Occupy Austin

I went to the first Occupy Austin protest yesterday.  I was going to go to the one in San Antonio, but I was on the way downtown when I heard a report on the radio saying that the Occupy San Antonio group was going to march to various locations around the city, and one of them is the large corporation that I work for.  Heh.  I decided to go to Austin.

I got to Austin City Hall around 10 am and stayed till after 6 pm.  It was really, really fun.  I took about 700 photos, and I saw a lot of people with a lot of hope.  I have to dig pretty deep to find hope in myself, for my own life and for the lives of future Americans, but yesterday felt good.

I got sunburned, I ate an awesome sandwich for lunch, I walked around Austin, stopped at Whole Foods on the way home for cookies, wore myself out and slept like a rock.  Woke this morning and heard rain drizzling outside, so I slept for a few more hours.  Went to work in a decent mood, and--surprise!?--had a pretty decent day.

I didn't get the job at the bookstore, so I'm going to have to resign myself to the hotel.  I guess it could be worse.  I work with good people.  I work indoors, in decent clothes, for relatively fair wages and benefits.  I don't practice enough.  I'll figure it out.