tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post3808578743381741593..comments2023-06-16T03:54:00.078-05:00Comments on From Austin to A&M: First weekCourtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351518605068734277noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-80876207402213217062009-09-04T12:57:17.334-05:002009-09-04T12:57:17.334-05:00SU has traditions? Weird; maybe they developed aft...SU has traditions? Weird; maybe they developed after I left (early 90s).<br /><br />At the same time, I regularly commuted to College Station to hang out with my friends, who were definitely in the pot-smoking, try-to-book-Smashing-Pumpkins at Town Hall minority. There were definitely enclaves where they could hang out, especially Dudley's and the various record stores when they existed.<br /><br />It didn't seem markedly more strange than post-<i>Slacker</i> Austin, where of course there are also thousands upon thousands of sports-obsessed frat-daddies and hangers-on. I attribute the true free-thinkingness in Austin to the town itself and not necessarily the University, where of course reactionaries like Frank Erwin held sway for decades.norhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11741181325005585828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-15237331263394049362009-09-04T12:36:26.829-05:002009-09-04T12:36:26.829-05:00Roy: I will do that. You know you're a blogger...Roy: I will do that. You know you're a blogger when you'll do unpleasant things to blog about them.<br /><br />Rachel: What is Barcus?Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351518605068734277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-60644549518354905822009-09-04T11:41:00.453-05:002009-09-04T11:41:00.453-05:00The positive: Your courses sound great and you'...The positive: Your courses sound great and you'll probably handle grad school much better than your peers.<br /><br />The negative: A&M is batshit crazy. I've always been creeped out by the whole A&M/UT rivalry and the intense way it affects people's lives. In high school I had friends who would literally say, "I can't date that person, their family went to UT." <br /><br />SU had some traditions and I know that Barcus creeped me the fuck out for about two years, but they never felt as bizarre as A&M's sound.Rachel R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05883789898537040327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-30747922897597363672009-09-04T10:50:42.825-05:002009-09-04T10:50:42.825-05:00I lived in the that city a couple of years. Do me ...I lived in the that city a couple of years. Do me a favor: go to midnight yell. I'll look forward to reading the resulting rant. <br /><br />About your rhetorical question, "is that really an effective way to evangelize?" the answer's no. I'm a missionary in Germany (feel free to enter a comment about religious imperialism a la Said) and I'm pretty sure those tables are serving only the people who set them up. <br /><br />I'm really enjoying your blog--reflections of A&M from an underrepresented perspective.Roy from the STD Conferencehttp://missionreaction.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627855023521770072.post-57982843906151290472009-09-03T20:28:20.096-05:002009-09-03T20:28:20.096-05:00"Keep Austin Weird" bumper stickers shou..."Keep Austin Weird" bumper stickers should now give way to, "Holy Shit, A&M really is fucking weird. Where the hell did this place come from?" bumper stickers.<br /><br />I wouldn't really mind the random people talking to me thing but arbitrary tradition-worshiping is dumb. It's not like A&M is alone in that area at all. Every school has their shtick. <br /><br />As far as those boots go, man. You don't get much deeper than military tradition. If it said they had to wear peacock headdresses and tights, you would see plumage every day.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688596958840503884noreply@blogger.com