After almost nine months of living in Austin, I have finally seen evidence that Austin could be weird.
Several pirates were spotted paddling away in canoes and shouting out expletives about how they wanted us fellow paddlers to shiver their timbers. I almost feared for my life but then realized we were going in opposite directions and I had a guy almost as big as the incredible hulk (sans the muscles) in my canoe. Later I saw them wreaking merriment on the side of Town Lake as my canoe quietly slipped past them.
So this "Keep Austin Weird" theme doesn't make much sense to me. I guess you really have to look for the weird (although I hear election candidates can be pretty flambouyant). I saw a guy over the weekend with a t-shirt that said "Keep Austin Normal."
You know what I do think is weird.... How about the Subservient Chicken web site sponsored by Burger King? A guy dressed in a chicken costume acting like a chicken. Just take a look at it. Now that is weird.
Several pirates were spotted paddling away in canoes and shouting out expletives about how they wanted us fellow paddlers to shiver their timbers. I almost feared for my life but then realized we were going in opposite directions and I had a guy almost as big as the incredible hulk (sans the muscles) in my canoe. Later I saw them wreaking merriment on the side of Town Lake as my canoe quietly slipped past them.
So this "Keep Austin Weird" theme doesn't make much sense to me. I guess you really have to look for the weird (although I hear election candidates can be pretty flambouyant). I saw a guy over the weekend with a t-shirt that said "Keep Austin Normal."
You know what I do think is weird.... How about the Subservient Chicken web site sponsored by Burger King? A guy dressed in a chicken costume acting like a chicken. Just take a look at it. Now that is weird.
