it gets dark way too early

i suppose the short days in minnesota are payback for the long ones in the summer. i remember camping and hiking at 9:00 pm, and there was still sunlight. when i went to the boundary waters this past summer, i wasn't able to keep my eyes open long enough to see the stars. now, i wish the moon really was made of cheese. that way, i could eat the bastard and be done with him.

i remember...
fisherman a: "should we reel in and turn the boat around? it's already 8:00.?"
fisherman b: "heck no! we still have an hour and a half of til sundown!"

ok. so that conversation never happened. mosquitos turn the boat around. rain can turn the boat around. promises to significant others can sometimes turn the boat around. but i don't think the lack of sunlight has ever really been the cause to turn the boat around. (this brings up another notion: how exactly is one "turning the boat around" when fishing, especially on a lake? it isn't like one fishes in a given direction, and then goes back the same way when they are finished. whatever).

yadda yadda. so, there are no 9:00 hikes now. it totally sucks to go home from work in the dark. i feel like it's midnight at, like, 7:00. that could be 7:00 am or pm. both are cold and dark. winter sucks.

but, heh! at least december has the holiday season! friggin yippee. i get way too pissy this time of year. the only time i ever get "politically correct" is when i go see The Christmas Carol. i feel like society needs to be more accepting of fiscally concerned, holiday-cheer oppositionists.

i decided to google christmas. the first listing was THIS site. i find it odd that someone has the license to christmas. this particular group has decided christmas is best celebrated by downloading festive screen savers. alas, i suppose everyone had the same opportunity to grab the url. it appears that those who love baby-jesus-in-a-manger were a little slow with the whole "internet" thing. whatever. i don't know what i was expecting. perhaps something that imbued me with a sense of christmas cheer, and distain for scrooge. humbug.