sassbak : musings & minutiae

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Resolved (or Whatever).

January 01, 2018 by Sage Romano

While it’s debatable if 2017 has been a marginal improvement on the free-for-all shitshow that was 2016 or whether we’ve just grown more used to the world as it is—in all its appalling glory—personally speaking, 2017 was a definite upgrade. 

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January 01, 2018 /Sage Romano
TMI, NYE, New Year, Pathos, Ethos

Spitting in the Sea

June 14, 2016 by Sage Romano

I have not (until now) joined in the glut of frustration and outrage that’s happening on social media. This does not mean I’m not horribly frustrated or that I’m in any sense un-outraged. 

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June 14, 2016 /Sage Romano
Pathos, guns, gun control, orlando, love your neighbor

So long, San Francisco: a Thank-you note.

April 20, 2016 by Sage Romano

My life has happened here. I am who I am because of you, San Francisco. Whatever happens next started with you, and for that, I am and will always be grateful. 

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April 20, 2016 /Sage Romano
SF vs NY, Goodbye, Pathos, Nostalgia

Vive la France. And the rest of the world too.

November 14, 2015 by Sage Romano

This is the new normal. 

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November 14, 2015 /Sage Romano
Paris, Politics, Sadness, Pathos

2014's Greatest Hits

December 31, 2014 by Sage Romano

No one said you could have it all. And certainly nothing really ever turns out quite the way you think it will. 

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December 31, 2014 /Sage Romano
tmi, romantic angst, Lovelorn, Artistic tribulations, Pathos, Knowing better, Crazytown, memory lane, Getting old

A response to VICE's "Reasons Why SF Is the Worst Place Ever."

April 08, 2014 by Sage Romano

The obvious question is: why the hell do we live here, in this ruined city that, as VICE and others have deftly illustrated, has so obviously lost its soul? Why haven't we screwed off to Oakland or NYC or Los Angeles or Papua New Guinea or any number of less sucktastic, less obnoxious places?

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April 08, 2014 /Sage Romano
Ranting, San Francisco moments, Ethos, Pathos, Getting old

The Mature Adult's Guide to Anger Management (Doesn't Exist).

February 03, 2014 by Sage Romano

From where you stood by the bar on the the west side of the room, the glassware would take a satisfyingly long flight before its explosive and cathartic termination upon the brick wall. 

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February 03, 2014 /Sage Romano
Crazytown, Anger management, Angst, Pathos, Getting old, Knowing better