inluminent

Three day weekends are great (but the body can’t handle them like it used to):

On Saturday night I attended the Texas A&M vs. t.u. Men’s Basketball game here in Austin. The Aggies got skunked pretty badly, but it was a fun game. I sat 5 seats from Rick Perry, and had the opportunity to introduce myself to him, which was pretty cool.

After the game, we headed over to Shultz’s and downed a pitcher or two before driving over to Hooter’s for dinner. After Hooters we finally ended up at the Broken Spoke, a little country and western place in south Austin.

Great night, but man did my head hurt on Sunday morning…

At 11 a.m., on Sunday, a buddy of mine in the music business called and woke me up. I hadn’t seen him in 6 months or so, so we decided to get together and watch the Bucs trounce the Eagles at Fox and the Hound in downtown. I started drinking again at 1:00. Ugh…

The game was great as was getting to see my old buddy. After the game, we were headed back to the apartment to watch the Oakland game, but he realized that he was supposed to play a few songs at the Gruene with Envy Texas Music Awards at Steamboat. So, we took a little side trip to Steamboat and I sat back stage with the likes of Jason Boland, Stoney LaRue, Django Walker, Roger Creager, Houston Marchman and Dub Miller.

What a great time. The beer was free with my back stage credentials, so, I did my best to maintain an even buzz without getting to embarassing to myself. I ended up sitting on the stage in the back for most of the show, enjoying the music and the jokes with the artists.

Man, I love living in Austin.