Looking for a great day trip outside of Austin this weekend? You’re in luck. Buda is only a 20 minute drive from Austin and this Saturday and Sunday the Buda Lions Club is hosting the 11th Annual Buda Wiener Dog Races. This year’s theme — Nacho Wiener.
The races are a part of the club’s annual Country Fair and Cookoff but it seems as if the races are the main attraction. The event begins Saturday morning at 9 AM at the Buda City Park with a pet parade. The dressed wiener dog contest is at 9:45 AM and the races follow starting at 10 AM.
The fair also features a BBQ cook-off, a chili cook-off, arts & craft booths, live music, and activities for the kids. Saturday night there will be a free dance and fireworks. Sunday there will be a bake-off. The dog racing aspect, to no surprise, is getting all the buzz.
The races attract dogs and owners from all over the nation and it is expected that around 600 dogs will enter. Winners, announced Sunday at 4:30, win $500 and a huge statue. All I can say, is I’m definitely going. And I’m taking my wiener dog with me. Check out the footage from last year’s event.
I’m super busy studying for a test and doing a million other things BUT if you like TV (who doesn’t) and you like laughing (again, why not?) you should check out Television Without Pity. Basically they do a play-by-play of all of your favorite TV shows but in a very funny way.
So if you miss your show, you can read exactly what happened! Just go check it out. They also have forums where users can play trivia games and talk about their favorite TV shows. There’s tons of cool stuff on there! Enjoy!
Interesting ‘about me’ fact — I usually read while I walk to class. You know that really nerdy girl in high school or middle school that just could not seem to put down her copy of The Grapes of Wrath between Calculus and History class? That’s me.
Anyway, this morning I was reading the latest edition of OK! magazine and amidst tips on how to loose weight like Britney and a blurb about Lindsay Lohan getting rejected by Kanye I found an advertisement for Propel’s newest “water.” Propel, famous for it’s low calorie, flavored water for the active athlete has apparently taken it’s “water” one step further and added “a touch of caffeine,” or 20 mg per 8 oz.
Your average 8 oz. of coffee has a lot more, at about 100 mg per 8 oz. while tea has about the same amount as Propel Invigorating Water. I really do not understand why companies feel the need to “energize” their products by adding caffeine. That is what soda, coffee or tea is for.
I guess it is just getting harder and harder to stay awake and alert these days. When you go get your exciting new “water” at the 7-11 be sure and pick up a Snickers Charged for an extra 60 mg to get you through your day!
I realize it is a little late notice but if you happen to see this soon, head on over to the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (aka The Ritz) for their weekly Music Monday series. Each Monday they play a music film for only $2. Pretty great deal if you ask me.
Tonight is not just an ordinary ‘Music Monday’ though. Tonight at 10 pm they are playing “Sigur Ros – HEIMA.” The Drafthouse despriction says HEIMA is“a breathtaking documentary/concert film [chronicling] their tour around their home country in 2006 where they preformed a series of free, unannounced concerts in rural areas. There is no actual narrative or plot in the film, in fact it’s like going to a Sigur Ros concert.
Let’s pause there and realize that going to a Sigur Ros concert would be an undoubtedly beautiful experience. A chance to come close to experiencing that is very promising. The film consists of interviews, concert footage, and music done only for the film.
The site also says the film is “an experience, a beautiful, poetic and intense experience that captures the audience and keeps them focused on the subject.”
Did I mention you can get this promised experience for only TWO dollars? But wait, there is icing on the cake. If the music isn’t enough, the Drafthouse offers Music Monday Specials on food and drinks. Tonight you get a free large popcorn if you buy a bucket of beer. And if popcorn isn’t your thing, they also offer a free large soda or $2 Alamo Ale with the purchase of a pizza!
There is no reason not to rush downtown immediately! Check out the trailer before you go.
This photograph was taken for a photography class I was in. It is a portrait of my friend David. Nothing too fancy I just put him in front of a black sheet in my apartment and had my friend move the lighting around until I got the shot I wanted.
Another photograph for photography class. The assignment was to disturb the frame and take an unconventional shot. I used candles to light and had my roommate turn over her tarot cards. Again, very simple.
Same photography class but this was a proximity assignment. The idea was to get close to your subject. The picture is of my friend Andy. We were on a trip to Acuna, Mexico and we stopped to get gas at Wal-Mart. I just snapped this photo and liked the way it turned out.
