GO GIANTS! (And fuck the Red Sox)

                                                

It's funny because you would think the title of this post has no sportsmanship. But one of the chants at the actual game was ~~~ PADRES SUCK~~~ 

Also not a single fuck was given when it was Padres' turn to bat. 

Also when they caught the ball there was actual booing. Hahaha. I just love how into the game San Franciscans are that they actually start to boo the other team. 

So as you may have figured out by yourself by now, 

yesterday I went to a Giants Game. 

The last of the season! 

It was the San Diego Padres v San Francisco Giants. As you can see we were all decked out in orange. 

I bought an SF hat from the Dugout store (The official Giants store) and got a free hat to go with it. 

And ommmmggg I bought a foam finger and I'm going to treasure it forever because I've wanted to have one since forever. 

The stadium was GORGEOUS. It wasn't just a big metallic stand with a field of green in the middle, it was really well designed with bricks around the outside and food stalls in between. 

Anyway, so a lot of my friends beforehand told me that baseball games were really boring, because "not much happens in the game and you just sit there" 

But I loooooved every bit of it.

The game itself was good, not great, but it was easy to catch along, and even for a beginner like me (I know I'm not as learned as you Sarah) I found it really fun to watch. 

The best part though was the atmosphere of the game. I mean people LOVE their baseball. We LOVE the Giants. If you don't know how much we love our team, someone from our uni got shot after a game the night before (LA Dodgers v Giants) because he was wearing blue... the colour of the LA dodgers.  

I mean thats obviously a drastic example but what even????

Anyway, 

I loved how they played tunes so people could clap along and chant. 

Dance cams

Kiss cams (@Annie, you'll be happy with this) 

Mexican waves (Which Americans call 'the wave')

And just everyone in general yelling and chanting and being in the spirit/ in orange. 

You know that baseball tune? 

Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum, 

ba-da ba bum ba bum! 

We were talking about how we had no clue when they would play the tune during the game, so I joked and said "just google it", and the feasability of that statement was challenged. "What? Are you just going to type in that tune?" 

I'm sure you all know which tune I'm talking about right? SEE. So it is viable.

It was African American day too which made it even better. 

You know what that means? 

RAPPERS. 

And a really chill AA dude belting out CHURROS for a whole two hours

And a chill AA dude singing the anthem.

#FFOTD it's really hard to sing the anthem in a stadium or in large areas because there is a big interaural time difference when you perceive your voice feedback. So a lot of the time they lip sync the anthem instead of singing it live. You just got psyched.

There were protesters outside protesting about pay, holding up signs that said "NO BASEBALL! NO GARLIC FRIES!" 

We didn't even go to any other stall. 

Walked straight up to the garlic fries store and bought garlic fries.

I guess their protest was more like advertising. Uh #awks for them.

Ohhh! And guess who got put on Dance Cam? 

... Definitely the highlight of my MONTH. 

I'd throw my pie for you,

Emma

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Creepy and old like your face

By the wharf there was a little antique arcade filled with really, really old games that people used to play at festivals. Im glad that our society is progressive because I would not sleep well if I had to rely on these for entertainment every week. That doll in the second photo was about my size. A guy put in a quarter and it started shaking and laughing.

HOW IS THAT FUN? If you put that in a haunted house, chances are I'd shit my pants.

Everything was really old and smelt like dead things and it didn't help that there was no one else there but us.

Also I'd like a refund for my quarter because there was no skin at all in that XXX movie. 

And omg, X-men/Street fighter and Raiden II arcade games. 

WHAT. THE HELL. 

I can't remember how much time I spent playing Raiden II on PS1. 

Also X-men/Street fighter... nothing beats that.

Storms the boss.

I'd throw my pie for you,

Emma

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Being tourists!

Yesterday we went to Fisherman's Wharf for dinner. 

Clam chowder, lobster bisque, and crab chowder in bread bowls.

Idk, wasn't that great if you ask me. But the restaurant was really cutesie.

The view was great too. 

The wharf is better at night because there's no one around and everything's dark but the lights across from the water. 

It didn't show on camera but all across the water were patches of flickering lights scattered along the horizon, then there was the bay bridge shinin bright like a diamond. 

Also Boudin is like a bread factory. Do you see the koala? THATS ME! 

One of my friends call me Wallaby... Its not going to catch on. 

I'd throw my pie for you,

Emma

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Financial district

Sandstone buildings like this make me wish I took architecture 

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The American equivalent

of vegemite?

Is probably PB&J.
It tastes weird as to be honest.

It looks good BUT DONT BE DECEIVED 

Eurgh

I'd throw my pb&j on the floor for you,

Emma

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This is my city.

Sooo two days ago I went to the Twin Peaks to look at the sunset. 

We went there at daytime and waited in the car for it to get dark because it was soooo cold outside. 

Dude there really isn't that much to say.

A picture something something a thousand words, you get the gist.

LOOK AT THE FUCKING CITY. 

I love this city. 

I'd throw my pie for you,

Emma

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PS. I had REAL mexican food today, a SUPER quesedilla (my first quesedilla was made by sarah btw i thought you'd like to know, sarah, at schoolies, also in my head i thought it was spelt casadeeya) 

Also my friend's flat is really really nice, it makes my college dorm look like an ugly shit. 

And I had some funky tasting Jasmine milk tea. Its gonna put me off that for a while.  

PPS. GTA 5 is overrated. 

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