{"id":148,"date":"2005-12-03T18:15:32","date_gmt":"2005-12-04T02:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/wordpress\/?p=148"},"modified":"2015-06-22T08:06:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:06:33","slug":"los-gatos-christmas-parade-new-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/03\/los-gatos-christmas-parade-new-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Gatos Christmas Parade, New Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again it&rsquo;s time for the Los Gatos Christmas Parade.  I blogged it <a href=\".\/?m=20041204\" target=\"_blank\">last year<\/a> come to think of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/parshadow.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This year was more fun than last year; we came early and saw the whole thing.  Unlike last year, I don&rsquo;t think there was a single float pushing evangelical religion which was nice.  Let&rsquo;s keep the X in Xmas, folks!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/parcalcar.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Near the head of the parade we had the standard classic cars bearing our native royalty.  That reminds me, I watched &#8220;The OC&#8221; this week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/partwirl.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ah, the dear twirlers, long may they wave.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/parjump.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The most exciting float for the last few years has been one sponsored by Jiffy Mart, where I imagine teens to hang out a lot.  The float is a truck with two ramps, and kids do huge flip-in-the-air jumps over the truck.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/parbikegirl.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>There were blonde girls slowly circling around the Jiffy Truck on low-rider bikes.  <i>So<\/i> California.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/parkahuna.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m thinking about going to Tahiti and Easter Island.  Anyone got advice?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/images\/parstanford.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s always a thrill to see the insanely hyperactive Stanford band.  I&#039;ve never gotten to see enough of them.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/podcasts\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/podcasts\/podcastbanner_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I posted a new podcast today, my second-to-last lecture to my Philosophy class.  I&rsquo;ll miss that gig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again it&rsquo;s time for the Los Gatos Christmas Parade. I blogged it last year come to think of it. This year was more fun than last year; we came early and saw the whole thing. Unlike last year, I don&rsquo;t think there was a single float pushing evangelical religion which was nice. Let&rsquo;s keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6471,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/6471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}