The City Obscure

I took a walk through part of SOMA today. The image above shows my route. With the sun out, my spirits were higher than they have been lately, even as I sweated under my wool turtleneck sweater. I enjoyed seeing new views of the city, …

After work today, I walked straight to the train station half a block away, but then realized I’d left my wallet in my gym bag at home. After digging through my bag, I was only able to scrounge up two quarters. A MUNI ticket is …

. . . looks like this:

A friend bestowed upon me a 30 day free pass to Bikram Yoga. I didn’t know whether to say “thank you” or “damn you”, because I knew I’d use the pass, as I like working out and I’m too poor to pay for classes, but …

I recently won two tickets to two movies, which is timely since we’re broke over here. Working our jobs, trying to save for the future, tackling debt (small, but still) from the recent past. We’re on a tight budget which means we probably won’t be …

I’ve kept journals since I was eight years old. I’ve got enough journals to fill at least a few wide shelves, and that wouldn’t even be all of them, because by ‘kept’ I don’t mean that I’ve physically kept all that I ‘kept’ – some …

Marriage is wonderful. People ask, “Is it different?” and my answer is, “Yes. It is.” It is liberating. It is comforting. It is fun. My family and friends are amazing people, and I wish I could be around all of them all the time. In …

I performed an excerpt of my solo play “Legacy” at The Marsh last night. This is the one about my relation to Brigham Young. I only had eleven minutes of stage time, and it was quite difficult choosing which segment to perform. I’ve got about …