I’m at my fave cafe again, reading SPUR’s report on the future of the Bay Area’s water supply, and I remember…

Freshman year at ucsd, holy shit I was so surprised and disgusted with the girls on my floor’s water usage.

most girls were from socal, LA area. and they’d be brushing their teeth or washing their face with both hands, and THEY’D LEAVE THE TAP RUNNING. while they aren’t even touching the running water.

so if I were there I’d turn it off for them.

one girl from LA said it’s totally okay because we’re not going to run out of water—in the future there would be desalination so we can use ocean water.

holy f—- you serious
that shit is gonna be hella expensive. It’s way cheaper and easier to conserve water now so it wouldn’t be as difficult and costly to meet demand in the future, esp. with the effects of climate change.

it only takes a quick flick of the wrist to turn the water off!!

and then especially in socal, where water is supplied from faraway norcal and the colorado river.

I’d never want to live in dorms again and be daily pissed off by the unawarely and unashamedly bad behavior of others.

wish there was more environmental education in early schooling to prevent behavior like this. I know I’m kinda privileged in that I attended an elementary school named after John Muir, with a creek in the back, learning about composting, etc.. Other schools all over need to teach more about nature—where our food comes from, where our water comes from.. then we wouldn’t have these college kids with bad, wasteful habits that they continue to bring along into adulthood.

yeeeah finally.

very certain I passed my last three classes in a crammed summer session these last five weeks..

now I can bum around reading more articles and tumblogging even more! ;P

anyway, find me at Oakland’s Art & Soul Festival tomorrow

or at SF Sunday Streets in the Mission if you’re in the Bay! (yeea tumblr meet-up! lol)

Last Friday night a fellow rider, Andy, was a victim of a hit and run collision. The collision happened on the 3500 block of Nimitz Boulevard at around 11:30 pm, according to NBC San Diego. The 50 year old was pedaling north in the 3500 block of Nimitz Boulevard when he was struck. As of now, Andy appears to be in critical condition and the driver and his passenger who struck Andy still remain at large. The vehicle that struck Andy is a white Hyundai and the suspects are described as having, “short, dark hair and light skin”

If you have any information contact the SDPD.

errehh

…another hit and run that occurred earlier this year on March 11.The victim, a student named Sho Funai, was killed by a driver who later turned herself in. Despite pleading guilty to striking Funai and admitting to being under the influence of drugs and alcohol, the THEN 18 YEAR OLD driver may only be charged with probation. In response to the verdict, Funai’s friends appalled at the ruling have started an online petition to demand justice for the death of Funai.

:(

Sho Funai was an excellent student at UCSD, BS and Masters in structural engineering… read more on the petition.

via bikesd, 02.07.12.

Pecha Kucha Night volume 15 at Orchids, Onions & Opportunities Exhibit.
877 G Street (at 9th Ave.), San Diego, CA 92101
8.20-10.20pm 

Nine different presenters will be “Making the case for public space.”

Presenters include one of my professors! Larry Herzog. took his courses on sustainable development and land use planning at UCSD. He also teaches at SDSU.

And Jim Stone, executive director at WalkSanDiego.

whatsup student loans!

jk I have summer session classes in July. paying back debt will have to wait another month.

but whatsup 300+ followers!

thanks everyone for liking my blog. esp. to the early followers, you know who you are. 

feel free to share my blog with your friends! and reblog away! submit posts! do i post too much bike stuff? i’ve already cut down on pretty bike/fixie photos. i dunno, everything except my own photos depends on the flow of urban planning news.

have a great rest of June! I’m heading back up to the Bay tomorrow. yeah! anyone wanna tumblr-meetup?? Oakland, Berkeley, SF? I got a new bike, so let’s go ride!

food in Bay Area is so good.. hurry up and message me so I have another excuse to go out. and Linden Street Brewery! who’s down?

not asian and afraid of going yum cha (dim sum) without a token asian friend? no worries! hit me up. 

another assignment for my urban design practicum. 

How will you create an active, public realm at the case study site? (see preliminary concept map drawn up after writing this.)

Little Italy is a lively little neighborhood in San Diego. It is relatively pedestrian-oriented compared to other communities in the city, and hosts several street festivals every year. Much can still be improved, however, to create a more active, public realm in the historic neighborhood. I suggest implementing “complete streets”, pedestrianizing a strip of India Street, and displaying more public art to create a more human scale street environment.

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UCSD students, and general public, can you really be that idiotic and lazy

• do you not realise that cardboard is paper is recyclable
• and that the sleeve is detachable from the to-go coffee cup
• and also did you never notice the triangle recycle imprint on the plastic lid

yes, i took off the cardboard sleeves from three empty coffee cups in the trash and threw them into the recycling bin right next to the trash can.

even better, reuse the sleeves! (even though there’s a warning printed on them saying not to)