As I was crossing across Whitis street on campus today I was for some reason drawn to the flashing “expired” sign on several parking meters. I very rarely have to park at a meter. This is mainly because I don’t drive anywhere unless it’s late at night, when the meters are free and also because I am horrible at parallel parking. So I was really surprised by how little time a quarter gets you at a meter around Austin. I asked around and it seems like the price for time on campus (a quarter gets you a whopping 15 minutes) is pretty true around the city. For residents of Austin or Houston, this may seem insignificant, but I come from a town where a quarter gets you an HOUR and 15 minutes.
That’s right ladies and gentleman. In the town of Corpus Christi, TX you can park for over two hours for less than fifty cents. Jealous? You should be. I attempted to look up how much it cost to get 15 minutes at a meter in New York City and cities of comparable population but I couldn’t find any information. So if you know, please enlighten me. I did however find some cool stuff about the kind of meters in New York City. Apparently they have solar-powered meters which look kind of outer-spacey, which is pretty awesome.
Long story short, I’m glad I can’t parallel park. I save tons of money walking.
So I am already an inconsistent blogger but these next few weeks are going to be tough. Basically I’m taking a break from the madness to give a quick warning in advance that I may not be consistent. But I will do my very best to keep you updated with fun stuff as much as possible. Only because I love you.
So instead of cool websites, today I’ll give you a cool video. Check out Bjorks Wanderlust video. It is totally awesome.
I don’t know what it is about today, but it seems like I should start with a site that I don’t like instead of a cool and interesting one. Maybe it’s the fact that I have seen an over abundance of cat pictures today. Maybe it’s because our two cats spilled a giant cup of water over all of my school books and computer cords today. But maybe I just really hate this web site. You take your pick.
Actually, it is not even a formal web site, it is a blog. But people put the pictures from it all over their web sites which in turn annoys me. LOLcatz is by far the worst idea I have ever seen. I don’t find it funny, I don’t find it cute, I don’t even find it fairly amusing.
Take this picture for example — not funny to me.
Okay I guess that is enough ranting and raving. And I don’t want to leave everything on a sour note so I’ll leave you with a few web sites that I recently came across that I think are pretty cool.
UT for Dummies is a new site started by some UT students and is basically a survival guide to UT life. The posts are super entertaining and really informative at the same time!
Also check out the videos on Zune Arts. Basically artists and musicians come together and share their work. The videos are incredible though, check out this one with zombie puppets!
And one last thing, check out the article on the DTWeekend site about Mixtapes! I knew they would start making a come back!
So this is a little last minute but I figure a mixtape of what I listen to at work has the potential to be mildly entertaining and might just give you some insight into what I’m all about. Enjoy…
Dashboard Confessional – Don’t Wait
Nine Inch Nails – The Perfect Drug
Enrique Iglesias – Do You Know
Lovage – Sex (I’m A)
Everlast – Black Jesus
The Sounds – Rock N Roll
Damien Rice – The Blowers Daughter
Cam’ron – What Means the World to You
Kings of Leon – Charmer
Scott Simons – Umbrella
Sublime – Badfish
The Spill Canvas – All Hail the Hearbreaker
Slightly Stoopid – Mellow Mood
On another note, if anyone knows how to embed mp3s into a blog, please let me know. I would greatly appreciate it!
I have talked briefly about how amazing the Alamo Drafthouse is but I have not delivered a true example of how cool this place can really be. For me simply going to a regular movie at the Drafthouse is enough. Like I said, a movie + great beer + awesome food = pure bliss for me, but the Alamo delivers much more than a simple movie experience.
Tonight the Drafthouse is putting on an amazing event that totally shows what a great place it really is. At 8:00 you can head over to The Dart Bowl for an amazing Big Lebowski themed event. For just $20 you get a game of bowling, a white russian and you get to watch one of my favorite movies, The Big Lebowski.
This event is part of the Rolling Roadshow, the mobile branch of the Drafthouse that allows them to show movies in really cool places. For the movie, The Descent, they screened the movie from inside of Longhorn Caverns and attendees got to crawl through the caverns after the show.
The Alamo Drafthouse has something equally amazing almost every week so I would suggest keeping an eye on their web site or checking back here for updates! And in case you have not heard of The Big Lebowski, here is the trailer to get you excited.
