Sunday morning I went hunting for coffee. Sunday mornings I hunt coffee at the same local coffeeing hole. So it’s not so much hunt as… a walk to and from. Hunt!
I approached a blind street corner. The corner is made blind by an apartment building on my left embracing the sidewalk all the way to the intersection. As I approached the corner, I heard voices coming from the adjacent sidewalk. Fast approaching voices. So I slow as reach to allow this couple or group to pass. But it’s just one hatted, bearded guy. My initial thought, this day and age, is that he’s got some Bluetooth or earpiece thing.
He stops as well when he sees me waiting for him to pass.
Bluetooth, right? Negative. Just talking to himself.
Then he cries out, “Hiyaaa-awaa-yaaa” and does some shifty-judochoppery arm moves in my general direction. We were about four feet from each other, so there really wasn’t any aggressive act. Just some frenetic wax-on, paint-the-house combinations. Left Right AB Left, right? A bit surprising, but nothing to worry about. I mean, who hasn’t air-kicked their older sister to show off those honed mad karate skillz? Exactly. I’m guessing I got my payback on the streets of San Francisco.
Then, the guy dropped his arms and smiled and gave me a pleasant, “Good morning.”
I said, “Good morning.”
We both moved on. I headed down the hill for that coffee thinking that it’s too early for this. Onward to coffee! Behind me, the karate master began rummaging through the trash bin on the corner. The conversation of voices started up again. So — somewhat erratic behavior.
All in all it was a lovely start to the day. Lovely day, Sunday. I went to the California Academy of the Sciences with the Mistress of ROD. Awesome place. So awesome that we missed our scheduled planetarium visit because we were too busy checking out the fantastic rain forest. The macaw, butterflies, vegetation and colorful froggies were really magnificent. And you know, searching for the various spiders, lizards and critters in their little boxes takes time. No chameleons in their exhibit, although they were supposed to be back that day according to the placard reminiscent of a “Back in 5 minutes” sign except it said “July 5th.” For the record, the 3D Bug show was apparently not awesome enough to keep the Mistress of ROD awake for its entirety. “The chairs were so comfy and it was dark and…zzz…” Ha. I agree, the 3D show was the weakest part of the day.
