Yes, I'd be mad.

Ron: hey so
Ron: if i sf sinks into the ocean after i leave it.. would u be mad?
Ron: *shifty eyes*
Candice: um
Candice:yes
Candice:all my stuff's here
Ron: ok
Candice:so are you coming up?!
Ron: some were speculating that it didn't belong on the "DO NOT DO" list
Candice: i think it belongs on the DO NOT DO list
Candice:also
Candice: it's where star trek academy is supposed to be one day
Ron: well
Ron: they could rebuild san fran
Candice: right
Candice: but
Candice: again
Candice: all my stuff's here.
Ron: so it stays where it is
Candice: thanks!

What's better?

Q: What's better than enjoying $2 draft beers at a great uncrowded bar?

A: Walking up and asking if the happy hour is still going...and getting this answer:
"Everything's free until 11:30pm tonight."



WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?




(photo by Flickr user giniger)

Wondercon: Day 1.

So! Update. I found someone who is just as gung ho about this as me and I convinced her to buy a 3 day pass (score)

Day 1 was kinda a half day, but let me number things that happened:
1. Wore a cape, dress, chains, & fishnets today. yep. all together.
2. Got hit on by a clown. Seriously. A guy dressed as a homicidal clown hit on me. I couldn't tell if he was cute but I didn't pick up on the fact that he was hitting me because i was FREAKED OUT. By the fact that he was dressed as a clown. All in all a good guy, but I digress. Didn't notice that you asked me to be your city tour guide BECAUSE YOU HAD A RED FOAM NOSE ON. Clowns scare me. His name was 'buddy', which sounds like a horror film. "Buddy the Clown"
3. Went to a cover artist's workshop on making my digital paintings more painterly. Was definitely inspired to go home and draw.
4. Didn't go home & draw 'cause I checked out the amazing Star Wars Fan Film Last Film Standing or whatever. It was pretty cool 'cause we got to narrow down our favorite one. I have to say there was some awesome shit in there but this one is the one that won & it got my vote (via yelling and screaming)


5. They gave us goodies just for showing up! And get this, I got an original promotional glossy (actually 2) of Lando! I FUCKING LOVE LANDO. Prolly my fave human in the series (except for Han, well he's just so cool).
Just in case you're not as geeky as me (prolly not), here's THE man himself:
(not the actual glossy i got but hey)


Awesome. Plus I also scored some Bounty Hunter stickers, a comic, & a Indiana Jones glossy too. Fuckin A awesome.

I was perusing through my guide and just realized that Ray Park is going to be there tomorrow. I'm genuinely going to freak out 10x.

Wondercon is causing some self reflection

I'm kinda depressed right now. Well, to be fair, nowhere near as depressed as I once was, but still a little bummed. Walk with me, this one's going to be personal.

So there's this event called Wondercon.

I've always wanted to go to a con ever since i was in high school. Last year I got to go. I went by myself and enjoyed it. A few of my friends ran into me and we got to hang out and stuff but for the most part i'm pretty independent.

This year for some reason i'm kinda bummed out that noone is as gung ho about this as I am. Even my roommate who works for an anime company is probably not as gung ho about this as I am.

And so after a long time thinking about it, I think i figured out that the reason why is that me wanting to go much more than other people means that

I
am
the
biggest
geek
of
ALL
my geek friends.

and as much as I love that fact, I also think it's a harsh pill to swallow.


whoa, holy shit..luke & leia are going to be there. omfg.

Summmarrrry of my day. Valentine's day.

1. went w/ bernadette to her audition.
2. Went to walgreens and random clement street store for valentine's decorations.
3. Defaced all valentine's decorations really violently.
4. Went to Justin Herman Plaza to hit thousands of people with a pillow.
5. Got drunk at The Boardroom, where the anti-valentine's day shit was hanging up.


Still hate valentine's day.

Why, google, why?!?!

I've googled myself before to see what others could potentially find out about me.

I had never thought until tonight to try something different..so I googled "candice san francisco"

This is the first result:
candace-sf.com WARNING: NOT WORK SAFE

here's a clip if you want to not have to click through:
"I'm Candace! As a sexy, beautiful blonde adult female companion based in both San Francisco and London I am exclusivelly available to the world's most discerning men. An executive with my own company, an artistic bent and a very naughty side, I am one of the highest rated escorts in San Francisco and London."


1. It's not even spelled right, her name is Candace, not Candice
2. She's an escort. How is this even legal in SF?!
3. I thought she was in a recession-proof business..apparently not "
In light of the economic slump, I'm offering $100 off my normal rate per hour until the end of March!"


