Monthly Archives: July 2015

Uber

Posted on July 31, 2015 by d4vid

So many fascinating Uber drivers on this visit.  One had strong opinions on the Mission: Impossible films and the work of the Wachowskis.  Another brought his family to Sunnyvale from Kathmandu years before the earthquake. But my favorite was of … Continue reading →

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Superlative

Posted on July 31, 2015 by d4vid

Best ice cream I’ve ever had in my entire life:  créme brûlée at Bi-Rite with Nicia. Best pizza I’ve ever had in my entire life:  pepperoni, mushroom, & garlic sourdough at Goat Hill Pizza with Holly.

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Arabica

Posted on July 31, 2015 by d4vid

 Who has two thumbs and can read McDonald’s ads on the sides of San Francisco busses?  This guy. 

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Joynt

Posted on July 29, 2015 by d4vid

Had dinner at Tommy’s Joynt on Van Ness here in San Francisco (seen here with crazy construction going on across Geary.) This Hofbräuhaus has been a Young family favorite since before I was born and, if I’m not mistaken, has also … Continue reading →

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Pixels

Posted on July 29, 2015 by d4vid

I saw it because reasons. People are saying that it isn’t smashing box office records because of a shift in zeitgeist. But I, for one, can’t believe that because it includes a line about “jiggery-pokery” scant weeks after Supreme Court Antonin Scalia popularized … Continue reading →

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Commerce

Posted on July 28, 2015 by d4vid

The salesclerk/interrogator at Macy’s had this to say when I admitted to living in Shanghai:  “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” Touché.

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Periselene

Posted on July 27, 2015 by d4vid

 My favorite part of my trip has been reading my friends Martin & Zoya’s daughter Goodnight, Moon in Chinese before bedtime. She was kind enough not to point out that my tones were terrible.

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Phlebology

Posted on July 27, 2015 by d4vid

Haven’t been able to escape this Taylor Swift song since I got here.  Which is fine by me because it’s catchy as fuck.  

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Ersatz

Posted on July 27, 2015 by d4vid

Who needs to go all the way to Xi’an when you can find terracotta warriors right outside of P.F. Chang’s?  

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Trainwreck

Posted on July 26, 2015 by d4vid

The movie we saw, not the evening. Saw the awesome Apatow/Schumer movie TRAINWRECK with my dearest of USC film school friends, Debbie & Jim.

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Idiot

Posted on July 24, 2015 by d4vid

In my favorite William Gibson novel, PATTERN RECOGNITION, he posits that jet lag is actually one’s soul being “reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane” because souls “can’t move that quickly, and are left … Continue reading →

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Max

Posted on July 23, 2015 by d4vid

Finally got a chance to see MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.  Simply the most insane stunt movie of all time. Also, took me an hour and a half to finally recognize that the character Nux was played by Nicholas Hoult.

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Burbank

Posted on July 22, 2015 by d4vid

My 老家 (“hometown” or literally “old family”.) A town so dull that it was named not after semi-famous naturalist Luther Burbank but after not-at-all famous dentist David Burbank.  A town so dull that comedian Taylor Negron once quipped “Burbank makes … Continue reading →

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Physics

Posted on July 22, 2015 by d4vid

 This was the sticker on the dash of my rental car.  Has smoking become so rare in L.A. that people have forgotten how smoke works?

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Dirt

Posted on July 22, 2015 by d4vid

And speaking of Mark McGrath, this poster confronted me at a Burbank bus stop. W.T.Fuck? Now, I happen to have seen DEUCE BIGALOW 2: EUROPEAN GIGOLO in Amsterdam with a Dutch audience and it brought down the house.  So, I … Continue reading →

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