MORE STRANGERS

I GUESS I WAS INSPIRED BY LAST WEEKEND'S "STRANGER" ASSIGNMENT WHEN I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO YESTERDAY.

WHILE OUT WALKING AROUND THE CITY WITH WIFE, SISTER-IN-LAW, AND FUTURE BROTHER-IN-LAW...WE RAN ACROSS MANY INTERESTING SCENES WITH MANY INTERESTING STRANGERS.

FIRST OFF...WE HOP OFF OF BART AT THE POWELL MALL IN DOWNTOWN SF. AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE MALL, WE HAPPEN UPON THESE FOLKS.

A BUNCH OF MODELS...THE DUDES DRESSED IN SPEEDOS AND ANGEL WINGS...THE CHICKS DRESSED IN SOME WEIRD ASS DRESSES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE ADVERTISING, OR WHAT SEASON THEY THOUGHT IT WAS...BUT THEY OCCUPIED THEIR AFTERNOON BY FROLICKING AROUND THROWING FAKE SNOW ON EACH OTHER.

PRETTY BIZARRE.


ONCE WE MANAGED TO FIND OUR WAY OUTDOORS...WE RAN INTO THIS FELLA.

A STINKY HOMELESS GUY...
HE WAS DRAWN OVER TO A GROUP OF STREET DANCERS, WHERE HE MUST HAVE FELT THE BEAT...BECAUSE HE DECIDED TO JUMP INTO THE CIRCLE AND BUST OFF A FEW MOVES OF HIS OWN.

THE DANCERS DIDN'T WANT HIM MESSING UP THEIR SHOW...

SO THEY GOT IN HIS FACE AND RAN THEM OFF...

IT WAS A FAR LESS ENTERTAINING SHOW WITHOUT HIM.


WE SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN...

AND CHINATOWN...



WE RAN INTO OUR FINAL STRANGER OF THE EVENING AT THE BART STATION.

THIS GUY WAS STANDING IN THE BART TERMINAL, SERENADING THE PEOPLE OF THE BAY AREA WITH SUCH 80'S HITS AS "EVERYBODY'S WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND"...AND "I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT"... NOT LONG AFTER WE ARRIVED, OUR TRAIN PULLED UP, AND I WAS A BIT DEPRESSED THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE OF THE MAN'S VOCAL STYLING...BUT TO MY SURPRISE, HE WAS CATCHING THE SAME TRAIN AS US...AND GUESS WHAT?! HE SAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US!

FOR THE DURATION OF OUR TRAIN RIDE BACK TO OAKLAND, THE MAN (NAMED RON) CONTINUED TO SING SONGS...

PLAY AIR GUITAR...


HE EVEN GAVE A FEW LECTURES ON MUSIC COMPOSITION...EXPLAINING HOW THE BRIDGE PORTION OF A SONG BUILDS ANTICIPATION FOR THE RETURN OF THE CHORUS...AND HOW RHYMING WORKS IN MODERN DAY LYRICS.

WHEN BART ARRIVED AT OUR STOP...MOST OF RON'S AUDIENCE HAD UNLOADED. THAT DIDN'T STOP RON...WE COULD HEAR HIM CONTINUE SINGING AS WE WALKED OFF THE TRAIN.

STRANGERS RULE!