What an amazing night! I got to wear shorts until 10pm and the sunset turned the sky a massive splash of pink before fading into endless purple. Perfect breeze, utterly cloudless, a truly beautiful SF eve.

I didn't really have to rock any hills tonight, but the block I was on had houses and apartments with the doors at least a story off the street. That's a lot of steps! But I like it 'cause it got my heart pumping and my legs working. I'm going to be in better shape after one month of this than I have been in a long time (maybe ever?) Another bonus.

I've begun to notice the little things about each of the houses. How the metal numbers nailed to the door have bled and run down the wood. Days of papers discarded in a heap on front porch that's never used because they go in through the garage. One house had a peculiar smell as I tromped up the front steps. It wasn't awful, but it did smell slightly tangy and old.

The funniest moment of the night happened early, while it was still a bright afternoon. I was on a porch that had 4 doors to 4 different apartments. I rang the buzzer to my left and waited. While waiting I heard commotion from the door on the other side of the porch behind me. I turned to speak to the person exiting, but only got about halfway around before the door swung open and a woman began to step out.

But she did not expect me to be standing there. Not at all.

She screamed, convulsed and reared back, shocked that I was on her porch. I scared the absolute shit out of her to the point that her fear scared me, and I jumped back because of her extreme reaction. Of course I apologized and said that I was there from the ACLU, but I most definitely did not try to canvass her. She skittered away, barely looking at me, but I chuckled a few times throughout the night remembering our shared, contagious panic.

$20 off my goal for the eve, but I talked to a lot of great people and definitely got a few of them to go and learn more about the extreme injustice our government is perpetrating. If I can't get their money, I can at least get their minds.