is it fall?

it's been deliciously cool (if, you know, you live in louisiana and think "cool" equates to 75 degrees) and not particularly humid this week. i've been walking to work, since i believe i am about to relocate from mid-city to the bywater, and walking the distance to work will soon be very out-of-the-question.

i do regret how non-pedestrian i've become since moving to the city, but now i've decided i'm just going to have to start biking more. i need to go visit plan b bike project and attach brakes to my bike- currently only the brake on the front tire works, and when i say works, i mean that if i start braking 15 feet before i have to and put my feet down before i reach the intersection i will be able to avoid getting hit by a car. it's just been so easy to ride without brakes here since the city is completely, utterly flat, meaning that my lazy ass can't usually get above, oh, 5-1omph at best. brakes just aren't that much of a necessity, but i suppose if i'm going to start biking clear across town to get to work and back i might want to part with the 40 dollars it would take to install a brake that functions properly.

so i just found out that the girl whose body was used in that infamous sarah palin in a bikini with air rifle was a friend of mine from college. biz-arre. considering she's an uberlefty feminist, i'm sure she's been thrilled with the situation.