Mission Mission

Where did this look come from? Is it comfortable? How long does it take every morning to make sure your tank top is just the right amount of baggy?

Mai over at Fashionist doesn’t necessarily answer any of these questions, but she sure documents this extra-hot trend expertly, right here. (Be sure to click through, if only to see this pair’s hairdos.)

Ever wanted to see a guy in a shark costume execute some gnarly BMX maneuvers? Watch this video.

Also, Kurt Russell is in it:

MM reader Kevin had the opportunity to see what it’s like to look through Brian Wilson’s eyes, or at least during the Giants championship parade this past Wednesday:

My company  sponsored a float at the giants parade and I got to ride on it…  took loads of pics and video.  Thought you might enjoy seeing/posting a video that shows the experience from the perspective of being in it…  it’s pretty insane…

Can’t wait for Lateral Geniculate Nucleus implant technology to reach the point when we can actually look through Brian Wilson’s eyes while he pitches the final strike of the World Series.  Science!

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I heard mention of this the other night, but could not find photo confirmation until this moment.

Do blow this dramatic image up, and likewise these other doozies by photographer Jeremy Stewart.

I just feel like this should be a meme.

Happy belated Halloween from Man Freckles!

Fashion on Muni is a new project by Flickr user rchavez2, to be updated every Friday. Lo-fi shots, sure, but these are some solid fashion finds. I look forward to more.

UPDATE: It’s come to my attention that these photos are actually promotional material for a new sponsored feature on Muni Diaries called Muni Fashion Fridays. Flickr user “rchavez2″ is a journalism student at SFSU named Racine, working under the tutelage of Muni Diaries’ Eugenia Chen in a class called “Digital Journalism.” Racine will receive course credit for her contributions to the new feature, and, henceforth, the feature will consist of reader-submitted photos.

In an interview with local writer Frances Lefkowitz, Bookslut looks at the divide between rich and poor in the Mission:

You identify many such codes in your book. For example, you say why the lard tub at 826 Valencia in San Francisco makes you feel excluded: “It acts as a litmus test for distinguishing the people who ‘get’ the lard — or act as if they do — from the people who don’t. For the Spanish-speaking moms and kids who live in the neighborhood and walk past the keg to get to their tutoring sessions, lard is not an ironic joke; it’s food.”

Read on for the author’s answer, and for further thoughts on gentrification in the Mission.

Frances Lefkowitz’s memoir is called To Have Not, and reflects on a lifetime of feeling poor.

You really got to hand it to that Notch fellow.  I mean, this is really excellent viral advertising for that Minecraft game of his!  Or perhaps it’s for TRON?

Regardless, spotted on 23rd between Valencia and Guerrero.