so after the show we went and got some hot box pizza. it's this franchise pizza outlet that have a pretty rad one going on denton. a bunch of our friends work there and so they gave us a lot of free pizza. hellooo money saver. after that we headed back to leslie and courtney's house for a bit of a party. apparently shiner bock was the beer we definitely had to try, and so we did. it was pretty sweet. also had some millers high life which wasn't as good, but canned beer is rarely as good as bottled anyway. had some interesting conversations with wes and lance about ayn rand, politics in our native countries and architecture. also leslie/courtney told me a whole bunch of stories about living in the south like how leslie's dad would wake her up at night when she was a kid to "hold thuh torch while ah shoot surm armadillas", and how she was the prom queen and the song they danced to was "freebird" by lynyrd skynrd. in-credible.
we settled down around 4am then leslie/coutney caught me before i went to bed reminding me they were going to introduce me to metalocalypse, so we watched that for the next couple of hours and talked about metal before i went to bed. after a few hours sleep we all got up and went to breakfast at some place, the name of which i forget. then we all went into the square (centre of denton) and looked at all the thrift stores and boutiques. i bought the great gatsby on lance's recommendation which i'll begin after i finish all the books i brought over in the first place. i found some amazing snakeskin boots but the toecap was coming loose and digging into my toes. didn't stop joe from swooping in not long after and buying them. sigh. i bought a sweet leather vest.
we went and had some more hotbox which was delicious and said goodbyes (or "we'll see you in austin"s) before picking up the nord from UPS and heading on our way to austin. we stopped at a home depot (which is basically a bunnings warehouse) and got a power inverter so we could laptop for the rest of the trip. i torrented the oscars the other night and tried watching it but the second half of the file was broken. lame. we carried on and now we're in austin. i'm trying to get to the screening of enter the void at midnight but it's not looking good. sigh.
speak soon.
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That's pretty sweet. Shiner = the best.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're having a good time, Mikey :)
~Hannah
The Great Gatsby + Metalocalypse = Good Times. - Carey
ReplyDeleteNext time, hit J&Js Pizza off the Denton square. HotBox is fine, J&J's rules. Also, Shiner is good, but seek out a local brew called Franconia. Play Denton again soon please. Will definitely catch the HOB show in June.
ReplyDeletewill have to try j&js. shiner isn't real good...well, i don't think anyway. keen to find some higher quality american brews. i'll suss franconia. thanks for the advice!
ReplyDeleteShiner is much like Guinness -- when you hit a real fresh keg it's brilliant, otherwise the bottles tend to oxidize too fast, ending in bitter (literally) disappointment. But a good keg is heavenly. J&J's usually has some Franconia on tap, Banter always has the Dunkel. You should check it out.
ReplyDeleteSee you Wednesday @ Dan's.