Sunday is World Oceans Day. This is Allua at Seaworld. (Taken 11.19.24) |
Thursday, June 05, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, June 5-Wednesday, June 11, 2025: Sunflower Bean | Brand New | Fruition | CIVIC | Trombone Shorty | Margo Cilker | Sun Kil Moon | James McMurtry | Pip Lewis Residency |
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, May 29-Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Gang of Four | Hooveriii | Daniel Rodriguez | Jungle Fire | Fiesta Del Sol | The Toxhards | RnR Marathon | The Minus 5 | Pip Lewis | The Black Keys |
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Casbah Matinee (Taken 3.30.25) |
I don't know about your life, but I didn't think I would feel so busy this time of year. Toby is the one graduating, but with all the end of year activities plus his recent procedure and follow-up appointments, Darren's training last week which turned into a mini-vacation, and the arrival of my new twin niece and nephew, things feel bananas. And now we have the return of my late summer hours at the zoo, so I feel like I'm gonna always be on the go, so I don't have any specific shows coming up until everything calms down a bit. But I will remind you that this weekend is the Rock n Roll Marathon, and if you have a super great memory, you might recall that our van got towed a couple years back because they changed the route. DON'T GET FUCKED OVER! Make sure you check the route. We used to get door-to-door warnings about the route and cones and partitions and parking signs were up 72+ hours in advance, but people move them or knock them over, whoever distributes the notices forgets about all back-houses and ADUs on properties, and it's pretty much a shitshow where you're on your own and completely liable for the towing fees, no matter how much you stomp your feet or cry about it. Consider this your warning. We are living in an every-person-for-themself kinda world at the moment. Don't get fucked over.
Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Plane Crash In San Diego | Balboa Park Losing Lawns | Cities Privatizing Public Assets | Cops' Overtime Starving The City | New COVID Variant Gains Steam | TFG Destruction Continues |
Me & The New Guy, Labu (Taken 5.28.25) |
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, May 22-Wednesday, May 28, 2025: Detroit Cobras | Sacri Monti | Thievery Corporation | Devotional | The Damned | World Goth Day | Ringo Deathstarr | Blondshell |
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Busy Life! | West Nile Detected in SD | Mission Trails Construction | San Diego Politics Are Getting Interesting | SCOTUS Disappoints, Again | Repugs Do Bidding For TFG |
My new niece (L) and nephew (R) were born on Sunday!! |
The kid's procedure went great last week and on Wednesday we had the first post-op check-in and everything was looking good. He's back in school now to close out his senior year. Over the weekend we went to Universal Studios with his symphonic band, and though he couldn't play in their competition or ride any rides at the theme park, it was amazing to share the wins on First Place with a superior rating among the instrumental bands, as well as best overall across all high school categories, which also included chorale and vocal-type groups. Before Universal, I was gifted a ticket to the Ryan Adams show on Friday, which I attended with an open mind and open heart in trying to believe he's a better person. He's likely not and the show had me emotionally all over the place, but that music just penetrates my soul.
On Sunday, my God-sister gave birth to her twins, so I spent most of Monday visiting them in the hospital and I believe they'll be going home today, so I'm gonna give them some space so they can get all situated and recover from the whole process, the C-section, and the flurry of non-stop visitors they had all day, in addition to the nurses and doctors swirling in to check on the new mama as well as each baby, with vaccinations, check ups, feedings, changings, hearing tests, and all the things they had to do before clearing the girl out of NICU to be with her brother, mom and dad on Monday night.
I had fully intended to go to City Council and say my piece about paid parking in Balboa Park, but instead I was at Hoover High School, where seniors were being awarded numerous scholarships, including Toby, who along with his full-ride Chancellor's scholarship at UCSD, got a Lee Mongrue Memoria Scholarship, a Cardinals Interact scholarship, an Advanced Placement medal, a Hoover Alumni Scholarshio, and a Hoover Foundation scholarship, in addition to the PFLAG scholarship and the Tracie Jada O'Brien Student Scholarship he received. We're pretty stoked about all of it.
