New SFist Contributor: Matt Baume
SFist loves our new contributors. You've probably noticed all the great posts they've been putting up the last few months. Now that they've successfully passed our incredibly difficult hazing process we figure its time to show them off to all of you.
First up is Mr. Matt Baume. Although one reason he cites for moving to SF is an "urgent" need to leave LA, its becoming clear that he loves the Bay Area for its own merits, not for the fact that its just NOT LA. Matt wins a prestigous SFist prize for not only finding, buying, and selling the same item on craigslist, but also for doing all of the above with a rather bizarre posession. If you ever run into Matt ask him what he needed all that hair for. In the mean time check out his interview and all of his great posts. Welcome Matt!
Name
Matt B, aka Matty, aka Mattymatt, aka SfistMattymatt, aka Upsidedork
Introduce yourself in one sentence
Um, hello, how are you?
Age and Occupation
24; Something vaguely TV/filmish.
Home Town
Southington, CT
How long have you lived in the Bay Area and Where
I've moved here just over two years ago, partly because I urgently
needed to leave LA, partly because I was following a boy, and partly
because I knew I would be unemployed and I figured I might as well be
in the city that invented unemployedness.
Favorite website
None! I can't stand the Internet.
Favorite local business
I like Golden Gate Park. Does that count? I never really buy anything,
so I don't know where any businesses are.
What I'm currently Reading
Katamari Damacy slash fiction.
Best Deal in San Francisco
There's this KITCHEN downtown where they just give out free SOUP! It's
fantastic!
Favorite mode of transportation
The T in Boston. I love it because it feels like it could fall apart
at any moment, and yet it perfectly gets you where you want to be.
Best Band or Musician to come out of the Bay Area
Charro. I don't think she's actually from here, but she should be.
Favorite local hangout
The balcony at Twin Peaks on Castro & Market.
SF has the BEST:
Earthquakes.
You've never lived in SF until:
Still waiting for this one to happen.
Favorite Bay area politician of past or present:
St. Francis of Assisi.
Favorite artist to come out of the Bay Area:
Professor Blintz W. Pungemusk, the designer of the hopscotch grid.
Favorite author to come out of the Bay Area:
Fildred Pungecake, the first female biographer of ocelots.
Place you always tell visitors to check out:
The seals by pier 39. I really really love them. They're my absolute
favorite thing about SF, and possibly my absolute favorite people as
well.
Favorite Bridge in the area:
The Golden Gate as it looked when it was half-done; these two
impossible-looking ledges hanging over the bay as though pedestrians
were supposed to take a running jump from one side to the other.
You have two hours and $15 bucks to kill in SF, what are you going to do?
His name is Jamie, and he's known up and down the coast for his
talents with an ice cream scoop.
I have found/sold/bought the following on craigslist:
I've done all three with the same thirty-two pound box of hair.
Best solicitation from a pan handler:
Dying is a pretty compelling means of getting attention, but you can
only do it once.
You can tell someone is a local here IF:
They tell you about their goddamn feelings.
SF would be soooo much better if only:
Someone would do something about the smell.
Best Burrito:
This isn't really a completable sentence or thought; but I am my own
best burrito. Squish squish.
Best Restaurant:
Carl's Jr has the best kid's meal toys.
Best movie scene filmed in or about SF:
The one where they have to save the whales.
I want all the SFists out there to know:
As little as possible.
Tell us a San Francisco Story:
This is the same story I tell everyone about San Francisco, so it's
pretty worn out, but anyway. The other day I was walking down into the
subway and I accidentally tried to walk down the up-escalator. I
couldn't grok what was going on, but it was very disorienting; all I
could figure out was that it felt like the ground was recoiling from
my touch, pushing me away as though it regarded me as some kind of
awful pressing molester. And now that I think about it, the feeling is
pretty much mutual.
All About SFist Questions
BEST story EVER on SFist so far.
The investigative exposés predicting the end of the gold rush, written
by a young Dan Rather when he was just starting out in the 1800s.
BEST Picture on SFist:
Jackson's, of course. Dreamy!
I wanted to be an SFist contributor because (besides the obvious fame and glory that would be mine):
I'm seeking to increase m opportunities to receive free t-shirts in
exchange for vague work expectations.
Who would you like to see interviewed in the future
An inanimate carbon rod. Also, more adorable small woodland creatures.