more volunteerism!

forgot to mention on the last post - when people here say "east coast" i'm pretty sure they mean "northeast" as in, something is soooo northeast (elitist, old-money, etc.). the mid-atlantic and southeast don't really count.

also - no crab rangoons here. what the heck?

so. today i volunteered in sf again. i am super volunteer. i hung out with sara shenkan, a new friend and all around very cool person who was a course assistant for marshall last fall. she was volunteering at the opening of the new de young museum. the museum had apparently been closed for 5 years while they demolished the old building (which had earthquake damage) and built this really cool new one. sara's friend molly works for the museum, so we helped out and i got yet another free t-shirt (two yesterday). sara's friend rebecca came, too, so we had a great time shuffling people around (the museum was free this weekend, and hosted loads of live events and activities. really fun, but a lot of cranky people waiting in line).

along the way, we stopped in a sub shop to get some lunch. while there, i witnessed a pretty funy family event. there was a yuppie-like famliy in the shop - a son, around 2ish, a daughter, 5ish, and mom (waiiting in line) and dad (hanging with the kids).

apparently, the shop didn't have something that the daughter reeeally wanted. so she immediately burst into tears.

her parents weren't biting, so she pulled a couple of tricks to get their attention:

"waaaaah! i'm not! i'm NOT EATING! I'M NOT EATING!"
(no response from parents)
"WAH! YOU (points to dad) AND YOU (points to mom) HURT MY FEELINGS!!!"
(no response)
"WAAAAAHHHHH!!! (to parents) I'M NOT...I'M NOT PLAYING WITH YOU! I'M NOT PLAYING WITH YOU!!!!"
(dad to the mom" i don't think she gets chocolate next time." mom:"no, definitely not. she can't handle it.")
"WAH. I'M NOT...I'M NOT GOING TO SCHOOL!!!!" (it was sunday)

her parents were great - they totally ignored her tantrum. and it evenutally died down. never got to the super annoying phase. only the amusing kid phase.

in any case, it was great to get out in sf again today, to hang with new people again, and to do something worthwhile for this city. hope to do lots more. after all, i have the time!