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The Duchess
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Donation by Other Means by The Duchess

February 29th, 2008 11:36 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Get people to donate a face (in the form of a photograph or otherwise) to SFZero. We will use these resources to fuel our war machine and supply resources to those most in need.

I knew I'd be going to critical mass tonight, so I was hoping I would be able to accomplish this task at the same time. Today was both the last Friday of the month and Leap Day. It seemed appropriate to do something like critical mass and an sf0 task. I haven't gone to mass in a while due to rain, laziness, and random drinking binges. I figured since there would be lots of people and they tend to be friendly this would be a good chance for this particular task. I was afraid however that some people would be suspicious of my motives, so I expected to either explain myself frequently or get denied. In the end only one middle-aged tourist and a group of 4 mass riders denied me. But after a while I stopped telling people what I was going to use the picture for; I just asked if I could have it.

I really wanted to get a picture of one of the motorcycle cops who always accompany us but no luck. They are surprisingly unfriendly. I did of course get a picture of Frank Chau, the 12 Galaxies guy. No San Francisco event is complete without him.

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People handing out flyers were more vulnerable to this request because they wanted me to take their flyer so they would probably have done almost anything.


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The first person to be suspicious of what this sf0 website was all about. Unlike the other suspicious folks, he did not accuse me of posting it to an FBI most-wanted list.


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The yell

The yell

This guy yells, loudly, all the time. If you've ever been to a mass in San Francisco then you've heard this guy.


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A Belgium tourist

A Belgium tourist

He later asked me "what are all the bikes doing here?"


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The woman requested that I take their picture together. Like somehow that makes it better when a stranger takes your picture?


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The purple knitted mohawk

The purple knitted mohawk

I saw this hat from across the plaza and had to go get a picture of it. I was hoping there would be some kind of personal story about how he or someone he knew had made it, but alas, he bought it in NY.


Silver helmet with bug antenna

Silver helmet with bug antenna


Frank Chau

Frank Chau

Looks like we're now up to 7.3 million galaxies.


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I was trying to get this guy's "I heart SF" t-shirt but I think he was rolling a joint so wanted to be a bit more on the down-low. (And yet, still let me take his picture.)



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posted by Burn Unit on March 3rd, 2008 2:44 PM

that moustache man is almost crazier than frank chu himself. CHU!

wait... there are now over seven billion galaxies??? wwhhaa??

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posted by Secret Agent on March 3rd, 2008 5:11 PM

Frank Chu's not crazy--you should see the top secret file on xitrorenial monoxides populous atrostrenial.

Also, well done capturing the dual bug/facial antennae combined with the tilde for an eyebrow. This will no doubt be excellent fuel.

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posted by JTony Loves Brains on March 3rd, 2008 8:18 PM

I always love running into CritMass, and Friday was no exception. I had gotten my first paycheck, took myself out to John's Grill for a celebration dinner, and on my way out, there y'all were, riding down Powell Street toward Market. I hung around at the foot of Powell for a bit, just to see if I'd run into anyone, but alas, did not. Unfortunately you and I have yet to meet, Duchess, or we might have recognized one another. Alas, anon.