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  1. On 8/26/2024 at 10:47 AM, tbone_ said:

    Reality Bites.

    Might be the worst movie ever made.

    I'm surprised to see hate for Reality Bites. As someone born directly in the middle of the Gen X era and who saw it in the theater during college it really hit home with me. I enjoyed the hell out of it.

    I had an unexpectedly interesting experience with it when they released the 10-year anniversary edition of it with Writer's commentary. As a kid in college watching it I thought Ben Stiller's character was a huge douchebag. Watching it 10-11 years later on Netflix (before they offered streaming) I got the DVD that included the Writer's commentary special edition. Watching it again at that age, ~8 years post-graduation from college, things were reversed- the recent grads seemed like the douchebags and I related to Ben Stiller's character way more.

    The chick who wrote it, on the commentary track, said she experienced the exact same thing upon rewatch all those years later after writing it.

    Good times- that movie will always occupy a special place in my heart for a certain moment in time/culture.

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  2. Props to all who have contributed to this thread. I had my first one yesterday and reading the posts in this thread was super helpful in the week or so leading up to it.

    As others have said, the procedure itself is a breeze and Propofol is impressive. After they told me they were about to start the Propofol I recall hearing 5 or so beeps from whichever machine was beeping and then I woke up in the recovery room 20-30 minutes later feeling completely fine.

    The prep process wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting- my doc prescribed Suprep and mixing it with almost frozen water the taste was 99% masked. The volume wasn't bad either. If I had to do it again that way I'd be fine with it, but next time I might go for the pills others have mentioned (by the time I saw that was an option I'd already picked up the Suprep kit).

    I hit Taco Deli for lunch afterward and then took a long nap at home. The staff where I went were all excellent- very friendly, helpful, easygoing, and professional (Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital). I highly recommend them if they're convenient to you. 

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  3. On 7/27/2024 at 12:29 PM, irishtexan said:

    Lake Travis is very fucking far from the things you'll be wanting to do while you're here. If you want to hang out at the lake all day, it will be good for you. But if you're planning on doing F1, going to the Georgia game, hitting up stuff in the city, you definitely do not want to be in Lake Travis. 

     

    100x this ^

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  4. 1 hour ago, texasdago said:

    I've said it before and I was reminded again this morning... Daniel at the Texas Rowing Dock (not to mention we have places like the Texas Rowing Dock) is a great example of why Austin kicks ass 

    Nice timing on this post, I saw him 45min ago.

  5. 1 hour ago, blacklab said:

    Go get a job, hippies!

    That still crosses my mind occasionally when I'm playing that stretch of the Zilker course. How long ago was it that you yelled that at us from your car- 2007?

    Well played, sir. 👏👏👏

  6. 5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    I've been hearing about a big uptick in cases, and symptoms in the latest variant include more diarrhea and nausea and less coughing and fever.  I say this because recently I had something that went through my system fairly quickly, and it started with being on the toilet for about two hours one morning, followed by nausea and low energy, but no fever or dry cough, and it was mostly gone by the second day.  It seemed like food poisoning or a stomach bug like I've had before in my life, but when I mentioned this to a friend, and he said he recently got COVID and the main symptom was the shits. 

    My symptoms mostly felt like allergies plus a low fever for ~24 hours (100.5-101). It was the 2-3 days of a super light but persistent cough that got me to take a test out of curiosity (and because I had some at home).

    There were no shits, diarrhea, or other GI symptoms involved. Overall my symptoms lasted 5 days.

  7. On 7/10/2024 at 2:13 PM, Foosters said:

    Anyone watched Scavenger's Reign? Totally hooked. Beautiful animations reminiscent of Studio Ghibli:

     

     

    3 hours ago, Js1 said:

    Great show and I hope it being on Netflix will get the views for them to pick it up for a season 2

     

    I absolutely loved it (binged it 9 months ago on HBO Max- maybe we discussed it on that thread?). Agreed, hopefully more exposure will help it get picked up for another season. 

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  8. On 6/25/2024 at 2:17 PM, stc said:

    i'll be at tripping daisy as well. they were really good when i saw them at mohawk like 5 years ago. 

    I was at that show too (June 2017), fun time.

     

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  9. 3 hours ago, blacklab said:

    I don't go to casinos much anymore but was joining some friends in Lake Charles last month for a golf & gambling weekend at the Horseshoe so ahead of that I ended up watching that Blackjack Adventure documentary.

    It was a fun and educational watch- I'd kinda always wondered about how casinos handled card counters and learning that there's a whole cottage industry for identifying and tracking them was new to me.

  10. I've been going to Fantastic Fest for the last ~10 years and it is f'ing awesome. I'm curious to see if anything changes at all with this.  I'm hoping they'll keep it awesome.

     

    It is a great time of year in Austin- Fantastic Fest ends and then a week later is always ACL Weekend 1.

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  11. Last night's Blues on the Green lineup was darn good. Golden Dawn Arkestra (headliner), Nane (2nd band), and Grace Sorensen (opener).
    I thought Nane was the best of them with GDA a close second. What I heard of Grace Sorensen (her last 2 songs or so) sounded good as well but I can't speak to her whole set. 

    The late afternoon showers made for some nice weather at Zilker.

    Tonights lineup is Riders Against the Storm, Carmelo Haze, and The Point. The forecast is looking good again.

  12. My napping experience is that they make me feel more tired, make it impossible to fall asleep at bedtime, or i wake up with a headache. Not worth it.

    Apparently I drew the short straw on nap genetics. 

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