long walks in the rain

it's raining in sydney. sydney has been experiencing a fairly serious drought for the last season or so, but more rain has fallen in the last few days than all of past average augusts (or so i hear).

i have a rain jacket, which makes walking in the rain an enjoyable experience. the hood is big enough that it actually stays up when a stiff wind blows. the weather feels so much like an evening in october in the states that one half expects to look up and see the trees a-changing or small children running around with identity crises asking perfect strangers for candy. it's almost disappointing to look around and see a palm tree looking peaked in the moonlight, or a bat flying from tree to tree (no kidding).

i added a new feature: a link! this is the official asc blog. there are a bunch of us writing about official asc things. i wrote the first issue about a week or two ago, and will write again in october. if you really want more australian craziness, check it out. if not, i'll be a fine one stop shop.