Come Backs

Whew, Das Behr has been all a twitter of late... The day trip to the coast was wonderful despite the fog. Since then, I've been more or less stuck here in the valley. Good news is I'm no longer living in my Cobalt. I've secured a new roommate situation and that is moving along slowly the way it ought to. My new EDD claim form has been submitted and I ought to be getting some much needed monies to pay some bills.

I've been checking out the availability of broadband connection options in the localmarketplace... and I got to say ARRGGHHH. What a disappointment overall. I like the aspects of Cable internet, but without a TV nor a TV card in a yet to be built computer box, it still equals no TV. DSL is also a bit pricey for what I want as far as bandwidth is concerned. Wide Area WiFi in San Jose is for the most part still a pipe dream. So that leaves only microwave- ala Sprint.

I recently, like today, read online about two comebacks that'll be happening here in the Bay Area... the Save Mart grocery chain has decided to bring back the LUCKY'S brand. many of the now closed Albertson's locations and the still functional Albertson's Stores are going to be affected by the re-branding. According to the Save Mart company will close all the stores for a two-day period and then re-open under the Lucky's brand. The story can be found here.

Yea! The San Jose Earthquakes are coming back to San Jose!

Lack of enthusiasm for MLS was one of many factors which forced the then Earthquake franchise to head out of town and onto Houston where the 'quakes underwent a name change to be more palatable with the Houston crowd. Anyways, look for the new version of the San Jose Earthquake soccer team sometime in 2008. W00T, W00T!!

As for my own comeback? well, that is still in the works. In the meantime, I'm still sending my cover letters and attached resumes to all the jobs- that I know I can do, as found on Craig's List. A friend advised me of a temp gig doing some project management and general office stuff on a temp basis til the middle of October for 11 bucks an hour. And there's a recruiter from Wired Talent that has an opening for a CSR at a local game software company, in Mountain View, for a long-term temp gig.

But for now as always of late... It's a wait and see kinda thing.

lastly, check out the Das Behr MySpace Presence VERSION 2.0

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Over the Hill, the 07.07.07 day trip

Wow! One of my latest photos taken with my Nokia!

Das behr was feeling a whole lotta boredom this past Saturday, the "lucky" day for weddings and lotto players. 07.07.07 The palindrome day. Anyways, like I just mentioned I was b-o-r-e-d that day. I had just completed my first week livin' in my car (surprisingly comfortable for sleeping, but I digress.) I found myself up in San Mateo county at the Vista Point that's notorious for guys to whip out their cocks to anyone looking for a show. **Not Das Behr mind you, I am well aware of what a penis looks like regardless of who it belongs to! ** besides many guys are clueless to the fact that CHP usually hangs out on the opposite ridge keeping tabs on the goings-on. Anyway Das Behr was coming up on the end of the allowed 6 hour stay and it was fast approaching 14.00hrs. Not wanting to waste anymore of the day without doing something constructive, I looked toward the west and watched as the fog kept rolling over the mountain range.




Then I made the decision to drive over the hill and see if the gate is open on the San Gregorio private beach.

i love driving over the hill on Woodside Road aka Highway 84. It is a pleasant drive complete with beautiful vistas and narly switch-backs. It is so unlike the other two routes over the hill. Namely Route 92 to Half Moon Bay and Highway 17 to Santa Cruz.

Highway 84 is the lesser traveled route. 92 has a sometimes pain-stakingly slow crawl of traffic replete with day-tripping tourists and tractor trailer trucks. 17 is a freeway for most of it's passage up and over the Summit. Funny the same people who drive like turtles on the flat valley floor freeways, are zooming assholes on a slalom race. That's why i like 84, it's a gentle trip. Top speed at times is a blazing 35mph. the slowest speeds are the posted ones of 15mph. Like I said those switch-backs (hairpin turns)are narly.

Twenty miles later, I was approaching the "t" intersection where 84 stops at the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). Sure enough is was foggy! No matter- I knew it would be besides that...

I WAS ON THE COAST, YAY!

For those not familiar with the beaches of Northern California, Hiking down a trail hugging a cliff is pretty much the norm here. Here are some pics of that trek:



My Cobalt is seen here parked at the top of the trailhead.



Halfway down the cliff trail...



The view westward from the trail's mid-point.



Once on the beach, here's a glance back to the trail I just traversed.



Ah, the fog enshrouded coast!



The tide was going out at the time of this shot.

The private beach is located at the end of a "toll" road through a coastal ranch. I arrived around 15.00 and was advised by the toll-taker that the beach will close at 19.00 "if you last that long". What a queer thing to say, I pondered.

I trudged along the beach for about a quarter mile and found my "condo". Everyone I know who also go to this beach have always referred to the gay made driftwood corrals as condos. So I found mine and set-up camp. Here are the pix of my condo and the view from it:



Yeah, I know there's nothing much to it. A real fixer upper!



The view from the condo towards the cliff...



And finally a view from the inside...



Lastly, another pic of Das Behr!



So Sayeth Das Behr

Amazing 21st Century Technological Majik

Dateline: 1st July, 2k7 Surprisingly, my car is quite comfy to sleep in! But, I digress- I'm sitting here as of this sentence (19.30) parked in San blah-zay, (Renegades) tapped into someone's unsecured WiFi, with a tab open on the Das Behr MySpace presence listening to a stream of Bastard Pop via the MP3 input jack on the dash for the wonderful base response of my car speakers. My friend's are impressed and agree that it IS technological majik happening here!

So Sayeth Das Behr