Mission Mission

If you’re in the mood for some fun multimedia journalism, look no further than this video by Mission Loc@l, which takes us inside a neighborhood taco truck. Link.

Thanks, Plug1!

Reader J.C. (actual initials) just wrote in with this harrowing tale:

I know, that you know, that I know, that you know about this, but just wanna point out that my favorite Mission event is happening in Dolores Park on Sunday: [Link]

Of course, it only gets interesting after the Easter Egg hunt and the kids go home and the Hunky Jesus Competition starts.

Incidentally, the photo on that page is me, from 2 years ago! I’m still fuming that I lost that competition. I was one of the Final Five Jesuses, and those bitchy Sisters gave the award to some dude who called himself “Old-School Jesus”!

Those fucking Republicans! I shaved my chest hair into a cross (some real, some fake), and called myself “Guido Jesus from the Jersey Shore”. How the hell did I lose?! Even now, 2 years later, who do they post a photo of to promote it on Fun/Cheap? Old School Jesus? -Fuck that false prophet! ME! -That’s who they use! I think it’s like one of those Pulp Fiction things, where everyone knew it was the best picture and would live on in our consciousnesses for decades, yet Forrest fucking Gump wins the Oscar. That year’s result was the biggest social injustice since Christ was actually crucified 2000 years ago.

Anyway… I’m not competing this year (too many emotional scars), but I will be there, imparting all my sagely wisdom onto a close friend who is competing (kinda like when Apollo Creed started to manage Rocky in Rocky 3). My buddy assures me he’s a shoo-in for the top prize, but I tell him I once was that confident myself, and he should be prepared for disappointment.

Thanks for sharing, J.C., and God bless.

Photo by SanFranAnnie.

Yesterday we happily reported that Bender’s has installed a photo booth. Sadly, this improvement came with a price, as Monty (the bearer of the original good news) informs us here:

My foursquare -> Twitter -> Mission Mission didn’t communicate this, but the photobooth has resulted in the death of the *awesome* game Bags. Don’t get me wrong, Bender’s is my favorite spot in all of San Francisco, but bags > photobooth. Ya’ll fucked this one up. Nevermind the fact photobooths are already becoming a dive-bar cliche in the mission.

Read on.

Just like anything, in blog comments you have to hunt through a lot of garbage to find the good stuff. Here’s some good stuff, from reader zinzin:

point is, tags are permanent, and odds are, regardless of content or wittiness, odds are they’re an affront to someone.

on the one hand, that’s life in the city. on the other hand, so is prostitution and hard drug peddling. not the same, but who’s to say what bothers whom?

in a close, dense community like the mission, better to be respectful, and careful.

You may read the whole comment for more context, but whether you agree with zinzin’s stance or not, there’s wisdom in that closing line. Be cool, people.

Carlos Reyes ran into the Dolores Park brownie lady down on 24th Street somewhere, and procured some product. I imagine running into any of the Dolores Park edibles purveyors anywhere other than Dolores Park would be at least somewhat off putting. Like seeing your teacher at the beach or something. Link.

That said, I wouldn’t turn down an opportunity to “run into” the cute truffle guy somewhere.

Previously:

Narc?

Reader Clux just breathed new life into the comments thread on Throwback — Mission 1989:

Man New Dawn is where me and my friends grew up, Everyday after high school we would go kick it there and drink coffee for hours..They would give us any orders they fucked up on.

My friend got and still has in house in portland the old chalkboard…

Anyone have any photos of New Dawn..

Also of note:

When I was 11 I used to try to walk down 24th with my long blond hair and I would always get the shit kicked out me, with out fail.

Link.

I’ve been following the Mission Cycling blog, and from time to time they do a feature called “Meet Your Fellow Riders.” In today’s we meet “tall guy” Julian, who delivers one of the better Q&A answers I’ve seen in a while:

What is your favorite color?

Bottle green.

Link.

In the comments thread of another post, a guy named Dave who apparently REALLY loves the ’90s turned a discussion about graffiti into an argument about whether or not this current decade is the worst decade:

Seriously, the 00s have got to be the worst decade in modern pop cultural history. From reality TV to what passes for music on the Billboard Top 100, to those geek pillow fights, to “deejays” displacing real musicians, and ultimately to these low rent dorks flying around the world to tag buildings and take the pictures home to show off with.

Starts here, but he goes on to impugn Amy and Kelly and the entirety of an era that I pretty much just love.

I mean, Back to Black, Sounds of Silver, Blood Visions, Discovery, Love & Theft, Is This It, Wedding Crashers, Ghost World, YouTube, Christian Bale, Do’s and Don’ts, The Sopranos, Zooey Deschanel, East Bound & Down — I can’t remember anything in the ’90s as good as any of that. Plus, that was just off the top of my head. This decade rules.

He might be right about the geek pillow fights though.

Edward from Berlin’ hips us to another thirst-quenching Euro beer, Aass from Norway. Pictured above is Mr. Aass. Do visit the website for more fun.

Previously:

Plop Beer