Completely out of the blue (it seems to be the week for that) I decided to plan a trip in November to Austin, Texas for the Fun Fun Fun Fest.

I've wanted to go Austin for years now, so badly, in fact, that two years ago that my boyfriend at the time offered to pay for either a trip to Austin or a for a car ('31 Ford) for my birthday. (Ultimately, I ended up choosing the car. Which I gave back when I broke it off with him. I don't know why I did that, either.)

And now that one of my favorite bands, the Murder City Devils, is playing in Austin it seemed like as good a time as any to finally go out there. Other favorites (Against Me!, Sick of It All, Madball, and more) will also be playing the 2-day, 3-stage festival, too. And I already have the time off from work, as one of my regular weekends off. Are you getting the picture that it would be a crime for me not to go? Because it would.

So, Texans? I need your help. I'm going to have relatively little time (2-4 days) to spend in Austin, most of which will be spent at the festival. I'll have to be quite efficient with that time if I want to see all of the sights, or like, more than one. And sure, normally "lazy" is a term that I could quite possibly be the very definition of, but when it comes to making sure I get to go to a bunch of good dive bars, used book stores, antique/thrift shops, and the like? Hell, break out the color coded maps and watch me go. So if you know of any good places (bars or otherwise), feel free to email me so that I can add it to my agenda.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get started on that map. (What, you thought I was joking? I'm not in library school learning valuable research and information organization skills for nothing, people.)