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 |

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. 

As for listings, I did them as completely as I could on Tuesday, but the end of the month/start of the new month means lots of gaps because calendars weren't up to date. If anyone knows what's going on with Navajo Live, please reach out to me. 

Stay safe out there (new strain of COVID is here and your government gives no fucks about it!). Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

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)

I've been up super late working tonight because I figure I'll be busy on Thursday with Toby's graduation and doing my work newsletter and all the things, and then I got a reminder about a 10:30am event I'm supposed to be at. Whoopsie. So I'll keep it short, even though I have about 20 rants building up in my soul. Obviously I'm pissed about budgets: the federal reconciliation is horrifying, the City of San Diego's is embarrassing, and I haven't had a chance to look over the County or SANDAG, but I'm sure they'll just piss me off, too. My friend and I were talking about the paid parking coming to Balboa Park (already a foregone conclusion by most) and it just pissed me off even more. Do you know that just to get paid parking going, they have a "one-time use" fee of $325,000 in the budget for "Support For Balboa Park Parking" as well as a $3Million budget for an OUTSIDE CONTRACT 'primarily associated with the security services and to support implementation of paid parking in Balboa Park parking.'" What the actual fuck? I don't dislike Todd Gloria like everyone on Nextdoor does, but he has consistently gotten EVERYTHING wrong on Balboa Park. Like since he was on council. And this is just very bad for San Diegans. 

I know I sound so angry, but that's what happens when my fingers hit the keyboard and I've been unintentionally working for way longer than I planned. I actually had a very good week; Toby was doing well enough after his surgery last week that I went to Big Bear, where Darren was doing a work training and had a room provided. We ended up staying two extra nights and enjoyed it so much-- going on a couple hikes, some drives around the lake, some birdwatching of Shadow and Jackie's nest, visiting the Big Bear Alpine Zoo, catching up with our old friend Kelsey at Pickle's Pie Shop (the pie was AMAZING), and finishing with a little private beach picnic on the last day, before we drove home. Since then, I've been making up for lost time at the zoo and got a couple Seaworld nights in over the weekend when they were open until 9 for Memorial Day. 

But, as I have said, the kid is graduating on Thursday, I've got this event thing, and we'll probably be doing family stuff since I haven't seen the new twins since that first day when I saw them in the hospital. They're all home now, but my sister isn't feeling her best as she recovers from her emergency C-section. So you'll just have to wait for more baby pics. Unless you're like Darren, who believes all babies look the same anyway. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

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 |

Growing up, Las Vegas was in my bones. I loved when my parents would take us for a few days...middle of the week, holidays, off season, peak season...it didn't really matter. We loved packing bags and heading out to stay in a hotel. As I got older, I have such weird associations, like no curfews and no rules, even though I was already an adult and can pretty much do whatever I want to anyway. 

However, in the latest iteration of this adult life, we have a transitioning kid with lots of doctors appointments, my sister has had twins so thats gonna definitely require some time, and I just do my best to see my favorite zoo animals (personalities, if you will) on the daily to keep my brain sane. 

But RIGHT NOW, right now...Darren is up in Big Bear doing some training with a paid for hotel so OF COURSE I asserted my way right in and drove up to accompany him and enjoy the sweet hotel he has for a couple days. We'll be home soon, but we have great wi-fi, it is a holiday weekend, and I have a van loaded up with enough supplies to last a few months. If I didn't miss the fuck outta my kitties, I would just linger on the road on this mountain and beyond forever. 

Stay safe out there. Use your GasBuddy app when you can. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

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. 

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 |

Inaugural Wonderfront 2019

Last week was pretty terrible planning when it came to doing listings, so this week I decided to get them done on Tuesday because I have a lot coming at me this week and I don't wanna be forcing myself to stay up late when I'm kinda all over the place. Now that it's Wednesday, I couldn't be happier that I took the time to get it done because I had mom duties today and I am wiped the fuck out. When I was looking for my old Wonderfront photos, I was kinda surprised that the first one was in 2019. I don't think I've been since that first year. I look at the lineup and there is literally one artist that I've heard of on Friday, and if I'm being for real, they're not my jam. But I'll say what I've said to friends who whine about festival lineups - I'm not the demo. While I'd be into the lineups on Saturday and Sunday, I've got a lot going on these days and am not gonna make those either. I'm pretty specific about events nowadays...if there are port-a-potties, it's probably gonna be a no from me. If I'm gonna have to engage with swarms of people and I can't just bury myself with my headphones, that's also probably gonna lean me to no. All that said, I hope it's successful, I hope everyone who goes has a great time, and I hope it continues to grow as a desirable festival for agents to book their artists since tons of festivals are failing or declining across the country, without getting stupid bougie that the average person gets priced out. 

