Do people change, or is it just me?
Have you ever had friends that were really great people when you first met them, but then after a few months, rather than seeming cool, they just seem completely annoying? Now, I'm not saying that there are any people in my life like that, but in the event that there were, I'm sure I would ask myself if the person changed over the course of the few months, if I just had the wrong impression of them from the get go, or if I was just fooling myself for one reason or another.
So I was up in San Francsico yesterday looking at some apartments. I found one that I'm going to apply for. It is located in the Inner Richmond district and is a 3 bed, 3 bath place. Assuming the application for tenancy is accepted, I'll plan on moving in there together with Mike and Don right around Feb. 1.
After I finished apartment hunting I headed to church at St. Doms where I had the chance to catch up with some people. I love the young adult group there... so many cool people. Following church, I had to drop some stuff off to my friend and former workmate, Brad. I pulled up in front of his apartment and called him to let him know I was there to drop off his Netflix DVD and his book on CD that he had left in my car. As I was waiting for him to come down to the street and ambulance showed up, sirens blaring, at the top of the street. Within a minute or two after the first ambulance appeared, five fire trucks showed up, together with some other emergency service vehicles right on the block I was stopped on. I quickly realized that I couldn't stay on that street any longer. Had I stayed another minute, I'm sure I would have been trapped by all of the emergency vehicles. Thankfully Brad was outside when I decided to pull away, so I threw his stuff out the window to him and took off just in time. It turns out that there was no fire - just a false alarm - but at least everyone now knows that the firemen will turn out in force.
As you should all know, I enjoy the offerings at Starbucks. Today a bomb was planted in a Starbucks's bathroom in San Francisco. I've never been to that particular Starbucks, but it isn't at all far from St. Dom's. Police have called it an IED: Improvised Explosive Device. At least in initial reports, they wouldn't disclose the amount of explosive in the bomb, but from what I could gather, it sounds like it was a small bomb. Nobody was hurt, and the bomb squad was able to diffuse it safely.