So I went to the San Jose Jazz Festival yesterday. The music was good, but the event raised more questions than it answered. Questions such as:

Why would you want your name on a grain of rice?

Why is that white guy doing the White Guy Dance in front of the Latin Jazz stage where he is surrounded by really good salsa dancers? Doesn't he know he looks like a moron? Why doesn't he go to the Big Band Stage where he belongs?

Why would you buy a T-shirt that said Alcatraz Psycho Ward Outpatient? And, if you did, why would you wear it out of the house? And, if you wore it out of the house, why would you wear it to an event where many people would see you?

If I'm standing at a street corner and a block away to my left is an approaching Light Rail Train and a block away to my right is the next Light Rail Station, why is it that - walking mind you - I can beat the approaching train to the station? Is this the fastest mode of public transportation San Jose can come up with?

And, of course, the obvious question: Why do I go to street festivals when, clearly, I don't really like them?

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