On to the listings. 

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|

I really thought I got ahead of my game by starting listings on Monday, but now I'm in crunch and I know there are a bunch of weekend and Mother's Day Weekend events I should add, but I'm at the edge of delirium, so I can't do more than what we have here. I guess I should note that in the past, we always took my mom to Gator By The Bay, but it feels like the event has blown up beyond the parts that we really loved about it, as all things do. It seems there can't just be a thing that is a cool thing without it turning into a huge thing and not being that original thing anymore. We have seen this with every local festival, we've seen it with housing, we've seen it with places like Seaport Village or UTC or what they're gonna do to Balboa Park---commercialize the fuck out of it so no locals ever wanna go there again. Good job, SD. I love this place, but goddamn the way we try turn places and spaces that we all pay for into monetized commercialized units is just really gross. 

Stand up. Shut it down. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Stay safe out there. 

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. 

 

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 |

Man, I have been Momming so hard over here. The school year is wrapping up, so along with Toby's many extra-curriculars all having events, plus his 18th birthday this week, he's getting a procedure soon, so my days have been interspersed with speech contests (he won!) and graduations as well as doctor check-ins and last minute prepping, which means I'm almost completely back to Pandemic-era Rosey, where I'm a hoarder/prepper/over-shopper. It's probably not healthy, but maybe in two months I'll look back and laugh. For now, I'm run a little ragged. I share all this because it's the beginning of May and quite a few venues don't have calendars listed online yet, and I will not be chasing them around to get their info. You snooze, you lose. Additionally, I don't know if by next week I'll have absolutely no time or way too much time, so though I don't think I've missed listings in years, I will do my best to get them up, but they may be abbreviated with just some music and not chasing down all the theatre and side events. I'll do what I can do, but I'm not gonna fret if I can't do it all. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

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)

I really just can't with everything right now. TFG is so off his fucking rocker and the news comes so fast, but at least some people with spines are stepping up, and enough courts and judges and NGOs and NPOs and states and citizens are doing what they can to sue or block insane measures that everyone who warned against Project 2025 said would happen, but people thought so extreme, nobody believed they could or would. We are living in a very tumultuous and fractured era. 

At the same time, I've been a step-mom since Darren's bio-kid was in kindergarten, full time since his mom moved out of state when he was in 3rd grade, and now he's officially 18, as of midnight today. I've been going to a ton of graduation adjacent events. He has been accepted to several universities, but is committing to UCSD. He has worked so hard and earned an unbelievable scholarship and opportunity and we are so proud and grateful. There was a graduation ceremony from Cardinals Interact, this incredible all-inclusive tutoring/mentorship/service program he's been a part of through high school. On Wednesday, he also took first place in the Rotary Club's "4-Way Speech" contest for the region, and it was sweet to be there and have my mom there with us for the win. But honestly, keeping a trans kid seeing a future-- any future-- has been the biggest struggle and greatest reward, though every day we still vacillate between the two. So thanks for all the love we've received over the past many years, the patience, the devotion, and the support. I hope to keep this little site going for as long as I'm able, but there might be some blips and bloops in between. We've got some medical stuff coming up, but it's all good news, so if you don't hear from me for a minute, I promise I'll be back. And, this is super awkward, but since some friends have asked, if you'd like to send a gift during this transitional period, you can do so here. #SupportTransKids 

I love you all. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

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. 

Anyway, lots of really good stuff this week. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

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.)

