I got up at 6:00 this morning. This early morning enabled me to take a quick shower, get packed, and eat a breakfast before departing for my destination of Austin. I had the front desk call me a taxi for 7:15, we spun by the Red Roof Inn to pick Karma up, and then made our way for the Amtrak Station. We obtained tickets for Austin and then waited for our departure. I will attempt to not make this post a documentation of inefficiencies of Amtrak. Ive done that before. But I am going to put my two cents in. First of all, San Antonio had a regular platform to board. Chicago is a terminus of the entire train system, so it makes a little more sense that they board us at the same time. But here it doesnt make sense. We all had to conjugate at a specific train car which was divided up determining our destination. This means that only two of the seven cars are being used right now. In addition, everybody in the same car gets off in the same location. This is pretty inefficient as a mass of people are trying to file out the same car. So this makes me mad. At the same time, we are currently an hour and a half behind schedule. We sat in San Antonio for almost two hours. This cant be blamed on Amtrak, though. This is due to the fact all trains use the same tracks. Regardless we wont be in Austin until noon four hours after our departure. Mind you, Austin is only 75-some miles away. Sigh. The positive of Amtrak is the amazing accommodation. You get a good three feet of foot room, your chair reclines to almost a forty-five degree angle, and there is a car dedicated as an eating car and lounge. This is pretty cool. Im sitting in the lounge right now, which is on the top story of the train and has floor to ceiling widows. When we are actually moving, this is pretty cool.
Like I said we are on our way to Austin. Ive been told by several people that Austin is awesome. The girl I worked with on Tuesday said Austin was the liberal mecca ofTexas. (She was cool, by the way). I cant wait to get to Austin because of this. I assumed everyone in Texas worshiped the Bush family. I mean, with his daughters it might be a reasonable assumption. However, I guess this isnt true. This is a relief after I sat through a skit at Howl at the Moon which started as a battle between a few different universities in Texas typical of a Howl at the Moon. However, no one won the event because it ended in everyone singing God Bless America and a presentation of the flag. Dont worry, we have pictures. Erin, Sarah, Carl, and I almost lost our cool. Well in fact we did lose our cool we knew we were in Texas. This event preceded ridiculousness past the karaoke bar we visited where someone was singing Can you Feel the Love Tonight. We left, assuming this wasnt a very fun karaoke bar.
Last night was probably the best bar experiance. I barley drank anything, but it was awesome. Karma, Dave, and I went to the Market Place for dinner. This place is the hub for the Fiasta festival. We ate at an awesome Mexican restaurant and then got a drink as we strolled the grounds. It was pretty awesome night. Several Mexican bands and other sorts were placed around the grounds. We got a call from Alexia who said they were at Stears and Beers for line dancing. We left there and walked back to downtown to meet with them. On the way, we met Jerry (future boss) at the Irish Pub we always drink at. We talked with him until heading to Stears and Beers. This place was were someone was singing along with Elton John. So we left and went to a small piano bar, slash Irish bar. This was pretty fun. We requested a song for Ball State, which was interupted by some texas Tech person who wanted their song played. Then they had to play a Texas Tech song. WE discovered that Texas ran out of cool school songs, so they got stuck with stupid ones. We openly laughed. (Soon the airforce and military had the piano guy play their songs. This seems to be a reoccurance in Texas). I wanted to go back home, so I started to walk Karma home. However, we stoped by another place we usually go. (I forgot the name, I'll update later). Some of my graduate friends were there, but soon Jerry just showed up. So we ended staying longer then planned. It was pretty fun. I walked Karma back home and then I went back to my hotel.
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Me: Youre going to another session?
Sarah: Yeah, we have to make up for all we didnt learn this last year in school.
Me: Im glad Im a human and I can take a bath instead of licking myself.
Jerry: Karma, I can tell youve been doing youre homework. I talked with Cyrus from Stonghenge and he mentioned that he had talked with you about proposals.
.. five minutes later
Karma: Im glad Jerry thinks Im doing my homework. I only got his number because he said we could come and party in Columbus with him.
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