This week's adventures

Littlefield Home, University of Texas

WTF is that doing on campus? Read about it here.

I'm pretty tired right now, so I probably won't write much, but I wanted to share some pictures.

Elizabet Ney musuem

Got a chance to visit with some fellow ISchoolers and it was as beautiful as it looks. Our guide was a bit of a Chatty Cathy, so in order to actually look at the museum, we had to sneak away in the middle of his talk. But he did have a lot of interesting things to say. One of the most memorable being that Ney's house has a door that goes out onto a flat roof because she liked to sleep outside in a tent every night. You have to go up a skinny little spiral staircase to get to the bedroom and the door looks like a bookcase.

The Vaselines at Emo's

OMG! I got to see The Vaselines again! Here is my flashless photo (which I think looks pretty cool here). They were amazing, no need to say more there.
One of the openers, Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard put on a good show, complete with short films. Although, their sound check was RIDICULOUS. They are obviously perfectionists because the audience was audibly groaning at hearing "can I get some more _____ in this monitor?" for the thirtieth time. There was a bit of residual annoyance when they finally started playing, but they won me over in the end, especially with the song Don't Get Upset, which was awkwardly relatable.

Ingrid Betancourt at the Texas Book Festival

I spent Saturday volunteering for the Book Festival and went on Sunday. I'm really excited to read Betancourt's book once I get my hands on it. She only spoke for 45 minutes and it was difficult to keep a dry eye.

The Austin Film Festival starts on Thursday and I bought a pass (no, I couldn't really afford it, but oh well), so I'll fill you in on that when it's over. Blue Valentine is playing on Friday, so I don't have to wait until December to see if it's worth the NC-17 rating.