Turns out leaves don’t change color in Texas…
October 20th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
…yeah I was surprised about that one. Oh well, I suppose that I will have to put up with weeks at a time where it is 75 degrees and sunny. Anyway, things here are going well. I haven’t done much exploring yet to speak of, mostly because work and working out keep me busy enough that I don’t bother with just driving in one direction with the hope of getting totally lost (hint: doesn’t work in Omaha because the city is a near-perfect grid). Speaking of Omaha, I will be headed back up at the end of the next week, mostly so that I can go to Vala’s and have an excuse to wear something other than shorts and a t shirt (sorry Erin [actually not sorry because there is a significant possiblity of flannel]). Upcoming big thing: the powers-that-be at work (where I’m at right now, avoiding writing up an executive summary of a Mexican federal pawn statute) have decided that I need to learn Spanish so that I can be one of the point people in analyzing our Latin American interests. Looks like all that time studying German is really paying off! I secretly hope to use that knowledge and my soon-to-be mastery of Spanish to lead a coup in like El Salvador or something and become the kleptocratic Presidente of my own banana republic (I will, of course, wear exclusively Banana Republic clothing). I am also looking into volunteer opportunities around town to work with the large homeless population in Austin–maybe tutoring? I wanna do something besides just hurl spare change and insults at them as I blaze through yellow lights. Also, I will hopefully rediscover my muse and churn out some new poems. We shall see.
Sean out!
