i know its fall because i can finally listen to the decemberists again. i discovered the decemberists last fall, when my friends and i took a road trip to montreal for fall break. walking around the city, we saw that they were playing at a venue, and since we'd heard of them before, decided to check it out. it was an awesome concert, and for the rest of the fall i was obsessed with such classics as "engine driver" and "july, july". but as the year progressed, i discovered that i associated their music too much with the autumn time of year to listen to it any other time. it just didn't feel right, especially as the weather got nicer. i thought maybe i was just totally over them, and didn't expect to ever listen to them again, except when listening to a mix of college classics. but today i woke up, and i just thought "the decemberists would be the perfect thing to listen to". fall starts a bit late over here i guess, the weather has only just started to get cold. it's funny, fall is actually the only nice season here. summer is too hot, winter is bitterly cold, and because beijing is near a desert, spring is apparent full of sand storms. i've actually only lived here for summer and fall, so i'm not too excited to find out about these other seasons. it sort of depresses me knowing that this is the last nice weather i'm going to be seeing for a really long time. it makes me feel like i should be taking advantage of it. like i should go out more now, since when it's winter time i'm not going to want to. but feeling like i should take advantage something doesn't really make me do it. it just makes me mope about it.