ATX

  • The trip strengthened it as my favourite city in the US (tied alongside Chicago)
  • Met the lovely Heather who took me to a pre-release show thing of an awesome local Austin band, The Gorgeous Hands. Well I was in Austin so of course I need to go see some hip live music yo. Got introduced to the band and some other awesome people. Never felt that cool in a long time.
  • Oh and their bassist looks disturbingly like one of my professors
  • Toured UT. Lovely campus. I know you’re not supposed to pick grad school based on the city’s music scene but hey man UT’s a great school regardless
  • Went to awesome record stores (Waterloo, End of an Ear,…), numerous antique shops where I got this miniature llama with a dumb face
  • The flagship Whole Foods is something you have to see to believe. I mean, man, I’ve been to some Whole Foods but this is like a parallel universe
  • The food is greaaaaaaaat, food carts are always a treat
  • I kept wondering why they had so many Chile flags at first
  • Overall A+++ city, would spend lots of time here again. Crossing fingers I manage to find a relevant program to apply to at UT Austin. 

off to LA then hyuk hyuk hyuk

kaaayrutledge:

There’s a new Hyperbole and a Half, you guys, and it is spectacular.

(via justice-b)

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Do it do it do it! I spend a good 2 hours there every time I visit it. I just went on Record Store Day, fun stuff.

there was a long line for Waterloo when I went to Whole Foods (it was a spiritual experience) earlier today, turns out the drummer from The Doors was having a book signing god this city

Awww yisss. Did you hit Waterloo yet?

not yet! but it’s literally a 15 minute walk from where I’m staying. I’m probably gonna visit it every day

5 hours in being in Austin, I already want to move here

It’s that time of the semester… end of finals celebratory vinyl!

there was this big board thing I saw that had “Before I die I want to …” and then people could fill in whatever they want and the first one was “Before I die I want to LIVE LIFE” well no shit sherlock.

thebluthcompany:

It’s the Final Countdown Good Grief

Hey, where the [bleep] are my hard boiled eggs?!