...at least she's "highly rated." Well...according to her. I can't find her on Yelp.

I'm annoyed.

EDIT: Thanks to bernadette, we can now see what her reviews are:
REVIEWS FOR THE ESCORT

My application to be a roommate

My roommate found this in his inbox and sent it to me today. Gawd I'm a dork.

Hi-

I'm very interested in seeing the room you have available for rent here: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/roo/319489743.html

My name is Candice. I work full time for an established web company in SOMA that I am absolutely in love with, and am currently pursuing an MBA in Marketing.

However I'm also an avid artist, I graduated from the University of Hawai'i with a degree in computer animation; I draw, paint, sculpt (metal and glass), I play the bass guitar, and was very active in the poetry circle in Hawai'i.

I moved here last year, currently live in San Mateo, and am looking to move closer to school and work in the city.

I will be able to move in ASAP.

I'm very laid back & respectful; I think I'd be a phenomenal fit for the room.

I'm sure everyone writes that, but I'm actually telling the truth.

Please call me on my cell at [phone number omitted] anytime.

Thanks!!!
-Candice

I emailed him from work, and he called me on my cell phone 5 minutes later. I'm still living there. I *was* a good fit.

identity crisis.

Berna's been worrying lately about whether or not she's a marina chick.

Berna: I *could* start working out at the Marina location
Berna:they have classes at 6am and shit
Berna: not that i'd necessarily GO at 6am
Berna: BUT
Berna: maybe in conjunction with my runs down there
Berna: i dunno
me: is the fact that it's in the marina and might turn you into a full fledged marina chick holding you back?
Berna: yeah kind of
Berna: i mean
Berna:the two gyms that are closest to me
Berna: are
Berna: Chestnut St (Marina)
Berna:AND
Berna: Alhamba (Russian Hill)
Berna: which is practically the same as the Marina.
Berna: GODDAMMIT I EVEN JOINED A MARINA-GIRL GYM!!!!!
me : i like to leave chat long enough to let you crumble down.

SF Rite of Passage: See the giants actually win!

First Giants game post.

So i went tonight for the second time..again on a whim 'cause a coworker had an extra ticket.

And this time they actually won!!!!!


It was pretty exciting, we arrived during the 5th inning 'cause we were um...preparing with some margaritas.

It was great, we go there, the giants were up 4-3..and then they let go of one..

So in the 8th inning, they got 2 runs, it was pretty exciting. Much better than the last time that ended up getting boring after you realized that they weren't going to win.


Next on the list: going to a game when they have the fireworks. I was a little disappointed that they didn't do the fireworks...how does that work anyway? I thought it was after everytime they win. I was wrong. Maybe it's a sellout + win?

SF Rite of Passage: Stern Grove

So I got to go to Stern Grove finally. Here's one of the many snaps I took of Alonzo King's Lines Ballet company's performance. It was pretty amazing, and one of the only times I'll probably be able to snap so many pictures of a professional ballet company without getting escorted out of the venue. They were accompanied by Sax extraordinaire Pharoah Sanders, who got to play with Coltrane back in the day!

Got a pretty sweet hookup for Berna's birthday, got to actually sit in one of the coveted picnic table seats.


I couldn't talk the whole time, and that's in the next blog.

back from LA

and let me simply state.

I AM SO GLAD I MOVED TO SF.

I belong *here*. not *there*

I don't even know what it is, but the vibe is just not...for..me.

Ah. I missed you, SF.

Okay so i'm probably blogging a couple more things after this anyway, just wanted to get that out.

Pride Day #2

Oh man my feet hurt, walking around in my boots is not as comfortable after about a mile.

I got to don my goth outfit again + the red & black fairy wings I bought yesterday. fishnets, how I missed thee.

So today was the parade day of the pride festivities, which means a ton more people at the civic center too. More alleys and booths and what not too.

Because i gathered most of the schwag yesterday, today i only obtained a Virgin Airlines "SFOXOXOXO" shirt, which I thought was adorable.

All of these cute tshirts are going to come in handy since i just bought this tshirt cutting book.


Two highlights of the day:

LEATHER ALLEY
Ah, the infamous Leather Alley. The biggest part of the alley is the tarped-off area.
Last year, I didn't go into the mysterious tarped-off area, though I'm not exactly sure why. I did see someone just masturbating in the middle of the street in the open so maybe I thought it wasn't that important to go inside of the tent and see more.

