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Ho! Ho! Who?
... them what they wanted for Christmas and rehearsed my replies to the answers I thought they'd give. And since I had to read The Night Before Christmas, I ran through that a number of times, practicing the story in my Santa voice and working on vocal inflections and emphasis where I thought they were needed.
I also had to try on the hotel's Santa suit to be sure it fit properly, so one day at work I retrieved the suit and all its accoutrements from ...
At Ollivander's
No. I didn't get a letter from Hogwarts although that would have been cool. However, I did go to buy my first pair of cowboy boots and another for Shilpa. I walked into Allens Boots and my first reaction was Oh **** ! There were rows after rows with thousands of boots and I had no clue how to find a pair. I asked one of the guys about how to fit a shoe and he explained. And then he said very slowly in a very Texan ...
From where i left off....
... the streets, so it wasn't the safest thing to do but we had no other option, after 3 solid hours sleep we woke up feeling extremely dirty and tired, we headed to Jack In The Box which turned out to be every homeless persons choice of breakfast. We then went to the train stations toilet to change clothes and brush our teeth before we headed back onto the road, it felt so good to be back riding even if the circumstances were not the best, we cycled some dodgy roads leaving ...
Austin, TX: The Unusual Nature of Austin
... to 30,000 pound of insects. I hope the mosquitos are included in this. God, I hate mosquitos; the Lord created them to annoy all the other species that had ever roamed the dry Earth. I found out about the bats from my colleague, Charles, who's a native of Austin. The bat hotline is 512-416-5700 ext. 3636. Charles went to Barton cold springs on Friday. Alex, Casie, Dresden and I went there the next day. There must have been 500+ people in that ...
Tayhaus
... helped open called the Salty Sow. Ok people. If you are EVER in Austin and looking for a good meal (especially dessert) the Salty Sow is the place to be. Their drinks are amazing, the food, but let me tell you about this dessert. It came out in a shallow canning jar. It was a light, creamy dessert topped with salted caramel and I just about wet myself sitting right there.
We topped the night off by bar hopping around 6th street, taking in the college ...