Mission Mission

This guy Drew just published an essay called “I Got So Sober Last Night, Dude.” Here’s an excerpt:

Yeah, I’m so awake today, dude. I haven’t been this awake since that last time we got all sober on that one Wednesday. Yeah, man, remember that? That one in April? You came home at a moderate hour and were like, “man, I might catch up on my DVR tonight.” And then I was all, “cool, I’m pretty tired and might just fall asleep about three quarters of the way into a documentary on Netflix.” We got crazy sober that night and were like, “NEVER again!” Guess what? BOOM. Blew that one.

Read on for the full rundown. I can tell this is funny, but I’m not sure I totally relate. I usually get drunk when watching documentaries on Netflix.

[via Gaelen]

Check out the tale of a recent ride-along over at The Bold Italic. Written by Mark Lukach with design by Diana Martinez. Among other things, we learn that when you get pulled over late at night for something seemingly insignificant, the cops are just using you as an excuse to flash their lights.

[From midnight to 2 a.m.], the most important thing for officers is to be as obvious as possible. The easiest way to do that is to pull people over. So we did that. If we saw a guy with a tail light out, or turning left where it’s prohibited, we pulled the car over. Not to cite the guy. Not to be dicks. We did it in order to have police lights flashing on busy streets where drugs are sold, gangs congregate, and the inebriated get rowdy. In the course of an hour, we pulled over four cars along Mission Street, and didn’t ticket a single driver. We were just letting our presence be known.

Read the rest here.

There’s a new playground, a new bike polo court, a new pathway, the old bathroom building is gone, two new bathroom buildings are in, and they’re putting a bunch more benches at the tippity top.

Uptown Almanac has a thorough breakdown of every little change right here.

At first this looked like one of those tourist go-carts that takes you on a self-directed tour throughout the city (Anyone ever been on one of those by the way?  What are they like?), but closer inspection revealed that this pair was actually pedaling their craft down the street, as if they had appropriated one of the Stow Lake paddle boats for concrete usage.

Speaking of Stow Lake paddle boats, anyone ever been on one of those before?  What are they like?

Burger Joint closing time.

I mean, I can’t wait to see it, but I’m not camping out. (Same with the revolution.)

[via David Colburn]

[via Andy Brooks]

Totally thought they were gonna clothesline Hidalgo, didn’t you?

Noise Pop and the Roxie present (as part of their ongoing Pop/Rox program) the SF premiere of this behind-the-scenes look at the making of NASA‘s star-studded debut album. Here’s just a handful of folks that might appear in the film:

David Byrne, Karen O, Tom Waits, Kool Keith, Nick Zinner, Lykke Li, M.I.A., Kanye West, George Clinton, Chuck D, Seu Jorge, and the RZA.

Furthermore, director (and NASA member) Sam Spiegel will be IN THE HOUSE! And spinning at the AFTER PARTY!

Here’s my favorite NASA song:

Boom. Win tickets to this thing by posting a NASA-themed picture of yourself on our Facebook wall. A winner will be chosen based on merit and awarded two tickets. Contest ends Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at noon.

Or buy tickets and read more about the film here.

Erica explains:

This guy just rainbowed an empty wine bottle into a trash can. I want to buy him a soccer ball.

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