Austin

“The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness,” said Mr. Reed, sounding exasperated in an interview on Tuesday morning. “You can’t make this stuff up. And the impact this is having on the grass-roots around the country is devastating. Republicans think the governing class in Washington are a bunch of buffoons who have total disregard for the principles of the party, the law of the land and the future of the country.” - Scott Reed - NYTimes 8/29/07

I don't have a lot to say about the Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) situation, but it just another example of the hypocrisy of republicans. They took our country, our values and our laws and people still support them because they know how to manipulate the word of the Lord to suit their own selfish needs. I'm still more offended by the War and the tax cuts and deregulation for the rich. I do think there are good misguided republicans out there, but they are not the ones running the show and oh yeah, they still have that misguided problem. I'm glad to be back in Texas where I can see this in person.

I'm starting to do some research on Austin City Limits which is coming up next month. Everyone I know is going it seems. It is a 3 day long music festival. I was hoping to go, but heard that the 3 day tickets are sold out and there are only tickets for Friday and Sunday left. The one day I want to go is on Saturday. Mainly because Damien Rice and Muse will be playing on that day. Muse is the favorite band of a person I really care about and Damien Rice another. I don't think I could go for 3 days, but one day I think I could do, maybe even two. I wasn't aware of how much tickets cost, man, it was a lot more than I had thought. I hope it all works out and I'll get to go, but we still got some time.

Rick has been my friend since we were in the 2nd grade. He is one of those people I respect and look up to. When I was away from Texas and Rick lived in Austin, he told me about this city that had great bars, restaurants and was the live music capital of the world. I always thought, man that Austin would be a great place to live. So one day I picked up and moved here. The Mecca he spoke of was so true and I think this is a great place for me if only I could start to get some roots down. You know moving from self employment status and hopefully one day getting a condo. Maybe this is a good place to start over or at least get away for a while. I do have a feeling I won't be here long and that is why I'm trying to get the most out of the time I have here. As long as I can get past the month of October, then I think I'll have a handle on things.

I'm a big fan of the notion that how you approach things really affects the quality of your life. If you like to bitch and complain (oops sounds like my blog at times), then your life is filled with disappointment and annoyance. When a waiter takes forever to get your check, you know it just doesn't bother me. If I need to be somewhere then I'll take action, if not, I just try to go with the flow and pick my battles. I rarely complain about a place because of the service, I mean if it is a true problem I'll stop going. If they get my order wrong at a fast food place, well I'll just make sure to check the next time. I try to spread this message to my friends around me, mainly because I'm trying to teach it to myself and in doing so I've learned to enjoy situations that would otherwise be very frustrating (ie traffic, lines, etc.)

Imagine having an ipod right in your grasp, yours and thinking of all the music you could fill on its four gigs (though eight would be ideal) and then it is starts to fade away and fills a more important purpose. Just a thought, but it is better to have imagined it actually being yours for a bit and enjoying that excitement than never....no maybe the ipod is better.

It is almost 5am on Wednesday and I'm trying to decide how much sleep I'm going to get tonight. What is it about me and sleep, I mean my sleep study came up clean, so maybe it is psychological, or just bad habits. Maybe my mom is right and I am just lazy. I don't think I'm lazy though, I'm almost sure of it, but to the outside world I don't blame them for thinking that at times. I think I need more guilt free play, wait, that has nothing to do with the topic.

beating the traffic