Stevie performing on the Wild Heart tour in 1983 in Austin, TX.

Photo credit- Mark Bowman

call out

Hair is getting long

unforgettable

Austin is infiltrating my dreams and in order to rid myself of him, i have come up with this blurb - based loosely on a dream i had (Discord knows what's up). you're welcome.

if anyone could see the way you looked at him, they would know

they would know exactly how you felt about him: in love

based on the fact that you'd been in the same friend group since your freshman year, and now as a junior in college you were allowing yourself to feel these things...

it was more painful than pretending those feelings didn't exist

Austin was infinitely charming, and unfortunately nice

but he wasn't a push over, and he had a good sense of morals

lucky for him, he was also attractive

(for you, this meant there were other people on campus with these same types of feelings for him)

however, on a rainy day in November, you two were wound up in the dorm by yourselves

you were each much closer with others in the friend group, so the odds of you two hanging out alone seemed almost impossible in your mind

but when you were changing in the middle of the living room with your favorite show on, rain and lighting and thunder coming down outside

Austin walks in

"dude, i'm changing"

"dude, you're in the living room."

"i live here"

"i'm not leaving"

and he sat on the couch as you slid the shirt over your head, face turning red as you sat down next to him

"are you....blushing?"

"how did you even get in?"

"i have my ways"

you two sat in silence for a while, show running on tv

eventually more natural conversation came to you both, the changing incident long forgotten by the time the third episode ran through

he was asking about getting a haircut, and how your classes were going, and why you even liked this show

and you were asking about what he would rather watch, and what you guys were gonna eat for dinner, and about a dream you had as a little kid owning a farm

you weren't sure what topic led to it, or if anything led to it at all

his hand was on your cheek and you stopped mid-sentence

Austin was kissing you, and soon enough you were kissing him too

you remember that moment, the moment that began what was you and Austin, as you are on the FaceTime call with him

you are sitting on your couch, your significant other making dinner in the next room

Austin is outside in the sun, his significant other and child playing in the background somewhere

he's telling you about the farm he lives on, how he can't believe how well it's been doing lately and that you should come see it in the fall

you smile and nod, agreeing that seeing him and the farm would be a great idea

(but you remember the conversation, the kiss that followed, years ago in college where you wanted the farm in the fall with a child to run around and play.

"it sounds like a really good idea, you know. maybe we'll have a farm and a kid or two one day")

Austin says he has to go, that dinner needs to get started

your significant other tells you dinner is done

Austin winks at you as you two end the call

and you're left feeling like you'll never be able to forget that moment on that rainy day in college so many years ago

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Uhhh, God damn

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So there was a Trump Boat parade today on Lake Travis on the side of Austin, I’ve lived here 6 years and never heard of a boat sinking. Ever.

There was also one that caught on fire.

Posiedon, welcome to the Rebellion.

(For everyone asking, no one was hurt or injured)

huge shoutout to the organizers in Austin who made this a reality and good luck with bringing the whole budget to 0

Austinites! There’s an adorable new bookstore in South Austin called Reverie books. It’s LGBT-owned and focused on social justice and community initiatives. It’s ALSO right next to a bakery/café so definitely consider driving down and grabbing a cookie and a coffee and wandering around this cute shop!

I signed two sets of Check, Please! books with Nursey and Dex....As a fellow nurseydex freakazoid I have no clue if these things are going to stay on the shelves 🥴

RaveOn / Nick Deaver Architect Photos © Casey Dunn

”Casey House,” Austin, Texas, United States,

Side Angle Side Architects,

Photographs: Casey Dunn

I know this probably won't reach many people here but I have to try. I'm moving and I've lost one of my cats when we stopped at a hotel in Austin after the kennel I was carrying her in broke. If anyone is in the area of the Motel 6 on I-35 at 7100, please please let me know if you find her. She's a black and grey tortoise shell with orange stripes on one side of her face and a kinked tail. Please, help me find her. Please

The Austin American, Texas, May 17, 1934

Monday night at Kinda Tropical.

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