A Tramp’s Travelog – Page 3

Travel Log 191017 (Redacted Version)

Start: Guest Room in [redacted]’s house, Austin, TX

End: [Redacted]’s house, South Austin, TX

Delicious Delectables:

Sous vided a steak for [redacted] and myself; seared it at the end. Was TO DIE FOR.

Quotent Quotables:

Real Realizations:

It’s not how fast you move; it’s hitting all the right steps. Some steps take time. Others can zoom.
I don’t want to [redacted]. That would be complex. Complex is bad.

Exciting Events:

[Redacted] with [redacted]. Very comfortable very fast. [Redacted].
- [Redacted] made a funny face. I teased her [redacted].
Completed much work, including over an hour for [redacted].
Got lost on a walk with Smidge. If you plan to turn right at each chance you get, you can retrace by making each left. This only works if you don’t find a cool path that you decide to take, because, “Look! A cool path!”
- Called [redacted] via Apple Watch, for directions when lost. Grateful he helped. He’s a good friend.
Chatted with [redacted] about his life & his work. Suggested he get a sleep doc, do a sleep study, reshape his life.
Texted [redacted] that I loved our chat last week. That was delightful. She called back, too.
Texted [redacted] that I wasn’t happy [redacted]. Just not the relationship I want to have. She said, “all good” and “no skin off my back” (paraphrased). “Still,” I said, “Wanted you to know.”
Wrote a very good section for my [redacted] story. Very, very good. About [redacted].
Cleared out my notebook from Myschevia. Notes moved, friends made!

Alluring Activities:

Start: Outside E Bar Tex-Mex Restaurant, Dallas, TX

End: Guest Room in [redacted]’s house, Austin, TX

Delicious Delectables:

Real Realizations:

Sex with complicated people is, well, complicated.
You can live like a king in the outskirts of Austin (two-story house, 4 bedrooms, hot tub with a projector) for the same price as a solo studio apartment in San Francisco.

Exciting Events:

Walked Smidge through Dallas. Got lost, got directions from a helpful guy outside a convenience store.
Hot tubbed with [redacted].
Arrived to Austin.
Called the three groups I want to meet in Austin:
- [Redacted]
- [Redacted]
- [Redacted]
Called dad, told him about the burn and that I plan to [redacted]. He said, “be safe, whatever that means.”
Called [redacted], told her stories about the burn.
Spoke with [redacted] about his relationships & his life.
Called [redacted]; she’s [redacted], not super happy with her life.

Alluring Activities:

Start: Outside the Town Square, Downtown Hughes Springs, TX

End: Outside E Bar Tex-Mex Restaurant, Dallas, TX

Delicious Delectables:

Real Realizations:

Someone with no respect for truth will always be lonely, for they live in a world of one.

Exciting Events:

Walked Smidge through downtown Hughes Springs. She pooped a massive amount today.
Picked up a letter from [redacted]. I love letters, especially from [redacted]. I’m elated to read & reply.
In the McDonald’s Parking Lot (while I squatted their WiFi), someone knocked on my van. I assumed it was the McDonald’s manager, telling me to move along. While it was the manager, they were actually knocking to inform me my lights were on.
Worked on [redacted] for ~three hours. Good work, [redacted].
[Redacted].
Cleared email inbox entirely. (From 75+ emails to 0.)
Dinner with [redacted] from the Myschevia festival. Surprised [redacted], as I’d been thinking about it all day.

Alluring Activities:

Start: Myschevia Festival, Armadillo Acres, Hughes Springs, TX.

End: Outside the Town Square, Downtown Hughes Springs, TX

Notent Notables:

Drove from Hughes Springs to Gilmer to retrieve Smidge.
- Smidge did well at the sitter. No accidents, no fights. Nothing to report. Great.
Drove back to Hughes Springs so I can pick up my letter from [redacted] when the post office opens tomorrow.
Met all sorts of great people during my last ranger shift at the burn, during teardown/exodus.
- Helped the Fairy Tale camp remove their tent stakes.
- Hugged many people.
- Discussed fireworks with [redacted], the firework designer at Myschevia; he invited me to help design them next year. (He designed the greatest fireworks show I’ve ever seen, even better than the 6 years I’ve seen them at Burning Man).
- Received a new art to hang on my wall.
- The North Texas Regional Burn’s walkie talkies are crap. They still run a very well-organized burn.

Quotent Quotables:

“In a culture so steeped in toxic masculinity, any emotional expression must come out through machismo.” -A Guy at the Burn, on why the North Texas Regional Burn is so Punk Rock.

Next stop: Austin. (Tomorrow?)

The poly pod I met last night wants me to visit them.
- They have “three dogs and a driveway.” I want to [redacted].
[Redacted], the dude with the [redacted] tattoos invited me to [redacted].