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, April 17-Wednesday, April 23, 2025: Clikitat Ikatowi | Jeff Bridges | Emo Nite | EarthFest | Black Mountain | Em Beihold | Naked Giants |

Wow. Things have been absolutely bananas around here. I usually like to have a diary post between listings posts, but the news is just insane right now, so maybe I'll finish it up when I'm working for Clikitat Ikatowi at the Casbah on Thursday. Toby's senior year is drawing to a close, so there have been a ton of things we have to show up for, plus tax day and family stuff and I swear I still have this lingering cold that goes away for a bit and then seems to come right back, so whatever. I've been listening to a ton of podcasts, audio books, and courtcasting on YouTube, doing my zoo thing, and just trying not to wear myself ragged when every day the news just gets worse and worse and seemingly unchecked. I haven't started the new season of The Handmaid's Tale because it's a little too raw at the moment, but I look forward to catching up with all of the things at some point. For now, that means sleep. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, April 10-Wednesday, April 16, 2025: Youth Lagoon | Twin Ritual | Swami | Ducks Ltd. | Laura Jane Grace | SDMA Showcase | Joshua Ray Walker | Vision Video | BBES | DJO

I was really looking forward to seeing Stereophonics again for the first time in over a decade, but unfortunately the show was postponed to September 27 due to illness of one of the band members. It all worked out because I had some personal stuff I needed to handle and it was the anniversary of losing my Dad, though Blonde Redhead or Hinds both would've been pretty fun shows. There are plenty of rad shows coming this week to fill the gap of losing that one. 

I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys the turn in weather and that the allergies don't kick your ass too bad. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Fiesta Island Dog Park Gets Mowed | TFG Ruins Everything | County Board Primary | Egg Price Gouging | Chula Vista Opens New Park | Zoo Petition For Living Wages |

 

Hamadryas Baboon Lisa Marie and her day-old baby (Taken 4.4.25)

What a weird-ass week, no? If anyone doesn't think that there was some crazy intentional stock-tanking and insider trading happening over the weekend after TFG tanked the whole global economy and then came back on Wednesday saying 'just kidding', then I don't know what to tell you. This motherfucker is the worst of the worst. And I never thought I'd have anything to agree with fElon about, but Peter Never-Won-A-Single-Race-In-San-Diego Navarro is, indeed, a fucking idiot. I didn't make it out to the march but there was a beautiful showing here in San Diego in multiple locations. 

For me, I went to a mass in honor of my dad and my sister in law, who passed nine days apart two years ago. It was also my parents' wedding anniversary, so just surrounding my mom with love has been the priority. We have a baby shower this weekend for my God-sister and her partner who are expecting twins in May, and I'll be working at the Casbah on Sunday. This weekend is the Open Ranch at Hazpaca, but I don't know that I'll make it with my other obligations. This week is also Tax Day, my other sister's birthday, I've got some momming to do and such, so it will be a busy week going into Easter.  Everything is a little crazy around here as we get ready for some big transitions, but we're doing our best to keep our heads on straight and not let TFG steal any more joy from our lives. I hope you're doing the same. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, April 3-Wednesday, April 9, 2025: The Smithereens | Hovvdy | Willis | Geographer | Festival of Beers NP | Annie DiRusso | Rubblebucket | Deep Sea Diver | Stereophonics | Hinds | Blonde Redhead |

Bob Mould at Music Box (4.1.25)

On Wednesday afternoon, I got a call from Halloran out of the blue. He was trying to find my "updates" because he needed to "steal" my listings for the 91X concert calendar because Hilary is on vacation and he's filling in. I guess it was a lucky thing that after the Bob Mould and Craig Finn show I just powered through all night to get the bulk of them done, though I didn't stop working until 9am, which can really screw up any day plans one might've had. It was all fine though, I got in some zoo time before therapy and was able to spend Wednesday night polishing these up and adding a couple extra things that aren't typical venues, so I hope you find something you're into. And next time you hear one of those little things to do blurbs on 91X, know they got that info from ya girl over here. 

I just posted a diary, so I don't need to rehash my week, but lots of great shows are happening this week besides it being Spring Break and Easter weekend. See you at the rally. 

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Stay safe out there. 

 

Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Fiesta Island Getting Mowed | So Much Political Fuckery | Celebrate The Wisconsin Win | SDZWA Employees Reject Contract Proposal | so much news.

