Speaking of RUSHing......
As the last few days of freedom fade out soooo many parties are happening at a ferocious rate around me. also, i continuously see Greek "Rush" festivities going on and they make me laugh. paying for friends. silly freshman. haven't they learned the easiest way to make friends freshman year is a good solid ping pong table and a keg of Busch lite? or in their case, Lonestar?
I've been trying to not rush, which is something really hard for me NOT to do. It seems i rely on my to-do lists in life. I got a part-time job for the booze money, not really b/c i need it, seeing that FinAid is my "Padre" for the next two years. Maybe i won't have a part-time job always....but for some reason not working SOMEWHERE seems unnatural to me.
i have a class a the Harry Ransom Center this semester and am WAY too excited/looking forward to it. it's a class where we get to explore the best practices on preserving, and utilizing primary source materials from the HR Research Center. I'll get to study Rare Books and Manuscripts. From syllabus: "The course seeks to foster a sense of connoisseurship in the Books
Arts in the broadest sense, including (but not limited to) the
medieval manuscript, Incunabula and other early printed books, Gothic
and Renaissance bookbindings, emblem books of the 17th-century, the
French Illustrated book (18th-century), English Color-Plate Books
(19th-century), the English Private Press movement, Children’s Books,
Modern Illustrated books. Throughout the course the relationship
between the antiquarian book trade, private collectors, and Special
Collections Libraries will be explored."
YA. SO I'M KINDA GEEKING OUT.
otherwise i've yet to find an aging hipster to my liking, but have been asked out to a swimmin' hole by a god-fearing, southern gentleman at a Cowboy Boot store. The answer of if i will go to this swimmin' hole remains undefined, but hey, it's a good story.
Yesterday was pretty much the definition of Austin living thus far. I wandered around weird SoCo (South Congress) stores w/ buddies, we went to an old soda parlor. That place will get it's own entry someday.
We went back to the community pool soaking in it for probably six hours all the while nursing the nectar of Greatness, "Lonestar". Think PBR, only Southern. It's existence is actually parodied on the cartoon, "King of the Hill" as "Alamo" beer. Also - i feel like i am the only one that doesn't have a tattoo in Austin. I notice this while walking around town, but in the pool it was made even more apparent.
I learned Lonestar was a vegan beer as we got into weird health stories and human biology trivia w/ a kind Research Assistant at UT. We then were invited over to the RA's place for a free vegan feast from "Veggie Heaven". It was great - i don't know if i can say that based on the vegan-ness or the free factor but it was a gooooood meal after lounging in a pool all day getting tanked. Think "beer in the shower" only for like 5 hours.
catch ya on the flip side......xoxo.
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