señor taco’s travels

As it’s the end of the year and that tends to have some religious significance
for a lot of people they give gifts to celebrate. This year I went along with
it (not in a religious manner mind you, just the gift giving) and gave gifts
to my friends and family, although I am going to change that this next year
(due to issues beyond my control my bank account took a beating this last
month, which would have been lessened had I done gifts during the year. Oh
well, laugh at me if you must). At any rate, I also got good swag this year.

• One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest DVD (2 disc edition)
• Brazil DVD (Criterion Collection edition)
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
• Gift Certificates to Amazon.com, Amoeba Music, Land’s End, and Target

By far the oddest thing I got (and not a holiday gift, but swag and a gift
none the less) is one of these:

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I’m not sure what to make of it being given to me, but I think it’s cool
regardless. It definitely has great craftsmanship. The engraving on top is
from Evil
Bikes and is a skull with flames and gothic lettering ( href="http://www.evilbikes.com/images/gear/hat_flexfit.jpg"
alt="evil bikes hat with logo example">as you can see pictured on this hat).
That I love. The skull is so perfect (although the skull and flames a bit
larger would have been even better :)

So, Saturday was a busy day for me. In the afternoon I braved the Bay Bridge
traffic to make my way over to the Potrero Hill area for a house warming
party at Jamie’s new apartment (he moved out here not too long ago). He has
a great apartment and he’s put a lot of himself into it. It was very
comfortable to be in.

After the house warming I went back over to Berkeley to meet several people
from work for dinner at href="http://www.elmwoodshop.com/pages/stores/shenhua.html" title="Shen Hua">
Shen Hua in Berkeley. After dinner and dessert we headed over to the
CalShakes
amphitheater for the one man show, title="MacHomer">MacHomer. Not only was it well done, it was hilarious
and I laughed my butt off. The cast of characters fit perfectly. While there
are far too many to name here some of the best were: The Sea Captain, Moe, and
Principal Skinner as the witches/weird sisters; Homer as MacHomer (rather than
MacBeth); Marge as Lady MacHomer; Barney as MacDuff; Mr. Burns and Smithers
as the king and Malcom respectively; and Flanders as Banquo. At the end of the
show Rick Miller, the one man, performed Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody as 25
different performers. The hi-lights include Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Meatloaf,
and Ozzy. I forgot some of them because I was laughing so hard.

If you ever get a chance to see this show do it. Pay attention to the puppet
show he does if you see it…well, if you’re not laughing too hard.

Hmmm, I think I saw this web site a while back (but that was long ago in a place called New York :) but I thank my friend KP for reminding me about the Illegal Art Exhibit.

It’s actually here at the SFMOMA through July 26. I may have to go and check it out.

wow, the things that Japanese culture has come up with always amaze me. I’m also surprised at the well behaved look on the cats throughout the pictures.

I must admit, they’re cute looking, but I know my cats would freak out with them on.
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