their next bottle of wine. We knew the bottom line which was they didn’t have what we had and it made us feel good to give a little. We didn’t care if it was only a little bit of ourselves, but still the fact it put a smile on someones face. I think that’s something I really don’t like about getting older and growing up. It seems the older we get, the more selfish we become and so many people think the opposite.
It was very touching.
A couple of last things to sum up the day is something I read in the paper this morning. Mayor Newsom here in SF was quoted in a speech last week as saying "No San Franciscan should be without a computer and a broadband connection". He plans on making SF a completely wireless internet city. How fantastic is that? From the way I see it, it could help the homeless and be so useful to help people at any given time, just by traveling with a laptop. You could do so much for the community.
Well thats about it for now. Tonight is Pilsner night. Not sure how much fun it will be but for the last few weeks its been pretty good. Wishing everyone a great Friday and a Happy Halloween.
Posted by Des at October 29, 2004 06:32 PM
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