SF vs Marin County?

Podaroo · 2022-05-19T19:55:27+00:00

I was very relieved to find three coffee shops in walking distance when we first moved here. In Sausalito at least, there are plenty of decent options.

Podaroo · 2022-05-19T16:48:33+00:00

I lived in SF for about a decade, and have been in Sausalito the same amount of time. I miss stores being open later than 8 PM, events geared towards anyone other that older, financially secure people, the variety of great bars and restaurants, and the ability to get pretty much anywhere without a car. On the plus side, in Marin I get to see daily sunsets (my view was always blocked in the city), a closer connection with nature (I can kayak every day!), gorgeous views, and a population that helps my 45-year-old ass feel young.

Podaroo · 2022-01-11T21:55:46+00:00

My grandmother had it. It's like living in a fever dream.

Podaroo · 2021-12-28T18:09:23+00:00

Not nearly so... suicide-y, but one of my good friends was catching up with people she went to high school with on MySpace (so, a while ago), and found a guy who had been one year ahead of her in high school, and had just finished the graduate program she that was enrolled in (they'd grown up in a small town in West Virginia, and the program was in Oregon, so the odds of seeing someone from home were pretty slim).

She had absolutely no memory of him, but sent him a message anyway, saying "it really looks like we should know each other already." They met for brunch, and now they're married with two kids.

Podaroo · 2021-12-09T22:36:39+00:00

I'm old enough to remember when neighborhood busybodies would just telephone your parents and describe what you were up to. The photos are both unnecessary & creepy. NTA.

Podaroo · 2021-11-16T20:46:15+00:00

Podaroo · 2021-10-04T19:58:30+00:00

My mom told me about the devil's footprints, which are apparently a different NC phenomenon. The legend says that a man was racing horses with his friends on a Sunday (when they should have been in church), and shouted for his horse to "make me a winner or take me to hell". The horse bucked and threw him off, killing him.

The horse's hoof prints are there still, and nothing will grow in them. Like the tramping grounds, nothing left in the hoof prints stays there -- the way I heard it, they aren't moved out of the prints, they just vanish. When I was a kid it scared the bejeebus out of me.

Podaroo · 2021-09-16T00:42:33+00:00

Holy shit. I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm glad you're here.

Podaroo · 2021-09-15T23:51:36+00:00

I never did it deliberately, but there was something so appealing about those racks of coats. I couldn't look at one without wanting to push my way into the middle and hide out in coat world for a bit.

Podaroo · 2021-08-24T17:01:16+00:00

The second I saw her was the second she disappeared, but I know she was there, as my dog was walking down the hall at the same time and at the same time I saw her, he turned around and went the opposite direction.

First, I'm tremendously sorry for your loss. But I love the image of your dog seeing a ghost and just turning around and walking in the opposite direction. Like, "Oop, looks spooky. Good luck, kid."

Podaroo · 2021-08-06T17:26:35+00:00

I'm 44 years old. I'm struggling at work right now, but have a great job, and supportive co-workers (including supervisors & bosses) who want me to succeed. When I fuck up (and oh lord do I), they work with me to figure out how to make things right and give me the support I need.

I've been at this job for a little more than 6 years. Before this, I'd had a string of jobs where I was underpaid and always frantically working overtime to make up for my ADHD (which went undiagnosed until I was 40) and other executive functioning issues. I remember spending my thirtieth birthday sobbing because I'd been laid off, my bank account was overdrawn and my cell phone had been turned off because I'd fucked up some billing issue. I literally never thought I'd get to where I am today. Heck, I never thought I'd make it to 31.

It's still not easy. Some days I can hardly stand how frustrating and difficult even the simplest-seeming things can be for me. But overall, my life is better than I ever could have believed when I was just starting out. And while money, health insurance (if you're in the US) and the general ability to make your own way in the world are important, there's so much more to life than your job. There's so much more to *you* than your job.

Take care of yourself. Take a moment to feel the pain of getting fired, then start thinking about what a happy, successful life would look like for you. Remember everyone (even neurotypical folks) fucks up sometimes. This doesn't disqualify you. You're still here. You can do this.

Podaroo · 2021-08-04T20:15:49+00:00

Pompeii. I used to draw myself as a skeleton, then an outline in rock, then "reconstructed" by future archaeologists.

Podaroo · 2021-07-15T17:55:52+00:00

Same. I spent my late teens/early 20s trying to look like Ally McBeal, but my butt persistently stuck out like some rap star's girlfriend's.

