and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air...

anyone who knows me knows i've never been much for the red, white, and blue, but i must say that one of my favorite things about baseball games is the singing of the national anthem... today i was standing in a tacqueria in the mission watching the start of game 2 of the World Series on the restaurant's tv. i stood in front of the salsa bar on the verge of tears as Lady A sang the National Anthem.

There's just something about tens of thousands of people, standing in silence, in reverence of something much bigger than ourselves, that is deeply moving. and Even though i don't think this is the best place on earth, or that we're faultless by any means, or that our policies don't directly cause poverty, death, and destruction in foreign countries, but in that moment, standing amongst the masses, i'm grateful to be here, and hopeful for what we can become together.