This year, Tobi & I definitely checked it out. I'm glad they didn't allow cameras or else I would have taken way too many pictures of everything. I was quite impressed with how professional and classroom-like the atmosphere was, not just a gawkfest.

Ended up dancing right above Leather Alley to some really good(well I liked it) industrial music.

API STAGE
Asian-Pacific-Islander stage. I really think this is because they don't know where to lump Filipinos so they say "Asian/Pacific Islander"

Anyway, some of my friends were performing in the drag show, and I must say it was one of the most entertaining things I have ever had to stand in the cold to witness. I was laughing, cheering, and riled up!

Margaret Cho was there for a bit, and she is FINE now. She musta lost a lot of weight. She is fierce, and apparently gay men love her.

So compared to yesterday, today was very uneventful. It was still really fun and I ended up spending like 5 hours of my life there, so it was fun!

Pride Day #1!

Today was such a fabulous day i have to blog about it before i forget everything that we did.

So tobi came over last night and is currently crashing on my couch for Pride Weekend!

ZOMG we did a lot today.

Here is a quick breakdown:

THE DAY BEGINS
1st, Candice had one of those realistic nightmares, meaning I didn't wake up until 10am. Woke up, showered, and prepared to go to Civic Center for the Pride festivities.

Arrived at O'Farrell and Van Ness. Distracted by Books, Inc.

(dude i really want some cap'n crunch right now)

PRIDE AT CIVIC CENTER
Then we went to Pride festivities near the Civic Center. Since it had JUST opened up there was barely anyone there, and tobi and i kept getting the schwag that people ended up waiting for in line later on (whoo hoo!)
Free stuff obtained:

-Me not Meth tshirt
-Dante's Cove sampler DVD
-Necklace
-2 tickets to the alameda county fair (anyone either want these tix or want to go)
-AT&T Tshirt that says "Call from the Pride Parade, sound like you're in the closet" (haha)
-Full deck of Playing Cards (apparently Reno has a pride day too)
-Obama Pride Sticker
-Got Sperm? Sticker
-Library card (details below)

Tobi made out with that PLUS he got a couple of bags.

I also bought 3 5733 tshirts for $30. Bargain bin.
After noticing that their booth was in front of the public library, I decided to go get a library card.
Yes you heard right I GOT A LIBRARY CARD. FUCK YEAH. It's a fancy decorative one PLUS i have one for my keychain. I rule.

Since I hadn't eaten breakfast, we found this place on yelp and ended up running into it accidentally. I forgot what it's called but it's this AMAZING vegetarian restaurant on the corner of grove and market.

Then i bought a sticker that has a zelda nintendo cartridge on it and it says BLOW ME. serious. yes, I'll show it to you sometime.

Tobi found out that one of his favorite DJs was playing at Temple, so he offered to buy me a ticket so that we could BOTH go and party all night long.

I also bought some black and red fairy wings in anticipation of TOMORROW's festivities, which should be even crazier.
Thinking I was going to go home right after this, I didn't think too hard about this purchase.

I ended up carrying it for the next few HOURS.

RANDOM MOVIE TIME
So Tobi and I were walking up Van Ness back to Geary for the mighty 38. I see the ad for Wall-E and make a comment about how we should go see it.

Tobi agrees, then I realize it's gonna be hella full since it's opening weekend. We go in to see what else is playing, and I realize that KUNG FU PANDA is playing in like 4 minutes.

Tobi buys my ticket (tobi was buying stuff for me all day awww)
And we see Kung Fu Panda!! It ruled, but we were definitely in the "hey let's bring our rude and noisy kids who talk about the movie real loud and you cant tell them to shut up because the other parents will shun you pride-sticker-wearing motherfuckers"

FYI they're making High School Musical 3 for the big screen. About time they figure out they can milk that cow for even more lucious milk.

WALK TO THE CRAWL
So after the movie's over, we go "great break, let's head home".
I notice it's almost 5, and since my OTHER birthday celebrating friend was having a bar crawl that started at that time on Polk Street, I call him up to see if he's already there. he is.
After some clever iPhoning, we realize the bar he's at is 1.1 miles away.

Wings in hand, we hoof it.

However, there are tons of distractions along Polk. I'm talking walgreens, secondhand shops, and oh yes, the distraction of them all Good Vibrations.

Realizing this could just be the most brilliant birthday gift to my friend ever, Tobi and I run on in.

I must say, the customer service in this sex shop is well above what is expected. i had been in here once before, but man this time around they were really friendly.
"What kind of gift would you like to get him?"
"Does he like bondage?"
"You can hook up your iPod to it" (yes people this is real. It's like the vibrator for geek girls)

After playing certain HR Violation scenarios that might have arisen from giving my coworker/friend this gift, I decide that I should just buy him a beer when we get to the bar.

