"Undermining my electoral viability since 2001."

Bright Lights, Mid-Sized City

Quick little bartblogging while I'm on my way home. Friday night had a taste of the old glory days. Maybe it was AlexUA on the scene, or maybe it was just the first time I'd been out on the town in a long while, but it occurs to me that I'm only going to be young and pretty enough to run with the bulls for so long, and it may be advisable to make the most of it.

Anyway, the Mission these days is out of control. All the trends that were in place when I left have continued to expand exponentially. I hear the same about North Brooklyn (will see in a month or so). Not sure how I feel about all this, but it seems like... an opportunity at least.

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How do you mean, Josh? Rapacious growth, horrid hipsters, the conversion of everything short of a lamppost into a luxury condo?

It was partly seeing the scene outside the Macaframa movie premiere. There were about 300 fixed gear bikes stacked all around the 16th st station. But it's for a good cause:

http://www.macaframaproductions.com/

And then just the night crowd scenes on the side-streets. And gentrification and everything else. It's not all bad, but it is... weird.

Every few months I find myself on the Bedford L platform and each visit is a caricature of the last one. My values must have changed; it used to make me more comfortable.

Anyway, if you're around around the 11th, I'll invite you to join me for my 30th.

(For the first time in 9 years I'm feeling the effect of having been the oldest kid in my class again.)

I'll extent my plan a bit and see if I can stick around

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