If autumn’s falling in my mind, I’ll always have the spring.

I hit a squirrel on my bike last week.  I was coming down flagstaff with Woods, and it jumped out in my path about half a second before I hit it at 35 mph.  I didn’t know what to do, so I just let it die, and then took it off the road and put it on the side in a little bed of red and orange maple leaves.  I’ve never really killed an animal other than a few fish with my grandfather.

Gadi was here in the ‘bama Bus.  It’s really magnificent.  Check it out here.  I am really proud of what Gadi does.  I keep a note in my wallet, in the window slot, that reminds me to be more like Gadi each time I open it to get something out.

Friday night I went out with JB and LB and had a really awesome time.  I have been struggling to make friends with people here on a deep level for a while.  But sometimes, it just clicks.  We sat at Himalaya for a long time and talked about education policy.  One of the more interesting ideas that came up, I think, was that the counterculture that rebelled against education when we were infants has now become mainstream culture.  The other idea that I liked was that parenting has shifted from using pride as a basis to using fear as a basis.

I voted yesterday with my mom.  I am excited for November 4.