Return to the Zipline

After getting shut down the first time, Sara and I decided we would return on another day to try to ride the zipline that they installed in San Francisco.  We got there ten minutes after it opened at 10:00 am...

Only to discover a line hundreds of people long.  We waited in line for about an hour before we were told that we would not be riding the zipline.  The news came from an employee that was a little too chipper to not want to punch in the face.

Ahhh, the British Columbia experience, where you constantly get rejected for their stupid zipline and waste time standing in line.  Is there anything more refreshing?

Have fun jerks, we won't be coming back

So  instead of doing what we came to do, we headed down the pier to find some excitement.  On our walk we found this gem of a sign.

We also found a place with colored salt!  We didn't stay long...

We walked on and said whats up to the Sea Lions at pier 39

They're awesome little guys, but harassing them is a no no

Further down the Pier awaited one of my favorite places in San Francisco

  This little place houses many machines of antiquity and you can spend hours popping quarters into the machines and watching them work.

The first thing we did was stop by the opium den to blaze some drugs

The dudes in there were partying and... oh shit, is that...?

Yep, its a skeleton. If you OD in an opium den they hang your skeleton in a closet and you only get to see the light of day when someone inserts a quarter.

We also witnessed an execution.  The little guy in the doorway dropped down into the gallows.

 He was then taken to the graveyard and promptly buried

Then I arm wrestled this lumpy looking dude.

The bimbo box was full of monkeys rocking out.  Not what I would have expected.

 We checked out this little machine here

My favorite possibility on the machine: Overrated

In this sweet game hit as many pedestrians as you can in the time limit

Hey kids!  Play with creepy guy here.  He sings and if you push the buttons he jerks around wildly

Don't buy this guy a drink... The jerk just spills it all over himself

"Hey! I'm a dumb lookin, burning lover"

After our walk around the pier we took this sweet ride to Golden Gate Park.

 I hope everyone knows that you can't take a boat to Golden Gate park... Anyway, we got here and went straight to Hippy Hill.  It was just like it sounds, complete with drum circle.

This creep was going around hocking beers to anyone foolish enough to buy warm beer

And here's one for you...

And a beer and a bj for this guy!

Slash looks a lot more homosexual in person...

There's no helping this dude though, he just always looks homosexual

He wasn't very good at these things, and the dance he was doing was even worse.  I didn't get any good pictures of his spin kick moves though.  It is truly a tragedy, believe me.

And now, I shall leave you with this.  Hand stand guy's crotch in your face!

Spoontonic Cirocs My World

Yeah, corny title I know, but let me explain.  As a part of her job, my girlfriend Sara pushes booze on unsuspecting saps.  The location this evening was one of my favorite local watering holes, Spoontonic lounge.  Anytime Sara is working its a great time out for me (obviously), but this time was especially awesome because she was pushing good booze and I got to see a lot of old friends. 

 Before we went to Spoon's we went to downtown Walnut Creek and discovered that they recently installed parking meters from the future.  I parked the hovercraft, but it was after hours so I didn't need to use the meter.

While walking around downtown we ran into our friend Andrew.  Shawn took a really high picture with him

 Then we took a gang photo.  I'm partially retarded though so I fucked up our gang photo.

 We all walked on to our first destination to meet up with our friend whose birthday it was

 This is where he works and (unsurprisingly) our first destination of the evening

 "Happy birthday Ramin!  Where are you partying tonight?  Tiki Tom's?  Oh..."  I tried to get him to go to Spoons but he wasn't feeling it

 This dude came straight out of my past tho throw up a peace sign for Ramin's birthday.  Good to see you Jason.

 From there we headed to the final destination.  Gary and Kim were already there waiting for us when we arrived.

 Sara was looking gorgeous as usual and she and her partner were hard at work giving out samples of expensive flavored vodka.  Brilliant!

 My buddy Kyle doesn't seem to like vodka much.  Jonathan was having a good time though seeing as our lovely friend Allison here was buying drinks for us. 

This is what I was drinking.  Ciroc and something.  It was a wee bit fruity, but delicious nonetheless.  Thanks Allison, you rock! 

 I felt a little sorry for these poor bastards drinking PBRs.  Its cool though, Dustin and Zhou didn't seem to mind.

Gary's mustache gets him all the hot chicks.

 I can't come up with anything funny or clever to say about this picture, but I like it so I'm going to include it anyway.

Believe it or not, my buddy Jonathan is wasted in this picture.  Its amazing how easily drunk happens when you're not paying for your drinks.

 While at the bar Leah reunited with an old friend of hers.  It was really touching.

 After the bar we all went home and had a few more beers

 Don came over and hung out for a bit

Then we all played Halo 3 and lived happily ever after.  Yeah, were nerds.  So what?