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I Went to Austin, TX, and All I Got Was a YETI Cup
And a lot less money in my pocket
Plus it wasn’t nearly as exciting as my friend Michelle’s experience there, but I’ll let her tell you about that.
They must put an addictive chemical in that YETI stuff so you crave it fortnightly. It’s just a cup. And I got a hat. And a tumbler for my wife. $108. I repeat: two cups and a hat = $108. And I love them. Marketing and shit, man.
But yeah, Austin was fun. A strange place to be when you’re not drinking, but still fun. There is a bar every 78' for pretty much the entire downtown area. Please don’t look that up. These are made-up statistics.
Instead of drinking, I’ve learned to embrace a different kind of fun…like, instead of losing $108 dollars buying myself 6 craft beers, I lose it buying something I could put beer into but won’t.
Neat, huh?
I was there for work. My work is…work. Weird to be there with my boss, but I can handle that.
Apparently Austin is growing. The skyline is polluted with cranes putting up new skyscrapers and building stuff. There is an F1 race there this weekend that is supposed to be some crazy spectacle.
Hmm. I just noticed spectacular comes from spectacle. And there will be spectators…
