Posted 5 years, 10 months ago mid-morning by oso
PB Block Party 2004 offered further and probably unnecessary support to Pacific Beach’s claim as capitol of:
- flame and star tattoos
- short trimmed goattees
- wife beaters
- bud light, MGD, tapped kegs, and 40’s in paper bags
- lip gloss
- beach cruisers
- sublime cover bands
- rainbow flip flops
- ray ban sunglasses
- hair gel
- reggae-punk stoners
- camel lights
- the mini skirt
And as you can see from the previous post, there were plenty of mini skirts.
After Friday night’s requisite monthly menstruative argument, I woke up Saturday feeling a little weary and undercaffeinated. Laura had to be at work by 9 which gave me a relaxing and much needed morning of solitude.
I finished reading Mike Davis’ Ecology of Fear and was so impressed by the book that I came back home from the beach to find out more about its author. After learning that Davis was a once active Communist Party member, has been arrested repeatedly for mostly politically motivated aggresions (including the aggrevated assualt of a teamster truck driver who tried to run over a picket line), and dropped out of UCLA’s Ph.D. program, I found a new hero. I’m hoping to finish two more of his books before heading out to Thailand … a departure which is creeping up on me closer and closer.
Then I headed down to Block Party and cruised the strip with Raman, Willie, Odie, Revaz, and Cambra for a couple hours. Saw Common Sense and local folk rocker Steve Poltz before jetting out to make it to work by 4.
It was nice to have a day with the guys … even if it was only for a couple hours. This summer a lot of friends are finishing school, relocating, starting new jobs, going to grad school etc.
I’ve been putting in a lot of hours at work trying to save up some for the South East Asia trip and have fallen shamefully behind at emailing, but today will hopefully be a productive day.
El Moreno seems to be MIA. He gets lost easily and is often indistinguishable in the dark night. Let us pray he makes it back safely.
could you please explain to me “requisite monthly menstruative argument”?
Claro que si. One of the most peculiar aspects about the human reproductive system is the well-documented phenomenon of menstrual cycles synchronizing amongst those who live in close proximity. (See here and here)
This is what has happened to my girlfriend and I; we menstruate at the same time. Unfortunately we express our menstruations very differently. While she is hyper-sensitive, I am insensitive and careless. While she wants quiet company – maybe some ice cream and renting a movie, I want solitude, to play some basketball and to drink a couple Sierra Nevadas with the guys. (“Dude, why don’t you ever come out anymore.”) While she wants to be reminded how beautiful I think she is, I let my eyes wander as we walk down the flesh saturated beach.
Our menstruations are bi-polar opposites that make for a manic-depressive week each month. We are very aware of this. We know it is coming. Each month we try to talk it out before hand. Try to enter our simultaneous menstruations with a clean slate, holding hands as we delve into the terrible abyss. But it’s like fighting gravity.
Time and time again we argue. Which is what we did on Friday. And it is what we will do a month from now. I’ve only found peace by realizing that the other three weeks make the enduring 6 day stretch of pain we cause each other worth it.
That, and now we have the help of NAPS. (not really, I just came across this site, but if anyone finds out how to get A Man’s Guide To The Menstrual Cycle for free, please let me know.
Last thing, I can’t but help share this forum about “PMS and Relationships.”
BULLSHIT:!:
So nice to see that bloggers can synchronize too.
you ain’t got nuffn to synchronize to, mofo.:evil:
For approx. one week of nausea, diarrhea, abdominal, and physical exhaustion, we don’t have the patience to put up with your BS that we can handle the rest of the time. That doesn’t mean you are allowed to be an extra ass. now, go take laura some chamomile tea, a warm pad, and a comedy. Fukn A.
Oso… you know Mike Davis is a San Diego local, he also co-authored a new book on San Diego, “Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See” … its on my reading list!