..and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
For anyone unfamiliar with the 12k race held every third Sunday of May, Bay to Breakers is a 100 year-old San Francisco tradition. The name reflects the fact that the race, quite literally, begins at the San Francisco Bay (the Embarcadero) and ends at the Pacific Ocean on the other side of the city.
The most important fact that I haven’t revealed yet is that out of the 60,000+ runner that participate, a tiny percentage of them actually take it seriously. It’s San Francisco’s Spring quasi-Halloween-freak-show-across the city that I’ve heard is absolutely legen (wait for it) dary.
You see, this Sunday last year I was walking across the stage with my diploma at the Social & Decision Sciences Ceremony at Carnegie Mellon. What a contrast this year will be in my costume –
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Now I’m not making any excuses, but I am the kind of person who likes to spectate at these kinds of things. I don’t want to be the center of attention, but I still want to be an enthusiastic participant.
I’m a part of a huge group of people dressing up for a certain theme. Do you think you can guess from the accessories above? Probably not. I guess you’ll find out tomorrow!
I wanted to make my outfit a little more elaborate, but today something unfortunate happened. I misplaced my phone, or perhaps had it stolen at Target (where I scored the above sunglasses). The employees were minimally helpful and I’m confident whoever found it just took it.
I’m not sure how I feel about attempting to buy another phone tomorrow when the entire city will be jammed up with drunken revelers and blocked streets. It may have to wait until Monday.
$1 boxes
Speaking of Target, while I usually just cruise past the junk section in the front, I actually found something I liked. The above boxes, at $1 each caught my eye and I know they’ll come in handy to catch all the trinkets/quarters/hair-ties/cr*p I have laying around.
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I got some matching $1 coasters and a pack of thank-you cards as well. Even though I’m still grumbling over the fact that my 1-year-old iPhone was lost to Target, they still have some great finds.
And now I need to catch some shut-eye before a long, crazy day tomorrow.
Oh gosh. It sounds like someone just tipped over one of the porta-potties temporarily in Alamo Square for the race. Is this really happening? Is it already beginning?
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