Snow in Austin

"The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief." - Frank Barron

Tuesday, it snowed in Austin. This did not come with the joy of the Christmas snow in the RGV in 2003, but from what I hear, it is very rare for it to snow in Austin. I was at work and the flakes were huge. I thought it was very cool and it made me very happy to see the snow since it has been a very long time. I went into town to make a filing downtown and called it a day at 1pm on account of the light snowfall. Some places got more snow than others, but today it is all gone and just a memory as the sun shines.

Last Thursday night I met up with an old high school/college friend after work for a drink. He was four years ahead of me in high school and four years ahead at Cornell, but I had met him a few times over the years and we have a lot of friends in common. I had a good time catching up. We met up at a young lawyers happy hour, then went to watch a show his paralegal's band was putting on. After, we went to see another old high school friend who runs a bar and had some food and drinks. I enjoyed the fact that I was able to chat with a person who could identify with similar experiences at Cornell and who also had great advice on being a lawyer. He is a pretty cool guy and made me think about getting more involved in local organizations.

So at that point I should have called it a night, but I decided that I was out anyway, so I parted ways and went to go and check out a comedy open mic on 6th street. I've been trying to make it there every week to learn more about stand up. People were great as always. I stayed until 11:30pm and then finally called it a night. If only I didn't have work the next morning.

A good friend of mine is taking the bar this week. I wish her the best of luck. I get very nervous for other people when it comes to the bar exam. I know she will do great and can't wait to see how happy she is when she gets her results.

I finally broke down and got HBO. Since I'll be moving in a few months (looking for a new apartment), I figured I'd spend the money to see if I need to include it next time I sign up. Big Love is going to be done in two weeks, so that sucks, but I enjoy Real Time with Bill Maher. HBO really is just that good.

In reference to my introductory quote. I agree that not making a choice is a choice, but disbelief can't always be a belief. I don't believe that cows can fly with invisible wings, but would it be correct to say that is one of my beliefs? Then I must have a whole list of beliefs of every imaginary scenario that I think could not happen that you can think of. I know I'm making it complicated for no reason. What this is really talking about is that not believing in God a form of belief, but I don't know if I agree with that, but I've been told that many times. I guess it is something I need to think about.

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