i'm kinda over it. when will everyone else be?

the giants have won the world series. everyone, myself included and even my mom who would be the last person i would expect to be interested in sports, caught the giants fever. it's been festive and fun to sing "don't stop believing" in the middle of mission street among incessant car honking. it was reminiscent of the night obama won. people were cheering into the night, and i was high-fiving anyone i saw. it was undoubtedly a night of hometown solidarity, which i could not help joining in on. the enthusiasm and excitement, however, quickly faded, as i reflected on the absurdity of it all (oh reflection, what a buzzkill!). how does the giants winning the world series affect my life? who is benefitting from the millions of dollars being profited off of their franchise? who knows how much it cost to fund the security, permits, and clean up for the big parade, attended by more than 500,000. when i think about all the excuses the city makes to explain cuts to public education and social services, i'll remember that city hall just spent $4000 to turn itself orange.

while all this was happening, an election happened, and i'll be the first person to admit that i did not know who or what the hell to vote for. luckily other people do their homework and give me cheatsheets to copy from - i just had to make sure i had my answers matched up correctly! i just learned that chinese american grassroots social activist jean quan may be the first woman mayor of oakland, and the first asian american mayor of a major city. i just learned that prop l just passed in sf, which makes it illegal to sit or lie on a san francisco sidewalk. in otherwords, being homeless is now a crime.

steve li, a 20 year old at city college studying to be a doctor, was arrested and is currently being incarcerated for having an expired visa. our country is kicking him out, forcing him to leave his entire life behind and deporting him to a country where he has no friends and family.

then the johannes mehserle verdict came out yesterday- i cannot believe that he was sentenced a measly 2 years! Another white cop practically gets away with murdering a black young man. he didn't even have the twinky defense. just the defense of capitalist patriarchal white supremacy.

i'm glad the giants won, but i'm relieved that the orgasm of their win is finally over and done with so that we can move on with our lives. there are more important issues to care about and to cheer about.