This weekend I visited Austin for Moontower Comedy Festival. It was a lot of fun and much needed time away from school. It was weird to be back in Austin, everyone has been keeping it weird I suppose. (lame joke) Anyways, it's crazy to see how much the city has grown since I haven't been around. I'm not sure how it's going to be when I move in December or January. I'm not sure I'm quite ready for all the traffic I have to deal with and the amount of people in such a small city. Anyway, back to my weekend..since I had an exam on Friday I couldn't leave until I finished with my exam and then Eddie and I took off to Austin. We left Edinburg around 1:00 p.m. and arrived in Austin just before 6:00 p.m. and somehow managed to miss all the traffic which is rare, especially when you are going through San Antonio. As soon as we got to Austin we quickly checked into our private room on the east side. Then we headed downtown to Stateside for Dr. Katz Live. The show was great and then Eddie and I decided to go have long island iced coffees at Halcyon before our next show at midnight. The long islands gave us some much needed energy after the long drive and we headed to The Paramount for T.J. Miller and Pete Holmes. While we were waiting in line we saw Marc Maron and Eddie got to say hi to him and shake his hand. I just kind of froze and stared at him because I am constantly listening to his podcast WTF and it was cool to see him as a real person, I was a little starstruck lol. The show went great, I love T.J. Miller I think he's hilarious and I also love him Silicon Valley. I also got to see Pete Holmes for the second time who has only gotten funnier since I saw him film his Comedy Central Presents a couple of years ago. After the show we went home for some much needed sleep. The next day we slept in until around 11:00 a.m., got ready and then picked up some food before we started the day. We hung out with Eddie's best friend Pete and our friend Jason stopped by and we discussed comedy, new films and television. It was a lot of fun and then we Eddie and I went to hang out with my friend Marissa for a bit. She was house sitting at this awesome house just west of sixth street and we just watched TV, talked and had some alcoholic beverages. After our hang out we went to check out Waterloo, Whole Foods and then had to attend another stand up show in the evening. We saw Todd Barry at Stateside and he was hilarious of course. The next day, we woke up early to go watch Ex Machina with Oscar Isaac at The Alamo Drafthouse. The movie was intense, different and based on A.I. I thought it was really great and I pretty much love any movie with Oscar Isaac because he is such a wonderful actor. Before we left Austin we grabbed coffee from Thunderbird and then hung out with Eddie's best friend Pete again and his girlfriend Erika. Then it was time for the six-hour drive home because of an accident on the way back home that caused traffic to not move for over an hour. It was the worst drive I've ever had to do. It was hard to re-adjust to school life as soon as I got back. I had to complete Spanish homework, work on a Power Point presentation and write five essays that are due tomorrow. I keep telling myself just a few more days of school left and I can do it. I can't wait for school to be over with, the last class day is Wednesday and can't come soon enough. Stay strong guys, the semester is almost over!
P.S. Are you all ready for The Avengers: Age of Ultron? I know I am! I'll be at the theater this Thursday for a showing. I can hardly wait!
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Lovely Day - Alt-J
I've been listening to this song a lot lately, it's beautiful and makes me feel great..
