Well, today I did alot that was not-very-useful. I played a fair amount of neverwinter nights, then the power blipped out. D’oh. Chatted with Simon in the morning. Went over to the city and hung out with my uncle who calls himself Jack, and who the rest of the family calls Johnny. He’s the gay one on my dad’s side. I’ve been told he’s a little out there, but he seemed culturally in keeping with my family, just less prone to settling than even I.
After that I had intended to go do some reading of class-related stuff. But instead I went for a hike/bike (mostly bike) from dolores park, to the presidio, down towards baker beach (though I never actually went down _to_ baker beach), and back to herbivore on divisadero. It was cool, especially the presidio parts. Getting around in sf by bike is better than I’d thought. I did get off and push it up the hills in a couple points, but for the most part, I zipped along easily enough.
Dinner at herbivore with Steve (he’s started growing a goatee, and it looks good on him). (date #3 for those of you keeping track in the studio audience). But the palo alto <-> berkeley distance is rather limiting. He gave me a ride home (bike in the trunk), then good night, and quickly to sleep.
I likes the long bike rides, I needs to do more of them. This one was like an hour and a half, which is on the short side for a long ride, but it was good. It was also good to go out to a plant and vista rich, but people poor area. There was even an abandoned-looking building to make it that much cooler.