SXSW

South by Southwest...we here in Austin have a love/hate relationship with it. We have great music here year 'round, so the festival isn't that big a deal, at least not where I'm concerned. My beef is with the City of Austin, which, in its eagerness to embrace the financial gains to be had, totally mess up traffic for the people who have to live and work downtown. OK, I get that it's only 10 days out of the year, but still. I have to find alternate routes to get to my office, and I don't like it! I just checked out a map of street closings and my regular route is completely shut down. But you know, when I write it out like this, it makes me seem like a really shallow whiner, which I am totally not! So, I guess I'll quit my bitching and be glad that a) I've got a job to to to; b) I've got a reliable vehicle to transport me to said job; and c) it's a temporary situation and next week all will be back to normal. Life in Austin, Texas....gotta love it.