 

Sea Lions at La Jolla Cove/Point La Jolla (March 30, 2025)

One of the many things happening right now is that the administration of TFG and fElon is moving so fast, that nobody can even react to one thing before another thing and another and another happens, but let's be clear: their path of destruction knows no end, greed and power is what drives them, and the cruelty is the point. Whenever I read articles talking about what the consequences of an action could be, they're like "important science won't happen" or "people will lose jobs" or "{discriminated/underserved/poor} will lose XYZ access and benefit." And all of that is EXACTLY THE POINT. You are a number. You don't matter. Your life is an inconvenience to the Uber wealthy after the extent that they can work you to your literal death and steal any prosperity you earned or to which you are entitled. FUCK ALL OF THEM. Tuesday was the first day I've felt political joy in years, as Wisconsin turned out and turned up. And it will be incredible to see and share all of the rallies happening on Saturday. If for ANY reason you're not able to actively attend a rally, you can amplify and share and spread the word of all the great and peaceful actions you witness. Every drop matters. 

Besides all of that, I've been super busy. Toby had a school jazz performance on Thursday, perhaps his last of his senior year, I did Sawyer Hill on Friday, CG5 on Saturday, and the Swing Kids/Angonista show on Sunday. Then it was Trans Day of Visibility on Monday, I did Bob Mould & Craig Finn on Tuesday, and two hours of family therapy on Wednesday, getting us all ready for some very big things in Toby's affirmation journey. Thursday I'll be at the Smithereens show and then no set in stone plans besides trying to get my ass to the rally on Saturday and shooting Stereophonics next Wednesday. Exciting and scary and anxiety inducing and gotta-find-the-joy times we are living in.  

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Stay safe out there. Look out for each other, because the government has officially quit on all of us. 

Things To Do in San Diego: Thursday, March 27-Wednesday, April 2, 2025: zzzahara | Orgōne | K. Flay | Sawyer Hill | Laser Disc Drum Orgy | Billy Raffoul | CG5 | Poncho Sanchez | Allah-Las | Folk Implosion | Bob Mould

I don't know why my internet was soooo S-L-O-W while I was trying to do these listings, but I'm glad to have restarted and now I can type as fast as I want and it seems to be catching up. This week is kind of a funny one; it's spring break for some (San Diego Unified has next week off and goes back on April 7th), but for those of us not in school, Monday is a California holiday but not a federal one, so some people get it off and most people don't. This week will be busy; I'll be at Toby's jazz concert at Hoover on Thursday, doing the Quartyard show with Sawyer Hill on Friday, and at CG5 on Saturday. I've been asked to help out at Casbah on Sunday for the Swing Kids show, then I'll be working for Bob Mould (again) on Tuesday and The Smithereens on Thursday. I'm exhausted just thinking about it all. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: SDZWA CEO "Resigns" | Developer Wolves Guarding Housing Henhouse in San Diego | TFG and fElon Destroy At Will | States Sue Feds | Citizens Getting Renditioned |

 

Sloth Bear Brother and Sister Cubs (Taken by S24 3.26.25)

If you're coming here for lighthearted reading, skip this post. 

After the November election, I knew things would be dreadful, but doesn't every day feel like another year? The news is seriously so depressing that sometimes I just have to hit publish without even getting close to hitting the points. Like I don't really need to talk about or link to stories about Whiskey-Pete and the war by Signal, right? But things also feel pretty fucked up locally; for a time it felt like progressives were taking the reins and San Diego and California at large were safe, but with our housing turned into slot machines for greedy investors and Gavin trying to reach across the aisle with his shitty ass podcasts, it's hard to feel like anyone is looking out for any of us anymore. It's so hard to try and live "normal" when nothing feels normal. The pandemic was easy. This shit is something else entirely. 

It's spring break for many, so the zoo has been super crowded on most days, but then everyone leaves by like 4pm and it's mostly empty. I try to get my daily trips, but now even those feel a little bananas since there is so.much.drama with the news that the SDZWA CEO resigned...the day of this big employee-wide pep rally, which was canceled the day of...and three days before the union employees within SDZWA get their votes counted on whether to accept the pathetic negotiated offer or to strike. 

And I'm really trying to find joy. But we're still not really okay after losing Ficus, and this time of year for me personally is just full of sad anniversaries; my sister-in-law died from breast cancer two years ago this past Tuesday, and my dad died nine days later, just after my parents' 53rd wedding anniversary. We're preparing for some big life stuff, and Toby has been accepted to some choice schools, but everything just feels so insecure and unsure. So, one foot in front of the other, I guess, I'll keep bingeing shows and court cases to avoid the news as best I can, but pay attention when it counts, and just try to have some faith that this pendulum will swing back before life as we know it is changed irreparably. 

