Leaving Austin....

Woke up the morning after the Criaturas show and hung around in bed for a while until it was time to get up and meet Adam at Threadgill's, an old school Austin joint that Janis Joplin supposedly used to frequent. I got a chicken fried pork chop that was pretty gross, but the veggies were good.



After some food and some margaritas, I said goodbye to Adam and went back to Mike's house to "hang out" until it was time for Mike to drive me to the bus station. Mike drove me over at 6pm for my 7pm bus and waited with me inside the station.

I was super bummed to leave him, and my Austin adventure, but it was time to go, and Nahville was next.

I Hate Austin- Pt 5

The next morning (or late afternoon) we woke up, and I was supposed to be moving on that day but for some reason that I can't figure out (it can't be liking a boy, I have a cold black heart) I decided to stay one more day so I could see the Criaturas show that night.
The morning started slow, just hanging around the house with Alba and Victor, Mike looking dreamy playing guitar, the usual.




Then the best thing ever happened. Mike decided to make me fucking dinner. I don't know if a dude has ever cooked for me before, definitely not this well. He made us steaks with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus with venison bacon. Um yeah. Best dude ever? I don't like him shut up.



We hung out around the apartment for a bit and Victor borrowed my hairdryer and we watched Cowboy Bebop and I got to hang out with that Mike dude.


Then it was time for the show at Emo's. Some other bands played, but Criaturas were the best duh and I'm not biased or anything. I got to meet some really cool people including Dru (Criatura's singer) and this really awesome gay couple.







Criaturas played and were really awesome. Mike threw a beer and accidentally hit some girl. They raged.





After the show we hung out at the bar for a little before going back to Mike's house for my last night in town... sad face.

Damnit, Austin- Pt2

The next day I got to meet Mike's roommate (and band mate in Criaturas) as well as Alba, Victor's girlfriend who had just moved to Austin from Barcelona. Also, Mike's turtle Stu, who is apparently the mascot of Clockcleaner.


That day wasn't too exciting. Mike and Victor went to work, I went to Epoch Coffee to do some writing. I walked back to the house from Epoch and had some girl time with Alba, and then we bravely ventured out on our own, two ladies unfamiliar with Austin, to go take a bus to The Grand for a DJ night.

The Grand seemed like an unlikely spot for a DJ night... it was a big, well lit pool hall in the middle of a strip mall, but it turned out to be pretty cool. People were playing pool, and drinking cheap beer, and the DJ was spinning the same type of records that "hip" DJs apparently play at "cool" DJ nights all around the country.
I met some people, including Ryan, Mike's awesome friend who had gotten his ass beaten by some skinheads at a Templars show a few days before.


Eventually Mike and Victor showed up and we drank with them for a while until piling into Mike's car to head back to their place...



I just drank with Mike, and listened to Pink Panzer (a gay white power band) and drank more and fought to stay up and was thoroughly charmed by his gay gothy ways...


Fell asleep sometime around dawn... it was a really, really great time.