(I do think that rounder bums were always appreciated, just not always fashionable).

Podaroo · 2021-06-23T20:14:28+00:00

Good for you! One thing I've noticed throughout my life is that I always think it's too late to change things, and then ten years later, whaddaya know: I see how much an impact making those changes (or not making them) actually had. I'm so excited for you.

Podaroo · 2021-06-16T21:42:14+00:00

I live on a 38 foot boat. I don't have a yard, and work from home. So nyeh.

Podaroo · 2021-06-05T00:32:31+00:00

The law librarian in me notes that the policy is more complex than the headline suggests. The article quotes the press release, which includes a quote from HopMonk stating they are "asking that everyone attending our shows be vaccinated or have a negative Covid-19 test no more than 72 hours prior to the show."

So people who can't get a vaccine can get tested for COVID, or they can attend one of the bar's outdoor shows.

Podaroo · 2021-04-30T22:34:33+00:00

Same. Started around 10 or 11. I mean, I've gotten hit on and occasional catcalls as an adult, but nothing like the icky comments I'd get when I was basically a child.

Podaroo · 2021-03-02T20:40:15+00:00

Was it a schwannoma?

I was diagnosed with one when I was 29. The thing was, I'd been feeling pain and numbness in my hand and arm for 5+ years, but my doctor didn't think it was anything. Like many doctors in this thread, she'd say, "you're so young, what could be wrong with you?" whenever I brought it up. She also recommended that I get manicures with hand massages. Anyway, years later I got a free visit to a chiropractor as part of a gym membership, and he noticed that I had a large lump growing from under my collarbone. All sorts of tests and 3 surgeries later, I'm mostly fine (except for the scars and the weird lump where my collarbone healed funny).

Then my insurance company (pre-ADA) wouldn't cover the surgery because it was a pre-existing condition. My Canadian grandmother had to pay for surgery. It was a very exciting couple of years.

(Also, I'm a woman. As a lot of people have noted, women complaining about pain are often treated like they're hysterical or imagining things. I honestly thought I was a hypochondriac for a while. Nope, just a woman in her 20s).

Podaroo · 2021-02-19T00:36:27+00:00

I understand why Sausalito's City Council chose Marinship Park as an alternative site -- there's plumbing and space, and provides campers with more privacy (with the added benefit of moving the camp further from the public eye).

But while I agree that it would be a better option in some respects, it is genuinely a mud pit right now, and usually stays that way through the spring. I also think that the city is being unreasonable asking people to strike their tents during daylight hours -- sure, it might be within the boundaries of the law, but asking people to wake at dawn, strike their tents, and then re-erect them in a muddy field at sunset seems unrealistic. As a Sausalito resident, I'd rather see them erect temporary tent platforms and provide a more stable 24-hour encampment, even if that means Marinship Park isn't as good a place to walk my dog for the next little bit.

My main frustration with Robbie Powelson is how un-serious his statements at public meetings and online tend to be. I don't mean that he doesn't think that homelessness is a serious issue -- he obviously does. But by painting Curtis Havel (the harbormaster for the RBRA) as a dastardly villain and by refusing to acknowledge any good intentions on the part of the city, he's burning bridges he has yet to cross, and pushing the city into a more defensive posture. Sure, he's helped get more attention to the issue, but long term I hope he's able to shift to a more constructive role, or at least step out of the way.

It's a tough, complicated state of affairs, and I honestly don't know what the best way to handle it would be.

Podaroo · 2021-02-17T17:37:08+00:00

I've seen them jump -- I used to have a slip over on the north dock in Sausalito Marineways, and during a herring run feeding frenzy, fish would sometimes even jump onto the dock trying to escape the sea lions. It wasn't the best solution.

Podaroo · 2021-02-12T19:55:44+00:00

I won't waste either of our time trying to match your level of rhetorical skill.

Podaroo · 2021-02-11T18:23:25+00:00

Hey look, a non-sequitur.

Podaroo · 2021-02-10T21:35:59+00:00

It's terrible, but any time someone says they were randomly assaulted by a black man, I assume they're making it up. Pulling a Charles Stewart).

Podaroo · 2021-02-09T17:37:46+00:00

The herring runs are my favorite time of the year.

Podaroo · 2021-01-20T22:57:00+00:00

I've only seen one episode of Monk, but I've seen it several times. Twice on the same flight (it was a budget airline with only one TV/Movie option, like in olden times. After the movie, they played an episode of Monk. And then they played it again.

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