went drinking with friends from brian's work last night and ended up driving his boss home in his car. i hadn't driven an automatic in a looong time. all his drunk ass could talk about was how he's fat and how he wonders how his boyfriend finds him attractive. alcohol induced drama is not my friend. nice enough fellow though. hopefully the next time i meet him, he'll be sober. listening to interpol today and am getting ready to make a big salad with lots of tomatoes
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we have a *very* active live music scene, running the full gamut from classical to country, folk, blues, rock, punk, goth, techno, IDM, jazz, a dozen dozen varieties of world music, and everything in between.
we also have a lively variety of other performing arts, including live theater, dance, improv comedy, performance art, literary readings, poetry slams, and other things beyond categorization. for example, we have an annual "haunted house" called Haunted Trails held in a local nature preserve that goes beyond the typical haunted house formula to develop an intricate backstory and an actual plot complete with characters.
there are lots of little art galleries, and most restaurants and cafes also display local art of some kind.
speaking of restaurants, there are some very fine ones here, and some excellent late night greasy spoons to boot.
we have a lot of green space and parks, with hike and bike trails. we have a wonderfully icy natural springs spool, and the only legally nude public "beach" in Texas, although being on an inland lake it is more like a stack of rocks for basking on than a "beach".
the city's political spectrum runs the full gamut from card-carrying communists to members of the extreme religious right. the university of texas and a sprinkling of smaller local colleges provide a steady infusion of young, intellectually inclined people. and the intellectual vibrance of the city in general is exceptional.
but this is SuicideGirls, so what you most want to know is that there are cute punk, goth, emo, and indie girls here in abundance. inked girls, pierced girls, girls with glasses, all here. boys too, in all of the above categories.
in short, it's as close to heaven as texas gets.
....which means it's damn near making heaven jealous!