My San Franiversary was this last week, so it must be week 312 or so.

6 years! That flew by. Some summaries and findings:

• San Francisco still sucks. I actively dislike the "city". It's really small and badly designed, lacks the proper transit network a real city would have and refuses to build anything new so that people can actually find homes. It literally smells bad (either pot or pee) and the insane disparity between the mega rich and the super poor on the streets is actively depressing, and everyone works in tech. I continue to look forward to the day I can leave.
• On the plus side, I am very fortunate - Alex and I found the perfect place for us in Bernal where I can hang out with the wild birds and breathe the fresh foggy air. I have a good job and good friends, curiously made up largely of Canadians with a few Aussies and Japanese folks thrown in there.
• I've made almost no close American friends who weren't immigrants in someway before they got here.
• I have resisted learning how to drive - or rather, I did try to learn to drive a couple of summers back (I know how to operate a car, but I did not pass a test) but I discovered I hate it and don't understand how people can operate heavy vehicles at speed. It's terrifying. The over-under is I still can't legally drive and it's made me a nervous passenger. I continue to hope that the Bay is the kind of place that'll get autonomous cars early.
• I got my US citizenship and I'm looking forward to my first general election voting opportunity next year.
• I really miss a proper selection of crisps, biscuits and M&S sandwiches. If you ever visit me, the room & board will cost you a packet of Walker's prawn cocktail and some chocolate bourbons.