The Kite, It Flew

So I went out today for something other than class, it’s been a while since I’ve done that. In fact, I didn’t even go to class today, since it was another walking tour, and Elvin was busy, so it would probably suck without good company. So, I got to sleep in until 2 or 3, which was glorious, but I wish I had awoken earlier though…And then I showered, ate, and then Elvin and I went out for some animal fries. I haven’t had those in a good while either, and they were deliciously unhealthy. Of course, I probably walked off most of it later…

After the eating, we went to fly the kite. There was soccer practice of some sort going on at the moment, which took up most of the field, but we were able to find a small spot to launch our kite with a wind untampered with by the trees. We got it to its full height soon, and we thought it would be smooth sailing. Furthermore, we were feeling lazy, so we decided to weigh down the spool with Elvin’s backpack…and we found out how easy it is to detach the handle from where the string is wound around. Oh, but the string didn’t slip off the spool, although it looked quite easy to do so. No, I felt his backpack was unsafe, so I took it in my hands again…and the string broke. No, not where we tied the old string to the new string, that would have been too easy, because I’d still have the new string. No, it broke off right at the spool, at the tie that was manufactured to keep the last of the string around the spool. Goddamnit, next time, I’m retying that shit so many more times ><.

So, once the kite started flying away, I tried chasing after it. Of course, the wind blows a hell of a lot faster than I can run, so now it’s somewhere in the golf course at the Marina. Or perhaps further in, somewhere in the marshy area. After the kite flew away, Elvin and I decided to walk down the bayside trail which I’ve never set foot in, to see if we could see it in the golf course areas near the track. We didn’t see crap of course, which sucks. So now, I need a new kite, and perhaps much longer lengths of string, if we’re going to start anew…*sigh*. And it was glow in the dark too! Well, nominally, it’s really hard to see in the night >>;.

Perhaps it will show up in the newspaper, if it’s a slow week. “Kite Found on Golf Course; Terrible Paint Job On It”

Listening to: Isamu Ohira-The “Real” Motorious City. Gran Turismo 2 OST….it’s been a while.

TWO MEN ENTER, ONE HORSE LEAVES

Walking Tours

This is a poem
I decided to write
But nah, I don’t want to
Fuck you

With that aside, today I went on some walking tour of Oakland’s Uptown, since my English teacher loves her walking tours, and I don’t know what’s up with it, but so  the class went to the tour. They discussed the Art Deco architechture of the area, including the Paramount Theatre, Fox Theatre, and various other buildings. Elvin went too, since I wanted company and it was right after his class. So, I got to hang out with him the day before he leaves for SD with his family and I will go deep in my hole to be reclusive, unless someone would like to drag me out screaming bloody murder. Isn’t that an exciting prospect? So, the tour was rather hard to listen to, since we were near the middle or back, and what with the cars and trucks and other noisy stuff in a busy city, the tour guide’s voice didn’t carry very well. But, apparently the colorful exteriors of Art Deco buildings were from glazed terra cotta tiles, which were apparently very hard to care for as the color would wear off or something to that effect. Obviously, built for looks, not built to last. The Fox Theatre was actually pretty interesting, apparently there were offices built right adjacent to the theatre that wrapped around the block to obscure the plain sides that the theatre would have (no windows, because theatres have to be dark, yeah?) and apparently wrapped around some school.

After all the Art Deco theatres and such, we walked down to the lake and admired Snow Park and the Schilling garden, once belonging to two rich dudes that lived in Oakland next to the lake. Yeah, I don’t know how Art Deco segues into gardens, poor listening skill here. After those, we went to the roof garden of the Kaiser Center (NOT Kaiser Permanente, there is a difference, apparently this Kaiser dude was a steel/concrete/aluminum/gravel/something magnate, built the building  to show off his materials and power and such). I thought it would be at the top of the skyscraper. Apparently, it’s only on top of the parking garage, which is substantially less impressive, but its a garden. On a roof. It still holds  that charm of “nature” being in a completely unnatural location. Also, there are trees there. What happens when the trees’ roots bust through the ceiling of the mall below? >>; For it’s location, it sure is a bitch to get to, apparently you have to go into the elevator for the garage and press RG for roof garden. You can’t reach it from the main Kaiser Building thing itself apparently. Confusing deal.

On our way to the lake, we saw “Oaksterdam University.” I do believe its a portmanteau of Oakland and Amsterdam. The school shield has “CAN-NA-BIS” on it. Charming, no? >>; Training for the cannabis industry, offered rather openly. The moar you know….

Afterwards, Elvin and I went to eat at some cafe in Chinatown. Portions there were rather…lacking in girthiness. *sigh*

A couple of days ago, I decided  to wear my hair in pigtails, because I needed to keep hair out of my face after shower, and I had the time to experiment for stupid’s sake.  And so, why the fuck not ? Goddamn pigtails are hard, I completely fail at them. Elvin has photos of me failing. Isn’t that wonderful? >>;

Listening to: T-Square-Thought Steady. From their new Discoveries album, it’s an ok one, I like this song particularly, among several.

Buttfuck Country, Montana