day five: happy texas independence day!
I’m still in Austin.. I spent most of the day here hanging out at jen and clayton’s house with their two very lively chocolate labs, charlie and oban..
It was cold and rainy all day.. like torrential downpours and stuff… So I really was quite unmotivated to leave the couch all day. I did manage to leave the house for lunch with my college roommate, brian.. We went to Ruby’s BBQ, where I had a delicious lunch of BBQ beef brisket served on a plastic tray covered with a big piece of wax paper. The potato salad they served with it was this mustardy and paprika-y… and i think the cole slaw was very curry-y. Kind of a strange combo, but it was tasty. Brian’s doing well.. he’s in his 3rd year at UT Austin studying to be a lawyer.
So.. it’s appropriate that I’m here in Texas today, since it’s Texas independence day.. Happy Texas independence day!! after the rains stopped, I toured around the state capitol for a bit…
Underneath the rotunda, there are seals for each of the nations that Texas has been under… there are five seals surrounding one large one in the middle.. The six are: Spain, France, Mexico, The Confederate States of America, The United States of America, and the Republic of Texas…
I found it interesting that the Republic of Texas is the central one… and not the United States of America.. Hmm.. Well, I guess it makes sense and is especially relevant since today, Texas Independent Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico — not the day that Texas joined the USA or anything…
Anyway.. I just thought that was interesting…
Ok.. it’s almost time for me to pick up Korby from the airport… His flight gets in at 11:30pm, and then we’re gonna go hit some of the bars on 6th street and meet some nice UT Austin coeds.
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