OOJ: Babies in Watermelons

i'd be pissed off too if someone dressed me in watermelon... but apparently all the kid wanted was some watermelon arm bands. for more pics, check out the post on 8asians.com.

OOJ: subletsf.com

today's OOJ is a blog: subletsf.com, written by valerie luu when she spent a year sublet-hopping in san francisco. besides her quintessentially SF pics, i especially like her post on how to celebrate birthdays: "The Trifecta". i envy luu and others like her who are enamored with the cities they live in. hopefully someday i'll find a city for me.

speaking of ppl who live + bleed SF, check out this track by SF rapper/artist/creator of beauty, emassin: "SF Out of Body Experience". 

OOJ: Plane View

SW Flight #1382 SAN-ABQ

even though flying has become a lot less fun over the years, you still can't beat the view from a window seat 10,000 ft up in the sky. on this particular flight, the landscape saved me from insanity, since the soundscape (toddlers screaming for their ipads), smellscape (someone kept farting, it wasn't me), and seatmate-scape (i sat next to a middle-aged white male with questionable boundaries) were not so great. 

OOJ: Cord Jefferson on Gawker

this is the first time an article has won OOJ designation. check out Cord Jefferson's commentary on "thuggish white youth". even the readers' comments (a section i usually skip because reading ppl's ignorant statements is depressing) were surprisingly entertaining. Jefferson went on to do a tv news segment with MSNBC's Chris Hayes about "dangerous white culture". behold the colbert-ization of 'serious' news channels. brilliant.

OOJ: Waraku Ramen

waraku, japantown, sf, ca

forgive me- i know taking pics of your food is so cliche by now, but it's been months since i had a decent bowl of ramen, and this bowl of tonkotsu broth was more than decent- it was decadent, rich + comforting, like drinking a good hug. also check out the yelp logo on the paper chopstick wrapper (lower right)- that's so sf/silicon valley!

OOJ: Ocean Beach

ocean beach, san francisco, ca

take from me:
food
sex
family
love

leave me with my memories
sharp-edged images of the ones i love most
flashing in front of my eyes in a looping reel

return me to the ocean on a night with a crescent moon
let the relentless waves claim me
rub away skin, tissue, bone until i am foam

then i can 
rest.

OOJ: Sign of the Times

Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, Santa Cruz, CA