Odd celebrations on odd days. The girlfriend, Jake + Clara and I took a nice little getaway to the San Francisco Zoo the most recent Wednesday. Praying for no rain on the way there, we got a decent sunshine-y day in between hovering clouds.
I say odd celebrations because I found out later that night about April 8th being "Zoo Lovers Day" from a SF Zoo tweet (twitter.com/sfzoo). I'm not quite sure how legit the "celebration" is, but here's the link SF Zoo provided - Zoo Lovers Day.
Nestled in the city, the place is pretty damn big. And ignoring the '08 tiger attack, all of the animals seem pretty chill. Now I'm not normally one of the people that says things like "Oh no! Animals shouldn't be caged" or "They're not treated well!", but seeing the most human-like animal there, the Silverback Gorilla, freaked me out. Mr. Gorilla has the ability to look you in the eyes and there's a very soul-punishing feel to this.
He looked me in the eyes and seemed to rip apart the line between humans and apes. Very chilling. Made me even more sure of evolution.
All issues aside, we eventually made it over to the beach...nearly right outside the steps of the exit. Driving along the coast down that specific little ocean highway was priceless too. I'm lucky to be a Californian.
The ride home involved rush-hour traffic, Beatles' songs ("Hey Jude", "Within You, Without You") and yelling at cars that weren't in the carpool lane.
Seattle-based band, Telekinesis, has their debut album out now on Merge Records called "Telekinesis!" The album was produced by DCFC's Chris Walla and can be streamed in full at MergeRecords.com
I especially like Walla's words about the album.
Nestled in the city, the place is pretty damn big. And ignoring the '08 tiger attack, all of the animals seem pretty chill. Now I'm not normally one of the people that says things like "Oh no! Animals shouldn't be caged" or "They're not treated well!", but seeing the most human-like animal there, the Silverback Gorilla, freaked me out. Mr. Gorilla has the ability to look you in the eyes and there's a very soul-punishing feel to this.
He looked me in the eyes and seemed to rip apart the line between humans and apes. Very chilling. Made me even more sure of evolution.
All issues aside, we eventually made it over to the beach...nearly right outside the steps of the exit. Driving along the coast down that specific little ocean highway was priceless too. I'm lucky to be a Californian.
The ride home involved rush-hour traffic, Beatles' songs ("Hey Jude", "Within You, Without You") and yelling at cars that weren't in the carpool lane.
Seattle-based band, Telekinesis, has their debut album out now on Merge Records called "Telekinesis!" The album was produced by DCFC's Chris Walla and can be streamed in full at MergeRecords.com
I especially like Walla's words about the album.
"Telekinesis is the geography of dreams; a school year abroad; love letters from Liverpool coffee shops to the Carolina coastline and Tokyo and everywhere in between everywhere; a road trip waiting to happen"
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