Stay safe out there | Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 

Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, March 20-Wednesday, March 26, 2025: The Wellermen | Oneida | Jon Foreman | This Is Lorelei | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Rachel Platten | Pallbearer | Josh Kmak Farewell |

This week has been non-stop and I'm so exhausted and I crawled into bed late Wednesday night, or Thursday morning, depending on how you measure a day, and then popped right out, realizing I didn't finish these listings. So here I am, finishing the listings. I'm too drained to say much else. I want to look on the bright side, but shit coming out of TFG every day is really, really fucked up on the daily so brace yourself and find your joy. As for me, I've got family in town, and I'll be slinging merch at Music Box on Friday and Saturday. There are some super great shows this week, so try and get out to see some, and I'll do my best to take my own advice. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.   

Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Seaworld Opens Jewels Of The Sea: Jellyfish Experience | San Diego Initiates Paid Parking Plan For Parks (AGAIN) | tfg & fElon Are Destroying America |

 

The Klipspringer duo didn't seem to mind my presence in the rain (3.15.25)

I've been thinking a lot about the oughts. I was a single girl, struggling with my employment, barely making rent each month, partying too much, but I think I was relatively happy? But I remember San Diego was bumming me out with Mayor Sanders at the helm, and I felt like I couldn't even participate in politics because it felt like everything that was happening was the exact opposite of what I would do if I was in charge. Still, I started this blog, Obama became president, and things felt pretty okay for a hot minute. 

And now, here we are in 2025 and what the fuck is even happening? TFG and fElon are running roughshod over our entire way of life, our senators couldn't stand up to an insane budget that gives the sociopaths free rein to keep on doing it. And now San Diego is just going bonkers. 

I know so many people who were against bike lanes and are against the housing being built at a rapid clip in this city. I'm generally not one of them. I supported, nay, fought for bike infrastructure that has finally begun to be implemented over the past few years, only now it's scarier than ever to actually get on a bike because there are zero consequences for drivers on roadways as it is, let alone if they have a collision with a cyclist. As for housing...I, too, am sick of "luxury" apartments being built, but let's go back all the way to when Petco Park was built and took out thousands of SROs and housing, then JMI made gazillions of dollars selling gifted land back to developers and we've never caught back up. Add that most disgusting deal in 2021, DURING THE PANDEMIC, of the Conrad Prebys foundation selling 6,800 affordable units to Blackstone, "the world's largest alternative asset manager" and it's no wonder the most basic houses on desirable lots are selling for over a million dollars on the regular and people who should be able to afford rent are out on their asses as their rents got jacked after fake renovations. 

And now the City wants to charge for parking at Balboa Park and Mission Bay. FUCK YOU. This will be a fucking fight. They are taking a parking study done in July of 2024, THE BUSIEST BALBOA PARK HAS EVER BEEN because of "revenge tourism" after the pandemic, an actual prosperous time in America under Biden, and a 4th of July that fell on a Thursday, meaning most working Americans could take 3 or 4 days off from work, and end up with 9 full days for vacationing in this most desirable City of San Diego. I have tried to support San Diego and keep it positive over here, but I am FUCKING RAGING. When things are FALLING APART from the administration and repugs in power, our city should be BOOSTING what is left of parks, the arts, and community accommodations. And you picked the busiest month of the year for your $200,000 study. What about when it is NOT busy? You think Balboa Park or the Zoo will even be a choice if people have to pay to park, even when the lots are empty? Fuck right off. If you're trying to make up for a deficit, make cops do their fucking jobs and ticket people speeding 45 miles on my 25 mile street. 

On top of all that, the council succumbed to the threat of a lawsuit by another megachurch that stomped its feet and demanded they get to build a monstrosity in an area zoned for housing in Del Cerro. I have an idea...why don't you take THE OTHER FUCKING MEGACHURCH that was built in Mission Valley against the protests of pretty much THE WHOLE FUCKING CITY. 

It's so fucking gross. I love San Diego, but right now I'm really. fucking. disappointed. And it is hard not to be depressed AF about it all. But, I will carry on and fight the fight in the ways I know how. Including sharing all of this bullshit with you. 

Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.