And I still have quite a rant about San Diego's proposed paid parking changes, but it's Memorial Day week and I'm about to head out on an adventure. I guess this is exactly why the shitfucks in Congress are trying to pass their Budget Reconciliation at 1am...because everyone is too busy trying to survive and focus on their actual lives to fight. I'll get around to it another time. For now, peace out.
Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, May 15-Wednesday, May 21, 2025: Willie Nelson | NIIS | Chris Isaak | Ryan Adams | Wonderfront Festival | Forced Down | Your Neighbors | Kate Hudson | Brijean |
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Inaugural Wonderfront 2019 |
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, May 8-Wednesday, May 14, 2025: Perfume Genius | The Brudi Brothers | Toro y Moi | Gator By The Bay | The Paladins | Mothers Day | High Vis | OK Go|
Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: San Diego County Fair & Humane Society Partnership | Zoo Strike Imminent? | Grand Jury Hates SD Parking Policies | A Police State |
I'm going to keep this week's diary and newsy stuff post short this week because today's the big day for the kid. Our check-in is at 5:30 in the morning, so I'm just staying up all night and gonna try to get listings done as early as possible; then maybe I can actually get some zoo time this week as Darren and I kinda do our recovery care in shifts. I don't really know what to expect though, so we'll just play it by ear and hope for the very best and the fastest recovery possible.
If you're out in the world and paying attention, tariffs that were postponed by a month might kick in this week, so no joke, stock up on your toilet paper, because they're running out of the Kirkland stuff at Costco (check the app if you don't believe me) because it's Canadian supplied. Even if they don't kick in, the psycho in chief is definitely pissed at Canada and will burn all relations to the ground because he is a small, bitter, spiteful piece of shit. Shop for your imported goods accordingly.
Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Thursday, May 01, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, May 1-Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Cayucas | Federico Aubele | Cinco De Mayo | The Jesus Lizard | Scott Russo | Tim Pyles Birthday! | Lyle Lovett |
Rosey's Diary & News Things: Toby Wins Rotary Speech Contest! | Know Your Rights | City of SD Proposed Cuts Cut Deep | San Diego Zoo Intros Male Orangutan | 100 Days of The Worst President Ever |
Labu is feeling more than comfortable in his new San Diego home. (taken 4.30.25) |
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, April 24-Wednesday, April 30, 2025: Owl Be Damned | The Pharcyde | Kevin Atwater | Artwalk | Adams Avenue Unplugged | SD Book Crawl | Black Heart Procession | Papooz | SD Music Awards |
We've officially hit that one crazy weekend in San Diego where it feels like all the good things happen at once: Art Walk, Adams Avenue Unplugged, San Diego Book Crawl, and Art Alive among many other great things happening, like I Love A Clean San Diego's Creek To Bay Cleanup. I've been a bit of a recluse lately if I'm being honest, we have so much stuff coming up that I'm trying to take it easy when running around isn't required of me, but I will be working for The Pharcyde on Thursday, Stan Walker on Friday, and The Bloody Beetroots on Sunday. We're also trying to sneak in a night of camping on Saturday, but only if I'm not too run down by the time it comes around. I still have yet to meet the new orangutan at the zoo, so that is definitely on my agenda, too. In the meantime, the retrial of Karen Read has started, so I'm spending most of my time with headphones on to listen in on the trial and the recaps. So fascinating.
Monday, April 21, 2025
Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: SDCCU & CCCU Intend To Merge | Gloria's Budget Pisses Everyone Off - Except Cops | State Of The County | New Orangutan At SD Zoo Makes Debut | SCOTUS Standoff with TFG | Pope Francis Dies |
Marcella The Sun Bear at San Diego Zoo (4.17.25) |
This post will just go on forever if I don't wrap it up and start a new one, and there was certainly a lot of news this past week. I won't bother with a recap, because it's Easter Sunday and I had a nice day and I'm just trying to get it off my brain so I can get a more peaceful sleep, but shit is bonkers and I just can't with it all. So, head in the sand, and hopefully I'll be spending my Monday stalking a new red-headed boy called Pumpkin.
Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. (Also, no Handmaid spoilers. I haven't started the new season yet.)