Red Bull Soap Box Derby

Well the weekend landed :D ...then took off again :( I went out to a bar on Friday...had a few drinks and a boogie...not too drunk though as on saturday was THE RED BULL SOAP BOX DERBY in SAN FRANCISCO ... Great Times! On saturday morning i headed to Michaela's (another German friend from work) house for breakfast. Bread rolls, scrambled egg, ham, turkey, tomatoes (toe-matt-toes as opposed to toe-may-toes) and cheeeeeeesy and Orange Juice too...but then we headed to Delores Park where the Race was to begin. MASSES of people! I couldnt believe the amount of people there. So many people at this park. We heard an announcement that there was an estimated 60,000 people...then 75,000 and then i heard someone say there was like 100,000 or somethin i couldnt believe it! ANYWAY, The Red Bull Soap Box race is where people build there own little go-karts so to speak...there were 36 teams that made it into the competition and they Race down Delores St. Before they start the race they must perform a 'skit' so to speak so they would have there 'go-kart' and be in costume to match it. They then get marked on 3 things.

1. Speed (The amount of time from the top to the bottom)
2. Creativity (The amount of effort in there car and costume)
3. Showmanship (The performance of the team...the skit etc)

Some of the car's where, A Rubik's Cube, 'The Breakfast Club' - The car was a frying pan and each member of the team was dressed as a piece of an ulster fry, ie. Bacon, fried egg, toast etc...then my favourite was 'The Kiss Team' where each team member was dressed as a member from the band kiss and the car was designed as Gene Simmon's Tongue. We where standing half way down the course and we weren't really sure of what was going on. But we heard Crazy Nights by Kiss then this Tongue racing down the hill. I didn't get a picture of it though :( but you can see the pics below, but im goin to sleep now. I bid you good night. There will probably be more pics to follow as Michaela took some too :)

Blue Angels Fleet Week San Francisco

Lets start with... I love this place? I hada great 'Weekend' I got off work at around quarter to 5 on Saturday and got my hair cut. I wanted to go somewhere a little bit cheap so i asked around... Supercuts seemed to be the one to go for a cheap and less expensive hair cut than last time ... 20 bucks :/ and she wasn't gentle with my hair... she just got tore into it like *insert your own teen slasher horror movie character from the 80s in here* anyway...after about 2 hours whining bout how i hated my hair (its a tradition) i've come to terms with it... i like it now :) so... i had a power nap...and got ready to go out and parrrrrrrdy...i went to an Irish Pub called Irish Bank and i made a friend :D wooohoooo... Dean... he's a cool guy... we're headin out to party this weekend too hopefully...its tough week this week...im tired and its only tuesday :/ but i've got partying to look forward to and the Red Bull Soap Box race on Saturday. But i'll come back to that in a bit...so we got more beers and all headed back to Dean's he lived far away so we got a cab...and the cab driver was the coolest ever... ANYWAY we watch tv and theres the American version of Kath and Kim with Selma Blair as Kim, i forget the girl who plays Kath is... but you cannot Americanize Kath and Kim... that's all i can say... well i also think it was rubbish... completely crap...but then i passed out drunk.

So.... it was then sunday... and i made my way to Fisherman's Wharf, it was fleet week in San Francisco, where all the sailors and guys from the navy and stuff from the sea come to different cities for a week. Also there where air shows so i got to see the Blue Angels...i guess theyre americas version of the Red Arrows...they performed alot of stunts etc... it was cool it was a cracker day check out the pics below...

So, damn working in San Francisco is tough, theres too much going on...This weeks gonna be long ...4 early shifts in a row...the past 2 nights ive done some over time...worked 11 hours each...so i came out just after the time i was spose today and i'm in a cafe, using there
wifi with a relaxing beer...its nice...cool music...chillin out for my 3rd early shift this week tomorrow...ROLL ON FRIDAY :) gonna go party then... Red Bull Soap Box Race on Saturday...where people build there own Go Kart so to speak and race down a track...fastest time wins i guess... Should be fun...im going with Michaela from work. I'm super stoked :) Until then...

Scott