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Group Anthro Project

This is the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco. It is where mostly gay and lesbian people lives, congregate and meet each other. It has become a landmark where LGBT folks are proud of their achievement in making their voices heard in the city, state and national politics. If we ever want to make a difference in our local community, in our city, our state or national politics we can learn from this group of people. One major example is Harvey Milk who gathered his fellow gay men and women to start in their own political campaign to have a voice for themselves in San Francisco's political arena.

Nerds in the kitchen

This is what happens when you put nerds in a kitchen: just about nothing. Notice how the guys aren't paying any attention to the rest of the kitchen. There is one more woman in here, and she is helping me cook. Granted, I wouldn't trust some of these dudes with a knife or boiling water anyhow, so I suppose this is a good thing.

Wad Sculpture

On closer inspection, we found that it did not look like gum, but was instead rather phallic. The exact phrasing we chose was along the lines of "penis-wad sculpture." We liked it far better this way. :)

We sat on it for a very long time... make of that what you will.

Sculpture

Here is a sculpture along the lake shore. My friend from Texas saw it from a distance, and wondered why someone would make a sculpture resembling a regurgitated piece of chewing gum. Californians just walk by stuff like this and hardly give it any thought. It does look a bit like gum, from a distance.

My room

This here is my room, taken with the flash off. Kinda makes it look like I live in Hell. The dog doesn't seem to notice in the slightest. Notice how only my computer screen is illuminated. Kinda makes you wonder: if I apparently live in Hell, is cyberspace heaven?

Sweet Primus, I hope not...

Hell

On the topic of Hell, I found this carved into a tree branch down along Lake Merrit. I suppose someone was having a really crappy day, and took it out on a dead tree. There had to be about ten other carvings on this particular tree, too. Not uncommon at all, in Oakland.