soapbox derby & other randomness

Caught some of the SF soapbox derby this weekend. It was pretty intense having about 60,000 people in your backyard! Mission Dolores park, where it was held, is literally a block from my house. It was cool, they had a bunch of big screens set up in the park where you could watch from the grass in the sunshine, or you could try to wrestle your way into the sidelines and catch the soapboxes as they whizzed by.

I have some short vids of some of them...if you wait till the very end you can sort of see the soapboxes pop over the jump, yes, that's right, they set up a jump! It wasn't huge, but it's sort of funny to see these boxy things go over it.

The one that looked like the Death Star:


The pirate ship:


The hamster wheel (the guy on the right sort of flies off when they hit the jump):


Plus, here's pix of the taco truck one:

Not only did it have a pinata hood ornament, they threw tortillas out the back!

And the baseball with orange smoke:


In other exciting news, I got a record player! It's a vintage Emerson. Thank you eBay.

It has a cool velvet table and a Bakelite arm. Plus it uses tubes, so it has a sweet, warm sound. I love it. Also, check out the coolest cappuccino design yet!
my happy ghost face morning :)

Tune back in about 3 or 4 weeks after my recovery from Jerry and I's trip to India!

Till then, stay dorky!