October, November & December Open Thread
October 6th, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is an OPEN THREAD for you to express your thoughts about living in San Jose. Keep it to 77 words.
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Back After says:
Today, at the new Thai place on San Salvador and 2d, I heard the song “Miss You” from somebody’s car. I remembered it: when Elisa moved to London after her sophomore year. Then: touching, mournful, current. Now: it sounds lame. The song didn’t change. I guess we did.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:48 AM
sparrow says:
is there a better mid afternoon dive bar song on the jukebox than Melissa by the Allman Brothers?
November 16th, 2011 at 12:49 AM
Ellen Rosen says:
White skies.
Light sunburn.
Leaves dropping.
Almaden Quicksilver hike early November.
You said you never thought about seeing the valley from above it.
Now you say it looks like a cereal bowl.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:51 AM
Back After says:
It floors me.
Driving home from the new job
(which I love)
Sitting in traffic at 85 and 17
Remebering what this was like before the freeway
A gap on the map.
And one night at Peter’s house
We jumped the fence
Explored the trench
And looked up at the night sky
Some stars–like the planetarium you said
But i thought it was all washed out.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:53 AM
Mitty senior says:
(love this site!)
Your deodorant smelled.
I bet my makeup was no good
At least by that point.
The Green Day song on the radio made us be quiet.
Then it dropped out of range.
We thought about kissing but both were too cool.
So we hugged.
Not long enough.
The minimart on Stockton was still open
The light in the parking lot caught your hair
And we talked about the cement plant across the street
And how awesine the mixing trucks are.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:59 AM
Visiting the Bears says:
Someday
Somebody should write about
The way the lights over the pool tables
Cast a perfect shadowless light
On the green felt
And only the soft light from San Carlos
Casts a little shadow on the 2 ball
November 16th, 2011 at 1:01 AM
Roger the Baron says:
The golf cart hums.
Feet scratch.
Motorcycles explode.
And the garbage truck is just loud loud loud.
November 16th, 2011 at 1:02 AM
sparrow says:
Imagine California without palm trees.
Scruffier.
November 16th, 2011 at 1:03 AM
ellen rosen says:
West San Carlos and Wilbur.
Warm October night. Where does that breeze come from, teasing the white ballons and rattling the blue and silver sparkly strips that border the used car shops. The hondas, mercedes and chryslers. There’s a hint of the North in it, but it’s also soft like it comes via the Delta. I dream of football and grass stains and smelly meals that no one cooks anymore, and marvel at the way the outdoor light above the abandoned porch attracts all those floppy flies that are neither flea nor moth.
November 16th, 2011 at 5:56 PM
ellen rosen says:
It’s Getting on Xmas
Colder. The lights go up, but still scattershot. Like broken teeth on a smile. The sunsets over the Western Appliance sign seem sharper, quicker, more precise. Like a Chopin Nocturne.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Back After says:
After parking, we looked up at the Towne Theater sign.
You said you still remembered the sequence of neon lights that used go on when it was a porn theater.
You remembered the Boho Cafe Leviticus next door.
I said it was no longer a porn theater then.
We paused. The 522 roared past.
I love those articulated cars.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Roger the Baron says:
The Last Beajolais Nouvea
You bought it at Bev Mo on Stevens Creek and gave it to me on Thanksgiving. I finished it off last night, fearing it won’t keep til the end of January. I’ve never actually heard of one going over, but defer to those who know better, like cutting off the flirtation with the aggressive inappropriate girl in high school, fearing some sort of obscure social embarassment that of course would never happen, and instead pursuing endlessly to the appropriate girls from nice families who cut off my flirtation for the same reason. We should drink wine with more abandon.
January 5th, 2012 at 11:37 PM