I biked to the St. Paul library today to check out Heaven, another sci-fi book by the Wheelers guys. It was a great day for biking and an easy trip.

Going back, not so easy... St. Paul is apparently in a valley, or something? This is the kind of thing I don't pay attention to when I'm driving. That hill sure was fun to go down on the way there, though...

I feel like I've wasted my summer in this new place, where I can bike right to downtown and walk outside at prettymuch any hour of the night with no problems. For that matter, I certainly haven't gone frisbee golfing enough. Barely enough to remember how not to play. I've realized: books, videogames, that stuff will keep.

And really: I'm, for the moment, one of those rare people with the time to do it all anyways.

I vote that we extend this Indian summer for another month.

It's like Bill and/or Beth say: fall is the most undervalued season. You've got the two coolest holidays, Thanksgiving and Halloween (at least in theory: I gather that Thanksgiving is awkward for many people, and well, Halloween might be the only holiday that I'm actually bad at), more interesting leaves, delicious cider and Oktoberfest beer, and a depth that none of the other seasons have, except maybe spring on a good day.

I don't like getting cold though, I mean, like all northern Minnesotans I can handle it while also complaining with gusto, but winter is trouble. Let's just keep it like this until I've biked and disced (I know!) to my satisfaction. I don't want to hear anything about winter.