Next week is South By Southwest here in Austin, and this is the first time in the two and a half years that I’ve lived in Texas that I will actually be in Austin during this week-long party-time. And though I didn’t purchase a badge, which can run from $550 to $695 (for the music badge only! holy crap!), I’m still hoping I can see and do some sxsw-related activities. There are tons of free events going on during the week – and a lot of them sound pretty cool! I’m greatly looking forward to seeing fellow Twin Citian, Haley Bonar perform at a free Craftster party! (She’s playing two shows tonight in Minneapolis – so go see her if you live there!) I love that they put two awesome things together: crafts & HB. And looky here: a whole sxsw party devoted to Minnesota Bands! It’s Ca$h Moneyapolis. I don’t really get the name, but if it’s Minnesota-related it’s likely that I’ll support it, at least in spirit. There’s also a free show on the 19th with M. Ward and Cold War Kids. I might go to that – I haven’t heard much of M. Ward’s old stuff which is supposedly pretty different from his new stuff, which I kind of like. The whole point of sxsw is to discover new bands that are relatively unknown – since there are a whole fricking ton of them, from all over the world, and I feel kind of lame for not researching more of the bands that I’ve never heard of to find their free shows :-/ And “free shows” only, of course, because we’re rockin’ a budget right now.
Erik’s gone next week – he’s going to spend some time with his bros in our beloved homestate. I actually have a lot of things planned for the time he’s away (remember all the sxsw stuff I just talked about?), and I don’t think I’ll be that bored. I have dinner plans, walking plans, and tenative haircut plans. I’m set.
I got news from the orthopedic doc today that I can slowly migrate away from wearing that gigantic boot that I was assigned to keep on. My ankle is healing – and I’m thinking I will be able to walk the 5k that I’m signed up for. I realize that you may not want to hear about my medical problems, so I won’t go on about it, but x-rays are just cool – so here:
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