My sense of humor is 14 years old.

There's a movie theater on campus called the Dobie, which has a rather small marquee on Guadalupe (also called The Drag, Guadalupe is sort of this campus' Comm Ave...kind of). Because the marquee is small, the entire title "Someone to Eat Cheese With" won't fit on one line, so they've been forced to put "Someone to Eat" one one line and "Cheese With" on the line below. The other movie sharing these two lines? "Outsourced," which they've separated into "Out" and "Sourced," thus forming "Someone to Eat Out" on a single line. That's all I'm saying.

Speaking of campus, I found another awesome place to eat yesterday: Longhorn Po' Boys. They have the most wonderful falafel I've ever had. It's so flavorful and delicious, I want to eat it everyday. But, I won't. Because, it's on the other side of campus from everything else I need. I was only there yesterday to return something to the Public Affairs Library. Sad face. If only it this campus weren't so big or it weren't still so hot or my bag didn't regularly weigh 30 pounds...

Exploring Campus

Today, I rode the UT Shuttle and went inside the Texas Memorial Museum. It's amazing how exciting the little things are; I feel like I may actually know my way around this campus by the time I graduate! Or I may not.

Ooh, I also discovered a new place to eat around campus: Veggie Heaven. It's Asian vegetarian food and it's freaking delicious. And they have Thai iced tea, which is really all I need in life. My favorite Tex Mex place we've tried so far, El Mercado, is also right near campus (and I think there may be one mear my house). They've got the best salsa. Another great place to eat on campus: Mellow Mushroom, which I first tried when I was visiting Auburn, Alabama, actually. I'm psyched they have one here. The calzones are a-freaking-mazing. (Not better or worse than BPE, totally different.)

I still miss U-Grill and BPE and BHOP and all the other yummy places to eat near BU's campus, but at least I'm starting to figure things out around here!

Trish in Austin

So we finally arrived at our home-sweet-home and learned about even more amenities (including a furnished guest house that will fit six comfortably for $99/night *hint hint*wink wink* and a pet sitter that has a relationship with the complex) and I got to see it for the first time. It's perhaps even better than I thought it would be. Eventually, I'll post pictures, but after six weeks (I guess it's a little weird that I'm writing in the past tense about the move but back-dating the posts, sorry 'bout that) we still aren't done moving in. Once classes started, it just dropped way down on the priority list, which has been hard to deal with. I'm the kind of person who unpacks for a trip as soon as she walks through the door. I do not like for things to be in boxes. But, I digress. Back to Trish's time here with us!

That night we ate a BBQ place picked by Trish: Artz Rib House. She picked it because the review said it had vegetarian fare. My grilled veggies were absolutely delicious, but even better was the pecan sweet potato pie we had for dessert. Hot damn.

On Tuesday, we squeezed in as much Austin goodness and touristy times as we could because Trish was leaving Wednesday while I was at Orientation. We went on a Duck Tour (I highly recommend them), ate at the Iron Cactus (where they make the guac right in front of you!), toured a little of UT's campus, and hit up the pool at our apartment complex. Then, we hit the town. Sixth Street is the bar/club/music scene in downtown Austin. We went to a bar called The Library that I actually really liked. Then we hit up B.D. Riley's and Daddy's. It was an excellent night.