Voodoo Lounge v.12.1: I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!

Rolling thru the Mish with Project Mayhem

I got off work today after doing literally nothing while giving my students projects. I managed to start cleaning out my drawers in order to prepare for my change in office. It was a beautiful day out, but there was work to be done. Somewhere. I just couldn't find it.

Project Mayhem tracked me down and we met up for le diner at ChaChaCha at the Original McCarthy, also know as Cha3. I have to be honest, I avoid going there often like some of my other colleagues at the office (there's one three blocks away from school). But it'd been some years since my last visit, so off to Cha3 we go. Project Mayhem is on the other side of town and will be a few minutes, but I'm already there so I head down a few blocks to the 99 cent store to buy candles. One white one for me and a purple Virgen de Guadalupe for my student's altar. She'd like it, I smiled to myself. I paid my 2.15 for both of them and headed down the street.

Sure enough, I find Project Mayhem traipsing to the Cha3. We head out to the restaurant, settle in and order up. I ponder a glass of sangria, but know if I take on a cup, it'd serve as wonderful truth serum, and I know better. Really I do. I watch glass after glass pass by me with a lustful stare, and I promise myself to get some the next time I'm around. The rest is history.

It was nice to be in the Mission again, roaming around the streets like I used to in high school, stopping in penny stores, gawking at cheap things. Wandering amongst the smells and sights and sounds of the area. The Mission is a great neighborhood full of community, but also with its share of drama and destititution. With the influx and now receding tide of dot.bombs, the area is back to its earthy, homey feel. I wanted to walk around more, flash back to a time and day when it was cool to be. Just be.

Voodoo

posted by Voodoo Child @ 10:54:00 PM