Humility

I was waiting for the bus after work, and generally there are at least a few homeless people hanging around by the bus stop. There were two women in particular who I see regularly, one of whom seems to have all her mental capacity, and always appears clean, however I have no doubt that she is homeless. Anyway, I saw her give the other woman who was in rough shape a sweatshirt. And I heard her say she'd give her another if she had it. It just blew my mind, not that I couldn't believe it, but it was amazing to see a woman who probably has nothing, give away the little that she had to help another woman in need.

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My wonderful little beach community

Man, I absolutely love where I live ...

This is a random listing of the type of people I see on a daily basis in wonderful Ocean Beach, either just in my wanderings around the beach, or on the bus heading out to work.

• Trendy Beach Types


• Surfers


• Tattooed skaters


• Yuppies


• Burly Bikers


• Tourists


• Homeless people


• Crazy people


• Old guys with white ponytails wearing tie dyes and birkenstocks


• Backpackers


• Normal working types


• Barefoot hippies sporting dreads


• Cutie bohemian girls


• Joggers, cyclists, and volleyball players


• Plenty of dogs and cats

And they are all friendly and tolerant.

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Downtown San Diego

It's not very often that there are wispy clouds during the summer. It's either clear or totally overcast.

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new apartment

After a long weekend, we are halfway settled into our new apartment in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego.

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I'm not in CT any more, that's for sure

So when I moved to San Diego from CT some 6 or 7 years ago, I lived at the beach and it appeared to me that all was good in San Diego. Everyone was good looking, every one had money (or acted like they did), and I couldn't for the life of me imagine where a ghetto was in this beautiful beach city. Hell, I barely even saw anyone who wasn't white. I had friends visit who mentioned this as well (the only white people thing and how nice everything was). After a couple years, I finally realized that this was hardly an accurate portrayal of San Diego.

At my first job out here, I worked with people from Brazil, China, Afghanistan, South Africa, Canada, Vietnam, Peru, Phillipines... At my current job I work and have worked with people from Switzerland, China, and Laos.

I also learned that there are places of great diversity in San Diego, and there are some nasty ghettos as well. The bus I ride to work every morning now comes through both a diverse area, and a ghetto area. I've often commented and joked that I'm the minority on my bus for sure. And as I was sitting on the bus this morning, I heard the girl next to me on her cell phone speaking another language, though I'm not sure what it was, the woman behind me, if I had to guess, I'd say was from Ethiopia or somewhere in that area, judging by her accent and her dress. And I overheard a conversation between her and the girl next to her, which ironically enough was about speaking English, at which point I learned this other girl was from Switzerland. And then to round it out, the two others closest to me were not white.

So for sure, I'm not in Connecticut anymore, lol.

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