1.1 miles and about an hour of distraction of Polk Street later, we arrive at the

PUB CRAWL

I arrive, and am the only worker there so far. I'm half an hour late to the start.

I meet all his friends, and I high five every single one of them with my patented solid high fives. They're virtual bowling, and apparently my high fives cause strikes.

Buy Brendan a beer. Talk about good vibrations with the only other girl there to the absolute entertainment of the other boys around.

Kelsey arrives with her Feed Bag from Whole Foods so of COURSE since I'm in love with it Tobi is also in love with it 'cause we both rule like that.

So we find out the nearest Whole Foods is also conveniently on the 1 line back home anyway. So I close out my tab and we after grabbing a muni to take us the blocks we just walked, we eventually find ourselves in

WHOLE FOODS
So we figure out quickly that we suddenly don't want dinner from here and would rather just go to a restaurant, so we beeline it for the Feed bags. I debate buying one for my little sister and sending it back to Hawai'i (no whole foods there), bud decide against it for at least this two week time period.

After debating what to eat, we eventually settle on

Q
Definitely one of my favorite restaurants, and so happy that it's in my neighborhood. Usually I come here for just brunch...but ended up here for dinner tonight.

Here Tobi and I make the plan for the rest of the night (yeah, the sun is STILL at this time people).
We're gonna go to my place, rest for a bit, get dolled up and then go back to Temple where 92.7's Queen is taking place.

Food is delish.
Get back home. Go to buy tix online for queen..and of course It's SOLD OUT.

Of course! Everything that day had been going amazingly, why not throw a wrench? After a couple of minutes of debate..we decide to do the unthinkable.
To go to the one place that everyone IS going. The place where it's stupid to go on pride night.

BUT because this is Tobi's Birthday Weekend, and he's Gay, AND it happens to also be Pride Weekend...

We go to the

CASTRO STREET PARTY: PINK SATURDAY
I will admit. I didn't think it was going to be that massive. I thought there'd be a lot of people in the bars there, like Haight at Halloween time.

I didn't realize that they'd close off the street and that there'd be a SEA of people already waiting for us to party with them when we got there.

Shared a cab with Josh. Got dropped off at the top top...and oh. my. god.


IT WAS AWESOME. SHEER AWESOME. So many people! So many colors!

And every hot guy there was gay so no pressure!
Although within 5 minutes of me navigating through the crowd I had a guy come up to me and just fondle my breast. I'm not talking accidental "Whoops i just touched your boob" but straight up squeezing to see if I'm real. The last time I went to the Castro,something similarly "wow" happened, but that was mostly verbal. I look back at the guy and start laughing, assuming he's gay, and i go back and start doing the same thing to his chest. He looks like he's enjoying it, so I suddenly get suspicious, and then his gay friend leans in and goes "um, he's hetero..haha"

Good times.

Tobi and I brave it all the way to the front and center of the DJ stage, and it is PACKED. It's like metallica concert moshpit packed. And unfortunately not everyone there is respecting one another, it's definitely not like a hawaii concert.

But it is hella fun. We end up dancing from the minute we get there to the time the party is shut down at midnight due to lameness.

We run for our bus that happens to be there, but end up walking to Dolores Park
I hail a cab (thank GOD that was hard) and we head home.

FINALLY BACK TO THE APARTMENT
where i sit blogging about this.

Tomorrow morning's going to be even crazier with the pride parade and everything. I look forward to wearing my goth outfits again, haven't put them on in seriousness in years.
=)

Goodnight blogland! Today was one of the most eventful days of my life. If i had planned this stuff, I probably wouldn't have gotten them done. I love random days. Today I kinda wanted to be a lesbian just so I could be *extra* proud.
C'est le vie, just gotta be straight I guess.

My lunch told through txts

Bernadette:
11:41am Hey I just parked in front of Gold Club.


Tobi:
12:13pm Boobs every where help.



Gold Club is a pretty popular spot for lunch on Fridays. You can get an all you can eat buffet for $5 entry fee.


Oh and it's a strip club. Where women dance nekkie.

And tobi's a gay male. I am a salesperson.

back in sf

I love hawai'i. I miss hawai'i. I miss my family.

But I went to a bar in the Castro tonight after I came in at 9pm..

and you gotta love a city where the night of my return this dude in a gay bar comes up to me and offers me $200 to sleep with his friend.

wow. just wow.

