 On Sunday afternoon, I took a break from the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival (SFiFF51) and went to see Kevin dancing in "Dancin' with Gershwin" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Kevin had an elegant stunning solo piece during the performance and as always, he danced with a big smile. It's a great show and I hope that I will be able to go back to see it again next weekend. While watching him dance, I kept wondering what would be like to be his roommate. Will he fly out from his bedroom to the kitchen and the living room like a feather? Will he split his legs when he sits on the couch? Curious mind wants to know, or imagine. When I came home on Friday, I got a notice from the US Post Office. I couldn't believe what I was reading: 
Yup! The post office refused to deliver me a letter because the sender's postage is 1.83 CENTS short! How in the world does the post office calculate the postage down to 1.83 cents? Even my tax return is rounded to the whole dollars! Not only the post office takes the effort to compute the postage, a post office worker also takes the time to write a note by hand telling me that my letter will be held hostage until I pay up the $0.0183. How thoughtful! I feel that my tax dollars are well spent at the US post office. That's how the federal government is running. But what about the local ones? Couple weeks ago, I headed to Derik's restaurant "Mordern Thai" for Peter's birthday dinner. After I got off the bus, my second step was inside a city water utility box whose cover was missing. I was on the ground, hard, with my right knee's skin and my pants scratched. 
I called 311 and reported the missing cover so nobody else would fall again. However, I feel that I should get some compensation for my injury. So, I filed a claim. On Friday, the same day I got the Post Office notice, I got a letter from the city telling me that the payment to me will be processed upon my releasingthe city from any futher liability from my injury. Also on Friday, the same day I got the Post Office notice, I got a letter from the city. It says that that the payment to me will be processed upon receiving the releasing form from me stating that the city will no longer be liability for my injury. I will sign the release form and get some my tax dollars back, because the city didn't do the job right. | 
