Mission Mission

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I started Mission Mission a year ago today, largely because I just wanted to put the Two Ribitys in Love picture online somewhere. A couple weeks later, I took this picture on an outbound J Church, and I sat on it quietly until today. Happy anniversary!

Over at Disenchanted Princess, Lola describes sidewalk dining in the Mission:

Halfway through dinner a parade of weirdness started. This is why I prefer to eat outdoors, whenever possible, especially in the Mission. It’s like dinner theater. First was a typical homeless spanger. The kind who has perfected the ability to interact with you so skillfully that you can’t ignore him, but neither can you remember him later. The kind of guy who understands deeply the rules of homeless person behavior. The only part of him I remember aufblasbare spiele is his hand. He approached our table, extended his hand, and opened it conspiratorily. Inside was one shiny dime. 

“That’s a nice dime you have there,” I said, choosing to remark upon the literal meaning of the gesture rather than the implied meaning. 

Link.

Spotted on the F Market.

“I never go to the Mission, it’s so crazy there … it’s so boring, and they’re all assholes.”

This innovation allows for a pleasantly hands-free bus ride. Simple, elegant. I’m sending this to Street Use.

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So now I’m doing some serious soul searching.

New meme? Link to official Semi-Pro site. Link to Kaiser Permanente.

Even before anything happened, I noticed this guy had a camera on his dash. Then as he’s merging back into traffic after making a stop at Mission & Valencia, some Dodge Durango douche cuts us off. Guy grabs his camera, fumbles with it, boots it up — whilst piloting an eighty-foot articulated Muni bus mind you — and starts snapping pics, presumably of dude’s license plate. So I guess, motorists, don’t mess with the 49.

WHAT IM SEEING published an informative feature on the Mission’s Clarion Alley today. 

(via Laughing Squid)

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So wtf are these anyway?