SF Rite of Passage: Giants @ AT&T Park

We don't have any professional sports in hawai'i.

we had a minor league before i was born.

and one of those arena football leagues....and that died too.

And I had been to 1 (one) exhibition padres game in high school that i wrote all over my body for.


So how stoked was I when my coworker/friend Katie invited me to a Giants game tonight!?!

I love dressing the part, so on the way there i totally scored a sweet black and orange "San Francisco" generic track jacket for $20. It's actually pretty good, imma sport it in hawai'i next week.

So we sat in the bleachers...surrounded by hot guys. These are awesomely funny guys too, and I think it took them a while to realize that I'm how I am.


So we're yelling at each other, sharing churros, teasing these stupid chicks who wore short shorts and are super cold...

and then at one point during the 7th inning when it got really boring...they were throwing nuts at each other.

So i kept saying shit like "I hope none of that hits us...you don't wanna make me mad"

And then the Chex throwing guy was all like "aw, it's okay" and i go "try it. try it"

and he cracks up and i yell

"Let's Chex Mix it up, BITCH!" and OMG i had like 5 bleachers CRACKING UP so bad!! I got high fives I was crying i was laughing at myself so hard.

man the shit i come up with sometimes.

anyway, it was really fun. of course the giants lost.

bastards.

Concert: Honda Civic Tour

Are Emo Bands the new Boy Band? I think so.





I got to go to my first real-i-paid-for-it concert @ the Warfield tonight. The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet, Motion City Soundtrack, & Panic At the Disco.

First of all, I confused where the Warfield was in comparison to the Orpheum, so I actually caught a Bart from Powell to Civic Center..meaning I actually had to walk back about 3 blocks instead of walking forward 1 block 'cuz my dumbass didn't think to check that before leaving the office.

Also, i've been here once, and that was to see Devo for Macworld. got into that for free using my charms...or something.

Anyway, i've been craving to see Panic At The Disco & Motion City Soundtrack for some time, so when I saw this show advertised, I jumped on the chance.

Very efficient show, Honda's definitely a good organizer. no late bands. everything was tight, there were even music videos in between (sprinkled with ads and stupid text displays of "scream if your ____"..and they spelled "you're" that way too..).

I would have loved the concert if it weren't for the fact that i was SURROUNDED by 12 year old screaming girls. You think i'm being overdramatic..but seriously..SURROUNDED. I wanted to cry/punch someone at the same time. I felt old.

I remember going to rock shows when I was 14 but I wasn't retarded, okay?

Anyway, great show, no regrets, just not my normal concert-going experience.

SF Rite of Passage: Dolores Park Movie Night

So recently, I went to Dolores Park for the first ever time.

Tonight, I went to the opening night of Dolores Park Movie Night (for this Season).

I wasn't planning on going, and was freaked to hear that it tends to get hella cold.

Good thing I either was too drunk to notice or it wasn't really that cold.

They played Fast Times At Ridgemont High, and I was super curious to see if they'd show Phoebe Cates' Famous Nude scene.


They Did.




But they put a "Hey buy some popcorn" slide during the sexSEXsex scene, which I thought was funny.

Anyway, so I'm home, all nice and toasty. and About to go to bed. I'm glad I did something that you're spost to do as a young twentysomething in the great land of Ess Eff.

EDIT:
KEANE: "oh fyi, it's 'dolores'"

FINE IF YOU WANT TO BE FACTUALLY CORRECT OR SOME SHIT

EDIT #2:
OH JESUS CHRIST, SOMEONE ELSE MADE SURE I KNEW HOW TO SPELLL ITTTTTTTTTTTT

THANKS BERNA

(i.e. FUCK YOU GUYS I RULE)

SF Goal Achieved: Fillmore Poster Acquired!

YES! After a year of obsessing over getting a poster from an artist that I love, I did JUST that Saturday night.

I rocked the Jason Mraz concert all by myself because noone else wanted to admit they loved him as much as I did. Okay, one guy did, but he forgot to buy his ticket =(

So anyway, rocked the show, and got my goddamn fillmore poster. I'm excited. I'll take a pic of it later.

4/12/08
Edit: I found the poster on Ebay. Man, those sharks are FAST

hayes valley

hayes valley is enchanting.

I'd only ever really been here in the daytime, and that time was really just walking through during B2B.

I arrived about 30 minutes early for my oxenrose appointment, and decided to just hang out at a coffee shop.


There's this network called FreeNet...SF's free wifi? Amazing. I wonder if someone's hacking all my passwords now because of it.


Nah, I'm assuming they're tooo lazy.